growing up
...that's a line from "Some Nights," by fun. I've had it on repeat for the past three days. Like their other big hit, it's about being young. Obviously, right. But to me, it's also a song about not being so
Monday Movie Review
Since the dawn of time, men have worshipped badasses. Taken was a movie about nothing more than Liam Neeson being a badass. And it was great. Taken 2 isn't about anything beyond that – although it could be subtitled "How to Teach Your Daughter to Drive & Throw
dreams
How do you know you're almost 30, but still have the mind of a 12-year-old? Last night I had a dream that I was snowboarding and watching porn on Mars. (One of its moons actually – the powder was so fresh.) But I also dreamt that I had to
kittehs
Got my notes, my laptop, my cat and Star Wars on in the background. WFH is the best.
living in SF
For the 20something Crowd, San Francisco is Hedonism Friday night, I ran up and down Valencia, putting my name in at half a dozen new restaurants, while two of my friends did the same. We were starving, hadn't been out on the Valenica Corridor since – God, since before
religion
A quick Sci-Fi prayer for your Monday morning: On high-anxiety days, the Litany Against Fear, written by Frank Herbert in Dune, calms me down some.
Monday Movie Review
One of my favorite quotes from any movie is at the end of Amadeus (SPOILER), when Salieri is wheeled through the insane asylum proudly raising his hand over not only the patients but also the orderlies and the priest who's come to take his confession: "Mediocrities everywhere.
Corin
When we were having our FaceTime chat with Corin and Zadie, Diego asked if they'd seen The Dark Knight Rises. "Yes," said Zadie, "We've seen it twice!" "Twice?" "Yeah..." said Corin, "We saw a midnight showing and
drinking
Last night was Laina's last day at her job, so I met up with her and her coworkers for a farewell happy hour at Americano. Americano is where the entire downtown crowd heads after work on a sunny day. I chowed through a plate or two of peach,
Monday Movie Review
SPOILER ALERT! Special geek-out, extra-long edition: Big, bleak, bold and baroque. If I had to pick four words to describe The Dark Knight Rises, it would be those. When we walked out, Diego just said, "Holy shit!" It's a relentless movie that Hans Zimmer and Christopher
Ash
Yesterday Diego, Ash and I went for a MASSIVE dim sum brunch, then came home and laid around on the back deck complaining how there was nothing t0 do. We were just to full to move. "Hey I know," said Ash. "I've been wanting to
growing up
When I was oh, 11 years old or so, my mother told me that as a writers, our intellect came from our ability to intertextualize. Other people are smart, but what we can do is take one thought and immediately see it from the point of view of many different