Day After
The book is delayed for perhaps two weeks as my copy editor had an emergency that she had to deal with. In the meantime I'm busy working on a re-design for the writing portion of my site as well as finishing some short scripts for the design/ad agency where I'm freelancing. If you're looking for entertainment though, click here. Be sure to check out the first square at the top titled "playthings". This guy Limmy is brilliantly hilarious, as I'm sure you'll discover.......
The Radiohead concert ten days ago was pretty cool (they played a lot of new stuff which was all right, and yet obviously it would have been nice to hear all the classics from Kid A and OK Computer, but oh well), although the subsequent drama with my ex-girlfriend was unfortunate (it was so nice to see her the first evening, I mean I had such a nice time, really, but then the subsequent three days she resorted to her difficult behavior, which in the last forty-five minutes blew up in my face ironically, considering I had just congratulated myself for handling the situation so well). I also saw Mathew Barney's Drawing Restraint show at SFMOMA. I can't say I loved it but it was really interesting, especially how his installations combine drawing, photography, sculpture, and film/video. I also really liked Tim Gardner, Marcelino Goncalves, and Zak Smith's series on masculinity.......
I spent this past weekend canvassing the city, taking pictures and discovering neighborhoods I wasn't quite familiar with. Friday afternoon I walked to the Haight - in fact I went all the way down to Golden Gate Park, and really had a good time making friends at a series of dive bars along the way (although Saturday morning my legs were hurting!). I also went to Amoeba Records, where not only was the scene overwhelming when I first walked in - complete with DJ's spinning - but the foreign film section was amazing. They had a Werner Herzog DVD box set that I almost purchased, but the $65 price tag got the best of me. And no, I didn't see Joel from BJM. (I think he's on tour with his new band.).......
Yesterday I went to this great park in Pacific Heights, where some friends were barbecuing and throwing the football around, and last night I watched Shattered Glass (which was solid) after seeing the fireworks show down at the water (it felt like the city was under attack). I also started reading (finally) DeLillo's White Noise. I must say, the first thirty pages are brilliant, truly, and I'm kicking myself for not teaching this back in the day. My students would have loved it.
The Radiohead concert ten days ago was pretty cool (they played a lot of new stuff which was all right, and yet obviously it would have been nice to hear all the classics from Kid A and OK Computer, but oh well), although the subsequent drama with my ex-girlfriend was unfortunate (it was so nice to see her the first evening, I mean I had such a nice time, really, but then the subsequent three days she resorted to her difficult behavior, which in the last forty-five minutes blew up in my face ironically, considering I had just congratulated myself for handling the situation so well). I also saw Mathew Barney's Drawing Restraint show at SFMOMA. I can't say I loved it but it was really interesting, especially how his installations combine drawing, photography, sculpture, and film/video. I also really liked Tim Gardner, Marcelino Goncalves, and Zak Smith's series on masculinity.......
I spent this past weekend canvassing the city, taking pictures and discovering neighborhoods I wasn't quite familiar with. Friday afternoon I walked to the Haight - in fact I went all the way down to Golden Gate Park, and really had a good time making friends at a series of dive bars along the way (although Saturday morning my legs were hurting!). I also went to Amoeba Records, where not only was the scene overwhelming when I first walked in - complete with DJ's spinning - but the foreign film section was amazing. They had a Werner Herzog DVD box set that I almost purchased, but the $65 price tag got the best of me. And no, I didn't see Joel from BJM. (I think he's on tour with his new band.).......
Yesterday I went to this great park in Pacific Heights, where some friends were barbecuing and throwing the football around, and last night I watched Shattered Glass (which was solid) after seeing the fireworks show down at the water (it felt like the city was under attack). I also started reading (finally) DeLillo's White Noise. I must say, the first thirty pages are brilliant, truly, and I'm kicking myself for not teaching this back in the day. My students would have loved it.
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