Movies, books, music, etc.

Thiiiiis post is what we call a cop out, also known as Day 4 in a five-day series: my shameless, self-indulgent list of favorites. For posterity, a list of my top books and media, as of today, June 30, 2011 — lest I someday forget. I tried to keep it to five, but some categories [...]

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A bucket list

Monday’s list consisted of things I want to do in Chicago this summer; today’s list expands into more long-term goals. Here are some things I want to do at some point in my life: Take violin and/or fiddle lessons Learn sign language Run a 5K Learn Spanish or French Meet Tina Fey and/or Cameron Crowe [...]

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Top Five Dream Jobs

Today is not only the 3 1/2 year anniversary of my first blog post; it’s also my four-month mark at work. That might not seem like a long time, but believe me, within the context of my company’s history, it kind of is. In the spirit of this, I present today’s list. I found this [...]

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A week of lists

It occurred to me a few days ago that this week (tomorrow, actually) marks the 3 1/2 year anniversary of this blog’s start. Because I don’t trust myself to notice the date’s significance six months from now, I’ve decided to celebrate now, because that’s a long time to narcissistically chronicle one’s own life for all [...]

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New music for the road

I’m working on a giant post about the trip I just took to Ohio, but in the mean time I wanted to write about one of my favorite parts about going home: the long drive back. It’s funny, I always dread it because it’s not much to look at, and I spend most of it [...]

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State of sway

Also, this was one year ago this week: It’s still by far one of my favorite videos that I’ve made. I never did properly blog about that trip across the country but having this video to remember it by makes up for it, lack of dancing abilities (on my part) be damned. Also, I can’t [...]

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A formal affair

My company hosted a fancy thing the other night at which cocktail wear was requested, and I decided to combine two of my favorite film fashion moments for the occasion. I took two parts Holly Golightly… … and one part Penny Lane: …And ended up here: It’s fun to have a prop. However, it led [...]

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Death Cab For Cutie, “You Are a Tourist”

I heard this song a couple months ago and I wasn’t crazy about it. The lyrics seemed cliche and it sounded too different from what this band usually does and I couldn’t get behind it. I was afraid my love affair with Death Cab was coming to a close, going the way of Weezer and [...]

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Walking with a ghost

Today I was walking to the library to pick up some stuff I had on reserve when suddenly I thought I saw my mom. Long-time readers may find this odd since my mom died three years ago, which is exactly why I found it so strange and stopped in my tracks on Michigan Avenue. It’s [...]

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An on-going list

Christina and I had an inside joke for a while about this guy I kept seeing  downtown, mostly on the red line, and then one time outside my office building. I declared him the mysterious boy from the train, and he was frequently reading interesting things and had buttons of good bands on his backpack. [...]

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