anticipation…keepin’ me wa-ay-ay-tin’

Things I’m looking forward to:
Austin City Limits: This weekend. I went for it and found a three-day-pass on CraigsList (thanks Julia, wherever you are). taking off Friday after class for three days of Austin heat/rain (both? one or the other?) and music. Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Indigo Girls, The Killers, Spoon…. [...]

working on the triple threat.

I like music and books.  A lot.  And I feel pretty up to date, most of the time.  But movies–scuse me, film–is another story.  Most of the movies I see are a matter of happenstance–who is going to see which new release.  By virtue of my current location seeing any true independent, art, or foreign [...]

[written on the plane from Providence]

It is with a full heart that I sit once again on a plane.  I start to think that I fly frequently, but then realize that the suits with whom I share elbow space put me and my meager frequent flier miles to shame.  Nonetheless it all feels fairly routine.  On the surface anyway.  Pack [...]