you might enjoy this if you're from beloit
um yeah so anyway. i've been holed up in beloit for the past week or two, and let me tell you i really haven't been doing much of anything, which has been rather nice.
i finally finished reading the fortress of solitude, which i began reading before i left for NYC (so, a while ago). i really enjoyed it, especially after having spent time in brooklyn and being able to mentally identify many of the neighborhood landmarks that the author references. now i feel that it's time to revisit the murakami fever that i had many months ago, starting off with sputnik sweetheart. can't wait.
i've been listening to a lot of hex enduction hour and pink flag, and also tracked down this pixies tribute album on a japanese label featuring mostly japanese artists (minus seafood). it's a curious find, to say the least. some of the new arrangements of those pixies songs are off the sheezy; others are just plain off. it also features two versions of "debaser."
tomorrow rob and i will be heading south to chicago to ring in the new year with fellow chicagoans at the estate of dr. miller, and then on monday i will be flying out of o'hare to finish up interviews in NYC. this means that today i'm doing laundry and trying to figure out how to pack for 3 weeks in winter-time NYC (with interview clothes and dress shoes) and keep it all in one suitcase. i'll allow myself a garment bag as well. but i'm really trying to keep luggage to a minimum here.
kind of a boring post. well, you get what you pay for.
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I heart Murikami, but Sputnik Sweetheart was not a fave.
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on 02 January, 2006 13:30 [*]
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i'm only 50 or so pages into it, but i like it thus far. it's very norwegian wood-y (go figure), but a little less dreamy.
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