Wednesday, May 28, 2008

girls in trucks


this is not the sort of fiction i normally read or gravitate to. i guess they call it 'chick lit' but that sound pejorative, doesnt' it? anyway, i went to duke young writer's camp w/ the author way back when. it's not a great book per se but it's a good read and a good debut. check it.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

together


watched this the other day.
hilarious and awesome
check it

The Decemberists - Picaresque

Okay, so Corrina does the merchandising for The Decemberists and knows all the gossip and apparently there is some drama behind the scenes, but you know, I still absolutely love them. They have a unique sound and a fairly skewed, dark viewpoint, and listening to their albums just makes me happy. Here are a few songs to try. As usual, if prompted for a username and password, use cpadian and 020276:

The Sporting Life

16 Military Wives

The Mariner's Revenge Song

Bee Movie

Theresa and I watched this the other night and let me just say, it was appalling. The main characters were annoying, the script didn't bother to use logic of any kind, the big plot device was ridiculous, Jerry Seinfeld was incredibly annoying, and when it was all over I totally wanted my money back. Wondering 'who wrote this piece of crap?' at the end, I watched the credits. It turns out, there were four separate (credited) writers. Not a good sign, fellas. Can you see the tag line in the photo over there? "Honey just got funny"? No, no it really didn't. My advice? Skip it.