{"id":2090,"date":"2008-06-09T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2008-06-09T07:32:33","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T11:32:33","slug":"what-it-is-6908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-6908","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 6\/9\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Netherland<\/a>, by Joseph O’Neill. Bought via Kindle<\/a>\"\" while our plane was at the gate on Sunday. I still gotta get around to that Kindle writeup, but one of the big items in the “PRO” column is the ability to buy a book whenever\/wherever I want. Sure, buying a novel (sorta) about 9\/11 while sitting on a plane may not have been too wise, but hey.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Some of my Mad Mix playlists, but I haven’t listened to a lot of music this week.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Still the third season of The Wire<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Coors Light<\/a>, sadly enough. It was the drink of choice at the birthday party we attended in Louisiana this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> NYC on Tuesday to interview some people from Pfizer for a feature in my mag.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Rufus and his dogsitters<\/a> got along just fine this weekend. (But one of them dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> I got my ass handed to me by 3 women at Wii<\/a>\"\" Bowling.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How one of the partygoers this weekend managed to get tanked on Coors Light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill. Bought via Kindle while our plane was at the gate on Sunday. I still gotta get around to that Kindle writeup, but one of the big items in the “PRO” column is the ability to buy a book whenever\/wherever I want. Sure, buying a novel (sorta) about 9\/11 … <\/p>\n

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