{"id":2132,"date":"2008-07-14T05:52:43","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T09:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2008-07-14T05:52:43","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T09:52:43","slug":"what-it-is-71408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-71408","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 7\/14\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The Dunwich Horror<\/a>, by H.P. Lovecraft, Against the Gods<\/a>\"\", by Peter L. Bernstein, and Bottomless Belly Button<\/a>\"\", by Dash Shaw<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> A stack of Mad Mix CDs<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Superbad<\/a> and Cartwheel Fu<\/a><\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> G&Ts with Plymouth Gin<\/a><\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> To NYC tonight to participate in a NYU graduate school panel on “media relations” or something. I find this funny because I’m the editor of a trade magazine, and thus not held in very high esteem by “legit” journalists.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Continuing to pile items like that one onto the resume of my career-by-accident\/attrition.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Having no excuse not to get started on the September issue of the magazine<\/a>, as well as preparing for our conference<\/a> at the end of that month.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether the editors of the New Yorker<\/em> are utterly tone deaf or just in the bag for Hillary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The Dunwich Horror, by H.P. Lovecraft, Against the Gods, by Peter L. Bernstein, and Bottomless Belly Button, by Dash Shaw What I’m listening to: A stack of Mad Mix CDs What I’m watching: Superbad and Cartwheel Fu What I’m drinking: G&Ts with Plymouth Gin Where I’m going: To NYC tonight to participate … <\/p>\n

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