{"id":2406,"date":"2008-09-08T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2008-09-07T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T15:10:50","slug":"what-it-is-9808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-9808","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 9\/8\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The Death of Ivan Ilych<\/a>, Montaigne’s essays<\/a>\"\", and Berlin: City of Stones<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Pure<\/a>\"\", by the Golden Palominos.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Almost done with the final season of The Wire<\/a>\"\"! Aaiee! What’ll I watch after this? Well, at least football season has started!<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Yuengling lager<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Holding it in, as he refused to crap Saturday evening during the tropical storm that was belting the area. That said, he was willing to brave the elements for a pee-break or two, from which we returned looking like a pair of drowned rats.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere, although I really oughtta get into NYC for this Charles Burns exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That my in-laws’ homes didn’t get demolished by hurricane Gustav! (Oh, and that I got a new dishwasher last week. And that when Lowe’s sorta screwed up and overcharged me by $50, they called a few hours later and credited me.)<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That my pal Tom got mugged in Rome last weekend, and that I got this news five minutes after receiving a not-so-nice letter from the IRS.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How and when to rip up all the forsythia in the backyard and transplant 3 or 4 of them in the side yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The Death of Ivan Ilych, Montaigne’s essays, and Berlin: City of Stones. What I’m listening to: Pure, by the Golden Palominos. What I’m watching: Almost done with the final season of The Wire! Aaiee! What’ll I watch after this? Well, at least football season has started! What I’m drinking: Yuengling lager What … <\/p>\n

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