{"id":2612,"date":"2008-10-06T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2008-10-05T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T01:45:48","slug":"what-it-is-10608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-10608","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 10\/6\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Finally wrapped up The Long Goodbye<\/a>\"\", almost a month after picking it up. I just haven’t given myself time to chill out and read. Also, I finished Montaigne’s essay Of presumption<\/em>. More on that later this morning.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Distant Early Warning,<\/a> by Rush. Not again and again, but a couple of times.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> The new Chris Rock HBO special, which wasn’t as good as his previous one. Also, we watched Casino<\/a>. I realized that it’s the first Sharon Stone movie I’ve ever seen. I thought she did a good job, but the movie overall was pointless. I don’t understand what the movie was ABOUT. I mean, it was the story of how the underworld overextends itself and violent retribution gets meted out on as the criminal world eats itself. How that differs from Goodfellas, I don’t get. DeNiro and Pesci are just caricatures; I couldn’t see any motivation for why they acted the way did. They were simply Great Gambler Who Gets To Run A Casino, and Psychotic Muscle Who Reprises His Role From The Previous Scorsese Crime Movie. The behind-the-scenes aspect of the casino world was entertaining, but ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-EIGHT MINUTES? To find out that mobsters will order the executions of other mobsters? Awesome payoff, dude! Anyway, like I said, Sharon Stone was the best part of the flick; maybe I oughtta snatch up one of her earlier movies.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Amy & I opened a bottle of Bogle Petit Syrah on Saturday night, but that was the only time I’ve had a drink since Sept. 26 (the day my conference ended). We left a third of it.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Being scared shitless on Sunday by AfroHuskie, the 17-year-old Dog of the Living Dead down the street. I’d heard about this dog from his owner (his real name is Bandit) a few weeks ago, and we finally met him tonight. I have never seen a dog in such a age-induced state of decrepitude; Rufus’ encounter with him was so unsettling that he literally did not crap on his evening walk.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> We were planning to go to Warwick Applefest<\/a> yesterday, but I was really zonky and out of it and we decided to stay home and veg. No travel plans this week.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Shana tova! Happy new year for Jews!<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> The New York Sun<\/a> was shut down this week, as was the Dirda on Books<\/a> weekly chat at the Washington Post<\/em>; at this rate I half-expect the Hernandez Bros. to quit making comics.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> What to do with my old iPhone. Also, does anyone know if an EMP would wipe out flash memory? I’m just pondering, is all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Finally wrapped up The Long Goodbye, almost a month after picking it up. I just haven’t given myself time to chill out and read. Also, I finished Montaigne’s essay Of presumption. More on that later this morning. What I’m listening to: Distant Early Warning, by Rush. Not again and again, but a … <\/p>\n

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