{"id":3656,"date":"2009-03-23T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2009-03-22T20:41:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T00:41:51","slug":"what-it-is-3232009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-3232009","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 3\/23\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Zot! 1987-1991<\/a>\"\" and Clyde Fans, Vol. 1<\/a>\"\". I never read Zot! <\/em>when it was coming out back then and, reading it now, I can see just why I didn’t give it a try then, why I wouldn’t have liked it then, and why I’m enjoying the living crap out of it now. That Scott McCloud was a heck of a cartoonist.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Bill Simmons’ 2-part podcast<\/a> with Chuck Klosterman.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Some NCAA hoops, some of our regular TV \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 30 Rock, The Soup, Dollhouse, Eastbound & Down<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and, um, The House Bunny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Boy, I drank a lot last week at the conference. I managed to go from gin to Guinness to wine over the course of an evening on Monday, but escaped a hangover. I hate to say it’s hard work, but I do get pretty wiped out walking an exhibit hall all day and being in business-mode. It’s kinda sad that the first drink is really a relief, but there it is. I mean, beyond that, I get into this really weird conference-metabolism, where all my habits are thrown off: eating, sleeping, drinking, bathroom, etc. At least I was able to replace my daily walks with Rufus with a 1.4-mile walk each way from my hotel to the Javits Center. Still, I was all sorts of out of rhythm last week.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Getting used to the house routine again after spending a few days with Ruby & Willow (and Jason & Kristy). No dog-park or greyhound hike for him this week; we were too lazy on Saturday and I had to go down to Philadelphia on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nodarnwhere!<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about: One conference over! Three more (plus our own) to go! Also, my wife & I belatedly celebrated our anniversary this weekend with a fantastic dinner at Cafe Matisse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That Continental failed to log both<\/em> of the flights I booked for April & May conferences. I rebooked ’em at a net savings of $30, but they’ve never messed up any of my ticketing before this.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether the addition of a giant, high-end Whole Foods to Bergen “Dark Underworld” Mall<\/a> was one of the signs of the apocalypse in the book of Revelations. (Whoops! I mean, “Bergen Town Center<\/a>.”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Zot! 1987-1991 and Clyde Fans, Vol. 1. I never read Zot! when it was coming out back then and, reading it now, I can see just why I didn’t give it a try then, why I wouldn’t have liked it then, and why I’m enjoying the living crap out of it now. … <\/p>\n

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