{"id":3735,"date":"2009-04-06T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2009-04-05T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T01:05:13","slug":"what-it-is-4609","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-4609","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 4\/6\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Franny and Zooey<\/a>\"\", and Top 10 Season Two.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Who Are You<\/a>\"\", some Neko Case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> The final four and the premiere of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency<\/a>, which was scheduled on HBO to take the slot of Eastbound & Down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth, Q Tonic and lime.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Taking a 5-mile-plus hike up in Wawayanda on Sunday. And spending Monday in my new office, where he can chill out during the forecast thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere in particular, although I may be heading into the city Thursday to gather up a friend of mine (and his dog) to attend our seder.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Baseball season starts! Springtime is here! Oh, and that my pal Chip Delany was profiled on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That I’ve never tried Cel-Ray<\/a>. I oughtta break my “gin, water & black coffee” New Year’s Resolution for that.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether Salinger has actually been writing all this time he’s been in seclusion. After reading all of his collected non-Catcher stuff in the last two weeks, and re-reading Ron Rosenbaum’s 1997 essay on his pilgrimage to Salinger’s driveway, I have a strong feeling that even if he is writing, he has no intention of publishing any of it. Guess I oughtta read that Hapworth 16, 1924<\/a> and see if that changes my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Franny and Zooey, and Top 10 Season Two. What I’m listening to: Who Are You, some Neko Case. What I’m watching: The final four and the premiere of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, which was scheduled on HBO to take the slot of Eastbound & Down. What I’m drinking: Plymouth, Q … <\/p>\n

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