{"id":4156,"date":"2009-07-06T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2009-07-05T20:06:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T00:06:31","slug":"what-it-is-7609","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-7609","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 7\/6\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> I finished The Hunter<\/a>\"\", and I’m waiting for delivery of David Mazzucchelli’s decade-in-the-making comic, Asterios Polyp<\/a>. (Boy, do I hate the term “graphic novel.”)<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> My new Mad Mix CD, “Stix Stigma,” which I’ve started sending out to select friends.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Apollo 13<\/a>, Roman Holiday<\/a>, and Federer’s impossibly long Wimbledon finals match against Andy Roddick. Congrats, Rog!<\/p>\n

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

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> A little of this, a little of that. Basically, back to the old days. I even left him for a full work-day (about 9 hours), and he was just fine.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Maybe down to the shore for a day with my brother and his family. Maybe to the Frick or the Met, to see some art.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That I finished the July\/August ish of the magazine\u00c2\u00a0 last Thursday and then managed to win my Fight With the Forsythia over the weekend! Since I’m taking this week off from work, perhaps I’ll engage the Battle of the Mulch. (Actually, I have a To Do list of about 20 projects, chores, and errands; I’ll have to juggle those with spending time with my aforementioned brother and his family, who are here to visit for the week.)<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Even Gil Thorp has a Twitter feed<\/a>, and I still refuse to use that site\/service. It really is my first “you goddamn kids and your crazy new technologies!” moment. Our IT dept. set one up for each of our magazines, so I evidently have to start posting things there during the workday, in order to boost traffic to our site. I’m thinking posting “Whoa! I’m editing now!”, “I should probably cut down on the office pretzels”, “I’m going to stand up now.”<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> That something going tragically awry if I rent a chipper to take care of the forsythia branches. That said, I did manage to reclaim around 225 square feet of my backyard, so I’ll take the risk to life and limb.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> If I stop posting on this blog regularly in order to focus on a few topics that deserve long-form essays, will I discover that I’m not really capable of insightful writing and be forced to admit to my own puerility?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: I finished The Hunter, and I’m waiting for delivery of David Mazzucchelli’s decade-in-the-making comic, Asterios Polyp. (Boy, do I hate the term “graphic novel.”) What I’m listening to: My new Mad Mix CD, “Stix Stigma,” which I’ve started sending out to select friends. What I’m watching: Apollo 13, Roman Holiday, and Federer’s … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “What It Is: 7\/6\/09”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,32],"tags":[766,767],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","category-sports","tag-david-mazzucchelli","tag-gil-thorp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-152","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3919,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/stop-and-smell-the-timmys","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":0},"title":"Stop and smell the Timmy’s!","author":"Gil","date":"May 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm on vacation in Toronto, eh? That means no new posts till Tuesday! Meanwhile, have a happy mother's day, get some Tim Hortons, and chill out, just like Dave Collier here:","rel":"","context":"In "Comic books & strips"","block_context":{"text":"Comic books & strips","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10424,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-226-joyce-farmer","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":1},"title":"Episode 226 – Joyce Farmer","author":"Gil","date":"July 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 226: Joyce Farmer \"The '60s were a time of explosive interaction and learning of radical ideas. The thing was, I thought they were sensible, not radical.\" Joyce Farmer joins the show to talk about her transition from housewife to underground comics legend, the adventure of disposing of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/instajoyce-620x620.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/instajoyce-620x620.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/instajoyce-620x620.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11635,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-280-david-lloyd","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":2},"title":"Episode 280 – David Lloyd","author":"Gil","date":"July 30, 2018","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 280: David Lloyd \"Art should be an adventure, and once it ceases to be that, you're done.\" From A(ces Weekly) to V (for Vendetta): UK comics legend David Lloyd joins the show to talk about his storied career, and how he made the shift from artist to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Splash-Page-777x520.jpg?fit=777%2C520&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Splash-Page-777x520.jpg?fit=777%2C520&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Splash-Page-777x520.jpg?fit=777%2C520&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Splash-Page-777x520.jpg?fit=777%2C520&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9917,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-188-hayley-campbell","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":3},"title":"Episode 188 – Hayley Campbell","author":"Gil","date":"October 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #188: Hayley Campbell \"I love finding people who are obsessed with things. People who devote their lives to things are my obsession.\" Writer and Twitter provocateur Hayley Campbell joins the show for a conversation about her inability to describe her job (don't call her a \"content provider\").\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comic books & strips"","block_context":{"text":"Comic books & strips","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/29993554956_b8c114e6de_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/29993554956_b8c114e6de_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/29993554956_b8c114e6de_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/29993554956_b8c114e6de_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/29993554956_b8c114e6de_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11232,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-256-lauren-weinstein","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":4},"title":"Episode 256 – Lauren Weinstein","author":"Gil","date":"February 13, 2018","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 256: Lauren Weinstein \"Comics are a way to process events in your life. You put it down on the page, and it has its own life, and you're able to move away from it.\" Village Voice cartoonist Lauren Weinstein joins the show to talk about the balancing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0646.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0646.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0646.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0646.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0646.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1952,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-mar-14-2008","url_meta":{"origin":4156,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Mar. 14, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"March 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Non-dog links, dear readers! I wish I had time to write more about these topics, but between the day job and getting acclimated to having a new housemate, I've been in a state of nervous exhaustion. Enjoy! Rem Koolhaas' Dubai design is batshit. No, seriously. * * * And his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4160,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/4160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}