{"id":4292,"date":"2009-08-03T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2009-08-02T21:59:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T01:59:40","slug":"what-it-is-8309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-8309","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 8\/3\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> I was bored by Edwin Mullhouse<\/a>\"\", so I put it down after 25 pages. In honor of the finale of The Deadliest Catch<\/a>, I started re-reading Moby Dick<\/a>\"\". I also re-read Ghost World<\/a>, which was a really wonderful comic.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to: Nothing in particular; just some shuffling iTunes.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> That Deadliest Catch<\/em> finale, Be Kind Rewind<\/a> (haters need to explain to me why they were so down on this movie), and Step Brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Abita amber<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> No grey-hike, on account of rain, but he got to meet lots of people and doggies at the Saturday farmer’s market in town.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere in particular.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That Patsy turned out to be champion of the Ghurkas<\/a>. And offered to put up Nepal’s Olympic team<\/a> in her house for the 2012 games.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Talk Magazine launched 10 years ago<\/a>? Boy, I’m getting old. And boy, that Gwyneth Paltrow S\/M photospread remains one of the least sexy things I’ve ever seen:<\/p>\n

\"brkl2YIdzoy4fix2MprZ5XrGo1_500\"<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> Someday I’ll lose my mind and find that sexy. <shudder><\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether I should forward this career advice article<\/a> about drinking with co-workers to our office drunk, or just forward it to every other employee in our company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: I was bored by Edwin Mullhouse, so I put it down after 25 pages. In honor of the finale of The Deadliest Catch, I started re-reading Moby Dick. I also re-read Ghost World, which was a really wonderful comic. What I’m listening to: Nothing in particular; just some shuffling iTunes. What I’m … <\/p>\n

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