{"id":4584,"date":"2009-10-26T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2009-10-26T09:43:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T13:43:26","slug":"what-it-is-102609","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-102609","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 10\/26\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> When The Shooting Stops . . . The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story<\/a>\"\", by Ralph Rosenblum. It’s a book about the art of film editing, with a ton of awesome anecdotes. I also bought a bunch of books off my Amazon wish list last week: Jamilti & Other Stories<\/a>\"\" (Rutu Modan), Mister i<\/a>\"\" (Lewis Trondheim), Little Nothings: The Prisoner Syndrome<\/a>\"\" (Lewis Trondheim), Collected Essex County<\/a>\"\" (Jeff Lemire), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol<\/a>\"\", and Your Movie Sucks<\/a>\"\" (Roger Ebert).<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Boxer<\/a>\"\" (The National), Dear Science<\/a>\"\" (TV on the Radio), Chimera<\/a>\"\" (Delerium), Oblivion with Bells<\/a>\"\" (Underworld), In Our Nature<\/a>\"\" (Jose Gonzalez) and Bill Simmons’ two-part podcast<\/a> with Chuck Klosterman. I had a bunch of driving to do last week.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Bored To Death, South Park<\/em>, not a lot else. Oh, and Glee<\/em> because, hey, Jane Lynch.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Silverado cabernet sauvignon 2005, during my Peter Luger dindin on Thursday. First time I drank in 2+ weeks.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> A fun trip to the Ridgewood dog park<\/a> on Thursday, but no Sunday hike, on account of parental laziness. We got in at 1 a.m. from dinner in NYC on Saturday night; sue us.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Maybe to Chillerfest<\/a> next Saturday, if only so Amy can help Patrick Stewart pay for his divorce settlement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> The Years Have Pants<\/a>\"\", Eddie Campbell’s massive anthology of his Alec comics, comes out this week!<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> I discovered a few days ago that Robert Caro gave a lecture on biogrphy<\/a> in NYC last month. Two upsides:<\/p>\n

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  1. I found there’s an audio recording of his speech online<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. On Saturday, walking through Columbus Circle, Amy & I passed a shoe repair shop that included Mr. Caro on its customer “wall of fame” in the window:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"IMG_1620\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    What I’m worried about:<\/em> I won’t have a meal as amazing as last Saturday’s dinner at Marea<\/a> for a long time. And, yes, this description of the ricci by the NYTimes reviewer was apt:<\/p>\n

    The very first item on the menu at Marea is ricci, a piece of warm toast slathered with sea urchin roe, blanketed in a thin sheet of lardo, and dotted with sea salt. It offers exactly the sensation as kissing an extremely attractive person for the first time \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a bolt of surprise and pleasure combined. The salt and fat give way to primal sweetness and combine in deeply agreeable ways. The feeling lingers on the tongue and vibrates through the body. Not bad at $14 a throw \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and there are two on each plate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    What I’m pondering:<\/em> What it’ll take me for me to get on the wall of fame at a shoe repair store.
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    What I’m reading: When The Shooting Stops . . . The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story, by Ralph Rosenblum. It’s a book about the art of film editing, with a ton of awesome anecdotes. I also bought a bunch of books off my Amazon wish list last week: Jamilti & Other Stories (Rutu Modan), … <\/p>\n

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