{"id":4645,"date":"2009-11-09T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2009-11-09T11:54:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:54:07","slug":"what-it-is-11909-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-11909-2","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 11\/9\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The Book of Basketball<\/a>\"\", by Bill Simmons, When The Shooting Stops . . . The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story<\/a>\"\", by Ralph Rosenblum, and Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol<\/a>\"\", by Tony Scherman and David Dalton. The latter was on display in my library when I stopped in a few days ago, so I borrowed it and gave it a read. I might go on a Warhol kick this winter, because I suspect he’s key to an understanding of celebrity (not just in terms of the “15 minutes” thing) in our age.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Everything, Everything<\/a>\"\", by Underworld.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Role Models<\/a> (better than it should have been), and the first 3 episodes of The Singing Detective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Miller’s & Q-Tonic<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Coming to the office with me last Friday, as part of his Ambassadog duties, and going on a nice, long greyhound hike on Sunday (no pix).<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> L.A.! In fact, I’m already there!<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> The Yankees won their 27th World Series! I finished that Nov\/Dec issue! And I’m kindasorta getting that “novel” going for National Novel Writing Month, even though it’s pretty shapeless and the characters need a lot of work.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Not having much time to explore L.A.<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> I don’t know. I’m pretty tired right now, so I don’t have the energy to worry.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Why it took me so long to start twisting my crazy anecdotes into ficton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons, When The Shooting Stops . . . The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story, by Ralph Rosenblum, and Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol, by Tony Scherman and David Dalton. The latter was on display in my library when I stopped in a few days … <\/p>\n

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