{"id":5714,"date":"2010-11-01T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2010-10-31T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T22:32:35","slug":"what-it-is-11110-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-11110-2","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 11\/1\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The Odyssey<\/a>\"\". Also, after reading this great Frank Santoro post<\/a>, I reread Chester Brown’s Helder<\/em> and Showing Helder<\/em>. And I was feeling nostalgic for feeling nostalgic for superheroes, so I reread Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly’s Flex Mentallo mini-series<\/a>. The ’90s sure were a funny time.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> A bunch of Anthony Hamilton<\/a> records. Whoa, nelly.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Outside of American Splendor<\/a> (on Halloween, because we didn’t get around to watching it on Harvey Pekar’s birthday earlier in October) not much of anything, besides some World Series games.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Fifty Pounds gin<\/a> & Q-Tonic.<\/p>\n

What I’m eating:<\/em> A peach and blueberry pie. It’s the last one of Farmers’ Market season, which saddens me. It was my Saturday tradition (formerly our Saturday tradition, but Little Ms. Gluten-Free Diet<\/a> can’t participate anymore), picking up a 5″ fruit pie from the Concklin Orchards stand<\/a> for weekend devourification. The dogs will be sad\/confused, too, since they somehow figured out the 7-day schedule and knew that Saturday mornings were when they get to promenade around the market and get love and affection from unsuspecting locals.<\/p>\n

What Rufus & Otis are up to:<\/em> They enjoyed some longish mid-week walks, courtesy of some unseasonably lovely weather. And when things started to cool down again, they still managed to get in another 5-mile grey-hike! Pix here<\/a>! Spex here<\/a>! And then, they got dressed up for Halloween<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Back to Ithaca, even if I didn’t think too much of this essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Getting that first podcast out of the way. Also, discovering that Tyler Brule of Monocle<\/a> has many of the same poor mannerisms that I do when conducting interviews\/conversations: too many “um”s and “you know”s and a tendency to speak in full \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and multiple \u00e2\u20ac\u201d paragraphs.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That he’s much more successful than I’ll ever be. Also, that whole peach and blueberry pie thing.<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> Writing two articles in the next two days to wrap up my Nov\/Dec issue. So, um, don’t call, okay?<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether to consider the Odyssey<\/em> in terms of a whole with the Iliad<\/em>, or whether to contemplate the Iliad on its own, without considering Odysseus as an alternative to Achilles as Best of the Achaians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The Odyssey. Also, after reading this great Frank Santoro post, I reread Chester Brown’s Helder and Showing Helder. And I was feeling nostalgic for feeling nostalgic for superheroes, so I reread Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly’s Flex Mentallo mini-series. The ’90s sure were a funny time. What I’m listening to: A bunch … <\/p>\n

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