the view from a room

instead of doing homework

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:28:30 -0700

Show us the book you're reading right now. Submitted by Strive2Be. This is the one I've been carrying around and nibbling away at for the past couple of days: But I'm in more of a picture-book mood this evening:

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a walk in the clouds

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:41:18 -0700

I loveloveloved Man on Wire. Philippe Petit is now among my art heroes, alongside Christo and Jeanne-Claude. [Common elements of these artists include careful engineering and rigging, temporary installations on famous structures, and doing it f...

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shoulder, stories, sandwiches on Tuesday

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:27:41 -0700

I do not like: Getting up at 5:30 a.m. to make a 7:00 physical therapy appointment. Wet shoes from the pouring rain. Having to interview intercity bus operators (nothing against them, only out of fear of talking to strangers on the phone). Most ...

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I read (and enjoyed!) poetry.

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:36:45 -0700

One last post related to the removal of the monkey from my back and then I’ll retire the subject for at least two days. My backpack felt so unnaturally light and empty last night that by the time I got up on Capitol Hill I decided that, if my d...

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10 confessions wherein my ill-readedness is revealed

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:37:56 -0700

I just finished my first Jonathan Carroll novel, Outside the Dog Museum, and loved it. Now I feel ready to try that scary-covered Carroll book which I bought a couple of weeks ago. I think the last time I mentioned completing a book was during...

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Since I started looking, I see them all around.

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:20:08 -0700

I wonder if the sign art people leave clues and secret messages for each other. Walking home up Olive today, I saw several Poo In Your Shoe stickers along the way: The dog on this sign is painted on a piece of cloth with a stitched border. I ...

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Vox Hunt: Writing - My Favorite Writer

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:36:32 -0700

Show us your favorite writer.

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surrendering, overdue

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:46:40 -0700

I have been sucked in by two wonderful things at the beginning of this week: 1) I finally bought an iPod. What took me so frickin' long? Possibly something to do with a general mistrust of new technology, an enduring and unhealthy tendency to s...

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QotD: Best Wizard, Hands Down

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:33:59 -0700

Who is your favorite wizard of all time? Hmm... this will take a skim through the books once they are unpacked to narrow down the candidates. I'm definitely fond of Howl.

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the last hurrah

nobody@vox.com(homebody) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:07:08 -0700

The bill for my first mortgage payment arrived. I will not be buying records again for a long, long time. These were my (sigh) final acquisitions (Thursday last): I love everything Colleen has recorded. Here is a song from this latest release: ...

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