This made the last 10 minutes enjoyable.

Scroll down and click on Camera Obscura Interview and Camera Obscura Performance। Traceyanne praises Michael Jackson but says she doesn’t want to be in a room with him. The band perform their new song, French Navy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/interactive/2009/may/14/paul-morley-michael-jackson

Pet peeves

1. When people do not stay to the right of the sidewalk
2. Watching women walk around NY in uncomfortable shoes. If you have a lot of walking to do, wear sneakers or at least flats. You are slow and your shoes are loud.
3. People who walk onto the train and think that they are entitled to a seat. You have be a) pregnant b) 90 years old or c) handicapped for someone to give up their seat. Those are the rules. I don’t make them up.
4. People who walk in a line of three or more and do not move over to let people pass.
I would probably rank walking to and from the train as my least favorite times of day. When Emma and Tim were visiting from London a month ago, I had a chance to look at NY the way a tourist does. We walked slowly and looked at the buildings. We did things like visit Ellis Island and go to the Top of the Rock. It was fun and I was happy to be here afterwards. I guess that feeling didn’t last long but I’m happy that Bill and I are going to Philly this weekend. Thank you Bolt Bus. It’s not too far but the change of scenery is welcome. When we come home, we’ll have to plan a real vacation for later in the year.
In other news, I just received a batch of the new QPB catalogs, complete with my first editor letter!

Will people actually pay to read newspapers online?

I don’t think so but apparently they are going to give it a shot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002044.html

“A survey by the University of Southern California's Annenberg center found that Net users are spending 53 minutes per week reading online newspapers, up from 41 minutes in 2007. The problem, as you've undoubtedly heard, is that the print advertising that has supported sizable newsrooms is plunging, while online ads bring in just a fraction of the revenue. Combine that with an Internet culture built on free content, and newspapers suddenly find themselves on a starvation diet.”

I never thought about this but it’s true. Plus people pay to subscribe to newspapers but read them online for free. He goes on to say “But what about the old rolled-up, flip-through-the-pages, take-it-on-the-subway product?” Ah! Here’s he is talking about what I like to call “obnoxious newspaper people.” A newspaper is too big to read on the train without constantly hitting someone else, especially on a busy rush-hour train. Don’t do it.

up late doin nothing

this comedian just said the funniest thing ever. i'm paraphrasing here.

passive aggressive: i like revenge more than i like communication

so funny!

bill and i were joking about this the other day so i had to look it up. thank me later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx64_N4AA04   

The Sounds “Secret” Show at Santo’s Party House

Bill took me to a listening party at Santo’s Party House (Andrew W. K.’s club) for The Sounds new album Crossing the Rubicon last night. It turned out to not be a listening party but a secret show but it wasn’t really a secret because I think everyone knew what they were there for. Needless to say, the band was completely awesome live and we were right against the stage so Bill was able to take close up photos, which can be found here: http://www.deafleftear.com/show-reviews/the-sounds-santos-party-house-43009/

This makes me want to send postcards.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/old.postcard/index.html?eref=rss_तोप्स्तोरिएस

Finished reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney yesterday

I really enjoyed this book। It was mysterious; historical; dealt with issues of sexuality, race, and gender and all without taking itself too seriously. In the middle of the Canadian backwoods of 1867, Mrs. Ross is living a normal life, trying to please her husband and 17-year-old son. However when she finds the body of a local trapper, her hometown comes to life as they and members of the Hudson Bay company attempt to find the killer. Mrs. Ross has bigger problems though. Her young son, Francis, has disappeared and is now under suspicion of murder. A lovely historical element to the book is the small piece of bone with indiscernible markings which may prove that Native Americans may have at one time had a written language.

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1880389