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the 17 point scale: meditations on a sleepless morn, part IV
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Friday, February 18, 2011. Meditations on a sleepless morn, part IV. Continued from part I. Wherein andrew compares not sleeping to digestion, part II, wherein andrew recites shampoo instructions and says strange things about death scenes, and part III, wherein andrew reviews the film. I fish for my alarm clock. it's wedged between the bed and the wall, and i have to be careful not to pull too hard or the finicky plug will fall from the socket and i will lose the time. The red digits read five fifty-seven.
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the 17 point scale: in defense of stowing a kindle in one's pocket during an excursion in the jungle, or andrew reveals his insatiable need to respond seriously to facebook comments made in jest
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Saturday, April 16, 2011. In defense of stowing a kindle in one's pocket during an excursion in the jungle, or andrew reveals his insatiable need to respond seriously to facebook comments made in jest. I broke another kindle. my third. this time i was hanging from a jungle vine, and the kindle, which was in the pocket of my brown cargo shorts, must have been crunched between my thigh and the wooden railing beside me. What am i to do? Why was I bringing my kindle into the rainforest in the first place?
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the 17 point scale: if i were discussing this novel: big machine
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011. If i were discussing this novel: big machine. But i don't think my year would have made a good novel, unless, that is, someone like victor lavalle got a hold of my story. Is the kind of novel that blends emotional depth and ordinary life with the absurd. he takes a troubled character- an andrew, if you will- and bends him around a series of ever-more shocking circumstances. imagine haruki murakami's the wind-up bird chronicle. You can purchase big machine. 16the road.cormac...
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the 17 point scale: drawings and questions concerning my house
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Sunday, June 05, 2011. Drawings and questions concerning my house. Last week i negotiated my way into owning half a house. it was my dad's idea, and so he will own the other half, perhaps the unfinished-basement half. Here are some photos:. Http:/ www.matrix.nwmls.co. Here are some drawings:. 1 where should the piano go? I imagine it would go flush against the stairs wall in the first-floor living room. 2 how should i arrange the living room? I currently own between 1 to 3 couches (1 brown not-so-comfort...
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the 17 point scale: meditations on a sleepless morn, part V
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Sunday, February 20, 2011. Meditations on a sleepless morn, part V. Continued from part I, wherein andrew compares not sleeping to digestion, part II, wherein andrew recites shampoo instructions and says strange things about death scenes, part III, wherein andrew reviews the film. And part IV, wherein andrew confesses to nudity and happiness. Would you think the material andrew was too closed off? Would you think the virtual andrew was too open? I think i'm going to leave it there, in this hypothetical, ...
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the 17 point scale: my notes and highlights from brian doyle's novel mink river
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Sunday, March 25, 2012. My notes and highlights from brian doyle's novel mink river. A town not big not small. In the hills in Oregon on the coast. Bounded by four waters: one muscular river, two shy little creeks, one ocean. End of May—the first salmonberries are just ripe. Note: the first "complete" sentence strikes after three periods. poet or novelist? If it fermented or a mouse died in it or what. The oldest of which finally collapses on page 141. Note: check this later. Watch: as he sails over the ...
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the 17 point scale: on getting naked and turning thirty-one
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011. On getting naked and turning thirty-one. Excerpted in full from the invite to my thirty-first birthday party:. So as you may know, last year I turned thirty. I wasn't very excited about the event. Also, my knees were randomly starting to act up. In short, I wasn't looking. Forward to the way my thirtieth year seemed to be shaping up, and so I skimped wherever I could on the birthday celebrations. Perhaps I was prescient, because I'm still not a fan of my thirtieth year- things.
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the 17 point scale: preamble to the crime
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007. This weekend i'm volunteering as a gopher (as in "andrew,. A") for SPU's MFA in creative writing. during that time i'll shake hands with budding writers and published authors, men and women who know how to spin a good yarn. i'm a little nervous that someone might ask, "and what about you, andrew, what do you write? Oh, i blog." it doesn't sound so glamorous, perhaps even a bit foolish. Therefore, i've decided to use. Wally lamb, a rather trim fellow in his fifties. And that is th...
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the 17 point scale: looking for a housemate; $650 Phinney/Ballard
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011. Looking for a housemate; $650 Phinney/Ballard. I'm looking for another male housemate in a 4-BR house in Phinfreard- just east of Ballard, northwest of Fremont, at the foot of Phinney Ridge. I'm biased but I think it's a cool house and a fun place to live (note that the images in this post are of the staging furniture from before the house was sold; my furniture is uglier). The room is available as of today! GEOGRAPHY (58th and 4th Ave NW). There is plenty of street parking.
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the 17 point scale: meditations on a sleepless morn, part II
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Monday, February 14, 2011. Meditations on a sleepless morn, part II. Continued from part I. Wherein andrew compares not sleeping to digestion. This is the magic formula i find myself chanting at daybreak. i'm saying the words earnestly, as if they mean something, as if there is a power to their rhythm. i speak them into my pillow, mouthing the words with silent urgency, believing hopelessly that when said in succession, they possess certain hitherto unknown sleep-inducing properties. Welcome to the 17 po...
