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I've been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. And soon...

I'v been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. And soon after I started watching I started thinking I really like the dude who plays Felix Gaeta. Then I started thinking. It would be awesome to meet him. Later: “I bet I could meet him at like, some

Anoop Desai can be as nasty as he wants to be

Yesterday I skipped having drinks out with Mark to watch the Wildcard episode of American Idol. We have a DVR, which I’ve used to postpone the Grammys, the Superbowl, and the Presidential debates, but I’m so obsessed with the show right now that I have to see it

Anoop Desai can be as nasty as he wants to be

FTW--I still love Radiohead

I’ve been listening to (nearly) all Radiohead since my four-hour Thom Yorke dream. This band is really, really great. And I realized I’ve never had to articulate my feelings about Radiohead, because Radiohead reviews/interviews are reserved for better critics than me. I’ve never been able to

FTW--I still love Radiohead

Music fanboyism

“Only a critic that submits to fanboyism can match his readers’ earnestness, grasping the pinnacles and depths experienced by us, the fans ditching school to camp out for concert tickets, the people who listen to music for fun.” —Making the Case for Music Fanboyism, Orr Shtuhl, The Morning News Some

Music fanboyism

In the liner notes

A couple weeks ago I logged into 43Things, a goal-tracking website, for the first time in a year or so. I was happy to see I had achieved some of the goals I wrote down then, happy to see others (try the world’s hottest hot sauce? I’ve tried

In the liner notes

I just want more of the same

Yesterday I paid the last $20 of my library fine. I didn’t have anything new to pick up since my fine stopped me from reserving books. I tried browsing at the New York Ottendorfer Library branch, an easy/difficult thing to do since their fiction section is entirely contained

I just want more of the same

Midnight movies

In a few hours I’ll be leaving the apartment to get in line to see Spiderman. I got the tickets a few weeks ago. This will make Spiderman III the latest in a long line of movies I’ve insisted on seeing at midnight on opening day. Other films

Midnight movies