Monthly Archives: April 2003

A candle flickered at my feet…

Went to the White Stripes show tonight at the Warfield. The opening band, Whirlwind Heat, was absolutely terrible. The Stripes didn’t quite justify the $38 (!!) or whatever I had shelled out for the show, but it was solid nonetheless. … Continue reading

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Where the sun hits the sky

Was going to go to some co-op party tonight with some friends, but they charged $7 and it looked lame from the outside. So instead we headed down to Shattuck and ended up at Blake’s, where we saw this totally … Continue reading

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G-L-O-R-I-A

In no particular order: I love the Timberwolves. I was going to go to some party thing tonight but instead stayed back to watch the game. Beautiful. Jamming, Better Luck Tomorrow, three sets of tennis, a play improbably titled Calculus: … Continue reading

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Cast down

I went downstairs to the vending machine to get some pretzels. The big, chunky kind that come in an oversized bag that make you think they’re a good deal for seventy-five cents, at least compared to the other junk food … Continue reading

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Perspective

A busy day today: gone from 9:45am till 10pm. Went to another wonderful birthday dinner (Wanping) at — yes — a Thai restaurant. I love listening to Singaporeans talk! And, oh yeah, we had free Thai food for the OSQ … Continue reading

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Looking at the sun through a microscope

I really want to see Better Luck Tomorrow but it’s always sold out! (Perhaps I’ll have better luck tomorrow, goes my idiotic running joke.) Maybe I’ll try again next weekend. Speaking of films, the new (100mb, 2min) trailer for Matrix … Continue reading

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Classic me

It’s two in the morning and I have a problem set due tomorrow that I haven’t started writing up yet. Actually it was due on Tuesday but I got an extension because I had that presentation to give on Monday. … Continue reading

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The beautiful lull, the dangerous tug

I have this theory that people who prefer The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby also prefer The Bends to OK Computer with high probability, and vice versa (preferring Achtung implies preferring OK Computer). What do you think? Saw Idlewild Tuesday … Continue reading

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