NDBT

I got a job! I start as a receptionist for a computer training company on Thursday. I get 7 days training with the old temp. Yay! Work! And its right on cathedral square – SWEET.

My roomies made me milanesas con papas last night (despite the fact that I had already had dinner). I remember having milanesas (thin beef coated in egg and breadcrumbs and baked) in Buenos Aires. And – I mentioned to Lucas that some of the best ice cream I had ever had was in Buenos Aires, and he said, “Freddo?” YES!! God – I had completely forgotten the name. It’s the best ice cream in the world. Bar none.

Did you know that the California Quail lives in New Zealand? Its true (I was looking at bird books). It’s introduced (unfortunately). Among NZ’s cool birds; the kakapo (the world’s largest parrot), the kea, the karearea, the takahe, and the ruru. I love this name; the fantail which is also called the piwakawaka. And of course, all the kiwi and penguins.
I hung out in Scorpio books today (the only new bookstore in CC that isn’t a whitcoulls – I’m dead serious). It’s pretty great. They’re ordering in Death; the high cost of living (by Neil Gaiman) for me (I got the Dream Hunters today and I’m waiting to read stardust till after the movie), and they’ve reserved me a copy of Amphigorey Again when it comes in next month (yaaaayyyy!!!! I spoke to the guys at the Gorey museum about this long delayed collection – what a year ago now? And it had been delayed then…).

Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn singing in the Distance, and dons the Galoshes of Remorse.

(It has Seasonal Confusion in it, too, from the New Yorker, which Sarah Jay clipped out and gave to me as part of my birthday present junior year in high school).

Did you know there’s a graphic novel version of City of Glass by Paul Auster (with an intro by Art Speigleman)? It’s true. And Paul Hawken has a new book; Blessed Unrest. It looks awesome. “Hawken (Natural Capitalism) traces the formation of the environmental and social justice movement from the beginnings of natural science across years and continents in this rousing and “inadvertently optimistic” call to action.” – amazon. Yay. I like optimistic environmental books.

linkspam – okay – I started posting a whole bunch of links, but really, the whole crop of this one is really good. Just check out Cleolinda’s entry here. My faves; kid lit of the rich and famous (is John Krasinski shilling for a publisher?), big ben (that title took me a while to figure out – not enough caffeine), top 10 cat macros, britains most powerful stars, 2008 movie posters, and the Indiana Jones title rumors.
Reshaping the SF skyline. Even though its too tall, I’m going to vote for the pelli one. I like their park design best. As for the tower, I like the skidmore one best.
Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night director David Slade to Direct Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Hard Candy was awesome. Neverwhere is sublime. Go read it.

Gordon-Levitt Continues Indie Streak. Awesome. I really liked Brick, and I want to see the Lookout, Mysterious skin, and the Frog King.

MTV Exclusive Photo/Clips: ‘Across the Universe.’ Did they ever return to Julie Taymor’s version? The clips look amazing, though…

[D]o we ever need to see a shot of Gwyneth Paltrow petulantly feeding a rat from sippy cup while making what I presume is an nude dead-lip-hating bitchface?

David Caruso discovers the secret to his future emmy nod.

Dynamic Duos in pop culture.

Seriously? The raptors will be packing heat?

music: lithium – evanescence, omg – kaiser chiefs, y control – yeah yeah yeahs, kick it – peaches, you know I’m no good – amy winehouse, on a friday – blaqk audio

Tags: books, linkspam, Travel

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