The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | April 28, 2005
No posting for the weekend; I’m off to a redeye flight to NYC, the place I fled from nearly three years ago. I flew because I was in love and thought that New York had kicked me out, and the long and short of is was that I ended up in San Francisco. [...]
Dan | April 27, 2005
In the summer of 1995 I won tickets to the Pearl Jam concert at the Polo Grounds in San Francisco.
Ten years ago, Pearl Jam was the biggest thing alive. So big that my mom warned me not to get hurt in the pit (in all fairness, I did come home once from a Social [...]
Dan | April 26, 2005
I woke up this morning in a spate of pain, due to playing a wicked game of Ultimate (not Ultimate Frisbee–there are trademark implications so it’s just Ultimate, which is weird) last night, only sitting out four points. Sleep was not really much good at all.
On the bus, a woman was blabbing into her [...]
Dan | April 25, 2005
Forgot to mention–caught Commnique at the Mesh thingy at the Rickshaw on Saturday night. Go, listen, love them. They rule like Frederick the Great did over Prussia.
Dan | April 25, 2005
Stuff I bought this weekend:
1) The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman. Eight bucks, used.
2) One pair of Brooks Radius running shoes, $49 from the Sports Basement, marked down from $80
3) Three pairs of running socks, $11
4) A pair of North Face shorts, $30 (they’re all synthetic and [...]
Dan | April 23, 2005
Last night was One Of Those Nights. I was going to write, but I got a phone call, so I went to
1) Shanghai Kelly’s, where I had fun making fun of the dudes who were desperately hitting on my two friends. One guy asked if I was their gay judging friend guy. [...]
Dan | April 22, 2005
Beautiful, beautiful day, and I’m outta here at two or three in order to grill things. Life happens once!
Dan | April 21, 2005
Long live The Phat Phree.
Dan | April 20, 2005
I’m making this one up, in honor of the below post about Iron Maiden.
10 Albums that Should Be On Every Jukebox, but Never Are
(Note: this is not your favorite 10 albums ever. This is dedicated to music that, when it comes on at the bar, makes you want to raise your glass and go [...]
Dan | April 20, 2005
Put on Powerslave by Iron Maiden. Proceed to rock.
Dan | April 20, 2005
I just finished reading The Great Gatsby. I started it in my room two days ago and finished it up at the Utopia Cafe in Chinatown over a sizzling rice clay pot. Or, after a sizzling rice clay pot. Rarely have I read a book that finished so strongly and with that [...]
Dan | April 20, 2005
Fascinating article in the Weekly today about the SF Conservatory, its students, the SFC’s impending move, and the effect of the diminishing market for classical music on the ability of classical musicians to find a job. Great work, great article.
I had a friend who graduated from the Conservatory, took a couple [...]
Dan | April 19, 2005
I’m fried today, so little writing, trying to save up some energy to work on the Chronicles tonight. Some day I’m going to stop trying to live on five hours of sleep on a Monday night, especially after raising a few glasses to Ernie Pyle.
Maybe when I’m 30.
On the other hand, [...]
Dan | April 18, 2005
Today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Ernie Pyle, the greatest war correspondent of World War II, and perhaps the best of all time. I just finished reading his biography; he was a sad man, a workoholic and an alcoholic. His family life was a disaster–his wife was manic-depressive and suicidal, [...]
Dan | April 17, 2005
The first episode of The Chronicles of Charlie is up. It’s pretty much an introductory story, so it’s not too long, but I think it’s ok. I’ll be putting up a new chapter every two weeks. Many, many thanks to my pal Aaron for doing the site design. Blog readers are getting [...]
Dan | April 16, 2005
Don’t try to stay with friends of mine after you’ve been warned. Sorry, Maya, your friend Dave was duly warned, and had to kick off at around midnight. We stayed at the Noc Noc with a bottle of sake and the Tamale Lady until closing.
Dan | April 15, 2005
Saw a very San Francisco thing last night in the Montgomerey station. A beefy guy was set up next to the billboards where musicians usually play; he had a mohawk and big sideburns, and was belting out “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. The way he was singing it was strange, clipped. [...]
Dan | April 14, 2005
Started reading Ernie Pyle’s War by James Tobin. Fifty pages in and I’m hooked. Pyle, for me, is kind of like Studs Terkel–one of those guys from a generation gone who exemplifies everything that is good and selfless.
If you don’t know who Pyle was—read Ernie’s War. The guy was incredible.
Dan | April 13, 2005
Jerry Jenkins, hack behind the Left Behind series, on how much he writes per day:
once I’m in there I’ll probably write 20 pages a day until it’s done. If I get behind, then I’ll write more than that. I try not to get behind because I don’t like to write more than 20 any more. [...]
Dan | April 12, 2005
Not that anyone’s been clamoring for it, but I figured I’d leak a bit of info on one of my two fun side projects; I’ve alluded to them in the past (the Website That Will Change YourLife Forever! was one of them, and not the one I’m writing about here).
Anyway, I’m writing fiction again, which [...]
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