The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | July 31, 2005
I have to say, the wedding was more fun than I’d thought it would be; it probably had something to do with two of us going nuts, stripping down, and jumping into the Pacific Ocean at around two a.m. My mental state is still really up and down, but I’m perhaps a bit [...]
Dan | July 29, 2005
Or blues, I haven’t decided. I’m headed to a rehearsal dinner tonight in a slightly-small white dress shirt, because all of the wedding party was asked to wear white. I don’t like wearing white; I’m pale with blue eyes, and white shirts make me look washed-out, and completely bring out whatever damage the [...]
Dan | July 28, 2005
I don’t often write about dreams, because I think that (as Asimov said) dreaming is a private thing. However…
Have you seen City of God? If so, this should be familiar. I woke up at about four in the morning this morning, as I tend to do these days. Then, after staring [...]
Dan | July 27, 2005
I’m going to miss another deadline of the Chronicles; I wish I could say that it’s because my editor is out of town (true) and that I have things to do every night until Sunday (also true), but it’s really because I’m not motivated at all. Given the way that I’ve been thinking over [...]
Dan | July 27, 2005
It’s foggy and cold here today, which lends itself to listening to the Magnetic Fields and thinking about the stuff you think about when listening to the Fields. The problem with them, for me, is what song to write about. “100,000 Fireflies” has perhaps the most brutal lyrics ever. “I Don’t Want [...]
Dan | July 26, 2005
I’ve designated tomorrow as my official out-of-my-funk day. In case it’s not obvious, I’ve been in one for a couple of weeks now, and it’s time to pull up and get rid of it.
How to do so? Well, I’m meeting the guy who writes for Burritoeater tomorrow. It’ll be interesting to (as he puts [...]
Dan | July 26, 2005
I slammed through the Geography of Nowhere last night. It’s a book written about ten years ago that tries to trace the evolution of insta-burbs and car culture here in the United States.
It bored the hell out of me, mostly because it was a synthesis of things I’d picked up in other readings about [...]
Dan | July 25, 2005
Went to a benefit show for the West Memphis Three on Saturday night. Great show - we were there to see Mark Kozelek, Jonathan Richman, and Dr. Frank. I got a chance to yell out a song selection to Dr. Frank b/c he was drunk and has trouble remembering what songs he knows. [...]
Dan | July 22, 2005
My goodness, today has dragged on for about sixteen years. It’s one of those generically beautiful San Francisco days, where you know that the warmth of the day is going to be knocked off by the looming fogs, and if you’re like me you’re happy, because it means that you’ll sleep the night through.
Dan | July 21, 2005
That’s the title of a song by the Apples In Stereo, and it’s one of my favorite indie-pop songs of all time. For some reason, it makes me think of living in the South, and of the summer I spent living in Florida. The album had come out a couple of [...]
Dan | July 20, 2005
I’m so sore I can barely walk today, which is a good thing. My brother is a genius, as exercise can help cure all.
Anyway, there was a new car on Fillmore Street today; it was hand-painted the same orange as the Golden Gate Bridge, and it only had one side mirror, which was [...]
Dan | July 19, 2005
Hi,
It’s me. I’ve been living in you for nearly 30 years now. Let’s call it about the fourth inning of my life. Why did you decide that this was the time to start bringing the 98 mph heat and develop a knuckleball? It’s like trying to bat against Nolan Ryan and [...]
Dan | July 18, 2005
A Monday list, because it’s Monday and work is dragging. This is going to be pretty sappy, ridiculous stuff, but I reserve the right to write it, because this is my little space in the world.
1) God ain’t out there. No loving being can cause that much suffering. Or create [...]
Dan | July 17, 2005
A new episode is up over at The Chronicles of Charlie.
Dan | July 17, 2005
The weekend is over, and it was a crazy one. Refer to the blog over at Burritophile for a relatively interesting story about Saturday night. My brother was in town, which was awesome. While we were hanging out at Mad Dog in the Fog on Saturday with some friends, playing dominoes, I [...]
Dan | July 15, 2005
So, I have to ruminate a little bit (isn’t what this blog was supposed to be about)? I don’t want to have another week quite like this one, maybe ever. I can’t get into specifics, because said specifics wouldn’t be particularly…um…helpful. Or maybe they could come back to haunt me.
I’m tired. I [...]
Dan | July 14, 2005
Would you like to know all the people that you’ll meet, all the places you’ll call home…?
That’s the Ladybug Transistor, and that’s me today.
Dan | July 13, 2005
File this under total idiocy.
I have a cell phone. It’s my only phone. I use it quite a bit–usually by myself. If I’m in a restaurant or bar, I leave. If I’m in the street, I speak quietly. If I’m on public transportation, I don’t answer.
Why do I have to [...]
Dan | July 13, 2005
Just found out that traffic on Burritophile topped 1500 unique users yesterday. My God. That’s amazing. That’s more than have ever read this lil’ blog–guess that a topical website is a good thing.
Dan | July 11, 2005
I’ve been teasing this website for literally months (I think I first wrote about it back in March. Wow). Finally, we’re up, live, online.
Burritophile!
Myself and two friends have been working really hard on this site for quite a while (one of the reasons I’ve been posting here less than usual, and why [...]
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