The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | October 30, 2005
Another story for a lazy Sunday:
“Well, here we are,” I said.
Dave looked at me and dumped his pack into the two-foot wide shoulder. “Yep.”
We were in Appalachian Gap, at the intersection of the Long Trail and Vermont Route 17. Our copy of the Long Trail End-to-Ender’s Guide had warned us about the preceding [...]
Dan | October 28, 2005
Well, sometimes I wake up early, and this morning was no exception; my last day at my job that I’ve had for nearly two years. Two years - that’s long enough to get an MBA, most of a law degree, half of a medical degree, and a sixth of most doctorates. It’s an [...]
Dan | October 26, 2005
I went to Bottom of the Hill tonight to see the Youth Group (not Christians, an indie band from Australia) play. I’d been feeling crummy all afternoon, since about an hour after I’d gone to Chili Up for lunch. Bloated, stomachachey, throat-burn, etc. I figured it was just a reaction [...]
Dan | October 26, 2005
Haircut and burrito yesterday, and if you couldn’t tell that I was in an introspective mood from reading the blog over at Burritophile, you’re blind. What kind of weirdo spends his precious burrito-eating time dwelling on the sadness of the young heroin addict who asked him for a couple of bucks for a taco? [...]
Dan | October 25, 2005
I’ve read a good bit about cosmology lately, enough to inspire me to read a little more. It’s an interesting subject, because, well, it takes up one of those really interesting questions: why the universe? Sure, we have physics to explain time and the Big Bang and gravity as a function of [...]
Dan | October 24, 2005
I found a website that isn’t horrible! It’s called Toothpaste For Dinner, and if you’re bored/tired/want entertainment, check it out. The guy’s writing and drawings are quirky, funny, the whole bit.
Dan | October 23, 2005
Some statistics from the six weddings I’ve been to this year:
Miles flown: ~18,000
Cars rented: 0
Most forms of public transportation used in one day: 5 (NYC Subway, two different AirTrains, BART, SF MUNI)
Celebrities seen: 1 (LL Cool J, in a hotel lobby)
Single women met: 2 (Everyone’s married these days)
Oceans jumped in: 1
Fountains frolicked in: 1
Drinks had: [...]
Dan | October 21, 2005
This is a “random notes” post, because I’m just too damned tired to do anything particularly creative or funny. Headed to Sacramento this weekend for wedding #6 of the year. I’m pretty excited to be done with them; all of the marriages have been pretty draining.
Saw the Heavenly States and Hijack [...]
Dan | October 20, 2005
So I’m coming to Sacto this weekend. My brother would pick me up at the train, but he’s wrapped up. I’m coming in around 5:30. Any of my Sacto peeps want to get me at the train and go directly to the Bonnlair for general fun, fried food, and debauchery? First [...]
Dan | October 19, 2005
I gave notice at my job today; I have a new one. I feel pretty weird; I’ve never been able to leave any job on my own terms before. Even this is kind of rushed; I sort-of-pushed up the new one and put pressure on them…arg.
Anyway, I’m going to be doing something [...]
Dan | October 19, 2005
I went to the Great American Music Hall last night to check out The Hold Steady, and it was an amazing rock show. Those guys rock so friggin’ hard…put it this way. Not only did they drink beer on stage, the lead guitarist drank Beam. From the bottle. Half of one [...]
Dan | October 16, 2005
Back from the Relay tonight, sitting on my couch with cracked feet, sore joints, and eyes starting to come apart after a Saturday night with two hours’ sleep.
Maybe I’ll write more about this some day, but…well, this weekend I got to run across the Golden Gate Bridge at one-thirty in the morning. It was [...]
Dan | October 14, 2005
Off for the weekend yet again, this time to run in The Relay. I’m still pretty tired, and still having weird focus problems with my right eye, but I’m now convinced that it’s just my astigmatism acting weird. I realize that this makes no sense, but who’s going to argue [...]
Dan | October 13, 2005
I’m headed to the eye doctor again, this time after having a splitting headache when I left work last night because my right eye couldn’t focus on anything when wearing a contact lens. What the hell? Was I a medieval warlord who blinded people for fun in a previous life? This is [...]
Dan | October 12, 2005
Yeah, I’m writing stupid stuff on Craigslist again.
Dan | October 12, 2005
Seven years ago it was October 12, 1998. Mathew Shepard died that day. I’d like to think that, as a society, we’ve come to a point where that kind of stuff just doesn’t happen.
On the other hand, some states still elect representatives like this fucksickle, so I think we still have a long [...]
Dan | October 12, 2005
So Apple announced that the new Ipod will do video. And you can buy TV shows from Itunes as of today. I heartily don’t care; I’ve written before about how the Ipod-ization of urban life is turning our great cities into closer-packed versions of the suburban bubble; this is only going to make [...]
Dan | October 11, 2005
I wandered over to a Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown today for lunch; the streets were packed with tourists in Fisherman’s Wharf-new fleece, dim-sum touts, and old locals trundling bags of exotic vegetables down the sidewalks. Sunflower was crowded, and I sat at a large table by myself, sharing the seats with a group of [...]
Dan | October 10, 2005
Ripping that from a Johnny Cash song, I felt like it would be useful to have the last thing I write in my 20s (I feel like I don’t turn 30 until midnight on my birthday) be about music. In one way or another, music has been what has made me who I [...]
Dan | October 10, 2005
1995: Brisbane, Australia (passed out fully clothed with my then-girlfriend)
1996: Durham, North Carolina (got dumped, got loaded)
1997: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (dinner with a bunch of co-workers, two of whom I’m still friend with)
1998: New York City (With Mode; went to his wedding in August)
1999: Acadia National Park, Maine (with Dave, sat on top of a [...]
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