Posts Categorized: Life

First Lines: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Steven Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower was another one of those books that somehow didn’t make the cut for my list of 40 books to read before my 40th birthday. The Perks of Being a Wallflower was, if I recall correctly, one of only two movies I saw in a theater last year…. Read more »

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Seen Live: Yori Swart

At the end of March, Yori Swart released an 12? EP called Weigh In Weigh Out. And she did a few shows to promote it. One of those shows was in Tivoli’s Spiegelbar, which is, as the name suggests, a bar with loads of mirror(ball)s. And it was a relaxed little show. The opening act… Read more »

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System Update Pending

Last week, with a loud bang and the smell of fried electronics, my computer died on me. I’m not quite sure exactly what blew up, and I don’t really care, as it was completely written off anyway. I’ve had this PC for seven or eight years, and it was my brother’s before that. In fact,… Read more »

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Blue Monday

In case you didn’t hear about it: today is Blue Monday. Supposedly, for a number of reasons, it’s the most depressing day of the year. Poppycock. The whole idea of the third monday of January being the most depressing day of the year is based on some ludicris pseudoscience—add some undefined variable to weather, subtract… Read more »

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