Month: July 2002
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Before Midnight
The background music, the ongoing soundtrack of my late nights for the past five years has been provided by Playstation. Various video game orchestral swells have accompanied many a late-night writing period, or play loudly underneath my brain as I finish a book. Right now World War II is going on behind my head. It…
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Insignificance
It feels really silly. This morning I got to drive through the Warner Brothers lot for a meeting, and I squealed like a child when I saw the E.R. set — the ambulance bay and Doc Magoo’s. Then I bounced in the passenger seat when I realized we were next driving through Stars Hollow, the…
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“Benny Wants to See the Movie Too.”
I’m off to see Austin Powers in Goldmember in a few hours. I really hope it doesn’t suck. Most likely it won’t, right? And the soundtrack will probably be good, right? I wanted to add a sidenote to the MTV entry from the other day. How is it possible that the Basement Jaxx didn’t get…
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Why I Should Turn My Computer Off at Night
From: pamie <pamie@pamie.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:37:27 -0700 Subject: breitney i am drunk and emailing, which is never good. i will now type without going back and editing, which i’ve been doing up until now, which is slowing me down, considerably. i watched crossroads tonight and drank a lot. i love that movie…
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Best P. Diddy in a Puff Daddy Video
I will continue to do this to prove that I am not getting older; pop music is just sucking harder these days. I can’t stand this Christian invasion. It’s ruining music! Someone call up Jars of Clay and take notes — how do we get the Christian music to be back on the fringe? How…
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Twitchy Woman
I woke up with it two days ago. A tiny twitch in my right eye. It comes and goes — it’s not a constant twitching –but it’s driving me crazy. At first I thought I just needed a cup of coffee. Then I figured I needed three cups of coffee. I was still twitching. I…
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Love is Strange
The best thing I overheard the other night: “But that’s literally what he said. The whole letter, right there. That’s literally what he said. I mean, not word-for-word, but pretty much.” It is the most overused word of the decade. “Literally.” Everybody’s literally doing figurative things. I am literally squirming in my seat over my…
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Late at Night
I am restless. Restless. Nothing sounds interesting. I tried watching television. Reruns. I tried reading my book. Short stories of Dorothy Parker just aren’t grabbing my attention tonight. I worked out. I cooked dinner. I cleaned. I took out the trash. I’m listening for the neighbors, at this point.
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Movie Mumbling
For those of you who have been staying up nights fretting over the state of my laptop, it is now fixed. I have some very smart, very reliable friends. Very patient friends that still talk to me after I call from another country demanding tech support at four in the morning. Friends that miss their…
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Mama Crazy
The other night I was watching Sinead O’Connor and realized how much she reminds me of my friend AB. At first glance you think you’re dealing with a tiny woman who probably wouldn’t cause any harm to anybody. Then she opens her mouth and you realize you’ve got a Banshee on your hands. She’s tough,…