December 2011
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Not Bureaucracy just Beautiful
This really has nothing to do with bureaucracy but it’s so stunning y’all should read it. Maybe it’s the opposite of bureaucracy? In any case:
“It was a year when Frankie thought about the world. And she did not see it as a round school globe, with the countries neat and different colored. She thought of the world as huge and cracked and loose and turning a thousand...
November 2011
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Thanksgiving Playlist... b/c I ❤ you
Remember how fun 2010’s Thanksgiving playlist was? Yes/No/Maybe/Hell Yes? Well here’s a whole new batch of songs to keep you comfy and safe from bureaucracy this turkey day season!
DUM DUM GIRLS - Bedroom Eyes
PHANTOGRAM - When I’m Small
LITTLE DRAGON - Constant Surprises
M83 - We Own the Sky (old but good)
and the best of them all: SURPRISE!
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Upshot of the Downturn
Maybe it’s just me but customer service peeps are being a hell of a lot nicer these days. AT&T ladies are joking around, being sweet and helpful; checkers at Ghetto Ralphs and Albertsons are all smiley and positive as if they’ve been drinking the Trader Joe’s Kool-Aid or something. Maybe it’s because they’re all just so damn happy to have a job. But whatever the...
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The most wonderful/bullsh*t time of the year!
Holiday season. It’s right around the corner. Christmas music and dreidels have muscled into our local drug stores, the pumpkin patch just closed down, and my confused and/or lazy neighbors still have their gigantic spider web and witch decorations out. Scary. People are out doing their holiday shopping. Oh, wait – never mind! No one is really doing holiday shopping, are they? Unless they’re in...
