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Diary: A Little July

So this blog isn’t really near the blow-by-blow archive of my thoughts and opinions that it once was, and while I hope to make strides toward improvement, I don’t think things are going to change here quickly. The prevailing theme these days seems to be transience… the scarcity of time, the brevity of passing moment, and there are hints of change in the air, so you better finish up what you’re doing before it all gets flipped on its head.

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Diary: The Mysteries of Chicago, Part 1

I’ve started rereading Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of my favorite novels of all time, in preparation for the inception of the Gothic Funk Nation this February. The timing of all of these events, however, is uncanny, since in some ways the “plot arc” of December 2007 for me had a lot in common with the early English gothic novel in general, and The Mysteries of Udolpho specifically.

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Diary: I Need My Coffee.

As job and apartment hunting has become more and more pressing, I’ve cut exercising and most of my blogging to free up time. Now I’m about to consider reversion to pre-graduation-from-grad-school caffeine levels (eg. as much as I want). The way I figure, caffeine isn’t like crack or nicotine.

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Diary: October, 1991.

I was in 7th grade, and had recently auditioned for, and cast in, the Junior High Drama Club’s inaugural production of The Wizard of Oz. I was to play the Wizard. The play quickly became my new social group and, between that and band, I must have asked five or six girls to go out with me.

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