My heart is propped up by a Scotch. I just finished one of those books. The ones that pull your insides out through your eyeballs, wash them in enlightened intelligentsia and marinate them in emotion before shoving them back in word by word, page by page, chapter by chapter. “A novel is not, after all, […]
Entries from May 2008
Books That Will Change Your Life…Or Ruin You
May 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments
Whoever said…was n.u.t.s.
May 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
Whoever said the first time was the hardest never tried to write a second book.
In a word, this entirely introspective, spastic, and enlightening experience may be summarized in three letters. ARG. Writing book two feels like I’m strapped down on a table enduring Chinese water torture that is percolating right through my forehead and out […]
Tags: 2008 · Authors · A Tale of Three Cities · Writing · Books
Sometimes You Have to Go Away To Come Home
May 16th, 2008 · Comments Off
A lot of us move to D.C. never expecting to call it home. It’s the city people come to for metropolitan opportunities and cosmopolitan experiences. Or just to escape. For all of those reasons, I was one of those people. Then Belize happened, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Six years ago, I left the rolling […]
Summer 2008 Pop Playlist
May 14th, 2008 · 9 Comments
In honor of all that is summer, here is the most shameless Top Down play list compiled to date. Cheers to seeing the sun.
Feedback—Janet Jackson
Rhianna—Please Don’t Stop the Music (even thought you want to)
Danity Kane—Damaged (support the Diddy)
Lupe Fiasco—Superstar (because you are)
Metro Station—Shake It (because you want to)
Miley Cyrus—See You Again (Two words—Vanity Fair)
Leona Lewis—Bleed […]
Bets on Brides?
May 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments
This past week I was female deputized. In other words, I was asked to be a bridesmaid.
While this may be a normal event in most twenty-something’s lives, it is not in mine. In fact, family and friends have actively counseled one another against my involvement. Perhaps it is because I hate weddings. Perhaps it is […]
Tags: 2008
The Longest Book Title. Ever.
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
How To Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth is the alternative title for Kinky Friedman’s Guide to Texas Etiquette, an anthropological study meets comedic satire on, you guessed it, Texans. This jewel of an airplane ride read includes things you would never hear a real Texan say, final meal requests from […]
