sidd flinch

before bed thoughts

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:22:06 -0400

1) is there anyone out there who consistently looks BETTER in real life than they do in the pictures they share or allow to be shared on social media?

2) how does anybody even do anything anymore? there’s just so much awesome out there. what to choose? where to start? and how do you avoid worrying about the amazing things you chose not to do?

3) would it be totally insane to just… not have internet at my apartment? i have most everything i need on my phone accessible via lte (including netflix and hulu) and wifi at work and down the street (java lords from 7am to 2am, and when else would i need it?). i don’t have a tv, and it’ll probably be a while (> a year) before i get one. i’d save $50-$85 a month dropping it. y’know. i’m just gonna do it. bye comcast.

this right here is awesome.

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:09 -0400

this right here is awesome.

still one of my favorites.

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:29 -0400

still one of my favorites.

my density has brought me to you, or things i've been up to/down for of late

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:55:27 -0400

- moved to candler park. unpacked slightly more than the minimum number of boxes to live my life and mostly dull my anxiety at having a messy house. it’s a process.

- reading and stuff. david foster wallace. vonnegut. hopefully a new comic book soon (brian azzarello’s joker)

- eating japanese-ish small plates at gato arrigato

- watching kids in the hall, mad men when i can.

- running. weekday runs are up to 7 miles, where they’ll stay for a while. weekends are 11-12, and i’ll keep increasing.

i’ve been in a holding pattern lately. it feels like robin’s wedding is the hump to get over. after she’s married off and on her way to fort meade or syracuse or wherever she ends up deciding to go, i’ll be ready to shift focus inward. or maybe this is one of those times that i need to suck it all up and do all the things now. live as though this is the ideal time, because it’s the only time. we’ll see. tomorrow’s another day.

"when a solipsist dies, after all, everything goes with him."

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:01:04 -0400

“when a solipsist dies, after all, everything goes with him.”

- david foster wallace, “certainly the end of something or other, one would sort of have to think,” from consider the lobster and other essays

"in time, almost all men and women will become worthless as producers of goods, food, services, and..."

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:46:40 -0400

“in time, almost all men and women will become worthless as producers of goods, food, services, and more machines, as sources of practical ideas in the areas of economics, engineering, and probably medicine, too. so - if we can’t find reasons and methods for treasuring human beings because they are human beings, then we might as well, as has so often been suggested, rub them out.”

- kilgore trout, from kurt vonnegut jr.’s god bless you, mr. rosewater

"i used to laugh my head off at laurel and hardy. there is terrible tragedy there somehow. these men..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:16:16 -0400

“i used to laugh my head off at laurel and hardy. there is terrible tragedy there somehow. these men are too sweet to survive in this world and are in terrible danger all the time. they could be so easily killed.”

- kurt vonnegut, a man without a country

"red-hot papa, member of white race, seeks red-hot mama, any race, any age, any religion. object:..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:53:15 -0500

“red-hot papa, member of white race, seeks red-hot mama, any race, any age, any religion. object: everything but matrimony. will exchange snaps. my teeth are my own.”

- kurt vonnegut, jr., god bless you, mr. rosewater

"amory wandered slowly up the avenue and thought of the night as inevitably his - the pageantry and..."

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:31:36 -0500

“amory wandered slowly up the avenue and thought of the night as inevitably his - the pageantry and carnival of rich dusk and dim streets… it seemed that he had closed the book of fading harmonies at last and stepped in to the sensuous vibrant walks of life. everywhere these countless lights, this promise of a night of streets and singing - he moved in a half-dream through the crowd as if expecting to meet rosalind hurrying toward him with eager feet from every corner… how the unforgettable faces of dusk would blend to her, the myriad footsteps, a thousand overtures, would blend to her footsteps; and there would be more drunkenness than wine in the softness of her eyes on his. even his dreams now were faint violins drifting like summer sounds upon the summer air.”

- f. scott fitzgerald, this side of paradise

albums i've listened to on vinyl while working from home this week

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:36:37 -0500

twin shadow - forget
peter gabriel - so
girls - album
rjd2 - deadringer
vampire weekend - s/t
the shins - oh, inverted world
marvin gaye - what’s going on
the national - alligator
ariel pink’s haunted graffiti - mature themes
the guess who - the best of the guess who
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
panda bear - tomboy
washed out - within and without

i love my job.

"amory smiled and tried to picture himself as ‘good old amory.’ he failed completely."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:57:00 -0500

“amory smiled and tried to picture himself as ‘good old amory.’ he failed completely.”

- f. scott fitzgerald, this side of paradise

"worry not all things are well we’ll be alright we have our looks and perfume on"

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:49:47 -0500

“worry not
all things are well
we’ll be alright
we have our looks and perfume on”

- the national, “apartment story”

“don’t assume i’m just boring for mourning a...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:07:32 -0500

“don’t assume i’m just boring for mourning a love that’s not for me.”

"you will admit that if it was not life it was magnificent."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:24:00 -0500

“you will admit that if it was not life it was magnificent.”

- f. scott fitzgerald, this side of paradise

"over time, a network that was originally seamless and uncluttered came to be overlaid with a..."

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:59:57 -0500

““over time, a network that was originally seamless and uncluttered came to be overlaid with a grotesque accumulation of add-ons and patches, to the point where it begins to resemble a baroque excrescence rather than a classical design.””

- john naughton, for the guardian (http://guardiannews.com/technology/2013/jan/13/internet-needs-to-get-rebuilders-in)

thankstravaganza 2012 plan

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:12:16 -0500

this is the order of the thankstravaganza and what i intend to order at each place.

grindhouse - peanut butter cup milkshake (or whatever special they have)
empire state south - burgundy chow chow put up jar w/toast
blake’s - draft beer
condessa - house roast coffee
melrose & mcqueen - just gonna play some ping pong - gotta practice
victory - frozen jack & coke
iberian pig - pork cheek tacos
steady hand - coke cocktail
holeman & finch - copper & cane
table & main - burger

i. will. die. I WILL DIE. of delicousness & food. and lordy will i be thankful for it.

"around in the fields we grew with love for everyone dreams we saw with eyes of hope until that dream..."

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:29:42 -0400

“around in the fields we grew
with love for everyone
dreams we saw with eyes of hope
until that dream was done”

- real estate, “easy,” from days

“part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:40:00 -0400

“part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time.” - joni mitchell

this version’s by james blake. and damn is it beautiful.

"and also, like all men, perhaps there’ll be an occasion, maybe a summer night sometime, when..."

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:54:42 -0400

“and also, like all men, perhaps there’ll be an occasion, maybe a summer night sometime, when he’ll look up from what he’s doing and listen to the distant music of a calliope and hear the voices and the laughter of the people and the places of his past. and perhaps across his mind there’ll flit a little errant wish, that a man might not have to become old, never outgrow the parks and the merry-go-rounds of his youth. and he’ll smile then, too, because he’ll know it is just an errant wish, some wisp of memory, not too important really, some laughing ghosts that cross a man’s mind, that are a part of the twilight zone.”

- rod serling, preface to an episode of the twilight zone, “walking distance.”

good song, bill. “electrocution,” by bill fox.

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:57:00 -0400

good song, bill. “electrocution,” by bill fox.