Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Reading, watching, moving

Reading
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Tom Robbins.
Like any Robbins book it is intensely weird and impossible to put down. The plot: CIA operative Switters is on a mission in the South American jungle- to release his grandmother's beloved aging parrot into the wild. In the jungle he meets End of Time (another name for him is Today is Tomorrow), an Indian shaman with a pyramid-shaped skull. End of Time gives Switters psychedelics and also places a curse on him that he cannot touch the earth with his feet. I won't go any further into the description, but I am enjoying this daily on the train.

Maggie the Mechanic, Jaime Hernandez.
I only just started this graphic novel, but so far it's excellent. This is a Love and Rockets book. I have read some of Gilbert Hernandez (Jaime's brother)'s Love and Rockets graphic novels which are also excellent.

Watching
DVD:
Mythbusters
Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 6

Hulu:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, seasons 1 and 3
The Office, current season

Youtube:
Top Chef, current season
America's Next Top Model, current season

Moving
We are considering moving to Lincoln Park/DePaul, Lakeview, or Roscoe Village when our lease is up at the end of the summer. Also, I'll be getting rid of my car sometime in the summer. We want to go east. We're getting tired of certain aspects of the neighborhood, namely the violence, litter, food poisoning, and also there was a dead guy on the steps. I think we'll spend a little more money and have a smaller place.

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