Monthly Archives: August 2009

Time for intervention?

By serene | Published: August 19, 2009

Not that you could tell from the frequency I blog, but I have a serious problem with removing the tentacles the internet wraps around my head. Like many of my peers, I am suffocatingly enveloped by my lovers who go by the name of Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Flickr, etc. Occasionally I will reflect on [...]

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Le cinéma

By serene | Published: August 12, 2009

This summer has been all about movies: old ones, new ones, theater ones, laying on the couch ones. Here are some of my favorites, which I hereby recommend to you: 1.  When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts dir. Spike Lee The documentary clocks in at four hours, but it’s worth every minute [...]

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Mysterious package

By serene | Published: August 4, 2009

Last week was pretty epic: the miserable heat (c’mon, 103 in Seattle?!), the tortuous work week, and the normally perfect sleep schedule interrupted by frozen washcloth rotations and sweat-sticky sheets. In short, it sucked. That is, with the exception of one thing. I lumbered home, brow-beaten by an epic work day, to be greeted with [...]

Posted in I am a sap | 1 Comment