December 2009
29 posts
November 2009
70 posts
Desire
From Tom Robbin’s Jitterbug Perfume:
‘Alobar ventured the opinion that they had survived because he reached a point where he did not take his desire to live seriously. “My desire was no less than before, you understand, but I no longer identified with the desire. Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously, we not...
Grizzly Bear — While You Wait for the Others
Twitter disengagement
Looking over the past of this blog, a lot of nothingness is filled up by twitter updates. It used to be great, but with the advent of a job who wants me to twitter and the poliferation or RTing articles, it doesn’t give my tumblr any value anymore.
Hopefully I can maintain this enough that I can compensate for the lack of twitter.
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go.
I’ve been...
Read this one day
“The Return of Eva Perón” by V.S. Naipaul
and/or
“Bodegónes de Buenos Aires” by Pietro Sorba
Vicky Christina Barcelona left me unfulfilled and disappointed. But I now want to go to Spain.
can’t help but overhear crazy super mom grocery store line go freudian and physco analyse 4 year old’s comment
Deliberation Day 1
I thought it would be good to hash out my first day of extreme deliberation. 4 things, one at a time.
1. Errands
2. Preparation for Grad School/ Register for classes / Resume work
3.
4. Pack for Denver
I don’t have anything for 3! This is a challenge. I’ll figure something out.
Who wants to place a bet that SLC will parade for winning the MLS cup?
Deliberate
My new years resolution this year was to be more deliberate in everything I do. Looking back on most of the year, I feel like I have both succeeded and failed that. I’ve been much more deliberate in what I say, which is a huge part of what I wanted to do. I feel/felt that being deliberate in speech, not hiding behind niceties or euphemisms, can lead to more effective communication and stops...
Sometimes Arcade Fire is too good for me to listen to. I either have to turn it down or change it to a different band. I’d say thats good.
Last home game of the year. Quite sad. :( Go Utes!
RT @viewsflow Five cities that will rise in the New Economy http://vf.cx/13l
RT @investoralist: SoGen predicts global collapse in the coming two years, here it is in full: http://bit.ly/3OUaiK
Funny. Texas bans ALL marriages: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/79112.html
RT @viewsflow The great disconnect between stocks and jobs http://vf.cx/Vm $DOW
Don’t ask me how studying for a calc test turned into learning google map’s API, because I don’t know the answer.
Oh, Palin: “If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?”
RT @viewsflow Goldman apologises for role in crisis http://vf.cx/Qc @s_agrawal do I have you to blame for this? ;)
A continuation of NYT love affair with Utah. Maybe not so much w/ this article but Utah does seem to get a lot of press http://bit.ly/CNsCb
My eyes were beginning to hurt. I then realize that I had my desk light pointed directly in my face. How did I not realize this earlier?!
Felix Salmon is the worst econ blogger out there. Nothing he talks about is actually econ, just business gossip and ooolalalas.
Studying the GMAT with a Utah school of business masters program pen. I hope its not an indication of the future. #getmeoutofutah
just had an incredible urge to go into the olive business. maybe that martini had something to do with it
“Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment”
don’t call it a comeback.
really? like really? definitely a nice night to go to bed early.
USC is undeniably overrated. Along with Iowa, Ohio State, Miami, and BYU. Heh. I may be biased.
Such a big game today. I’m giddy with anticipation. The Utes are all over the news. I don’t know if I can handle it. Go Utes!
Horned Frogs can help heal decades of hurt http://bit.ly/3b48OT …or make em weep again. Go Utes!
I’ve become far too picky.
Abolishing the ignorance of Utah republicans by defeating one piece of misinformation at a time.
Best interview ever. I can only imagine that the interviewer was more than a little frustrated. http://bit.ly/1pjKIe
“Undercover economist eats with Naked Chef.” I’d like to submit that there is no such thing as an undercover economist.
Gladwell explains Christmas. http://bit.ly/46Hyx3 Oh that guy.
I’d propose that Thursdays are the worst day for news. I blame it on the placement in the week. Post hump, pre-end. #caseofthethursdays
All this anti-Muslim rhetoric going around is really making me upset.
RT @viewsflow What’s behind rising oil prices? http://vf.cx/K0 $OIL $UDN
RT @viewsflow Why Buffett finished off Burlington: It’s the inventories, stupid http://vf.cx/K2 $BRKA $IYK
Sometimes I really wish there was an edit button… low, not slow, dammit!
With all this talk of L, W, V and U shaped economic recoveries…”what happens in China: do they have sinographic recoveries?” haha.
This story can be told with many different companies. Just replace the name. RT @viewsflow How Crocs crashed and burned http://vf.cx/Jg
If Utah wins out, and Boise State loses this weekend, I project a Utah BCS bowl game. Not that far fetched, is it?