02/01/2009

Topics covered in 30 mins:

• Thoreau was cool
• earthships
• why doesn't the peel of an orange taste bad?
• genetic engineering in apples and blueberries today
• is Bjork going to be okay with the collapse of Iceland and all?
• the sky today looks like Homer Simpson's Springfield (??)
• did I sound like Dr. Girlfriend from the Venture Bros just then when I said I had to put my face on?
• a tirade about TECO bec...

• Gavin Bryars/Alter Ego, "The Sinking of the Titanic"
• Antony & The Johnsons, "The Crying Light"
• Bon Iver, "Blood Bank"
• Arvo Part, "Tabula Rasa"
• Bat For Lashes, "Fur and Gold"
• David Byrne & Brian Eno, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"
• Cut Copy, "In Ghost Colours"
• Ratatat, "LP3"
• John Fahey, "America"
• Shearwater, "Rooks"
• Bon Iver, "For Emma, Forever Ago"
• Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes"
• John Fahey, "The Trans...

• Become master of hyper-organization
• Learn to crochet
• More journaling

50 Books a Year

1. Without a Trace: Colleen Coble
2. Good Omens: Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
3. The Host: Stephenie Meyer
4. The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins
5. The Likeness: Tana French
6. Dead Until Dark: Charlaine Harris
7. Peace Like A River: Leif Enger
8. The Graveyard Book: Neil Gaiman
9. Gap Creek: Robert Morgan
10. The Devil in the White City: Erik Larson
11. Outlander: Diana Gabaldan
12. At Home in Mitford: Jan Karon

"Reading too many books at once since 1981."

• The Siege: Helen Dunmore
• Stardust: Neil Gaiman
• Gluten-Free Girl: Shauna James Ahern

(I own ALL of these books and have yet to read them.)

To-Read:

• Housekeeping: Marilyn Robinson
• The Mermaid Chair: Sue Monk Kidd
• The Secret Life of Bees: Sue Monk Kidd
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Ron Hansen
• The Widow of the South: Robert Hicks
• The Hear...