WHAT WE’RE INTO NOW:
HEIDI
Reading: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, short stories by Alice Munro, just finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami- Watching: Game of Thrones, The Trip
- Listening: Rainy day heartbreak music — Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Laura Marling
- Eating: Almond croissants at The Secret Garden
- Blogs: La Blogotheque, The Hairpin, moreIntelligent Life
HEATHER
Reading: The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacobs Brumberg- Watching: The Hangover 2
- Listening: Mormon Matters Podcasts
- Eating: Cherries!
- Blogs: http://www.jerryseinfeld.com/
CLAIRE
- Reading: Just finished The Hunger Games, also recent: Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming, and A Doll’s House (Ibsen).
- Watching: Old episodes of The Office, Gosford Park, Upstairs/Downstairs
- Listening: BOSSYPANTS audio book
- Eating: Goat cheese and rice crackers, imported mint Aero Bars, Heading back to Flip Burger Boutique next week (Top Chef Richard Blais’ restaurant) with out of town friends.
- Blogs: Best for Babes, HuffPo, Missionary Position
ED
Reading: Just read — Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by K. van der Toorn, couldn’t finish — Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, reading — Unprotected Texts: The Bible’s Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire by Jennifer Wright Knust. - Watching: Super 8, Mad Men Season 4, Bart Ehrman lectures on The Historical Jesus from The Teaching Company. Looking for — a series with people more attractively dressed than Bart Ehrman, preferably shot in 1960s garb with a soft amber lens and not talking about Jesus.
- Listening: Jeff Beck’s Rock -n- Roll Party, honoring Les Paul, Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (or, actually, Here Comes Your Man), reading/listening to during work commute–A Short History of Film.
- Eating: Yogurt on blackberries.
- Blogs: Patheos, Out Walking
ANDY
Reading: The Sea by John Banville, Advanced Marathoning by Pfitzinger and Douglas (the foremost technical guide: not that I consider myself ever to have a chance of becoming ‘advanced’!), Mobilities by John Urry (a sociological study on ‘Issues of movement’: cars, roads, modern life).- Watching: Bored to Death (fantastic, HBO mystery/comedy), Battlestar Galactica
- Listening: Battles, Tomahawk, Skrillex
- Eating: A huge bowl of porridge in the morning, a few squares of dark chocolate in the evening, and LOTS of delicious tapas when we go out.
- Blogs: Bourbon Feet, Run. Race. Repeat. & D&S, of course!
LAURIE
Reading: Dancing With Life by Phillip Moffit, (re-reading) Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
Watching: The Daily Show, So You Think You Can Dance, Millionaire Decorators, Real Housewives of NYC (judge ye not). Also, watching my tomatoes, veggies, and herbs grow minute by minute – I’m totally obsessed with the garden.
Listening: ID Project Podcasts, Sounds True/Insights at the Edge Podcasts
Blogs: Eat The Love, Garden Rooms, Kath Eats Real Food, Lesbian Dad, Small Notebook.
Eating: Oatmeal with flax seeds, local strawberries/blackberries, brown sugar, skim milk (YUM). Trader Joe’s milk chocolate bars.
Reading: “The Snowman” by Jo Nesbo. “The Best American Non-Required Reading 2010,” edited by David Sedaris and Dave Eggers.
Watching (TV): Dexter, Season 4. Men of a Certain Age, Season 3. On Deck: The Killing. Game of Thrones.
Watching (Film): Midnight in Paris. Bridesmaids. Blue Valentine. Dogtooth. Rabbit Hole.
Listening: The Book of Mormon (musical). Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. The The.
Eating: Swedish Fish.
Blogs: Grantland.
Seeing: U2 (this Friday). Les Miserables (this Saturday).
Cool, Matt!! What did you think of Bridesmaids?
Matt, sounds like you are going to have a soaring anthemic weekend. I hope you have a great time.
I’ve been keeping an eye out for The Killing and Men of a Certain Age, they haven’t hopped across the pond yet. The Danish Killing was on a little while back, but I missed it somehow. Game of Thrones is great.
I’m very anxious to see both Midnight in Paris and Blue Valentine. What did you think?
And speaking of Les Miserables, this made me laugh: http://thehairpin.com/2011/06/your-personality-as-determined-by-your-favorite-1980s-musical
Soaring and anthemic, for sure.
In my dreams this weekend songs like U2’s “One” will no doubt surreally blend with Les Mis’s “On My Own,” and U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)” will mash up with Les Mis’s “Do You Hear the People Sing?”
Its been years (early 90s) since I’ve seen either U2 or Les Mis live. (Saw U2 in ’91 or ’92 on the Achtung Baby tour, and Les Mis twice, around the same time.) Both experiences hold a special place in my memory. I’m wondering (and hoping) that they still have the power to make my spirit soar. It’ll be a bummer if I discover that I have outgrown them.
Dogtooth was VERY bizarre – what did you make of it.. I really want to see Blue Valentine and Bridesmaids too.
Yes, what did you think of ‘Dogtooth’, Matt? Aesthetically striking, and deeply disturbing… that’s European film for ya, eh? :)
Laurie, I’m intrigued by your reality TV and home renovation/decorating shows. I’ve never managed to get into any of those. But I definitely feel like the odd man out. Seems they’re all the rage. What’s the allure there?
I think the outrageousness of crap TV makes me feel normal. I get a total kick out of it. The decorating? I just love all things design… from graphics to photography to art to gardening and home design. I get hooked quickly if it’s aesthetically pleasing.
Now THAT, I can appreciate. It’s good to be reminded that much of the time, I would choose my boring life over someone else’s wacky one.
I totally identify with this. Trash TV and B-movies are an essential part of my diet.
Thanks for all the pointers! Claire, how did you like How I Killed Pluto? It’s on my “to read” list. Should I bump it to the top?
As for me, I just finished a surprisingly entertaining book called Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). It’s about all kinds of issues related to driving–driver behavior, distraction, road design, signage, vehicles, etc. One point that struck me was that drivers’ behavior often gets riskier in response to the introduction of a new safety device or innovation, so that the effect of the new safety whatchamajigger is much less than is expected. This seems to apply both to new stuff in the car (e.g., seat belts, antilock brakes) and in road design (more warning signs).
One of my niece’s friends was made to do a report on traffic accidents (causes, how to prevent, etc.) before he was able to get his license. He had to write a paper for his parents and cite sources and everything! I thought that was a great idea!
I enjoyed it. I like memoirs in general, and it is one. Truthfully, my 11 year old daughter bought in on Kindle and we read parts of it out loud together when she was sick. Then I had to read it all the way through. Very accessible.
Thanks, Claire!
Thanks for sharing – great to see what others are in to.. here’s mine…
Reading: Delusions of Gender, Halving it All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works, Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman
Watching: Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse
Listening: Whatever is on…
Eating: Not as much as I used to, at least I’m trying.
Blogs: Too many.. here’s a couple.. Ms Magazine, SiliconeMoulds
Helen, loved this: “Eating: Not as much as I used to.” ;)
Andy, did we discuss Bored to Death earlier? I really like it and I think Ted Danson’s performance, in particular, is genius.
I’m loving it. Just moving onto series 2. Ted Danson IS great… I like him more and more, being a fan of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, also. This is a great role, tho: I think the writing really makes it. Proper ‘laugh out loud’ moments.
Several Werner Herzog references, also… and lots of undersized receptacles for alcohol. – !? Mysterious.
I am also eating Swedish fish!