saw Teengirl Fantasy and James Blake tonight and holy shit, what a show (see my clip above). Kyle Chandler aka COACH TAYLOR won the Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama (and thanked the one and only Austin fans for all their support). it’s Elise’s birthdayyy so hopefully she’s drunk in Florence right now. and at 7:50PM tonight, I am picking up my girlfran Deneice at LAX.

GOOD SUNDAY MONDAY

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Revisiting this book I read years ago:

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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Pacific Standard Time is an unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. Beginning October 2011, over 60 cultural institutions will make their contributions to this region-wide initiative encompassing every major L.A. art movement from 1945 to 1980. Celebrate the era that continues to inspire the world.

This video is great – good man Kiedis and one of our favorite artists, Ed Ruscha.

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What is amazing is that in that moment, there was a moment before that we saw that plane, that second plane, and there was a moment after, and it’s like two different worlds, those two moments. I mean, literally, I can feel like I can remember the exact second when the whole world changed and my life changed forever. — AUDREY J. MARCUS, from NYT’s The Reckoning

I remember exactly where I was when I heard about the first plane crash: sophomore year of high school, Riverside building, standing at Tatiana’s locker.

Blessed be,

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maybe it’s all the jersey shore i’ve been watching, but i’ve been thinking about florence a lot lately. n and i lived in the rooms pictured for five months, with three other girls. our windows looked onto an apartment across the way and in the middle you can see one of the guys playing his guitar. our living room couch remains my single favorite part of our entire place. through the lit room on the left is our bedroom where we slept in twin beds side by side, then there’s a christmas stocking hanging off the window, it was december when we left.

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class was so good tonight

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Nothing short of massive rainfall will alleviate the dry conditions that have turned every leaf, tree and blade of grass in the state into kindling. Mark Stanford, the Texas Forest Service’s fire chief, said that the state is forecasted to be in a drought until November.

“We don’t see any change, barring tropical moisture,” Stanford said.

Central Texas is in a dire situation: over four hundred homes have been lost, and that number will rise over the next few days as the fires worsen. Because of my attachments to Austin, I have been following this closely.

Praying,

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We ate the lunch with painful politeness and avoided discussing its taste. I made sure not to apologize for it. This was a rule of mine. I don’t believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make…Usually one’s cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is vile, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile — and learn from her mistakes.

My Life in France

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