Saturday, January 19th, 2013
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11:45 am
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Ned: I want adventure. I want romance.
Bill: Ned, there's no such thing as adventure. There's no such thing as romance. There's only trouble and desire.
Ned: Trouble and desire?
Bill: That's right. And the funny thing is, when you desire something you immediately get into trouble. And when you're in trouble you don't desire anything at all.
Ned: I see.
Bill: It's impossible.
Ned: It's ironic.
Bill: It's a fucking tragedy is what it is, Ned.
If it hadn't been for Hal Hartley's Simple Men I wouldn't have discovered Dostoevsky or French New Wave or Yo La Tengo. I wouldn't have the name "closethipster" (which I stole from a review of the soundtrack to Hartley's Amateur). And how has it branched out from there? Playing Matador records on my 3-6am slot on 91.1 (my show was the Red Show Diaries), being heartbroken by Adrienne Shelly's murder right before the release of Waitress, learning about geology ("Long Island is a terminal moraine"), looking for Godard movie posters with my brother in Paris, and who knows what else.
What movie most influenced you?
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
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1:59 pm
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I keep thinking I hear someone crying in the other room, but it's just an early Talking Heads album.
That's a music joke, young people.
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Monday, November 19th, 2012
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8:35 pm - Ode to Tom Paxton
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It's a long and dusty road
It's a hot and heavy load
And the folks I meet ain't always kind
Some are bad and some are good’n
Some have done the best they could
Some have tried to ease my trouble in mind
And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound
can't help but wonder where I'm bound
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
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5:07 pm - The least complicated
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Some days I just want to give up and buy a Nexus or a Kindle or an iPad and get all my books and music and movies from Google or Amazon or Apple.
So I'll probably buy a Kobo arc. Yeah, that should be ridiculous enough.
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
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3:13 pm - John Noble wins all the Emmys (in my mind)
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
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8:45 pm - The Continental
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It's a Der Krieger und die Kaiserin kind of night.
That's right, I moved from France to Germany.
Oh hey! This wine is called Zeller Schwarze Katz.
I have a bit of a theme going on.
Oh hey! I am called Step Schwarz.
None of this can be a coincidence.
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
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8:32 pm - Crime d'amour
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I hate to go all cliche on you – really I do – but I could look at Ludivine Sagnier all day. Like, from when I wake up around 5:30am until I fall asleep around 11:30pm, minus an hour for lunch.
She's got that one squinty eye and it drives my heart crazy. Here, here, let me do a quick F13 for you.
She makes me want to jump up and scream I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
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9:28 pm - But you can call him Larry
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
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8:06 pm - TMI Friday
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I'm so far down in my laundry, I'm wearing briefs. Briefs! My legs feel more of my jeans than usual. Is this how it is for Ladies all the time? Is this why you wear skirts? Because you can't stand to feel all that jean?
A little late, but I am beginning to understand you.
P.S. They're tasteful briefs. They'd never pass for French, but they are black in color. And I Sharpie-ed over the "Old Navy" on the band to add just a touch more Class.
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Friday, August 10th, 2012
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2:22 pm - TMI Friday
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Dear Diary,
Today I was part of a conversation that ended with: "Candyman. HUGE Indigo Girls fan."
Try and figure out how I got there, Diary. IF YOU DARE.
Love,
Step
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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12:57 pm
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It's so cold.
How cold is it?
My nips are doing things they haven't done since I was a judge at that Hawaiian Tropic swimsuit competition.
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
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7:46 pm - Typical
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Red wine consumed. LOST re-watch on the tube. Laptop to the left of me, folded laundry to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
So. What's shakin'? Me, I'm hearing a kind of vacuum sound but I can't figure out where it's coming from. My eyes are scratchy from all the pollen. I wish that oven pizza had been bigger. I'm thinking about how dark the new Sun Kil Moon album is.
It's a Saturday.
Your turn. Share.
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
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3:47 pm - Album review
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Rufus Wainwright's "Montauk" is whimsical. It is full of whimsy.
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012
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12:01 am - Uh...
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This is what midnight is like? It's so boring. There isn't even any daylight. I don't understand you night people at all.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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10:11 am - Pickup line
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
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3:44 pm
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
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9:00 pm - Near misses
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Oh shit, I almost nodded off on the sofa just now. I was listening to Bjork and eating a peanut butter cup. If... if I had reached a dream state... my god, imagine those dreams.
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012
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6:38 am - Territorial
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Though I wasn't motivated enough to investigate with additional senses, judging by the sounds and the smells I'd say a cat and a skunk got into a fight under my window at about 3:30 AM. Thug life.
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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8:14 pm
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
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8:59 pm - Things I never thought I would say
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I.
The exercise bike I have my eye on is on sale at Sports Authority... but the sale ends today. I have one minute to make it to the Solomon Pond Mall.
II.
I drank two glasses of water today.
III.
Don't read.
Wait, wait. Let me finish. Don't read... Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge if you ever want to experience the feeling of joy again.
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