Briefly
Happy Juneteenth, people. I'll be observing tonight in the traditional fashion, at a Lisa Germano show (with a thousand thanks to George).
Hey, my site, my traditions. You don't like it, make your own.
Also saw her last night, but I'm hoping that she takes some time to review some lyrics sheets today so she actually remembers the words to her songs. Either this is a common problem with singer/songwriters, or I just happen to like the ones who space out as easily as I do.
Started a temp assignment today. It's quite astonishingly boring. And in Elmhurst. And it's paying me, so I can't say too many bad things about it, plus the RSI probably isn't going to cripple me before the Gulf War Syndrome, so why worry about it?
Also, some reviews: The Animatrix has about four segments worth your time, and several more that, um, aren't. Combined, there's probably as much quality entertainment in them as there is in Reloaded, so, um, yeah. Plain Brown Wrapper is probably a much more entertaining read if you're an African-American with some relationship to publishing, and I haven't read nearly enough mysteries to have a worthwhile opinion on that aspect. But there are some thinly-veiled slams on Our Kind of People, or those who try to write about them, so that's all right. And since vegan-y me enjoyed Ruth Ozeki's My Year of Meats, there's no reason for anyone else to be frightened off by the title.
Right, that's the content for this month handled. . .
Comments
Plain Brown Wrapper. Hmmm. It's a nice summer read but it's in no way weighty. I did like the world that Karen Grigsby Bates' character lived in though. I felt comfortable in it.
Second Renaissance pts. 1 & 2 is all that matters.
Posted by: Jason | June 19, 2003 8:15 PM
I either really like Karen Grigsby Bates or really don't. I can't rememeber...
Posted by: j. brotherlove | June 25, 2003 9:35 AM
So far behind. . . Jason, I also liked the detective segment and the haunted house one. And the one Square animated, because I'm just that geeky. No titles, because I'm not geeky enough to look them up or remember them offhand, thank the lord.
My sis says this Karen Bates (currently working for WBEZ in Chicago) is the same woman, but I'm not sure, reading the bio. Yeah, the book was pretty lightweight, but in a good way.
j., d'you remember reading anything else from her?
Posted by: Aaron | July 1, 2003 3:23 PM
Sweet merciful god in heaven, you get to hang out with Heather in person, *and* go to a Lisa Germano show?
Somewhere in your youth or childhood, you must have done something good.
love,
audra
p.s. Did sLisa Germano pull a Chan Marshall?
Posted by: audra | July 10, 2003 11:27 PM
I enjoyed "plain brown wrapper" and am anxiously awaiting the sequel....
Posted by: karen | August 9, 2003 7:28 PM
By the by, that Karen Bates is not the same one. Karen Grigsby Bates wrote, and may continue to write, a regular column for the LA Times which is why I decided to pick up the novel.
And The Haunted House short, Glitch I believe it's called, may now be my favorite.
Posted by: Jason | August 10, 2003 12:17 PM
Jason, I think it was the director's commentary on Second Renaissance that pulled me in. Or the mandalas. Or both. Then again, Glitch had a cat. . .
Thanks for correcting me on the Karen Bates thing.
Audra, thanks. I'm afraid I don't get the Chan Marshall reference, though.
He said, more than a month later. Note to self: stop sucking.
karen, there's a sequel planned? I know the (sub)title made it sound like she wanted to do a series with the character.
I expect writing something about Condi speaking at NABJ would be appropriate, given the setting of the book.
Yep.
I should do that.
Tra la la la la.
Posted by: Aaron | August 13, 2003 7:42 PM
I loved "plain brown wrapper". Not only was I able to relate but enjoy having "us" feel comfortable in all socio-economic situations.
Posted by: Janice | May 16, 2004 8:08 PM