Readings, Watchings, Listenings

I've been taking a lot in recently, largely not for class (sorry, Roger). I'd like someday to distill all this that I've been devouring into something new and stubbornly mine, but until such time as I know how I'll leave a list here.

 - The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway, 1926

 - Superman Comes to the Supermarket, Norman Mailer in Esquire, 1960

 - Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977 (movie)

 - Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog on The Atlantic

 - this short story by Tao Lin, 2007

 - Content, Rem Koolhaas, 2004

 - Reflektor, Arcade Fire, 2013 (album)

 - this article about Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City

 - a chapter on Gerhard Richter from Briony Fer's The Infinite Line, 2004

Photos from the Early Goings

Boat Cafe

Street Performer at Tate Modern

Young Girl at Tate Modern

Big Ben, from Trafalgar Square

Regent's Park, Early

The Real Mickey Mouse

Frank and a Stranger

Showtime

The Walkie Talkie

Early Bird Special

Frank on the Thames

SOAS, Brutalism

Two Couples and a Fountain

HMS Belfast and Clouds

Three Surfaces and a Couple Trees

London Skyline from Canary Wharf

Sunset from St. Paul's

Naptime

Murphy's Law

We've had lovely weather here for the past week (at least). I mean real lovely, not just London lovely.

Last night, after a lengthy and stimulating life catch-up with my good friend Jill Brandwein I decided I wanted to catch a London sunrise. I went immediately to bed and set my alarm for 6 am. I got up, narrowly avoided getting drenched, and made it to Primrose Hill just a few minutes after the sun was supposed to. Only it was still dark. It has been all day- the clouds have returned.

Oh well.

Got this photo, which isn't awful. Someday I'll manage to beat the weather.