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Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-06-28

  • California #
  • Lamest border inspection ever. “do you have any fruit?” “um– no?” “ok, move along.” #
  • Safely arrived in san diego. #
  • O excellent day. #
  • Swam in the pacific this morning. Oh yes. Climate is perfect here. #
  • Should probably find some wireless and check everything. I’ve enjoyed living off the grid, but now is time to return. #
  • Reading pynchon’s “the crying of lot 49.” #
  • @schy congratulations! she’s beautiful. (other news: swam in the pacific as soon as we were able. cold & excellent. san diego is fantastic.) #
  • @jodikatherine thanks! it’s pretty great out here. all the lads are flying safely home, had an enjoyable trip, etc. how’s moving? in reply to jodikatherine #
  • @hmapple sad. hope you’re all enjoying yourselves anyway. in reply to hmapple #
  • @vyemoran no worries. definitely worth calling for. hope you’re all well. in reply to vyemoran #
  • @rsdevin i’m attending #clarion. took a cross country road trip from north carolina with some friends and got to san diego a few days early. in reply to rsdevin #
  • @elleeffect such a wonderful trip, and there’s more to come. let me know what you’re up to, how your intensive is going, etc. in reply to elleeffect #
  • @ken_schneyer glad you enjoyed the travelogue. can’t wait to meet you all & get started… in reply to ken_schneyer #
  • @bcb212 we were driving, as they say, very fast indeed. san diego is gorgeous. hope you’re all well. in reply to bcb212 #
  • @mynameis_shoe the drive was fantastic. next time, though, i might fly to colorado and start from there. in reply to mynameis_shoe #
  • @apopa i suppose all i can say is: aww. now i’m going outside to walk in the park in 65 degree, slightly overcast san diego. in reply to apopa #
  • @rquat guess what i neglected to buy before this trip? a camera. in reply to rquat #
  • my glasses shipped! only sad part: they shipped to nc. glasses #fail. #
  • In the ucsd special collections reading room, looking at a full box of stories from #clarion 1969. #
  • There’s a sury here entitled “selective service, 1999”. Reminded of team building exercise 99. #
  • Reading octavia butler’s “crossover” from #clarion 1970. Complete with scratched out bits and revisions between the lines. #
  • i have no idea what hour it is. regardless: “the crying of lot 49” with “america’s got talent” in the background makes for a surreal evening #
  • finally got wifi at the library. geisel is a pretty sweet library: http://bit.ly/5rPeY #
  • and the first thing i read after getting access: farah fawcett is dead. #
  • @tofermoran pretty well. i need to read him when i’m less tired, though. and he will require rereading, for sure. in reply to tofermoran #
  • feels weird to check my email at discrete points, rather than having it open all the time. #
  • today’s reading: selected #clarion archive stories from: chiang, @doctorow, @jeffvandermeer, @nalohopkinson, crais, robinson, et al. #
  • @rsdevin it’s really interesting: some of these stories aren’t very good, but their writers grew into giants. so strange, and encouraging. in reply to rsdevin #
  • @ken_schneyer yup. the special collections room. box after box after box… it’s pretty cool. give them 2 days notice to collect materials. in reply to ken_schneyer #
  • so michael jackson is dead now, too? #
  • clothed owls? probably: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/3652426981/sizes/o/ #
  • finished pynchon’s “the crying of lot 49” last night. quite good, though i’ll need to reread it to enjoy it properly. #
  • marshmallows are the mushrooms of the candy world. #
  • @mynameis_shoe it is good not to be alone. in reply to mynameis_shoe #
  • Reading ezra pound’s “abc of reading.” recommended by samuel r delany. #
  • http://twitpic.com/8hu4g – #
  • “Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.” — ezra pound #
  • reading paul park’s “a princess of roumania” & it rocks the party. #
  • Enjoyed park’s “a princess of roumania.” reminded me of pullman; definitely sets up the series. #
  • last half of pound’s “abc of reading” starts with chaucer and goes on; gives examples of why each writer is worthwhile. need to learn greek. #
  • RT @fantasymagazine Lowell Francis talks about #wuxia #novels and #Chinese sword and #sorcery novels for #Fantasy – http://bit.ly/aWFGp #
  • now it begins. #clarion #
  • Checked in. Our apartment is larger than i thought it would be. Finally got online. #
  • @bcb212 ended up staying with a friend of a friend, actually. pretty cool. in reply to bcb212 #
  • @themattlondon seconded. so rad. and it’s only just begun. in reply to themattlondon #
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