Listening:
Land of Talk's "Life After Youth."
NY Mag has a column this month called "That's a Bop"—an effort to introduce you to artists and songs beyond the top-ten list. The headline for the article on Land of Talk called to me: "This Song Will Motivate You to Pick Up That Side Project You’ve Been Neglecting."
I don't want to waste it this time / I don't want to waste it, my life
Reading:
"The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense" by Daniel Menaker & illustrated by Roz Chast.
During his time at The New Yorker, Daniel Menaker happened across a superb spelling mistake: “The zebras were grazing on the African svelte." Fascinated by the idea of unintentionally meaningful spelling errors, he began to see that these gaffes—neither typos nor auto-corrects—are sometimes more interesting than their straight-laced counterparts.
Menaker glances at familiar fumbles like "for all intensive purposes" and "doggy-dog world," but readers delighted by language will find themselves turning the pages with baited breath to discover fresh howlers that have them laughing off their dairy airs.
The introduction is by poet Billy Collins, too.
Craving:
Mediterranean fare.
I've been consumed by the thought of falafel and hummus and tahini dressed things this week. I could go for a gyro or pita platter, too. I think the seed was planted when I saw these falafel waffles.
Oh, Ladycakes makes to most delicious looking foodstuff. (image via ohladycakes)
Wearing:
The shoe archive.
I've been digging around my closet, dusting off old favorite shoes, letting neglected pairs out for a walk or two.
Chunky white ones, spray-painted red-toed ones, super metallic strappy ones, old slipper-like ones, etc.
Watching:
Currently watching a hodgepodge of shows I've already mentioned here before. However, what I really want to see is the new movie "Band Aid."
A directorial debut from Zoe Lister-Jones, the story follows a couple (played by Lister-Jones and Adam Pally) who can’t stop fighting and end up working through their grief by turning all their fights into song. Fred Armisen plays the drums.
Wanting:
A beautiful, affordable, comfortable apartment. Wood floors would be nice. A decent closet would be great. Come on universe!
Hey, I could hang with this kitchen if I had to. (Image via The Los Angeles Times California Home Book)