Moonrise over Atlanta
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Celebrating my 25th Birthday
This past Saturday I celebrated my 25th birthday. It was food-themed for the most part, which is just fine by me because I love food.
Rob got me Almost Meatless as a present and Arren got me some turtle fudge from Kilwin’s.
Also, for my birthday I thought it would be a good idea1 to eat the Double Bypass Burger for my birthday dinner at the Vortex Bar and Grill here in Atlanta. Here’s the official menu description:
Topped with two fried eggs, six slices of American cheese, and eight slices of bacon, all served between the two grilled cheese sandwiches that we use in place of the regular hamburger buns.
In preparation, I only had fruit and salad for most the day. When I ordered the dinner that night, the waitress was unfazed. The burger arrived, and it didn’t seem as big as I thought it would. Here’s a video of me tackling the burger (9 minutes, 4 minutes of which are of me chewing and rolling my eyes back).
- it’s wasn’t [↩]
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2 books a month
For the new year, I’m going to aim for reading two books (for leisure) a month, I was inspired by this interview. This designer, who has a day job and everything managed to read a book a week for a year. As a graduate student I have about 160 pages of readings a week, so we’ll see how far I go with my leisure reading. I’m also trying to make something everyday too1. Point is, I’m being ambitious. It wouldn’t surprise me if I fall short, as I don’t want to flunk out of school, so homework will almost always take precedence2.
For January, I only managed to read one book (On Love by Alain de Botton) so I need to make up for it by reading 3 books for Febuary. Here’s the plan:
Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (fiction)
Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus (philosophy)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino (fiction, translated from Italian)
Persuasive Games by Ian Bogost (non-fiction, have to read Chapter 1 for homework next week)
The Creative Habit by Twyla Thwarp (non-fiction)
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung and Aniela Jaffe (non-fiction)
- does this blog post count? [↩]
- unless it’s past 11pm, that’s the academic part of my brain goes to sleep [↩]
- I’m definitely going in over my head for this month [↩]
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Mixtape for You: Valentine’s Day 2010
I’ll have to admit that this is one of my more upbeat mixtapes. Yet each song has some kind of desperate plea, a refrain that is masked by poppy, energetic melodies. Stream the mixtape here. Read the rest of this entry »
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