#77 - LIST FRIDAY, Swept Floor and Clean Sheets Edition

"...but, of course, it was universal for Brenda, more than that, cosmic--it made every cashmere sweater a battle with her mother, and her life, which, I was certain, consisted to a large part of cornering the market on fabrics that felt soft to the skin, took on the quality of a Hundred Years' War..."
-Philip Roth, Goodbye Columbus

Things That Are Making Me Happy Today

• the above quote
• a newly cleaned bedroom
• lime Italian soda that tastes a little bit like perfume (but in a good way)
• The Hold Steady on TSOYA
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip on DVD
• the fact that I get to go buy textbooks tomorrow
• pondering the age-old dilemma of looseleaf vs. notebooks

Movies Watched In The Past Two Weeks

• Fight Club
• Bright Young Things
• Dead and Breakfast
• I Capture the Castle
• Love Me If You Dare
• Made of Honor
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Books Read In The Past Two Weeks

• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Salinger: A Biography by Paul Alexander
• Poseur by Rachel Maude
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth
  

#76 - LIST FRIDAY, Return Edition

I am going out of town (and away from the internet) for a few days, but before I go:

Songs I Would Sing In Karaoke, If I Could Sing Anything I Wanted

• Come A Long Way - Michelle Shocked
• King of Spain - Moxy Fruvous
• Won't Be Home - Old 97s
• Downtown - Petula Clark
• Omabolasire - Prozzak
• Phone Sex - Superchunk
• Puttin' On the Ritz - Taco
• Me and Mia - Ted Leo
• Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
• Plea from a Cat Named Virtue - Weakerthans
• Jesus etc. - Wilco
• Step Into My Office, Baby - Belle and Sebastian
• Come On Petunia - The Blow
• Combat Baby - Metric
  
• Two Fine People - Cat Stevens
• July, July! - The Decemberists
• Rangers - A Fine Frenzy
• Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
• Home By Saturday - Hayden
• Massive Nights - The Hold Steady
• Sometimes Always - Jesus and Mary Chain
• Good Man - Josh Ritter
• The Hard Way - Mary Chapin Carpenter