http://www.kateklonick.com creative non-fiction and the like Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en today is my birthday, and as far as birthdays go, it couldn't get much better than sharing your "escape from the womb day" with the dalai lama, george w. bush, and the valerie plame leak scandal.  those of you who (out of kindness, pity or a mixture of the two) rss feed this blog, ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/07/06/you-look-like-a-monkey-and-you-smell-like-one-too/ From talkingpointsmemo.com:Rohrabacher: Frat Parties Aren't TortureJustice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine was on Capitol Hill this morning to testify to the House Subcommittee on International Relations, Human Rights and Oversight, about his report on the FBI’s role in detainee interrogations, released two weeks ago.[. . .]  http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/06/08/rohrabacher-frat-parties-arent-torture/ Overheard on the way to the work, at the corner of Vesey and Broadway in the midst of a light rainstorm: Street Vendor selling umbrellas: Get 'em now. Get 'em now.  They're only going to get more expensive the harder it rains. http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/05/16/rainy-day-supply-and-demand-or-overheard-in-ny/ maybe it was my knee-jerk feminist leanings, or maybe it was the propaganda on video games i'd been subjected to since my mom banned DuckHunt from the house, but either way, by the time it was released, i'd decided that i was anti-Grand Theft Auto IV. but sometimes, you get so wrapped up in ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/05/12/my-mea-culpa-or-grand-theft-plot-o/ so it's not like i have a ton of stuff to do everyday, so one of my resurrected hobbies is wooting. along with dealnews, i've taken to checking it when i get to work at 7:30 every morning, and seeing the deal of the day.  i'd never actually bought anything, ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/05/01/woot-woot-or-the-internets-molested-my-credit-card/ i've developed two new vices in the last few months: serialized gay television [read: the L Word] and the liberal radio [read: NPR and WNYC]. but this is no casual tuning into showtime or listening to WBRU on the way to pick up groceries, these have turned into borderline part time jobs. almost every night, ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/04/25/i-hate-jenny-schecter-or-soterios-johnson-will-you-marry-me/ walking home from work last night, i noticed a homemade bumper sticker on a truck parked next to the world trade center construction site:   now this franco-phobic truck driver was so impassioned  about the country (i assume) of france, that s/he felt it necessary to emblazon their bumper with a death threat, ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/04/18/sacre-bleu-or-freedom-fighters/ i finger the buttons of my skirt, situated at the small of my back, as i get off the train, undoing them one by one. climbing the stairs as my coat bunches in the crook of my elbow, swept back from my torso and i unlace myself, so to ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/04/09/wouldnt-you-like-to-know-or-everlasting-prose/ so yesterday afternoon, sometime after jon left to go back to boston, i opened my laptop to check my email.  to my surprise (and joy!) there was a comment from a stranger on my blog (this means people besides my boyfriend and my mom have me on their rss feeds!) except ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/04/07/crazy-canadians-or-senator-muskie-reporting-for-duty/ From NYMag.com: Review: Autumn Skateboard Shop According to the staff at Autumn Skateboard Shop, the store gets its name from a Neutral Milk Hotel song. And even if they’re a little fuzzy on exactly which song (or album, or lyric), they're not nearly as soft on details when it comes to ... http://www.kateklonick.com/2008/04/02/review-autumn-skateboard-shop/