Friday, November 28There's nothing better than the narrative of pool reporter notes. They excite me unreasonably.
9:22 a.m. Washington time ? We were told eight minutes out and could feel the descent. Shut down laptops. Cabin is dark except for blue3 light of clocks and light from agents' cabin. About half the journalists were already wearing their vests, which are Point Blank Body Armor.
9:31 a.m. Washington time (5:32 p.m. local) ? Touched down in swift abrupt landing, but not the emergency spiral that had been prepared for. Press walked down dark stairs onto Tarmac.
10:50 a.m. ? I had taken off my body armor to type, then saw a soldier I wanted to interview. I came back and my vest is gone. The laptop is still there. 11:56 a.m. Washington time ? We reboarded on a dark stretch of runway. A soldier or agent with a huge gun stood at the foot of the stairs as press Ids were checked.
11:59 a.m. ? Dan Bartlett stuck his head into the press cabin and said he believes the secret held. He said we would be allowed to file when we got above 10,000 feet.
-- Pool reporter Mike Allen's private notes of Bush's secret Thankgsiving trip to Baghdad, published on Drudge Report. ⊕
Thursday, November 27Jean Rhys began her autobiography in 1976. She was in her mid-80's. Ms. Rhys died in 1979; the book was unfinished. It is published anyway, and called Smile Please.
Ms. Rhys evades many topics she felt were too personal. In a way, she was more concerned with the writing of the autobiography itself than the book's subject. Perhaps a writer's best autobiography should be her writing anyway. But briefly in Smile Please, she discusses her first love. She had written a poem about this experience. In its entirety, the poem is:
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know.
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Wednesday, November 26My cleaning lady -- who hates me -- likes to "clean" by stacking the books she finds all over the house. Invariably she does this while muttering about how lazy I am.
Please note L is for Lawless by Ms. Sue Grafton. I'm no snob. ⊕
the xml feed is here, and if you really must, you can delve into the past here.
thanks for spending a moment with me. perhaps you'd enjoy seeing who i see:
my girl gang will totally cut you:
→blaise →elizabeth →jennie →jonno →lance →leslie →meg →philo
gangsters from the block:
→aaron →anil →ariel →ernie →faustus →lisa →lockhart →mom →nick →richard →steve
join me for a meeting in town hall:
→gothamist →the morning news →world new york
clock some mofos who can write:
→alison →bob →dana →dong resin →mary →matthew →michael →mimi →skot
about this site:
©2000-2003, choire sicha. i use blogger for posting automation. the rest is handcoded by my squirrels. i am hosted by kinetic medium. this page is validating css.
thanks for spending a moment with me. perhaps you'd enjoy seeing who i see:
my girl gang will totally cut you:
→blaise →elizabeth →jennie →jonno →lance →leslie →meg →philo
gangsters from the block:
→aaron →anil →ariel →ernie →faustus →lisa →lockhart →mom →nick →richard →steve
join me for a meeting in town hall:
→gothamist →the morning news →world new york
clock some mofos who can write:
→alison →bob →dana →dong resin →mary →matthew →michael →mimi →skot
about this site:
©2000-2003, choire sicha. i use blogger for posting automation. the rest is handcoded by my squirrels. i am hosted by kinetic medium. this page is validating css.
