The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

We’re all just fumbling in the dark — for a heart of hearts

Month: March, 2010

Over through the dark and gentle sea

It’s pitch black. I’m 30,000 feet in the air. Blasting Memory Tapes. On my way back to New York—the flight is less than two hours, but going the opposite way felt longer since we had to wait forever to take off from LaGuardia on Friday. It’s odd—on Google Maps it labels LaGuardia “Flushing Airport.” WTF? [...]

Emily, let’s not.

So I’m supposed to be writing my Emily Dickinson paper today. I’ve been thumbing through her collected works for a week or two now, and I can say with absolute certainty that I am mystified as to why she is an important poet. Perhaps it stems from my disdain for poetry as an art form [...]

ghost imaging my mind

I think I realize what I was trying to get at in my last post. Insomnia. It’s 5 AM here now, which is the worst time for me. I wish I could sleep, but I just can’t. I laid down for 30 minutes, and it just didn’t happen. I need to go back to my [...]

head first

oh. my. god. new goldfrapp album. omg. omg. omg. Download it ASAP. “Dreaming” is the song I was born to listen to. In other news, not much is going on. I saw Marina and the Diamonds tonight with Matt. It was a really fun show, although the opener was absolutely awful. Yesterday I went and [...]

I can’t keep my head in sight

Let’s get the obligatory concert shots out of the way. I apologize for the haphazardness of this post, but it’s two weeks jammed together. ACRYLICS @ MERCURY LOUNGE A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW @ MERCURY LOUNGE EFTERKLANG @ LE POISSON ROUGE And, in addition: The “F” train stop at Bryant Park Amusing graffiti in the [...]