Bloodless

July 27th, 2007Blog0 comments

I gave blood the other day because 1) The Blood & Platelet center kept emailing me to give because they’re low on O+, and 2) I needed to lose weight FAST! I’m ready for the beach!

My new favorite blog: Fake Steve. Namaste, people. My favorite posts so far: Amish people quitting their religion to buy iPhone and Best iTard Story So Far.

I needed a new non fiction to add to the mix, so I just ordered this from Amazon:

There’s a terrific article about this book here on Salon. There’s something about the rise and fall of civilizations that appeals to me. I am a Roman history freak — I think that’s part of it. Also, thinking in epic timescale terms is very interesting to me. One day the streets of Los Angeles might be a frozen battlefield with giant walking robots, a waterlogged warm-earth ocean with a coral reef developing downtown, or a radioactive ghoul-infested wonderland. Or it may be a utopia populated by beings made of pure energy like Toronto. Who knows — but it’s fun to speculate.