So I opened up my Beirut project in hopes of banishing the burnout I’m feeling over my current project, then realized that no, just like the last time I opened up that project, I still don’t have every issue of the Lebanese Daily Star for the summer of ‘82 and I can’t proceed until I do. [...]

A few years ago a friend of mine started a LiveJournal the day after we both went to a truly epic party, so her first entry detailed the fresh new experience of getting carried out of our mutual friend’s house with her head in a trash bag.  I only wish I had such an auspicious [...]