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blog post mmmm. tastes like dolor.
Posted in The Secret Journal of Allan Hsu on Mar 29, 2005 at 5:32 PM

My allergies have been going nuts lately and my sleep has been really weird. I'm pretty sure that I dreamt of this last night:

I was visiting the band Sleater-Kinney while they were on tour (apparently, I'm incredibly cool in some of my dreams). I don't think Janet Weiss was around, but I was hanging out with Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker and they were showing me this hand-bound book they had made.

Apparently, in a previous dream, we had invented a new snack food, called "Doloritos". They're tasty corn-based chips that taste like mental anguish and sorrow. The band was pretty into these fictional chips and the book they were showing me was full of all these drawings and stories they had written about Doloritos while on tour. They had several of these hand-bound books with them.

Man, I really have no idea.



blog post Dolor
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 29, 2005 at 11:57 AM

Etymology: Middle English dolour, from Middle French, from Latin dolor pain, grief, from dolEre to feel pain, grieve

: mental suffering or anguish : SORROW

"But oh, the smell of burnt cocaine
The dolor and decay
It only makes me cranky"
- The Decemberists, "Los Angeles, I'm Yours"



blog post to sir, with love
Posted in The Secret Journal of Allan Hsu on Mar 27, 2005 at 7:54 PM
Dear Credit Card Companies: You know those crappy checks you keep sending me? The ones that are tied to my credit card account at some horrible interest rate? Please stop. You know I don't use them. -Allan


blog post Rake
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 24, 2005 at 9:37 PM
Etymology: short for rakehell : a dissolute person : LIBERTINE


blog post Odalisque
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 24, 2005 at 9:16 PM
An odalisque was a female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. The word appears in a French form, and originates from the Turkish odaliq, meaning "chambermaid", from oda, "chamber" or "room". Various writers spell the word as odahlic, odalisk, and odalik. In popular usage the word may also loosely refer to a mistress, concubine or paramour of a wealthy man. In Western culture odalisques became common 19th century fantasy figures in the artistic movement known as Orientalism; they feature in many erotic paintings from that era.


blog post Roustabout
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 24, 2005 at 9:14 PM
1 a : DECKHAND b : LONGSHOREMAN 2 : an unskilled or semiskilled laborer especially in an oil field or refinery 3 : a circus worker who erects and dismantles tents, cares for the grounds, and handles animals and equipment


blog post Palanquin
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 24, 2005 at 9:13 PM
A palanquin is a covered litter carried on four poles. The word derives from the Tamil for bed couch.; pallakku Palanquins are mentioned in literature as early as the Ramayana (c. 250BC). During the 17-18th centuries they were very popular among European traders in Bengal, so much so that in 1758 an order was issued their purchase by certain lower-ranked employees. Palanquins began to fall out of use after rickshaws were introduced in the 1930s.


blog post Picaresque
Posted in I was a rake and a roustabout. on Mar 24, 2005 at 9:11 PM
The picaresque novel (Spanish: "picaresco", from "pĂ­caro", for "rogue" or "rascal") is a popular style of novel that originated in Spain and flourished in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and has continued to influence modern literature. The term denotes a subgenre of usually satiric prose fiction and depicts in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.


Single of the moment: The Raveonettes - Love in a Trashcan


The excellent Mr. Berg and I were driving to pick up my car from service yesterday, and we were listening to some righteous tunes in his car. His iPod brings The Rock. This spurned a conversation about songs that make absolutely no sense, but you instantly recognize as *awesome*. Here's two examples: Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe Len - You Steal My Sunshine Feel free to reply with more such songs.


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