Monthly Archives: June 2008

I am in New Orleans until July 30

By Justin | Published: June 29, 2008

As mentioned earlier, I am in New Orleans, and will be without my phone or an Internet connection until July 30. This means that there will be no updates to this blog until that time. Similarly, you will receive an automated reply to any emails you send me, and will receive no response to any [...]

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The email that started it all

By Justin | Published: June 27, 2008

Back at the end of May, this was the email that started all this New Orleans business. Wholesale organization began just eight days ago… not bad, procrastination. Not bad at all. Begin forwarded message: From: Justin LaSelva Date: May 26, 2008 9:02:18 PM EDT To: Jeffrey Kaplan Subject: Summer plans: New Orleans? This is really [...]

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What they didn’t teach you in elementary school

By Justin | Published: June 26, 2008

Pogs: passion fruit, orange, guava. Who knew? Well, aside from the Oxford English Dictionary:

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Adventures on the North River

By Justin | Published: June 26, 2008

Wendy and I went out on the North River today, a neat and beautiful 6-mile trip that included paddling up, then down, the river in a canoe (my first canoe trip), and jumping off the Union Street bridge in Scituate (my first bridge jump). I could go into details about how fun it was, how [...]

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Finding, and navigating, my path to fulfillment

By Justin | Published: June 25, 2008

I will be writing a lot in July, and will type it all up when I get home.

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Things I have seen this summer

By Justin | Published: June 25, 2008

The first third of my summer is nearly past. I have seen many things. I have seen hail horizontally riding the wind, and I have seen lightning arc across the entire sky in a beautiful but frightening chain, electrifying the entire atmosphere. I have seen the charred remains of a section of forest, blackened to [...]

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The Details’ “Demons/Heathens”

By Justin | Published: June 25, 2008

I think the contrast between upwardly “raising our glasses” and downwardly “measuring the distance from the branch to the ground” is so effective, and so visual. That’s part of the reason why this song is unusually evocative. Another reason may be the fact that, like so much of the music I love, it’s by a [...]

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Whoa, it’s really happening: tickets purchased

By Justin | Published: June 21, 2008

I just bought the tickets for my trip to New Orleans. I’ll be leaving early in the morning on Monday, June 30, and will be returning late at night on Tuesday, July 29. The tickets were $306, so I will have just about $100 to make ends meet for a month in New Orleans, including [...]

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Reservations about selling my iPhone

By Justin | Published: June 19, 2008

Here’s where I let out a big sigh. ::Sigh:: I was planning on selling my iPhone this week (and have already received a bunch of enticing offers on Craigslist), but the more I look into upgrading to the iPhone 3G when I get back at the end of July (it launches on July 11), the [...]

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Contacting me through the end of July

By Justin | Published: June 19, 2008

The time is nearing… my month in New Orleans! This drastic change in circumstances necessitates an equally drastic change in getting in touch with me. I don’t plan on using a computer throughout my time in New Orleans, so you should expect no updates to this blog. Similarly, you’ll receive no replies to things you [...]

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