Summer's going...not officially until the 20th but Labor Day is the unofficial end of the season...and I look back on the things that made the summer of '04 what it was for me.
Cool things about the summer just past:
One of my novels being taken for consideration by a publisher
(keep your fingers crossed :-)
The Olympics
(despite NBC's efforts to ruin the experience with their heavy handed editing and incessant jingoism, it was still quite an amazing spectacle.)
Watching the horses run "where the turf meets the surf" in Del Mar
(up $300+ for the meet...including one last Sunday in the sun today...not a bad way to spend a handful of weekend afternoons)
The Amazing Race and Big Brother
(silly, giddy, and irresistible these two "reality" shows were just about the only reasons...outside of the Olympics, the news, and reruns of The West Wing...to turn on the TV during these summer months)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Living to Tell the Tale, Peter Biskind's Down and Dirty Movies: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film, David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Gilbert Hernandez' Palomar
(cool and wonderful books that made their way off my ever-burgeoning books-to-be-read and into my eager hands for savoring)
The Astonishing X-Men, Luba, Superman/Batman, Powers, 100 Bullets, JSA, Identity Crisis
(cool and wonderful comics that delighted and entertained the unabashed fanboy in me)
And now to autumn:
Cool nights, football (yay!!), a journey to Virginia, Thanksgiving, and who knows what all. I'm confident that it's going to be yet another season to remember.
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