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I really really liked the See Sound Lounge, it was big and airy and IKEA'd out and the music was at the perfect level of "chill" when I arrived. Also the lighting was brilliant, and there were a million different vodkas on the shelves.

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I read Sedaris' new book last night; I think he's kind of losing it. The second half of the essays were entertaining, but not so much the first half. Maybe his childhood just isn't funny anymore. Steve kept insisting that he'd "made up" two new siblings, but I definitely remember the Rooster. Not so much Tiffany the chef, though I'm sure she exists too. "Woptoberfest" I mean.

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The plan for tonight is to go to IKEA then sushi. Time to ransack the website.

music, professor

I'm kind of obsessed with this song.

"She Loves You" still kinda makes me sheepishly grin.

I always want to sing along to "The Safety Dance."

Pretty much every Lennon-sung track on Revolver makes me want to lie in bed and weep.

"She's My Ex" by All is 80s fabulous. So is "A Million Miles Away" (Plimsouls) and "The Flame" (Cheap Trick).

Sometimes I get The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" stuck in my head, and as I don't really know which order the lyrics go in, it kind of sucks.

I keep forgetting that I liked Hail to the Thief a lot. And, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We?

Puffy Ami Yumi is another guilty* pleasure, along the Stereo Total lines.

And Roxette and Chicago.