{"id":752,"date":"2013-04-11T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/share.cassity.us\/?p=752"},"modified":"2014-12-09T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T21:59:16","slug":"the-sense-of-an-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/the-sense-of-an-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sense of an Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"

I checked out three books that were on last year’s Tournament of Books<\/a>. Esha asked me how I pick out my books, since they’re all over the place. The answer is solely through lists and recommendations. Same for movies, if I see a list, I’ll copy it and try to work my way through.<\/p>\n

The Sense of an Ending<\/a><\/em> was short and I read it in about 4 hours. The book is British and about four friends and relationships over a lifetime and memory. It was a nice book. <\/p>\n

I read 1\/2 of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience<\/a><\/em>. It might have been useful, but I was too distracted by the bad typesetting and all the markings some crazy library patron had made. At least half of the book was underlined and notated.<\/p>\n


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Wed<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Pizza<\/p>\n

Thur<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Pizza, then Design Drinks<\/a> at The Richardson. Mostly talked to Andy about a Natural History Museum themed restaurant. <\/p>\n

Fri<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0Pizza<\/p>\n

Sat<\/strong> \u2014 Went to Miami Beach. Had fried goat and a big fish and mojitos at Tap Tap. Walked around some, drinks by the pool at the Raleigh. Watched basketball on tv. <\/p>\n

Sun<\/strong> \u2014 Went to Books & Books for breakfast. Ordered a sandwich with soft eggs and hard bread. I took one bite and all the yolk squirted down my shirt. I had egg on my face! Such a mess. <\/p>\n

The beach was cloudy and drizzling. So we went to the Wolfsonian for a couple hours. Then back to the beach where it was sunny and windy. Slept on the sand, got in the ocean, got a sunburn. <\/p>\n

Drinks by the pool at The Hotel.<\/p>\n

Dinner in a strip mall called Jimmy’z Kitchen. Had mofongo<\/a>. I thought it was good. We’d ordered the steak version, but they brought shrimp. I don’t care for shrimp, but we were too hungry to bother sending it back. Went for ice cream after. <\/p>\n

Mon<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0Really great fish tacos at Alma Mexicana. Back to the beach. This time I brought beers and snacks and rented beach chairs and an umbrella. Much better than laying on the ground. No clouds and no wind. Ice cream again. Great day. <\/p>\n

Had dinner at Florida Cookery. They’re billed as a place that does local and fresh food. It was fairly disappointing and clunky all around. <\/p>\n

Tue<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0Got up early to watch the sunrise. Napped, packed, went to the Delano for Pina Coladas by the pool. Had a cuban sandwich and cafe con leche at the airport. <\/p>\n

Wed<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0Shaved my beard and got a haircut. Got some good news about a job this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I checked out three books that were on last year’s Tournament of Books. Esha asked me how I pick out my books, since they’re all over the place. The answer is solely through lists and recommendations. Same for movies, if I see a list, I’ll copy it and try to work my way through. The … Continue reading The Sense of an Ending<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattcassity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}