Christa Faust's Blog – June 2008 Archive (4)

BIRTHDAY!!!

Another birthday today, the actual day. I often feel deeply cynical, cranky and much older than I really am, but I still feel like a happy little kid every year on my birthday. In a world where you have to be jaded and above it all in order to be cool, I refuse to play that shit. Today I want key lime pie for breakfast. I want to jump on the bed with my dogs. I want to dance around and sing along with Harvey Sid Fisher.

Happy Birthday to… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on June 22, 2008 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Swierczynski in LA

Duane Swierczynski will be signing his new book SEVERANCE PACKAGE at The Mystery Bookstore this Saturday the 14th at noon. I’ll be there and so should you.

Added by Christa Faust on June 14, 2008 at 5:46am — 4 Comments

Crush

I often get these obsessions, like a crush on a certain topic, whenever I’m working on something new. My latest crush: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as dementia pugilistica or “Punch Drunk Syndrome.” I’m particularly intrigued by the more subtle, esoteric cognitive effects such as irrational jealousy, poor impulse control, and deterioration of social inhibitions. Now that a microscopic autopsy has been performed on… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on June 11, 2008 at 7:22am — No Comments

Revealed!

As promised, I have finally been “revealed” on Clute and Edwards excellent podcast Behind the Black Mask. I always feel kind of self-conscious about verbal interviews, (after all, I’m a writer not a speaker) but other that my slight post-op lisp from all that lovely oral surgery, I guess I did OK. But don’t take my word for it. Listen for yourself.

Added by Christa Faust on June 3, 2008 at 12:09pm — No Comments