experimental kindergarten

Crumplestiltskin

2009-04-20T12:46:00.000-07:00

[sleeping with no clothes on next to someone else with no clothes on is awesome especially when that person is ian].

los angeles was hot and gorgeous. lovely houses and free things, like soup, a shirt and a poster.
all of which i added to the "Why LA is tight" list that is ongoing in my head, stored away for future reference, for when someone says "LA sucks!" I now have more than a handful of reasons to form a somewhat well-thought out counter-attack. And, of course Britt and Liz are there, and so is a giant Amoeba.

We are going to England in about 2 weeks for 2 weeks, and those 2 weeks will be well spent doing things like, eating lots of terrible cuisine, seeing family and old friends and generally nourishing the English part of self that mostly lies dormant. You can come out now. Shhhh. It's okay.

With the AC on, things feel stable. A common currency of cool air and the mystifying sounds of fingers diligently at work. Perhaps, in the future my nose will stop running, terrorists will stop toying with us, airport beers will no longer cost the outrageous price of $7, the fleas will leave, and the world will be at peace.

In the meantime, we can expect highs of Twilight, The Passenger, Sic Alps, Jennie's bday bbq and Ian all the time.

Thank you and good day.

mumblefish

2009-02-18T10:10:00.000-08:00

i got an internship with a music supervisor!
it promises to be awesome.
he is going to walk me through licensing music for a short film and TV show that he is working on.
i will tell you more when i have something else to report!
but, YEAH!

i am going to LA April 16th for a folk show, and then again April 24th or so for a music conference. might be driving, so if you want to come along, holler up.

ian is moving in soon. it is going to be amazing. ian all the time! breakfast ian, lunch ian, dinner ian, bedtime story ian! we need to make an ian action figure.

the sun is out, but it is still deceptively cold outside. yesterday i was rained on at least 3 times. it was NUTS, and i lost all of the buttons on my coat! Hobo chic is back in full force. Mary-Kate, watch out.

John Darnielle of the incredible Mountain Goats is playing solo soon- NEXT WEEK! i am so excited! hopefully we can smuggle Ian in! I can't wait! maybe i'll call in sick that day and spend the entire day in furious preparation for the show, listening to everything all over again. that would be glorious. and i would like to add that we are facebook friends, and he RULES.

[i am wearing glasses a lot, and compensating for this by wearing tights sometimes.]

Something to Write Home About

2008-10-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

{regenerative limbs}.
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yesterday the sky was hungover, clotted like milk, and it was hard to keep my eyes open.

i ate a delicious bagel and thought about you curled up in bed, like a glorious masterpiece, a little prince.

today, the fog ate the bridge and the highway, leaving unfamiliar ground in its wake.

my co-worker gave me a bag of strange new vegetables called coyotas?
they are spiky and proud.

want to go to alaska. to denali. to glaciers. to expanses unexplored by my eager feet. i have 2 weeks off in december. those moose better be on their best behaviour.

also, soup. let us praise this amazing nutritious invention. please take a moment to thank [insert name of deity, soup inventor here] for bringing us warm liquidy foodstuffs. hell yeah. and corn. i love corn. and corn chowder. and corn pops. how versatile you are.

Per, High School Musical is gonna rule. hard. i listened to the Get Up Kids all day yesterday in preparation for this cornerstone of our generation.

keeping it simple

2008-10-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

[i would like a neverending glass of water in a mason jar.]
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these autumn weeks have been slow like a sickness, a child riddled with fever,
with the grey weather governing my moods. i find myself listless + bored, when i
thought perhaps i had forgotten what those words meant. maybe i should paint all of my clothes yellow and my hair.

the prospect of a possible move to a new coast looms like a spectre.
i am thus reminded of how many things i own and how hard it would be to leave
oakland and what oakland means. although i don't even know if i will be offered a job as yet,
it is still difficult not to consider everything that comes with leaving. and although the outcome of this lengthy interview process is not yet known, it makes me consider the future and how everything is open-ended and up to interpretation.

my attention span has been hibernating. it is hard to concentrate on written words. i have been reading the same 3 books for the past few months, absent mindedly, not really present. taking them on trains more for their company than for their wisdom. i would like to try to finish a book soon, so laura, if you want to be in this book club of 1, holler up.

i am also sad that i missed Cecil Taylor, but on the upside I am seeing Neil Young in a strange venue in Reno, so that's something. Belinda, i will make it up to you! a birthday every day!

in other news, i am growing my hair and nails super long, in the hopes that this new transformation will bring with it, a renewed sense of self-worth, optimism, love letters to self and supreme adoration from my fans. also, long nails are a good addition to my artillery, human shields.