Archive for May, 2008
there’s no place like home
29 May 2008I spent several hours of tonight returning my blue living room to its original off-white state, followed by several minutes of tonight picking dots of paint out of my eyelashes. The rest of me, I think, escaped unscathed, but I’m sure I’ll wait until I’m in some Meeting With Important People to glance at my reflection in [...]
the week in pirates
28 May 2008Check out Latvia’s contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest. I hope they’re making it the new national anthem.
a really important update about my day
27 May 2008I took today off so I could pack and paint my apartment. Here are some things I’ve been doing instead:
- Deciding it was a good day to eat oreos for breakfast (12 of them, to be specific)
- Deciding it was a good day to break my One Diet Soda Per Week Rule (I have an [...]
Something in the way she moves
27 May 2008I’m moving Friday. It’s going to be hilarious (I hope). Or, it already has been, sort of– I’ve been enjoying my “coping” mechanisms from kind of a third party viewpoint a la “Isn’t it so interesting that instead of packing/ repainting the living room/ spackling the nail holes that are dotted all over this place, [...]
sweet spot
21 May 2008I got a look at an old edition of Edith Nesbit’s Five Children and It today, and the dedication (To John Bland) made me want to either cry or embroider it onto something for Baby Meg.
My Lamb, you are so very small,
You have not learned to read at all;
Yet never a printed book withstands
The urgence [...]
Come to my window
14 May 2008Hey Cristin, whatcha looking at right now?
From my brother’s user reviews on iTunes
12 May 2008“as powerful and violent and assaulting as the previous masterpiece of the same name. to me, it kind of sounds like the arcade fire transformed into an angsty punk band. it’s just beautiful.”
Download away, kids.
Happy Mothers’ Day!
12 May 2008http://www.thingsididlastnight.com/
via Allison. Thank god for her.
breaking news
10 May 2008Turns out I have curly hair in real life. Who knew??
myspace gets it right
9 May 2008Log on to MySpace right now and check out their music load page–
Bottom row, second from left: Peej’s band! Top right corner: Neil Diamond! Together at last!!