December 2009
1 post
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Change you can believe in
Boy, try Googling an Obama quote to make sure you’ve got it right, and you’re in for a world of hurt. Or at least truth-stretching. Just for the record, Obama has not declared open season on fetuses.
That wasn’t what I intended to write about. I wanted to write about the minor meltdown I had in my guitar lesson a few weeks ago. I had worked on an exercise for a total of three...
November 2009
1 post
Songs I helped write, one of which even has me... →
John has been pushing for me to put the songs we’ve recorded up on Bandcamp. Today, feeling under the weather, I finally did it. Interested to know what people think.
September 2009
3 posts
“I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike - intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits. If you have gotten this far in this book, you are just such a singular person.”
“Ghost Train to the Eastern Star,” Paul Theroux, p. 453.
July 2009
5 posts
June 2009
1 post
April 2009
3 posts
Cantinetta review →
I haven’t even been yet, and now it’s going to be packed for weeks. Sigh.
March 2009
4 posts
February 2009
5 posts
Last Supper in DC: Trabard Pub, Dupont Circle... →
January 2009
2 posts
How It Feels To Be Filled with Secret Sounds
“We were in trouble. That’s usually where I become a nightmare, because at the moment I’m assured of cancellation, I just decide to make the show good, and then I just close up shop in terms of the collaboration.”
— Judd Apatow, commentary track to “Kim Kelly Is My Best Friend,” from Freaks and Geeks
I’ve been obsessed with the DVD set of Freaks...
December 2008
9 posts
SLUT laughs at snow 20081218 →
No snow day today for our beloved streetcar. Go SLUTty one!
Guess who's marching in the Obama inauguration?
Yes I am! I am one of three Seattleites who is going to march with the Lesbian and Gay Band Association at the inauguration next month. I still have trouble believing it’s happening to me, just as I still have trouble believing that Obama is our president-elect! Below is an excerpt of email I just sent to my cousin Katherine…
Here’s a link which talks about the upcoming gig and...
November 2008
3 posts
4 tags
To end is to begin →
I’m experimenting switching from Blogger to Tumblr. If this is the most recent post you see, then you know that the experiment has been successful so far.
Switch from Blogger to Tumblr?
I haven’t felt like updating my Blogger blog for a couple weeks now. It’s too much work, and I don’t feel like I have anything interesting to say. Like lots of folks, I find myself posting more updates to Facebook and Twitter, and fewer to my “real” blog.
My friend Jason uses Tumblr. And though he hasn’t responded to my text message asking him how well he likes...