Music-related experiments, TBD
* Passive-aggressive but escalating IM away message argument with Britney Spears over something she said while I was in the bathroom * Papparazzi photo of Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor going through a Walgreen’s bag with me next to the Astor Place cube (US Weekly plant) * Performing all of Beyonce’s
Taking all takers
Seeing Ryan/Man Man1 this weekend started me thinking about family, given or created. I’ve also been watching episodes of Intervention, a TV show about addiction and family. In particular I was impressed with Cristy’s family, a group of people who still love and support her (and enable
Lisa Smith @ 18% Grey
I just wanted to show off how proud I am of my friend Lisa, who made an amazing thing that I can’t really describe. I will steal her description: Watson is a light box with two perceivable surfaces. While the first surface is purely luminous, the second surface is
Grimner’s Nidstang
Pagans used to put a pole with a horse’s head and hide in your front lawn to “shun” or “curse” their fellow pagans. But what to do when you’re a neo-Pagan? Grimner’s Nidstang explains the ‘virtual nidstang,’ websites that allow you to publicly curse your internet-connected Pagan
RSS updates forever
I just updated my Goodreads shelf from zero books to something around 50 books. I have also restarted a last.fm account, a del.icio.us account, a Twitter account, and a Flickr account. I am also working on a new blog template (as I always am) that will display
i am still doing jury duty.
There is a band I don’t like but I can only describe my dislike in adjectives like ‘insipid,’ ‘safe,’ and ‘pretty.’ So I would like to say why I dislike them without adjectives (or names)(but some adverbs) (but no ‘is’ or ‘are’). They smile. They wear clothes. I
I am serving jury duty right now
But it’s the jury duty of the future because there’s Wifi. And two outlets. The girl sitting across from me was pretty rude about giving me the other outlet, but I think that she is jealous of having to balance a big, precarious Macbook on her lap, while
How I almost became a gossip blogger
This Idolator post reminded me of one of my almost-first New York writer jobs. I moved to NYC in 2005 not to find love, start a new life/career, or find myself, but to get out of Tucson. I love Tucson as a place, but as a collection of people
The computer Mark calls "lil' butterscotch"
I am working outside of my apartment today because I’ve been watching MSNBC too often, for election news and for breaking updates on overturned school buses. Why have there been so many overturned school buses lately? Are there really more than usual? Or did MSNBC decide to add it
Ready For The Floor
…is nearly perfect, right now. My friend Feng-Feng celebrated her birthday this weekend and asked me to DJ for a bit at the restaurant. I turned a simple task into something very complicated, but I learned to use Ableton to beat match, stretch warp points, and make loops too. I
