i just spent entirely more time than i care to admit at alice’s family tree. you can stop being my friend now.

a little over a year ago i wrote a piece on bittersweetheart about being an ugly 8th grader. the whole thing was inspired by reading Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face. on bittersweetheart i talked about a boy who teased me mercilessly in junior high.
here’s where it gets all tv movie like.
earlier today a woman [...]

this will be gracing our shirts for the bowling tournment on saturday. in other news, i think the godiva cheesecake in the fridge is begging me to come and eat it. somehow, i am resisting.

• spending $40 on a godiva chocolate cheesecake instead of making one
• loving pearl jam
• talking endlessly about my new toothbrush
• laughing too loudly
• not using the shift key
• making all those masturbation jokes
• and the one about the dildo
• making fun of that perm on the lead singer of styx
• or for knowing all [...]

i am pretty sure that in the video for ‘give it away’ not only is anthony kiedis wearing some sort of metallic body paint, but he’s also wearing a chainmail skirt of some sort.
and yet
yet
yet
i still totally want to do him. i think there might be something wrong with me. also, i promie to stop [...]

i just made the stunning discovery that sweet rob kind of looks like that lead singer from crash test dummies, and now my stomach kind of hurts.

1986: dressed in pajamas parked in front of MTV shoveling trix into my mouth
2005: dressed in pajamas parked in front of VH1 Alternative shoveling trix into my mouth
1986: hope they play that glass tiger video because they are my all time favorite band
2005: hope they play that replacements video because they are my all time [...]

this is one of the fruits of al’s labor. seamus and i went over to al’s house for dinner and photo taking. the dinner was divine– chicken enchiladas and the photo shooting was awesome. watching al in action was so fun. the strobes, the backdrop, it’s all so professional. way too professional for us.
now the [...]

it is 3:56. i have yet to get out of my pajama-like clothes. i have not had a bra on since like 7 p.m. last night. it’s wonderful. i am sad to report, however, that i am much dumber now then i was 7 last night. why? because i watched days of our lives. i [...]

“tracy told me that i should go online and check to see if my license is still valid, because all state might have had my license suspended,” sister #4 said.
“but you have insurance,” i said.
“i know, but i should check anyway. did you know that the fee to get your driver’s license reinstated after having [...]

jeanette winterson - rufus wainwright and/or jeff buckley
raymond carver - paul westerberg

John Irving - The Rolling Stones
Dave Eggers - Ryan Adams
Aimee Bender - Soul Coughing/Mike Doughty
Douglas Coupland - The Weakerthans
i am digging this bad plus author/music meme more than you can even imagine.

it’s the first day of my thanksgiving break from work. so far, so beautiful. i slept until 8:30. it was glorious. so far i’ve managed to pack in 1/2 an episode of dawson’s creek, 3 episodes of A Different World and right now i’m trying to decide between Little House on the Prairie, and VH1’s [...]

you will spend the evening, what’s left of it after bookclub, browsing Amazon looking for new books while watching Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Toni Morrison speak during the National Book Awards ceremony which is being rebroadcast on Book TV.

my fancy new toothbrush is about 10 times louder then my vibrator.