10:15 am, 30.Sep.06 · 4 Comments

A few weeks ago I was e-mailing with my friend Charles and whining about the lack of good Jodi songs. Seriously, I know of three Jodi songs (all three spelled Jody — which is the boy’s spelling) and they are all not so good.
I only have two here on Jed, Jodi by Unwritten Law [...]

6:22 pm, 29.Sep.06 · No Comments

Somehow through the power of her feminine wiles, Sister #2 conned Dad into getting us a wireless router at the bowling alley. As I type this I get to ignore bowlers begging for beer. Generally I only get to ignore them with books and short stories, now I have a whole new toy to entertain [...]

10:38 am, 29.Sep.06 · 7 Comments

The best part of taking writing classes at the Loft is the crushes you get on the entire class. Seriously, I love this new class, I just want to squish them all.
Okay, that’s the second best part. The really best part is sitting next to Kelly and trading looks, whispered snarky comments, and short [...]

10:53 pm, 27.Sep.06 · 2 Comments

When I jumped into ol’ Ruby tonight after work at 4:53 p.m. I flipped on 89.3 The Current and was greeted with Billy Bragg’s “A New England.” The clouds seemed to part suddenly, the sun shone, my eyes glimmered and I hit all the lights green on the way home. Or at least it seemed [...]

1:40 pm, 27.Sep.06 · No Comments

Good Gravy’s band I should check out of the day: The Pretenders. He’s so adorable.

11:23 am, 27.Sep.06 · 8 Comments

My friends often tease me about being a total emokid. They level this accusation at me because of my perfectly innocent Ben Gibbard fetish. Of course, because we’re all nerds we argue about all sorts of things like what song is cooler “London Bridges” or “Sexyback.”
Right now I am trying to convince my westerbuddy Monkey [...]

10:09 am, 27.Sep.06 · No Comments

Last night before the reading, Sister #2, the Stink, and I were sitting in the folding chairs chatting. Jaycie and Max were just across a bookcase from us, perusing the Children’s Books and making endless birthday wishlists (Jaycie will be 9 a week from today).
Periodically the Stink or Sister #2 would get up to [...]

7:53 am, 27.Sep.06 · 4 Comments

Sweet! I’m City Pages Minnesota Blog of the Day.

11:04 pm, 26.Sep.06 · 7 Comments

Mary Gaitskill is tiny. She wore a perfectly tailored, brown pinstriped suit (the one here. The podium came up to her chest, and she read from Veronica under the heavy, dark eyebrow of Frida Kahlo.
At first I thought she came off as cold. But the more I watched her, the more I listened, Gaitskill wasn’t [...]

2:26 pm, 26.Sep.06 · 1 Comment

1. NEW Paul Westerberg CD
2. Mary Gaitskill reading
3. FREE ice cream
At least when my stomach cancer kills me, I’ll die happy.

1:49 pm, 26.Sep.06 · No Comments

Because the dream wasn’t disturbing enough, I present you Cutitout.net, an Uncle Joey fansite.

10:54 am, 26.Sep.06 · 8 Comments

There’s nothing that makes the sudden onslaught of stomach cancer (that’s what I’ve decided my persistant stomachache is, even though it’s much better today than it was yesterday) easier to deal with than a new Paul Westerberg record. I am giddy and smiling stupidly, because this Open Season Soundtrack is mostly filled with really fun [...]

12:48 am, 26.Sep.06 · No Comments

I should be sleeping, not hovering above the keyboard in the Fortress of Solitude wrapped in the buttery butter sheet and listening to Ben Gibbard sing “You Remind Me of Home.” It’s Chuck Klosterman’s fault. I’ve started reading Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas and it got me to thinking [...]

11:18 pm, 25.Sep.06 · No Comments

Marmaduke explained. You will laugh your ass off.

3:18 pm, 25.Sep.06 · 2 Comments

• New book day! I got the new Chuck Klosterman and Jennifer Egan books today.
• I haven’t thrown up yet, though I feel like I might.
• Good Gravy, my adorable Canuckian co-worker who keeps IMing me things like, “you know, I bet you’d really dig this band: Wilco.” Or, “Hey, you should check out the [...]