You Are At The Archives for August, 2007

August 29th, 2007

Word to the wise

One should never underestimate my ability to listen to Van Halen’s “Jump” six times in a row.

August 28th, 2007

My favorite debate

Westernerds are arguing about the meaning of the line I ain’t very good but I get practice by myself. I am firmly in the masturbation camp.

August 28th, 2007

Tired of waiting for the point

Months ago, or maybe even years, the Vodo and I had a conversation about books. It went something like this: Vodo: I only read short stories. Me: WHAT? Vodo: It’s what I write. I just feel like each one has so much I can learn from. Me: You’re a whack-job loony, novels are the bomb. [...]

August 27th, 2007

The two reasons I haven’t felt so swell today

This is poutine. Dana, our Canuckian member of Rock & Roll Bookclub, made it for us last night. In case you can’t tell from the picture poutine consists of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy (though in Canada they make it with special ‘poutine sauce’). Clearly, Canada can teach a thing or two about junk [...]

August 27th, 2007

mmm, Pad Thai

The speed of which I can convince my co-workers to eschew their healthy, packed lunches in favor of greasy Thai food because I have a hangover is absolutely mind boggling.

August 25th, 2007

What’s the buzz? I’ll tell you what’s happening

Sometimes my married friends and sisters will express envy regarding my glamorous single life. They long for the days where they could do whatever they want, whenever they want without consulting anyone. I can totally see why. Because you know what I’ve done so far on this glorious late-summer day? Grocery shopped, came home to [...]

August 23rd, 2007

I’ll blow your nose, then I’ll blow your mind

I synced up Eurydice this morning so I could have the new podcasts of The New Yorker and “This American Life” for my commute. It was then that I learned that I had listened to that damn New Pornographers’ album twenty-six times. “Go Places” rocketed to the top of my Top 25 Most Played list [...]

August 23rd, 2007

My favorite thing

You wanna know my absolute favorite thing about Paul Westerberg.net? It’s how Wolfdogg posts a different version of Can’t Hardly Wait every week.

August 22nd, 2007

Letting down popular musicians

Went changing to try to please Billy Joel. Total fiasco.

August 22nd, 2007

A heart should always go one step too far

It has been ages since I’ve waxed psychotic about Carl Newman or The New Pornographers. So, in honor of their new album,“Challengers” a little spoojing is in order. First of all, the album is really fucking good. You should go buy it right now. You will not regret the purchase. However, there is a slight [...]

August 22nd, 2007

When a Jeff Tweedy sex dream goes bad

Yeah, the dream last night involved me being chosen to go party with Jeff Tweedy and Wilco at their hotel after the Wilco concert. When we got to the hotel Jeff Tweedy asked me if I wanted to take a bath with him and I was all, “HELL YES.” So I disrobed and slipped into [...]

August 21st, 2007

On irony and cleaning supplies

Okay, let me get this out of the way first. I am afraid of heights. Go ahead, laugh. Everyone seems to find this eensy bit of irony the utmost in hilarity. Yes, yes the 6’5″ woman is afraid of heights. Hardee-har-har. I’ve been over this before. The height thing was a topic of conversation at [...]

August 21st, 2007

Mike Doughty’s Golden Delicious photo shoot

Gah. If I were capable of getting hard ons, this would induce them.

August 20th, 2007

Rock and roll thighs

My thighs hurt from playing too much Guitar Hero. How sad is that? I have discovered after playing roughly ten hours of Guitar Hero this weekend (on two separate nights at two different venues) that I have developed my very own rock-n-roll stance, and it’s tough on the thighs. Unlike my sisters and friends, I [...]

August 18th, 2007

Slowing down

I’ve got nothing to say. I am not sure what’s wrong with me. This doesn’t happen too often, but there it is. Everything I try to say comes out as annoying and forced, and this makes me frustrated. So do you just shut it and give up or do you try to push on even [...]