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July 31st, 2009

Nine years of I Will Dare, that’s a hell of a lot of bullshit

Holy cow, I Will Dare is nine years old. MOTHERFUCKING NINE YEARS OLD! How the hell did that happen? I have the attention span of a flea. Last Sunday I was over at Sister #2′s house and we were watching some TV there were two-hour long shows we’re addicted to and since I was in [...]

July 29th, 2009

Sure signs that I am 37 going on 83

First, I took a catnap. Not just any old cat nap, but a 20-minute, unplanned catnap in the middle of day, while sitting in the La-Z-Grrl. Second, it’s July and I just put on a sweatshirt because it was a little chilly in here, and not because I have the air conditioner set too low. [...]

July 28th, 2009

This is the exact reason I always end up working at 8:30 p.m. & eating dinner at 10

Because I get lost on the Internet watching video after video of Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps covering songs that I love. Like Rilo Kiley’s “Breakin’ Up” Or Rod Stewart’s Young Turks, which I’m pretty sure is the most underrated of all of Rod’s songs and a personal favorite of mine.

July 27th, 2009

Both Ways is the Only Way I Want it, so good it literally took my breath away

Anyone who has ever read Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” a second (or more) time will remember that chest-tightening tension that happens when you read about the grandmother and her family happening upon the strangers on a deserted southern road. Maile Meloy conjures up that same kind of tension [...]

July 26th, 2009

In the shadow of no David Foster Wallace

Yesterday I did something I haven’t done in a very long time, nothing. It was glorious, well mostly glorious. Sometimes I had to do battle with the voices in my head that said, “hey, you should get some work done slacker.” But then the other voice in my head said, “but, but, but look, this [...]

July 23rd, 2009

A physical reaction to art

Every Wednesday night during the summer, I like to sit in my La-Z-Grrl, watch TV, and cry. Wednesday is So You Think You Can Dance night. While NYC Prep might be a guilty pleasure, SYTYCD is nothing but pure joy. For the uninitiated it’s an American Idolesque show with dancing, and it is amazing. I’ve [...]

July 21st, 2009

These are the things I’ve been worrying about

What I want to be when I grow up. This question plagues me a lot. What I want to be is that person who lays around reading books or watching reality TV and gets paid a lot to do that. I can’t find a single want ad with that job description. In the meantime, I [...]

July 19th, 2009

Mmm, that foot tastes delicious

I’ve been reading Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead. I’ll probably finish it up tonight. I’ve only got forty or so pages left. About 100 pages ago, I was doubting Whitehead. I wondered if there was going to be any actual story in this novel. It all seemed to be a riff on being a teen [...]

July 18th, 2009

Giving up on Kingdom Come

Holy Shit, Batman! This is one incomprehensible, incredibly confusing, and ultimately boring comic book. After much heated debate (Kingdom Come vs. American Born Chinese), this craptastic superhero graphic novel became Rock & Roll Bookclub’s July pick (it won in a random drawing). It’s been about two years since R&RBC picked a book so shitty I [...]

July 17th, 2009

The Flugoo Carnival

To celebrate the last day of Aunt Jodi’s daycare (I’m going back to only having the Tibbles once a week), we had a Flugoo Carnival. Jaycie and Max organized the event complete with tickets, prizes, and games. Before the Carnival we started out by making our own Flugoos, and we followed up the Carnival with [...]

July 16th, 2009

On proper concert attire

Out of the last 38 concerts I’ve attended, thirty-seven times I’ve worn a plain black t-shirt, jeans, and my favorite orange and blue tennis shoes. Once I wore a bright red Twins shirt, jeans, and my favorite blue and orange tennis shoes. The Twins shirt, which I got for like $4, has become a constant [...]

July 15th, 2009

When the Tibbles go marching in

I am not sure if this compliments or conflicts with Cade’s quote, “Come on guys we don’t watch “Calliou” it’s a baby show, we only watch Rock & Roll and movies.”

July 14th, 2009

If loving NYC Prep is wrong, I don’t want to be right

After years and years and years of trying to fill the gaping void left in my life by the exit of Pacey and Joey and Dawson and Jen and Jack from the small screen, I have found something to make me whole again. It’s called NYC Prep and it’s easily the best thing ever since [...]

July 13th, 2009

Introduction to a unified scene

This here is Max & Jaycie sitting with me on the steps of the Basilica. They are chanting “Urban Spoon, Urban Spoon, Urban Spoon” because they are brats who like to drive me crazy. There’s an Urban Spoon iPhone app that helps you choose a place to eat. It’s pretty cool. However, despite what Jaycie [...]

July 12th, 2009

This is what it’s like at Supergenius HQ at least 18 times a day when the Tibbles are here

Their favorite was “Black and White” but it has since been dubbed a baby video and now Zombies are the only thing worthy of their attention.