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, 2009
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Jul 09
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. [...]
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Jul 09
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.
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Jul 09
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 never [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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.”
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Jul 09
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 The [...]
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Jul 09
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 [...]
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Jul 09
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.
