Possible Reasons My Short Stories Are So Poorly Reviewed by the Other Members of My Writers’ Workshop.

my friend wolf sent me a link where i could download an mp3 of death cab for cutie covering matthew sweet’s “sick of myself”. you can download it too!

Aimee Bender reads her fabulous story “End of the Line”. it was one of my favorites from her last collection Willful Creatures.

the #1 thing people put in the search box down yonder (not in the minor key) is ‘TTHM.’ i always wonder if they’re looking for information about Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) or my TTHM.

if microsoft designed the iPod packaging, a parody.

max’s christmas list. and even after that i still want the damn robot keychain.

for the record, i still have not gotten the red robot keyring that i want so much i could puke. just so you know.

all i want for christmas is a red robot keyring.

wendy is baking cookies to save breasts. if you like cookies you should order some. if you like cookies and you aren’t in the area you can order some and have them sent to me, because i love cookies.

i’ve decided that los angeles, i’m yours is THE song of the day to sing along with. it’s so fun. perhaps it’s the melodrama of colin meloy, or perhaps that he sings about seeing your undies. i dunno. but this is the song of the day.

the adventures of action item is probably the funniest, most appropriate forward i have ever gotten.

just when i decide to become a moody brunette, redheads are all the rage

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

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.

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