» 11.22.2005

It's been unreasonably long since I updated this page. You don't mind.

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Not About Love" — Fiona Apple
"Brighter Than Sunshine" — Aqualung
"Bleeding Heart Show" — The New Pornographers
"That Summer Feeling" — Jonathan Richman
"Eleanor, Put Your Boots Back On" — Franz Ferdinand

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Schismatrix" — Bruce Sterling
"Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants" — Jill Soloway
"Glass Soup" — Jonathan Carroll
"Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things..." — McSweeney's collection

this week's project:

Whatever

» 8.03.2005

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"The Beast and Dragon Adored" — Spoon
"Riga Girls" — the Weepies
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1" — the Flaming Lips
"Golly Sandra" — Eisley
"It's a Hit" — Rilo Kiley

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" — J.K. Rowling
"The Pleasure of My Company" — Steve Martin
"A Long Way Down" — Nick Hornby

this week's project:

Desperately trying to make a good silk screen. Erased one that was 90% perfect, now 5 tries later, feel like an ass.

Also necklaces.

Also a secret.

» 3.29.2005

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Section 12 (Hold Me Now)" — The Polyphonic Spree
"Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" — Graham Coxon
"Baby Love Child" — Pizzicato Five
"Somewhere Only We Know" — Keane
"Take Your Mama" — Scissor Sisters

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"The Final Solution: A Story Of Detection" — Michael Chabon

this week's project:

Eating ham with cloves and not dying from the trauma of it.

» 1.26.2005

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Your Cover's Blown" — Belle and Sebastian
"Life On Mars" — Seu Jorge
"Holland, 1945" — Neutral Milk Hotel
"Carbon Monoxide" —Regina Spektor
"The Laws Have Changed" — The New Pornographers

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Colony Girl" — Thomas Rayfiel

this week's project:

Winning.

» 12.28.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Couldn't Get It Right" — Climax Blues Band
"Occasional Rain" — Terry Callier
"So Real" — Jeff Buckley
"Teardrop" — Massive Attack
"Glory Box" — Portishead
"Like a Feather" — Nikka Costa
"Stolen Car" — Beth Orton
"Mercyfuck" — Mary Prankster

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Year of the Griffin" — Diana Wynne Jones
"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2)" — Alan Moore

this week's project:

Teaching my entire freaking company how to use the new iPods and bestowing my own mp3 collection upon them.

» 12.21.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"1st Instant/Last Report" — Earlimart
"Between the Bars" — Madeleine Peyroux
"Suspended From Class" — Camera Obscura
"Sisters of Mercy" — Leonard Cohen
"Brimful of Asha" — Cornershop
"Madonna" — CocoRosie

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories" — Michael Chabon (editor)

this week's project:

inner peace

» 11.30.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Under My Thumb" — Rolling Stones
"Picture Book" — the Kinks
"Between the Bars" — Elliot Smith
"You'll Have Time" — William Shatner
"Royal Oil" — Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Didn't They" — Erin McKeown

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist" — Michael Chabon
"Leaping Beauty" — Gregory Maguire

this week's project:

Trying to sleep a full 8 hours straight through. Thus far: futile.

» 10.22.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Wild Horses" — The Sundays
"I Wasn't Prepared" — Eisley
"More Than This" — Roxy Music
"How Will He Find Me" — Deb Talan
"Hurricane" — Mindy Smith

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Hexwood" — Diana Wynne Jones

this week's project:

Finding shoes to wear to my brother's wedding and learning various things on guitar.

» 8.26.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"They" — Jem
"You're the Only One" — Maria Mena
"Suspicion" — Dawn Landes
"Whatever" — Oasis
"Stream Running Over" — The Apples in Stereo

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"The Power of One" — Bryce Courtenay
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" — J.K Rowling

this week's project:

Playing with the new puppy!

» 8.09.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Meanwhile, Rick James" — Cake
"Experimental Film" — They Might Be Giants
"So Real" — Jeff Buckley
"Walk This World" — Heather Nova

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Box Office Poison" — Alex Robinson
"Beauty" — Sheri S. Tepper
"A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined As a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations " — Cintra Wilson
"Mort" — Terry Pratchett

this week's project:

learning medium format cameras and polaroid transfers

» 7.14.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"I Summon You" — Spoon
"I Believe (When I Fall in Love)" — Stevie Wonder
"Billy Liar" — The Decemberists
"Forgot About Dre" — Dr. Dre
"Olga's Birthday" — Rose Polenzani
"Perfecting Loneliness" — Jets to Brazil
"Two-Headed Boy" — Neutral Milk Hotel

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Like the Red Panda" — Andrea Seigel
"Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" — David Sedaris

this week's project:

It's still a secret. Soon, my babies, soon.

» 6.18.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Nightmare Girl" — Aimee Mann
"Mockingbird" — Grant Lee Buffalo
"It's Been Done" — Angela McCluskey
"Step Into My Office, Baby" — Belle and Sebastian
"Wednesday" — Tori Amos

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Cages" — Dave McKean

this week's project:

I made Ranjit a quilt for his birthday! It took 18 hours! Spread out over three days! Here it is!

front

back

» 6.05.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Worn Me Down" — Rachael Yamagata
"The Origin of Love" —Rufus Wainwright
"The New Face Of Zero And One" — The New Pornographers
"Hey Mama" — Black Eyed Peas

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"The Handmaid's Tale" (for the billionth time) — Margaret Atwood
"Troll: A Love Story" — Johanna Sinisalo

this week's project:

I can't tell you, but it's gonna be big, and involves a covert operation in Milwaukee.

» 5.18.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"From Blown Speakers" — The New Pornographers
"Bukowski" — Modest Mouse
"Naughty Girl" — Beyoncé
"Fighting in a Sack" — the Shins
"The Mayor of Simpleton" — XTC

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Born Confused" — Tanuja Desai Hidier

this week's project:

Trying to sleep in the heat!

» 5.07.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"The Laws Have Changed" — The New Pornographers
"Every Little Bit" — Patty Griffin
"Seaweed" — The Fruit Bats
"Kicks in the Schoolyard" — The Rosebuds
"We Can Work it Out" — Stevie Wonder

I try to sleep, but the "page-turning" gets in the way:

The archives of Heather Havrilesky's snarky and hilarious rabbit blog.

this week's project:

I made clox with Ranjit!

» 3.06.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Lie in the Sound" — Trespassers William
"XFire" — The Bens (This is from an EP put out by Ben Folds, Ben Lee, and Ben Kweller, all of whom I enjoy on their own. Yay for me, and how about the name "The Bens?" How cute is THAT?)
"Get Over It" — Ok Go
"Beautiful" — Christina Aguilera
"Human Behaviour" — Bjork
"Bright As Yellow" — Innocence Mission
"Brother Down" — Sam Roberts

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Barrel Fever" — David Sedaris
"The Castle of Crossed Destinies" — Italo Calvino
"The Witches" — Roald Dahl

this week's project:

I unraveled my two foot scarf-in-progress, with lumps and imperfections, and started over. I am ambitious and stupid.

» 2.29.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls" — Andy Partridge
"So Says I" — The Shins
"Man For All Seasons" — Robbie Williams
"Alone" — Tommy Dempsey
The Spongmonkey songs in the Quiznos commercials

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"When the Messenger is Hot: Stories" — Elizabeth Crane

this week's project:

new job.

» 1.23.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Van Gogh" — the Modeles (This is my ex-boyfriend's band. He used to tell me he was going to be a famous rock star when he grew up. Go to www.themodeles.com and make an honest man out of him.)
"How Many Hearts" — Travis
"Fighting in a Sack" — the Shins
"Lack of Knowledge" — Violent Femmes
"Last Goodbye" — Jeff Buckley

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Villa Incognito" — Tom Robbins
"After Dachau" — Daniel Quinn

this week's project:

A flower for my sweetie? (we also would have accepted the bad kind of puppy.)

» 1.13.2004

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"One-Horse Town" — the Thrills
"Dog on Wheels" — Belle & Sebastian
"I Don't Mind" — Buzzcocks
"Ghost of Stephen Foster" — Squirrel Nut Zippers
"Your Woman" — White Town
"Brighter Day" — Jellyfish

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"A Wild Sheep Chase" — Haruki Murakami
"The Fortress of Solitude" — Jonathan Lethem
"Strange Things Happen" — Kelly Link
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" — Raymond Carver
the finally complete "Living Art" — Brooke "Functionally Illiterate" Tarnoff, more times than can possibly be good for me

this week's project:

self-doubt

» 12.17.2003

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Why Would You Wanna Live?" — Wilco
"Jolene" — The Weepies
"Two Points" — Deb Talan
"Sweet Adeline" — Elliot Smith
"Born of Frustration" — James
"Shadowboxer" — Fiona Apple

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Big Mouth & Ugly Girl" — Joyce Carol Oates
"Never-Ending Stupid Writing Sample" — Brooke "Functionally Illiterate" Tarnoff

this week's project:

Do you need to ask?

» 11.27.2003

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"Le Vent Nous Portera" — Noir Desir
"Better at Gone" — Tommy Dempsey
"Devil's Food" — Fleming and John
"All the Stars" — Leona Naess
"Pounding" — Doves
"Look at Miss Ohio" — Gillian Welch

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"As She Climbed Across the Table" — Jonathan Lethem
"Things You Should Know" — A.M.Homes
"Asleep" — Banana Yoshimoto

this week's headache:

The GREs can and should bite my ass.

» 11.11.2003

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"saint simon" — the shins
"sing me to sleep" — steve tannen
"re-offender" — travis
"hey ya" — outkast
"there's always someone cooler than you" — ben folds
"humpty dumpty" — aimee mann

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Meet me in the Moon Room" — Ray Vukcevich
"Castle in the Air" — Diana Wynne Jones

this week's project:

Working on my stupid writing sample. I will beat it with sticks.

» 11.01.2003

mp3s most likely to be repeated immoderately:

"it's alright baby" — komeda
"suffused with love" — sondre lerche
"there's no other way" — blur
"vincent" — deb talan
"ramona" — guster

I try to sleep, but the page-turning gets in the way:

"Mirror, Mirror" — Gregory Maguire
"Blueprint For Disaster: a Get Fuzzy Collection" — Darby Conley

the television distracts me from finer pursuits with:

gilmore girls
angel
24
joan of arcadia
all the late night law & order episodes a body can take