Maybe because I’m more of a task-oriented than goal-oriented person, or maybe because the New Year falls so close to my birthday, which is when I choose to be reflective and hopeful, or maybe because I’m a grumpy bitch, I don’t know, but I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. It seems that Mark Twain felt […]

I just made the SAH-WEETEST playlist on my iPod to jog to: Fancy Claps, Wolf Parade Baby I’m a Star, Prince Everyday I Love You Less and Less, Kaiser Chiefs Almost Crimes, Broken Social Scene Red Morning Light, Kings of Leon Is This Love?, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Munich, The Editors Michael, Franz Ferdinand […]

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – T.S. Eliot One of my least favorite things about the holiday season, which, as you know, is saying something, is the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day […]

I once went to church with a Mormon friend. I think I was about 11. The subject of baptism came up and, being the lone Catholic in the room, I got to defend why “we” believe that babies should be baptized as soon as possible after birth. Why, they asked me, wouldn’t they wait until […]

Last Thursday, I got to see GTB’s band play for the first time. Not THEIR first time, MY first time. I was a little nervous about it because, as one of my friends at work asked me, what if they sucked? I was pretty sure they didn’t because I have their EP. And even though […]

I’m just a few, short hours away from hitting I-5 to Portland. I’ll be splitting my time between there and Hometown, and thus between GTB and the fam, for the next five days. Unless something momentous occurs, I likely won’t post again until I return. If you are lost in a world of meaningless drudgery […]

On December 21, the shortest day of the year, I always feel a little extra emotional. As you know, Christmas doesn’t really get me. I’m not overly moved by the extra generosity of others during the holiday season. Christmas music mostly makes me gag. And I think green and red is by far the ugliest […]

I was talking to Mom last night about my plans for the weekend. Now that they are set, and I’m getting to leave even earlier than I’d planned (which means I get to see GTB’s band play Thursday night, hooray!) I’m really excited. I told Mom that. She said, “Don’t wish the time away though…” […]

I woke up early this morning to go to the gym. I got a good workout in, then rushed home to get ready for work in record time. I was in a hurry because I’m trying to work overtime this week so I can leave early Friday afternoon to spend some QT with GTB before […]

I moved back to Washington state in the early spring of 1999. Traumatized from a bad break up and having to leave New York City, I holed up in my parents’ house for a couple of months to lick my wounds and figure out what in the hell I was gonna do next. Since Hometown […]