First: rest in peace, Adrienne Rich. Very sad.

Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, and Rebecca Cole of Wild Flag share their record (and other music-themed) purchases. LOVE this... not only because I'm a fan of these ladies, but because it's still rare to see women acknowledged as music geeks. See that, Nick Hornby? Not a single Joni Mitchell record ( Read more... )

Wishing you all a Happy New Year - one that will be better than the last, filled with bright moments, great levity and stunning depth and some time spent in the middle to sustain you and balance you. I wish you love. I wish you laughter. I wish you life, lived as well as you can live it.

♥I volunteered to work tomorrow, so there won't be much, if ( Read more... )

• In case anyone missed it (and you really shouldn't): Bon Iver performing "Calgary" and "Skinny Love" on The Colbert Report earlier this week. The performance of "Skinny Love" had me grinning like a fool.

• Likewise, make sure you've seen Florence + the Machine on The Colbert Report as well.

• Basically, if you haven't been watching The Colbert ( Read more... )

✒ Why is it that when there's a bug on the ceiling, it ultimately ends up crawling around and around in the area directly above your head?

✒ Dear Anthropologie: Either lower your prices or stop making cute clothes. Okay? (Evil temptress.)

✒ This is pretty cool: Paper Daleks sweater. You have be a member to see the page (so I signed up, because my ( Read more... )

❁ So, a MN republican called Neil Gaiman "a pencil-necked little weasel" and a thief? It's always so refreshing to see how well politicians prioritize their time and energy. And the thoughtful eloquence ( Read more... )

Hope you're all good. I haven't kept up with LJ very well lately.

Just got back yesterday from a little trip to Georgia to visit soultoad and see Toad the Wet Sprocket in Atlanta.

Thursday, I got to cuddle the most adorable puppy named Carmen while working a table at Save A Pet's fundraising event called Noodles For Poodles. Save A Pet raised an ( Read more... )

I was supposed to go to a show for the launch of a friend's lit/art journal, bit didn't feel up to it. So instead of doing anything productive (hey, I did put together five copies of my chapbook, so there's that), I'm wasting time messing around with pretty peectures.

Hence:

( random bigass picspam of people wot are pretty )

❊ I'm all caught up with Doctor Who now. ( Xmas special thoughts + S6 promo )

I. Important stuff first:

A list of charities helping animals in JapanOf course the people matter, but animals so often get forgotten during disasters. Please help if you can. Note: research charities before you donate (try charitynavigator.org ( Read more... )

❉ Thank you again to those of you sent out birthday wishes. It's nice to be remembered. ♥

❉ Birthday was not at all extraordinary, but there was cake and a fresh fruit bouquet and I took myself shopping and got two books (All The Pretty Horses and Absalom, Absalom!; wanted more Sarah Hall, but B&N had none), two new tops (one's ridiculously ( Read more... )