Just putting my website so LJ doesn't see this account as "unactive" and delete it.

www.peartreeenterprises.com

I noticed an old, but active site, still links to this journal, therefore I should point out it's not really me anymore.

My newest journal (and more accurate idea of my life) is 69_tears

Hope everyone is doing well!

Love ya!
Mary Anne xoox

This journal is officially closed.

The New Pornographers

I think I have to go to see this band. They're playing at the Bowery Ballroom, Monday, August 25th.

They have SUCH a late 1970s intense new wave sound. I miss that bands don't sound like this anymore. I love pop-ish songs that give you chills and make you feel like getting high on the railroad tracks or going to a drive-in

NICK GILDER!!

That's who Carl Newman from The New Pornographers sings/sounds like. A little bit.

UPDATE: Actually, it's secret member Dan Bejar who sings the song I like the best, "Ballad of a Comeback Kid" -- it's like Nick Gilder morphed with Ian Hunter and a young David Bowie.

It's all set. Cha-Cha the Chihuahua meets my kitties next Tuesday evening. If all goes well, I'll get her when I get back from California. I'm so nervous, this is such a big commitment, but the way I love dogs and have been itching to own one more and more over the past two years -- I know, deep down, I am doing the right thing ( Read more... )

Here's my puppy parade story. I put it on the website a day early so I can see how the picture looks.

http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=5823

Matador Records sent me "Electric Vision" by The New Pornographers. This band is FANTASTIC!!! So a definite good review, unlike the disappointment of a CD I reviewed by Jimmy Wayne last week (which will appear in the paper and on our website NEXT week due to lack of space ( Read more... )

The cocktail party showing the sculptures I modeled for is Saturday afternoon, October 11. This will be in West New York, NJ, which is less than 15 minutes from the Lincoln Tunnel ( Read more... )

I got the confirmation for my plane ticket to Los Angeles!