Today I bought a house. The closing is on July 18th.
I am a homeowner (to be).
This makes me my dad.

I spent part of today starting to book tiny portions of a tiny tour with the Mathematicians, one of my most favorite bands ever. It makes me feel like Christmas is coming. And that I like Christmas. And that the Mathematicians play a show every Christmas ( Read more... )

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Part of my thumb is numb from screenprinting last night. Does that mean I'm having a stroke? Probably ( Read more... )

Now that I'm on vacation and I can stay up past my bedtime, I'm spending my time acting like a child rather teaching them. I have been watching old Sesame Street clips. Not the muppets, but the non-sequitur cartoons and satisfying factory segments. Did you know that before little children made all the crayons of the world, grandma made them? My ( Read more... )

What a beautiful day! Dottie went swimming today for the first time this season. She is a terrible swimmer, but it's funny to watch ( Read more... )

Well, it just proves what I knew all along. The more women in good bands that you see, the better your weekend is. Friday was the Soviettes, who are wonderful, and last night was us and the Dials, who have three ladies and a very tall drummer man who is delighted every time his sticks make a noise on his drums ( Read more... )

You know, the more I think about it, the more unfair it seems that people I like don't all live down the street from me. What is this, "Oh, you'd LIKE to have a drink with them, but they live in some OTHER city that's not actually IN Madison"? Honestly. This geography scheme that someone came up with oughta be scrapped. Just saying.

What a wonderful mini-vacation! We played the 400 bar, which you should never go to. The space is fine, the staff would be better off working the DMV or driving the bus so people could anticipate their cold, unfeeling uptightness. No flash photography, everyone gets carded a minimum of four times, and they screwed the people throwing the show. ( Read more... )

How to make a screamincyncyn
Ingredients:

5 parts anger

5 parts humour

1 part
Method:
Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Serve with a slice of wisdom and a pinch of salt. Yum!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.comI've never done one of these, and I know they're stupid, but doesn't this one seem a little, you know, right? Anyhow, ( Read more... )