Just a reminder to all folks who will be in NYC or who can make the trip to NYC for this Saturday: I am having a belated birthday bash ( Read more... )

I can say in all honesty without the slightest hesitation that this album is the most sophisticated, delightfully poetic and richly-layered orchestral arrangement I have ever encountered in the world of folk music. And I largely reside in that world. So, while I may not be the most astute critic, the statement holds the weight of hundreds of ( Read more... )

The Democrats have regained control of the House for the first time in 12 years! AND!! We're (so far) tied in the Senate (just took Montana)! No matter what now, no matter WHAT there is a limit to how much evil Bush can do when there's such equal representation in the other two bodies. I am elated and full of hope. A verifiable balloon person ( Read more... )

Watching Lavender Diamond live was akin to seeing snow fall for the first time. They were gentle, awe-inspiring, liable to induce inordinate quantities of hope in anyone lucky enough to be present. Becky Stark's balletic flailings of her arms, purity of tone and genuine idealism struck me in such a way that I simultaneously grinned like a ( Read more... )

Their chimney sweep legs teeter as though we’re all tight rope walkers on this train. All of us mind the tautness of the rough cord swaying and bucking under our weight and I try, but fail horribly, not to stare at the every-hued nature of this traveling vessel’s inhabitants ( Read more... )

If you're reading this, then you're invited to Alex and my apartment warming party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Saturday (this Sat., the 28th)! Email me if you'd like directions/the address. It's also Noah's Birthday party. I'm taking the GREs that morning, so I'll either be partying to forget or celebrating big time. Fedoras are encouraged. ( Read more... )

I emailed this to a friend earlier and then I realized it was a decent "update"-type thing ( Read more... )

I have a home. I have a home with Alex in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and I'm really happy about it. You can see all of Manhattan from our window. I haven't really moved in yet, but when I do there will be news about some type of housewarming. I will be so relieved when my clay arrives and I can make art again. I don't want to move ever again. I'm ( Read more... )

KATRINA ( Read more... )

For the last couple of weeks, I've been crashing in Irvington with Aley's parents while we search for an apt. in Brooklyn. It's been a relatively comfortable situation, but I haven't found myself able to write since arriving and I would really like to know where my comics and clay are in the massive pile of "Things that are packed such that I don' ( Read more... )