i'm currently working on a holiday mix, to be sent far and wide to any friends i won't be seeing in person over the next month. so of course the details shouldn't be divulged here, but i just realized that there is so much scottish indie pop on it that i could call it "gather 'round the christmas twee"! that's not really respectful of my friends ( Read more... )

so i bought this new vintage dress recently and it's really cute in a mod/witchy way. basically it makes me look like an extra from bewitched. (i hope i don't need to clarify, but the original series, not the recent movie.) it has this pointy, raised collar and sort of a lace-up thing going on in the front that reminds me of something joanna ( Read more... )

of the meta critic column!  okay, so when i was talking to my friend kerri-ann tonight, she inspired me to try to make a blog entirely devoted to my meta-criticism.  (i also suggested that she start a blog called "the quiche niche" because she's an amazing cook and baker.  seriously amazing!  in summation, yum.)  of course, i have a feeling that if ( Read more... )

http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings.php?release=20&view=lyrics&lyrics=368

Your Cover's Blown

the most apropos lyrics:

Hey lady, meet my mum and dad
You're a strange aberration
In this land of potted plants and boxlike houses
Where the girls like mouses
Breathe a long sigh of resignation
You resign your self to keep on growing
All the seeds ( Read more... )

so this is kind of amazing- they were playing stereolab in the dressing room at lord and taylor today! they usually play such horrendous easy-listening muzak... it's basically worse than enya. it's enya-lite! but on this particular rainy afternoon, the enya-lite segued into a lovely stereolab song! i have to say, it was a perfectly seamless ( Read more... )

as it seems i am back to posting after a very long hiatus, i feel the need to give an update regarding the lovely and wonderful pepper! (aka the peps, peppy puppy, pepperdog, etc) pepper is seriously the cutest little scamp ever, and when i looked at my old entries i couldn't believe my main reaction when my parents first adopted him was that i ( Read more... )

okay, so i actually opted for bigelow "sweet dreams" herb tea instead of celestial seasonings "sleepytime" tea while grocery shopping yesterday because i had just read an article with a really annoying quote from the heiress to the celestial seasonings fortune.

the article, in the ny times' "Fashion Diary," which is i suppose being run for ny ( Read more... )

as my friend niko and i drove back from a delicious dinner, on yet another congested road where people really seemed to be, shall we say, expressing their individuality with their eclectic driving styles and blatant flouting of traffic laws, i turned to him (rest assured, it was at a light)and said, "i just want to listen to belle and sebastian and ( Read more... )

well, obviously i was psyched to see that b&s will be playing a new york show, however... (and i wish there wasn't a "however"!) the tickets are $55 per day and there is no one else i want to see playing on the day b&s are playing! what's more, whoever is planning this concert seems to be lacking taste, because beck is the headliner for this show ( Read more... )

so my parents just got a new dog, which is definitely a "yay!" in my book. however, it appears that i'm kind of allergic to him. we used to have a poodle (rest in peace, PC) and they're hypo-allergenic and i'm just so darned sensitive! (i.e. i am a delicate flower... although those also make me sneeze.) my mom named him pepper, due to his salt- ( Read more... )