I'm going to visit Jen in LA this weekend. Anyone have suggestions on things we should do??

 I've spent the summer shy, demurring through dimples at parties but barely saying much at all. For a week I had full laryngitis, and even now, my voice is slowly creeping back. I've got the kind of husky tone that makes me second-guess if I'm actually talking or not. I don't sound like myself. I spent Saturday at a pool party speaking Spanish. My ( Read more... )

on Conor Oberst and growing older:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/on-conor-oberst.html

my trip to Texas:

Does anyone know a lot about student loans ( Read more... )

What I'm Listening to Lately

(just click the name of any song to hear it; or click the first to hear the cd in order)

This is a Portland band that my friend Dana Rae is in. They sound like Le Tigre. I made this video of them:

This is a video I made of some teen boys krumping.

After my photo blog ends, I'm starting a once-a-week blog wherein I'll write old family stories. I'm really reporting them, interviewing family members about little details so I can construct actual stories (the way I'd work on something if it were work, but without constraints of structure or 'news').

Even though there has been a lot of healing and ( Read more... )