I wrote a review of Robinson Crusoe for Goodreads but I really think it bears reprinting here. Speaking of Goodreads, you should totally join and be my friendThis is one of those books that really serves to remind a modern audience of why we should kill whitey. Robinson Crusoe is the story of a young man with atrociously bad luck who, ( Read more... )

Rufus Wainwright played in our store today. I'm pretty sure this guy from Geffen Records asked me out in a very, "I'll look you up if I'm in the area" kind of way. While I've worked at Borders in Bryn Mawr, I've met (or at least seen) many famous folks! So far ( Read more... )

I had a dream that there was ice cream melting on my father's porch. I told my older sister it was all melting and she said she likes it like that. Then there was a bird in the porch and I started to chase it out with a balloon. But then the bird turned into a tiny man, way smaller than a dwarf would be. He said, "Ok, ok, I'm going, let me just ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my last day at Borders in King of Prussia; tomorrow I start in Bryn Mawr. It was a miserably long last day. Saturday closing shifts are no picnic, and it didn't help that I'm nursing a brand new cold -- one that starting just days after I finally regained my voice, which I completely lost for about a week. To tell you the truth, I'd ( Read more... )

Kill Rock Stars is releasing a 2-disc record containing most of the really amazing previously unreleased Elliott Smith songs from his time at said label! This is obviously the most exciting news ever!! You can tell from all my exclamation points!! It will contain such awesome songs as "New Monkey" (!!!!!!), "Going Nowhere," "Georgia Georgia," ( Read more... )

I'm an extensive paper journal-er so it was no big thing to write down every time I finished a book along with all the rest of my obsessive memory collecting. This was 2006 for me, bookwise. Here goes:

1/27/06 In the Time of Butterflies - Julia Alvarez
2/11/06 Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld
2/24/06 Patty Hearst: Her Own Story - Patricia Campbell ( Read more... )

To the tune of "Silver Bells":

Kill me now
(kill me now)
Kill me now
(kill me now)
It's Christmastime at the bookstore

Cha-ching cha-ching
(cha-ching cha-ching)
Cashiers ring
(cashiers ring)
Why don't you kill me today?

Best news ever: I'm getting a CD player (with an auxiliary input!) installed in my car tomorrow. This is truly a joyous occasion. I will celebrate with an excessive list of Songs of the Moment.

"Reena" by Sonic Youth
I've never listened to Sonic Youth before. Rather Ripped is my first and only album by them. So what I'm about to say may seem ( Read more... )

OK, I know it's a no-brainer to compare Sean Lennon to John Lennon, but I saw him today for free at WXPN's Live at Noon series and if he wasn't John Lennon's son, everyone would accuse him of trying to be the second coming of John. They look completely alike. I think the words "splitting image" would be appropriate. But moreover, they have the ( Read more... )

Halloween is coming, so I figure this is a great time to debut my newest blog feature: song collections. This is an audience participation kind-of thing. Don't get it? You will in a minute.

I'm collecting freaky/disturbing songs in honor of Halloween. Here's what I've got so far:

-Neutral Milk Hotel - "Little Birds"
OK, I know I wrote about ( Read more... )