The head of Public Affairs married her college physics professor. I am so jealous.

I have wireless now!! After over a week without my own Internet, I am back! I never thought I would miss it this much...

I am currently at Fermilab, land of pi-shaped telephone poles and buffalo herds roaming the prairie. I am not kidding. I have met so many awkward people it is amazing. I also fell really badly on my roller blades multiple times, explored radioactive materials areas and hallways full of supercomputers, heard a Nobel prize winning physicist talk ( Read more... )

So, Jon Brion last Friday. + Rickie Lee Jones + Fiona Apple + mandolin solos = best second set ever. And he remembered who I was from when I interviewed him. That was nice ( Read more... )

So I saw the Books and Architecture in Helsinki last night at separate shows. Both we packed with dorky high school students. It was mystifying...where did these people come from? They definitely weren't around when I was in high school and going to these shows. In New York, the Books audience was filled with tall, bearded men. Here, it was ( Read more... )

So the blisters on my feet are officially the most disgusting wounds I have ever had in my life. I'll spare you the gory (literally) details ( Read more... )

I am back in California and enjoying the sunshine. Although it was really nice in New York when I left. In fact, everything was really nice in New York when I left. I hate that I can just be arbitrarily ripped away from what I worked so hard to make my real life when I'm not ready to go ( Read more... )

I don't want this semester to end. We have had the best last month, and a really amazing semester preceding that. I don't even mind how much work I had -- in fact, I don't even remember writing that history paper starting at 6:30 am the day it was due as being hard, or stressful, or even important. Totally overshadowed by days like all of the ( Read more... )

Read my Jon Brion article ( Read more... )

1. Sometimes people surprise you. And by people, I mean Jon Brion's publicist. And by surprise you, I mean get me an interview with Jon Brion ( Read more... )