I don't know if I should be admitting this, but this is the *second* time that I've burned brownies because my music was so damn loud that I couldn't hear the oven timer. I'm a total failure at cooking, I can't even bake *store bought* brownies properly! It's kind of become a running joke with my family that I always end up making stuff that ( Read more... )

Over the course of the past couple of days, I've sat down to update this and I inevitably got distracted each time. People were either knocking on my front door, IMing me, calling, etc. Other than that, I've been too busy with school stuff & haven't had any time to do much else lately. So yeah, sorry if I haven't been too good at replying to ( Read more... )

Everything in my life has been a little bit hectic lately, but it's not exactly the bad sort of hectic that stresses me out. It's more like an exciting sort of "good things on the verge" and I know that everything will work out nicely in the future sort of hectic ( Read more... )

I just got done watching Liz Phair's old Sessions at West 54th. And I have to say that even though the new stuff is catchy is hell, there's something so much more wonderful about the unpolished imperfection of the old stuff. It was so great in a lo-fi way, and I really miss it ( Read more... )

I came back home today, and I couldn't be any happier. Although I like visiting my relatives, it has to be done in moderation, like most everything else. So the fact that I was with them almost 24/7 for a couple of days ended up being a bit nerve wracking toward the end of my visit. But all in all, it wasn't too bad ( Read more... )

I left for Pittsburgh with my family this morning, and I'm always reminded of how much I hate Indiana every time I travel through it. For instance, I think that Indiana may be the USA's largest supplier of "abortion stops a beating heart" and "try Jesus" billboards. Yeah, fun stuff, let me tell you. ;-) Oh, and I think I counted over 50 Bush/ ( Read more... )

I have a bit of a "concert going dilemma" on my hands. Patty Griffin's site says that she's going to be in Chicago on October 13th with Dar, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin. That would be an absolutely amazing show. The only problem is, Jewel is going to be playing in Indy on the 13th as well, and Anne Heaton may be the opener. I'd totally ( Read more... )

Much fun was had in Indy. (I know that's terrible grammar, but what can I say? It's late - I never type properly when it's late ( Read more... )

I'm leaving for Indianapolis tomorrow to see Jennie DeVoe. It should be fun - it's scheduled to be a 3 hour show. = ) And it'll be cool to catch up with some of my Indianapolis friends there. The sad part about all of this is that I think I'm more excited to go to Baja Fresh than I am about going to the show. Well, I don't know if I'm *more* ( Read more... )

It's an absolutely beautiful day today. Lately it's been way too hot to do anything outside but today has had just the right balance of sunshine and wind. It was nice to sit on the patio in my backyard and eat my lunch while I was reading ( Read more... )