Holy motherfucking moly.

I am amazed that:

a. this still exists

b. that I was able to get back into it

c. this still exists?!?!

I had the thought pop into mind last night that, of all the socials, I've yet to find anything that's as worthwhile as LiveJournal was for me when I used it regularly. I hadn't thought about it in so long... (my last entry ( Read more... )

hello... anybody out there?

Okay, everyone. I might as well make official what I've already been doing anyway, and that is taking a hiatus from this LJ. It has been a great and very worthwhile experience, but to maintain it properly, as well as keep up with all of you, requires more time than I am willing to give right now. I do hope to maintain relationships with all of ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!

I've fallen off the LJ map completely--haven't read/updated since being in the States--but just wanted to say hello and let you know that I am still alive & kicking, and that all is more or less well, just wildly busy, leaving me little time for LJ fun ( Read more... )

my flight leaves in T-12 and a half hours.

check you stateside! ;-)

about a week ago i submitted a short nonfiction story for the first issue of the Big Ugly Review, and today i received an email that they want to use it pending some changes!

Here's what the editor wrote to me:

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eep. just saw the video from the concert.... i am soooooooo boring! and too shy, and modest. i need to work something out, some kind of persona, something freaky, and wacky, and exciting. something like... nina hagen.


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fever has broken, headache is completely gone, and all that remains are gallons of snot giving me symptoms of a very bad cold. but i don't feel sick, just super sneezy & snuffly. my nose is rather unhappy from all the blowing and wiping, but i'm back in the game today.

Wow, the music world is pretty small... that band that I wrote about yesterday (which yielded some pretty hilarious reactions!) is actually only a couple of degrees away from us. One of their two lead singers, Leonid Soybelman, used to sing with the singer from the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Alec Kopyt. That band includes my new accordion teacher, ( Read more... )

what?! there's another nine-piece band out there with a multi-lingual rapper and a chick accordionist? so there is.

there's nothing new under the sun.