you can make your own sharpie. since i have lots and lots of sharpies with me at all times, this is rad.
most librarian paraphanalia is a bit weird, but this quote was pretty cool.
who needs valentine’s day…. November 29, 2007
i want to spend it in nyc…. even though i hate that place.
via pitchfork…. who so eloquently capture gd in the first paragraph, no?
Gutter Twins Announce Release Date, Shows
Valentine’s Day: a time for flowers, candy, snuggles, kisses, hugs, and all that gooey stuff. Who better to spend it with than Greg Dulli, the Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers master of the depraved psycho-sexual mindfuck?
On February 14, 2008, the Gutter Twins, Dulli’s collaboration with Screaming Trees/QOTSA/Soulsavers dude Mark Lanegan, will hit the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. How romantic!
The date is the first of five for the Twins, who will be celebrating the March 4 Sub Pop release of their debut album Saturnalia. In a press release, Dulli says, “I couldn’t tell you what Saturnalia’s theme is, but there’s a seeking of transcendence that’s new. I have never written songs like this before. It’s a different temple I’m visiting.”
Lanegan is on tour with Soulsavers right now. [MORE...]
Stream: Greg Dulli: Down the Line (Jose Gonzalez cover) [live]
MP3: Soulsavers ft Mark Lanegan and Will Oldham: Through My Sails [from the It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land LP]
all sew and no play November 25, 2007
here are the tie change purses, i think they are all done. i’m letting the coffeeshop/ gallery/ etc choose what they want for the gift show. wow, i can’t believe how they look so insignificant in this photo. really, it took a while to get these done…..
do the benefits outweigh the feelings of stress? November 21, 2007
good news, no kids this week at work. what does that mean? i can write in peace and quiet and not constantly have to be interrupted. amazing feeling to just be able to write when i need to and just churn out the product.
also good news, in my office (i use that term loosely) i can listen to internet radio. somehow i have remembered to listen to morning become eclectic all this week. bad news, today’s guest is AIR. i don’t mind AIR, except, you guessed it, when they use those BS computer voices. so my policy thus far has been, just listen and if it gets too stressful, i’ll turn down the volume. no computer voices yet, but i can feel them coming.
other good news, i am seriously almost done with eliza. gosh, it’s only been about 2000 years since i started this. seriously, i did start it well over a year ago. i took a break from knitting entirely during the summer, but i still have no excuse, it was easy, so far. just have the straps to finish and then the sewing and we’ll be in business.
done with work early today, so i think i’ll go drink coffee and knit for a bit. benefits of living near my fav. coffee shop.
i have a pile of Polaroids from my bday party so i’ll scan and have them up tomorrow, i swear. i think it was my last birthday party. good times, just not so much my scene with so many people. i started thinking about how new year’s is coming and i have made a decision, and i’m putting in writing, there will be no participation in new years. none. just another end of the month.
for some reason i have felt terribly nostalgic this week. i just thought about what i was doing one year ago, two years ago. last year was blurry, but two years ago is so clear. standing under the awning chatting with a friend in the rain. i’ll stop now b/f i get myself into trouble with my hindsight is 20/20 talk.
secrets of the librarian underworld November 14, 2007
wanna know how to get a date with a librarian? yeah, i thought you would….
a whole lotta tv November 12, 2007
i watched some television while i was in the hotel, at the mothership, this week.
i guess i saw about 2 hours of tv, and here’s what i saw, worth noting.
- the end of what seems like another funny episode of 30 rock. funny.
- the best “that’s what she said” joke of the office so far, a joke with a message, i guess (i.e. don’t turn into your boss)
- an epsiode of scrubs. i’ll just say it, yeah, that show needs to end, zach braff, why don’t you amuse me any more? was it due to braff overload when comedy central started running scrubs?? don’t know.
- music videos. wow, there are some terrible bands out there.
- continuing on the music video theme, a bruce springsteen video. also an alicia keys video, three times within an hour on two different stations. that’s excessive.
- bob dylan selling cadillacs. i cannot speak of that ever again.
don’t let the fame go to your head November 10, 2007
i signed my first autograph this week. we presented on the trading cards i had made for work (if you don’t know what i am talking about, look me up on facebook and you’ll see my trading card….). another librarian asked me and my boss to sign our cards for him- hilarity!!!
talk about an adult like move… November 9, 2007
wow, i ordered insulated curtains today. jealous of my extravagent purchase??? i knew you would be. they’ll be in next week. that’s right, i’ll have some insulated curtains real soon.
went to the mothership this week. all good. chat with lots of peeps who are librarians like me, who would have guessed it. um, what else do i have to tell you.
tomorrow will be the bday party. oh, handmade arcade on sunday, wanna go? meet me there in the pm….
