Around My Room, Around The House, Around Town

Things Of Interest In My Room


my mom made this for her art class but i loved it so much i had to have it. it's Rapunzel, made out of a cardboard tube. you can pull the string and her hair falls out of the "castle."


i love this bust of Ben Franklin- it's actually a cologne bottle, from an antique store, that i got as a gift several years ago. next to it is a sweet globe pencil sharpener i got in Mexico last summer. oh & behind Ben is Daniel Manus Pinkwater's autograph!


poem in the shape of Manhattan


homemade CORGI NECKLACE, that i envisioned & my mom made for me. i think his name is Carl.


'Round The Frontyard & Backyard & Indoors


my two favorite boys in the world! my Saab JoJo & my kitty William.




just hangin'




i made the stained glass thing in high school when my class spent a week in Pine Mountain, Kentucky.


folk art on the walls


Buddy Holly & Everly Brothers postcards & Old 97's concert poster in my bathroom


We Saw Blue Mountain At A Blues Bar On The Water, Then Took Pictures In The Parking Lot






Pensacola Beach

Summer Mixtape #2

here's another mixtape for another friend. ask me to make you one.

Do Da Bok Bok:

1. cool- Pylon
2. wild wild lover- Flat Duo Jets
3. crash- the Primitives
4. here we go again- Shrubs
5. so long baby goodbye- the Blasters
6. uncle love- Blur
7. flower scene- Plasticland
8. queen of eyes- the Soft Boys
9. calling upstairs- Vulgar Boatmen
10. where you'll find me now- Neutral Milk Hotel
11. crazy- R.E.M.
12. made to love- Everly Brothers
13. while i'm here- Sex Clark Five
14. really mystified- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
15. french navy- Camera Obscura
16. not alone anymore- Roy Orbison
17. clear spot- Pernice Brothers
18. slogans- Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard
19. ten feet tall- XTC
20. crazy- Galaxie 500
21. what's your game- Ramones
22. like a summer rain- Jan & Dean
23. i don't care- Justin Townes Earle
24. into your arms- the Lemonheads
25. underwater explosions- Guided By Voices
26. stop before you say it- the Go-Betweens
27. the way some people die- Yo La Tengo
28. y ffordd oren- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
29. three seeds- Elf Power

Summertime Fun

i have always been a great Lover Of Summer.

some of my favorite summertime things are
iced coffee
sleeping in the nude
driving with my windows down
jogging by the water
late nights out
playing with my kitty outside
dabbing my sweat with a handkerchief
MUSIC, of course, my favorites for summer being everything by The Clientele + Galaxie 500, 1980's Jonathan Richman especially the song "That Summer Feeling," Belle and Sebastian's "A Summer Wasting," and Mercury Rev's "Car Wash Hair"

this summer, thanks to May's newfound obsession, we've been blasting Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers every time we take a trip in the car. A-MAZING. especially one night, on our way over the Bay, to see some sweet bands + friends, the sun was setting on the water, and Tom was a-blarin'. it was the best ever.
my current fave song is "Listen To Her Heart," off one of the early albums.



after one such sweaty night full of BFF's + bands, attempting to look badass, wearing sunglasses at 3 am in the Waffle House parking lot





recently, i have fallen madly in love with Wylie Dufresne, the endearingly geeky lovably earnest incredibly amazing chef/pioneer of molecular gastronomy. i really want to marry him.
how hot is he????



of course, summer always puts me into an Athens-y mood, especially this summer since i'm planning on moving there semi-soon. i've been looking at houses close to downtown + these are some of the most adorable ones i've found

i stayed at home on the 4th of july, & i pulled the shades so i didn't have to see the sky/ i decided to have a bed-in, but i forgot to invite anybody

for 4th of July, which i don't like as much as Christmas or my Birthday, but more than Easter or Thanksgiving, here my 3 favorite songs on the subject:

"4th of July" by Galaxie 500


"Independence Day" by Elliott Smith


"4th of July" by X