since when is sleater kinney
..."snotty elitist indie rock that you've never heard of"? I keep running into this girl's site, and I always try to give it a fair shake, but the whole thing smells slightly of scenesterism and self-importance. zzz. This is the sort of girl who I always thought Evan would leave me for. Of course, as he has pointed out, he did nothing of the sort (my own insecurity/anxiety comes up with mishmash like this all the time). Loyal, devoted Evan. We met almost exactly three years ago; yesterday's sudden realization of that fact made me start crying on the way to the cafe for cocoa.

Deleting W
Sometimes, you've got to love the Democrats. Clinton was an imperfect President, and I'm continually perplexed by his simultaneous womanizing and progressive stance on women's rights. But you've got to hand it to him: he made the office much more real.

real bad real audio
I AM A SQUIRREL I SWISH MY TAIL I EAT LOTS OF NUTS... my god, i am a nerd

celebrity photobooth
MTV has celebrity photobooth pictures, and boy are they entertaining. Some of my boyfriends, like John and Freddie Prinze, Jr. are present -- but just as great are the shots of Janet Reno and Sam Donaldson. Great entertainment.

In slightly related news, I think I am just going to have celebrity boyfriends from now on. Easy peasy!

chris leo is smarter than god?
he's awfully cute, i do know that. he drank my orange juice once without asking; his good looks and pop hooks kept me from getting upset, though.

Baby Dolphin
This is so silly of me, but look! A baby dolphin! Isn't this the cutest thing ever? I was rather depressed today until I saw Flippette.

Ophi's Backstreet Daydream
I love and miss Ophi because she is a great friend, a funny lady, and a wonderful writer. She created this page for her cousin and friends in Israel (hence the simplified English). So good.

Joe C
I do not know who this "Andrew" is. I know nothing of an ANDREW, but if I did, he would certainly not appear to be gay.

Return of the Webcam
Oh, it's back. I can't figure out how to stream it (help!) but for now, you can see me every five seconds. I plan to use lots of literary allusions for the captions, because so far I haven't been able to slip "only connect" into any of my writeups at work.

old school stuff
I forgot about this completely. During my senior year of college, I took a seminar on the Holocaust. We had to do touchy-feely journals, so I threw this together.

The design is ganked from my winter piece, if it looks familiar.

strom
While no one is quite sure how much Mr Thurmond understands nowadays, he still manages to open the Senate each day for the chaplain’s prayer, and he sat mostly silently through President Clinton’s impeachment hearings, only shouting “Noooo!” when Republicans tried to have Monica Lewinsky interrogated on the Senate floor. Mr Thurmond himself has a pair of leggy-lovely interns from his office, whose job largely consists of moving the staggering Senator from place to place.

brooklyn gum

40 Things to Hate About High Fidelity
Pretty funny stuff, especially if you're a fan of the book or movie. If you've seen the movie, you know that Championship Vinyl is in Wicker Park on Honore St. In real life, the building is being turned into condominiums. Sigh.

Jude Law: You Can Look But You Can't Touch
No kidding. But oh, what a renard!

It seems rather silly to spend lots of time and money on studies that conclude, "Yep, beautiful famous rich people make you feel unhappy with yourself."

Bewitched!
Did you know that watching Buffy leads to pregnancy, which in turn will make you do drugs, which will force you to have a LSD flashback, which will kill you? Yep.

tim kinsella
"He's my friend."

Quimby for Prez.
Here in Chicago, The Simpsons comes on at 7, which is way too early for my tastes. Hence, I have forgotten to watch this fine, fine show.

emo summer
Emo Summer still cracks me up every single time. But I didn't know that they have mp3s available. Chortle chortle. God I want to leave work right now

NEGATIVE, not GENTLE waves
I can't remember URLs to save my life these days. Anyway, I promised that I'd link this, and so I am. Annie Tomlin keeps her promises, you know. Or at least I intend to keep them. Sometimes it just takes a while.

You should go here if you like to read about movies and art and boy things. Not those boy things. I mean boy activities.

things would be lovely if this weren't so expensive
It's funny: the more money I make, the looser my spending limits become. It's horrible - I break things down to a cost-per-use basis. Alas, even that cannot justify the purchase of this little bag. One can hope for clearance sales, yes?

UPDATE: I linked this, and three hours later, Eve.com shut down. bump-bump-bump, another one bites the dust!

kids are on the go!
So I was schlepping around punkrock.net and I found a post by this guy who makes more money than I do, and I am always insecure about how much money I make (is it the right amount? what about gender disparity? if i have enough to save, why am i still paranoid that i'm underpaid? etc.). Anyway, this is the guy's page. For some reason, I'm oddly drawn to its colors and setup. Plus, after you bypass the splash screen, take a look-see at the URL. Ha ha ha.

oh, what is not to like?
Some fine gent named ROB has kindly archived a bunch of mid-nineties 7" records into mp3 format. See, someone is using the internet for good, not evil! I am listening to Policy of 3 right now, and the Jihad stuff makes me miss driving around in Derek's Comet, and Mohinder is the twins Falls. Where did we all go, and how did it all happen?

On a slightly less wistful note: the word "emo" is now tired (and should be retired). You can listen to some of these mp3s and hear what that word once described. No Promise Ring.

i have no friends
Okay, so you read this, and you think, "Ha ha, kozmo and cat, ha ha."

Or maybe you realize that I really DO stay in with the cat. Rrrowl.

i used to write haikus in the school paper
...about Jeff's considerable skateboarding skills. Now he is married. The whole thing is strange. I like simple sentences.