I dabbed my fingertip along my running mascara. “Well, now I know what I’m blogging about tonight,” I sniveled in between giggles.
Just a few minutes prior, Katie and I were waxing poetic and engaging in our typical twenty-something navel-gazing. And with good reason - Life’s dealt my roommate a bit of a blow in the [...]
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The Serenade
A Moment.
In these, the last days of NaBloPoMo July, I’m having a hella battle with writer’s block. Tonight, scouring my hard drive in hopes of finding some scrap of inspiration, I came across a set of photographs from early January, when we celebrated Sebastien’s birthday in Cincinnati. However, I’d only taken a handful of sober shots, [...]
TODAY IS! WHERE YOUR BOOK BEGINS! THE REST IS STILL…
There’s a reason There’s Your Karma has a tag for “quarter-life crisis.” While I’ve been cringing at that term nowadays, there’s no better moniker for these little pockets of restlessness that seem to pop up on an all-too-frequent basis. The pattern is always the same: I’ll settle into something in my life, follow my tail [...]
Let’s Have a Ball and a Biscuit, Sugar. Or: Happy Birthday, Jordan.
A little over a year ago, Katie, Matt, and I made our rarely-trekked trek to Broad Ripple’s Alley Cat Lounge. I had too long sequestered myself up on the northeast side of the city, had just broken up with my live-in boyfriend of 3+ years, and had declared 2009 “The Year of Friendship.” I was [...]
Souvenirs.
Some of you may have been wondering what tacky souvenir I got my BFF and Cockpit Comrade Katie when I was Up North the other weekend.
Let me tell you, reader - there was a lot to choose from. When we drove past THIS PLACE:
I knew. This is where I’d find it. Little did I know [...]
More Filth and Stripes. This time with more Bubba.
A little over a year ago, Katie and I met our friend Bubba. Whom you might know as “Brian,” but…whatever. He’s Bubba. Prior to that, our friend Uriaha constantly regaled us with stories of this best friend, stories that always started “Me and Bubba,” or “Bubba did the funniest thing,” or ”My friend Bubba makes [...]
In Which I Try to Distract You From My Decades-Long Hiatus with Pretty Pictures.
Whilst day-drinking on the porch of Old Pointe Tavern one sunny afternoon in April, three friends brainstormed about a birthday party for one Miss Katie A.
“What shall we do for my birthday in June?” the birthday girl asked. Matt put the pencap to his mouth. “Hmm..what does Katie like…what does Katie like..”
Lightbulb.
From The Redhead: “Jack. [...]
Photos and a Pinky Swear
Some more photos from last Sunday. These were shot on the back “porch” of RadioRadio for the We Were Promised Jetpacks show.
More at my Flickr set, “Epic Weekend #985231495.”
This was a pretty hazy night, especially for a Sunday — one of those where you wake up and hope to God you didn’t say something too [...]
488,160 minutes
“Now, are you still with your boyfriend?” a woman asked me yesterday.
“No, we broke up, like..a year ago,” I replied. “Yeah. It’s been quite a ride since then.”
Understatement of the Year.
TOP TEN RECAP.
In eleven months and five days, I :
1) Broke up.
2) Became pretty much a hot mess for a month.
3) Contemplated running away.
4) [...]
The Night We Sang with Karen O
Why haven’t I told THIS story yet? Probably because it’s been nearly six months. Probably because it’s so surreal that some part of me denies that it ever happened.
My experience at the Monolith Music Festival last September topped out with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Saturday night. Not that everything surrounding it wasn’t perfection - [...]
Record Store Day!
Stayin’ busy.
A little while ago, Katie and I went to the National Record Store Day activities at Luna in Broad Ripple. Photo share!
Luna.
Katie. She’s kind of the most adorable ever, right? See the dandelion in her hand? A stranger just handed that to her. Yeah, it’s a weed, but strangers just hand her flowers. It’s [...]
OK, I believe you.
I seldom feed my own money into the jukebox. This isn’t to say I’m hustling dollars for tunes — I just very rarely carry cash. Most places in town have those digital joints, where you pay fifty cents per song. You’ll typically find me and my girl Katie up there, the LEDs splashing color on [...]
I Woke Up Today
From My Old Kentucky Blog:
Port O’Brien was also one of the best live shows I saw in 2008. Their “pots and pan finale” of I Woke Up Today made for the best audience participation, and way-to-end-on-a-great-note, at any concert this year.
I concur.
Bloomington Debauchery, Chapter Twenty-Seven.
The great thing about Indianapolis is that if a band you like isn’t necessarily knocking on your back door, you can always find them playing in a nearby city. Go Go, Midwest. Last week, there were TWO such happenings — Ra Ra Riot in Louisville and Delta Spirit in Bloomington.
I talked to my wallet about [...]
When You Are Enchanted by Sedaris
The Girls and I decided to start a book club, which we’ve called “The Lady Literates,” because we’re fuckin’ ladies. Our first book was David Sedaris’s new memoir, ”When You are Engulfed in Flames.” This was also centered around the fact that David’s book tour was stopping in our little Broad Ripple bookstore, Big Hat Books.
I adore [...]
