they're playing soul at the wrong speed

About Me

"expect me like one waits for mail, all lost, dropped, and cancelled. like foreign post, i leave twice a day but take a week to get there."
+ record collector.
- i can't be trusted with cds, promises, or men.
+ vh1 enthusiast.
+ i can't stay mad.
- ...but i can just stop caring.
- i refuse to grow up.
+ i really like alphabetizing my vinyl.
- ...way more than is appropriate.
- i'm sick of being cute.
+ i'm addicted to Vitamin Water. the purple kind. not formula 50. the other one.
- i'm a cocky bastard.
- i honestly believe that it's what you like, not what you are like, that matters.
+ i love vintage anything.
+ i thrift like a fiend.
- i can be whoever you want me to be. but i probably won't.
+/- if you say anything that's a line in a song, i'll start singing the song.
- if you're difficult, i will give up on you.
I edited my profile with an undeserved sense of purpose.

My Interests

professional audiohpile. i like: knitting. scrabble. reading. 1/2 off days at the laurel thrift.

Music:

in heavy rotation lately:

sonic youth,
evan dando,
margot and the nuclear so and so's,
langhorne slim,
silver jews,
jets to brazil,
weakerthans,
van morrison,
red house painters,
drag the river,
the jam,
elf power,
the wedding present,
old crow medicine show,
grandaddy,
spiritualized,
nada surf

Movies:

boondock saints, high fidelity, army of darkness, empire records, singin in the rain, say anything, better off dead

Television:

my free cable went away...but when i get the chance: vh1, food network, style.

and mythbusters. mmm...discovery channel.

oh, also...i'm secretly really good at wheel of fortune. lame.

Books:

most things by the following: e e cummings, charles bukowski, douglas adams, neil gaiman, nick hornby, and chuck klosterman

Heroes:

My Blog

everyone feels like you

A head that aches doesn't have to stay that way,just let what's dead go.I know there's pain in leaving things all too well.In time, you'll find needing things only kills you slowly.If you're not sure ...
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:32:00 PST

essentially...

i've been dating the same man since i was 16. if you and i have been together, chances are you are: a)an alcoholic b)depressed c)a musician. bonus points if you're a drummer. even more i...
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:29:00 PST

don't wake me up.

i know what you want. i know what you're trying to get from me. (everyone has an agenda, and i know yours from the second i meet you.) i need some time off. and if i come back when it's a...
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:17:00 PST

how many wishes do i still have left to fix the way it ends?

seriously, i fear this is as good as it's ever going to get.
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:12:00 PST

if i could take it back

i fucking would.
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:51:00 PST

beat the odds one night at 22

i had this dream last night that you loved me. you acted the way you said you felt. there's already been too many words on this subject.
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:52:00 PST

caring is creepy.

...yeah, it is. but i swear to god, i'm not going to keep giving you chances.
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:12:00 PST

oh. my. god.

Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST

just because it said i look like conor oberst

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Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:48:00 PST

i wish i had the strength

to either say what i feel, or just forget about it.
Posted by they're playing soul at the wrong speed on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:23:00 PST