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About Me

excitable, easily infatuated

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

dan savage, mark bittman, andre 3000, jodie foster, willa cather, tim gunn, lois long.captain frederick pabst, nicolas copernicus, tycho brahe, the young vladimir nabokov, pirates, flappers, other bon vivants.

My Blog

summertime, vol 2 or: why I need a vacation and am taking one

I spoke too soon about this summer. it's been pretty awful. things kicked off in style when the man in the studio next to ours died and no one found him for 9 days, which as you might imagine led to s...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:00 GMT

this ain’t baltimore

my best friend john was in town from baltimore this weekend, and his visit luckily coincided with my former roommate's housewarming/monster party.if you've never had a monster party, this is when you ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT

summertime

after a breezy brunch on the patio at brocach yesterday, we walked home, and I potted a little lemon balm plant and some spearmint. then I made some iced tea. liz and emmy and I walked down to mi...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:33:00 GMT

attn: michigan

yesterday I decided to return to detroit for memorial day weekend. I'll leave on friday afternoon and return monday evening. if you'll be in town it would be nice to see you. if you would also like to...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 00:15:00 GMT

getting pretty sick of myself

last month, as many of you may remember, I left my wallet at the bar, where it was likely stolen, as well as my glasses. it was the second time in as many days that I had left my wallet at a bar. I ju...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:13:00 GMT

recent writings: vital + the post-rockist

in april I did a story for vital about the milwaukee symphony orchestra’s past and present principal bassists, roger ruggeri and zachary cohen, and they were very charming and delightful and I h...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:14:00 GMT

having a bad day?

I am, but this makes me feel better.
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:50:00 GMT

this only happens every so often

or more precisely, once a yearI want you to be thereI want you to bring all of your friendsI want to fall in love with all of your friendsand I want to fall in love with you all over againalso, I want...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:46:00 GMT

Birthday funhouse

to be followed forthwith by information in re: my own birthday funhouse next month.please join me!
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:34:00 GMT

here are some things you should know about

-Gunther Von Hagens-Remember that party I asked you to come to? It was amazing.-Have you ever been to the Old German Beer Hall? It is also amazing. Be there on my birthday. I will be there too. It's n...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:31:00 GMT