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Shel

I wish I could fellate myself while farting the White Album.

About Me

Let's see.Writer, mother of two, wife of one.Why do I feel like I'm a bumper sticker writer?That birthday thing below is eerily accurate. Or not.

My Interests

Reading. Writing. Growing my own food. Antiques. What takes up most of my time, though, is raising my kids to live in our crazy world without becoming assholes.

I'd like to meet:

People?

Your Birthdate: June 20
You are a virtual roller coaster of emotions, and most people enjoy the ride.
Your mood tends to set the tone of the room, and when you're happy, this is a good thing.
When you get in a dark mood, watch out - it's very hard to get you out of it.
It's sometimes hard for you to cheer up, and your gloom can be contagious.

Your strength: Your warm heart

Your weakness: Trouble controlling your emotions

Your power color: Black

Your power symbol: Musical note

Your power month: February What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Music:

Kathleen Edwards rocks. As does Pink Martini.

Right now I am liking Pattie Griffin, Dirtie Blonde, Los Lonely Boys, Dianne Reeves, Lucinda Williams, Ani DiFranco, hey oldies but goodies. Liking the new Brandi Carlile and yes, I like that song Girlfriend because it reminds me of the Go-Gos.

I like 80s alternative music (though the other day I saw it referred to as 80s college alternative?). Like Siouxsie, Depeche Mode, Melissa Etheridge before long hair, The Connells, U2 before Achtung Baby. Ooh, Dead Milkmen, Violent Femmes, The Ramones.

Grew up on The Eagles, Elton John and The Beatles, but somehow know the words to "Take A Chance on Me" by ABBA.

Check out Sirius Disorder, Channel 32. Finally -- authentic free-form progressive radio with no commercials.

Movies:

Knocked Up was hilarious, if you've ever been pregnant and have experienced the irrationality that comes along with it. And the OB-GYN's! Holy shit.I liked The Painted Veil, deceptively subtle and beautiful and awesome.The Bourne Ultimatum -- I usually only like 007 but this rocked. Totally not according to the original book, though.300 was... pretty. Not historically accurate.The Simpsons was so worth the wait.

Television:

TV is crap.That said, I like The Tudors, The Sopranos, Dexter, Weeds and Entourage. Loving Californication. Can't wait for Say You Love Me on HBO.

Books:

I have a reading list a mile long. I like to read all the time. It all blends together... I can't list everything I like or want to read.

Heroes:

My kids. Just kidding. Not really. For putting up with me as a mother, they should get some kind of cape or award.

My Blog

My Favorite Song

Other than Always Look On The Bright Side of Life:Philosopher's SongImmanuel Kant was a real pissantWho was very rarely stable.Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggarWho could think you under the tabl...
Posted by Shel on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:41:00 PST

Persuasion and Breakfast of Champions

I highly recommend reading Jane Austen's acidic Persuasion along with Vonnegut's hilarious (and prescient) Breakfast of Champions at the same time...I am at the point where Anne is having to meet up w...
Posted by Shel on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:38:00 PST

iPhone Retrieval: A Sordid Tale

Yesterday I was the DJ for this event we put together. I put together three great playlists of classical, jazz and blues, and rock, for the graduating levels of rowdiness (and probably drunkenness) of...
Posted by Shel on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:45:00 PST

Hockey is too serious

Ask me why I'm up at 6:30 on a Sunday morning.Go ahead.One word: Hockey.Jack has started to play on a team this year and the practices are 3 times a week, with a game once a week.Saturday, 8 am. Sunda...
Posted by Shel on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:36:00 PST

IKEA Hacking

This blog appeals to the do it yourselfer in me. Had I the time or desire to enter an IKEA I might try some of these things:http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/Very creative.(The Times did a story on this ...
Posted by Shel on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

Prostitutes go high-tech

The oldest profession adapts! According to the Times today, prostitutes are now soliciting and scheduling time on Craigslist.Reminds me of when the FBI tried to get ISPs to give up their customers not...
Posted by Shel on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:44:00 PST

Wow

Last night was our little get together in DC. Me, Erica, Lisa, Steve and Steve's Lady came out. Kevin Clark came a bit later. A great time was had by all and we agreed (from what I remember) that we w...
Posted by Shel on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:19:00 PST

Music Genome Project

This is an amazing site. Lisa told me about it (she did some testing on the beta I think?).Pandora.comWhat you do is create your own radio station. Sounds lame, right? Keep reading, seriously, this si...
Posted by Shel on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:18:00 PST

Food for thought

So.If you could actually fellate yourself would you fart while doing it?I wouldn't.Ew.
Posted by Shel on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:47:00 PST

Oh, Amazon. Why?

I got an email today from Amazon.Telling me that I because I hadn't bought my standby generator from them, I am clearly not prepared for emergencies. So they ever-so-kindly prepared a list for the sur...
Posted by Shel on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:26:00 PST