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I haven't written in quite some time. I'm not sure if it’s just life distracting me, or whether I'm distracting myself. I talk to customers at work that inquire about my quill tattoo and I blather on about how I'm a writer. Inevitably, they ask what I write. In the past, the answers came quicker. School newspaper. Website/Blog. Short stories. Shitty front of book copy for various magazines here in Chicago. Now? I say fiction. And just saying that is almost fiction too.

I thought I'd share this with you all.  These guys are called The Bird & The Bee and this is off their latest album. "Ray Guns are Not Just The Future" (Blue Note Records)
 
 
The Bird and the Bee, or better known as  Inara George and Greg Kurstin, are an ecletic mix of pop/jazz/electronic music.  They are totally weird and at first listen I thought I was gonnna hate it, but now it has become an earwig and I can't stop humming "Love Letter to Japan".
 
Enjoy!!
 
 

 Vlogging-  Its the new black bitches.

So I thought I'd share with you all, my favorite poem by Walt Whitman, "One Hour to Madness and Joy", from Leaves of Grass. It kind of sums up how I've been feeling lately. Enjoy! "One hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me not! (What is this that frees me so in storms? What do my shouts amid lightning and raging winds mean?) O to drink the mystic deliria deeper than any other man! O savage and tender achings!

I forgot how pretty snow was. In November. In March or April, it's hideous. :)
I was just sitting in the window of my local tea shop when suddenly the sky opened up and for about 10 minutes it snowed. And the snow came down like it had burst from the sky after holding its breath for 8 months. It was cute. Like a little snow burp or something.
 

RIP

Bullshit Corporate America Job
2007-2008
You will not be missed.

Stop raining on my Obama-parade!

While perusing around the bottomless abyss that is the internet today, I came across this rare gem of a story and it really got me thinking.
In the ridiculous and falsely named article "The Best Way to Stop Harassment" by Working Girl, A.K.A. Karen Burns, she dispenses some advice for women in the workplace.

Dear Mr. McCain,
So I get the whole crushing economic crisis and all but, did you realize that it's September 25th, dude? Um....the election is like a month away. And you think suspending the campaign is a good idea? Granted I know you were only thinking just doing it for a couple days till all this Wall Street Gobbily-Goop gets sorted out, but really?
Me= Annoyed.
Here's a hint: There is no better time than NOW to be debating. When all eyes and ears are on you. Waiting patiently to hear what you and your opponent have to say to the nation, and each other.

Seriously, I love her. If you haven't watched her show on MSNBC or listened to her on AirAmerica, do it immediately. If you don't, flying monkeys will come down and snatch your first born children. You've been warned.
And on a side note: She is quickly catching up with Jon Stewart in Christen's all-time crushes. I would switch teams for her.