The absurdity of coffee, as spelled out by this plaque in my office kitchen… It makes me chuckle every time I go brew another cup. Not unlike the absurdity of this rollercoaster called Crazy Mouse, in which you sit in these little pods with scary-ass clownish mouse faces, and you scream as it spins you… Read more »

oi! so, a nice fan penned a little song for suzi Q, after being inspired by our black cat show on saturday! check it out: www.myspace.com/jacobgemmell – the song is called “Together.” awww, so cute 😉

Had a hard time waking up this morning. Six hours of sleep just doesn’t cut it anymore for this old horse. Em and I had an hour to shower, inhale a tuna bagel and try to come up with some outfits that would pass as minimally stylish by Brooklyn standards. This proved to be a… Read more »

A creepy life-size figurine in the lobby at Clark Street Playhouse. I was there to see a small production called The Tree Project that I’d heard about, mostly because the art in the lobby featured Tina Seamonster and Kristina Bilonick and other artists. The website for the play was intriguingly cryptic. I kept trying to… Read more »

girl spies boy in the other corner. she should try the pickup line i used today: txt mssg: “do you want 2 get coffee and go 2 library?” txt mssg: “that sounds GREAT!” this appears to be the inaugural installation of a series called ‘Mousy Things to Do’ which recommends great things for like-minded nerdy… Read more »

oh dear i just nuked a little bug. and on purpose too that was why it was so horrifying. i’m a monster. my decision was made within a span of a nanosecond or two so there was no time for rationality to really stop me. i had opened the microwave to heat something up and… Read more »

did some stealth flyering today. not too shabby! tonight we practiced for the first time in what feels like a month, which was refreshing. everytime we’ve been on vacation for awhile, the first chord we play and the first time i hear my voice coming through the speakers again, i get this rush of very… Read more »

The official vendor gallery for the Crafty Bastards Festival has been posted! I’m especially psyched to see these booths (in addition to imoM of course): Rebecca Rakstad, who makes postcards with the cutest phrases. Her cards were the first things I bought on Etsy. I love Rebound Designs book bags (literally) but they’re a little… Read more »

i hit up the Red & the Black last Friday night to see a bill of solo acts… basically a collection of frontmen for four DC bands got together to croon some tunes (Tut Tut, Tereu Tereu, The Beanstalk Library and Meredith Bragg). and croon some tunes they did! call me biased, but the highlight… Read more »

We hung one of Mags’s earrings on the new flowers at our dad’s memorial