the shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

okay, so for the second time in four days, i convinced someone that i am worthly of employment. yep, kids, i got a jorb at ye olde republic of bananas (er, banana republic, if you will). can you say "discounted merchandise"?!?!? i'm psyched. as is leslie. she just uses me for my employee discounts. and my good looks. bah!

yes, this latest venture is the third, count 'em, third job that i now have (four if you count my non-paying gig at TMT). but two of them are part-time, and one of those is an internship...so does that really make me a workaholic? or, rather, someone who has identified my needs (music, clothing, foodstuffs, postage (!!!!)) and sought out occupations that can satisfy said needs? brilliant i say, effing brilliant!

i decided that being broke is cramping my style...namely in the show-going department. but now i have to actually find time to go to shows! aww crap. what have i done?!?!

spoon me.

no, no, no...i'm not talking about the actual physical act of spooning (which, i do rather enjoy, i must say!), but rather the new spoon disc, gimme fiction!!!

okay, so i've listened to it pretty much non-stop for the past week or so, and i am totally enamoured with it! it is slowly beginning to weasel it's way in to the tiny space in my heart that i hold sacred only for girls can tell. now, now...i'm not saying that gimme is now my favourite spoon album or anything...that would take a lot seeing as how i've been obsessed with girls can tell for years now. but, i have to hand it to brit and the boys, they've done a stellar job on this disc.

tracks i'm diggin':

"i turn my camera on" (hello falsetto! can you say s-e-exy?!?!)
"they never got you"
"sister jack"

i have to cut myself off at three songs b/c it would look silly of me to list every single track, just rearranged and out of order! just plain silly.

and now i'm off to clean my bathroom, and listen to spoon for the 43rd time this week...

stoked.

OH MY GOD! i just landed a phat internship at a small, charming, and kick-ass little artist management firm here in SF and i am nothing short of elated at this very moment!!!

yes, your very own little encylopedia of musical knowledge will be getting to put her often scoffed-at talents in musical weaponry to good use as an intern for the manager of up & coming troubadour, josh ritter! dudes, this is quite possibly the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life...i'm so freakin' amped to rock this internship into infinity! i mean, could this BE more perfect for me?!?

i think not.

shite. i suck.

i am so so soooooo sorry, dear blog. i have neglected you for too long, but i had things...yes, THINGS!...to take care of. mainly, every single one of my friends descending upon my household over a two week span which rendered me with a chest full of congestion and an intermittenly stuffy-runny nose. ah, good times.

things that have occured since my last post (at least what i can recall with minimal effort):

1) sara lynn, jeremiah, jeff, kent, and gemile (yes, ALL of them!) came to party with me like it was 1999...and party we did. i'm getting old, i fear. i can't keep up w/ the young kids any longer...even those young kids who are actually older than i. awww man!

2) leslie left me for a three-week hiatus in new jersey...where only the strong survive. the strong and genetically mutated cock-a-roaches. yep. she returns on friday. and i will be complete. i mean, what's a girl without her roomie? i need to vent! and gossip! ahhhh!!!

3) kb & michael bunked at my crib in an attempt to escape the clutches of charleston, south carolina. while half of their stay here is a blur due to my unfortunate, memory-clouding illness, i think we had a good time. or that might have just been the herbs. no really, i took herbs. herbs work! up with herbs! okay, i'm done.

4) i bought new cd's! i have no money to do this, but i did it anyway (because of the herbs, i suspect). here's what i got:

beck - guero
brendan benson - alternative to love
spoon - gimme fiction
m.i.a. - arular

i've given a cursory listen to all four discs and am ruminating over their impact. i'll get back to you on how i feel about them in due time. ah yes, in due time.

5) i went to a writing seminar last night at 826 valencia (argggh, matey!) and it was quite a pivotal experience. i've decided that i need to stop bullshiting and get off my lazy arse and make something happen with this stalled music journalism career i've aspired to! ya'aaay for ephinanies! hootie hoo!

(*shout out to k & m for signing me up for it. you guys are so smart. jeez.)

i think that's it for now. i promise to post more often, as i've reawoken my inner writer/blogger and am stumbling out of this haze in which i've been immersed. (i almost just wrote "the haze that i've been immersed in" but the little mrs. eddy in my head wouldn't let me do it! damn her and her grammatically-correctness. damn her!)

uh huh.