Writing Sep 3 2008

I'm not ashamed to admit that one of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of losing your long term boyfriend is losing the easy and constant access to sex. This is the twenty-first century after all, and I know that pink leopard print vibrator stashed under your bathroom sink is more than just a "gag gift."

Well mine is blue and I think the motor is about to give out. During this time it has become the best breakup buddy and rebound partner a girl could ever ask for. Because while after a couple whiskey sours that lad in the glasses (I think?) with the nice smile (Maybe?) might seem like a good idea, when you get home, it's like he's popping open the hood of the car when you're broken down by the side of the road and from the clunky the-square-peg-does-not-fit-in-the-round-hole foreplay, it's obvious he never knew what he was going to find under that hood when he climbed out of the driver's seat and in his best man-voice said, "I'll see what's going on."

Writing Sep 3 2008

Right now I'm stocking up on carbs and caffeine for a ride to the USC area to help a friend with some work. I'm going to Metro the big gaps, but I gotta get up the hill to the station here and then down the hill to his house once I get over there. It's been too long since I've been on my bike and my legs are itchy for the burn. I feel almost 100% better and at the most, my ride will total about six miles round trip, so I don't think it will be too much of a push on my first day back.

Not that I'm going to pretend that this is in any way, shape, or form a music blog, but I discovered a cover of The Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored" by Echo Park band Monsters Are Waiting through Hype Machine that is so indulgently precious - like me - that it's my favorite thing right now.

So look what we've got coming up:



Not The Government

September, 3 2008 at Tribal
1651 W Temple St (corner of temple and union), Los Angeles, California
Cost : $3

$3 or free with an NTG shirt (make your own or wear one you bought from us!) ALL AGES!!!



I sort of want to front a band now. I'll be the singer. Sometimes I'll stand very still on stage and sing in a high whispering voice and other times I'll scream and tear off all my clothes and dance really crazy. Anyone down?

HappyLand is really beginning to take off these days - I swear the best way to make friends is to just carry a camera with you all over the place and talk to bands and get in with the local scene. I have a massive management overhaul brewing in my head. It's getting a little difficult for me to keep up with the deluge of phone calls and MySpace messages, and since no one is paying me for this (Yet), I have to do it all on my own. So if something is really quite urgent or you have got a marvelous opportunity for me, please send me a detailed email with all your contact information and let me know if anything is time sensitive. I have to begin prioritizing stuff!

Damn! I never dreamed that might ever happen!