better than cupcakes

rickyv:

Pile says: Post the oldest (as in the date it was downloaded) MP3 on your computer. An easy way to do this is to sort by “Date Modified” in iTunes. Mine is: Live - I Alone

Mine is Led Zeppelin- Dyer Maker. Downloaded 11/2/97.  (update — found an older one — U2’s One, 10/8/97).

Ahhh, mine is ‘Till Tuesday’s “Voices Carry.” In all fairness, my entire iTunes library was deleted and I stole all of the ex’s music. This was first on the list because of the apostrophe. And yes, he did pay money to download this song. It is also listed as my fave song in my 2nd grade yearbook. Sweeeet.

I love this, from Ryan Adams’ tumblr:

Keep Making Art,
and when you get tired; eat,
and/ or watch movies, every kind
make tea and then Keep Making Art.
That Will Keep You From Becoming
“THEM”
- You Know-
those people
who could, but don’t
and know there is nothing left for them
them, the terrible them
that tear down the ones
WHO NEVER GAVE UP
on the dream
because you and me kid,
we were made of that stuff
and were born to dream,
even sometimes
for “them”

excerpt from “ENOUGH ROPE”
D R Adams, portion of ‘Unfinished Works”
2005-2008

Basically my life (making art, making tea, and eating). I never want to be one of “them.” Those who could, but don’t.

Tonight on WGBH’s The Complete Works of Jane Austen, they asked the experts what Jane Austen would think about online dating. One expert came to the conclusion that she would not go online to date because it’s too easy to tell lies and Austen always had to know a man’s income and family reputation. Good points. I can’t believe this conversation even took place. And I watched. But seriously, how can you not love Jane Austen?

One of my favorite authors ever, Julian Barnes, is coming out with a new book next month. Psycheddd!

A student at Penn State was hit by a car and this was an actual quote in the news article,

“Mattozo said the man driving the car that struck her, Penn State student Greg Marsala, was nice throughout the incident, adding that he added her as a friend on Facebook.com and sent her a message to make sure she was all right.”

There are so many things wrong with this. FYI: If you hit me with your car, I will not accept you as my Facebook friend. You are not my friend.

Responding to e-mails takes up the greater portion of my day. And it’s a never-ending job. I can’t really think of a solution, though. And I do enjoy getting e-mails (for the most part), so I will continue on my way responding, even if it takes years out of my life.