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| I am just trying to keep it real, people. |
| 04.30.04 (9:17 pm) [edit] |
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[i][b]That's my job.[/b][/i] That's what I do. I just. keep. it. real.[i] All[/i] the damn time. :roll: [url=http://www.johnkerryisadouche...][i][b]F'rinstance.[/b][/i][/url] (borrowed from [url=http://cissiecolpitts.tblog.c...]Cissie[/url] ) [i][b]And, from[/b][/i] my excite.com astrology report: [i]"Something finally clicks into place. You're so perceptive that you amaze yourself. Your mnemonic skills help you retain volumes of facts, figures and impressions. Your friends are waiting for you to build a better mousetrap or redefine the law of gravity. Influential people are pleasantly stunned by your grasp of data and its place in the big picture. Those who aren't in a position to hire you might even fear you. It's certainly not your intention to threaten anyone. You'd much rather enlighten them. Laughter is genuine because you really get the joke this time."[/i] [i][b]Because I am[/b][/i] just that dang scary, y'all. :twisted: [i][b]Finally, from[/b][/i] the "contrarian librarian" listserv: (penned by a person calling him/herself [b]helhathno_fury[/b]; seeking permission from the author to reprint here, but in the meanwhile, since it was on a public listserv and I've given credit...and, please excuse the formatting glitches--cannot seem to correct these) "[i][b]Subject: An Open Letter To Library Directors To whom it may concern,[/b][/i] [i]We all know that the job market is tight these days and you are seeing more applicants then ever for open positions. For recent library school graduates, many of whom invested time and money into an MLS, often giving up more lucrative careers in other fields in order to pursue what to them is a passion, some modicum of respect and professionalism is owed to them when applying for positions. Making the transition back to wages not seen since they graduated college in most cases (adjusted for inflation)is a hardship that they are willing to endure and put their families through in order to pursue a career that they deem meaningful. Many of us have left successful well paying careers in order to make this change. There is life outside of libraries, areas where we second career professionals have gained a bevvy of useful skills that would be an asset in any work environment. Applicants deserve to be treated like human beings, with decorum and kindness. Substandard treatment of today's applicant only sours tomorrow's professional against the organization that you represent. The library world is small and eveyone knows everyone else's dirt. I think this fact is worth remembering. Here is some hiring ettiquete that may be of use to some library directors. If you are a small rural public library willing to pay less than your typical Mc Donald's assistant manager makes in any given year and you happen to get an overwhelming response to your almost volunteer job, do not call an applicant's references before communicating with the applicant, only to have a reference confer to the applicant that you are sorry that the applicant will not be considered, but you have 75 applicants for an entry level position, many with 15 years' experience. A simple form letter or phone call will do. If after a round of telephone interviews, you have an applicant travel 500 miles at their own expense when local motels cost $30 a night, providing only a $5 lunch under the presumption that they are one of two applicants for said position, do not suddelnly reveal at the last ten minutes of a day long interview that there are in fact eight applicants travelling for the position, responding one month later with a form letter signed by the secretary. After an individual has spent hundreds of dollars and three days of their lives in order to attend an interview, they are at bare minimum entitled to a letter from the director or professional staff if not a personal telephone call. They could have used that money to pay bills or take a wonderful mini-vacation. Travelling to a barren armpit of a community heavy with the stench of civil war crimes and a century of economic depression is hardly a treat. If an MLS graduate applies for a part time paraprofessional experience at a fifth rate unaccredited vocational college that advertises on buses, rest assured this is not their dream job. If for some reason they don't know about a ready reference guide on medical billing or TV/VCR repair, this does not make them completely unqualified to sit at the circ desk and scan books in and out of the library for pennies above minimum wage on Sundays. Please give applicants a modicum of credit on this one. If you are a public library in the suburb of a small town and get a high response rate to the point where you cannot hire a qualified applicant who is willing to relocate for your position, do not follow six months of silence by a scathing reply letter critiquing one's life experience, additionally letting them know that there are 60 people who want to spend all day with toddlers and they don't have a chance in hell of landing a job. And lastly to those info pro recruiters who think that an individual can survive as a $10/hr temp in one of the most expensive cities in the US, as former librarians and MLS holder you are cheapening the profession by sending master's level professionals to do work for only 75% the going rate of your average GED holding secretarial temp worker. The message that you are sending to employers is that we have no worth as a profession. The bitter irony is that after spending 2 years and nearly 40k on my MLS, after 6 months on the job market I took a one week vocational class, found a job in one day, and made $1500 on my first day of work (roughly a month's salary for an entry level librarian after taxes). And the sad thing is that I still race home every day, scan the job sites and emails for hours, in anticipation of a library position within my grasp. Please think of this when communicating with applicants." [/i] [i][b]Most interesting, no? I feel you, brother/sister! Keepin' it real. Like the kids say. xoxo Sulky [/b][/i] |
| Wanna have a quickie with me? |
| 04.30.04 (3:11 pm) [edit] |
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[i][b]Lots more in just a bit,[/b][/i] o my friends. Wanted to hand you some freshly-picked blossoms right quick, though, before they wilt: Happy purple irises. [image]Sulkbrarian_132110 1217.jpg[/image] Happy purple daisies. [image]Sulkbrarian_162964 32.jpg[/image] Happy, yet oddly low-growing, purple wisteria. [image]Sulkbrarian_660305 827.jpg[/image] From the same people's yard, this happy scene: [image]Sulkbrarian_622342 203.jpg[/image] A mess o' salvia. [image]Sulkbrarian_392054 231.jpg[/image] A rose head almost as big as my own head. just perfection; need i say more? Well, except that I do wish[i][b] fling fling! [/b][/i]came in new improved Smell-O-Vision, because it was perfectly heavenly. [image]Sulkbrarian_149472 413.jpg[/image] [i][b]Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm![/b ][/i] Oh, how I do love quickies! :P [i][b]Wait. What? [/b][/i]:shock: [i][b]xoxo S.[/b][/i] |
| Ran off on ya again, didn't I... |
| 04.27.04 (7:49 pm) [edit] |
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[i][b]Hiya.[/b][/i] :roll: I’m sorry that [i][b]fling fling![/b][/i] has gotten to be so sporadic recently. Been thinkin' boutcha, reading your blogs, and whimpering to myself 'cause every time I sit down here to whip up a fresh batch of silly goodness for ya, I find myself putting it aside in favor of a bunch of other frustratin' goings-on that have cropped up. As you know, my brain is usually full of library job/local part time job/household/family health/gardening stuff...and you know that I am freeform about blogging anyway...but of late, there's been other stuff too. [i][b]I've been spending [/b][/i]a lot of time talking with my sister, who unfortunately (but fortunately too) is about to become divorced from her husband of almost 30 years. I won't bore you with the backstory (nor take up the space it would require), but there's good things and bad things about this development, as there are with most divorces. The upshot is, she and I are probably going to move in together someplace before long. She'll get herself together and regroup and form a new plan and find an area of the country she wants to live in, and I will continue my job search. Probably we will move back to [url=http://www.visitcolumbiamo.co...]the town [/url] where I got my college degrees. She likes it there as much as I do. Who knows; we may wind up moving someplace together. She definitely needs looking after, and has no close girlfriends or anyone else to rely on--she has post-polio syndrome, and her health is bad and getting worse. She's only twenty years older than I am, but she may as well be our mother's age, body-wise. [i][b]Which brings me [/b][/i]to the other thing going on, which is, I think I've about hit the wall with the taking care of family scenario. Every day the things I want and need to do keep getting pushed further and further to the back of the stove, and it is deeply impacting how I am approaching my future. This sounds selfish. It isn't. I can't do anyone else any good if I am going crazy. I worry (sister too) about Mom and what will happen if I'm not around to help out...I think she'll have to bite the bullet and wind up moving nearer to wherever sis and I wind up going. She doesn't want to move. Well, guess what. Sometimes you don't get to do everything you want to do (oh my god, I'm channeling my mother!!! make it stop!!!). [i][b]Unstructured time…[/b][/i]gobs of it, like I have…makes me feel like time is slipping away from me and I am wasting it. This really makes me confuzzled after a while. See, when I’m at work, at the library, I can juggle and multitask and punt and micromanage time with the best of ‘em, and never bat an eyelash. Since I’ve been looking for work, well…time has gotten to where it sort of plays tricks on me. It either drags or flies. And lately, I’ve been having this thing where I try to focus on one thing, but feel the ten other things I’m not doing calling me. So…I’ve been multitasking, but not completing much. I keep pulling myself off one task or another to refocus on something else that is demanding my attention, and pretty soon, there goes the whole day. [i][b]Or,[/b][/i] the whole day drags like that, and at the end, I don’t feel I’ve accomplished much. When I’m at work, I can see what I’ve done at the end of the day, even if I spent all day multitasking. It’s weird and hard to explain…but I’ve never had these go-arounds with time like I’ve had since I’ve been job hunting. Mmph… [i][b]So that's where I've been[/b][/i] and what I've been thinking about. Cross your fingers. :) I'll keep you posted (promise)! Be back in two shakes for some more purty pitchers and general inanity. Thank you for your care and comments and friendship; I done missed you too. [i][b]Heart y'all, xoxo Sulky[/b][/i] |
| Stop, thief! -OR- Job search break |
| 04.13.04 (9:40 pm) [edit] |
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[i][b]'Sup, peeps.[/b][/i] I have unashamedly stolen all of this from my girl [url=http://drama.tblog.com]DRAMA[/url]. Please visit her and wish her well in her job search! My own eyes are swimmy from the constant reading and writing and searching and researching and networking and schmoozing and filling out applications and tweaking resumes and cover letters and and and [i]I need a break,[/i] dagnabbit!!: [b]1: Grab a book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4, write down what it says: [/b] "spotlight of exposes and public indignation" [b]2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?: [/b] purple plastic CD software case [b]3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?: [/b] a story on the news about library filtering [b]4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is: [/b] 10:45 PM [b]5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?: [/b]11:11 PM (wow, vertical minute!) [b]6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?: [/b]Emeril whompin' up somethin' with garlic [b]7: When did you last step outside? what were you doing?:[/b] 7:30 PM, bringing a few plants inside so they don't freeze tonight [b]8: before you came to this website, what did you look at?: [/b]library employment website [b]9: what are you wearing?: [/b]blue [url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com...]Magnet[/url] t-shirt, green and purple stripey cotton PJ bottoms, blue fuzzy slippers, ponytail holder [b]10: Did you dream last night?: [/b] most colorfully, as usual [b]11: George Bush: a power-crazy nut case, or... [/b] um--there's an "or"? [b]12: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?: [/b] Violet [b]13: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?: [/b] Graham [b]14: Would you ever consider living abroad?: [/b] Yes. I would live in Ireland in a heartbeat. Other places for a short time, but I could happily live in Ireland for the rest of my days. --- [b]1. Type your name into [url=http://www.google.com]Google[/url] . 2. Try not to wince at all the porn. 3. Pick five sites you like.[/b] 1. [url=http://www.chez.com/alaincine...]Oh la la![/url] 2. [url=http://www.adaeveningnews.com...]Way to go, kids![/url] 3. [url=http://www.12thmanfoundation....]Peeps be lovin' the Aggies![/url] 4. [url=http://www.unionoflove.com/re...]Peeps be lovin' the love![/url] 5. [url=http://www.thefifthnight.org/...]Groovy...snap snap snap...[/url] --- [b]You are 34 years old and about:[/b] 52 years 8 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 87 49 years 2 months younger than Pope John Paul II, age 83 45 years 1 month younger than George Herbert Bush, age 79 37 years 10 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 72 35 years 8 months younger than Larry King, age 70 29 years 5 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 64 26 years 0 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 60 23 years 0 months younger than George W. Bush, age 57 18 years 0 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 52 13 years 9 months younger than Bill Gates, age 48 8 years 11 months younger than Cal Ripken Jr., age 43 3 years 1 month younger than Mike Tyson, age 37 1 year 0 months older than Jennifer Lopez, age 33 6 years 5 months older than Tiger Woods, age 28 12 years 11 months older than Prince William, age 21 [b]and you were:[/b] 32 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America 30 years old on the first day of Y2K 28 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash 25 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing 24 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder 23 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center 21 years old when Operation Desert Storm began 20 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall 16 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 14 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh 13 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space 11 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. 10 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began 6 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July 5 years old when President Nixon left office 2 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot not yet 1 year old at the time the first man stepped on the moon [b][i][Ed.--in fact, I was two days old. I had been a breech baby, and had quite exhausted my mother, it seems. I was lying on her chest, she in her hospital bed, and just before they lowered the ladder...she said..."Fellas, you're gonna hafta do it without me"...and fell asleep. :) I love that story.] [/i][/b] --- [b]If I were a month, I'd be:[/b] October [b]If I were a day of the week, I'd be:[/b] Thursday [b]If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be:[/b] ottoman [b]If I were a liquid, I'd be:[/b] chocolate soy milk [b]If I were a clothing, I'd be:[/b] fuzzy warm slippers [b]If I were a flower/plant, I'd be:[/b] a pansy [b]If I were a season I'd be:[/b] autumn [b]If I were a mythical creature I'd be:[/b] a water sprite? i think that is what it is. [b]If I were a color, I'd be:[/b] duh, look around this place, what do you see?! [b]If I were a sound, I'd be: [/b][url=http://www.harpiesbizarre.com...]that nose-wiggly noise[/url] Samantha makes on "Bewitched" [b]If I were an element, I'd be:[/b] water [b]If I were a song, I'd be: [/b]"Clowny Clown Clown" by [url=http://www.akumono.com/glover...]Crispin Hellion Glover[/url] [b]If I were a movie, I'd be: [/b][url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...] "Party Girl"[/url] [b]If I were a food, I'd be:[/b] the finest dark chocolate money could buy [b]If I were a material, I'd be:[/b] crisp cotton [b]If I were a taste, I'd be:[/b] ginger [b]If I were a scent, I'd be: [/b][url=http://www.epinions.com/Fragr...~reviews]Angel[/url], by Thierry Mugler. Notes of: hazelnut, chocolate, caramel, honey, vanilla, patchouli, sandalwood, dewberry, melon, black currant, helional, coumarin, candyfloss, bergamot, mandarin, peach, mango, apricot, passion fruit, tropical fruits, sugar almond, meringue, and amber. Now that's what I'm talkin' about. [b]If I were a word, I'd be:[/b] serendipity! [b]If I were a body part, I'd be:[/b] lips [b]If I were a facial expression, I'd be:[/b] whimsically agog [b]If I were a shape:[/b] hourglass [b]If I were a number:[/b] eight [b]If I were an bird: [/b]hummingbird [b]If I were a bug:[/b] leafhopper [b]If I were an instrument, I'd be:[/b] drums [b]If I were a place:[/b] [url=http://www.southwhidbey.com/g...]Whidbey Island[/url] [b]If I were a disorder: [/b]Tourette's, of course. [b]If I were a band:[/b] [url=http://www.tmbg.com]Oh, please.[/url] As evidenced by:  Which They Might Be Giants album are you? [i][b]Which result[/b][/i] is stunningly accurate, if I may say. [i][b]Thanks, Gail.[/b][/i] :) Anyone who has spent more than a few nanoseconds jobhunting (and I have spent jillions) needs a break now and then; can I get a witness?! [i][b]xoxo Sulky (Back to the salt mines...by the way, if there's anyone out there who thinks that being unemployed is easy...wanna trade places? Yep, that's what I thought you'd say. :wink:)[/b][/i] |
| Right; I've completely lost it |
| 04.12.04 (12:16 am) [edit] |
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[i][b]Um, you guys?[/b][/i] Help? I can't stop!!: Lovely pink dogwood. Ahhh. [image]Sulkbrarian_672605 375.jpg[/image] The people down the street spliced a pink one with a white one. Science! [image]Sulkbrarian_311607 555.jpg[/image] Some kinda ungodly beautiful, incredibly sweet-smelling flowering tree, maybe some kinda cherry blossom, must investigate. Will report back here. Any thoughts? [image]Sulkbrarian_133773 6747.jpg[/image] They are indescribably deliciously scented wee petals...they take wing and fly away on the breeze and make a right smart mess! [image]Sulkbrarian_978542 906.jpg[/image] I got them at their peak. I've seen them around here before. It will rain tomorrow and this will all be ruined... [image]Sulkbrarian_693825 197.jpg[/image] Medley-o-trees! [image]Sulkbrarian_123677 3875.jpg[/image] The wily redbud...grows like lichens or somethin'. Weird! [image]Sulkbrarian_120061 5676.jpg[/image] Is this not a perfectly wonderful color? [image]Sulkbrarian_253612 183.jpg[/image] Plum tree blossoms. [image]Sulkbrarian_127092 2099.jpg[/image] Again with the plum tree. [image]Sulkbrarian_416387 77.jpg[/image] Japanese red maple, blazing in the sun. [image]Sulkbrarian_111201 2133.jpg[/image] I am not sure. Must research, again. To me, it looks like a bush made of verbena. Is this right? [image]Sulkbrarian_225001 950.jpg[/image] [i][b]You folks liked [/b][/i]the other happy flower pitchers so I took some more for you. Enjoy! :D [i][b]xoxo, Sulky[/b][/i] |
| Championship Vinyl... |
| 04.09.04 (10:18 pm) [edit] |
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[i][b]...is the kind of rekkid sto' [/b][/i]I love and have patronized for lo, these many years. Yes, it was a caricature, but those clerks were real. The record shop clerk is an interesting species. You love them, you hate them, you have crushes on them, you go drinking with them...and envy their jobs. :D I got to do it for a short time, and then was also fortunate to have a great little indie store underwrite my college radio show for a few years. I got $50 to $100 worth of albums from them each month, which I used to fill in gaps in the radio station's collection. i think my biggest score was the first several Talking Heads and King Crimson LPs, which had been lifted long ago and never replaced. I had a particular interest in these because for one hour of my show, I would play an album of note and influence, and of course, what kind of show would I have if I never got around to [i] [url=http://rateyourmusic.com/view...]Fear of Music[/url][/i] or [i][url=http://www.elephant-talk.com/...]Lark's Tongues in Aspic[/url] [/i]? Also, they always played my show in-store, let me put up my posters, let me do some remote interviews from there. It was a total gas...there was a great hole-in-the-wall cheap Chinese buffet next door, and a wee indie bookstore on the other side, and [url=http://www.shakespeares.com/]one of the best pizza places ever[/url], which also has a good bar. You could spend all day on that part of the street, and I frequently did. I guess almost everywhere I go, I want to find the little rekkid sto's to pop into and see what's on the menu. You can find the most amazing shit in these places, and of course, there are the fervent devotees who'd slit their wrists before patronizing the big bad chain stores. Back in the day, there was an actual big push on from [url=http://www.alternativetentacl...]Alternative Tentacles[/url] and other folks to actually boycott the chains. I confess to this behavior and way of thinking, but I also can understand the odd appeal of a big, shiny, well-lit and well-ordered place, too. There's just no soul there, is all. Hey, life's a tradeoff. :wink: [i][b]The short stint [/b][/i]when I worked for a couple of indie rekkid labels was also a lovely time for exploring new music. When I read [url=http://www.topwritecorner.com...]High Fidelity[/url], this bit of life Hornby describes struck me as dead-on. Especially the parts about the mix tapes. And don't miss Miss Robin's other website, [url=http://www.livejournal.com/us...]song o' the day[/url], which is a true pleasure to read and enjoy. And if you wanna read even more nifty musical things, Miss Mary Mac's [url=http://indierocklibraria n.com...]music page [/url] is also a real treat. [i][b]I got an early start [/b][/i]in life making these little pastiches of my favorite songs, well before I ever decided to get into the music industry, and I've made a large number of the things. I guess I've made all kinds. Comedy, jazz, all kinds of genres. Mostly for other people, but some for me, too. I like how [url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/a...]this site[/url] breaks it down--word. And [url=http://www.liberryblooze.blog...]Jonathan[/url] has a fine post about this little pastime as well. [i][b]It's kind of funny to me [/b][/i]how we were all making mix tapes (now we burn them newfangled CDs and download music and that is fun too, but somehow not the same--making an actual mix TAPE, as we know, takes some time and effort!) for a long time before everyone really sat up and took note. 'Zines and altpress mags (and blogs) have been talking about mix tapes for years, and now you can read all kinds of stuff about this "culture". I don't know. It's just strange to hear a buncha folks talking about it. It's sort of a little geeky thing you do between friends and crushes and loves, and reading about it in, like, Good Housekeeping is kind of weird. :) [i][b]My point! [/b][/i]Ah, my point. Just was nosing around in my mix tape collection (resisting a librarian-type instinct to anally catalog it--I make copies of what I give others, or else, just make playlists so I can remember and not duplicate) the other day, looking for one in particular. And I thought I'd give a few favorite examples and ask for yours. [i][b]When I make a tape [/b][/i]I get into a groove or altered plane of existence where I will not answer the phone or stop to pee or anything after I get past the first few songs. I concentrate fully on it and I could maybe read a little or straighten my bedroom while the songs are recording (no supadupa fast dupe capability here at [i][b]fling fling![/b][/i]). Or else I carefully work on the lettering or the decorating of the tape case. Sad, isn't it. [i][b]Tangent: [/b][/i]I was also remembering about taping songs off the radio where you would hold up a tape recorder to the radio, thereby also accidentally capturing all manner of ambient sounds (your mom yelling, dogs barking, the blender). My, how technology's grown! And our understanding of how recording devices work. :P [b]Okay.[/b] Here's one I made for a girlfriend who'd been cheated on. I called it "Tender Tunes for the Morally Bankrupt". The idea was to address the cheating, chill her out, and distract her, all at once. Not easy: [b]SIDE A[/b] [i]the jam/town called malice swervedriver/never lose that feeling breeders/divine hammer fudge/snowblind soft boys/that's when your heartaches begin lemonheads/confetti unrest/makeout club ride/taste wire train/take me back the colourfield/can't get enough of you baby aztec camera/all i want is everything[/i] [b]SIDE B[/b] [i]yo la tengo/detouring america with horns xtc/pink thing boo radleys/lazarus hang ups/you're no friend of mine mekons/wicked tonite luanne olson/you only live twice pere ubu/cathleen frank black/i heard ramona sing buzzcocks/what do i get? holsapple & stamey/you haven't got the right to treat me wrong[/i] [i][b]Here's one[/b][/i] I made for myself, thinking about the mens and the womens, after some breakup or other, just to cheer myself up: [b]SIDE A[/b] [i]blur/girls & boys superdrag/slot machine luna/california (all the way) velvet underground/sunday morning pulp/monday morning they might be giants/extra savoir-faire elvis costello & the attractions/it's time ruth ruth/julia, you have no heartbeat lemonheads/the great big no jawbox/cruel swing[/i] [b]SIDE B[/b] [i]lush/ladykillers elastica/stutter elastica/vaseline sleeper/lie detector sleeper/inbetweener my bloody valentine/lose my breath stereolab/cybele's reverie juliana hatfield/my darling liz phair/support system belly/star (live version) throwing muses/colder amps/she's a girl[/i] [i][b]This one[/b][/i] was for a fellow radio pal, who wanted me to make her a good driving mix for our road trip to [url=http://sxsw.com/]sxsw[/url]. I took some of our favorite songs and smooshed 'em together like this: [b]SIDE A[/b] [i]nightblooms/everyone loves you gigolo aunts/take me on blake babies/out there small factory/what to want lloyd cole & the commotions/perfect skin clash/train in vain dead milkmen/i dream of jesus breeders/no aloha tiny lights/around it goes around replacements/lovelines close lobsters/lovely little swan specials/too much too young[/i] [b]SIDE B[/b] [i]sugar/fortuneteller connells/doin' you gumball/the damage done afghan whigs/debonair mono puff/nixon sundays/summertime big star/femme fatale mazzy star/i've been let down smiths/william, it was really nothing sonic youth/beauty lies in the eye violent femmes/good friend henry rollins/hollywood diary[/i] [i][b]My then-fifteen-year-old [/b][/i]girl cousin wanted a mix a few years back because she wanted to hear "some weird stuff you know that they don't play on the radio here". Okay, I can do dat: [b]SIDE A[/b] [i]sardina/i'll be around sloan/the good in everyone red aunts/i can't do anything right cakelike/lorraine's car lida husik/fly stereophonic dancehall crashers/lost again portishead/all mine stereolab/miss modular syrup usa/stardust toenut/test anxiety superchunk/watery hands tortoise/a survey red house painters/i feel the rain fall[/i] [b]SIDE B[/b] [i]geraldine fibbers/california tuffy sleater-kinney/it's enough squatweiler/superchick kenickie/punka that dog./hey old-timer sarge/dear josie love robyn spinanes/valency garageland/fingerpops lilys/cambridge, california optiganally yours/mr. wilson dr. octagon/i got to tell you beautiful south/don't marry her[/i] [i][b]There's plenty more,[/b][/i] but now it's your turn. :D [i][b]Love, Sulky [/b][/i] [i][b]Next time: I don't freaking know! Something, though! [/b][/i] |
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[i][b]Sulky been bad again.[/b][/i] Bad blogger Sulky. She just can't get with the program! Sorry...wait, no I'm not. Although I figure once there is some actual structure to my life, I will blog more structurally. These are the rationalizations of the unemployed. Fear them... [i][b]Whatcha been up to? I've been:[/b][/i] --Cleaning out my aunt's garage and storage room (oh my lawsy, three marriages' worth of junk--it was incredible!) --Bumbling along in my oddball "new" friendship with DJ (thank you to my good friends from my post below, who take care of my brain and help me think and stuff...your thoughts are most welcome and much appreciated, always...) --Making new friends, too (more on this later, I hope...) --Thinking lustful thoughts about certain fellow librarians I know through the miracle that is blogging --Watching cats sleep in the sun --Being chased by bees --Talking my sister through some bad family shit on her husband's side --Snuffling through a spring cold --Babying my seedlings along and trolling garden shops like a crack ho --Spending lots of time with my uncle in the nursing home (Alzheimer's--excuse my levity, but it will make you: look for the keys to your '37 Ford, make waffles in the toilet, run naked through the dining room, sing show tunes, call everyone "Rosita" for no apparent reason, and wander into other residents' rooms looking for your hair pomade--"I'm a Dapper Dan man!" :roll:) --Cooking tons of basmati rice and getting high on the scent --Job hunting (yesterday, today, and always--when is this ever going to end? I ask you. Am I this crappy a hiring prospect, or do I have spinach in my teeth, or what the hell is it? I'm losing my grip, no foolin'.) --Being witness to random weird tableaux, like: a man riding a unicycle with a border collie perched on his shoulders, a little girl doing cartwheels in the horror section of Blockbuster, and my neighbor mowing down his beautiful iris foliage because "they's clutterin' up m'lawn, durn weeds".) [i][b]And now, happy flower pictures![/b][/i] Just because! Do you all ever get tired of the many happy flower pictures you find here? I mean, I don't care, or anything. They're gonna keep comin' whether you like it or not. I'm ornery like that. I was just making conversation, there... How can I possibly be sad when there's happy flowers?! [image]Sulkbrarian_564646 84.jpg[/image] Happy, happy tulip tree!! [image]Sulkbrarian_701172 701.jpg[/image] Cherry blossoms! Mirth abounds!! [image]Sulkbrarian_270599 54.jpg[/image] My tulip accident. Miracle Gro's some strong stuff, yo. That tallest one there topped out at 25 inches. Whoops! [image]Sulkbrarian_137459 3069.jpg[/image] Everyone fixing to bask in some sun. Being a mom's hard. :) Yes, I do talk to them. Shut up. [image]Sulkbrarian_114028 5320.jpg[/image] Okay. So I have this obsession with Bradford pears. [image]Sulkbrarian_233798 600.jpg[/image] I mean...LOOK at this. [image]Sulkbrarian_800781 641.jpg[/image] Sure wish they smelled this purty. [image]Sulkbrarian_122680 6716.jpg[/image] Soon all the pear blossoms will be gone, and the dogwoods will be blooming like crazy... [image]Sulkbrarian_648079 111.jpg[/image] I want to eat them. Is that wrong? [image]Sulkbrarian_238346 650.jpg[/image] [i][b]Okay. Moving on.[/b][/i] [i][b]Sulky is currently playing:[/b][/i] [url=http://www.camera-obscura.net...]Camera Obscura[/url], [url=http://www.therosebuds.com/]Rosebuds[/url], [url=http://www.thenewpornographer...]New Pornographers[/url], [url=http://www.damienjurado.com/]Damien Jurado[/url]. And [url=http://www.sonynashville.com/...]George and Tammy[/url]. :wink: [i][b]Next time: fun with mix tapes![/b][/i] [i][b]Tryin' to be good, S.[/b][/i] |
"i read your manifestoes and your strange religious tracts you took me to your library and kissed me in the stacks." magnetic fields, "swinging london"
michael moore on librarians: "they want you to be quiet because they're trying to plot the revolution."
"i heard
a sound
i turned
around
i turned
around
to find
the thing
that made
the sound mysterious whisper mysterious whisper mysterious whisper mysterious whisper i walk along darkened corridors and i walk along darkened corridors and i walk along darkened corridors and i walk along darkened corridors." they might be giants, "fingertips"