Anxiety

Public speaking (however minor) tends to stress me out. Advice so far:
* Stand with my hands on my hips.
* Look at the back wall.
* Don’t make jokes.
* Remember the audience is rooting for you.
Feel free to add you own advice. And think happy thoughts at about 3 p.m. MDT. I will deal [...]

from rainy Kansas City

I wanted to write more on Patty Griffin, but was uninspired over the weekend.  Lucky for you, my friend at Anything But Mundane did a much better job of it.  He usually avoids Boulder at all costs, so his enthusiasm for going up there for this show was significant…
The conference is going well.  I’m about [...]

What my shoes (and pants) say about me

I like to think of myself as a low-maintenance girl. I can handle a nasty hostel (as long as I’m not assigned to clean the bathroom as a paying guest — this never happened abroad, but did indeed in Santa Fe, NM), travel relatively lightly, be flexible with plans, and get ready for [...]

lots but not much

A lot has been going on, but I’m having trouble writing about anything that seems like it might be interesting.  Yesterday Jenny and I had a little party — our first since we’ve lived together.  Actually, the only thing little about the party was our apartment — there were about 20 people here in our [...]

Wet, Hot Spring Break Plans

So in lieu of a real spring break I’m going to a conference in Kansas City next week… Looking forward to eating, and I hear there’s some pretty good art there. AND I get to visit a new state (bringing my count to 17 states, 18 countries). I just looked at the [...]

Last Night’s Music…

…is still in my head. I can’t say I get out to see new bands all that often, but this is the first time I’ve really enjoyed all three acts. The Wheel (a one-man show — Nathaniel Rateliff of Born in the Flood) has a smooth, versatile voice. He has a falsetto [...]

Uncharacteristic Day

Tonight I am going out. Again. This is like social overload — a movie last night (Premonition, which actually has a sort of “greatest hits of the movie” flashback sequence at the end, and which you shouldn’t see prior to consulting me for my honest opinion). Monday night I did something too…. [...]

The Book Report

I finally finished The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom (which was actually a very quick read, it’s just that I didn’t have a lot of time to devote to it). It’s kind of weird to have, essentially, a book report assignment at 25. I don’t know that [...]

What I know about you…

I thought for a while about starting a blog before I actually began writing. I was held back mainly by the fact that I wouldn’t be able to know who read it. It opens up some voyeuristic possibilities, makes me wonder how much I should say about anything (what if my boss read [...]

Little Break

I’m visiting my parents for the weekend and won’t be writing until Monday or Tuesday next week… Check back then!