My friend Brenda is a finalist in this video contest for her amazing pin-up collection! Update: She won!!!!!!!
Reading in October!
It’ll be Ladies Night at the Book Cellar on Friday, October 19th. Click here for more details and to see who else is on the bill! Also, check out my page at BookTour.com for email and rss updates.
Yes, I know.
It’s been awhile. After my last post you probably thought that I’d gone and strapped on a hemp-fabric parachute and dropped out of society and landed smack in the middle of a drum circle somewhere. But that is not the case. I am angry and judgmental as ever!
Really, all that’s up is that I’ve been juggling several writing projects (one down, two and a half to go, and one apparently canceled: wah, RIP Jane) with weekend road trips to Iowa City and Wisconsin (yea, for we have seen beer signs and mustard museums) with the usual summer-fun dumbfuckery. For instance, we spent 4th of July night on our back porch drinking gin-and-tonics and watching all kinds of Albany Park illegal pyrotechnical recklessness light up and blossom in the sky above the two-flats. Behold the lamest video ever, captured with my camera, in a just-to-see- how- the video- feature -works kind of way, and uploaded to YouTube just see how that thing works. I know it’s hard to tell if those are really fireworks or just someone flicking a lighter in a basement crawlspace, but indulge me here.
I’ll be back next week—or maybe sooner, depending on how the writing goes—with more BlogHer specific stuff. In the meantime, go out and play in the sprinkler and stuff.
Quick and dirty in NYC
1. I’m in New York right now for a very very short visit, which will be interrupted by an even shorter side trip to Boston to read at the Great Scott with Jami and Janice. Come see us! (And I’ll be back in NYC next month to see people I haven’t gotten a chance to see this time, which is pretty much everyone.)
2. The winner of the spelling bee I judged Friday night at the Book Cellar was someone who reads this blog, a woman named Rachel with a beautiful buttery leather jacket. I would have let her win on this alone but she won fair and square. I would tell you the winning word but then I would have to spell it.
3. Last night we were in a cab and the cabbie showed us a backpack that a stripper left in his cab and inside were the most amazing shoes ever. There are pictures. You’ll see them soon. Update! Photos here.
Upcoming Events
Chicago, Friday, October 19: Ladies Night at the Book Cellar! I’ll be reading with Stacey Ballis, Elizabeth Crane, Jen Lancaster, and Claire Zulkey. YES, ALL OF US. 7pm at The Book Cellar, 4738 N. Lincoln Avenue.
Lately listening:
The weekly mixes at Out of Five: ten people (some are my friends!); ten songs; one theme.
