And I've Never Even Gone to the Movies By Myself!

But my devotion to Bishop Allen found me dancing solo to "The Monitor" and "Busted Heart" Wednesday night at the Bowery Ballroom. Bryan was sick and rather than miss my fourth show in the last year, I decided to be a big girl and head out on my own. Of course, it was worth it, as my solitude somehow enabled bravura and I decided to go chat with Christian after the show. I mean, with such a small band, they need to know about their most dedicated fans, right?

Here's a pic of me and Christian and Heather three years ago.

I *heart* this band like no other: They're fun and sweet and full of joyful melancholy.

Take a listen here if you haven't already.

One Year Ago Today...

Bryan often play the "one year ago today" game, as in, "one year ago today, we were on our way up Mt. Kilimanjaro," or "one year ago today we were sleeping in bunk beds on a sheep farm in Slovenia," or "one year ago today I took a pass on snake wine shots in the Mekong Delta."

But not until this week have we be able to say we were in the same place in 2o06 as we are in 2007. Bryan and I arrived in Germany Thursday morning after an overnight flight from JFK, kicking off a four-night jaunt to attend the wedding of dear friends Tim and Inka. One year ago today, we were en route to Freiburg, Germany to stay with the Fitzgerald/Pawlitzkys for a week, where we drank big beers, lost horribly at trivia night, and shopped for furniture. It's funny that, almost precisely 12 months later, we've returned to this country for our first trip overseas since landing on US soil last October.

Here's us then:


And now.



Come October 30, "one year ago today" will be the same as it is today, and pretty much every day thereafter. That's kinda crazy.

Sell! Sell! Sell?

I recently got an email asking if I'd sell my domain name. While I've had fantasies about such things (they usually involve Bill Gates and retirement) -- this specific request posed a bit of a quandry. Here's what it said:

Hi,

I have a band in Portland, Oregon called Run On Sentence.
We justfinished our first album.  I'll be doing a lot o
f National touring in the next year which will add to
our already growing fanbase, which means more folks
looking for us on the web. I'm wondering if you'd consider
selling your domain name? we are poor musician folk at the
moment so i can't pay a lot for it but if you'd consider it
I'll be happy to entertain any reasonable price you might
ask for your troubles

You can listen at www.myspace.com/runonsentencemusic
if you like.

I appreciate your consideration.

have a glorious day!

I just wrote back and said no. I've had this URL for more than six years and, well, as my brother said when I told him about the pitch -- it's part of my identity. But I feel kinda bad.

Also it's cool that there's a band with my website name.

What would you do?

My T-Faux Is Drooling

We're both very excited about this.