1. Yeah…kind of a crappy day. I’ve got a crash freelance job on my desk, which somehow cued the girlchild to wake up every fifteen minutes last night as I was trying to work. That meant I really needed to get a lot done during her nap time today, so of course she skipped her nap. I nursed her for an hour, walked her in the stroller for forty minutes, nursed her for another twenty minutes… Nothing. At that point it was too late to try the big guns–driving her down in the car–because we had to leave to pick Kiddo up at school in a half hour. Second time in twenty-two months she’s skipped a nap and she does it when I’m on deadline. Tell me not to take it personally. Go ahead.
The upside is that she crashed at 6:30 tonight and has only woken up twice briefly (pooh pooh pooh) and I’m getting enough work done to justify this brief sanity/blogging break. (Because complaining to you is therapeutic, you see.)
2. So today, less than awesome. But this! This is awesome: Vanessa Veselka and Lidia Yuknavitch talk about writing violent female characters. And it’s a three-parter, so there’s more goodness to look forward to.
3. And then there’s always Lyle Lovett. You need more Lyle in your life. You really do.
Welcome back! I’m curious, did you ever give the ukulele a go? The EXACT day that you posted the video of Amanda Palmer playing was the day I asked my husband for a uke for Christmas. Also, thanks for that, because I somehow didn’t know Ms. Palmer existed, and I’ve since hunted up as much of her stuff as I can find.
Yes! I took a beginning uke class and LOVED it and bought myself a ukelele for the holidays. I’ve been practicing on my own but haven’t managed to make it to another class yet. Hopefully I’ll manage that in the next few weeks. I’m so glad you’re hooked on Amanda Palmer. I only discovered her recently, myself, and I’m totally hooked.
How’s it going with your ukelele?
I find Lyle Lovett very sexy.
SO sexy. I have such a ridiculous crush on Lyle that I have Billy’s permission to sleep with him if I ever get the chance.
I’m loving the ukulele! I sew for a theater for a living and find that it is really nice to have a different sort of creative outlet at the end of the day. Also, I have a 5 year old who is my biggest fan. (I won’t lie. It is lovely and encouraging to have a groupie who hops energetically around the room while I mess up “Yellow Submarine”.)
Yellow Submarine! I should learn that! So far Kiddo and I just do a really awful version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”