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i want

Posted by lyn | Nov 29, 2010 | everyday life | 6

I’m afraid to have babies. I kind of don’t want to. But there was a moment on Friday night at our friend’s father’s house during her 30th birthday party. It was the day after Thanksgiving and the house was packed with family. It...

mixtape 5: darkness on the edge of town

Posted by lyn | Nov 26, 2010 | mixtape masters | 2

Recently, Bruce Springsteen released The Promise — the reissue of 1978’s Darkness On the Edge of Town, plus a bunch of other good stuff. I put the box set on my Christmas list. In the meantime, I have been obsessively...

lost and found

Posted by lyn | Nov 23, 2010 | everyday life | 2

On Saturday I went out with friends for an early birthday dinner at an Argentinian restaurant....

mixtape 4: 80s redux

Posted by lyn | Nov 19, 2010 | mixtape masters | 5

In 1983, when I was three years old, I told my mother that Duran Duran was my favorite band and that I was in love with Knight Rider’s David Hasselhoff. While this doesn’t give me supreme cultural ownership over the...

letters. to my FACE.

Posted by lyn | Nov 15, 2010 | jokes | 12

I know this is hardly an original concept, but eh. Sometimes I have to quit trying to be all perfect and just write something, anything, and hit publish. Mmkay? Mmkay. ********* Dear husband, Really? Is it really necessary to...

mixtape 3: i’m just wondering where you’ll sleep tonight

Posted by lyn | Nov 12, 2010 | mixtape masters | 7

In a shining example of all that is good, pure, and holy about this here process of music-sharing, last week I fell in love with a band on Dana’s playlist named Beach Fossils. I’d never heard them before, yet I...

wait for it

Posted by lyn | Nov 11, 2010 | musings | 12

Lately, I have a real thing for hummus. I cannot get enough of it. I desire it with the heat of a trillion fiery suns. I want to fill a kiddie pool and marinate myself in a hummus bath. If I could inject it directly into my...

mixtape 2: a study in frustration

Posted by lyn | Nov 5, 2010 | mixtape masters | 6

Okay. First off, let me preface this post by saying that WordPress.com blocks embedding except from a select few whitelisted websites, of which Mixpod isn’t one. I tried all sorts of code to trick it WordPress into...

the true patriot

Posted by lyn | Nov 3, 2010 | true story | 5

On Monday night, I stopped into Nordstrom. I was out browsing for a black clutch to use at a foncy wedding1 I’m attending this weekend, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to check out Nordstrom’s wares. Turns out...

mixtape 1: but i’m a creep

Posted by lyn | Oct 29, 2010 | mixtape masters | 7

I wanted to get on board with this Mixtape Masters thing last week, when Angie and Ashley first kicked off this music-sharing effort, but at the time I was up to my eyebrows in a catalog deadline. No more. So. A few short days...

progress

Posted by lyn | Oct 22, 2010 | everyday life | 3

The other week, I bought a bag. A shoulder bag. You know, one of those things that normal people call a purse.1 The following week, I bought another one. Now I have two “bags.” One is grey, and the other is brown. I...

love and support

Posted by lyn | Oct 10, 2010 | true story | 4

Last night we went to a wedding, and the beau proceeded to get kinda… toasty. I brought him home and put him to bed, and while I was finishing up in the bathroom we had the following exchange: Me: “I feel guilty for...

Year: 2010