Month: October 2008

It’s inevitable that whenever I lay out a pile of papers to do some research, or, like here, my music in order to practice, a cat will immediately come over and plop himself down on top of whatever it is I’m working on.  When I still bought newspapers they were an especially favorite cat resting spot. Anyone who has a cat knows this.  You pull out a newspaper and a cat appears out of nowhere, jumping up.  Forget trying to read.

I say I will miss this because I’m haunted by this touching, brief obituary someone once wrote for her cat, and she had a caption under his picture which read something like “Sitting on my work for over” X years.  The point was, it’s annoying today, but you’re going to miss it when it’s gone. I know I post a lot of pictures of Finney sprawled wherever I’m working, it’s because ever since that obit I find it kinda poignant.  Except when he spills my coffee.

I’ve gotten email and comments thanking me about posting pictures of Aly Sujo, so if anyone has other pictures they’d like to share I’d be happy to post them too, so everyone can see them. Just email them to me and I will put them up.  Karen Cattan is collecting pictures for the memorial, so you might email her as well.  Karen_Cattan@condenast.com.

Also, I successfully made MP3s of the Leisure Units songs that I’d be happy to share, as long I can come up with a viable way to do so.  My email freaks out if I try to send out huge files and the songs might be too big, although I’d be happy to try.  And sending out tons of cds all over the world isn’t a great solution.  There must be some way I can put them online somewhere so anyone can download them.  People constantly share music online, there’s probably a million ways to do this.  Does anyone know how?

Here is Finney, sprawled out in his favorite spot.

I just learned they are also known as honeybells. They’re the ones with that weird bump on top, and they are my favorite fruit. They’re tart, is the appealing thing. Although sometimes I get a bad batch. Bad mineola growers.  Sending out inferior fruit into the world.

Things I love off the top of my head: mineola oranges, Jon Stewart, my space heater (brrr in New York right now and the heat hasn’t come on) the internets, my new camera, meeting friends for pizza (I mean come on, friends, pizza, pretty much a perfect combination) blogging (makes my life feel more real and gives me a better sense of continuity) sunlight, red, singing in quartets, Twitter posts … you know I need speakers for my HDTV, just saying, then I will put that at the top of my “things I love” list when it happens.

Especially now that it seems like our long national nightmare might soon be over.

Has everyone seen this site, by the way?  Click on everything. Some things you can keep clicking on and get different things. Like the door or the globe, except you have to take the mouse away from the globe and bring it back to get something new.  But click on everything.

These tshirts are for sale at Union Square.  I like the baby seals for Obama one.

Laney very kindly sent me more recent pictures of Aly and Sophie (and Sascha!) to put up here. Laney is obviously behind the camera in all, alas.  Ah.  A fresh wave of sadness.

The country family.

Future rocker.

Everyone looks completely tuckered out in this one.