Saint Genevieve

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS. WHY! May your coffeemaker never run dry; may your frying pan never be empty.

When I was a kid, my sister and I named our pet gerbils Adolf and Heinrich. They struggled for control of the Third Reich and eventually Heinrich ate Adolf. I didn't witness the carnage myself, but apparently it was fairly gruesome. The oddest part was that both gerbils were female.

I spent all last night at a birth. I spent all of today in bed. Good times.

We had a long conversation about bacon at work today. Also, next week we're all planning to get drunk and go see "Snakes on a Plane." Midwives gone wild, baby.

This morning we rescued a hummingbird that had gotten inside the birth center and couldn't get out. At first I thought it was one of those giant freaky bugs they have around here, like a cockroach or something, until I realized it had feathers and a tail...

Half a mile from the county fair And the rain keep pourin' down Me and Billy standin' there With a silver half a crown Hands are full of fishin' rod And the tackle on our backs We just stood there gettin' wet With our backs against the fence Oh, the water Oh, the water Oh, the water Hope it don't rain all day [Chorus] And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like going home And it stoned me Then the rain let up and the sun came up And we were gettin' dry Almost let a pick-up truck nearly pass us by So we jumped right

Here's my tattoo:

Wow, Samuel L. Jackson just called me to tell me about how I should go see "Snakes on a Plane."

God, I love the British.

Man, hearing James Brown on the radio is such a great start to the day.

$5 for 200 pages worth of great interviews and articles and about fifty million record reviews. I think it's the best music mag around.

"We are marching, marching to Shibboleth..."

YES YOU CAN.

I've got several of the Rykodisc re-issues and I like 'em just fine - except that those green jewelboxes break really easily. I'll be giving this a miss.

Che wishes you a very happy birthday. Have a great one, chica!

Today is my Sunday! or something... Anyway, I have the day off. Maybe I'll go get some more pecan pie ice cream.

There's always McDonald's. Or driving a taxi.

I've been on VC for more than three years. 33 years old. Single, no kids. Married to the sea. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI, moved to Portland, OR six years ago, then moved here to Austin in May. BA in English Literature from the University of Michigan; realized that said BA was completely useless and ended up going to midwifery school. I'm now apprenticing at New Life Birth Services.. In 2002, I got some birthday money from my folks and decided to buy some record that critics were yapping about called "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." I listened to nothing else for weeks, until I

I've earned $140 babysitting over the last four days. I think I'll spend it all on hookers and blow.

So the board is working again? *kicks it to make sure*

It's not THAT bad here.

One of my favorite local bumper stickers:

I met M. Christine once. She's a good woman.