turn the tables

hi there. just had the most lovely hour. i had been working all morning without eating, and it was well into the day. so i decided to venture out to a little coffee shop/ bakery with a new book. the walls of the bakery were painted one a warm turquiose and the other a bright apple green, such that they conspired, in combination, to make me feel as though i was in some peaceful and deserted spot in greece or something--rather than a ditchy road in chinatown. after my soup, i was so enjoying myself, i decided to stay on for a cup of tea and a strawberry rhubarb danish. beside the atmosphere, and i have vowed to go back and photograph the walls so that i can paint my next apartment exactly those colors, it was really my new book that made the hour so great. after trudging through more than a few unenjoyable ones in the last couple of weeks, shena mackay's "the orchard on fire" announced itself as wonderful right from the first pages. i'm only a bit in, and i'd already highly recommend it. thank god i threw my last book out the window at the workers who were power washing the street outside my loft at 6:19 yesterday morning. ugghh.

anyway, i'm back home now, and i was thinking: you all know so much about me. i'm interested in music. these are a few truncated and edited questions from an interview i just did with a band that i like. answer them, if you will:

Q: Yo la Tengo’s song Cherry Chapstick has been on my “get ready to go out at night” playlist for years. I’ve drank wine with friends, put on makeup, been silly to it. What particular song means a lot to you? Says something about your identity? And is there a particular song that fits with a really outstanding memory in your life?

Q: Again on the issue of identity: what albums had the most impact on you individually when you were growing up?
Q: What are you listening to a lot right now?

Q: Does what you are doing/ how you are living match up with where you pictured yourself being when you were a little kid? I know I’m continually surprised at how my life has turned out so far.

Q: How do you generally spend your days?

Q: If you could do write a soundtrack for any film, what would that be?

RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME: in the past i have made a living designing handbags, accessories, t-shirts, and clothing. i don't know how to use a sewing machine, so i do everything by hand. it generally falls apart, and i feel guilty. so, i've stopped.