I recorded today (and other stuff).
in Loved Ones, Performance, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
as alaskan, alaskan malamutes, crotch, favorite quote, forte, home, HUGE, Jess, kind, medium sized dogs, parents, perspective, pop, quote, real, studio, today, train station, ukulele
I am exhausted.
But it’s a great kind of exhausted, because it comes from doing a lot of this:
Which doesn’t look nearly as difficult as it is. Does anyone realize how hard it is to record an instrument that is not your forte? Recording a piano is much easier than recording a ukulele. For me, anyway. I imagine this is not the case with everyone. But, luckily, one can take many takes in a studio.
Favorite quote today…Wait, not yet.
Because, first, let me give you some context. My pop had just picked me up from the train station and taken me back home; my parents’ three HUGE (see how effective it is to actually make the word ‘huge,’ well, huge? I need you to know these are not small or even medium sized dogs, guys)–but their three alaskan malamutes were making me feel very welcome. By sniffing me and stuff. You know, what dogs do. So my pop says to me very seriously, “No matter how famous you might get, Jess, you will always come back home to a place where the dogs will sniff your crotch.”
Which keeps things in perspective. Keeping it real, as they say.
And something else that’s real is I need to record vocals tomorrow. And so sleeping is a very good idea.
Good night.
ain’t my friend.
in MP3, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings, video
as confines, dogs and cats, everything, Jess, laundry, LOSE, massive amounts, mounds, perfection, person, phone, stranger, subway, tea, tiny bit, tiny room, verge, version, weird word
It’s late. I mean, even for my brother out in California, it’s late. Which means that in New York City? All the normal people are already sleeping. Which begs a question: what’s a normal person? ……… Right. That’s what I suspected. But! Today, I drank tea and spoke with friends about being pregnant. Well, more [...]
the week in pictures.
in Loved Ones, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
as bob, Buoyant, few words, friend kevin, friend nick, friendships, gift, girl, half, heart, Jess, life, little apple, lucky girl, mittens, new friend, nothing, puppy, sign, something, Speaking, tonight, water, year
And a few words, too, I guess. Today, I marveled at life. I’m feeling all whole and full inside lately. Buoyant, even. Like a little apple that continues to happily bob along in the water. It’s really good. Life is really good. And lately, I’ve been feeling it. “Nothing cataclysmically amazing has happened,” I told [...]
we can be…intense.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as candy, dodgeball, family, Farms, glasses, hot dogs, hunt, Jess, jonathan, late night, mine, pink dress, reason, Repeatedly, siblings, sort, spending, spending time, suitors, time, way
I spent some time with a brother of mine tonight. It was really good. It’s easy to take it for granted when you’re little. Spending time together, I mean. But then you become what the world likes to call grown up. You don’t see each other with bed head nearly as often anymore. You don’t [...]
I wish you the world.
in Loved Ones, MP3, video
as angle, chorus line, dear friends, face, gig, Jess, life, melody, recording, show, song, toronto, voila, way, while
So, this song. I wrote it for some dear friends in A Chorus Line. My life went through such an about face right when I got off tour, though, that I completely forgot about it for a while. Until I suddenly remembered. At least that it happened, I mean. “Remember that song I wrote for [...]
to love another person.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as face of god, fifteen minutes, five minutes, god my friend, intimacy, Jess, les miz, motive, motives, Orion
“Sex and God,” my friend told me the other day. “If you think about it, every moving scenario is either about sex or God.” “But what about a story about a baby?” I asked. “People had to have sex to have that baby,” he answered. “And it’s a baby…so it was relatively recent.” “Everything we [...]
a portrait and a conversation.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, there are pictures here
as dogs, Guy, hahaha, hat, home, ish, Jess, joy, kind, kisses, late night, party, party hat, pop, portrait, second
I get home pretty late these days. Usually so late that even the dogs are asleep by the time I get back. Which makes me sad. So tonight I woke Strider up. I brought him upstairs and told him I’d get him a treat. Then I put a party hat on him–well, on each of [...]
I love love.
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as blank slate, confines, fishnet tights, human heart, Jess, love, makeup, new job, Performing, person, sequins, show, slate, stage, thigh, thighs, torso, two friends, waiting for gufman, way
Lately, I have found myself amazed. By a lot, I guess. But mostly–by the human heart’s confounding ability to stretch and grow and fit within its confines yet another person. Because, see, I get excited about working, I do. I don’t mind depositing pay checks. Not one bit. And I love performing. All the aspects [...]
costumes and no gold stars. not yet, anyway.
in Funny Stuff, Performance
as construction workers, costume parade, friend ian, gold star, good job, ham and cheese sandwiches, Jess, tacos, undergarments, yawn
You know what’s interesting? An impromptu costume parade in which your costume is lingerie. And let’s just say you’re unimpressed; like, you read that, and you’re still all, YAWN, Jess. Okay, how about this: add to that equation a bunch of construction workers and a bright blue thong. Who’s bored now? Don’t worry, none of [...]
