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 get as many late night talks.
You don’t sing songs to your parents about how they broke your tv.
Sometimes being grown up is sad.
And it’s definitely not the way we thought it would be.
We always dreamt of being able to drive.
For pretty much one reason alone.
“Cause then we’d go to Landhope Farms all the time and get as much candy and hot dogs as we want!” we promised each other.
I’m sort of glad that didn’t come true.
Turns out I don’t want as much candy and as many hot dogs as I thought I did, after all.
But, like I said, it was really good to be with each other.
And he sure does make me laugh.
“It must be so weird!” he said.
“What?” I asked.
“Being single.”
“I guess…” I acknowledged.
“Are you, like, just always on the hunt? Always thinking of every guy you meet as a potential, you know, guy for you?”
“Hmmm…sort of…but that sounds more intense than it really is, I think.”
“But, Jess,” he said, “You always have to bring your A game–I mean, it’s like a constant interview process for you!”
…
Well, thanks, Jonathan–cause, if it wasn’t before, well, now it’s weird!
Just kidding.
I just think he’s funny.
And intense.
It tends to run in my family.
Did I mention playing dodgeball out in California with a couple siblings of mine?
We played mostly with kids.
And, let’s just say I sure didn’t mind informing seven year olds when I got them out.
Informing them repeatedly.
Or at least until they walked off the court.
CAUSE THE GIRL IN THE PINK DRESS AND GLASSES WAS OUT, GOSHDARNIT!
We had a good laugh over that.
Like I said, intense.
And I can assure you, I brought my A game to dodgeball.
But it had nothing whatsoever to do with possible suitors and everything to do with possibly winning.
thank you, but, no.
in Funny Stuff
as AMOUNT, blank stare, few minutes, gig, gigs, honest mistake, mass, mass texts, musicians, nakedness, New York City, open mics, person, Philly, phone, response, shot, sort, time, VERY, wrong person
So, this has happened once before, but it was an honest mistake, and so I let it go as that. But. It recently happened again, and this time, it was a little more…awkward, I guess. See, it is commonplace to exchange phone numbers with other musicians. Especially when they get you a gig in Philly. [...]
joshua tree national park.
in Loved Ones, there are pictures here
as boulders, camera, camera lens, carpets, consensus, discrepancy, east tomorrow, green, heart, house, Jase, joshua, joshua tree national park, lens, nbsp, park, seventies, sort, tomorrow
Don’t worry, Jase was jumping, too. Just from behind the camera lens. And all those boulders behind us? We climbed them. And there was quite a discrepancy over my hat. The general consensus was that it is yellow; I maintain it’s a sort of green. The kind of green you’d find on the carpets [...]
But I like it.
in Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as balance, clothes, compunction, dear friends, divorce, earnest, faces, family, folders, immediate family, life, musical instruments, officiate, ordained ministers, sort, thought, time, wedding ceremony, weddings
I just got back to my little NYC bedroom and slid under my covers to the tune of this thought: My life is weird, but I like it. It was a completely unanticipated thought; I mean, I was under no compunction to think it. It just happened, which makes me think it must be true. [...]
a list.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, there are pictures here
as amish man, choice, convenience store, course, delicious subs, duck boots, good, leg warmers, lunch rush, package, plaid shirt, quiet voice, rehearsal, sort, stoltzfus, store, today, Trapper, Voice
Things that made today better. Or interesting (which is generally better, anyway) are as follows: Trapper. He works at the Media Post Office and helped me mail a package today. At first I thought he just didn’t feel much like talking, but after interpreting his gestures and following his finger as he pointed to this [...]
high-five.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as apparent reason, bucket, city, city streets, hand, home, Inwood, italian city, italian poster, little man, older men, reason, rubber man, sort, street, today, tootsie, tootsie rolls, way, younger men
I hurriedly walked through the wet city streets, making my way home from the gym early this evening. I clutched my customary six tootsie rolls in my right hand. Yes, six. I work out, then I pick out six tootsie rolls from the huge bucket that presents itself on the way out. I always feel [...]
body language.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as body, body language, collar, curly hair, everything, face, goner, last smile, moment, nice connection, percent, railing, red face, riding on the subway, sort, space, straight face, tiny space, today, world of music
I’ve heard that ninety percent of communication is done through body language. And today, I saw it. See, I was riding on the subway, just sitting down, lost in my world of music. There was a small-ish space next to me and then a lady was sitting in the space right next to that. A [...]
things that make me laugh.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as funny things, future, good advice, hahahahahahaha, heart attack, horned demon, map of new york, map of new york city, palm reader, placard, pop, pop and mom, shop, show, sort, subway, subway system, time, vein, way
Funny things happen. Oh, dear God, thank you for this. Just yesterday, my pop and mom were looking at some new pictures of me singing at a show that are on Facebook. I don’t think I look particularly good in these pictures. I look passionate, sure, and like I might just burst a vein or [...]
