oprah, rita skeeter, and hollow dreams

with a blog post title like that YOU KNOW i’m about to go deep.
cue the janet jackson.
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so there is a writer named kitty kelley. she got famous in the mid-80’s for writing unauthorized, gossip-laden biographies of cultural icons like frank sinatra (slut!), jackie o (wife of a slut!), and nancy reagan (secret slut who incidentally [...]

cake wrecks

this weekend, when i wasn’t discussing 18th century political theory with michelle obama inside that little room at the top of the washington monument, i was learning about hilarious websites from my younger sister. when she showed me CAKE WRECKS, i just about flipped my lid. the whole site is devoted to cakes [...]

things i am currently obsessed with

(1) my new bike. i’ve been riding it all over town, waving to strangers as the wind zooms through the little aerodynamic holes in my helmet. that’s right I WEAR A HELMET WHEN BIKING IN THE CITY SO AS NOT TO INJURE MY BRAINS.
(2) mad men. just finished season two, about to [...]

‘carry on’ free download

it’s crazy how time passes.
this is a song i wrote about my dad, who died just over ten years ago. he was 51. i was 14. the photo above was taken in 1955, i think.
i’ve been getting requests to record this track for a while now, so here it is, fresh from [...]

college tour = wrapped up like a d

yesterday i got back from boston, where i finished up my april college tour. thanks to everyone who came out (physically AND sexual orientationally), stuck a k.flay sticker on their bare chest, and didn’t throw tomatoes at me. i’ve posted some pics from my show at st. joseph’s university with ludacris, where i got [...]