You say potato, I say po-tah-toe
Can stop, will stop.
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Bagel Bites: Packing my bags
brb
Hey we know him!
Just bein' breezy!
Bagel Bites: £9 for two
Strawberries and cream is (are?) not delicious.
All Hands On The Bad One
I still think grass-court tennis is whack, sorry.
Bagel Bites: Live, laugh, love.
This is a no-cringe zone.
Bagel Bites: Coco's hard launch?
He seems nice!
Tuesday Tunes: I'm angry.
Shut up and sing.
I dropped a banger.
Did you ask for 2,000 words about public libraries? You did not.
I love my melons
I actually put on some proper pants and a pair shoes and left the house on Friday to go to my local anime shop to pick up some paint. On the way home, I stopped at the boba shop to pick up three bobas, one for me, my mom, and
What nothing sounds like
My off-season started two days ago. It will last for a total of 47 days. The time will be spent sleeping, playing with Murray, building all sorts of plamo, grinding through side quests, and boba. If I’m especially good with my time, I’ll catch up on stacks on
Why I quit English
K-Pop? More like K-BOPS.
Comedy
That ain't me, mate
I have an IMDB page?
Raves
What I'm into these days
Holy cow has it really been seven years since I last posted? Let’s fix that. It’s hard to believe that I’m currently in the midst of my eighth year at the WTA. Wild how time flies, especially when you’re having fun and/or stuck in a
Music
Mitski is great. Listen to Mitski.
Mitski Miyawaki is amazing and I would like more people to know that. I randomly stumbled on her music earlier this year via my Vinyl Me, Please subscription. I was surfing their store one night and saw and Asian girl on the cover of a record, she sounded dope, and
Beep, Beep. Who got the keys to the Jeep. Vroooooom....
I'm going to do my best to fire up this blog again. Got any ideas for topics or questions I can riff on? Shoot me a note! Thanks for the encouragement from all you fine folks out there. This is for you. Watch this space.
Tuesday Tunes
Tuesday Tunes: Steve Poltz
When it comes to albums in my iTunes that are so obscure that I'm convinced I'll never meet anyone in my life that also owns it, nothing beats Steve Poltz's One Left Shoe. Poltz is a singer-songwriter from San Diego who had his brush
Music
Sound Opinions: Vanessa Bayer rules
Music
Sleater-Kinney: Then and Now
On Letterman in 2005, playing "Jumpers": On Letterman in 2015 playing "A New Wave". On Conan in 2002 playing "Step Aside": On Conan in 2015 playing "Surface Envy" (Better quality here): At Coachella in 2006 playing "Sympathy": In San Francisco
Advice
How to do things: Just do it!
I get asked a lot for tips on how to "break into the biz" as a tennis writer or tennis journalist. As I have always considered myself more of the former than the latter, I usually pass on questions about the latter. But I got the question again
Tuesday Tunes
Tuesday Tunes: The Go! Team
As the story goes, The Go! Team really were never meant to exist. Ian Parton was just a dude who wanted to sample songs and create these DJ'd soundscapes. He released their first album in September 2004 and people liked it so much that they wanted the band
Raves
Anita Sarkeesian and the chilling effect of online harassment
Anita Sarkeesian's remarks during the All About Women conference in Sydney, Australia are a must-watch. She hammers home the effects of online harassment in her life and though she has had to deal with it on a far more intense and destructive level, I found myself nodding my
Raves
I love podcasts. You should too!
I love podcasts. I really believe they are the next new creative medium to explode, even more than they already have in the post-Serial world. The very weird thing is, I just assumed everyone loved podcasts. Not necessarily that everyone listened to them -- they can be a time consuming
Tuesday Tunes
Tuesday Tunes: Sons and Daughters
I LOVED this band. Still do. Sadly, I have never meet another person who is even remotely aware of Sons and Daughters. I can't even remember how I stumbled onto them. Possibly at a music festival or as an opening band for Franz Ferdinand. Basically, if you have