Gold Pandamonium

I'm briefly here to say...

My piece on Gold Panda aired today on Morning Edition. If you weren't awake to hear it, head to NPR Music's The Record for archived audio. Thanks to everyone who already listened for all the kind words! I feel both thrilled and relieved to have finally put a tiny stamp of myself on the show.

Thanks to Derwin Panda for being such a gracious interviewee. (Yes, we did have to start over at one point during the interview due to a technical flub on my part.) But perhaps, most of all, thanks to my co-workers who guided me along the way: namely Tom, who will never read this, and Nicole, who might. It takes a village?

All this for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Imagine if it were longer...

If you liked what you heard of Gold Panda, you should probably buy Lucky Shiner -- my favorite album of 2010. And if you are a human, you should listen to his remix of Lykke Li's "Sadness is a Blessing" released just last week (with headphones, please). IT IS LIFE-ALTERING.

Finally, for kicks, (I shared this on facebook but for non-fb friends) here's a photo of Derwin Panda and me at NPR. Total sleep represented here is <10 hours, I'm sure.

A Day in the Life of a Vampire

In an attempt to defend my non-writing in Gitnerblog, here is an example of a typical day in the life. 8:00-8:30AM - Arrive home. Play with dog, talk with roommates.

8:45 - Eat.

9:30 - Shower? Maybe. Catch up on internet.

10:30 - Send emails. Write? Play music? Listen to music? Any work-related writing trumps everything else, hence the sad state of the Gitnerblog. (And my progressively escalating guilt for not writing for Autostraddle.)

11:30 - Read Wall Street Journal (it's a new thing) and/or book.

12:30-2:00PM - Go to sleep.

8:30 - Wake up. Catch up on email and the day's news. Sometimes, I sleep until 10:30, which eliminates my precious "sitting" and catch-up time.

9:30 - Make coffee.

10:00 - Drink coffee. Sit.

11:00 - Sit some more.

11:30PM - 7:30AM - Work.

...and repeat.

Now, if there is a social event or concert thrown into the mix, I take a sleeping pill (may I pause to give a shout-out to Unisom?), forgo my morning time, and try to go to sleep as early as I can. But my productivity in other areas (reading, writing, 'rithmetic [ok, not the last one]) plummets. Thus, I have a blog here that is neglected for weeks at a time.

Some still don't quite get what my schedule means. For instance, my brother sent me a check in January and occasionally writes me semi-aggressive text messages. "Really? You haven't cashed the check?" "I will, I will," I say. "Haven't had the chance." I doubt he believes me, but I mean it. If you require my presence between the hours of 9AM and 5PM, even if you want to give me money, you're in for a multi-month wait.

It's now 10:57AM. In just over 7 hours, I'm heading out to a Kaki King concert. Only for you, Kaki. Only for you.