flawed but authentic

In my yearly search for electronic advent calendars, I’ve discovered a pretty amazing project.
Electric December features 24 short films made by young people (ages 14-21) in the United Kingdom. The films are not necessarily holiday related, but they are pretty amazing. (I’ve only seen the first four, because I like to play by the rules. [...]

Let’s get right down to business.
I love handmade crafty things. I love shopping for gifts. I love sticking it to The Man. (Come on. I don’t spend a lot of time sticking it to The Man. However, for the sake of this entry, let’s say that I do.)
Because of my love for crafty things, [...]

I forgive myself for sometimes losing my shit with my kids.
I forgive myself for not always keeping a clean house.
(I forgive myself for never keeping a clean house.)
I forgive myself for spending every day looking like a complete slob.
I forgive myself for not going to graduate school.
I forgive myself for not being a very good [...]

Teen writers share where they find inspiration.
Songwriters share where they find inspiration.
I find Anne Lamott to be very inspiring. 
I love this “I am a Loser” speech given by the winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Finally, Sarah Vowell is a super hero. 

Today I’m going to make you cry.
And how will I accomplish this, you ask?
Well, I’m going to share a few things that consistently bring tears to my eyes in a feel good sort of way.
First up? There’s this. I visit Blackbird’s website every day because she’s so damned cozy. I visit her Terminal entry about [...]

I rearrange my bookshelf two or three times each year. The books were originally alphabetized by author name. Then I switched to a genre type of classification. Then I got all fruity and took half of the books off of the shelf and replaced them with baskets of decorative crap and framed pictures. Regardless of [...]