Wednesday was the first day of early voting in Ohio and I went over first thing after work. Felt great to get it done. If the millennials don’t show up in record numbers this election I will stop feeling bad about every stereotype I buy into about them. 

Watching scary movies and drinking Witches Brew wine. Hoping SNL does a spoof on Kanye’s Trump meeting. 

You guys. YOU GUYS. I’m meeting Shirley Manson next week! My husband and I are huge Garbage fans, and we decided to cough up the money to buy backstage passes in addition to tickets for their Version 2.0 Anniversary Tour when it comes to our state on Thursday. Technically I’ve already met her once; in 1998 we were…

I had gallbladder issues randomly for about five years and was mis-diagnosed twice during that time (our local hospital has a really shitty ER, they’ve seriously killed people). Then all of a sudden I experience the same thing as you-multiple attacks in a fairly short time period. I went to a new doctor who actually…

Oh Lloyd, you will always be my #1. Not even Patrick Verona comes close.

Word. I think I may have aged out of Jezebel if Lloyd Dobler isn’t on this list. Absolutely #1.

You had me at the combination of fries and goat cheese. 

I love snakes-what a cutie! Might be a garter snake, which are relatively harmless. Snakes, spiders and bats all get an unfairly bad rep.

“That's not a name, that's a major appliance!" ;)

I've felt this way about spaghetti dinners and pancake breakfast fundraisers for years.

It seems like most fashion trends favor the long-legged. I’ve got the whole long torso/short legs thing going on too, and the only pants that really seem to flatter me are those with a flare leg or decent bootcut. As a fun aside, I generally have to buy tall length shirts and short or petite length pants. Bodies are…

That sounds exactly like the Shirley I met. :)

AWWWW! She’s so great. I met Garbage in ‘99 and was floored by how kind and down-to-earth all of them were. They truly appreciate their fans. I have a slightly strange name, the kind that makes most people go “huh?” when I introduce myself, and I remember Shirley remarked that it’s not that uncommon in Scotland. :)

Get thee to Amazon right away and start downloading (I’m an old, I don’t do streaming). At the very least start digging through You Tube videos. Their music is great, her voice is amazing, and she’s always been such a great role model for women. 

Garbage and NIN are two of the few bands I’ve devotedly followed since high school. “Number One Crush” was me and my then boyfriend/now husband’s favorite song.

Ugh, obviously I mean’t their music never disappoints. It’s 95 here with 70+ humidity, my brain is starting to lock up. 

That last sentence is my life right now.

Their music never fails to disappoint. And one of the things I love about seeing them live is that Garbage fans are always so great. I’ve never run into a belligerent drunk at a Garbage show, just open-minded, friendly people.

My husband and I are lifelong Garbage fans; it’s one of the things we bonded over when we first started dating. We were lucky enough to meet Shirley in 1999, and she couldn’t have been more lovely and kind. She’s always been my personal goddess, and as a teen she was a breath of fresh air for geeky goth girl who was su…

All the stars to you, my fellow Deadwood-loving friend.