Well tonight I am proud to be a #civilian and to have honored the work of Sam Pinkleton by singing a mean song about JD Vance at the benefit. Also Luke Evans was there and I may have been very excited

Are sound guys way surlier than I remember or do I just have more self esteem now

Ok a peach latte does not work and yes I did still drink the whole thing

See you tonight @joespub.bsky.social (but first coffee)

Bonus: the fact that jethro Tull was playing when I walked into signature theatre (continued theme)

Great things day 149: seeing ‘animal wisdom’ with friends and the way Heather Christian’s music feels like a warm bath around my heart; magical tiny spoon w a crystal on the end my friend brought me from Galway, reading that it’s normal to feel like I’m still recovering from the great saunter

Cannot stop watching celebrity traitors uk send help

Honorable mention to the lovely woman behind me on the train leaving a message for someone saying “I know this is a hard day for you but you are an amazing aunt” just as we are passing through my hometown and you know what I’ll take it

Good things day 148: finding out I can house sit my friends place in Dublin for a while this summer, going to the record store specifically for bon iver ‘sable fable’ and getting their one copy, seeing old friends in new plays, and my mom is alive and healthy and well on Mother’s Day

“We moved 4.5 million people off SNAP” is a crazy way to say you took food away from 4.5 million people, mostly needy families. And also crazy to think this works for them politically!

I’m Not saying #princetonrecordexchange gets me but I am saying that steely Dan was playing when I walked in #anymajordude”

Also the lyric “today someone different / stood up front in a boring suit” from Mary Had a Little Lamb and Also a Substitute Teacher (at La Mama May 30/31 matinees)

Good things contd (2/2): seeing Sengs Hair Salon at the Drake in Philly tonight and Animal Wisdom at the signature tomorrow; also getting to Princeton early to get Small World Coffee; learning a Jill Sobule song about JD Vance for the civilians gala Monday,

Good things day 147: the ocd joy of making a ‘Frankenstein’ script for myself out of the libretto and score once again; getting the early train to NJ to get tot the Princeton Record Exchange when it opens, having to do two tweets to cover today’s good things (1/2)

Good things day 146: planning short trips away, words of enthusiasm for my work, new potential collaborations, finally checking out Celebrity Traitors aka Goth Bake Off

Shows should come with a ‘vomit scenes’ trigger warning

Good things day 145: the new ‘spring scenes’ ambient channel on my tv, dolly alderton books, therapy, suddenly a reason to play a lot of guitar again, finally doing the laundry

Just a heads up that if you ever sent me a text that started “I just had to tell you this”, I assumed it was a fundraising text from the Democratic Party and deleted it

Does anyone think it’s actually for a ballroom anymore

Good things day 144: being back in a rehearsal room, paychecks coming today, seeing death becomes her on Broadway with friends tonight why not

Good things day 143: friends/bandmates who come over for dinner just to support my taking the first steps to making a new album; ayada Thai in Chelsea, beautiful day, ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb & also a substitute teacher’ music rehearsal tonight

Good things day 142: the big NAMT meeting to pick the teen contest song winners; my faves making it in, getting to spend the day talking about something I care about, muscle recovery from the great saunter and a walk in lovely weather, Thai food w friends to discuss recording some tunes

Good things day 141: rest and recovery; feeling entitled to eat whatever and barely move; yin yoga, no hip or back pain, feet and legs getting better, gatorade, salt & vinegar potato chips

Morning after the saunter: cautiously optimistic about hip and back and foot pain, nowhere to go thank god, on couch under a pile of Advil and ice until further notice (with yoga break). Insta story forthcoming.

Today I completed The Great Saunter, a 32 mile hike around the perimeter of manhattan, with my sister and cousin. Can’t believe we did it. I may never walk again. Please send prayers to my hip and feet.

Good things day 140: weighted heating pads, people to do the great saunter with tomorrow who also believe in snacks , getting to hear some legit great songs from the teen finalists in the NAMT challenge today

Good things day 139: comps to a show I really want to see with a friend I haven’t seen in a while, shearling Birkenstocks, therapy

Shoes matching sunglasses today; more satisfying than I would have expected

Good things day 138: actually sitting down and making small progress on my third draft; a midday ishta yoga class; canceling my evening plans

I am getting cold feet (haha) about the great saunter on May 2. (32 mile walk) I’m not in the best shape to do it. I don’t want to give up before I start but also don’t want to injure myself and then be unable to walk at all ( a pattern). Please send inspirational statements.

Good things day 137: a clean house and leftovers mm, a 6.5 mile practice walk with my sister in Central Park (getting ready for the Great Saunter) on a gorgeous day, my aunts chocolate chip cookies, first rehearsal for epically cute kids’ musical I’m doing tonight. (May 30/31 at La Mama, get tix)

I can’t believe Ireland allowed the Irish episode of the Eugene Levy series to feature Irish coffee making. That’s the country having a gentle laugh at the shows expense.

Probably my fave @melodiasings.bsky.social concert so far. Packed church, gorgeous instruments, challenging songs from all over the world, and I am learning /growing so much. An honor to get to sing a solo in ‘the parting glass’ in particular. Video forthcoming.

But yeah definitely no gun control

Yesterday this sick fuck was up all night posting crazy crap.

Made a dinner I hated but there were waffles so Saturday night was saved thanks for your concern

And yet…he remains.

Good things day 136: finding Trader Joe’s unexpectedly not crowded, yellow freesia, prepping food to feed people tomorrow, free coffee at hair salon better than it needs to be, getting long overdue hair color and no longer feeling like Spinster Aunt

I would like to read a book about a happy marriage now please Will settle for absence of gaslighting, rape, or kidnapping

Am reading the belle burden memoir and I don’t know but it’s pretty clear to me that this guy was Mr Ripley from the beginning

“As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person” is a sentence only a mentally unwell person would tweet without irony, and T—p did in fact tweet this

Good things day 142: remembering how when you’re doing the right kind of work a long day is tiring but not draining ; a totally unexpected big check for a VO demo I guess got picked up; first reading of the cute kids musical I get to be in with my bandmate, white hyacinth

Well that’s nice.

Huh but I thought you were just ‘entertainment’ that couldn’t be held responsible for influencing people Tucker Carlson Says He Is ‘Tormented’ by His Past Support for Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

Now that’s a headline

Breaking News: The Justice Department charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights group, with financial crimes, accusing the organization of fraud. nyti.ms/4mLqZOL

Good things day141: making this list when I wake up angry about everything, a friend offering to take a walk with me today, this very soft wool ‘coatigan’, my nephew overheard singing one of my songs

I love how Eugene levy’s reluctant traveler series is all about how he’s getting out of his comfort zone but it’s a show where every moment of his trip is curated and a crew and guides follow him everywhere like yes I would also be much more comfortable traveling can I have some more gold leaf

Good things day 140: learning to pause, learning to live and let live (grrrrrrmostly), ‘case histories’ by Kate Atkinson, ordering groceries once in a while

Why, why, the continued attempt to make it sound complex and mysterious . He hasn’t read it. On to the next lie.