Album Review - Rouge Wave

Gateway track - "Lake Michigan" or "Publish my Love"

Two points. One - this band was featured on The OC. Two - this band makes me want to dance in tall grass.

To elaborate on point one - The OC was/is the quintessential television show capturing the essence of living in Orange County. Minus all the fights, weird love triangles, the fake pier, the fake Bait Shop, it is exactly like living in Orange County. Ok - it is NOTHING like living in Orange County (I just can't stomach to call it the OC), but there were many many pop culture jokes in which make this show truly enjoyable and utterly miss-able now that it is off the air. I don't care what you say - the show hit it's stride in season 4.

To elaborate on point two - Tall grass. It always looks so magical, so elusive, mysterious, romantic. Have you actually ever walked in tall grass? It is full of bugs, creepy crawlies, snakes, and other creatures that God made and that I am better off seeing on a screen. However, music videos, movies, and tv shows alike will continually make tall grass a dewy daydream of how beautiful raw nature is, when enjoyed at the simplest of levels, always synced and edited to sheer perfection.

Back to Rouge Wave. The album "Asleep at Heaven's Gate" is as ethereal as an episode of the OC and as mysterious and seemingly wonderful as running through tall grass.

I think I just got a mosquito bite. But it was well worth it.

Check it.

Meet Clark

Hands down, best christmas gift ever. Not only is Clark totally cute, but he SINGS. Yes, the singing might be quasi creepy, but AWESOME. :)

2007

The Year in Review:

Jan:

• Started off fantastic- Footy Game - US vs Sweden

Feb:

• Jack's Mannequin at SOMA - freaking amazing
• Followed by Ski Trip/Superbowl Sunday in Tahoe
• Followed by pneumonia

March:

• Still had pneumonia
• Mid-March - back to work!

April:

• The search for a new place to live began
• Find AMAZING place in Newport

May:

• Spent the first week of May in NYC with Jason
• Moved the next week to Newport Beach

June:

• Sales Conference in San Fran - Tainted Love at AT&T park, Carson Daily...all the madness
• Straight to Phoenix for Aryn's bachelorette party
• Napa - Jess' Bachelorette Party
• Aryn's Wedding!

July:

• 4th of July in Newport!
• Andre and Jessica's Wedding!
• Comic Con

Aug:

• Jordyn's Wedding!
• My 26th Birthday and the ever famous Pink Party
• Trip to Mt. View

Sept:

• Labor Day party in Newport!
• Justin Timberlake in concert
• Budapest!!!

Oct:

• Budapest!!!
• Trip to Mt View
• Two Jimmy Eat World Shows in one week! Wiltern and HOB Anaheim
  
• Halloween - Princess Leia

Nov:

• Promotion!!
• Trip to NYC :)
• LA fashion district day
• Trip to Stanford vs. Cal Big Game

Dec:

• KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas Night TWO - Jimmy Eat World, Muse, Feist, Spoon, Silversun Pickups, the Killers, Modest Mouse, and the Shins
  
• Decorated the Niesing's Tree
• Newport Harbor Boat Party
• Christmas light viewing with Google friends
• The White Party!
• Life Group Christmas party

What else will December hold?

Looking back at the past year, I traveled somewhere pretty much at least once a month. What an amazing blessing? New York twice, Budapest, various San Jose/Mt. View/San Fran trips, and who can forget all the fun trips for the summer of weddings? :)

I feel incredibly blessed to have such amazing memories for 2007!!

long haired dachshund puppy in the snow

I want this dog!!!

60's Soul

I am obsessed with 60's soul music right now. Fats Domino, Solomon Burke, The Drifters, The Supreme's... it is just all so amazing.

Music is incredible. I seriously can't imagine life without it. I am so so so so so so (going on forever) thankful for my hearing.

xoxo

kinda famous now, nbd

SO funny....

Oh, the Internet!

Map of the Problematique

I am sort of into the game of Pool right now.

Tonight I played a very fun game of Pool. I love random nights. I went to Alta and saw some open mic stuff, then off to this shady place on 19th to play some pool.

Sunday I saw:

• Spoon
• Feist
• Silversun Pickups
• Modest Mouse
• The Shins
• The Killers
• Jimmy Eat World
• Muse

Yeah...how about that line up? Merry freaking Christmas to myself! :) Huge thanks to Lauren for hooking me up with those tix. That made my YEAR.

And what a year it has been! 26 has been shaping up quite well thus far.

email me if you are interested in playing pool sometime, you pool shark you. :)

xoxo

Song of the Day: Map of the Problematique - Muse. Download this NOW. Even though it is about loneliness it will keep you company.

don't let it go away, this feeling has got to stay

I LOVE Gwen Stefani.

List of reasons why:

• She is from orange county. I live in orange county.
• She is Italian. I am Italian.
• She is just a girl. I am just a girl.
  
• She ain't no hollaback girl. I ain't no hollaback girl.
  
• She wants a simple kind of life. I want a simple kind of life.
  
• She called her second album "tragic kingdom" because she used to spend all her time at Disneyland. I currently spend lots of time at Disneyland.
• She likes L.A.M.B. I like giraffes.
  
• She married Gavin Rossdale. I used to like Bush.
  

I could probably go on. She just freaking rules. And through many phases of life, a No Doubt CD has been there.

I recently went to a record store. (I know!?!?!?!) Remember used cd's?

I bought "Return to Saturn" for $1.99 (take that!) I just love it.

Get You In

As we near the end of 2007 (What a great, odd, amazing, interesting year) I wanted to write my "things I want to accomplish in 2008" list. I did this in 2007 and it was wickedly destroyed by pneumonia. However, I ended up accomplishing a lot more than I expected. But that is another post altogether.

Socially:
*Go to Griffith Park Observatory
*Go to as many concerts as possible (try to see Nada Surf in San Fran Feb 2nd - anyone interested?)
*Travel to a new country in 2008 - possibly Italy.
*Travel to one new state in 2008 - would like to try Massachusetts/Maine/Louisiana/North Carolina or some combo of those
*Be open to new experiences. Say yes to trying new things, hanging out with new people.

Personally:
*Continued growth in my current position at work
*Check email less on the weekends
*Try to realize that I am not defined by what I do or accomplish (this is nearly impossible for this "list-maker")

Spiritually:
*Listen more
*Pray even more
*Love
*Let go
*Worry less about me, more about you and others around me
*To not have my hang ups about "Christian" things
*Be thankful in all circumstances, be joyful always, pray continually

The final steps in my apple conversion

While I took baby steps, I am officially 100% mac.

MacBook Pro
Video ipod
ipod shuffle
airport express

and. my newest addition.

iphone

Yes. I took the plunge and finally got the iphone.

It is amazing - I like it so much more than I thought. The contacts was annoying - but I finally figured it out. There was NO way I was typing in 300+ contacts.

Now everything plays together so nicely.

I've Got Dreams To Remember

Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams to Remember: This song wrecks me. Literally sends me into emotional chaos.

(Side Note - I think it is hilarious that "emo" - short for "emotional" music - can't hold a candle to the songs of the 60's in terms of "emotion". The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Supremes...Elvis...all had true simplicity through real emotions. While I have been known to scream out to a Dashboard song or two back in 01-03 this is so cheap in comparison).

Back to emotional chaos - listening to music is such an intense roller coaster of memories. I love exploring this idea. I listen to music non-stop: to melt, to smile, to rock, to mourn, to yearn, to remember, to cry, to love the wrong person because it feels right, to ignore, to escape, to confront, to change, to stay the same, to relate, to respond, to rejoice, to magnify, to feel, to imagine.

Such conflict breeds even more escape to my personal philosophers - Musicians. Helping me to see if someone really *is* getting the best of me (Mikkele, that is Foo Fighters, it just naturally flowed in :) ), or reminding me that I want to break free (Queen), or asking me to explore if I don't let myself be happy now than when? (Jimmy Eat World)

I used to be a music snob. (Major Music Snob) However, I have come to the conclusion that anything that makes someone feel something is amazing. Even (eek, dare I say?!?!) Nickelback (cringing).

Listen to music.

Don't actually watch this - just listen. Otis = perfection

I love old soul music. Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, all the unknown "girl" bands of the 60's, I can't get enough. Anyway, ignore the horrifically cheesy images, and just let Otis do his thing.

And watch Love Actually. It is time. :)

Would you do this?

https://www.23andme.com/

Getting a map of your genetics...90% of me wants to do this, and 10% of me is terrified of what you could potentially find out.

Plus, how do you trust this stuff?

discuss.

Favorite Budapest Picture

The day we traveled to the top of independence monument. We chilled on a park bench and watched some tiki-looking bugs, lizards, and ladybugs scatter about.

Yes, the bugs looked like tiki heads. It was really weird.

Second Favorite Budapest Picture

thanks bh.

This picture was taken at a Jewish synagogue in Pest. This weeping willow holds the names of various people who lost their lives in WW2 for their religion.

Wine Glass # - Oh, who is really keeping track?

11/7/08 - NYC - Penthouse Room - Hotel Rodger Williams - See the Empire State Building in the background?

A glass of free red. Courtesy of the hotel.

i need this!

http://www.craftlog.org/craftlog/archives/mixtape.jpg

It is made out of shrinky-dinks! OMG

I Feel It All

While listening to Feist, on my new MacBook Pro, I took this pic at sunset...

iPod Touch Song

I downloaded this song like, days before the iPod touch commercial....but the video is pretty sweet..in that totally early MTV days kind of way. Which rules.

How great is CSS?

Meet Bjork

Meet Bjork. She is my very own personal good luck swan.

She will float in and out of my backyard canal, letting me know that it is going to be an exceptional day when I see her.

My mom named her - after the obvious incident

I have not seen bjork, my good luck swan, in quite some time, but I know she will swoop in, when I least expect it.

I love Newport.

Everyday is a gift.

xoxo

So long sweet summer...

I love fall, but I just saw this picture of my bike and miss my rides along the beach. It is so cold and overcast these days... ;) Anything below 73 is just crazy! :)

From all the drugs, the one I like more is music

I promise I do more than drink. But this series is really funny to me right now. :)

Margs at El Coyote #2

Margs at El Coyote #1

Margs at El Coyote. 11/6/07

Josh Ballard's Birthday

Not Quite A Wine Glass #5

Jan 2007. Kevin Bringard's Birthday. Irvine.

Wine Glass #4

October 2007. Budapest. House Red.

Wine Glass #3

June 23,2007. Aryn's Wedding. A mix of Chardonnay and Champaign.

Wine Glass #2

Napa Valley. June 16, 2007. Champaign.

Wine Glass #1

NYC May 07. Rose. At MOCA.

Googleween 2.0

For Googleween 2.0, I was an orange country girl, with a white trash boy, hanging out in Chicago....

Googleween 1.0

And a blast from the past, two Googleween's ago.....

Princess Leia

Googleween 3.0.

Princess Leia.

Cover Me

Covers are really cool. I mostly am a gigantic fan of a great cover, or smash up.

However, certain things are untouchable - unless you are making a drastic change in the presentation/arragement/etc.

Don't just play your f-ing favorite songs. No body cares. Seriously.

A list of great covers:

Something Corporate - Everything, everything (dramarama)
Nada Surf - All you need is love (beatles)
Fall out boy/Gym Class Heros - Clothes off - a genius play on "we don't have to take our clothes off" by Jermaine Stewart. Also, the girlfriend song - uses the beat from Supertramp's "take a look at my girlfriend".

I could go on, but I am sleepy. :)

when the hills of los angeles are burning...

As I eat my dinner of saltine crackers with a swipe of skippy peanut butter (in bed no less, checking work email...), I am contemplating about this day.

Everything is burning down. I hate smoke with all that is inside of me, so to go to LA today was actually a nice treat to get away from the ashy cloud of soot that is covering the precious OC bubble.

When the fires of 2003 broke loose on SoCal, the SoCo album "North" came out. Now I think "Chase this Light" by JEW will always remind me of the fires of 07. Eek. How time flies....

I feel like I live every day as this jumbo, super long, extended day. Let me explain. By the end of the day I am thinking that things that occurred in the morning were actually the previous day. Because that is just how long the days feel. This is not necessary bad. Just so much in a work week is crammed into so few hours, and I am in so many locations that it is hard to really put a finger on time and space.

"Every moment lasts a day - and thinking about it can't help me let go" - Let It Happen, Jimmy Eat World

Sequin Covered Swans

I love October. October happens to be in the title of my autobiography - "Feeling October".

The only copy of "Feeling October" is on a 3.5in floppy that looks something similar to the above image.

Does anyone have anything that can read this? I would love to transfer the copy to like my gmail or something. ;)

As time goes on I am becoming way more excited about my life. I am hearkening back to memory about what Feeling October is about. It is mostly a very emo-inspired piece from 2001 - emo was huge back then, so give me a little credit - and I think I stopped writing in it around 2003.

This weekend was, so, weird. I did nothing. Literally, nothing. I laid on my bed and listened to the Klaxsons - So Above, So Below on repeat. I am not sure how long this continued. I know I got lost in some weird internal battle about time. Like, why is time in increments of 60 - ie 60 secs in 1 min, 60 mins in one hour, yet we don't have 60 hours in one day? I don't know what would happen if we have 60 hours in a day.

Then I drifted onto thoughts about the innocence of kissing. People do not talk about this anymore. I never hear about anyone going out on a date and having a great goodnight kiss. (or any for that matter) I am sure it happens, but why is this not discussed? I saw a great kiss out of my rear view window while I was driving today. The couple was on either side of the street, about to cross. As I pass through the yellow light, I saw them meet in the middle of the street and share a quick, yet passionate (as far as I could tell) kiss. It was so amazing - I wish that my eyes were video cameras so I could have a copy. It would have made an excellent scene in a music video.

Then I thought about my dream of creating/producing music videos. While every cell in my body is strongly devoted to my current employer (as well as every item of anything in my room - chairs, blankets, cups, hats, playcards, bike helmets, shirts, pants, sweatshirts, ipod speakers, ipod stickers, magnets, coffee mugs, beach towels, I could go on) I used to be creative. I used to have these amazing thoughts, and I would write them down.

Now I am so busy that I barely have a thought that doesn't revolve around my job, how to be better at my job, how to make myself stand out at work, and then the little portion left tries to love family, friends, and find out who I am in God's family. I think my thought distribution is a little out of whack.

I want to feel October again. Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love my life. It is everything I wanted as a little girl. I have moments when I walk out my front door and I just smile and laugh because when I was 11 this is what I saw. I am here. I made it. And it is great. I don't want to go back at all. I want to keep moving forward. I want to keep exploring the mystery.

So do you have a floppy drive I could borrow? I really need to feel October.

stay on my side tonight....

and for my fave jew song...

when you kiss me...whoa - o- oh

I LOVE when JEW plays sweetness live and changes the lyrics to "when you kiss me" - so awesome. See an awesome performance here....

Vacation Day 13 of 16

This is the only picture I have of BH and I together in Budapest.

I had a fun time...It was very mellow and a mix of a ton of walking and lots of good relaxing.

Here are some of my fave pictures. The final unveiling of the Picasa Web Album will come once I exchange pics with bh.

Picture with Lyrics that I like:


Picture 1:


Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country - lyric " Let’s get out of this country
I’ll admit I am bored with me"


Picture 2:


Rilo Kiley - Spectacular Views - lyric " and we want spectacular views
if we're to stay for the weekend"

Picture 3:


Jack's Mannequin - Bruised - lyric "We stood like statues at the gate/Vacation's come and gone too late/There's so much sun where I'm from"

This Girl - aka Vacation Day 3

"This girl tries her best everyday,
But it's all gone to waste 'cause there's no one around,
This girl she can draw she can paint,
Likes to dance she can skate,
Now she don't make a sound."

I like James Morrison. A little star 98.7, but still, really good.

Vacation Day three has come and gone - tomorrow I leave for Budapest. I am so excited. I am ready to test out this Hungarian coffee that seems to be all the rage on the blogs.

Hallelujah it's raining (rain) - Day 1

Fall has arrived.

Time to bust out the Jose Gonzales albums, the Sufjan, the dcfc, the postal service, the band of horses, etc. Time to put away the sounds of summer and move toward the melancholy fall tunes.
It is raining. I am pretty much bored out of my mind. Note - it has only been about 20 hours since I have been on vacation. This is the decompression period.

Today is vacation day 1. I have NOTHING to do.

I have no work to do for work, no laundry, no cleaning, I am essentially packed for my trip, I have seen all my DVD's, I am not hungry - I don't know what the heck to do.

If I knew how to thread my sewing machine I could start doing that. But that requires me to do a lot of learning, and all the online guides that I have read are really complicated. I may sew my finger to the thing....

4 days until Budapest.

the hills are alive with the sound of music

I am really digging this "not being busy" life style.

It is pretty hard on my body though. Three weeks ago I gave up caffeine. The headaches have *finally* gone away.

I am thoroughly going through some serious decompression. Running at the speed of light, then slowly down even slightly causes some readjustments physically to your body. Your body works so hard for so long to keep up, that when you give it even a second to breathe it just sort of falls apart.

So here I sit - caffeine free tea in hand - watching for quite possibly the 70+ time "The Sound of Music." There is no better comfort movie on earth for me than this.

In the summer of '96 I had my wisdom teeth removed. They were not impacted so it was a pretty rough recovery. That story is quite possibly one of my most hilarious medical experiences, but I will save that for another time.

Anyway, summer of '96, I think I watched the Sound of Music 40+ times. I pretty much wore out the first VHS tape. (because the first one was the fun part of the movie, the second tape was too serious...)

There were days I watched it twice. Oh, the days before we had the internet! ;)

10 days until Budapest.

i promised i'd see it again. i promised i'd see this with you now

Jimmy Eat World. 9 years of my life I have emptied out my soul on paper and screen while listening to this band.

I have no idea how many times I have seen them live - maybe 8 times?

Only two bands bring such an intense excitement for a new release: JEW and Better than Ezra.

We are going to budapest in 27 days.

I can't wait! A new city, excitement, rest, adventure, journal time, plane rides, exploration - divine!

How I Feel

Looks like I made a mess again
Heartbreak everywhere I step
This fire is getting hot again
But I touch the flame ‘cause I’m a curious cat
Creeping where I don’t belong
Finding out what I knew all along
Crying all alone
And it’s all my fault, all my fault

Yeah, I did it again...again

Oh, I’m getting tired of believing
Even sicker of pretending
That it’s not so bad, just wait it out
Oh, I think you’re feeding me lies again
The only good man left wasn’t him
And that’s how I feel right now so just let me be
Let me be

It seems every time I find a good man
He’s got a good little wife
I’m not jealous but I won’t lie
I don’t want to hear about your wonderful life
And babies everywhere I look
Trophy wives with their little black books
At this rate I’m gonna end up alone
It’s probably all my fault, all my fault

moving on

Today I moved. on. and to a new location.

Moving is so exhasting.

However...

I now have a canoe in my backyard. And a river. Um, well ,a wetland. A swan (or really huge white bird) swam by while I was unpacking. I went for a nice paddle around the wetland today with a friend. Some 8-10 year old girls came on to their dock and screamed "how romantic!" at the top of their lungs. Awkwardness was to follow.

Now, to make this fantasy complete I need to meet a boy at the end of the canal (and instead of walking) I can canoe to his dock and hang out. It would be my ulitmate Dawson's Creek fantasy played out.

Waltz No 2 (XO) - Elliot Smith

"In the place where I make no mistakes
In the place where I have what it takes
I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow..."

An oldie, but a goodie - haven't listened to Elliot Smith in awhile, and it sounds extra good tonight. Now I really want to watch the Royal Tennebaums....

Songs on deck right now:

Elliot Smith - Waltz No 2
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should of Come Over
Cat Stephens - The Wind
Cake - Mexico
Oingo Boingo - Stay

must be a different view to be a me with a you

i wanna know what's its like on the inside of love. of course, I'll be alright. I just had a bad night. I had a bad night.....

Songs about Decisions - good and poor

1. Tonic - you wanted more
2. Dave Matthews - Grey Street
3. Panic at the Disco - I write sins not tragedies
4. Nada Surf - Inside of Love
5. Nada Surf - Always Love
6. Jimmy Eat World - Work
7. Something Corporate - I want to save you
8. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
9. Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come
10. The Knife - Heartbeats

one night, yeah, one more time, thanks for the memories

he tastes like you , only sweeter.

My Favorite Part about Vegas

The road trip to Vegas is always bound to deliver an amazing playlist. Usually from the 80's/90's (some current stuff interspersed) - and always sprinkled with the amazing one hit wonders and pop disasters.

Par Example: (A sampling of the songs heard while stuck in hella traffic somewhere between Baker and Barstow)

*Bangles - Manic Monday
*Hanson - I will come to you
*Hewey Lewis and the News - Power of Love
*Chamillionaire - Ridin'
*Jtlake - What goes around comes around
*Erasure - A little respect
*The Outfield - Your Love (listen to this one on itunes, I know you know it - Tainted Love anyone??)
*Plus a ton more that I can't remember...

In the spirit of seeing Beatles: Love, we listened to over 3 hours of Beatles music.

i'm not here for your entertainment, you don't really want to mess with me tonight

Most hilarious song I have heard in a LONG time:

Pink - U + Ur Hand - key lyrics - "Keep your drink, just give me the money"

Best songs of this week:

Peter Bjorn and John - The Chills
CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to DFA
Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
Klaxons - Golden Skans

American Idol tonight was actually decent - Blake sang a Zombies song - A Time of the Season, or something. I am going to go buy it now.

Good Music Heals All Wounds

I have been sick for about a month. With pneumonia. And it has sucked not only my energy, but my life.

I pretty much feel like I am on the edge of nervous breakdown number two. I had a nervous breakdown in December of 2002. I feel very elite to say that I actually had that crazy movie star disease where I was suffering from "exhaustion".

I don't rest.

Ever.

And then something like this happens. Sickness. Pneumonia. I get the "living life to the fullest" disease. All I am doing is having fun! Enjoying life! Right?

So music. It is SO powerful. It says everything that I want it to say. I can place people and locations into each song I hear and live through it. Feel it. Experience it. Enjoy it.

Songs that mean something to me right this second:
Sick Puppies - All the Same
Silversun pickups - Lazy Eye
Offspring - Want you bad
MCR - I'm not ok (I promise)
Jimmy Eat World - Softer (She's Perfect)

and to throw everyone off right now..drum roll

Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street
" Oh look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey Street.
She thinks, "Hey, how did I come to this?"
I dream myself a thousand times around the world
But I can't get out of this place.
There's an emptiness inside her
And she'll do anything to fill it in
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
How she wishes it was different
She prays to God most every night
And though she swears it doesn't listen
There's still a hope in her it might
She says "I pray oh but they fall on deaf ears,
am I supposed to take it on myself?
To get out of this place? "
Oh There's a lonliness inside her
And she'll do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart"

Music. Heals. There is always a song to say what I am thinking. Always.

Daughtry - Good or Great?

I just purchased the Daughtry album. I knew him back in the days when he was "Chris Daughtry" - that is the days when he was on American Idol. While I realize that this love of his album is fleeting, there is a lot to be said about a good immediate gratification pop album. Isn't that what the Beatles and Elvis were? Or American Bandstand? Why do we gotta hate on Daughtry?

The album is good. Really good. And I don't care if you stop caring about my opinion, because deep down inside you are just to scared to admit that you actually like his album too.

Don't even get me started on jtlake right now...

Tokyo Police Club

Best new band of this week, at least.

Check out Tokyo Police Club - The Nature of the Experiment.

www.tokyopoliceclub.net

An upbeat indie rock band that I would like to hang out in a photobooth with.

One life

Today I was driving home from church and I heard the Mary J Blige/U2 version of U2's "One".

I think I hated this performance at the Grammy's - but in the quirky way music works, today it drove me to tears.

The lyrics are so powerful. They never look as powerful on the page as they sound in the song.

See:
"Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you've got is hurt"

Not as powerful as in the song. But powerful nonetheless.

I hate being so on top of things

Now the Amy Winehouse song is FREE on itunes this week.

And I bought it two weeks ago for .99 cents. Why isn't that my job to pick the cool track? Or can someone please alert me?

This happens almost weekly that I already own the itunes free single of the week.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

how can i blog when youtube is down?

So I had such inspiration after watching the Thermal's video for "A Pillar of Salt" that I wanted to post it to my blog. But freaking youtube is down right now..

And none of you will google it. So this is a reminder to post it later.

It is anniversary meets the rentals, meets outrageous fun.

I want to get into a paint fight. Immediately.

My first comic!

So, I decided to start doing a music based comic strip - hopefully once I get a mac I can create a better one, but here is the first installation of "Electronic Perfection" - Enjoy the travels of Zach and Coupland the robot....

fun lyric of the day

Oh girl, it's true
I can never be away from you
It's like you gloss your lips with glue
Oh we kiss and I am stuck to you

- hellogoodbye, "stuck to you"

Amy Winehouse

If you like that old bluesy, swanky, soulful sound of the 60's, with an upbeat electronic twist, then I HIGHLY reccomend Amy Winehouse. I first heard of it while using Google Music Trends as I frequently check out what is most played in the UK. Then I was listening to passport approved this morning on indie 103 and heard her again. I thought for SURE it was a dj sampling old music from the 60's - but alas! I was incorrect. Her voice is just that cool...

The single "I'm No Good" is the opposite of that....

Check it out: http://www.amywinehouse.co.uk/

and at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/amywinehouse

Back to the Alaska Idea...

So I decided to use Google Earth to check this idea out further - I could so easily go to China as well - this idea stems from a nightmare I had shortly after 9/11. I was terrified to fly, but equally terrified to never see the world. In my dream - it was long - I saw everything out of a Ranger Rover. Ok, so maybe I had just watched The OC or something too - but it was an incredible dream. Please enjoy this image, thanks to Google!

say it ain't so

in honor of hearing Weezer on the radio just now, I thought I would be brave and share a poem I wrote after seeing Weezer in concert in 2001. I wrote this as a reflection of hearing "only in dreams".

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The lights effected my perception.
Made things better, made life real.
My eyes can play horrible tricks, but the mind is worse.
The mind leads to false realities, false hopes, and mental instabilities.
But I am so rational, so responsible - so retarded.
Letting the moment, the lights continue to swirl, "Only in Dreams" playing, but my mind, my mind is swirling more than the lights and is telling me to think of something else, shifts my focus from fun to hell and I am not getting over this anytime soon.
The blues come - first in the form of lights - then next creep into my skin through my pores, and now in my blood, my veins, and it then affects my heart. "Only in Dreams" still playing, my heart still failing, my strong body, but small, meek, weak, drowning spirit, swaying to the beat, wishing Rivers would come to me in the form of "someone" else. Anyone. "Only in Dreams", my oxygen and carbon dioxide are all effected by my nightmare.

HA - I was soooooo immature. I went with a boy that at the time was crushing over. And by definition, a crush must hurt. And they do. And this poem was the result. I love the fact that I found this....

Good night

i want to road trip to europe, or at least russia

why is this such a ridicolous idea?



The distance is only 2.5 miles - build the bridge....

andy warhol on love

"People have so many problems wiht love, always looking for someone to be their Via Venento, their souffle that can't fall. There should be a course in the first grade on love. There should be courses on beauty and love and sex. With love as the biggest course."

new

So I decided to start a new blog. This is offically my 4th blog. In June I will celebrate my 5th anniversary of blogging. Why I know that - don't ask. However, I decided this blog will be more abstract. Myspace will be the usual random whatnots of my life - but this will be different.