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.