After disliking all the USA-tastic bathing suits I saw at Walmart & Target, I decided I’d declare my own independence by making my own. I got tips from this video & winged a lot of it. Here goes:
These are my new Mizuno running shoes. I’m super paranoid that I got a half-size too big, but the truth of the matter is only one of them is too big. I always knew my left foot was bigger than the right, but I never thought it was a whole half size bigger! This is ridiculous. I tried putting two socks on my right foot, but then the width was too snug and I was afraid it would just make the shoe even bigger. So I’m just sucking it up. I’m probably just whining because I’m still emotionally attached to my pink Mizunos I’ve been wearing for the past year anyway.
Next stop: Pussycat Doll Abs
The Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” has got to be one of the greatest songs ever created, or at least one of my very favorites. I figured I should document this for future reference.
Also, I just found this video of them performing it live with David Bowie. Perfection.
Somethin’ filled up
my heart with nothin’,
someone told me not to cry.
But now that I’m older,
my heart’s colder,
and I can see that it’s a lie.
Children wake up,
hold your mistake up,
before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don’t grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We’re just a million little gods causin’ rain storms turnin’ every good thing to
rust.
I guess we’ll just have to adjust.
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’ to be
when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am goin’
With my lightnin’ bolts a glowin’
I can see where I am, go-go, where I am
You’d better look out below
I made a “Monday Playlist” last week at work (6dollarshirts), but I’m not sure anyone saw it but me. Since it’s Monday, I figured I’d share it here as well. It includes links to the songs/videos on YouTube. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
1.David Bowie – “Changes”
2.Lissie – “Cuckoo”
3.Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
4.Kid Cudi – “Up Up & Away”
5.Vampire Weekend – “Oxford Comma”
6.Rilo Kiley – “Portions For Foxes”
7.Cage The Elephant – “Shake Me Down” (<–very cool music video)
8.MGMT – “Time To Pretend”
9.Young The Giant – “My Body”
10.Frank Turner – “Peggy Sang The Blues”
11.Panic! At The Disco – “Ballad of Mona Lisa”
12.The Dirty Heads – “Lay Me Down”
13.Pepper – “No Control”
14.O.A.R. – “This Town”
15.311 – “Don’t Tread On Me”
16.Jimi Hendrix – “Castles Made of Sand”
17.Van Morrison – “Into The Mystic”
18.Real Big Fish – “Beer“
Anyway, it’s also pretty harmful to my bank account because I am very easily distracted by beauty & hair products – they have a wonderfully vast selection. My latest Walgreens impulse buy was Sally Hanson’s Crackle Overcoat nail polish in “fractured foil.”
It doesn’t exactly look how it does in the ads, but neither do McDonald’s cheeseburgers and they’re delicious.. so here goes:
First apply the undercoat – I’m only including photos of my left hand, as the right hand always looks diseased after I paint it left-handedly
Note: The weirdness on my palm serves as my planner on a day-to-day basis
This is my beaglier (Beagle/Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) Ziggy Stardust posing for the camera
Watch, the foil is starting to fracture
Hello All,
So, for now these are the sorts of things you can expect to see on the blog. I will include old stuff, new stuff and even some “tutorials” on how I did this or that.
Turns out the Zac Brown Band won’t be at the DMB concert. Bummer, but Gov’t Mule is opening for them and I’ve heard lots of good things. Definitely stoked.
So I’m a big movie fan, and I’ve noticed that a lot of big movies lately haven’t had all that great of soundtracks. It’s such a shame, I think, since good music automatically makes me like a movie at least 10% more. I mean, how many Linkin Park songs can you fit in one movie, Transformers? The only thing worse than a bad soundtrack, however, is an amazing one that doesn’t include any of the songs from it on the CD…
Here’s my list of top 10 movie soundtracks- in no particular order:
1. Garden State (Zac Braff is amazing)
2. Whip It
3. Clueless (Who doesn’t love “Rollin’ With The Homies?”)
4. The Hangover (Great party music)
5. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Meatloaf? Yes, please!)
6. Sixteen Candles (OK, maybe I just love “If You Were Here”..a lot.)
7. O Brother, Where Art Tho?
8. High Fidelity (Jack Black even sings “Let’s Get It On” at the end!)
9. Grease (And Grease II, but apparently no one else liked it except me & my sister. “Cool Rider” was one of my FAVORITE songs back in the day!)
10. The Graduate (Thank you, Simon & Garfunkel!)
..And as a former ultra Spice Girls fan, I feel the need to share the rumor going around that got me all excited. Supposedly there is a Spice Girls musical coming out, Mamma Mia-style.. Until it’s confirmed, here’s to wishful thinking! 🙂
Cecelia, Barbara Ann, Amanda, Roxanne, Prudence, Maggie..
All names of women featured in amazing songs. Unfortunately “MacKensie” doesn’t creep into love songs all that often… So I have decided that being a serial killer in “Mack the Knife” is better than wearing silver buttons all down my back, back, back.
I’m a journalism student at the University of Florida with a ridiculous obsession with music. I’ve been told I know the words to every song (don’t be fooled, I make them up when I don’t) and I am sure to have at least one favorite song from every genre. In this blog I will describe my passion for music by rambling on about the good, bad, new, old and every concert I lose my voice at–Two weeks ago I saw Rooney in Gainesville.. I totally screamed like a 12-year-old AND my friend caught both of the guitar picks tossed into the crowd. The other chicks were so pissed.
“Cigarettes are raining hard on the Upper East Side. She brings me a cake, we celebrate, I have arrived. And I know that it’s been said before, but you’re my human holiday. I put my hands on the table and dare say the love of my life.”- Fun.
Enjoy!
