thank you for the lovely birthday wishes!
you are wonderful. they made my day. well that, and going to Friendly's.
you rock!
<3
27 February 2010
things that have happened since we last talked:
- i turned 24 (mid-twenties ahhhh!!!!!)
- ate at Friendly's
- added 3 new movies to my library: whale rider, the girl next door, rushmore
*quick story about Rushmore: i got the super nice Criterion Collection version for christmas many years ago. almost immediately lost my copy and have never found it again. went on to amazon to look for it, found out that they are no longer making copies of this version and the ones that exist are like, $40. so, i just bought the normal version until i can wrap my head around spending $40 for a movie.*
- drove through EVERY KIND of bad weather possible including, blizzard, sleet, pouring rain, 70mph winds, fallen trees, roads flooded and lightening ALL in one three hour span. luckily i was with kara.
- watched Post Grad starring Alexis Bledel. great. so, so great. how did her hair look so perfect all the time!?
- saw Shutter Island. it was alright. i figured out pretty much the whole story from seeing the trailer, then i read the book and i was right. thought the movie was good. well-made in terms of filmmaking, i thought. MARTY. LEO. THELMA. wasn't a very scary movie. just some really emotional, disturbing scenes.
- LEO = SUPER HOTTIE.
and now i'm about to go to bed. i'm tired. my mom is here. she's sleeping already. it's 1:40am. i'm tired. we're going to Jake's in the morning for coffee and a treat. i'm very excited about this because i love Jake's coffee place.
ALSO, i have to post a picture of my new chair that i bought on craigslist. it's lime green. and awesome. and i'm sitting in it NOW. i loooooove it.
ok. i'm pretty tired and i'm going to go to bed. have a great sunday!
sunday = funday! never forget that.
talk to you all later!!!!
<3
- ate at Friendly's
- added 3 new movies to my library: whale rider, the girl next door, rushmore
*quick story about Rushmore: i got the super nice Criterion Collection version for christmas many years ago. almost immediately lost my copy and have never found it again. went on to amazon to look for it, found out that they are no longer making copies of this version and the ones that exist are like, $40. so, i just bought the normal version until i can wrap my head around spending $40 for a movie.*
- drove through EVERY KIND of bad weather possible including, blizzard, sleet, pouring rain, 70mph winds, fallen trees, roads flooded and lightening ALL in one three hour span. luckily i was with kara.
- watched Post Grad starring Alexis Bledel. great. so, so great. how did her hair look so perfect all the time!?
- saw Shutter Island. it was alright. i figured out pretty much the whole story from seeing the trailer, then i read the book and i was right. thought the movie was good. well-made in terms of filmmaking, i thought. MARTY. LEO. THELMA. wasn't a very scary movie. just some really emotional, disturbing scenes.
- LEO = SUPER HOTTIE.
and now i'm about to go to bed. i'm tired. my mom is here. she's sleeping already. it's 1:40am. i'm tired. we're going to Jake's in the morning for coffee and a treat. i'm very excited about this because i love Jake's coffee place.
ALSO, i have to post a picture of my new chair that i bought on craigslist. it's lime green. and awesome. and i'm sitting in it NOW. i loooooove it.
ok. i'm pretty tired and i'm going to go to bed. have a great sunday!
sunday = funday! never forget that.
talk to you all later!!!!
<3
22 February 2010
ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep
just finished watching Body Heat. kathleen turner and william hurt. both hotties!!! ted danson was there too. and mickey rourke!
really good movie. thriller! twist ending that i wasn't expecting. it was like, alfonso cuaron's Great Expectations mixed with Wild Things. (florida mixed with hott, sexy and murder)
good movie. i gave it four stars.
nothing much else happened today. when i left you last, i believe i was going to go watch an episode of The O.C. that's right, and i told you that Marissa had just tried to kill herself on painkillers and tequila. in Tijuana a.k.a. "TJ."
well in this episode, her mother tried to send her away to a mental hospital in San Diego! no way! and then her mother threatened to get full custody of Marissa and her sister Katelyn. she's divorcing her husband Jimmy because he has his own investment company and ended up stealing four million dollars from his clients.
Marissa's mom is named Julie. i KNEW there was someone named Julie on the show. unfortunately, it has to be the evil gold-digger trophy wife. ah well.
so much has happened in eight episodes. i can't believe it. and now the school year is starting so i can imagine things will only get crazier.
it's about 1:49am east coast time. just sitting here on my couch listening to some Crash Kings. man, i really like them a lot. have i told you this? great band. Tony has a super great singing voice. i love '14 Arms.'
tuesday night i have to do some cleaning up around here. it's not that messy. just like, straightening, really. Kara is coming up tuesday night! it should be fun, i hope.
i thought about taking down my Christmas decorations today. putting away my little silver tree with the lime green ornaments that Maria gave me. but then i thought, "no, i don't want to." and so i didn't. why should i have to? because it's almost March? okay, maybe. that's a good point.
but, i'm still enjoying the little tree. and the star on top. it's so sweet.
soo... who else is getting psyched for the Bro Tour 2011? am i the only one? i was thinking about it earlier today while i was listening to Tally Hall. and at first i thought, "i wish some of them were brothers so they could be on the tour." and then i thought about it more and decided, "no, i think i like it better how they are just all best friends."
i still think that "yellow tie" looks soooo much like Logan from Veronica Mars. it drives me crazy whenever i see him.
and i still have a crush on "red tie" and now also on "blue tie." and "grey tie." ooo i like grey tie because he's the drummer. and "green tie" is super cute. oh heck, i guess i have a crush on all of them. simply because they're all super funny and adorable.
(uh oh....Ruby's tail won't stop moving. no matter how hard she tries to pin it down with her paw, it still keeps moving. now she'll start running around the house.)
i wish i could go see Tally Hall in boston on 3 march!!!! but i have to be here on the 4th.
HEY, has anybody else realized that the days in March are the exact same days as in February?? like, the dates fall on the same days of the week?? FOR REALZ. how often does that happen? for serious! isn't that crazy! i was pretty shocked/excited when i noticed that on my JoBros calendar.
(i've been looking at March a lot because it's Kevin's picture...)
SPEAKING OF KEVIN - you are not going to believe this. he was the only JoBro NOT to get nominated for a Kids Choice Award. Nick and Joe were nominated for the show, but NOT KEVIN.
WHO DECIDES THIS?!?!?! do they even watch the show??! it's SO OBVIOUS that Kevin is the best one. he's the funniest BY FAR. the best comedy actor. especially over NICK!!! Nick is so awkward and rarely funny because he's "the serious one."
maybe i need to become president of Nickelodeon too. really, do i have to do everything for this country? oh, i suppose so.
alright. it's 2:13am. i have to wake up for staff meeting today. that's at 12:30pm. i should go to bed. i've been sooooo tired all day. i thought i was going to have to take a nap. but, i soldiered on through my boring, uneventful day. i stayed awake during The O.C. i stayed awake during my bath. tough day, staying awake through things.
man, i could really listen to Tony belt all day. and all night. and all everything ever forever and ever.
hey! it's Tuesday!! my favorite day of the week!!!! Ruby's favorite day as well. i think.
have a great day. i'll talk to you later!!!!
"YELLOW TIE, this suave fellow writes
Heterophonic tunes of how love bites
RED, the proud, loud guy we adore
Is my amp too high?
No turn it up more!
So GRAY in the back sippin, yeah, I can hear
Knockin' down the shots like Bill Laimbeer
Send home the locksmith
GREEN'S got the keys to unlock the rock in the act if you please
Now open the case
Give BLUE the bass
And jiggle your badiggle all over the place"
<3
really good movie. thriller! twist ending that i wasn't expecting. it was like, alfonso cuaron's Great Expectations mixed with Wild Things. (florida mixed with hott, sexy and murder)
good movie. i gave it four stars.
nothing much else happened today. when i left you last, i believe i was going to go watch an episode of The O.C. that's right, and i told you that Marissa had just tried to kill herself on painkillers and tequila. in Tijuana a.k.a. "TJ."
well in this episode, her mother tried to send her away to a mental hospital in San Diego! no way! and then her mother threatened to get full custody of Marissa and her sister Katelyn. she's divorcing her husband Jimmy because he has his own investment company and ended up stealing four million dollars from his clients.
Marissa's mom is named Julie. i KNEW there was someone named Julie on the show. unfortunately, it has to be the evil gold-digger trophy wife. ah well.
so much has happened in eight episodes. i can't believe it. and now the school year is starting so i can imagine things will only get crazier.
it's about 1:49am east coast time. just sitting here on my couch listening to some Crash Kings. man, i really like them a lot. have i told you this? great band. Tony has a super great singing voice. i love '14 Arms.'
tuesday night i have to do some cleaning up around here. it's not that messy. just like, straightening, really. Kara is coming up tuesday night! it should be fun, i hope.
i thought about taking down my Christmas decorations today. putting away my little silver tree with the lime green ornaments that Maria gave me. but then i thought, "no, i don't want to." and so i didn't. why should i have to? because it's almost March? okay, maybe. that's a good point.
but, i'm still enjoying the little tree. and the star on top. it's so sweet.
soo... who else is getting psyched for the Bro Tour 2011? am i the only one? i was thinking about it earlier today while i was listening to Tally Hall. and at first i thought, "i wish some of them were brothers so they could be on the tour." and then i thought about it more and decided, "no, i think i like it better how they are just all best friends."
i still think that "yellow tie" looks soooo much like Logan from Veronica Mars. it drives me crazy whenever i see him.
and i still have a crush on "red tie" and now also on "blue tie." and "grey tie." ooo i like grey tie because he's the drummer. and "green tie" is super cute. oh heck, i guess i have a crush on all of them. simply because they're all super funny and adorable.
(uh oh....Ruby's tail won't stop moving. no matter how hard she tries to pin it down with her paw, it still keeps moving. now she'll start running around the house.)
i wish i could go see Tally Hall in boston on 3 march!!!! but i have to be here on the 4th.
HEY, has anybody else realized that the days in March are the exact same days as in February?? like, the dates fall on the same days of the week?? FOR REALZ. how often does that happen? for serious! isn't that crazy! i was pretty shocked/excited when i noticed that on my JoBros calendar.
(i've been looking at March a lot because it's Kevin's picture...)
SPEAKING OF KEVIN - you are not going to believe this. he was the only JoBro NOT to get nominated for a Kids Choice Award. Nick and Joe were nominated for the show, but NOT KEVIN.
WHO DECIDES THIS?!?!?! do they even watch the show??! it's SO OBVIOUS that Kevin is the best one. he's the funniest BY FAR. the best comedy actor. especially over NICK!!! Nick is so awkward and rarely funny because he's "the serious one."
maybe i need to become president of Nickelodeon too. really, do i have to do everything for this country? oh, i suppose so.
alright. it's 2:13am. i have to wake up for staff meeting today. that's at 12:30pm. i should go to bed. i've been sooooo tired all day. i thought i was going to have to take a nap. but, i soldiered on through my boring, uneventful day. i stayed awake during The O.C. i stayed awake during my bath. tough day, staying awake through things.
man, i could really listen to Tony belt all day. and all night. and all everything ever forever and ever.
hey! it's Tuesday!! my favorite day of the week!!!! Ruby's favorite day as well. i think.
have a great day. i'll talk to you later!!!!
"YELLOW TIE, this suave fellow writes
Heterophonic tunes of how love bites
RED, the proud, loud guy we adore
Is my amp too high?
No turn it up more!
So GRAY in the back sippin, yeah, I can hear
Knockin' down the shots like Bill Laimbeer
Send home the locksmith
GREEN'S got the keys to unlock the rock in the act if you please
Now open the case
Give BLUE the bass
And jiggle your badiggle all over the place"
<3
ashes where the bodies burning
i'm getting really freaking excited about the possibility of a Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend in just over two weeks. no, just UNDER two weeks! aahhhh. *don't get too excited in case it doesn't happen!* okay, i won't.
but i can't help it. i'm really excited.
and so i will bombard you with Crash Kings until then. or, at least until my food is done cooking in the toaster.
i think i told you that when we saw Crash Kings in Providence they did a cover of Black Sabbath's song, 'War Pigs,' and i believe i said that they rocked the hell out of this song. i had never heard them play it live before - and it was incredible.
i was searching for Crash Kings videos on youtube that i hadn't seen before and came across some videos from when they were in Jacksonville, Florida on the 26th of January, 2010. and they did their 'War Pigs' cover. and the crowd goes WILD. it's amazing. they're amazing.
and i would like to share that video with you here, right now. i understand if you don't watch the video because you're not familiar with the song. or, maybe you are familiar with the song and just don't like Crash Kings. whatever your reasoning is for not watching the video, i would like you to put those feelings aside and WATCH IT ANYWAYS.
WAR PIGS COVER, Crash Kings, Jacksonville, FL
prepare for amazement. the subject line of this entry, "ashes where the bodies burning" is a line from the song. now normally, i wouldn't use a sentence like this to open an entry because, let's face it, it's a little scary seeming.
BUT, i'm so in love with this cover, that I MYSELF put aside feelings of being scared by the lyrics and used it as the subject.
there you go.
AND NOW, what i have for you, is a review of when Crash Kings were in Portland, Maine performing at The Asylum.
remember the picture of Tony wearing the headband? take that picture, combined with all other Crash Kings videos in the whole world.
THAT MUCH AWESOME doesn't even begin to measure up to the amount of awesome in this review.
it's a review from Bowdoin College's weekly publication. the reviewer is a guy called Cameron Weller. let me just say up front - this guy is in love with Tony. like, totally. nothing to be ashamed about. it's hard to NOT be in love with Tony. i think we all can agree with that.
this review is so crazy insane good. i can't really say anything more. it's SO GOOD. and if reading it doesn't make you want to go see a Crash Kings show, then there is something majorly wrong.
let me just use my favorite part of the review as the link to the page...
Tony may as well have been making love to his clavinet, playing it with wildly moving fingers, his body thrown back in a sort of exorcised pose. His voice exploded with clarity as he belted the memorable lyrics, "I'm sipping on some sunshine!".
this is my favorite part of the review for many reasons. you can probably guess why.
wow. yeah. that guy has a way with imagery.
okay.
yep. there it is.
alright! i believe we just maxed out our pleasure quota per blog post.
so with that - i hope you all are having a lovely monday. i'm very tired today and my eye won't stop twitching. i think i am going to watch an ep of The O.C. Marissa just tried to overdose on painkillers and booze whilst on vaca in Tijuana....so, it's kind of a big episode.
also, the score on The O.C. reminds me A LOT of the score from American Beauty. like, a lot a lot.
ok. go back and look at that Tony pic. YEAH. I KNOW.
talk to you later!
<3
but i can't help it. i'm really excited.
and so i will bombard you with Crash Kings until then. or, at least until my food is done cooking in the toaster.
i think i told you that when we saw Crash Kings in Providence they did a cover of Black Sabbath's song, 'War Pigs,' and i believe i said that they rocked the hell out of this song. i had never heard them play it live before - and it was incredible.
i was searching for Crash Kings videos on youtube that i hadn't seen before and came across some videos from when they were in Jacksonville, Florida on the 26th of January, 2010. and they did their 'War Pigs' cover. and the crowd goes WILD. it's amazing. they're amazing.
and i would like to share that video with you here, right now. i understand if you don't watch the video because you're not familiar with the song. or, maybe you are familiar with the song and just don't like Crash Kings. whatever your reasoning is for not watching the video, i would like you to put those feelings aside and WATCH IT ANYWAYS.
WAR PIGS COVER, Crash Kings, Jacksonville, FL
prepare for amazement. the subject line of this entry, "ashes where the bodies burning" is a line from the song. now normally, i wouldn't use a sentence like this to open an entry because, let's face it, it's a little scary seeming.
BUT, i'm so in love with this cover, that I MYSELF put aside feelings of being scared by the lyrics and used it as the subject.
there you go.
AND NOW, what i have for you, is a review of when Crash Kings were in Portland, Maine performing at The Asylum.
remember the picture of Tony wearing the headband? take that picture, combined with all other Crash Kings videos in the whole world.
THAT MUCH AWESOME doesn't even begin to measure up to the amount of awesome in this review.
it's a review from Bowdoin College's weekly publication. the reviewer is a guy called Cameron Weller. let me just say up front - this guy is in love with Tony. like, totally. nothing to be ashamed about. it's hard to NOT be in love with Tony. i think we all can agree with that.
this review is so crazy insane good. i can't really say anything more. it's SO GOOD. and if reading it doesn't make you want to go see a Crash Kings show, then there is something majorly wrong.
let me just use my favorite part of the review as the link to the page...
Tony may as well have been making love to his clavinet, playing it with wildly moving fingers, his body thrown back in a sort of exorcised pose. His voice exploded with clarity as he belted the memorable lyrics, "I'm sipping on some sunshine!".
this is my favorite part of the review for many reasons. you can probably guess why.
wow. yeah. that guy has a way with imagery.
okay.
yep. there it is.
alright! i believe we just maxed out our pleasure quota per blog post.
so with that - i hope you all are having a lovely monday. i'm very tired today and my eye won't stop twitching. i think i am going to watch an ep of The O.C. Marissa just tried to overdose on painkillers and booze whilst on vaca in Tijuana....so, it's kind of a big episode.
also, the score on The O.C. reminds me A LOT of the score from American Beauty. like, a lot a lot.
ok. go back and look at that Tony pic. YEAH. I KNOW.
talk to you later!
<3
21 February 2010
if there ever was a day that you should get away...
HEY.
so, i'm listening to Owl City right now. why? this is why:
i have recently started following Chelsea Staub on Twitter. don't judge me for this. she is the actress who plays Stella on JONAS. she's awesome and really funny. (joe+stella!)
anyways.
so, i was on her page looking at who else she follows, and one of them was Owl City. i thought to myself, "oh! that's the band that's opening for Crash Kings and JET when they go on tour together next month!"
i clicked on 'owl city's' twitter and saw that he had over two hundred thousand followers. and then i thought, "hm. that's kind of weird that he's the opener of three bands if he has over 200 thousand followers."
so, i went to his website and immediately a song started playing. and i was like, "wow, he sounds like the guy that sings that song....i'd like to blahblahblahsomethingsomethingsomething when planet earth turns slooowwwlllyyyyy it's hard to stay awake blahblahsomethingsomething"
(clearly i'm awesome at figuring out lyrics)
ALSO - he has the best website ever. it's so cute and sweet and happy seeming. i just sat there staring with a huge smile on my face. it makes me so happy.
anyways. so, i was like, "oh, i'll check out his tour section!" and so i did. and saw that he was going to be in europe mostly throughout march. and then i said, "hmm....that's not right, because he's playing with JET and Crash Kings in NY on 6 March!"
so then i went to the website of the music venue in Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights - and went to their calendar.
alas, it's not Owl City playing with JET and Crash Kings. it's a band called Owl. just Owl. not a city of Owl's, just one, singular Owl.
THIS BAND OWL is a little scary seeming. they have an owl with yellow eyes flying around their website. it's three guys - Jason, Chris, and Dan. Dan scares me a lot. he is the drummer. and that's saying a lot, because normally i fall in love with drummers.
anyways, it's these three guys and so i said, "oh! i wonder which of them are the brothers!?" as it turns out, none of them are brothers. so, that's too bad.
it's drums, guitar, and an upright bass in this band. really? yeah. the bass threw me off too.
i haven't listened to any of their music yet, mainly because i'm scared of their website. but, perhaps i will. but maybe not.
so then! i thought, "well, maybe i'll start to learn about JET." because all i know are those two songs:
1. 123 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine! 456 come on and get your kicks 'cause you don't need that money when you look like that, do ya honey?
are those the lyrics? i don't know. i kind of made some of that up.
and,
2. ohhhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of ...........
and then i don't know the rest. even enough to sing 'blah' to. i can't even think of the tune. anyways.
so, i saw the picture of the band and there are four guys. so i immediately thought, "i wonder which two are the brothers?!"
TURNS OUT - there IS a set of brothers in the band JET!!!!! Nic and Chris are the bros. Cam and Mark are the other guys. they are from Australia! who knew?!
JONAS BROTHERS
HANSON
KINGS OF LEON
CRASH KINGS
JET
with special guests
ROBERT and JASON SCHWARTZMAN
yep. the bro tour. i need to organize this immediately.
either that, or organize the "CRASH KINGS OF LEON" tour. yep. see what i did there? i made a mash-up of those two band names. brillz, right? Phantom Planet would be proud. at the end of their concert DVD there's an end bit where they are sitting around in the tour bus doing really long mash-ups of different bands. it's hilarious.
'slick rick james brown'
brillz. anyways.
okay. here's the verdict - all the Owl City songs kind of sound the same. and they're all like, jam packed with imagery and metaphor.
the song 'Vanilla Twilight' reminds me of ........aw crap, what's that song called? by The Postal Service? AAHHHH what's it called?!?! it's in Garden State, but not the Postal Service version. a slow version.
ok, i have to look it up. SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. phew. i cheated, i had to go to my iTunes. but, it was driving me nuts.
and Iron and Wine does the slow version, fyi.
ok what else can i tell you.
i had an adventure day today. well, kind of. but not really.
- i woke up and was content for about ten minutes.
- then, one of the residents CRANKED her hardcore hip hop music and it was so loud, my floor was vibrating.
- then, the two girls started screaming at each other. yes, i could hear all this on my third floor apartment.
- they are screaming. they are swearing. doors are slamming.
JULIE: I need to get out of here immediately.
so, i got ready real quick and LEFT. i felt bad that i was leaving Ruby Tuesday. but, i put her on a chair with a patch of sunlight on it so she would be nice and warm. she doesn't like being in the car anyways.
then i drove to the "sandwich shop" Jake's and got a sandwich.
then i drove down the street to the "coffee shop" Jake's and got a coffee. (the 'Jake's' empire is taking over the Upper Valley. there's also a car wash.)
then i drove to a spot that i had been with my dad while he was staying with me. it's a little picnic area that overlooks the Connecticut River, as well as some sort of power plant that looks like the one from the end of The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep movie.
there were lots of other cars parked there.
there was an empty picnic table sitting on the icy parking lot and so i said, "well, i'll go sit there." kind of because i knew it would be cold. and i was feeling frustrated and sad and i wanted to feel something other than that. so, i decided i wanted to feel cold.
and i went outside and it was cold. and i put in my ipod headphones and had a lovely, freezing cold, solo picnic.
(listening to Owl City makes me want to do the robot.)
and then i finished my sandwich and couldn't feel my hands anymore. so, i went back to my car. i put my car on the "drive-in movie setting" and was still able to play my ipod through the radio, without running down the battery. brillz.
then i called my mom and we talked for a long time. afterwards, i did not feel any better.
so, i decided that i needed another adventure.
i left the icy lot and drove into Hanover, NH. took a left at the main intersection. drove over the Star Wars bridge. into Norwich, VT. down route 5 south. past King Arthur Flour.
(side note:: if i ever start a flour company, it will be called 'Flowery Flour.' how come no one has ever thought of this?!)
and then i came to the point where i could have turned left and went back home. or, i could go straight and continue to route 4 west, which would lead me to the Quechee Gorge. and i decided that i wanted to see the gorge.
so! i took route 4 west for 7 miles and ended up at the gorge. i parked in the little parking lot and walked across the bridge.
whoa! it never ceases to amaze me! it was gorge-ous. there were two couples walking along the bridge with me. i wondered why they were there. for a day adventure too?
i stayed there for a few minutes. (if you're heading west, the left side of the bridge is better.)
and then i left the gorge.
drove east on route 4. south on 89. then i got off at exit 20, went to the grocery store and got a few groceries, including vanilla soy milk and 100% whole wheat multigrain bread. and coffee.
and then i headed home. there was nobody else in the house when i got back, which was nice because it was quiet for a few minutes.
then i took a really long bath. and i listened to good music.
then i put on my pajamas and went to work.
immediately got into an argument with one of the residents.
i was thinking tonight while i was in the bath, "i need to make a birthday playlist!" i have made one for the past two years. the birthday playlist includes my current favorite songs. it's a good way to keep track of my ever-changing music preferences.
OH HEY - did JET perform at the Winter Olympics? like, last week? because i went to their website and it said, "watch JET perform at the Winter Olympics!" and i thought, "hm."
and since i think i am the only person on the planet who hasn't watched any olympics and hasn't followed any coverage whatsoever.... i figured you might know.
BUT IT'S FUNNY - because Crash Kings should have performed! um, they write the best songs about winter, duh! and the outdoors. i read some Crash Kings fan posts saying that people thought 'Mountain Man' should be the theme song for the USA Ski Team.
HEY! in honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics, i will post some lovely photos that i believe you will enjoy:
it's Kara and I at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. you can read that on the sign. when Kara, my dad and I went on our super huge, super adventurous, super awesome Canadian Adventure a few summers ago, we went to the Olympic Park in Calgary.
for this picture, i was SITTING ON the bobsled track. no way! yes way! and we've all seen the movie Cool Runnings. which is about the bobsled team from Jamaica at the Calgary Olympics. yeah. that's the track. cool, right?
AND THIS PICTURE was taken in Vancouver, at the construction site for the 2010 Olympics! that's happening right now! i don't know which building they were building - but here they are building it! and they are using it right now! that's pretty cool.
yeah. that was an awesome trip.
ANYWAYS. it's 12:37am and i have to eat supper now. and go watch more of The O.C.
YEAH. THE O.C. i started watching it. i'm five episodes in. um, it's great. it's turning out to be way more bromantic than i expected. Seth and Ryan? yeah. total dude-bros. they're really cute. Seth overall is amazing. he's really funny.
i wish Rachel Bilson wasn't so annoying because she's so cute. and i wish Mischa Barton was a better actress.
but! in the very second episode, she's in the car with Seth and Ryan and Rooney is playing on the radio! and she says something like, "oh, i love this band!" or something like that! and that made me really happy and excited BECAUSE she dated Taylor Locke for a long time! the guitarist for Rooney!! who i was making eyes at during the Rooney concert in december! and then he held my hand for a minute during the meet-and-greet. yeah. it was more romantic than it sounds, trust me.
so that made me happy.
and i kind of semi-forgot that Phantom Planet did the theme song. so, that's really exciting. ESPECIALLY in that second episode because Phantom Planet and Rooney are brother bands. each one separately started by a Schwartzman brother. (appearing on the Bro Tour 2011!)
(i figure we'll start scheduling for 2011 because i'm kind of assuming Crash Kings are booked for the rest of the year.)
anyways. i like The O.C. so far. i mean, i'm five episodes in and:
- a house has burned down
- someone has been shot
- cocaine has been done
so, yeah.
OH! i wanted to post a link to THE CHAIR I AM GETTING THIS WEEK!!!!!
yeah, i'm getting a new chair. it's going to be a desk chair for the front room of my apartment with the desk in it. i'm very excited about it. kara is coming to get it with me and we're turning it into a Sister Adventure.
perhaps we'll photo-tweet the day. that sounds fun.
anyways, okay. i think that's all. writing this has put me in a good mood. i think it's a pretty good blog post. lots of links to different things. i like it. and some photos! hopefully some humor. some inspiration. some useless information. the norm.
alright. have a wonderful monday. just imagine the kind of possibility this week holds for us!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!!!!!!!
okay, now i'm really excited. MY BIRTHDAY!!!! the best day out of the whole year!
i love going out places on your birthday, because to everyone else, it's just a normal day. but it's not! because it's YOUR birthday! anything but normal! it's like an immortal person walking amongst mortals. they probably look the same, but they're not, because they're immortal.
i might look the same as everyone else on 25 february, but i'm not! because it's my birthday!
i should really get some kind of shirt that reads, "it's my birthday today" or something. or, "today is my favorite day of the year. ask me why!" i like that one.
this year i'll be 24. 24 on the 25th.
NEXT YEAR - 25 on the 25th. yikes. that's a big one. where your age is also the number of your birth date.
i should have a huge blow-out party.
maybe the Bro Tour 2011 will start on 25 February. then i can go to the Bro Tour on my birthday. THAT would rock.
oh man. KEVIN. ZAC. TONY. ROBERT AND JASON.
and the opening band for the Bro Tour could be called the Non-Brother Band, and it could be composed of the non-brothers on the Bro Tour.
example:
Jason, from Crash Kings is not a brother of Mike and Tony
Cam and Mark, are not brothers of Chris and Nic in JET
Matthew, from Kings of Leon is not a brother of the other three
that's a four-man band. it could work. i only know that Jason plays drums. i don't know what the other guys do in their respective bands.
wow. i think i have a really good idea. this is gonna rock.
AND THEN - in the big finale of the Bro Tour, ALL the bands could come out and do a huge cover of 'Get Together' by The Youngbloods!!!! "smile on your brother, everybody get together, try and love one another right now!"
oh wow. this is great. so great. how clever am i? i am so clever. there will be so much love on the Bro Tour. just imagine all those moms! of all those bros! their moms will be so happy.
okay. enough. i'm excited now. so is Ruby Tuesday because she's running crazy around the house.
okay. have a great day. i'll talk to you all later.
if there ever was a day that you should get away
i feel it in my bones, i think today's the day
<3
so, i'm listening to Owl City right now. why? this is why:
i have recently started following Chelsea Staub on Twitter. don't judge me for this. she is the actress who plays Stella on JONAS. she's awesome and really funny. (joe+stella!)
anyways.
so, i was on her page looking at who else she follows, and one of them was Owl City. i thought to myself, "oh! that's the band that's opening for Crash Kings and JET when they go on tour together next month!"
i clicked on 'owl city's' twitter and saw that he had over two hundred thousand followers. and then i thought, "hm. that's kind of weird that he's the opener of three bands if he has over 200 thousand followers."
so, i went to his website and immediately a song started playing. and i was like, "wow, he sounds like the guy that sings that song....i'd like to blahblahblahsomethingsomethingsomething when planet earth turns slooowwwlllyyyyy it's hard to stay awake blahblahsomethingsomething"
(clearly i'm awesome at figuring out lyrics)
ALSO - he has the best website ever. it's so cute and sweet and happy seeming. i just sat there staring with a huge smile on my face. it makes me so happy.
anyways. so, i was like, "oh, i'll check out his tour section!" and so i did. and saw that he was going to be in europe mostly throughout march. and then i said, "hmm....that's not right, because he's playing with JET and Crash Kings in NY on 6 March!"
so then i went to the website of the music venue in Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights - and went to their calendar.
alas, it's not Owl City playing with JET and Crash Kings. it's a band called Owl. just Owl. not a city of Owl's, just one, singular Owl.
THIS BAND OWL is a little scary seeming. they have an owl with yellow eyes flying around their website. it's three guys - Jason, Chris, and Dan. Dan scares me a lot. he is the drummer. and that's saying a lot, because normally i fall in love with drummers.
anyways, it's these three guys and so i said, "oh! i wonder which of them are the brothers!?" as it turns out, none of them are brothers. so, that's too bad.
it's drums, guitar, and an upright bass in this band. really? yeah. the bass threw me off too.
i haven't listened to any of their music yet, mainly because i'm scared of their website. but, perhaps i will. but maybe not.
so then! i thought, "well, maybe i'll start to learn about JET." because all i know are those two songs:
1. 123 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine! 456 come on and get your kicks 'cause you don't need that money when you look like that, do ya honey?
are those the lyrics? i don't know. i kind of made some of that up.
and,
2. ohhhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of ...........
and then i don't know the rest. even enough to sing 'blah' to. i can't even think of the tune. anyways.
so, i saw the picture of the band and there are four guys. so i immediately thought, "i wonder which two are the brothers?!"
TURNS OUT - there IS a set of brothers in the band JET!!!!! Nic and Chris are the bros. Cam and Mark are the other guys. they are from Australia! who knew?!
JONAS BROTHERS
HANSON
KINGS OF LEON
CRASH KINGS
JET
with special guests
ROBERT and JASON SCHWARTZMAN
yep. the bro tour. i need to organize this immediately.
either that, or organize the "CRASH KINGS OF LEON" tour. yep. see what i did there? i made a mash-up of those two band names. brillz, right? Phantom Planet would be proud. at the end of their concert DVD there's an end bit where they are sitting around in the tour bus doing really long mash-ups of different bands. it's hilarious.
'slick rick james brown'
brillz. anyways.
okay. here's the verdict - all the Owl City songs kind of sound the same. and they're all like, jam packed with imagery and metaphor.
the song 'Vanilla Twilight' reminds me of ........aw crap, what's that song called? by The Postal Service? AAHHHH what's it called?!?! it's in Garden State, but not the Postal Service version. a slow version.
ok, i have to look it up. SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. phew. i cheated, i had to go to my iTunes. but, it was driving me nuts.
and Iron and Wine does the slow version, fyi.
ok what else can i tell you.
i had an adventure day today. well, kind of. but not really.
- i woke up and was content for about ten minutes.
- then, one of the residents CRANKED her hardcore hip hop music and it was so loud, my floor was vibrating.
- then, the two girls started screaming at each other. yes, i could hear all this on my third floor apartment.
- they are screaming. they are swearing. doors are slamming.
JULIE: I need to get out of here immediately.
so, i got ready real quick and LEFT. i felt bad that i was leaving Ruby Tuesday. but, i put her on a chair with a patch of sunlight on it so she would be nice and warm. she doesn't like being in the car anyways.
then i drove to the "sandwich shop" Jake's and got a sandwich.
then i drove down the street to the "coffee shop" Jake's and got a coffee. (the 'Jake's' empire is taking over the Upper Valley. there's also a car wash.)
then i drove to a spot that i had been with my dad while he was staying with me. it's a little picnic area that overlooks the Connecticut River, as well as some sort of power plant that looks like the one from the end of The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep movie.
there were lots of other cars parked there.
there was an empty picnic table sitting on the icy parking lot and so i said, "well, i'll go sit there." kind of because i knew it would be cold. and i was feeling frustrated and sad and i wanted to feel something other than that. so, i decided i wanted to feel cold.
and i went outside and it was cold. and i put in my ipod headphones and had a lovely, freezing cold, solo picnic.
(listening to Owl City makes me want to do the robot.)
and then i finished my sandwich and couldn't feel my hands anymore. so, i went back to my car. i put my car on the "drive-in movie setting" and was still able to play my ipod through the radio, without running down the battery. brillz.
then i called my mom and we talked for a long time. afterwards, i did not feel any better.
so, i decided that i needed another adventure.
i left the icy lot and drove into Hanover, NH. took a left at the main intersection. drove over the Star Wars bridge. into Norwich, VT. down route 5 south. past King Arthur Flour.
(side note:: if i ever start a flour company, it will be called 'Flowery Flour.' how come no one has ever thought of this?!)
and then i came to the point where i could have turned left and went back home. or, i could go straight and continue to route 4 west, which would lead me to the Quechee Gorge. and i decided that i wanted to see the gorge.
so! i took route 4 west for 7 miles and ended up at the gorge. i parked in the little parking lot and walked across the bridge.
whoa! it never ceases to amaze me! it was gorge-ous. there were two couples walking along the bridge with me. i wondered why they were there. for a day adventure too?
i stayed there for a few minutes. (if you're heading west, the left side of the bridge is better.)
and then i left the gorge.
drove east on route 4. south on 89. then i got off at exit 20, went to the grocery store and got a few groceries, including vanilla soy milk and 100% whole wheat multigrain bread. and coffee.
and then i headed home. there was nobody else in the house when i got back, which was nice because it was quiet for a few minutes.
then i took a really long bath. and i listened to good music.
then i put on my pajamas and went to work.
immediately got into an argument with one of the residents.
i was thinking tonight while i was in the bath, "i need to make a birthday playlist!" i have made one for the past two years. the birthday playlist includes my current favorite songs. it's a good way to keep track of my ever-changing music preferences.
OH HEY - did JET perform at the Winter Olympics? like, last week? because i went to their website and it said, "watch JET perform at the Winter Olympics!" and i thought, "hm."
and since i think i am the only person on the planet who hasn't watched any olympics and hasn't followed any coverage whatsoever.... i figured you might know.
BUT IT'S FUNNY - because Crash Kings should have performed! um, they write the best songs about winter, duh! and the outdoors. i read some Crash Kings fan posts saying that people thought 'Mountain Man' should be the theme song for the USA Ski Team.
HEY! in honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics, i will post some lovely photos that i believe you will enjoy:
it's Kara and I at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. you can read that on the sign. when Kara, my dad and I went on our super huge, super adventurous, super awesome Canadian Adventure a few summers ago, we went to the Olympic Park in Calgary.
for this picture, i was SITTING ON the bobsled track. no way! yes way! and we've all seen the movie Cool Runnings. which is about the bobsled team from Jamaica at the Calgary Olympics. yeah. that's the track. cool, right?
AND THIS PICTURE was taken in Vancouver, at the construction site for the 2010 Olympics! that's happening right now! i don't know which building they were building - but here they are building it! and they are using it right now! that's pretty cool.
yeah. that was an awesome trip.
ANYWAYS. it's 12:37am and i have to eat supper now. and go watch more of The O.C.
YEAH. THE O.C. i started watching it. i'm five episodes in. um, it's great. it's turning out to be way more bromantic than i expected. Seth and Ryan? yeah. total dude-bros. they're really cute. Seth overall is amazing. he's really funny.
i wish Rachel Bilson wasn't so annoying because she's so cute. and i wish Mischa Barton was a better actress.
but! in the very second episode, she's in the car with Seth and Ryan and Rooney is playing on the radio! and she says something like, "oh, i love this band!" or something like that! and that made me really happy and excited BECAUSE she dated Taylor Locke for a long time! the guitarist for Rooney!! who i was making eyes at during the Rooney concert in december! and then he held my hand for a minute during the meet-and-greet. yeah. it was more romantic than it sounds, trust me.
so that made me happy.
and i kind of semi-forgot that Phantom Planet did the theme song. so, that's really exciting. ESPECIALLY in that second episode because Phantom Planet and Rooney are brother bands. each one separately started by a Schwartzman brother. (appearing on the Bro Tour 2011!)
(i figure we'll start scheduling for 2011 because i'm kind of assuming Crash Kings are booked for the rest of the year.)
anyways. i like The O.C. so far. i mean, i'm five episodes in and:
- a house has burned down
- someone has been shot
- cocaine has been done
so, yeah.
OH! i wanted to post a link to THE CHAIR I AM GETTING THIS WEEK!!!!!
yeah, i'm getting a new chair. it's going to be a desk chair for the front room of my apartment with the desk in it. i'm very excited about it. kara is coming to get it with me and we're turning it into a Sister Adventure.
perhaps we'll photo-tweet the day. that sounds fun.
anyways, okay. i think that's all. writing this has put me in a good mood. i think it's a pretty good blog post. lots of links to different things. i like it. and some photos! hopefully some humor. some inspiration. some useless information. the norm.
alright. have a wonderful monday. just imagine the kind of possibility this week holds for us!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!!!!!!!
okay, now i'm really excited. MY BIRTHDAY!!!! the best day out of the whole year!
i love going out places on your birthday, because to everyone else, it's just a normal day. but it's not! because it's YOUR birthday! anything but normal! it's like an immortal person walking amongst mortals. they probably look the same, but they're not, because they're immortal.
i might look the same as everyone else on 25 february, but i'm not! because it's my birthday!
i should really get some kind of shirt that reads, "it's my birthday today" or something. or, "today is my favorite day of the year. ask me why!" i like that one.
this year i'll be 24. 24 on the 25th.
NEXT YEAR - 25 on the 25th. yikes. that's a big one. where your age is also the number of your birth date.
i should have a huge blow-out party.
maybe the Bro Tour 2011 will start on 25 February. then i can go to the Bro Tour on my birthday. THAT would rock.
oh man. KEVIN. ZAC. TONY. ROBERT AND JASON.
and the opening band for the Bro Tour could be called the Non-Brother Band, and it could be composed of the non-brothers on the Bro Tour.
example:
Jason, from Crash Kings is not a brother of Mike and Tony
Cam and Mark, are not brothers of Chris and Nic in JET
Matthew, from Kings of Leon is not a brother of the other three
that's a four-man band. it could work. i only know that Jason plays drums. i don't know what the other guys do in their respective bands.
wow. i think i have a really good idea. this is gonna rock.
AND THEN - in the big finale of the Bro Tour, ALL the bands could come out and do a huge cover of 'Get Together' by The Youngbloods!!!! "smile on your brother, everybody get together, try and love one another right now!"
oh wow. this is great. so great. how clever am i? i am so clever. there will be so much love on the Bro Tour. just imagine all those moms! of all those bros! their moms will be so happy.
okay. enough. i'm excited now. so is Ruby Tuesday because she's running crazy around the house.
okay. have a great day. i'll talk to you all later.
if there ever was a day that you should get away
i feel it in my bones, i think today's the day
<3
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