6.12.2008
I [heart] The Internets Roundup: 6.6.08 - 6.12.08
Kind of paltry this week; I've been distracted. Real life!
Dooce guest blogger Sarah Brown relates the 'three best bits of relationship advice ever given, I immediately subscribe to her blog.
I AM COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THIS JEWELRY.
Modified Hitler. What do we think?
Oh, nature. You so crazy. Ahhdfjkhgfdjkgdf.
And lastly, to brighten your day, this old Czech cartoon - "The Mole & The Music" (via Drawn!). One time all my dreams were about moles for an entire week. True story.
Dooce guest blogger Sarah Brown relates the 'three best bits of relationship advice ever given, I immediately subscribe to her blog.
I AM COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THIS JEWELRY.
Modified Hitler. What do we think?
Oh, nature. You so crazy. Ahhdfjkhgfdjkgdf.
And lastly, to brighten your day, this old Czech cartoon - "The Mole & The Music" (via Drawn!). One time all my dreams were about moles for an entire week. True story.
6.06.2008
I [heart] The Internets Roundup: 5.30.08 - 6.6.08
Wooo-ey!
Sweet urban clothing + well loved Nintendo characters. I wish I had thought of it first, really. Christmas presents for all my boys!
I know my previous post was a link to him, but start reading Michael Ian Black's blog already. He's kind of my favorite, ever.
RE: becoming a better person, altruism, resolutions, and all that other shit I've been talking about all the time lately.
Gobama! by Ben Brown. Oh, pixels.
I started a wordie account, which is pretty and fun.
I've always had a fondness for the more esoteric aspects of traditional animation.
NEW. TILLY. VIDEO.
Right on the heels of Jim Davis saying he finds Garfield Minus Garfield fascinating, this new one might be my favorite yet. I laughed out loud at four in the morning.
Hey look, it's the most horrifying terrible movie trailer of all time, ever!
Mary Gairskill reading Nabakov... Mmmmhmm!
ICE on MARS, y'all.
This is getting linked all over the place (congratulations!), but John's post about gender rules and the disadvantages of being a man prompted me to stay up wayyyyyy too late last night reading and thinking about the topic. There's a lot of talk in the comments field about the MetaFilter deletion, but the issue at the heart of the post is going to be runnin' around in my brain for awhile.
My recently discovered third favorite music video of all time is this Phosphorescent video (this is number one, in case you're new to me and I haven't forced it down your throat already, and this is number two. Yes, I like sad music. Nice to meet you, I'm Summer.) :
Sweet urban clothing + well loved Nintendo characters. I wish I had thought of it first, really. Christmas presents for all my boys!
I know my previous post was a link to him, but start reading Michael Ian Black's blog already. He's kind of my favorite, ever.
RE: becoming a better person, altruism, resolutions, and all that other shit I've been talking about all the time lately.
Gobama! by Ben Brown. Oh, pixels.
I started a wordie account, which is pretty and fun.
I've always had a fondness for the more esoteric aspects of traditional animation.
NEW. TILLY. VIDEO.
Right on the heels of Jim Davis saying he finds Garfield Minus Garfield fascinating, this new one might be my favorite yet. I laughed out loud at four in the morning.
Hey look, it's the most horrifying terrible movie trailer of all time, ever!
Mary Gairskill reading Nabakov... Mmmmhmm!
ICE on MARS, y'all.
This is getting linked all over the place (congratulations!), but John's post about gender rules and the disadvantages of being a man prompted me to stay up wayyyyyy too late last night reading and thinking about the topic. There's a lot of talk in the comments field about the MetaFilter deletion, but the issue at the heart of the post is going to be runnin' around in my brain for awhile.
My recently discovered third favorite music video of all time is this Phosphorescent video (this is number one, in case you're new to me and I haven't forced it down your throat already, and this is number two. Yes, I like sad music. Nice to meet you, I'm Summer.) :
Labels: internets, music, roundup, youtube
6.05.2008
"Politicians [...] respond to the people who vote for them, not to the people who ignore them."
Michael Ian Black articulates an argument I've been trying to make for years.
Seriously, please read this -- especially if you consider yourself 'too liberal' for the democratic party, and especially especially if we've argued about that before. His post summarizes my stance so perfectly that I want to print it out and carry around copies with me in my purse.
My long standing crush on MIB is experiencing exponential growth.
Seriously, please read this -- especially if you consider yourself 'too liberal' for the democratic party, and especially especially if we've argued about that before. His post summarizes my stance so perfectly that I want to print it out and carry around copies with me in my purse.
My long standing crush on MIB is experiencing exponential growth.
6.01.2008
in which i crack myself up on google chat.
me: there's a song on the upcoming okkervil river album called "On Tour With Zykos"
like, really.
gomillis: haha
so are you still down for hanging out tomorrow?
me: yeah man.
"on tour with zykos" though? really? i can't stop wondering what that song will sound like.
gomillis: it'll just be about hanging with the dudes
having fun, playin jams
me: i'm hoping he actually sings 'booher' at some point during the song
'booher is everywhere'
'look at his hair'
'bear'
'bare'
that's a really good impression of okkervil river lyric stylings right there.
like, really.
gomillis: haha
so are you still down for hanging out tomorrow?
me: yeah man.
"on tour with zykos" though? really? i can't stop wondering what that song will sound like.
gomillis: it'll just be about hanging with the dudes
having fun, playin jams
me: i'm hoping he actually sings 'booher' at some point during the song
'booher is everywhere'
'look at his hair'
'bear'
'bare'
that's a really good impression of okkervil river lyric stylings right there.
Labels: funny, internets, lovedones, music, okkervilriver
5.30.2008
I [heart] The Internets Roundup: 5.26.08 - 5.30.08
Hi hi hi!
I am completely addicted to playing DinoRun. Thanks, Ben. I think. I just like games that only involve running around at full speed. See Katamari Damacy and Grand Theft Auto 4.
Speaking of games, who's excited about Spore? Me. You will be too, if you aren't already. We're all going to disappear the day this game is released.
Okkervil River reveals full details of the next album, courtesy Pitchfork. With new artwork by the lovely and talented William Schaff.
Skittles Vodka. Neat.
Sarah sent me this article about a frog that breaks it own bones to produce claws. It also has sideburns. Color me horrified and disgusted. I spent about half an hour in the BookPeople cafe yesterday showing this article to pretty much everyone that walked by and trying to reach a consensus that this thing rivals the Aye Aye and those creepy frogs that lay eggs inside their own backs in 'nightmare' factor. Yikes.
Cute Overload featured the most heartbreaking and, well, cute Warner Brothers cartoon EVER. I watched this a few weeks ago and it almost made me cry, you should watch it right now if you haven't seen it. Oh, Chuck Jones.
I like these prints by Frank Chimero very very much.
Buy me this watch, thanks.
BAGEL PARTY: My favorite Kochalka in a long time, yo.
And my favorite Softer World comic in a long time, too.
Jac blogged about my manifesto posts. :)
Totes killer Daytrotter session with The Mountain Goats. Mmm daytrotter.
Cool video for Noah and the Whale, courtesy It's Nice That. Those Noah and the Whale boys are the most adorbs, no?
Download and listen (click on the first track) to this awesome mix of foreign language covers of pop oldies. Brilliant!
This kid who got a dinosaur comics tattoo is totally my hero. My hero.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ('thanks' to Jeff Freeman, the brilliant mind behind my Re-Entry and a pretty good zombie)
Lastly, how much do we love this little guy?
Answer: lots. Lots and lots.
I am completely addicted to playing DinoRun. Thanks, Ben. I think. I just like games that only involve running around at full speed. See Katamari Damacy and Grand Theft Auto 4.
Speaking of games, who's excited about Spore? Me. You will be too, if you aren't already. We're all going to disappear the day this game is released.
Okkervil River reveals full details of the next album, courtesy Pitchfork. With new artwork by the lovely and talented William Schaff.
Skittles Vodka. Neat.
Sarah sent me this article about a frog that breaks it own bones to produce claws. It also has sideburns. Color me horrified and disgusted. I spent about half an hour in the BookPeople cafe yesterday showing this article to pretty much everyone that walked by and trying to reach a consensus that this thing rivals the Aye Aye and those creepy frogs that lay eggs inside their own backs in 'nightmare' factor. Yikes.
Cute Overload featured the most heartbreaking and, well, cute Warner Brothers cartoon EVER. I watched this a few weeks ago and it almost made me cry, you should watch it right now if you haven't seen it. Oh, Chuck Jones.
I like these prints by Frank Chimero very very much.
Buy me this watch, thanks.
BAGEL PARTY: My favorite Kochalka in a long time, yo.
And my favorite Softer World comic in a long time, too.
Jac blogged about my manifesto posts. :)
Totes killer Daytrotter session with The Mountain Goats. Mmm daytrotter.
Cool video for Noah and the Whale, courtesy It's Nice That. Those Noah and the Whale boys are the most adorbs, no?
Download and listen (click on the first track) to this awesome mix of foreign language covers of pop oldies. Brilliant!
This kid who got a dinosaur comics tattoo is totally my hero. My hero.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ('thanks' to Jeff Freeman, the brilliant mind behind my Re-Entry and a pretty good zombie)
Lastly, how much do we love this little guy?
Answer: lots. Lots and lots.
5.26.2008
I [heart] The Internets: Weekly Roundup
Brad's miniseries - China, Illinois - debuted on Adult Swim last night! It's now up in it's entirety at the link. If you don't 'get it', we're probably not friends. Not safe for work. Not one bit! I went and read a bunch of reactions on the adultswim forums because I was curious. That was a mistake. People aren't very smart sometimes.
On a thread titled 'brad neely':
Person A: why does that name sound familiar?
Person B: wizards
Person A: o yeah that babycakes guy.
I love it when people ask things like why the name Brad Neely sounds familiar while they're ON. THE. INTERNET. Let's make wikipedia bookmarks the law!
This is a few weeks old, but MAN I LOVE SHOWALTER!
Best Song to Do "The Rock Lobster" To: "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's
Second Best Song to Do "The Rock Lobster" To: N/A
I want this t-shirt, thx.
Also a few weeks old (sue me, I've been in a myspace haze), but worth reading, is my friend Cindy Hotpoint's blog entry on seeing Shearwater in NYC. I got chills a couple times while reading it.
I like Jax's post about how it's okay to vote for Obama because he's foxy. Just kidding, that's not what it's about. Or, well... Just go read it!
Have you looked at The Ones We Love?? It's a really beautiful photography project where several dozen young photographers were asked to shoot their loved one(s) in an outdoor setting. Just click on photographers and start randomly looking around. It will remind you of all the faces you keep in your pocket and what they look like in the sunshine.
I'm kind of obsessed with Jena Malone and how weird/awesome she is.
I posted this new mix for Rissa on artofthemix, which is an old old old school website for posting mix CDs. The mix owes a lot to the mix project people, especially Andy and Craig, and also to Said The Gramophone. Art of the mix is one of my favorite websites. It's been around for-ever and hasn't changed much at all. I know everyone is gaga over Muxtape, but AOTM will always be my sentimental favorite mix-related site. I recently re-discovered my old username on the site -- which I don't remember the password for, because it was That long ago. I posted mixes NINE YEARS AGO on this site. NINE YEARS AGO (for Joshua). Don't judge me, I was sixteen years old! That makes me feel craaaaaazy!
'Okkervil River' on Cooking with Rockstars, if you haven't. I'm totally gonna make that chocolate caramel tart Will Sheff has up. It sounds ridiculous! I've already used Zach Thomas's grandmother's buttermilk pie recipe from this weird book. It was excellent. Cooking recipes from your favorite bands is kind of the ultimate step in fandom weirdness, yes?
Craig Thompson's abandoned work. I would say it makes me feel better to know that Thompson starts things he never finishes too, except that nothing I've ever started OR finished is half as wonderful as that little rejected chicken. Sigh.
Last but not least, PICTURES FROM MARS!
On a thread titled 'brad neely':
Person A: why does that name sound familiar?
Person B: wizards
Person A: o yeah that babycakes guy.
I love it when people ask things like why the name Brad Neely sounds familiar while they're ON. THE. INTERNET. Let's make wikipedia bookmarks the law!
This is a few weeks old, but MAN I LOVE SHOWALTER!
Best Song to Do "The Rock Lobster" To: "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's
Second Best Song to Do "The Rock Lobster" To: N/A
I want this t-shirt, thx.
Also a few weeks old (sue me, I've been in a myspace haze), but worth reading, is my friend Cindy Hotpoint's blog entry on seeing Shearwater in NYC. I got chills a couple times while reading it.
I like Jax's post about how it's okay to vote for Obama because he's foxy. Just kidding, that's not what it's about. Or, well... Just go read it!
Have you looked at The Ones We Love?? It's a really beautiful photography project where several dozen young photographers were asked to shoot their loved one(s) in an outdoor setting. Just click on photographers and start randomly looking around. It will remind you of all the faces you keep in your pocket and what they look like in the sunshine.
I'm kind of obsessed with Jena Malone and how weird/awesome she is.
I posted this new mix for Rissa on artofthemix, which is an old old old school website for posting mix CDs. The mix owes a lot to the mix project people, especially Andy and Craig, and also to Said The Gramophone. Art of the mix is one of my favorite websites. It's been around for-ever and hasn't changed much at all. I know everyone is gaga over Muxtape, but AOTM will always be my sentimental favorite mix-related site. I recently re-discovered my old username on the site -- which I don't remember the password for, because it was That long ago. I posted mixes NINE YEARS AGO on this site. NINE YEARS AGO (for Joshua). Don't judge me, I was sixteen years old! That makes me feel craaaaaazy!
'Okkervil River' on Cooking with Rockstars, if you haven't. I'm totally gonna make that chocolate caramel tart Will Sheff has up. It sounds ridiculous! I've already used Zach Thomas's grandmother's buttermilk pie recipe from this weird book. It was excellent. Cooking recipes from your favorite bands is kind of the ultimate step in fandom weirdness, yes?
Craig Thompson's abandoned work. I would say it makes me feel better to know that Thompson starts things he never finishes too, except that nothing I've ever started OR finished is half as wonderful as that little rejected chicken. Sigh.
Last but not least, PICTURES FROM MARS!
5.24.2008
Oh, internet.
Oh man, one of my favorite things to do when I'm bored (is it sad to be writing about this during the prime part of a Saturday night?) is watch (usually adolescent) youtubers cover Okkervil River songs. It's simultaneously surreal, heart-warming, and terrifying. Y'know... learning to play & sing along with your favorite indie rock band is something that all of us probably did as teenagers, but it's not really something that I ever would have shared with, well, the entire world.
For the two people out there who care about this topic:
These kids, covering an old song called 'Auntie Alice,' are my absolute favorites. They are really, really, really genuinely good. I love the 'talent farm' banner in the back, the kid's pretty voice, the smattering of applause at the end that sounds like about a dozen old people, their clothes, and especially the fact that Auntie Alice is the song they picked. Cute! I love love love this without irony. The kid in the middle playing tambourine? Awesome.
This guy is who you would hire to do an impression of Sheff's voice on one of those CDs of pop songs covered by studio bands that they used to sell. But then you see what he looks like and it's totally a weird match. I would never see this guy somewhere and think that he was an Okkervil River fan. I guess that's my bad. Love.
Something about this whispered, Iron & Wine type version of Westfall kind of scares the shit out of me.
Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe as performed by a 16 year old Conor Oberst.
??????
BONUS! Okkervil River in Wales covering my second favorite ABBA song and splitting my heart open in the process:
For the two people out there who care about this topic:
These kids, covering an old song called 'Auntie Alice,' are my absolute favorites. They are really, really, really genuinely good. I love the 'talent farm' banner in the back, the kid's pretty voice, the smattering of applause at the end that sounds like about a dozen old people, their clothes, and especially the fact that Auntie Alice is the song they picked. Cute! I love love love this without irony. The kid in the middle playing tambourine? Awesome.
This guy is who you would hire to do an impression of Sheff's voice on one of those CDs of pop songs covered by studio bands that they used to sell. But then you see what he looks like and it's totally a weird match. I would never see this guy somewhere and think that he was an Okkervil River fan. I guess that's my bad. Love.
Something about this whispered, Iron & Wine type version of Westfall kind of scares the shit out of me.
Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe as performed by a 16 year old Conor Oberst.
??????
BONUS! Okkervil River in Wales covering my second favorite ABBA song and splitting my heart open in the process:
Labels: internets, music, okkervilriver, youtube
5.22.2008
Falling in love all over again...
with the internets!
For those who may have been speculating that I would start doing all kinds of exciting things in real life after quitting myspace (they still haven't taken my profile down but I can't login, which is kind of bizarre), FEAR NOT! I've spent most of the last 24 hours re-branding myself on the internet and giving some love to the neglected (by me) websites that I actually much prefer.
To get specific:
- I've started using Del.icio.us again, mostly for personal reminders / to-do list items such as homebrewing how-to's and volunteer work camps I'm interested in. (real life creeps back in slowly...)
- I've started updating Twitter, which is a website I totally didn't get the point of when I joined it and I'm still not completely sure I do, but it's real fun anyway. I've synced it up with my facebook too, so now (thank god!) I can update my fb status from my mobile phone. I'm sure you're all breathing a sigh of relief knowing that you will literally be able to know what I am doing at any given time. Creepy!
- I've started using the new Google Reader to keep up with blogs and news. Easy peasy, it's already replaced myspace as my default homepage.
I was a super geek in pre-adolescent's clothes. It's all coming back to me now.
For those who may have been speculating that I would start doing all kinds of exciting things in real life after quitting myspace (they still haven't taken my profile down but I can't login, which is kind of bizarre), FEAR NOT! I've spent most of the last 24 hours re-branding myself on the internet and giving some love to the neglected (by me) websites that I actually much prefer.
To get specific:
- I've started using Del.icio.us again, mostly for personal reminders / to-do list items such as homebrewing how-to's and volunteer work camps I'm interested in. (real life creeps back in slowly...)
- I've started updating Twitter, which is a website I totally didn't get the point of when I joined it and I'm still not completely sure I do, but it's real fun anyway. I've synced it up with my facebook too, so now (thank god!) I can update my fb status from my mobile phone. I'm sure you're all breathing a sigh of relief knowing that you will literally be able to know what I am doing at any given time. Creepy!
- I've started using the new Google Reader to keep up with blogs and news. Easy peasy, it's already replaced myspace as my default homepage.
I was a super geek in pre-adolescent's clothes. It's all coming back to me now.
Labels: internets
5.20.2008
Reasons Why I Am Quitting Myspace (Tomorrow!):
- I like facebook, goodreads, and flickr a hell of a lot better - design wise and content wise - and I would rather support and encourage websites that match my aesthetic and my beliefs.
- I spend way (way way way) too much time looking at myspace and, specifically, unhealthily obsessing over a small set of people's profiles, comments, and updates.
- I think that rather than trying to articulate my personality with words in a way that will seem appealing or magical or sexy or cute or funny, I should just try to BE all of those things in real life. And, relatedly, I think it kind of takes the fun out of getting to know people naturally to be able to refer to a list of all of their favorites and a concise summary of who they think they are.
- I would like my 'internet presence' to be content based and myspace is definitively personality based.
- Top friends. Need I say more?
- It's kind of cool to not have it at this point, right?
All of that said, I'm kind of cheating. I put up a music profile awhile back with some of my silly songs, and for now I'm keeping it. I've been working on music again and planning a show (!), so I feel like it makes sense for me to leave it there. I have a fraction of the friends that I have on my regular profile there and I'm not going to promote it any further until there are songs I'm more proud of up. I'm hoping that since I've made the definitive move of canceling my personal account, I won't start using that one the same way. To safeguard against that I'll be turning off email notification on that account and only checking on it maybe once a week.
& so that this post isn't solely an over-analysis of a trivial matter, here's a list of fake bands I've been a 'member' of:
- Shock The Nation / Shark Attack (third grade - me, Andrew, Jackie, Julia)
- Megalife (me, Isaac, Josh, maybe Robert/Mona/Jen?)
- Quicksilver Stallion (me, Sarah, Michelle, Isaac)
- The Poison Vixen Trio (me, Sarah, Michelle)
- Magic Action (me, Michelle)
- Man-Boy (me, Meaghan, Sarah Bear - 70s cover band)
- Another Day, Another Man (me, Mandy, Jen Mo)
- The Post-Sunset Muffins (me, Andy, Craig - possibly not-fake someday?)
- Slow Little Oranges (me, Mandy -- name coined by Kathleen in reference to a tree full of baby sloths (!!))
- Sloth Cabinet (me, Patrick)
- I spend way (way way way) too much time looking at myspace and, specifically, unhealthily obsessing over a small set of people's profiles, comments, and updates.
- I think that rather than trying to articulate my personality with words in a way that will seem appealing or magical or sexy or cute or funny, I should just try to BE all of those things in real life. And, relatedly, I think it kind of takes the fun out of getting to know people naturally to be able to refer to a list of all of their favorites and a concise summary of who they think they are.
- I would like my 'internet presence' to be content based and myspace is definitively personality based.
- Top friends. Need I say more?
- It's kind of cool to not have it at this point, right?
All of that said, I'm kind of cheating. I put up a music profile awhile back with some of my silly songs, and for now I'm keeping it. I've been working on music again and planning a show (!), so I feel like it makes sense for me to leave it there. I have a fraction of the friends that I have on my regular profile there and I'm not going to promote it any further until there are songs I'm more proud of up. I'm hoping that since I've made the definitive move of canceling my personal account, I won't start using that one the same way. To safeguard against that I'll be turning off email notification on that account and only checking on it maybe once a week.
& so that this post isn't solely an over-analysis of a trivial matter, here's a list of fake bands I've been a 'member' of:
- Shock The Nation / Shark Attack (third grade - me, Andrew, Jackie, Julia)
- Megalife (me, Isaac, Josh, maybe Robert/Mona/Jen?)
- Quicksilver Stallion (me, Sarah, Michelle, Isaac)
- The Poison Vixen Trio (me, Sarah, Michelle)
- Magic Action (me, Michelle)
- Man-Boy (me, Meaghan, Sarah Bear - 70s cover band)
- Another Day, Another Man (me, Mandy, Jen Mo)
- The Post-Sunset Muffins (me, Andy, Craig - possibly not-fake someday?)
- Slow Little Oranges (me, Mandy -- name coined by Kathleen in reference to a tree full of baby sloths (!!))
- Sloth Cabinet (me, Patrick)
Labels: funny, internets, lists, lovedones, politics
4.12.2007
[one]
I've been drawing a lot, mostly because of drawing parties with Jeff. I made one of my favorite drawings I've ever done last night, except that when I colored it, sucktown started. I'll keep working on color. You'll see some of these drawings soon, I just need an actual day off to scan and internet.
[two]
Today an old woman thought I was trying to short change her on purpose.
[three]
I really like virb the most of all the general social networking sites, but no one is on it. If you like feeling out dumb profiles as much as I do, you should join and add me.
I've been drawing a lot, mostly because of drawing parties with Jeff. I made one of my favorite drawings I've ever done last night, except that when I colored it, sucktown started. I'll keep working on color. You'll see some of these drawings soon, I just need an actual day off to scan and internet.
[two]
Today an old woman thought I was trying to short change her on purpose.
[three]
I really like virb the most of all the general social networking sites, but no one is on it. If you like feeling out dumb profiles as much as I do, you should join and add me.
3.09.2007
when i'm sad, all i have to do is go to flickr and look at the best / prettiest / funniest / most heartbreaking photos in the world, taken by my friends and completely random strangers. my favorites!! this is a little mosaic of the ones that kill me the most, from the last 20 pages or so. I would like to note that there are two pictures of Dakota Smith's dog Roxy included here.
1. Tilly And The Wall - Bar Academy Birmingham 25.02.07, 2. bun bun, 3. february self, 4. Paperbag Writer, 5. redbird #9, 6. yay!, 7. just a handful, 8. Untitled, 9. just my favorite., 10. Gidget on the sofa, 11. May I kiss you?, 12. "Tapirs of The World" Cross Stitch, 13. Untitled, 14. bestest., 15. dearest., 16. Will Robinson Sheff, 17. Kit, 18. my dad's masterpiece, 19. Jackie, left, and Kezia at Flipnotics, 20. alice the coquette, 21. sarah michelle., 22. Snarl?, 23. oh deer, 24. love exists, 25. dang., 26. it was raining earlier, 27. Pure love, 28. evan's cute looks, 29. at the info desk., 30. carolyn., 31. Summer and Josh, 32. do you wanna run with my pack..., 33. Tiny dog, 34. Aaaah! Oh my god. Yes., 35. this is the face that made me love cats., 36. he really is that interesting.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
1. Tilly And The Wall - Bar Academy Birmingham 25.02.07, 2. bun bun, 3. february self, 4. Paperbag Writer, 5. redbird #9, 6. yay!, 7. just a handful, 8. Untitled, 9. just my favorite., 10. Gidget on the sofa, 11. May I kiss you?, 12. "Tapirs of The World" Cross Stitch, 13. Untitled, 14. bestest., 15. dearest., 16. Will Robinson Sheff, 17. Kit, 18. my dad's masterpiece, 19. Jackie, left, and Kezia at Flipnotics, 20. alice the coquette, 21. sarah michelle., 22. Snarl?, 23. oh deer, 24. love exists, 25. dang., 26. it was raining earlier, 27. Pure love, 28. evan's cute looks, 29. at the info desk., 30. carolyn., 31. Summer and Josh, 32. do you wanna run with my pack..., 33. Tiny dog, 34. Aaaah! Oh my god. Yes., 35. this is the face that made me love cats., 36. he really is that interesting.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Labels: internets
2.18.2007
In which I am a fashion icon.
See Photo # 7
You can buy me and Rissa practically poster-sized if you want. Oh, the possibilities.
You can buy me and Rissa practically poster-sized if you want. Oh, the possibilities.
Labels: funny, internets, lovedones
2.04.2007
A short list of extravagant and mostly girly things I would buy if I had approximately 1000 extra dollars right now
Because I know this fascinates you. And, for the record, I'm pretending that I can't spend the money on charity or my friends or savings or anything practical or nice. And I'm pretending I already have a Wii. And I'm wasting time.
These ludicrous Irregular Choice heels
These boots
This keyhole belt buckle
Dememter Scents - Honey, Paperback, Peach, and Snow
The red/gold Seagull camera
A yard of this, this, this, and this.
This dress for Valentine's Day partying
These ludicrous Irregular Choice heels
These boots
This keyhole belt buckle
Dememter Scents - Honey, Paperback, Peach, and Snow
The red/gold Seagull camera
A yard of this, this, this, and this.
This dress for Valentine's Day partying
1.30.2007
My friends...
are awesome.
If you use the iTunes Music Store, you can download the new Grand Champeen record 'Dial T For This' for 9.99. That's a deal for 13 perfect bar pop songs. My favorite at the moment is "Cities on the Plain". Check it out and then, if you live in Austin, come with me to the Kinks tribute at Emo's on Saturday night, where Champeen will be kicking out the jams, yo.
And meanwhile, Brad has uploaded his new JFK music video. You will pee laughing. I did, anyway.
If you use the iTunes Music Store, you can download the new Grand Champeen record 'Dial T For This' for 9.99. That's a deal for 13 perfect bar pop songs. My favorite at the moment is "Cities on the Plain". Check it out and then, if you live in Austin, come with me to the Kinks tribute at Emo's on Saturday night, where Champeen will be kicking out the jams, yo.
And meanwhile, Brad has uploaded his new JFK music video. You will pee laughing. I did, anyway.
Labels: internets, lovedones, music
1.26.2007
Doing it like it's 1999.
After years of BBSes and Prodigy Online, I started my first website in 1998. I was sixteen. There was some vague personal information and poetry, as well as some fervent worshipping of the Disney movie Lady & The Tramp. In 1999 I bought a domain name and called it boingyboingy . com because of a jubilant and bizarre 'dance' that my friend Cory and I used to engage in at Not Back To School Camp. I also started a 'journal' on my site around that time, chronicling my adventures as a rollerskating hormonal seventeen year old homeschooler. The earlier example of this awesome 'blogging' that I can find on the Web Archive is from June of 2000 and I had just returned home from visiting my aformentioned friend Cory. Be forewarned, I also talk a lot about the Austin Poetry Slam. Later that year, I started to slack on updating my website and I started a Livejournal. The older entries are short and serve mostly just to remind me how not-funny I was six years ago...
Here is an excellent example of what we're talking about here.
Even my close friends actively made fun of my journal.
But some things never change.
My livejournal lasted for many, many years as boingyboingy fell by the wayside. And then Myspace happened. And happened and happened. And I know -- I know we don't heart myspace. Mypace is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Myspace is hard to navigate, full of incredibly annoying ads, and populated by scores of sexually frustrated teenagers and shirtless Confederates. I know. But, despite all of these problems, myspace gives me something I missed from the BBSes and the Prodigy Online and even the very early days of that livejournal -- a cohesive sense of community. And plus I like telling my friends I love them in new and creative ways. And by creative I mean a little comment box. But as myspace fades from the collective hearts of everyone else I know and wonderful sites like flickr and youtube take it's place, I feel that it is once again time for a change.
I am prepare to launch a new site with comics and crafts and art projects, and I feel that it is time to join the smart people and start a 'real' blog. Eight years of 'blogging' that has borne no relation to the adult world of Andrew Sullivan and the Fugly girls is coming to a close. Here I am, atom feeds and all.
Hallelujah?
Meanwhile, bat bombs?!
Here is an excellent example of what we're talking about here.
Even my close friends actively made fun of my journal.
But some things never change.
My livejournal lasted for many, many years as boingyboingy fell by the wayside. And then Myspace happened. And happened and happened. And I know -- I know we don't heart myspace. Mypace is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Myspace is hard to navigate, full of incredibly annoying ads, and populated by scores of sexually frustrated teenagers and shirtless Confederates. I know. But, despite all of these problems, myspace gives me something I missed from the BBSes and the Prodigy Online and even the very early days of that livejournal -- a cohesive sense of community. And plus I like telling my friends I love them in new and creative ways. And by creative I mean a little comment box. But as myspace fades from the collective hearts of everyone else I know and wonderful sites like flickr and youtube take it's place, I feel that it is once again time for a change.
I am prepare to launch a new site with comics and crafts and art projects, and I feel that it is time to join the smart people and start a 'real' blog. Eight years of 'blogging' that has borne no relation to the adult world of Andrew Sullivan and the Fugly girls is coming to a close. Here I am, atom feeds and all.
Hallelujah?
Meanwhile, bat bombs?!
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