Friday, February 26, 2010

Shitty Names for SXSW

Likable names:

* My Tiger My Timing
* Jazzus Lizard
* Summer Cats
* Hyperpotamus
* Videohippos
* Brasstronaut
* The Blow Waves
* Beans on Toast
* Yeti Lane
* Planet Parade
* The Belle Brigade
Japandroids
Autumn Owls
Carsick Cars
Dappled Cities
Diplomats of Solid Sound
Fighting With Wire
Serious Sam Barrett

Unlikable names:

* Reading Rainbow (TOO SOON)
* Oh No Ono
* Maybe It's Reno
* Grynch
* Gay Witch Abortion
* DD/MM/YYYY (COME ON)
* an horse
Everything Everything
The Ganjas
Goober and the Peas
John Dear Mowing Club
Kidz In Space
Parlovr
Peter Wolf Crier
Shit And Shine
The View (they're from Scotland, how could they have known?)
Zlam Dunk (hahahaha. i love them.)


(According to-- http://www.29-95.com/music/story/dumb-band-names-first-round-sxsw-2010-bands )

Monday, February 22, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I realized the other day that I make wishes at 11:11 more than I pray to Jesus.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

sometimes when I walk around different shops or stores, I catch mannequins out of the corner of my eye. This is stressful for me because 50% of the time I believe it's a person trapped in glass.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Dino Bones




In celebration of single awareness day, I would like to present a Triceratops skull out of my dino bone collection

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Leonard Cohen




inspires with his drooling spirit.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Townes Van Zandt-- Loretta

"There and Back Again-- A Hobbit's Holiday"

That's the title that Bilbo Baggins decided upon for his book about traveling. I've always thought it had a nice ring to it (obviously, because i've remembered it this long).

Right now i'm sitting in a hotel room in Fort Worth. My Grandmother died on Saturday, the day of Tyler's bachelor party in New Orleans. I cannot even begin to describe the issue that I had with toggling emotions on Saturday. Now it's a little bit better, but I just feel this overwhelming urge to sit in my room in Austin and do nothing. Where I've gone has been beyond eventful and memorable, but it's simply the in-between that gets to me. Drunken Train rides and driving in a car alone top the charts, but at some point, traveling feels physically taxing on your body.

But let's get beyond this complaining. Let's talk about things that gods talk about, because I practically was one in New Orleans.

We arrive. I feel very vulnerable and unsure about gambling. This was my mindset going into it. It continued until I saw that our hotel was, literally, across the street from Harrah's.




We walk into the hotel, and see that we're on the 24th floor. We walk down the hallway and notice the two LARGE glass doors at the end of the hallway. Yes. We bought the presidential suite. Yes, it was huge. Yes, we saw the whole city. Yes, we spent ZERO time there.

Our night was too concerned with bachelor party things:

-Mardi Gras
-Shots of tequilla
-Oysters (i know that's not too stereotypical, but knowing New Orleans and us, it makes sense)
-Strippers (duh.)
-Etc.

There are two sure things that will happen in every bachelor party:

1. You will have more fun than you have had in decades.
2. Your wallet is a white hole that pushes away all of your cash.

I am in debt from the casino (although not as bad as some), I understand why people go to strip clubs/drunkenly fell in love with a stripper (although not as badly as some), and I spent $200 in one night.

This means two things:

1. I had more fun than I i've had in decades.
2. I'm seeing the warnings of poverty.

Maybe it's a right of passage, maybe it's okay because it was New Orleans, maybe it's okay because it was the Super Bowl, but I feel wiser and older from this experience. Go to New Orleans.

*side note: why do I love lists so much?

As of right now, I need to go eat dinner with my three living relatives beyond my immediate family (one aunt, one uncle, one grandpa), and then go to a funeral. Love your life, live your life, love your lover. All of those combinations are temporary.


ciao,

Friday, February 5, 2010

wildest night of my life?

Mardi Gras + Superbowl fans + Best friend's bachelor party = my night in new orleans tomorrow.

For the majority of everyone everywhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InSn2BLDwfQ

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Austin is RAINY. I can't stop listening to leonard cohen. I'm spreading myself too thin by seeing too many people in such a short time.


Regardless, watch this video of Fever Ray's acceptance speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCP6zC_qJU&feature=player_embedded