tiny bits from halo

she & him

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:42:34 +0200

i heard about She & Him a while ago, and while it thought it was interesting and interesting pairing, it didn’t make it on to my ‘must-have’ list. now, after having listened to the ‘Volume One’ album in full, i am in LOVE. Zooey Deschanel’s voice, as previously heard in the holiday movie Elf and on a few tracks on the Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman) record ‘Nighttiming’, is heavenly. it’s warm & creamy and i want to spread it on toast. M. Ward is, as always, wonderful as well, though his vocals only make a few appearances on the album. i’ve listened to it 3 times and it is becoming a favorite. can’t wait for ‘Volume Two’.

i can’t stop watching this and laughing my ass off. oh,...

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:49:45 +0100

i can’t stop watching this and laughing my ass off. oh, indy.

well, i already knew that...

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:45:59 +0100

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland ”You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.Boston The West Philadelphia The Northeast The Inland North North Central The South What American accent do you have?
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also extremely disturbing.

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:48:30 +0100

also extremely disturbing.

ok, i’m back. major doldrums in february, but it’s a...

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:46:00 +0100

ok, i’m back. major doldrums in february, but it’s a new month and i am trying really hard to be motivated.

this video is an example of what i have to sit through before seeing the movie i have paid to watch. i know i posted this already on my regular blog, but i felt it was worth repeating.

i just spent 3 hours doing laundry in my sink & bidet. my finger skin is peeling off.

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:26:49 +0100

i just spent 3 hours doing laundry in my sink & bidet. my finger skin is peeling off.

Video

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:07:01 +0100

someone is in my hallway playing ‘house of the rising sun’ on an acoustic guitar, sung...

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:45:23 +0100

someone is in my hallway playing ‘house of the rising sun’ on an acoustic guitar, sung (practically screamed) in french. i would enjoy this if i weren’t working on a paper.

that said, this is my last tumbl of 2007. i’m off to have many adventures-happy new year everyone! see you in ‘08!

fun with shadows

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:52:53 +0100

fun with shadows

attack of the pikeys

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:37:00 +0100

attack of the pikeys:

this is horrible, but i couldn’t help but laugh when i read it. my favorite part: ‘samauri sword, baseball bat and machete recovered from red car abandoned outside our gate’.

fitness is fun!

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:39:34 +0100

one of the pitfalls of having a full-length mirror in my room is that i can’t avoid seeing how ridiculous i look when i’m dancing. dancing is my cardio, so i can’t really avoid it. i don’t mind dancing in public, because i don’t actually see myself, but this is just too embarrassing. and i’m kicking up my exercise routine as a new year’s resolution, so there will only be more embarrassment.

i need to find a way to do crunches. i need to find an exercise mat. i bet they cost like 50€ or something…

i had a dream last night that my friends left me on the side of the highway with only the clothes on...

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:19:09 +0100

i had a dream last night that my friends left me on the side of the highway with only the clothes on my back. and i was barefoot. and there’s lots of glass on the side of a highway. and there were quite a few other people that seemed to be in similar predicaments, but at least one of them was a lunatic that was pretending to have been abandoned… i could just tell. i wonder what that (the whole situation, not just the looneybird part) means.

also, there were horrifying penguins that were my size and angry, a small, homey kitchen, and those weird wooden platforms that people wore during the 15th century to keep the crap that filled the street off of their nice shoes.

and at one point, i gave a speech about being bulemic in the army, neither of which i’ve ever been.

next week is our last week of class. this makes me so very happy. however, i have a paper to write,...

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:58:50 +0100

next week is our last week of class. this makes me so very happy.

however, i have a paper to write, and i haven’t realy started on it. this isn’t unusual, and i feel that i do my best work during that final crunch time, but sometimes i wish i could bring myself to just do things like this just to have them over with so i can enjoy life without that little voice in my head saying ‘don’t have too much fun, you have a paper on the arnolfini wedding portrait due in a little over a week!’

bedtime followup

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:23:00 +0100

and as a followup to #4d of my most recent blog, i decided this when i realized, in the fleeting moments that i regarded my classmates during my part of the presentation, that i could feel them thinking that i was super cute. not because i’m actually cute, but because i’m foreign- and on my walk home, it became clear to me that i must use this to my advantage.

and indeed i will.

what’s their problem with pregnant chicks?

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:19:00 +0100

what’s their problem with pregnant chicks?

"when i tell you that sun-dried tomatoes are bullshit, you think i’m joking? you fucking dick,..."

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:39:15 +0100

“when i tell you that sun-dried tomatoes are bullshit, you think i’m joking? you fucking dick, i’ll kill you. i will kill you.”

- michael showalter

jangled

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:05:41 +0100

i had a small part in a presentation in one of my classes today. i was extremely nervous so i had a few pronunciation snafoos and i fidgeted… and i ran through my part in record time as well. when we were done, the professor had a few question & criticisms but none of them seemed to pertain to me or my part, so i suppose it went well. my stomach is still completely twisted and i’m jittery. i’ll feel better when this day is over. i have an exam tonight that i’m not particularly looking forward to either…

ok, enough complaining. i love my life here. i give living abroad a solid A+.

sunday morning

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:52:19 +0100

i hate sunday because tomorrow is monday. i’ve always hated sunday.

this particular sunday morning i feel gloomy. i think it’s because i want to exercise but i’m supposed to give my pulled ribcage muscle a rest, which means no running in place, no jumping jacks and no dancing, which is how i exercise.

in 2 weeks i’ll be in London, so i suppose i should focus on that.

funny. man. i can’t wait for The State to come out on dvd....

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:27:23 +0100

funny. man.

i can’t wait for The State to come out on dvd.

the end of the world

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:38:00 +0100

the end of the world:

this video makes me laugh. therefore i shall share it. now go forth and become a happy cabbage!