Protector of the Sea

My Year in Lists

2009-12-08T07:07:00.000-08:00

Here are my favorite songs, albums and shows of this year. I don't listen to as many albums as I used to so that narrows that one a bit so there are a lot of good artists I left out. I tried not to repeat artists but in one case, it couldn't be avoided. All lists are in descending order. I am sure I will regret whatever I put up here in an hour.

My favorite albums of the decade will follow soon.

Shows
5. We Have Band-SXSW
4. Cymbals Eat Guitars-All four times I saw them
3. Dirty Projectors-SXSW
2. Gossip-930 Club
1. Phoneix-RNR Hotel;literally the best show I have ever been to

Songs
5. "Albatross, Albatross, Albatross" Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
4. "You Got the Love" The XX cover/remix of Florence and the Machine
3. "Hazel" Junior Boys
2. "Marrow" St. Vincent
1. "1901" and "Lisztomania" Phoneix-I just couldn't decide between the two!!!

Albums
5. "EP" Discovery-This is some dancy shit!!!

4. "Fantasies" Metric-Finally a whole album of hits rather than a few decent singles

3. "S/T" Pains of Being Pure at Heart-Beautiful and noisy songs about youth and love

2. "Music for Men" Gossip-First off, the title is badass. Second off, the songs are badass

1. "Another City, Another Sorry" The Answering Machine-My new favorite band. Might make my favorite albums of the decade list. We'll see.

The Internette

2009-11-02T15:33:00.001-08:00

Dreams come true with the power of the internet.

A Few Things

2009-04-30T18:16:00.000-07:00

1-Does anyone have the Polaroid Pogo? It doesn't work with my phone or my future phone (iphone) but as a lover of instant film I want it.
2-I've been working out...a lot. Turbo Jam is da bomb.
3-
Cliffer by the Answering Machine is da bomb. Also digging Daniel by Bat for Lashes and Hazel by Junior Boys.

Keep Austin Weird

2009-03-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

I went to SXSW this year just to hang out. It was kinda nice not having to worry about loading in and all that. It was also nice to not have Erik make me get up at 5am to get a parking spot. Here are the bands I saw:

Mean Creek
Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Hot Panda
Mason Proper
Girls
Bad Veins
Dirty Projectors
N.A.S.A
Wild Light
Cut Off Your Hands
The Wrens
We Have Band
Bishop Allen (like one song)
Passion Pit (also one song)
UME
Ra Ra Riot
Princeton
Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Headlights

I also went to the woxy studio and saw We Have Band again and a few songs of Future of the Left.

For those of you interested in this sort of thing my favorite bands were We Have Band and Dirty Projectors. The most disappointing was N.A.S.A cause it was like listening to one of Erik or Adam's DJ sets (without the "put that p*ssy on me" sample) and Kayne West didn't show up for his part on their single. I also never saw Ladyhawke but overall a very successful and exhausting SXSW!

A Side

2009-02-28T07:57:00.000-08:00

I've been playing in a band called Title Tracks. We have a single coming out on Dischord on April 6. I'm very excited and hope everyone buys it!

Lovebug

2009-02-21T17:33:00.000-08:00

I am 25 but I can admit without shame that Joe Jonas is a hottie.

Lordy, Lordy

2009-02-14T21:14:00.000-08:00

Jared is 30! We had dinner at Logan Tavern (my new fav) and then went to Joe's for dessert. I made the Barefoot Contessa's bread pudding which called for 11 eggs (why not just the whole dozen?) and 5 cups of half and half. We also had a chocolate cake with chocolate marscapone icing and a boston cream pie for dessert. I think we all gained 5 pounds.

I Met the 44th President

2009-01-22T17:12:00.000-08:00

Sort of. He grabbed my right hand with his left hand so that counts right?
Here are some photos of me at the staff ball.
Deal with it Cate Blanchett.

The Beginning of an Era

2009-01-20T16:25:00.001-08:00

Today Lissa and I went to the National Mall to watch the swearing in of President Obama. Getting there sucked but leaving sucked even worse. One exit for the whole mall. What a joke. All in all, I'm glad I was there. I mean you gotta love a crowd that cheers for Oprah as loudly as they do for the former (democrat) Presidents.

History Repeating

2009-01-17T19:06:00.000-08:00

I started a fashion history blog. You can find it here.

Don't worry I'll still be posting here for all of my goofy stuff.

A Whole New World

2009-01-16T18:50:00.000-08:00

Today I finally caught up with the rest of society and got a Macbook. Woo. Here's a pic Dottie and I took using the Photobooth.

Michael Phelps Syndrome

2009-01-11T08:03:00.000-08:00

Just watched American Teen last night. I enjoyed it but then again True Life is my favorite show that isn't 30 Rock. Colin Clemons aka The Jock has a serious case of MPS.

Love Will Tear Us Apart

2009-01-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

Thank you Sam Riley.
One for being hot and two for making me want to dig deeper into the Joy Division and New Order catalogs.
If you haven't seen Control, go rent it now.
It was the best movie I saw last year.

WTF Spolier Edition

2009-01-04T08:33:00.000-08:00

I've read almost 2000 pages of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight saga waiting for vampire on girl action and when it happens I get no details and a pregnancy that will produce a baby probably looking like something from Mad TV's When Babies Attack. And I still have to deal with Jacob Black? Bullshit.

My Year in Lists

2008-12-28T16:40:00.000-08:00

I stole this survey from Shiv's 2007 revue. What a boring life I lead!

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?:
Went on a legitimate tour at legitimate venues.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?:
No, I don’t think I had any.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?:
Nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?:
No.

5. What countries did you visit?:
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?:
A boyfriend?

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:
SXSW but that is all I am sayin’.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?:
Getting a new job probably.

9. What was your biggest failure?:
Making a pact and breaking it all the time.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?:
On the last two days of the Stars tour I got really really sick and wanted to pass out during our last song but made it.

11. What was the best thing you bought?:
Invisalign.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?:
My sister is doing better I guess that counts?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?:
Taylor from The Rachel Zoe Project. What a bitch. How can anyone be that mean? I guess if I’m going this route I’ll also say Kim from The Real Housewives of Atlanta. My ass you are a singer.

14. Where did most of your money go?:
Savings and Invisalign (noticing a trend?)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?:
SXSW.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?:
Anything on The Rhumb Line.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or hardened?: MUCH happier
ii. thinner or fatter?: I think fatter but it is right after Christmas.
iii. richer or poorer?: Poorer I think.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?:
Read more.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?:
Buying clothes. Having a mall right at your metro stop can suck sometimes.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?:
Saw family.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?:
No comment.

23. How many one-night stands?:
None.

24. What was your favorite TV program?:
Anything on Bravo, Food Network and HGTV.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?:
I don’t think so.

26. What was the best book you read?:
This is tough but probably Things the Grandchildren Should know by E from the EELS.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?:
Thanks to Jared and woxy I’ve discovered a lot of music but Mason Proper might be my favorite right now.

28. What did you want and get?:
Invisalign.

29. What did you want and not get?:
A boyfriend.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I’m so behind on movies but I finally saw The Dark Knight and loved it. Slumdog Millionaire is a close second. I think I liked all the movies I saw this year Rachel Getting Married aside. It was too depressing for me.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?:
I started the day off by going to lunch with my family to Jaleo and then worked on the Jukebox the Ghost video for Victoria.

32. Whats one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?:
A boyfriend.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?:
I’ve been dressing up more for work. Does that count?

34. What kept you sane?:
Dottie.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?:
Easy. Robert Pattinson.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?:
Obama winning the election. God Bless.

37. Who did you miss?:
All my friends who live more than 5 miles from me.

38. Who was the best new person you met?:
Jared of course. We officially met in January at the Headlights show but had been communicating online for a few months. The runner up would be Michael who plays in Title Tracks with me.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Hope.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
”Pardon my soul, the last time was the last time.”
Mason Proper

What am I Getting Myself Into?

2008-12-14T08:31:00.001-08:00

2009-2010 Plans
Plan A-Study and take the LSAT in June. Go to law school for entertainment law in California or Miami.
Plan B-If I can't get into law school, move to Austin and buy a house in early 2010.

Plan A requires me to spend a lot of time and money and will bring more stress in my life.
Plan B is the easier route.
I think as long as I'm somewhere warm in the next year I don't really care which of the two I choose!

Give Thanks

2008-11-28T09:12:00.001-08:00

Per usual, we went to Dad's for the feast. He has four chihuahuas now and Dottie was afraid of all of them even though she is bigger. Oh well!

My Youth

2008-11-10T19:53:00.001-08:00

Tonight Jared and I listened to our favorite girl bands from the 90's. To fully know me is to know I love this:

and this:

and this:

and this:

George Washington Cares About Black People

2008-09-28T08:38:00.000-07:00

Lissa and I went to Mount Vernon yesterday. My digital battery was dead so I took my Polaroid. Although I am sad to see Polaroid go, my Fuji Instax has way better colors so maybe it is for the best. Fun fact: GW was the only President during the time of slavery to free his slaves in his will.

Summer Highlights

2008-09-20T14:42:00.001-07:00

As I am waving "hello" to fall, I wanted to wave "goodbye" to summer. Here are some pictures from a Nats game I went to with the fam. It was so hot that day, I got a tan line within the first 15 minutes. Nats lost I think. I can't really remember- this was a few months ago.

Dog Swim

2008-09-14T21:42:00.001-07:00

Here is Dottie swimming at my neighborhood dog swim. She really didn't like it at all.

Dancing In the Dark

2008-08-31T07:33:00.001-07:00

I took some pictures with my Holga at a Poor But Sexy/Carol Bui show a month ago. I used Velvia film and cross-processed it. The pics are da bomb.

2 Parties, 1 Night

2008-08-10T11:38:00.000-07:00

First Party
Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Purpose: Marie's Going Away Party
Highlights: Sarah Applebee's guacamole was da bomb and I got to see some peeps I haven't seen in a while.

Second Party
Location: Arlington, VA
Purpose: Thayer and Mary Beth's Birthday Party
Highlights: Ben's Euro-Mullet and the music.

My Poison of Choice

2008-07-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

I helped out for the new Jukebox the Ghost video shoot. I will post the final video when it is up.

It Don't Matter If You're Black or White

2008-07-18T17:54:00.000-07:00

Philly Trip Part Deux

A Ghost

2008-06-24T15:27:00.000-07:00

Beach Baby

2008-06-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

Lindsey and I went to Ocean City, NJ. We had planned on going to Coney Island for the Mermaid Parade but decided there'd be too much traveling and we'd rather just relax. Plus Joseph told us there was a roller coaster. He didn't tell us it was a stomach wrenching roller coaster but we still had fun.

Have You Met Merideth?

2008-06-14T08:10:00.001-07:00

Shervin asked me to do makeup for a photoshoot. All he told me was that it was being filmed for a tv show (is it called a tv show if it is only online?) and I had to look cute. The theme of the episode was that we took this commerical/print model and made her high fashion. We worked with what we had and were overall pleased with the results. We also had to do some acting and I never want to hear the line "Have you met Merideth?" again. Afterwards, Shervin and I ate at Chevy's and took some photos on his Mac.

Ponytail

2008-05-20T17:28:00.000-07:00

Erik says I look better with my hair up because it makes me look taller. I think I look shorter than ever here. Thanks to Bree for the pictures.

Update

2008-05-17T19:59:00.000-07:00

I got a new job. It is good.
I played a show last night. It went well.
We fixed up our downstairs. I am exhausted.
I bought a Roland keyboard. It is cool.

...I Don't Even Know Her

2008-04-23T19:27:00.001-07:00

I got a Flickr. Picasa was being stupid. Right now, all pics on here were taken with my LC-A.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26027504@N08/
I just order some slide film and some more Instax film so I'm ready for summer picture takin'!

Wise Words

2008-04-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share a quote from the lovely Vivenne Westwood:
"My niece once said it's more important to be nice than to look good, and I said, 'Rubbish!' Why should one be more important than the other? Why not do both? People are nice to each other while the world collapses and it's useless. Why not wear, you know, a pair of brilliant trousers while the apocalypse is happening?"

Elevator Love Letter

2008-04-06T13:15:00.001-07:00

So glad to be back home. Also missing the road a bit. I could write a million things here about our tour but I will just let you look at pictures instead. Thanks again to Stars and their crew!

Georgia On My Mind

2008-03-23T18:33:00.000-07:00

Last night after sound check in Athens, GA, I ran into an old friend, Jessie Nelson. I also bought some great shoes and had a great grilled cheese at a 24 hour diner. Mathieu, the sound guy, has seen Daft Punk without their helmets on! Here is a pic of me from the Orange Peel in Asheville.

Stars

2008-03-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

It has been a while! SXSW was great. I'm currently in Asheville backstage listening to Stars play. Played our first show with them last night. The crowd seemed do dig the three Pash songs we played and Marty's songs. On Tuesday we played a sold out show opening up for Tilly and the Wall. They remembered us and were so good.
My sister just told me lost wasn't on the plane in "Lost." I'm going crazy. I've missed three weeks of this show!
What a lame post.

Headband

2008-02-23T19:39:00.000-08:00

Shervin and I did an improtu photoshoot at his new apartment.

New Wave

2008-02-18T15:42:00.000-08:00

Last night we opened up for Against Me!. They are friends of Katy and asked us to play with them. They were the sweetest bunch of guys and deserve all the success in the world. I have also had "Don't Lose Touch," in my head all day.

The Past Week

2008-02-03T08:45:00.001-08:00

Last week we played a sold out show with Jukebox the Ghost for their CD Release show. I love them. I took a pic of them during sound check and during their set, both of which aren't the best of shots. I also got a pic of me and their lovely manager, the amazing Seth Kallen.
Last night was Kimmy Gras, a celebration of Kim's 25 birthday and Mardi Gras at the same time! That Hurricane Party Drink sure did taste like blue drink.

600 Departures

2008-01-30T16:14:00.001-08:00

When I was in Philly the other weekend, we made a film. It is called 600 Departures. Enjoy and especially enjoy the couple making out in the background.

Photoshoot

2008-01-20T17:44:00.001-08:00

I went to Philly this weekend. Lindsey and I do what we do best: eat, take pictures, and hang out. We did a few photoshoots:

1) A Study in Contrasts (ha how esoteric do I sound?)

2) Patches the Cat
3) Stars and Stripes Forever

4) Friends

Cake Parade

2008-01-16T18:19:00.000-08:00

"And if we try to raise their memory you know it's only second best to all the boys who never will who never will be men." -Georgie James, "Cake Parade."

A person who was very important in the shaping of who I am today became a tragedy of the Iraq War in August of last year. I wanted to write about it back then but I guess it was still just all too much for me to comprehend. It was brought to my attention that Scott Kirkpatrick was highlighted in this month's issue of Details.
http://www.men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_6260
While some soldiers will never get to live as men, it is clear that Scott not only lived his an honorable man who stood for his ideals but was also a truly poetic soul in every sense of the word. Of course memories are never as good as having someone around but almost every one's memories of Scott will make them smile.
We all miss him but we are also very proud of him.

Fotos

2008-01-13T13:24:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of the pics I took with my Lomo LCA.

Hello Lomo

2008-01-11T17:05:00.000-08:00

After 7 years of coveting a Lomo LC-A, I finally bought one. Mine is a refurbished Russian (new ones are Chinese). It is so beautiful! I can't wait to take tons of picture with it for years to come.

Harmour Love

2008-01-07T17:55:00.000-08:00

"Harmour Love" is a beautiful little song written by Stevie Wonder and performed by his then wife, Syreeta. I first heard this song two years ago in the movie "Junebug." Back then, I couldn't purchase the song on iTunes. I could only buy the song if I bought the whole Stevie Wonder Collection. I have been thinking about covering this song so I went on iTunes and you still have to buy the whole collection to get this song. I don't have any type of downloading program so I am screwed. I also just really want the song because it is the most wonderful song I have ever heard. You can hear it here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=odMBx-Tq_zU

City Scape

2008-01-05T20:43:00.000-08:00

After a big lunch at Chevy's, Shervin convinced me to go see Jenny Owen Youngs at the Millennium Stage. She was great as usual. Then we went to eat which was also great. Why is it that Shervin and I only eat when we hang out?

Flash Flash

2008-01-04T16:48:00.001-08:00

Here is a pic from my new Polaroid-like Fuji Instax.

CRAP

2008-01-03T05:06:00.000-08:00

My car is going to cost under $800 to fix and I just spent about $300 on a vet visit for Dottie yesterday. So much for getting a Macbook next month. :(

Resolutions

2008-01-01T11:33:00.000-08:00

Yes I am making some. You can read about some general ones I made in an interview with DCist here.

Listen to more music. For being a musician I only really listen to 3 bands. I need more inspiration.
Take a lot of photographs with my new cameras. I've been meaning to get into photography for forever and this year is the year.
Dress better.
Say what I mean.

Freak Out

2007-12-31T15:10:00.001-08:00

I want to scream bad words at the top of my lungs right now!

Best Fwends

2007-12-29T17:06:00.001-08:00

Jane had a cocktail party. Luckily, I had bought a dress at Nordstrom Rack (50% off!!!) earlier in the week. We all had fun until someone played Soulja Boy for 10 minutes. You can view all the photos by clicking on the picture below!

Cocktail Party

Merry Christmas to Me!

2007-12-25T15:29:00.001-08:00

I just bought myself the greatest Christmas present ever...An instant mini camera! Once I try it out I can buy film that puts Hello Kitty in the white space!!!

100th Post, 100 Things

2007-12-20T16:27:00.001-08:00

Rather than come up with just a list of my favorite albums/movies of this year, I decided to do a list of my favorite anythings of 2007. Since this is also my 100th blog post, I decided to do a list of 100 of these things. The list was intimidating at first but after I reached 100, I kept thinking of other things I wanted to add. But for wanting to go with a theme, 100 it is. I should also add that the list is in no particular order other than I may have thought of something and it reminded me of something else. When I felt like it, I added commentary on each item. ENJOY!
1) Superbad: "Fo sho."
2) Dottie
3) 30 Rock: So many good lines but a few that stand out are, "Be an American Liz, call it in," and "20 MILFs, 50 8th graders, no rules..."
4) Slaughterhouse-Five and Geek Love: While neither came out this year, I finally read them and really enjoyed them.
5) Mark Ronson: Hi. Call me. I think we'd have a lot to talk about.
6) Mark Ronson - Version
7) Dreamworld by Rilo Kiley: The only song worth anything to me on their new album.
8) Diplo's Young Folks Remix
9) Ra Ra Riot live
10) Sufjan Stevens at the Kennedy Center: Thank you Ryan!
11) Tapas from a Tapas restaurant in Baltimore (can't think of the name)
12) The Dismemberment Plan Reunion Show
13) My vintage gold boots: Bargaining at vintage stores works!
14) Visiting my grandparents in Florida (even though it was snowing when I got back)
15) My new phone
16) Shiv: Where have you been my whole life???
17) Doing a woxy.com Lounge Act
18) Playing/hangin' with Bad Flirt
19) Warehouse Vintage in Columbus
20) Uniqlo jeans
21) Mobbing Amy Sedaris in the East Village
22) Ruby Tuesday's Cauliflower Smash
23) Hanging with my 511 Roomies
24) Top Chef
25) Top Chef Specials
26) Pop Candy
27) 5 Acts
28) Jukebox the Ghost: The handclaps! The harmonies! I could talk about this band forever. I am soooo looking forward to playing many more shows together in 2008.
29)D-Listed: I don't read it as often as I used to but the writing is on point and hilarious.
30) Four Four The best blog I have ever read. Someone please get Rich a book deal so he can write a memoir about growing up in Jersey, being gay, Tyra Bank's Vajay-jay arms, and life with Winston. Also his movie and music (mostly r and b and hip hop for the indie crowd) reviews are cleverly on point.
31) Knocked Up: Helloooo Jason Segel wearing nothing after an earthquake.
32) Georgie James and the Brunettes show during CMJ at Sound Fix
33) How I Met Your Mother: I have band practice Mondays so I often miss this show but when I am home on Mondays, it is the one thing I look forward to.
34) Jim and Pam from The Office finally dating (even though I'm over it and maybe the show now)
35) Pictures from my Holga camera
36) Miranda July
37) The soundbite of Donald Trump saying "Roise has been a loser for quite sometime now" (even though I think he is wrong and a misogynist jerk).
38) The Methamphetamines
39) Shervin's Happy Accidents photobook release party
40) Top Model
41) Return to Fat Camp: To my dismay, Diane was not a main character this time around but the long-awaited sequel (at least in my family and by Four Four) definitely did not disappoint.
42) Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
43) The Soup: "See you in Harlem!"
44) Waitress: Luckily we had some leftover pie for me to eat while I watched this.
45) Kanye West's Stronger: I'm so white and predictable, I know.
46) The fact that Amy Adams is finally (almost) a household name
47) Google Chat
48) Playing Guitar Hero at Heidi's
49) Clothes from Target
50) Who Killed the Electric Car: I finally saw this and still think about it on a weekly basis. It will really change the way you think about how closely consumerism and the government are related.
51) The Con - Tegan and Sara: "Nobody nobody nobody nobody nobody nobody nobody nobody."
52) Jenn Misko
53) Jenn de la Vega
54) That Party Faithful song that goes "Whoa uh oh, whoa oh oh."
55) Transformers
56) Flight of the Conchords: I would not pressure Bret into anything like that pastry chef. I would be fine just looking at him all day.
57) Amy Winehouse - Back to Black: "You goooo back to her and I goooo back tooooooooo...Us." Also Tears Dry On Their Own is a great single in the vein of Ain't No Mountain Higher.
58) Playing with Exit Clov in Ithaca
59) Our CD Release Show
60) Adam making jokes about Rooney: "Hey, let's go to the beach! Yeah!"
61) International Potluck at work
62) The Simpsons Movie
63) Being in Alternative Press
64) Having really long hair for the first time in my life
65) Seeing Joseph Gordon Levitt on Houston Street
66) Ledo Pizza opening up in Sterling
67) Hanging with Caddell and Erik in the studio: "DC Flow, I don't know."
68) Visiting Lindsey in Philly: I can't believe we watched all of that terrible movie.
69) Tacos from Zavala
70) Hanging out in TriBeca
71) Eating Tex Mex with Shervin
72) Kitchen Nightmares
73) Hanging out at the Oasis
74) Skinny jeans from PacSun: Seriously. They weren't skinny enough anywhere else. Thanks to Lissa for thinking to go there.
75) Putting out an album
76) Project Runway: There may be no Nick or Daniel or Santino but it is still one of my favs.
77) Anthony Bourdain
78) Late night french fry and milkshake runs
79) Diablo Cody: I haven't seen Juno yet but I knew I was in love when she said she bonded with her stepdaughter over Top Model.
80) Making soup on Sundays
81) Laying out at the pool
82) Getting an EZ Pass
83) Jenny Owen Youngs: She writes some of the most clever/funny folk lyrics that rival the much missed Moldy Peaches
84) Talking to Regina Spektor about fried potatoes outside of the bathroom at Trash Bar: She is shorter than me!
85) Mango milkshakes from (BRGR)
86) Eating falafel for the first time: I don't know what took me so long!
87) Getting a free appetizer at Coastal Flats with Kim
88) Getting free dessert another time at Coastal Flats with Kim
89) Window shopping at the Marc by Marc Jacobs store in the East Village
90) "Pretty good."
91) Leggings from American Apparel
92) My Halloween costume: I can see why Amy Winehouse wears it every day.
93) The woxy.com CMJ Day Party at the White Rabbit
94) Andyman's Treehouse
95) Chocolate Meringue pie from Mom's Apple Pies
96) My Marc by Marc Jacobs necklaces and skull ring
97) Erik's graduation lunch
98) Marie's new house
99) Gary's tomatoes
100) Knowing that 2008 is almost here!!!

Two New Things

2007-12-14T16:05:00.000-08:00

I got a dog (sorta) and a haircut. Dad called Saturday and said we could take Dottie. She is the best lazy dog ever. She is even okay when we gave her a bath. I got a haircut and I really like it.

Flaming Volcanoes and Unicorns

2007-11-25T18:09:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Lissa and I made unicorn cookies with neon icing.

This weekend Lindsey and I went to Pacific Rim and got a flaming volcanos.

Both were yummy.

A Slacker and A Sellout?

2007-11-22T07:39:00.000-08:00

I need to post more. Sorry!

Last night I saw Enchanted. It was cute. The medium popcorn bag I bought had my former love, Jason Lee's face all over it accompanied by a couple of CGI chipmunks. If you haven't heard, Jason will be playing Dave Seville in the updated version of the classic cartoon, Alvin and the Chipmunks, which I saw a preview for last night as well. This time, they are more edgy (just look at the picture!) and don't sing songs about wanting hoola-hoops.

I used to love Jason Lee. A lot. Whenever he was in Jane magazine, he was always showing off photos he took on a Lomo or some type of art he was involved in. I can even get over the whole Scientology thing (maybe) but this is a little much. I just hope they paid him a lot and that is why he did it so now he can go do more large format photo exhibits. Anyways, here is the Jason Lee I'd like to remember:

Finally Fall!

2007-11-04T13:04:00.000-08:00

I had a good Halloween. I went as Amy Winehouse. It was pretty easy and fun. I still have marker and temporary tattoos all over my arms. Ha.

Ithaca was beautiful.

Exit Clov are amazing.

Erik bought a girl's hoodie that makes him look like Pete Wentz.

I am now officially ready for Thanksgiving.

Just Some Pics

2007-10-23T19:05:00.000-07:00

I've been on the NPH train since I was like 6 and I'm proud to ask, "What would NPH do?"

Also, how hilarious is Ryan in that pic we took for free chocolate?

CMJ 2007 Wrap-Up

2007-10-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

For a second, I thought about calling this the "CMJ 2007 Rap-Up" and would do my post in couplets. It is a good idea but I'm too tired for the cleverness that that would require.

So Thursday, Erik, Adam and I get into Brooklyn. Pash played a show then we headed our separate ways. I ventured to the Lower East Side with Ryan and Mandy to see Get Him, Eat Him at Arlene's Grocery. On the way there, we stopped at Piano's to see my good friend Pat. The place was packed but we got free Ritter Sport chocolate! After watching Get Him, Eat Him play, Mandy and I then freaked for a half hour about not being able to get a hold of Erik and Adam. Eventually, we found the two drunk kids back in Brooklyn and headed to Mandy's place in Queens.

After getting up very early to move the car, I went back to sleep and was awoken by Adam tapping me on the head in his underwear saying we were meeting Dave at Times Square in an hour. It was pouring. Luckily, I looked at the weather before I packed and brought a raincoat. I had planned on seeing Jukebox the Ghost and my buddy Shiv at the WOXY.com/Gothamist Day Show. Jukebox were incredible. Their cover of "What's This?" from The Nightmare Before Christmas was amazing. All the dudes in Jukebox rule and I'm stoked to be playing with them in a few weeks. It was great to see Shiv. I promised to come to Cinncinatti very soon just to hang out with him.

I eventually walked towards Piano's, sighted Joseph Gordon-Levitt (SO HOT in real life) and ended up buying some very wonderful gold boots. After watching The Meths (aka Adam and Erik) play, we made it down to Brooklyn to see Georgie James play a free show. The Brunettes were playing when we got there and they are so adorable! GJ played a wonderful set.

By then, my new boots were cutting into my ankles and we all headed to Trash Bar for free tater tots and then it was back to Queens where Dave showed us pics from Butt magazine as we got ready for bed.

Frza never called me back. JERK!

Sorry for the lack of good pictures (and my zitty face)...my camera's flash sucks a lot.

Crisis Mood

2007-10-14T17:16:00.001-07:00

I scheduled a photo shoot for tomorrow and I have NO idea what to wear!!!

IRL

2007-10-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

My former coworker, Terron, once said of Liz Lemon from 30 Rock, "She is cute and kinda lame...just like you."

He then made me this great picture of him as Jack (the minority version) and me as Liz.

I sure do miss T-Bone at the office.

Yikes

2007-10-07T14:58:00.000-07:00

So I almost burnt the house down yesterday. It was pretty terrifying. I also saw a license plate yesterday that said "Frak Me." Very clever. I did however get free dessert at Coastal Flats since they were out of the pumpkin cheesecake they'd hyped up all night.

This week I look forward to watching "Pushing Daises" again and buying the new Say Anything CD. It's okay. You can make fun of me for that last one. Also, I miss Nipper.

I'll be in New York next Thursday through at least Saturday for CMJ. Anyone wanna meet up?

Gnome Matter What?

2007-10-02T16:24:00.000-07:00

Ryan sent what might be the best Missed Connection ever:

I saw you. You are Jason Schwartzman. - w4m - 26 (SoHo): 2007-09-30, 6:56PM EDT

You were walking with a cane up prince street. You looked good in real life. Remember me, blonde with glasses? missed connection perhaps?

He is an asshole if he does not reply!

(Insert Adjective) Chic

2007-09-30T18:30:00.000-07:00

I've been trying different looks for the stage and have recently come to a stand still. I'm not 100% happy with anything I wear lately. Also, it is tough trying to wear things that are cute but are also functional since I have to play guitar and dance a lot. I also don't want to dress the way anyone else dresses which is also another big challenge to work around. Why do I feel like I need Tyra and the Jays to help me define my style?

Just for fun, here are some of my biggest style icons.

Pictures of Success

2007-09-27T16:53:00.000-07:00

Since I am not a huge fan of the new Rilo Kiley album, I didn't get tickets to see them tonight or yesterday and eventually they sold out. I actually haven't seen RK live since 2004! I still love the band and I'll never love them more than when I booked them at my college back in 2002. Here are some pictures!

Annie, Are You Okay?

2007-09-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

I am going to be in CPR training for 5 1/2 hours tomorrow. Work is paying for it and it is a good skill to have but I am nervous. What if I fail? It took me 2 times (at least) to pass in high school. And besides, the mannequins scare the CRAP out of me.

Summer Away

2007-09-17T17:36:00.001-07:00

It is 8 pm and it is dark. WTF? Where did summer go? I hate the cold and the dark. I bought a cute scarf from H & M that has ghosts and hearts on it. This will cheer me up for now. I asked my sister to take a picture of me and the scarf but she is the worst photographer ever so instead you get some pics from the past few weeks. Lucky you!

Stop Making a Fool Out of Me!

2007-09-16T16:30:00.000-07:00

Getting your van towed sucks! I am home for now. Woxy.com was a blast. Matt Shiv is my new BFF. Saw Superbad for the second time. Ready to go out again. Oh, and "Valerie" is my new favorite song.

A Broken Record

2007-09-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

I am watching the VMAs and since I've been in a van for the past week I had no idea my love, Mark Ronson, was going to be leading the house band. What a nice surprise! I am going to pursue Mark to remix one of my songs just like DJ Frequency did for our "Kill the Rich Boys II." Maybe I can get him to sample some clips from Pee-Wee's Playhouse. I will keep everyone posted on my progress.

Update

2007-09-07T21:51:00.000-07:00

For the three of you that read this, sorry I have been slacking. I've been busy with work, moving, putting an album out, and touring. Here is a quick update about what is going on in my life:

1. I miss my dog. A lot.
2. My album charted in the CMJ top 200!
3. Returning to New London always makes me feel wonderful and crappy at the same time.
4. I excited about playing on www.woxy.com this Tuesday.
6. Why did it take me a month to see Supebad? Why haven't I seen it 12 times already?
5. Mark Ronson is still hot.

Pictures as soon as I set my computer up.

DJ Pick Up Your Phone

2007-08-21T18:04:00.000-07:00

My band, Pash, has a new albumm "The Best Gun," coming out next week!!!!! If you like us or like me at all, please feel free to request us at your local college radio station. Just for kicks, here is our one sheet.

A Little Filler

2007-08-11T15:07:00.001-07:00

Here is me as a cat. This was taken on Lissa's cell phone.

Hell Yeah

2007-08-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

When I added "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" to my Netflix queue its status stayed as "Very Long Wait" for what seemed like months. I finally got the movie yesterday. Now I cannot stay that I am or ever was Judas Priest fan and I probably only know 3 people who are (Cousin Nathan included) but I was familiar with this movie due to my college friends (the other 2 Judas Priest fans I know). They were always quoting the high school girl from Glenn Burnie.

Since this movie was filmed at the since demolished Capital Centre in Maryland I am sure someone I know is in this movie. One of Lindsey's relatives has to be in it. I'm willing to bet on it.

I have provided the 2 best clips in my opinion for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy and remember, Heavy Metal Definitely RULES!

Fear of Flying

2007-07-27T16:30:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow I fly by myself for the first time. I wish it was on this plane.

Who Needs a Kwik-E-Mart?

2007-07-21T18:34:00.000-07:00

I do! Lissa only told me today that there is a Kwik-E-Mart in Maryland. Considering we only had a week left before it turned back into a 7-11 and that I will be out of town next weekend, we made the hour trek up to PG county. We bought Squishees (with commemorative cups), Buzz Cola and a pink sprinkled donut. The cashier even said "Thank you come again," after handing us the receipt. Lissa couldn't believe that he said that and started giggling uncontrollably. If you are in the Metro area, do yourself a favor and go!

See more photos here: http://picasaweb.google.com/merideth.munoz/KwikEMart

I Love Medium Format

2007-07-18T17:29:00.001-07:00

Just look how beautiful and square these pictures I took with a Holga are!!!

Hidden Gems

2007-07-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

Apparently, this beautiful work of art has been in our neighborhood for years and none of us ever noticed! How is this possible? Whoever created this, you are a very talented artist!

2007-07-05T16:48:00.000-07:00

We had a killer Fourth of July. Megan and Brad annouced to (most) of our family that they are engaged! Congrats!

Also, Picasa is so badass.

Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before

2007-07-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

Last night I was making food for our Fourth of July party when I heard a familiar lyric on MTV Hits. "Stop me, oh oh oh, stop me..." was being sung against a funky beat. "Sounds like my favorite Smiths song," I thought. Then I heard "I was delayed I was waylayed..." It was the Smiths' song' but it obviously wasn't Morrissey singing. I ran over to the TV to check it out. It was some bloke wearing a James Joyce Dubliners shirt (haha...get it?) singing in a bar while a good looking dude was walking around a city where people were crying a lot of cartoon tears. I was little taken back because like, who would cover the Smiths? That band Snake River Conspiracy but anyways.

At the end of the video I saw that it was Daniel Merriweather featuring Mark Ronson! I was no longer upset once I realized it was my number 1 DJ crush. Good job, Mark. You took very good care of my favorite summer song. I WILL be buying your album especially since I heard Alex Greenwald is on it but that is another story for another time.

License to Breakup

2007-06-28T05:29:00.000-07:00

Last night I had an awesome dream where John Krasinski('s character in License to Wed) broke up with Mandy Moore('s character from the same movie) for me. NICE.

What I want to know is why didn't I buy tickets to go see Ben Gibbard at the 9:30 Club a few months ago because if I had, I could have seen the lovely Mr. Krasinski in person singing Wilco songs? I'll just add it to my ever growing pile of regrets.

Best Fest - DC Version

2007-06-24T08:15:00.000-07:00

Lindsey came into town. We went to a house show where The Well, Kickball, Clara Clara and Ingrid (yes!) played. Despite every road off Constitution being cut off due to the Planter's Nut Mobile, we had a good time!

I also got a scanner so expect to see more Polaroid 'round here.

Captin, My Captin!

2007-06-21T18:01:00.000-07:00

Last night I saw Team Dresch play at the Black Cat. Most of you probably don't know who they are so for your reference, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Dresch.

I discovered Team Dresch in high school through Sarah Yassine. We tried to start a band with my sister, Melissa, on bass and Ian Widman on drums. We called ourselves the Asthmatics and had one practice and one song cleverly titled, "We're the Asthmatics." How Brady Kids of me. Anyways, Sarah told me she had a band she wanted me to listen to that her brother liked called Team Dresch. She brought their first album, Personal Best into our science research class. It took only one listen of the album's first track to realize I was in love.

I have since wore the hell of out my Personal Best CD-R and was too stupid to buy one last night (I did get a rad shirt though). The band's second album, Captin, My Captin is one of my most played vinyls. Team Dresch is one of the few bands along with Nirvana and Elliott Smith I thought I would never get to see perform. However, the band reuinted a few years ago and has been playing shows here and there ever since. The lovely Katy Otto (who also runs my band's label, Exotic Fever Records) asked them to play with her new band, Problems. Luckily for me, the ladies agreed. Apparently the last time they played DC was back in 1994! The only music I listened to back then was Silverchair, Nirvana, and the Dazed and Confused soundtrack (Hi, Daniel Johns!).

To see these four lovely (can we talk about how lovely Kaia Wilson is while we are at it?) play the hell out of their instruments to their badass songs in person was beyond inspiring. Team Dresch is truly an influential band in every sense of the phrase. Almost every punk rock lady will list them as one of her favorite bands, myself included. You know that cliche that you find art/music/books/whatever when you need them most? Well that is how I feel about Team Dresch. I was just starting to write songs and decide that I wanted to do music when Personal Best first graced my ears. I couldn't have seen Team Dresch for the first time at a better time in my life. I'm debating daily if playing music is what I want to do with my life and watching Team Dresch come together over 10 years after they disbanded and as one audience member said "[playing] better than they used to" gave me that extra kick in the ass to realize that yes, I should do music. Especially if I can look as awesome as they do while performing. So please, do yourself a favor and go buy Personal Best right now.

Also, Kaia, if you are reading this, why are you so beautiful?

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodgovernor

The Final Countdown

2007-06-17T13:46:00.000-07:00

I spent my last few days of tour in Fredericksburg. We played in Norfolk Monday at Relative Theory Records which is tragically closing at the end of the month! Our friends Macky and Julie just graduated high school! Congrats girls!

Tuesday we played in Richmond at Alley Katz with Zulu Pearls (amazing), Silent Film Star (cool bros!) and Set by Satellite. I'm not one for talking trash but everyone knows the deal with Alley Katz. The show was delayed for a half hour due to a thunderstorm. Two of my favs, Rachel and Abby showed up. They are the only reason I would ever move to Richmond.

Wednesday night Erik and I went out to eat and braced ourselves for an intense night of TV watching. I have to say that despite there being no hot guys on Top Chef 3, I am still going to watch.

Thursday, we played at the Loft - NO COMMENT.

Friday I was quite sick. I suffered from a huge allergy attack Wednesday night that made me feel worse and worse each day. We played at Strangeland Records in Annadale with the Datamines who are probably the catchiest band I've heard in a while.

And our final night of tour was at the Warehouse Next Door in DC for Exotic Fever Fest. We love the staff at the Warehouse, James and Gideon are the coolest people in the world. Gideon said you can tell if someone should be your friend by if they like Prince or David Bowie. I agree with him and LOVE both artists so I guess we are friends!

All in all...tour was a success and I can't wait to go back out in the fall.

Garth, that was a haiku.

2007-06-10T14:01:00.000-07:00

In Columbus, we ate at a cute Japanese restaurant called Haiku. They provide you with cute little pieces of paper and pencils. We assumed it was to write haikus on so we did. All poems are unedited and have been transcribed exactly as they are on the paper.

Jon

Your green tea eyes look
so soft and deep in the light.
Let me bathe my spirit.

Erik

I am pumped for soup
I hope it does not make me
poop fart poop fart poop.

Ryan

Noodles on my plate
eat them like firey blaze
I'm not hungry now

Mer

Sitting in the rain
Adjacent to robust khoy
Make me quite hungry

Greetings From Michigan!

2007-06-08T09:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry I had to. Anyways, we drove to Grand Rapids, Michigan and stayed with Shawn and Emily Kruger who are probably the nicest people ever and live in the cutest house you have ever seen.

Before our show, we walked around and ate good food. I spend almost 6 dollars on the best chocolate pudding ever (worth it!). On our way to lunch, we saw a station wagon that had been converted in Luke Sykwalker's X-Wing, R2-D2 and all! We then drove to Millennium Park where Erik decided to get a little Asian on us. Luckily for everyone out there, I capture it on film (well a scan disk really).

At the DAAC, someone carved "Gilmore Girls" into the merch table. How timely. After the show, we hung out at Pub 43 where Skylar acted out Prince's hand moves in "I Would Die 4 U." God I love this town!

Me Oh My Oh

2007-06-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

Look at us in Ohio!!! We drove up to Ohio Friday night, ate at the Cracker Barrel and watched Wayne's World during the worst thunderstorm ever.

The next day, we got into Columbus and walked around. It was Gallery Hop so we ran into a bad ass high school drum line, the Flaggots (who Erik and I loved) and free food on the street. That night we played at Andyman's Tree House which as you can see actually does have a tree inside. We played with the Receiver who are probably the best band to ever come out of Ohio. If you live in Ohio, watch them on MTV2's On Demand. It is freakin' hilarious. Our next stop...Michigan!

Picture Post Part 2 - Everything Else

2007-05-29T09:43:00.000-07:00

After I realized my camera doesn't work on Erik's laptop, I stopped taking a ton of pictures. In retrospect, it is always a good idea to carry a camera with you especailly if Regina Spektor is singing on stage before your band plays and Greta Cohn, formerly of Cursive just happens to be there too.

Fafi mural at the Lit Lounge.

Erik loves Will Smith movies so I got a picture of where the Men in Black climax takes place.

An altered sign at DJ Frequency's studio. He hates rock music.

Handsome! Not.

Ryan and me in front of New Jersey.

Tour Picture Post Part 1 - Philly

2007-05-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

Jon, Erik and I getting ready to pick up Ryan!

Yummy tortilla chips at Pico de Gallo.

I love cute things.

Me, Linds and the Benj.

Panda Riot being all artsy and awesome.

A User, A Boozer, and A Loser

2007-05-25T19:47:00.000-07:00

Today in the Village I saw a cute little woman wearing a colorful mu mu and big glasses. I swore it was Amy Sedaris so I turned around and chased her down.
Sure enough, it was her. I told her I was a big fan and loved the mashed potatoes recipe in her book, "I Like You," and then parted.
Everyone pretty much knows by now that Amy does not look like Jerri Blank in real life. In fact, Amy is quite beautiful and petite with perfect skin.
There are only 2 more days of the first half of our tour. Tomorrow we play in Brooklyn and midnight and Sunday we play New London, CT. I can't wait to go home and wait in a long line to get my passport processed!

No Sleep Real Heat

2007-05-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

It is beyond hot in this lovely city. Yesterday, we played at Fontana's in Chinatown with our good friends, Arbor Day. I was disappointed to learn their bass player, Joe Hasan, no longer has copies of his second comedy CD. His first CD is a Pash favorite. I wonder where that cd went...

Anyways, the show was great. We played to a good sized crowd. Two of my friends from college, Albert and Pat showed up. Hopefully I will get to see both of them again before we leave. James from the Gay Blades showed up. It is always a pleasure to be in his company. So handsome that one!

I had been planning on going to an after party all week but was bogged down with a migraine right before we played. It is my fault though - I didn't eat a proper lunch (the biggest migraine trigger in the world) and ate the raddest veggie dumplings for dinner. MSG always makes things worse.

Jon and I found free parking! Yesterday we paid $45 to park. The only catch with our spot was that we had to wait in the car from 9am - 10:30am to make sure cops didn't ticket us. While waiting in the car, we saw swarms of little children in red and blue shirts. It appeared to be the local schools' field day. So cute! It is gonna be a hot one but I have more shopping to do!

Hopefully Jon and I will watch Lost tonight. Thank you itunes!

This is the remix

2007-05-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

Last night we worked on a remix of "Kill the Rich Boys II" with DJ Frequency. It sounds pretty rad so far. He didn't finish it but I am very pleased with how it sounds so far - like Timbaland but better! We also ate dinner at Ruby Tuesday's which is still weird no matter what state you are in.
We are all lazy and just got up. It looks nice outside so I am hoping Erik will get up in a bit and go shopping with me.
I am dying to see "Lost!"

tour tour tour

2007-05-23T09:23:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer - there are no pictures for this post. I will update with photos as soon as I can.

We are on day 5 of our East Coast tour. We are at our friend's Shelly's apartment. Bibb and Ryan and are in Manhattan. Tour has been great so far. We got paid for the first time in New York. A lot of our friends from college now live here and showed up last night.

The night before we played in Philly. My BFF, Lindsey, and I were telling this guy we liked his Daft Punk shirt. Lindsey started singing Around the World and the guy said, "You should listen to that song on whippets." I'm gonna take his word on that one.

I feel like I have more to say but my mind is going blank. We are doing a remix with the famous DJ Frequency today. Tomorrow we play in New York again with my favorite band, Arbor Day. We also have Friday off so I am planning to hit up Uniqlo and spend lots of money that I don't have.

I'll be back with pictures soon, I promise.

Ripchord

2007-05-16T17:59:00.000-07:00

"I was even havin' a good day, when I found out we lost you."

Alex has been gone for 4 years. It seems like just yesterday I came back to my dorm room after dinner at Chipotle to strange messages from some of my closest friends, all who wouldn't say exactly what was going on but only that they needed to talk and that they were sorry. Minutes later my roomates were trying to help me figure out what was going on. One of them got an IM from her friend, "Did you hear about the senior who died?" She read it to me and responded "Please tell me who. I think it is one of my roomates friends." I looked over her shoulder and read "Alex Naden." I was in shock as anyone in this situation would be. Before I could even process anything, someone knocked on our dorm. It was my friend Kim who lived down the hall. She was crying and we hugged and cried and cried and cried. After that, the calls and messages kept coming in. A large group quickly gathered across campus at someone's house. Everyone was in tears or silent. The German exam I had to take the next day was the last thing on my mind.

I thought about Alex everyday for 2 years. I still feel very fortunate that I ran into him at the Food Court the day before he left us. I said goodbye and got to see his beautiful smile one last time.

His parents returned to campus my senior year for a bench dedication. Alex always sat around the benches outside of the Underground - the first place I met Alex. I was selfishly going to keep a picture of Alex and some other friends who worked at the Underground that had been taken my freshman year. Marie talked me out of it. Instead, I gave the picture to Mr. Naden and told him that not a day went by where I didn't think of Alex, how wonderful Alex was and how proud I was to have known his son. His dad thanked me over tears. I considered this closure.

I now only think of Alex from time to time. I sometimes see people who look like him and start to chase them down before I remember. I was driving home the other night with my Ipod on shuffle and Radiohead came on. I immediately thought of Alex. Alex spent hours making Radiohead B-sides and rarities mixed CDs for the Underground. I always considered it a treat. I have so many things to thank Alex for...first and for most my friends. If it wasn't for Alex, I wouldn't have met the students that became my friends. Mostly, I want to thank Alex for making me smile. Whether it was telling me my crush was coming down to the Underground for my number or just doing a silly dance, he always made me and everyone smile. Even in his death, Alex continues to give his greatest gift- the gift of loving life.

We all miss you.

Thnks fr th Mmrs

2007-05-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

Lissa graduated from college (sorta) this weekend. Radford is far away. I thought the hour and a half drive to Mary Washington was painful. Boy, was I wrong. Fun was had by all despite the crappy weather.

Also, Megan and Lissa turn 22 tomorrow (Lindsey, can you believe it???). HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

The Dismemberment Plan...Reunites!!!

2007-04-29T09:58:00.000-07:00

For 2 nights only! All personal revelations aside, this was the greatest night of my life. Dplan was in full force and everyone in the audience enjoyed the set. If they didn't, they were probably deaf.

They played almost every song I wanted to hear. It seems like everyone has the same favorite parts in songs. For example, EVERYONE sang along with the funky line "Joe got caught aboard a Boe with 7 tons of opium." During the fan fav, The Ice of Boston (really all of their songs are though), the stage was so crowded that Travis had to remove his guitar and Eric had to stop playing. My favorite D Plan member (and my sometimes record producer), Mr. Jason Caddell, was only half viewable throughout the whole show but I did see him crack a few smiles. To finally see Joe play Girl O'Clock was beyond amazing. I am kinda serious when I say I can die now. Last night also made me sad that I turned down about 4 opportunities to see D Plan in college.

D Plan played about a 2 hour set and played 2 encores. My all time favorite D Plan song and one of my all time favorites, The Other Side, was played during the 1st encore, I think. I've included a crappy video of it. I asked Jason if they would play at my wedding and he laughed in my face. Sorry folks, I tried.

DISMEMBERMENT PLAN FOREVA!!!!!!!!!

Help Me Out

2007-04-12T05:54:00.000-07:00

Pash is in the Mary Kate and Ashley Battle of the Bands. To me this is way rad. If you could vote for us, I'd love you forever.

http://www.mary-kateandashley.com/media/article.php?11671

The End of a Small Part of an Era

2007-04-09T17:35:00.000-07:00

Peanut had to leave us. It is okay, though. He was not doing well these past few years.

Peanut, I am sorry I let go of you when you were jumping when you were a puppy and you broke your leg and then that mean vet set your leg wrong and it never healed right. I still feel bad about that.

RIP

Would you boff me? 'Cause I'd boff me.

2007-04-05T16:04:00.000-07:00

The marketing people at NBC are genius. They took 30 Rock's version of a familar game and made it virtual. Now everyone can decide if they want to marry, boff, or kill famous people. The trick is, each category has 5 slots so you better choose wisely (I know there are sixes boxes but its only 5 - dumb).

I "died" my second time when I decided to kill the Pope. I had 1 boff left but was saving it for Borat who I saw would follow the Pope. Plus, I am an honest person and if I don't want to boff someone, I won't say I want to just to go to Level 2.

Shown above are my real results. I would have played more but decided to get back to work.

Play for yourself here: http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/games/

ENJOY!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

2007-04-04T19:29:00.000-07:00

On a show I watched tonight, the contestants had to give themselves "glamourous" nicknames. For the past 3 hours, I have been thinking of my nickname. Mer is too obvious and not fabulous at all. Mermer is twee. Dith is not bad but too close to death and who wants to be reminded of death? I then thought of Trillian from The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy. Since my middle name is Patrica, I thought Trillian would be perfect. It's weird and attention grabbing andcute enough for Zooey Deschanel. Trillian it is! But then I realized, I am not on a reality show created by someone nicked named Ty-Ty Baby and that I should probably just watch Lost and go to bed. So that's what I am going to do.

Partying for the Homeless

2007-04-01T13:49:00.000-07:00

Erik and Jane threw a fundraiser for the Thurman Brisben Homless Shelter in Fredericksburg, VA. I had a good time. I got the see my friend, the famous DJ Frequency, in action along with The Gay Blades and Boy/Girl. I also bought a rad picture of a dude with a beard. All in all, a few thousand dollars were raised for the shelter. Who says partying is futile??? (oh yeah, me)

Eagle vs. Shake

2007-03-29T18:17:00.000-07:00

My best friend sent me a link to the best movie trailer I have seen in a long time and I just had to share. From the preview, "Eagle vs. Shark" looks like it has the perfect amount of quirk and humor to become my new favorite film.

Please check out the trailer here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/eaglevsshark/trailer/

And the offical website here (so colorful!): http://www.eaglevsshark.net/

If you are disappointed, bite me.