Tumbled ..

So I finally took the time to figure out how tumblr works: It's fun.

xo

New surroundings ..

I have put off fixing up my bedroom for too long. I have been in my apartment for almost a year now and my bedroom has basically just been "make-shift", which will not stand.

So this weekend I bought a can of teal paint, my new favorite color. I am almost finished, just one little wall left. It looks amazing! I love it!

Ellen and I went to Ikea this weekend and I bought a wall mirror, that I have eyed for a couple of years, and a little shelf to put on the wall next to the bed. And I also picked out a bed frame ..



I see so many photos on weheartit.com of magical, yes magical, bedrooms and that is what I plan on turning mine into. Luckily, the bed has TONS of storage space underneath. Hopefully, this will make my closet less cluttered.

So my mission for this afternoon is to put the bed frame together and finish painting, there is some touch up needed as well.

I am SO EXCITED to show you when it's all finished. It makes me terribly happy.

xoxo

I love my city ..

1. 31 in Seattle, 2. P1233720, 3. Untitled, 4. rainy*night, 5. space needle under construction c1962 (?), 6. Seattle Space Needle and Experience Music Project, 7. Seattle Engulfed in a Glowing Blanket of Fog., 8. Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau logo, 1969, 9. Seattle Fireworks (4th of July 2008), 10. Untitled, 11. Untitled, 12. Seattle, 13. Space Needle Sunset and Plane, 14. Kerry park, 15. 1, 16. Night in Seattle, 1913

Gonoherpesyphilaids Day - Break-up Mix Tape - Part 2

There was something wrong with the HTML and it wouldn't let me save or post so I started a second post:

The songs and artists that are missing include:

Man Plus - Butterscotch Kisses

Man Plus - Down At My Place

Noddy - I Am Becoming You (download free: http://noddy.indiedino.com)

Mike Park

Chris Garneau

Please also consider listening to one of my favorite episodes of This American Life titled Break-Ups. Especially the story by Starlee Kine.

And a special episode of All Songs Considered for Valentine's Day wherein they feature nothing but break-up songs.

Yeah, I'm an NPR nerd among other things.

Thank you for listening. I hope you enjoy these songs and artists as much as I have.

xoxo

Gonoherpesyphilaids Day - Break-up Mix Tape

As you can see, I have been working on one particular tape for awhile. Hence, the page of scribbles and notes above that I have revised over and over since last Spring.

First of all, I have to point out how difficult of a process this was .. not the emotional side, per say, but actually finding a suitable service that creates playlists. I didn't want to just list out the songs, I wanted you to have the option of easily listening to the songs without having to take the time to purchase and download them.

I wanted to find a service that would allow me to add my own mp3s as well because there are some artists on these lists that I knew wouldn't be available as they are independent artists that are not on a mainstream label, i.e. Man Plus and Noddy .. and Mike Park for some reason.

Ok, so about the lists. These aren't necessarily "break-up songs" .. the way I see it, an artist writes a song for themselves to convey a thought or feeling. Most of them release their piece to share their art and to share these thoughts and feelings with the hopes that someone will either like the way it sounds or will relate to the poetry created from real life events. On my side, as the listener, I hear something I like and whether or not I understand what exactly that artist was going through or attempting to express, I try to find my own meaning in the words. Find my own way to relate to it.

A lot of these songs were in my life for some time and only became more apparent and meaningful to me after going through two very difficult break-ups. In one year, I might add .. yeah, it's a process .. haha .. Other songs just happened to fall into my lap during the rough times and when I heard them either my jaw would drop or a tear would well up at the shear coincidence that what I was hearing was exactly what I was feeling at that moment.

This has been the most transformative year of my life. I can't say I wouldn't change anything but I am proud of what I have learned about people, myself, and life in general. There are days when I can see light at the end of the tunnel .. and days when I can't. But I know that this too shall pass ..

Now onto the music ..

dick. records

V. records - This one is a work in progress

Honorable Mentions

A good portion of the 'Honorable Mentions' were suggestions from friends.

Thank you for listenting. I hope you enjoy these songs and artists as much as I have.

xoxo

Hysterics!

Music is the best and worst thing. I concern myself so much with my current state of mind that I get lost in the music I relate to. Or I turn it into something to relate to.

It's mystifying how a song can have a meaning one day and a completely different meaning the next. It can evoke something in you that you never saw.

A love song one week could make your heart sing along and the next week make it cry along.

I don't know if I should feel glad or pathetic finding the only relatable thing to lyrics being my dog ..

"Home is where ever I'm with you." - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
"You suddenly complete me." - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I guess I should be grateful I at least have something to deflect onto .. Or someone, I suppose.



And someone to cuddle with.

xoxo

ps. sorry, i've been MIA ..

Teal Tuesday ..

My new favorite color!
xoxo

source.

xoxo

I ♥ Poster Caberet

Bon Iver, Cold War Kids, The Dead Weather, Iron and Wine, Jenny Lewis x2, The Kills, Kings of Leon, The Shins, She & Him, Spoon x2.

Love them all .. Just getting into Kings of Leon, not quite sure yet if I like them, I just really liked the poster.

They can all be found at Poster Caberet .. They have tons of other misc art prints as well .. So much beauty and inspiration!

You should also check out ALL of these bands .. a must!

xoxo

Who hates Sundays?

I DO!

I usually don't even want to get out of bed let alone get out of the house. But I need to grocery shop for the week and make a large pot of soup to begin my cleanse for the New Year.

Anyhoo .. Here is some recent inspiration:




























































































Hate is easy, Love takes Courage.

xoxo


ps. all photos from weheartit.com .. click at will ..

100 Resolutions

Where have I been all your life?
Sitting on fences, a novocaine for all the senses.
Another year will pass us by.
Making sense of nothing, in defense of something.
I laughed too late and dug myself into a grave.
This year I'll try not to think too much.
This year I'll try to stand up for myself.
This year I'll live like I've never lived before,
this is my year for sure.
Another stupid clumsy story.
More accidental aspirations.
Another explosion of silence.
I think I'm going deaf, or maybe I'm just hearing less.
This year I'll try to only listen to myself.
This year I'll try not to think too much.
This year I'll try to stand up for myself.
This year I'll live like I've never lived before,
this is my year for sure.
I wonder where you'll be bringing in the new year.
As midnight clocks are singing,
good chance I'll be slobbering somewhere.
Probably pass out, wasted, and sleeping until the smoke clears.
Vague memories of midnight flash in tune to morning sunlight.
Wake up knowing you'll never be there.
I've got 100 resolutions, but I've got no solutions.
I've got one song I write 100 times.
And only a dozen or so rhymes.
This year I'll try not to drink so much.
This year I'll try to stand up straight.
This year let's live liked we've never lived before,
this is our year for sure.

The Lawrence Arms