I'm super freaking excited for new years even if I don't have plans yet.
Heres what I will be listening to, get pumped!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Top Music of 2010
Favorite New Bands-
1. Mumford and Sons
2. Beach House
3. Broken Bells
4. Local Natives
5. Cashes Rivers
6. Breathe Owl Breathe
Favorite CDs by Bands I already liked-
1. Maps and Atlases- they finally released a full length!
2. Gaslight Anthem- American Slang- And I got to see them live and it was amazing.
3. Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon II
4. Black Keys- Brothers
5. Crystal Castles
6. Brighten
7. I still don't have MIA's new album but I love this video
My favorite discoveries that have been around forever but still-
- faded paper figures
- Bedouin Soundclash
My least favorite part of 2010-
- Envy on the Coast broke up : (
-
Things I'm looking forward to in 2011-
Blink 182- Year of the Rabbit?
this needs to be released. They need to tour and I WILL go.
Streetlight is coming back to town
Bassnecter is also coming but I don't know if I can go because its over break.
1. Mumford and Sons
2. Beach House
3. Broken Bells
4. Local Natives
5. Cashes Rivers
6. Breathe Owl Breathe
Favorite CDs by Bands I already liked-
1. Maps and Atlases- they finally released a full length!
2. Gaslight Anthem- American Slang- And I got to see them live and it was amazing.
3. Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon II
4. Black Keys- Brothers
5. Crystal Castles
6. Brighten
7. I still don't have MIA's new album but I love this video
My favorite discoveries that have been around forever but still-
- faded paper figures
- Bedouin Soundclash
My least favorite part of 2010-
- Envy on the Coast broke up : (
-
Things I'm looking forward to in 2011-
Blink 182- Year of the Rabbit?
this needs to be released. They need to tour and I WILL go.
Streetlight is coming back to town
Bassnecter is also coming but I don't know if I can go because its over break.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
and all you see is love coming out, but none of us are free
My new loves.
http://www.myspace.com/cashesrivers
Saw them- he is so pretty-
I got your name tattooed inside of my arm
recorded version-
this will not define me this year
And now for a complete 180 to pick up the mood-
I like white rappers so what
Dubstep-
What I listen to to wake up-
and to end on a high note- This is always a good way to think!
http://www.myspace.com/cashesrivers
Saw them- he is so pretty-
I got your name tattooed inside of my arm
recorded version-
this will not define me this year
And now for a complete 180 to pick up the mood-
I like white rappers so what
Dubstep-
What I listen to to wake up-
and to end on a high note- This is always a good way to think!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
German Potato Salad
This is less a recipe, than a suggestion. Because I don't measure often when I cook. Only when I bake.
But with
4 medium red potatoes
~ 3 tablespoons mayo
~2 tablespoons vinegar
~ 2 tablespoons whole seed mustard
4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped. Using an ulu would have made this much easier, or if I had cooked it crispier.
But with
4 medium red potatoes
~ 3 tablespoons mayo
~2 tablespoons vinegar
~ 2 tablespoons whole seed mustard
4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped. Using an ulu would have made this much easier, or if I had cooked it crispier.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Lemon Raspberry Muffins
Muffins the second recipe
Smitten Kitchen- Lemon Raspberry Muffins
SO have you ever started making a recipe, you know measuring out the sugar and butter and creaming them... then realizing you are missing an ingredient? I do, constantly. This time it was eggs. Of course I had started baking at 10:40, so too late to go them. If I had been cooking, not baking or if I had it I would have used apple sauce. But that isn't really abundant in my kitchen. So I used a oil to water ratio of 1:2 tablespoons, for a total of 3 tablespoons, apparently the weight of an egg. Between this substitution and my lack of a mixer to go the creaming, I will give these muffins the benefit of the doubt regarding the texture and make them again. They were a little dense with a thick crumb.
My inexperience caused me to push the raspberries too far into the dough so they became little pits, which is still cute and delicious.
The real downfall of this recipe is that I skinned 2 lemons for peel, and didn't use any of the juice. I want more lemony-ness!
Look how puffy and happy they look then...
Smitten Kitchen- Lemon Raspberry Muffins
SO have you ever started making a recipe, you know measuring out the sugar and butter and creaming them... then realizing you are missing an ingredient? I do, constantly. This time it was eggs. Of course I had started baking at 10:40, so too late to go them. If I had been cooking, not baking or if I had it I would have used apple sauce. But that isn't really abundant in my kitchen. So I used a oil to water ratio of 1:2 tablespoons, for a total of 3 tablespoons, apparently the weight of an egg. Between this substitution and my lack of a mixer to go the creaming, I will give these muffins the benefit of the doubt regarding the texture and make them again. They were a little dense with a thick crumb.
My inexperience caused me to push the raspberries too far into the dough so they became little pits, which is still cute and delicious.
The real downfall of this recipe is that I skinned 2 lemons for peel, and didn't use any of the juice. I want more lemony-ness!
Look how puffy and happy they look then...
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Summer 2010
I abandon blogging when my life is going smoothly apparently.
My favorite to thing to come from New Haven CT. I was trying to figure out who they remind me of...
My summer sound track-
and now my summer dance song
food updates soon, I have been doing alot of baking and cooking delicious things.
My favorite to thing to come from New Haven CT. I was trying to figure out who they remind me of...
My summer sound track-
and now my summer dance song
food updates soon, I have been doing alot of baking and cooking delicious things.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Home
As I walking home today, it smelled like lilies. But I couldn't see where they were and it made me sad. I miss driving around with my mom growling whenever I saw tiger lilies.
So songs that remind me of home- (and most of these probably don't apply to you sorry!)
idk just a memory I share with my mom-
and now the only song my brother and I agree on-
So my mother has been patient with all my music moods through the years. Since middle school I always controlled the music when we drove, and I need to thank her for that.
Blink 182 has been by biggest obsession, always. She drove up to Albany to see them with me but the bailed : (
my moms 2nd favorite band
my moms favorite band- who she saw with out me lame!
I wanted the song- make yourself at home, but I couldn't find it
I love the line- I'm out making you proud
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sameness
At what point does your work persona become part of your self definition?
I desperately want to dye my hair again. I want to stand out. I hate this city of phonies, all vying for power. But I act like one of them, waking up early, commuting while reading in my $250 suit. I feel like an imposer, I want to get home and change back to myyy clothes right after work. I am so much more comfortable in a band shirt. There are certain things that I would wear normally like this floral print dress, because it is so bright and well fitted that I have to wear a sweater over it. I like to think that someday someone will see me commuting and recognize that I am always listening to music. I want someone to ask what I am listening to. Recognize that I am trying to not be one of them. But don't I eventually want to work here? I walked by the IMF and WB and though cool I could have an office there! Isn't that why I am not getting a full sleeve of tattoos? (ignoring the pain and cost)
Maybe not wanting to be one of the crowd it indie, but thats how I have been for forever. I blame my mom. What did she think she was teaching me, decorating our house with south west stuff. Seriously we have the most kachinas I have ever see outside of Arizona, which is so out of place in our neighborhood of box assembled colonials.
I desperately want to dye my hair again. I want to stand out. I hate this city of phonies, all vying for power. But I act like one of them, waking up early, commuting while reading in my $250 suit. I feel like an imposer, I want to get home and change back to myyy clothes right after work. I am so much more comfortable in a band shirt. There are certain things that I would wear normally like this floral print dress, because it is so bright and well fitted that I have to wear a sweater over it. I like to think that someday someone will see me commuting and recognize that I am always listening to music. I want someone to ask what I am listening to. Recognize that I am trying to not be one of them. But don't I eventually want to work here? I walked by the IMF and WB and though cool I could have an office there! Isn't that why I am not getting a full sleeve of tattoos? (ignoring the pain and cost)
Maybe not wanting to be one of the crowd it indie, but thats how I have been for forever. I blame my mom. What did she think she was teaching me, decorating our house with south west stuff. Seriously we have the most kachinas I have ever see outside of Arizona, which is so out of place in our neighborhood of box assembled colonials.
Monday, May 24, 2010
The district sleeps alone tonight
Its my first night alone in DC.
I want to read this-
http://www.amazon.com/Like-Hurricane-Movement-Alcatraz-Wounded/dp/1565844025/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." Anna Freud
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Things I am doing instead of studying
Reading someone else's Top ____ Lists
Considering getting a Kindle for my commute in DC because then I subscribe to Foreign Affairs and they can tell me what to read
Looking at when Burn Notice is going to be back on and when House is tonight because I want to watch it live since I had meetings so I missed it all semester
Learning about the web aka being web nerdy?
What I will be listening to when I go back to studying-
while I study about Africa government & development
while I read about locus of control
Right time to get back to that.....
YAY UA! Hooray for school spirit
Considering getting a Kindle for my commute in DC because then I subscribe to Foreign Affairs and they can tell me what to read
Looking at when Burn Notice is going to be back on and when House is tonight because I want to watch it live since I had meetings so I missed it all semester
Learning about the web aka being web nerdy?
What I will be listening to when I go back to studying-
while I study about Africa government & development
while I read about locus of control
Right time to get back to that.....
YAY UA! Hooray for school spirit
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Manifesto Part 1
Another night when I can't fall asleep because I'm thinking means blogging time huzzah!
So my manifesto- What I believe in because I like to pretend the world cares.
It amuses me that I am such a happy person when I really have a negative view of the world and people.
The Future-
I believe we are headed to a future that is like what is represented in Brave New World. We are all becoming stupid and apathetic. People are easily manipulated by politicians when they have no idea what they are talking about. Throw around some facts and figures and everyone will believe you.
This may have something to do with reading Amusing Ourselves to Death, but I thought this before I read that book I swear.
Next on to-
Religion
(this is not complete and is subject to change at the will of my logical reasoning)
So my manifesto- What I believe in because I like to pretend the world cares.
It amuses me that I am such a happy person when I really have a negative view of the world and people.
The Future-
I believe we are headed to a future that is like what is represented in Brave New World. We are all becoming stupid and apathetic. People are easily manipulated by politicians when they have no idea what they are talking about. Throw around some facts and figures and everyone will believe you.
This may have something to do with reading Amusing Ourselves to Death, but I thought this before I read that book I swear.
Next on to-
Religion
(this is not complete and is subject to change at the will of my logical reasoning)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Songs that Go Together
... like peanut butter & jelly
So you probably know the B.O.B. version with Haley William (who is beautiful) but this is the original version, its upsetting they sold the song because they could have used it to make it big. But anyways her voice is more like J'Davey
Indie- more girls singing : )
Okay so maybe this is a peanut butter nutella & banana sandwich (my favorite) because here is a third song that I think is similar.
Its not just that they both have bear in their names- they have a similar sound.
Kevin Christopher (Kevin Dutton... he was in my grade) sounds like this guy who I love from Arizona
So you probably know the B.O.B. version with Haley William (who is beautiful) but this is the original version, its upsetting they sold the song because they could have used it to make it big. But anyways her voice is more like J'Davey
Indie- more girls singing : )
Okay so maybe this is a peanut butter nutella & banana sandwich (my favorite) because here is a third song that I think is similar.
Its not just that they both have bear in their names- they have a similar sound.
Kevin Christopher (Kevin Dutton... he was in my grade) sounds like this guy who I love from Arizona
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
More distractions
So I am sitting here not working on my paper which is due at 2pm. Instead reflecting on life seems more relevant after staying up all night.
It really is because after I turn in this paper it won't matter. Just something I put work into that never goes anywhere. I am thrilled and so excited to take classes I am passionate about next year. I want to want to learn again. I am like that now in one of my Africa classes.
But what I was really thinking about as I looked at the clouds covering Albany is meeting people. Strangely I was thinking that in one direction is one ex-boyfriend, another the other way across the river. Then that other kid is off in the distance that way. Then there are all the faces I forgot about or pushed out of my memory scattered across campus.
Sometimes I think that I am not actually crazy at all. I am just acutely aware. When I have time I actually like to sit down and figure out shit. Everyone else is running around hiding who they really are. I am just throwing it all out there all the time. Thats not true, my job makes me hide. RL has helped me master the fake enthusiasm. Its a life-long skill. I can smile and be perky and loud and energetic and helpful as soon as I choose. Unless my boyfriend broke up with me 5 minutes ago. I need like 30 minutes to stop crying then I can go be fake. Really, trust me, I did it. I was cheery with my big red puffy eyes. Why is it that we are supposed to act like we always are there to answer your question? Why is it not allowed for me to be moody, have a bad day, not want to talk to you. Can't you ask someone else right now? Welcome to the service industry I guess. Thats what happens when you live where you work?
Did you know I have 7 unnatural holes in my body?
Right, getting back to me standing out. I think if you recorded my thought process for a whole day, it would fit in with most people on this campus. Why is it that I am so weird then? Actually I am not weird I just want to stand out. Where most people want to fit the norm, i don't like being categorized with other people.
Okay I need to go write 4 more pages on racial identity.
~you can always find something to be happy about~
It really is because after I turn in this paper it won't matter. Just something I put work into that never goes anywhere. I am thrilled and so excited to take classes I am passionate about next year. I want to want to learn again. I am like that now in one of my Africa classes.
But what I was really thinking about as I looked at the clouds covering Albany is meeting people. Strangely I was thinking that in one direction is one ex-boyfriend, another the other way across the river. Then that other kid is off in the distance that way. Then there are all the faces I forgot about or pushed out of my memory scattered across campus.
Sometimes I think that I am not actually crazy at all. I am just acutely aware. When I have time I actually like to sit down and figure out shit. Everyone else is running around hiding who they really are. I am just throwing it all out there all the time. Thats not true, my job makes me hide. RL has helped me master the fake enthusiasm. Its a life-long skill. I can smile and be perky and loud and energetic and helpful as soon as I choose. Unless my boyfriend broke up with me 5 minutes ago. I need like 30 minutes to stop crying then I can go be fake. Really, trust me, I did it. I was cheery with my big red puffy eyes. Why is it that we are supposed to act like we always are there to answer your question? Why is it not allowed for me to be moody, have a bad day, not want to talk to you. Can't you ask someone else right now? Welcome to the service industry I guess. Thats what happens when you live where you work?
Did you know I have 7 unnatural holes in my body?
Right, getting back to me standing out. I think if you recorded my thought process for a whole day, it would fit in with most people on this campus. Why is it that I am so weird then? Actually I am not weird I just want to stand out. Where most people want to fit the norm, i don't like being categorized with other people.
Okay I need to go write 4 more pages on racial identity.
~you can always find something to be happy about~
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Dance Music April 24th
Get it get it dance dance music time
Uffie is coming out with a new cd- 'sex, dreams and denim jeans'<3
Uffie is coming out with a new cd- 'sex, dreams and denim jeans'<3
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Music Blog 4
YAY
Maps & Atlases first full length album has a release date- June 29th
track from it here
http://www.musicsnitch.com/2010/04/08/maps-atlases-new-album-single-and-tour/
Chiddy Bang release date is August 25... unofficially
Brighten released Be Human on iTunes
I will be listening to and quoting Without You for a long time
♫ I'll never know everything
But I know you love me ♫
go listen here- Brighten
GROUP - colours
I don't know what it is about this song.. but i keep listening and liking it more and more
Another CD I want from a new band
Hey Champ
good Pop-rock
I love Crystal Castles... a lot. They were one of the first few electronic bands I liked. And here is a sick remix
Another getting ready to go out dancing song
Santigold Remixed - go to this persons blog
Some old music I just discovered-
Emily Haines (Metric singer) before Metric
New Blog I love
Kick Kick Snare
New Photo inspiration blog
Wet behind the Ears
This movie looks strange- I love stumble upon
http://io9.com/328057/ryan-philippes-atheist-superhero-fights-psycho-cults
And I will leave you with the best postsecret of the week
Loving Life
Maps & Atlases first full length album has a release date- June 29th
track from it here
http://www.musicsnitch.com/2010/04/08/maps-atlases-new-album-single-and-tour/
Chiddy Bang release date is August 25... unofficially
Brighten released Be Human on iTunes
I will be listening to and quoting Without You for a long time
♫ I'll never know everything
But I know you love me ♫
go listen here- Brighten
GROUP - colours
I don't know what it is about this song.. but i keep listening and liking it more and more
Another CD I want from a new band
Hey Champ
good Pop-rock
I love Crystal Castles... a lot. They were one of the first few electronic bands I liked. And here is a sick remix
Another getting ready to go out dancing song
Santigold Remixed - go to this persons blog
Some old music I just discovered-
Emily Haines (Metric singer) before Metric
New Blog I love
Kick Kick Snare
New Photo inspiration blog
Wet behind the Ears
This movie looks strange- I love stumble upon
http://io9.com/328057/ryan-philippes-atheist-superhero-fights-psycho-cults
And I will leave you with the best postsecret of the week
Loving Life
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Blogs I Read
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Loved the cooking section, now I read everything
http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/
Foodie love
http://smittenkitchen.com/
Great recipe collection
http://www.wetbehindthears.com/
Beautiful photos
http://daynnightblog.com/
Good Music
Other websites that I check obsessively
facebook (obviously)
http://hypem.com/
Great music blog roll, where I constantly find new bands
http://foodporndaily.com/
ughhhh this site makes me so jealous & hungry
http://www.tastespotting.com/ or http://foodgawker.com/
Loved the cooking section, now I read everything
http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/
Foodie love
http://smittenkitchen.com/
Great recipe collection
http://www.wetbehindthears.com/
Beautiful photos
http://daynnightblog.com/
Good Music
Other websites that I check obsessively
facebook (obviously)
http://hypem.com/
Great music blog roll, where I constantly find new bands
http://foodporndaily.com/
ughhhh this site makes me so jealous & hungry
http://www.tastespotting.com/ or http://foodgawker.com/
Friday, March 12, 2010
Music Blog 3
Updated Calender of CD Releases-
Out now-
Portugal. the man
Broken Bells
She & Him- Volume 2 out March 23rd
Brighten- Be Human - March 23th
Envy on the Coast March 30th
Caribou- Swim- April 20th
Minus the Bear- May 6th
Foals- Total Life Forever- May 10th
Band of Horses- Infinite Arms- May 18th
Framing Hanley (huge crush on them) May 25th YAY
Things I want
Mumford & Sons
Out now-
Portugal. the man
Broken Bells
She & Him- Volume 2 out March 23rd
Brighten- Be Human - March 23th
Envy on the Coast March 30th
Caribou- Swim- April 20th
Minus the Bear- May 6th
Foals- Total Life Forever- May 10th
Band of Horses- Infinite Arms- May 18th
Framing Hanley (huge crush on them) May 25th YAY
Things I want
Mumford & Sons
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