New Music.

Currently "borrowing":

• BOAT: "Let's Drag Our Feet!"
• Au Revoir Simone: "The Bird of Music"
• Voxtrot: "Voxtrot"
• The Legends: "Up Against The Legends"
• Blonde Redhead: "23"
• BOAT: "Songs That You Might Not Like"
• Grand Archives EP

I'll let you know how it goes.

So Not Fair.

The Hills Season 3 Premiere is Monday, August 13th.
One day after I leave the comfort of my Seattle shoebox. And access to cable.

And yes, sometimes I scare even myself.

Portland Rock.

i saw shaky hands with BOAT last night at the vera project. BOAT rocked. shaky hands was good (exhibited below) but was mostly a little to earthy for me. i really liked this particular song though.

Stuck where the sun shines.

This past week Seattle was fortunate enough to receive weather that was above 70 degrees with sunshine to match. I ventured out to Madison Park yesterday with Seattle intern #3, and had time to note some things in the process.

• Trader Joe’s is brilliant. The fact that I filled up a giant paper bag full of goodies for $28 is testament to how badly we need one in Austin.

• Madison Park is a cheap place to wander around but an expensive place to eat. This one is pretty self-explanatory.

• Public buses need to start accepting debit/credit cards as payment. Who carries cash, let alone change, anymore?

• I am an open-minded person who will hang out with people I have very little in common with, whether or not this means that most of my day will be spent defending my hedonist ways. I also tell a lot of stories beginning with, “I read on the Internet the other day…”

Map at my Work.

I face the north wall of my building at work. On the one section of wall that lies directly in my line of view is taped a General Map of THE WORLD (or so says the map). The map itself looks old, thanks to the yellowed antique paper it was printed on. While it should exude a grave historic seriousness, I peg the style immediately as “kitsch,” and the kind of paper they sell at stationary stores for three dollars a sheet. The different countries are nicely distinguished by their own washed-out and subdued colors: Pepto-Bismol pink (Canada), sage green (the United States), and butterscotch (Greenland) among others. Africa is nice to look at because from 5 ft. away and with an acute astigmatism it looks like a really nice colorful patchwork quilt. On the other hand, just northeast of it, Russia looks like a splattered mess of peach shit. This makes me feel bad for Russia, if only because this is probably what other people think when they look at the map.

Happy Me. Happy You.

My life is currently being ruled by Seattle happy hours.
Just thought you'd want to know.

Help Me.

By the highest powers of basic cable, I confess to you, dear reader, that I have crossed the boundary between good USA and bad USA (the station). I admit to having watched more than half of “Coyote Ugly” the movie this evening. I blame no one but myself.