brandtson – earthquakes & sharks June 26, 2007

so its tuesday again, meaning another recommendation. since its been like 96 degrees here in new york, it might as well be mexico or california. which is a really lame introduction to this song by brandtson, earthquakes and sharks. equally lame is this video that some kid put together to the music, but its the only way i could get the song on here. and by lame video i mean lame slideshow. the kid could have at least found some funnier pictures. whatev.

so that’s brandtson, with all their quadruple consonant goodness. enjoy

stars – look up June 19, 2007

i love love love this band.. their albums require more than one listen to before you can start to get hooked, but the songs will slowly creep into your head. i start off not liking most of their songs, but they keep coming up on my playlist.

maybe its this canadian thing i have going on lately, but ‘look up’ was a favorite from the first time i heard it (regardless of what i just said up there). although its from their earlier album (heart – 2003), it is just as updated as their more recent album (set yourself on fire – 2005). i would also recommend ‘backflash’ from heart. eh?

rockadoodle June 19, 2007

so i dont like to write about work too much, just cause its not kosher (or something).. but i couldn’t resist.

sometimes i have a bit of down time or just time when i’m doing basic tasks where i get bored pretty quickly and my mind starts wandering. there’s not too much in the office to keep my interest or that’s good to daydream about… from my desk i can see (1) the printer – not exciting; (2) the mailboxes, but i’d have to turn to the right three quarters of the way around – and plus, they’re not worth they effort; and (3) about two feet of the top part of the far tannish greyish blah wall – terrible.

anyway, the point is that today i got lucky and happened upon two words that gave me material for at least 20 minutes, if not more. and i’m still thinking about is, so that’s like HOURS of entertainment. don’t judge too harshly, remember what i was working with. those amazing two words of inspiration were: LOBSTER GRAM!

lobster gram! the name of a company specializing in… what else? lobster grams! like a telegram, but with lobster! originally i imagined the singing telegrams.. but with people dressed up like lobsters, singing sea shanties. but nate squashed my creativity only to find out that they actually do send lobsters in the mail… alive! “the fastest way to send a lobster”

ahhh, the things that amuse me.

in other animal-related news, jeremy sent me this news story: “rampaging rooster attacks girl“.

“Rockadoodle Two had knocked the 27-pound girl flat on her belly and was pummeling her with beak, claws and blue-black wings.

“He was beating the crap out of her,” said her mother, Lori Current, 27. “A freaking rooster, you know?”

hah. the whole story is hilariously written (aside from the fact some poor kid got her ass kicked by Rockadoodle).

“[Rooster rampaging] does not appear to be epidemic,” said Tarpon Springs Police Sgt. Jeffrey Young.”

new start June 12, 2007

i’ve decided to turn this into a music recommendation blog. since i don’t have much to say about other topics, i figure, i’ll at least do something with my small musical taste and put it out there for others to see.

first recommendation: young folks by peter, bjorn & john (2006)

mostly recommended because i can’t get the little riff out of my head. also i like her voice a lot. she reminds me a lot of feist, which is why the song caught my attention in the first place. enjoy!

heeeeey ya. heey ya. June 12, 2007

i have so much to write about!! but so much i should be doing instead of writing!! what to do, what to do. ok, here’s a quick and dirty (one of my most hated expressions) list of what’s up:

1. recital weekend
2. started internship
3. i can do this:

but seriously. that’s my hand. HOLDING MY TOE. BEHIND MY HEAD. i found out i could do it the other day! so exciting!! much more exciting than either of the aforementioned events. my #1 (ok maybe #2 next to seeing nate at some point) goal this summer is to improve it so it looks more like this:well not quite that because i would have to remove some vertebrae and hip joints, but you get the picture. and yes i did just post some other girls picture creepily on my journal. get over it. or i will hold my foot behind my head and try to be cool.