January 2010
63 posts
Lets party — happy new years, gotta write that toast before the guests arrive.
finally ... top ten albums of decade
Radiohead - Kid A - 2000
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 2009
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlantism - 2003
Garden State Soundtrack - 2004
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn - 2005
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - 2008
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals - 2008
Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come 2002
Arcade Fire - Funeral - 2004
The Postal Service- Give Up - 2003
December 2009
58 posts
Party tonight at my place, bring drank and a smile!
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On "Variety Amnesia" →
psychotherapy:
…Researchers reporting in the Journal of Consumer Research think the trick is overcoming “variety amnesia”— our tendency to forget that we’ve been exposed to a variety of great things, be they people, food, music, movies, home furnishings or other—and instead focus our attention on the singular thing that no longer gives us the tingles. To shake ourselves free from this negative...
I need Andrew Strasburg back in my life. With him in the equation I had the best balance of tearing it up on the town and keeping my professional life in check.
This girl thought it was necessary to touch all the bags- honesty?!
top ten albums of 2009 (per me)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
Matt and Kim - Grand
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeaus Phoenix
Discovery - LP
Black Eyed Peas - The E N D
Passion Pit - Manners
The Avett Brothers - i and love and you
Glee Soundtracks (Sorry had to do it!)
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
Drew's Top Ten (click for link) →
I'm having a New Year's Party and YOU are invited... →
my top 10 of 2009
Merry Christmas - Here are my top 10 songs of 2009 (and two who were close)
01 - Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
The opening track from Animal Collective was a must have for me this year. Being introduced to ‘My Girls’ by AC early in the year meant many drives and late nights rocking to AC’s jams, only til the party had died down and Summertime Clothes came on did I realize where the true...
[due to extraordinary dancing your christmas present has been delayed. Stay tuned tomorrow for my top 10 songs of 2009]
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Good night ahead - glad to be excited for something again. That GRE took the wind out of my sails. Back to the open seas!
Decade in Photos [click the link] →
Today is my favorite day of the year. From here on is more daylight! Happy winter solstice friends.
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Well I’m home. The test is over, thankfully.
I didn’t do great.
I was right where I wanted to be for Quantitative and felt great about my essays, but my Verbal I felt slipping away with each question. Confusing, unfamiliar, lost were the feelings running through my head with each new question. No point of reference to even begin.
So, now I’m home, I’ve got to figure out...
I’m done worrying. Positive self talk and a killer mix will accompany me as I go take the GRE this morning. Bring. It. On.
Just gave myself an incredible pep talk. Wish it was filmed and accompanied by a dramatic score.
Goodnight moon sleeping or awake you hold us and know us all. Travel with us as we grow and learn.
david gale →
reminds of the movie The Life of David Gale
(via flanel-shirt)
My day
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what am i going to do on a saturday with no college football?
that was a midnight blog-o-thon
equation
Neti Pot + Glass of Salt Water Mouth Rinse =
argh,
thankfully another volume and only four months until i can watch again, after tomorrow night. april thirteenth you are in my sights.