Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
My new favorite thing of the week
Seriously - I'm a little too much a sap for this today. It's hard to pretend you're concentrating on work when either a)you've got a ridiculous grin spread across your face, or b)you're fighting back tears and your whole face looks like it might just combust upon itself at any moment.
Bloc Party, 'This Modern Love' - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
For the entire collection of impromptu acoustic sessions that will blow your mind if you have any taste in music whatsoever, go here.
Thank you to Alex for this.xo
Bloc Party, 'This Modern Love' - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
For the entire collection of impromptu acoustic sessions that will blow your mind if you have any taste in music whatsoever, go here.
Thank you to Alex for this.xo
Monday, January 19, 2009
On the topic of change
I think it’s human nature to want to hope for the best.
We want to believe things will get better on their own. That’s why we stay in that job we don’t particularly like, or hang on to that dysfunctional relationship that is draining us of our life source. If only we hold out long enough, eventually things have got to get better. Right?
Change scares some people. In fact, I suspect it scares most people. Sometimes even if every fiber of your being is screaming for you to get out of your current situation, the alternative – the unknown – is disconcerting enough for you to justify doing nothing differently. Disturbing the status quo means you could be setting yourself up for a potentially worse situation than the one you’re already in.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. Once you’ve made that first step towards change, you might think you made a mistake and doubt your decision. You might have to make a few missteps before you make the right one that’s going to truly make you happier. But at least you’re making an attempt to better your situation, and eventually you’ll see your efforts pay off.
Life has a way of strolling right in and having its way with you if you let it. I’ve been Life’s bitch on more than one occasion, but I’ve never taken it lying down. I‘m going to take moment to pat my own back for all the changes I’ve made in my own life, despite how incredibly painful and difficult they’ve been. I tend to beat myself up more than I congratulate myself, so this is one of those rare instances when I’m doing the latter. Way to go, Mands.
On that same note, I’m incredibly proud of our country and the direction we’re taking to improve our situation. It took us a long time to get to this point where we decided we’re ready for a change in direction, but we’ve arrived at that place now and we’re finally saying, “We deserve better.”
There are a lot of people who aren’t pleased with the changes we’re facing, to put it mildly. They would rather stick with the abusive husband who’s been bloodying their face for years. Who is this guy with the funny name who’s shaking things up with all of his crazy ideals? We’re more comfortable with the good old boys who have been robbing us blind and fucking things up for years, thank you very much.
We’re going to be just fine – you, me, all of us are going to be just fine. We’re doing exactly what we should be doing to improve our situation, which is to not settle for the way things are. The world is watching us; let’s show them how it’s done.
All hail President Barack Obama!
We want to believe things will get better on their own. That’s why we stay in that job we don’t particularly like, or hang on to that dysfunctional relationship that is draining us of our life source. If only we hold out long enough, eventually things have got to get better. Right?
Change scares some people. In fact, I suspect it scares most people. Sometimes even if every fiber of your being is screaming for you to get out of your current situation, the alternative – the unknown – is disconcerting enough for you to justify doing nothing differently. Disturbing the status quo means you could be setting yourself up for a potentially worse situation than the one you’re already in.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. Once you’ve made that first step towards change, you might think you made a mistake and doubt your decision. You might have to make a few missteps before you make the right one that’s going to truly make you happier. But at least you’re making an attempt to better your situation, and eventually you’ll see your efforts pay off.
Life has a way of strolling right in and having its way with you if you let it. I’ve been Life’s bitch on more than one occasion, but I’ve never taken it lying down. I‘m going to take moment to pat my own back for all the changes I’ve made in my own life, despite how incredibly painful and difficult they’ve been. I tend to beat myself up more than I congratulate myself, so this is one of those rare instances when I’m doing the latter. Way to go, Mands.
On that same note, I’m incredibly proud of our country and the direction we’re taking to improve our situation. It took us a long time to get to this point where we decided we’re ready for a change in direction, but we’ve arrived at that place now and we’re finally saying, “We deserve better.”
There are a lot of people who aren’t pleased with the changes we’re facing, to put it mildly. They would rather stick with the abusive husband who’s been bloodying their face for years. Who is this guy with the funny name who’s shaking things up with all of his crazy ideals? We’re more comfortable with the good old boys who have been robbing us blind and fucking things up for years, thank you very much.
We’re going to be just fine – you, me, all of us are going to be just fine. We’re doing exactly what we should be doing to improve our situation, which is to not settle for the way things are. The world is watching us; let’s show them how it’s done.
All hail President Barack Obama!
Happy Almost-Inauguration Day!
On Inauguration Eve, I thought this would be appropriate to post:
SNAP!
If that's a bit too much of a downer, here's a reminder of what we're getting in place of that guy:
And how did I never see this during the election? The fact that The National are featured on this video makes me love President Obama just that much more more - not that he likely had anything to do with it, but it's his people. Clearly, his people are also MY people if they can appreciate The National. (You all should know my theory on The National and how there really are only two types of people in this world: those who love The National, and those who don't. I tend to avoid the latter whenever possible.)
SNAP!
If that's a bit too much of a downer, here's a reminder of what we're getting in place of that guy:
And how did I never see this during the election? The fact that The National are featured on this video makes me love President Obama just that much more more - not that he likely had anything to do with it, but it's his people. Clearly, his people are also MY people if they can appreciate The National. (You all should know my theory on The National and how there really are only two types of people in this world: those who love The National, and those who don't. I tend to avoid the latter whenever possible.)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
I just shed a tear on the inside
God, this gets me. If this doesn't get you, then I'm sorry - but you have no soul.
Behold! The National - "About Today"
Behold! The National - "About Today"
Friday, January 02, 2009
Weight of the World
This Editors' song actually manages to penetrate that dense layer of crusty jadedness on my old, embittered heart. I had this on my "Bonnie & Clyde" mix on Mixwit (R.I.P.), and now I assimilate it with the recklessly romantic affair those two had while they were trying to stick it to the rest of the world. I'm oddly fascinated by them and the whole tragedy of their love for each other. Every time I hear "Weight of the World" now, I can't help but get all whimsical and romantic with mental images of tommy guns, car chases, and their bloodied bodies collapsed on top of each other inside their bullet-riddled Ford V-8. *Sigh*
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy Not-Fucking-2008!
I can't think of a better way to kick off the new year than to have these hot bitches demonstrate for us how to walk it out: