30 Day Song Challenge | Day 22: A Song You Listen To When You're Sad

i had to section this off into categories:

breakup sad
allure ft 112 - all cried out. gets you so good, especially when you break up on a sunday morning, and it's raining.


overwhelmed sad
give me novacaine - green day (via american idiot broadway cast)


a mellow sad


you want to get sadder sad
those you've known - spring awkening


a pretty kind of sad
sarah mclachlan - blackbird


an upbeat sad


it's alright to be sad
regina spektor - hero


an angry sad


and then of course you can just listen to adele's 21.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 21: A Song You Listen To You're Happy

hall and oates - you make my dreams come true

i mean. so totally appropriate.

FUN FRIDAY! | marcel the shell with shoes on

forever in debt to chels for bringing this awesomeness into my life




guess what i wear as a hat. (what.) a lentil!

guess what my skiis are. (what.) toenails from a man.

hellloOOOoo, this is me.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 20: A Song You Listen To When You're Mad

NIN - only

happy wednesday | honey badger is badass

everyone should be required to watch honey badger video once a month to keep morale up. still one of the funniest things on the internet.



WATCH OUT says that bird. you think the honey badger cares? he dont give a shit.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 19: Song From Your Favorite Album

I feel compelled to list out my Top 5 Favorite Albums (in no real particular order):
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. Phantom Planet - The Guest
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Guster - Lost and Gone Forever

one of those bands you become obsessed with before they get big, and then 4 years later they're playing the staples center and the lead singer is on some dumpy show called The Voice (i lie, it looks interesting and i want to see it) so you really want to be too cool to like them but can't help it:

1. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane. And It Won't Be Soon Before Long. And The Fourth World (when they were Kara's Flowers)


and let's just be clear, this doesn't include musicals. because then RENT and Spring Awakening would have to bump someone off of there.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 18: A Song You Wish You Heard On The Radio

mulan - i'll make a man out of you



soooo know ALL the words to this song. it's amazing.

also someone needs to be playing girltalk on the radio. and while you're at it a broadway showtunes station. i mean really.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 17: A Song You Hear Often On The Radio

MGMT - kids



it's been on the radio for like 5 years. and i still love it!

30 Day Song Challenge| Day 16: A Song That You Used To Love But Now Hate

one republic - apologize

i really did like this song at some point. is this a good song? i cant remember but either way here i am hating it. the lead singer looks like spencer from the hills and this bid is overplayed it on the radio like woah.



also every time i think if this song i think of ebee going "it's tooo late to nanannaaah something something schmuh schmuh"

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 15: A Song That Describes You

Way to get super deep, 30 Day Song Challenge.

jimmy eat world - a praise chorus



arcade fire - wake up

TGIF | TGIF

speaking of, boy meets world is coming out on dvd!

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 14: A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love

beethoven symphony 7, second movement (allegretto)



i loveeeee this song. top 3 all time favorites (after everlong and tiny dancer). i guess the only reason it's unexpected is because no one really listens to classical music anymore. my orchestra teacher in 10th grade had us play it (we didnt sound very good). violins had like a 42 bar rest after the first note.

love how they used it in kings speech too.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 13: A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure

most anything ke$ha, but in particular: d.i.n.o.s.a.u.r



eee. it's so bad. BUT SO GOOD!

and yeah.... you can definitely also you can lump day 08 and day 09 in this category too. man my music tastes are all over the place

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 12: A Song From A Band You Hate

ugh. i do not like her. go squint at someone else. and while you're squinting, learn how to sing. kthanks.



seriously this is worse than me singing karaoke.

top of the tuesday mornin | what did you expect

i feel like this guy and i would be great friends.

middle cat is my fav

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 11: A Song From Your Favorite Band

i have to change this day's challenge subject to "A Song From One Of Your Favorite Bands". and one of my favorite bands is:

the beatles - a day in the life

the tuesday twist | awesome kid apple store dance party

i know what this kids' day 09 of the 30 day challenge would be...

See more funny videos and TBT at Todays Big Thing.

also, apple store guy. kind of cute. ammiright?!

tuesday-o | bossypants

from tina fey's new book Bossypants:

Prayer for a Daughter

First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches.

May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the Beauty.

When the Crystal Meth is offered, May she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half And stick with Beer.

Guide her, protect her
When crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller-coasters, log flumes, or anything called “Hell Drop,” “Tower of Torture,” or “The Death Spiral Rock ‘N Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,” and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

Lead her away from Acting but not all the way to Finance. Something where she can make her own hours but still feel intellectually fulfilled and get outside sometimes And not have to wear high heels.

What would that be, Lord? Architecture? Midwifery? Golf course design? I’m asking You, because if I knew, I’d be doing it, Youdammit.

May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy strength of her Own Arms, so she need Not Lie With Drummers.

Grant her a Rough Patch from twelve to seventeen. Let her draw horses and be interested in Barbies for much too long, For childhood is short – a Tiger Flower blooming Magenta for one day – And adulthood is long and dry-humping in cars will wait.

O Lord, break the Internet forever, That she may be spared the misspelled invective of her peers And the online marketing campaign for Rape Hostel V: Girls Just Wanna Get Stabbed.

And when she one day turns on me and calls me a Bitch in front of Hollister, Give me the strength, Lord, to yank her directly into a cab in front of her friends, For I will not have that Shit. I will not have it.

And should she choose to be a Mother one day, be my eyes, Lord, that I may see her, lying on a blanket on the floor at 4:50 A.M., all-at-once exhausted, bored, and in love with the little creature whose poop is leaking up its back.

“My mother did this for me once,” she will realize as she cleans feces off her baby’s neck. “My mother did this for me.” And the delayed gratitude will wash over her as it does each generation and she will make a Mental Note to call me. And she will forget. But I’ll know, because I peeped it with Your God eyes.

Amen.


LOVE HER!

monday monday | difara

apparently i'm starting a new york bucket list.

first up:

difara

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30 Day Song Challenge | Day 10: A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep

jose gonzalez - heartbeats

also one of my favorite music videos. top 3 easy

good day | the 100 work out

challenge accepted.

merry sunday | word search

i got: men, art, flesh. what the eff, how does that describe me at all.

happy it's-still-not-monday | a story about a girl

i know. another TED talk. love this one though.

a photographer tells the story of amerasians, the hapa kids spawned while american soilders were stationed in asian countries. there were 40,000 of them during the 70s, and they were all super shunned since it was very visibly obvious who their fathers were and the situations surrounding their conecption. so crazy that there were so many of these kids, just left behind. most of the amerasian kids ended up with corrupted lifestyles since they were so outcasted. rick tells the story of one particular girl... who looks SO western, but later ends up looking a lot like jen from nomnom! anyway. super interesting.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 09: A Song You Can Dance To

i was trying to think if i had a less embarassing song, but couldn't not land on:
britney - toxic

happy film watching | what's up doc

A list of some of my favorite documentaries, most which i've stumbled upon thanks to netflix (ohhh netflix. how much time i've spent watching mostly bad movies on you...). i've discovered i really like documentaries. i know some people don't ahemkatieahem, but i like how they let you explore other parts of life, and real life not just movie life. but then again, i also really enjoyed watching "crash of flight 447" on pbs which was complete with computer renderings and reenactments so...


No Impact Man
a writer decides to take his family on a one year challenge to have as little of possible of a carbon footprint. while living in manhattan. with a 3 year old daughter. and no fridge.




The September Issue
how can you not be fascinated with anna wintour



Bill Cunningham New York
and anna wintour is fascinated with bill cunningham

bill cunningham is this feisty street fashion photographer who works for the new york times. he's such a loveable quirky guy, with such a huge presence in the fashion industry and who leads such a weird life (he sleeps on his filing cabinets?!). what an interesting guy. he should give a TED talk.



Picture Me
and bill cunningham is fascinated with models.

a doc following a model as she begins to make it in the industry. so crazy how much money she can make, but how miserable her life can still be. but also good to see how normal some models, like the girl in this doc, are. and of course my friend misa is normal and she's a model :)




Freakonomics
morgan spurlock had a hand in this one too so of course i love it. based on a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama's boys. so obvi awesome





This American Life
oh ira glass <3. also love love love morgan spurlock's tv doc series 30 Days.

one of my favorite moments is in season 2, the episode about 8 different people named john smith. 11 year old john smith decides to be the empire state building for halloween, falls over, and gets stuck. i know, i'm very sophisticated. but it was hilarious




American Teen
this whole thing is just like a crazy sociology case study. and it just makes me happy i'm not in high school anymore.






The Tillman Story
oh so heavy. so heavy. and not as preachy or dramatized as the trailer seems to make it seem.



and then there's these which you prob have already seen...

• The Cove - makes you hurt for dolphins. and then never want to eat fish again
• FOOD Inc - and then once you're done watching the cove and not eating fish, you can watch food inc and not want to eat any other food because you realize everything you're eating is corn.
• Wordplay - this one is about crossword puzzles. you prob havent seen this one cuz it's geeky and i'm pretty sure i'm the only one who'd like it... but it's entertaining! and jon stewart is in it.
  
• Restrepo - oof. just so real.

Looking forward to Morgan Spurlock's new doc The Greatest Movie Ever Sold...

(this is his TED talk, but it's a better trailer than the actual one. or at least i think so)

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 08: A Song You Know All The Words To

i know the lyrics to a lot of songs, but the most bizarre one i know is:

bsb - the call



seriously. was this even a popular backstreet boys song? why do i know the words? it's been 11 years and literally know every word. even that beginning "skit" part where aj is talking to the girl. that is too much brain space.

it's a proud day for me to share this information with you.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 07: A Song That Reminds You Of A Certain Event

the song that was playing (via my cd player connected to my car stereo system via tape deck) when i was hit in a head-on collision when i was 16:

weezer- keep fishin'

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 06: A Song That Reminds You Of Somewhere

matt's cabin in tahoe, where we all literally tried beer and coca cola per:
ben lee - catch my disease



... is steve aioki in this video?

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 05: A Song That Reminds You Of Someone

there was a 3 week period during college where katie jenna liz and i decided it would be a great idea to learn the routine to this song. katie was the tall one. liz was the little one. we studied it instead of studying for finals. and got the whole thing down! we are soooo cooooool.

anyway, always think of the lovely lady lumps when i hear:

ok go - a million ways



ok also i have randomly been documenting songs that remind me of people. it is as follows:

• LIZ: mariah carey - all i want for christmas | elton john - your song
  
• KATIE: madonna - hung up | muse - starlight
• VICKI: alicia keys - fallin' | 112 - peaches n cream
• MARIANA: girltalk - bounce that | muse - knights of cedonia (... YOU KNOW WHY!)
• NICKO: bubba sparx - back in the mud
• BSEGS: mia - paper planes (comes with a visual of the dance you made up)
• EBEE: charima of the board - give me just a little more time
• ADAM: ashlee simpson - lala (this might be the best connotation)
  
• ADRI: dispatch - the general
• MYRA: anything john mayer
  
• TRICIA: yea yea yeahs - maps
• DECKER: sisquo - thong song (dumps like a truck)
• LUCKETT: jason mraz - i'm yours | la roux - bullet proof
  
• LEE: anything american idiot. or spring awakening.
  

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 04: A Song That Makes You Sad

sia - breathe me.

the last 8 minutes of the six feet under finale got me so hard.

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 03: A Song That Makes You Happy

mariah carey - all i want for christmas



i mean. come on. happiest song ever!

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 02: Your Least Favorite Song

ugh, plain white tees go whine to someone else

30 Day Song Challenge | Day 01: Your Favorite Song

two way tie (day one and i'm already cheating, great): elton's tiny dancer v foo fighters everlong, the kroq acoustic verison






i cant pick.

happy friday | MORE TED!

new ted talks posted!!!! here are two of my new favs. i'm so obsessed.

Morgan Spurlock: the greatest ted talk ever sold
reasons this talk is awesome:

1. Morgan Spurlock is awesome. Supersize me was obvi bangin and loved his tv series 30 days.
2. the talk ends up being a satellite conversation to the main discussion he has in his upcoming doc, the greatest movie ever sold, both which uncover the hidden and influential world of brand marketing (what i do 9 to 5, so of particular interest to me). love to look at the thing i do 80% of my waking life in a different light. it's probably going to make me depressed about what i do.
   

Eric Whitacre: a virtual choir
looooove this ted talk. eric talks about his experience being part of a choir of the first time and literally how it takes your breath away, how it makes you feel a part of something bigger - something that you wouldnt ever be able to create on your own, how hearing classical music/opera live is just unreal, etc. totally feel him on this one, this is why i liked being in an orchestra. not because i played the violin well or really liked it all that much, but because it allowed me to be part of a bigger sound, dissonance and harmony, yada yada.

anyway, eric ended up with this awesome idea to conduct a chior based off of youtube videos. he sent out a video of him conducting, and 100 people sent back videos of themselves singing their part.

This is the first video he did, watch out it's flippin amazing:



and here's the ted talk eric did this year where he ends up doing a second virtual chorus of 2000+ people from all over the world:






it's decided. going to ted is officially on my bucket list.

30 Day Song Challenge

pretty straight forward, here are the rules:

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

Who's in?

LA Bucket List | Updated

got some things off the list! but also added to the list.

added umami burger and apple pan to the list - a tour d'burgers, if you will. both were delicious - particularly a fan of umami's truffle burgers, because after the truffle fries from wurstkuche, i'm all about truffles. speaking of, j lee introduced me to truffle cheese from trader joes. HELLO so good. we eat it for breakfast, like fatties. i dont even care how obese that sounds, it is delicious. truffle cheese every day all day.