Today is one of those days where I wake up and immediately hate the day and everyone I encounter. It probably won’t stop until I allow myself to sleep later tonight. So that’s fun. The one positive thing I am pleased about today is my dear friend Dani’s sock club that is starting up soon. It’s my favorite theme ever. It’s called “Rock Your Socks Off” and it’s a yarn club with a music twist. Each three months has a different theme. She announced today that the first theme was “indie rock” but needs help narrowing it down to three bands or songs. But she mentioned Santogold and I hope desperately that she does incorporate her into the first set of yarn. Anyway, Dani’s yarns are always amazingly gorgeous and if you are interested, check out her etsy shop and club.
The beginnings of a bad day or a lesson in ending negative thinking… December 23, 2008
I had to get my dear Laura to the airport early, waking up at 5 am with an alarm early. Since I don’t sleep with an alarm at all, I kept waking up thoughout the night worrying about missing it. So I’m a little tired. After my shower I decided to put on my Marie club socks and tore the heel on one of them. It is now laying on the bathroom floor until I decide what is the best course of action. Then I dropped Laura off at the airport to leave for two whole weeks. I miss her already.
Beginnings of a bad day? Normally I would say “yes for sure no doubt about it” but since I have started therapy, I am trying a different way of thinking. So I am telling myself over and over, things happen and it doesn’t mean that my day is shot by 5:30 am. I’m trying…
Current Listening: Kimya Dawson-Remember That I Love You
OMG it was New Kids day! October 12, 2008
Yesterday was the start of year 28. It started with tears (not the happy kind) but eventually progressed to better and then happy tears. Once I finished my spectacular moping on the couch and Henry Rollins spoken word tunnel focus, I talked to some well wishers and had lunch with mom and dad and went down for my nap. Also on Tuesday, it somehow turned into dead of winter here (just a sidenote). Once I was awoken by the insane amount of calls on my celluar telephone, I met up with Loud and Mouthy and headed out to the Mandalay Bay to see Santogold.
I had three options last night: Kings of Leon/The Stills or New Kids on the Block (I thought it was fate) or Santogold/Mates of State/Alice Smith/Low vs. Diamond. I like the Stills a lot but not so much on the Kings of Leon, I adored New Kids on the Block when I was much younger but felt that I would just be cringing the whole time and then be pissed I wasted my birthday evening having good memories ruined so when Santogold was announced I jumped up and down and squealed in my work chair. It was perfection. My dear friend Miles plus a couple of his friends met up with us also and there were good times and very offensive conversation in between bands. Laura! has a new favorite band in Mates of State. Dani worked through her hunger and only winced when Santogold covered “Guns of Brixton” (which of course I adored). I tried not to shed tears of happiness when I saw Santogold on the stage being awesome and amazing and full of confidence and did I mention just being so fucking awesome? I was also very happy to see Mates of State. I got Team Boo not long after it came out and hit Dani and Laura when they decided to play “Ha Ha” and got all sorts of crazy.
Day ended in front of the computer as it started and it was good. 27 was kind of a shit year but there were a couple good things that can be taken away from the year and marked in the good column. Meeting and becoming inseparable with Dani and Laura kind of (but not really kind of) saved me so I have them to thank for getting me to 28. <3
Too much babble not enough holiday gift making.
Current Listening: Mates of State-Team Boo
The only taste I have is in my mouth. September 1, 2008
I did the first podcast with Loud and Mouthy. It went pretty good I feel. My voice is annoying and I am too most of the time but whatevs. After we got some ice cream and took a drive to listen to what we recorded and figure out what to edit. We were headed to Mt Charleston but I got super nervous about driving up there and got a headache so we came back. I went to bed and started reading “Perfect From Now On” by John Sellers. I adore it and can’t wait to get to Appendix A to read all of the lists because I too am obsessed with them. I think my first post on LoudandMouthy.com will be a lists post. Also, I am searching for a “supergroup” that works. My Zwan argument doesn’t hold up very well.
