Craft-cember.

See what I did there? December + crafts = craftcember!
Since I clearly have an issue with typing my thoughts into an internet blog I've decided that starting the new year Im planning on throwing more focus into my blog.

First and foremost my loving boyfriend HAS requested that I change the name of my blog. I have no decided to do so just yet but we will see how things go. My main focus will stick onto music and crafting/diy ideas since that is 75% of my life currently.

I ended up making earrings for 12 ladies at my work. Some of them looked like this. Some of them involved mini christmas balls being turned into earrings. Happy Holidays in an earring! The Ladies did enjoy the earrings and we ended up getting together at Chiles for margaritas, chips and apps. A well needed night for everyone even with me crafting 24/7 for the holiday I got to slow down and enjoy the season(and tequila!).  

Oh did you hear they make now and later candy canes? They are delicious and will turn your mouth colors!
Most of my focus aside from work has been on music. Have you heard Bon Iver is nominated for a Grammy? Now we all new Adele would be on that list but Bon Iver! Whether he wants to be nominated or not its a huge deal for what would be considered the " little guy" who is little by no means. He's an incredible musician who should be given more credit but sometimes its just the way life goes. Anyways (more) people are noticing the " little guy" and seeing their talent for what its worth. Kudos to you Bon Iver! 2012 grammy nominees. Your welcome.

Another new album on my list of to purchase is the new Ingrid Michaelson album. The song Ghost is being played on XPN right now and for this I thank them!  Her music sometimes have an effect on me that I wish all music in the world did BUT that would make good music less special(if that happened. Please enjoy the video and song Ghost and thank me later.  "You know you make me a ghost". Thanks Ingrid for being my pick this week with a voice that haunts and lingers in your head later singing the same distraught lyrics of your songs.  Dramatic? Not barely.
Anyway enjoy and tell me how you appreciate it. Ill do a full review of her album after the holidays when I 1. have 30 minutes to myself and 2. I have $ to spend on myself.

Goodnight non-readers
xo Gina

help.

please find a cure for my life.
everything I touch gets ruined. so much for happiness.

My Review of GRANDPARENT'S JOURNAL

Originally submitted at UncommonGoods

A lasting family keepsake to give to or complete with a grandchild, A Grandparent's Journal helps you tell the story of your life. Features prompts such as "Where I grew up," "Favorite Family Traditions," "What I did for fun," "My least favorite job," &qu...

GRANDPARENT'S JOURNAL

GREAT GIFT

By ohhhgirl from phoenixville pa on 11/26/2011

 

5out of 5

Pros: Well Organized, Attractive Design

Cons: Small Size

Describe Yourself: Semi-pro Photographer

Was this a gift?: Yes

this is honestly a great gift to give any aspiring or current grand parent(s). The only thing that was a bit surprise to me was that its size was not as I had imagined. It had advised of the size before but I still had the idea in my mind that it was the size of a large photo album although it is not it still was impressive and a great gift idea!!!

(legalese)

a better version of me

so sometimes although you may think your amazing, awesome, confident and not cocky and essentially just all around a catch.. you have to step back and realize although you may change some things about your "awesome" self its really just making a BETTER version of yourself.  Dont be dissapointed or down... be happy. With yourself and with your decision. Its called trying and if you are able to TRY and become a better you then I think your already one step above most.

soon ill come up with updates on my road BACK to Ohio. Until then deal with my rants.
xo

...

see blog title for my current mood.

low grade fevers

at the end of the day all we really want is to be close to somebody... so how come every time I'm sick I feel like I'm in the dark and no one can see me enough to be remotely close to me.
such a feeling of desolateness.

xo gina.

brat.

I pout apparently when I do not get my way. Right now I want to talk to my better half but sadly cannot due to him taking a short lunch and being at work.
get over it right? He lives like 500 miles away.... give me a break!

And while your giving me a break listen to this...
hezekiah jones-borrowed heart.

xo gina.

Split Ends

What are you supposed to do if you've spent most of your life feeling bad for things that either needed to be done or you didn't do intentionally?
What about ones you didn't realize you've done?
 I used to be pretty good at hoping for the best but expecting the worst.
What happens if the only person that seems to actually understand and get you more than anyone else has lives 600 miles away?
What do you do when you wish your friends understood your way of thinking more?
How are you to feel if you explain something as best as you can and someone still doesn't get it?
What if them not getting it means they are upset/hurt?
where do you go from there?
are you lost? I think I am.

Mother Nature vs EVERYONE.

Essentially you know your in for a great day/week when you've already had a 5.9 Earthquake shake and rattle your nerves early in the week, you have a pretty epic argument with your best friend in the world/love of your life and your week will finish off with a fantastic Hurricane named Irene. If I couldn't sleep enough thinking my world is coming to an end this " icing" so to speak on my cake that I honestly just don't think I can handle. So let me explain a little as to what is going on and since no one reads this I think ill have a pretty good audience who really could careless about the slight dramas of my life as a 27 year old.

First off an earthquake... IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. I don't live in California or West Coast for reasons and its not just the high cost of living! 5.9 is not as epic as it could have been but it still is enough to shake everyone up a bit. I was at work and essentially we all thought it was just a large 18 wheeler driving by shaking us. After a while it got worse and didn't my co-workers and I all turned to each other seeing if anyone else was feeling the shaking(or if we were all silently crazy). We weren't. A woman yelled " this happened in West Chester too!" so naturally were thinking oh it just happened in our area! KYW gets turned on and all they can talk about is the buzz that shoot the East Coast! Its such an odd thing to feel the Earthquakes that happen in this area we all had no idea what to do. My initial reaction was to run into the door frame but at that point the quake was over and my head pretty dizzy. I imagine if I did try to run due to my vertigo I would have fallen over as if I had done 20 twirls with my head on a bat. Anyways the damage was very minimal essentially and I hear they are going to make a movie of the great quake....

Round 2 started with a phone call and ended with a "leave me alone I do not want to talk to you." Words essentially are more powerful then people really imagine sometimes even if they should put their foot in their mouths... often! I know I'm not the easiest person to get along with sometimes and yes I'm admitting this to... no one (anyways!) but I feel like I honestly don't fight as dirty as other people do. I have to be pushed to a limit before I explode and even if I dislike something that was done if I'm not given the chance to say why I am upset but am assumed to be out of control or told I'm wrong for thinking the way I do or feeling upset by something that maybe I was displeased at well that is a VERY easy way to push towards that limit and quickly. We are all human and do not see eye to eye BUT if you tell me something I have done or said has hurt you I will in no way tell you that you are rediculous or acting out of control or wrong for feeling that way. Ill apologize for hurting you and advise those were not my intentions. I may still think that I am right but I can admit if I'm wrong. Ok lets be realistic sometimes I play my stubborn card but eventually I take it away and apologize. I don't like being talked down to or disrespected(I mean who does!) but if Im already upset and someone tries to add insult to injury by calling me or saying to me " please enlighten me all mighty queen Gina"... Its not a good move to make. Long story short I am hurt and the last words that were spoken AT me was to leave him alone he doesn't want to talk to me. Pretty hurtful from a Best Friend and Love. I figure as most people maybe he needs to calm down but its now Friday with no signs of change. I messaged him before I went to be hoping he would do the same but no luck. I woke up every hour on the hour checking for missed calls and missed messages. Waiting for some sort of acknowledgement of what happened or just about us. 4 Beers in I cant sleep I have a headache, heartache and am still wondering if this person still wants anything to do with me. Now its 9:30 in the morning and I'm still where I was yesterday only now I'm feeling more forgotten. This is unlike this person to do such things and avoid in such major ways my mind is playing tricks on me terribly.  OH and do you have a problem where you involuntarily shake or tremor when your upset or stressed? Because I do and it makes it very hard to sleep or do anything essentially when this damn tick wont go away.


Saturday night is my great friends Birthday celebration at her new house that I still haven't seen! I was looking forward to this and making her gifts etc because I usually end up missing her birthday which is weird because I've made it to her husbands birthdays? Anyways this "IRENE".... a hell of a hurricane to boot! Catagory 3 maybe 4... no 2... who knows! A tropical storm situation is going to arise Saturday night and Sunday. Another weekend stuck in the house for me is what I hear and a missed opportunity to see a good friend and have some great times. Mother Nature I get that your pissed about us mocking your Earthquake but come on! I guess I should stock up on flashlights and water containers. Good thing I have half a case of beer left.
Such is my life right now...

xo

lightning strikes and thunder roars

Today? Ohhhh today.... Yeah don't ask me about today. I have nothing good to say about Sunday August 21st.

xo

cucumbers over the eyes

First time I've pampered myself in a while and thought of myself. Its funny how trying to think of yourself brings you to thinking of nothing but others. Im actually a very fond believer in give what you get. If I feel like I'm giving more than I'm getting Ill start to back off or feel pretty lame once I really think about it but lets be real here... who wouldn't?  I tend to over analyze a lot in my life which is ultimately a terrible downfall that I hope one day someone could love me for. Maybe they already do love me for it but I'm too damn neurotic to see this?

 I've been home for about a week now from visiting my better half in Ohio. He's on a probationary time for work since its a new job that he seems to enjoy very much. What does this mean for me? Well I'm glad you asked. It means I better get used to 8 hour road trips because I'll be the one mainly making these trips now to see him.  It means emailing and telephone is our main source of communication and it means feeling essentially lonely the days and times when all I want to do is see him BUT however I cant so second best would be talking to him and well I cant always get what I want can I. So this week I haven't been MAD about not talking to him barely at all hardly what so ever I've been lonely. Feeling a bit in the dark although I know he's not going anywhere. I mean honestly though coming from someone who has been left in the dark 90% of the time when I decide to care about someone in general(family friends relationships etc etc)... Its only natural I'd feel a bit alone. I am however only human.

I need a cigarette.

this song makes me feel better.... or worse... or something! Its Who Knows by Local Natives.
Your welcome.

xo Gina

p.s. ill stop feeling sorry for myself tomorrow.

Sanity..

If your heart feels like it doesn't belong you need to go and follow where it wants to go.

Blackbird by The Beatles.... Listen to that.

xo
Gina

We both go together if one falls down

Todays my mothers birthday. She's helped me out a lot as has my father but ultimately and selfishly I need to still decide things on my own as people my own age do.  I've decided to get back on the track i've awkwardly fell off. I honestly feel invincible in an amazing way so now is as good of a time than ever to do so. I've been listening to ALOT of music old and new and making a lot of mix's for people. One in particular to which I've never been more excited to show new and different music to. His name is Ian and he's shown me a great bit of music too(amongst other things!) Please no one take offense to this but his soul purpose in life I think I have figured out is to make me happier than I have ever been. It sounds dramatic and awkward to some but I'm kind of over hiding this fact. Yes I'm spouting it all over the internet for a whole 5 people possible 10 if you stumble onto my blog to read but I will believe you me scream this from the rooftops for the whole world to hear(even the ones who aren't even listening). There just are some people who are in your life and make it great and help you through tough times growing up and dealing with a lot and there are some people who come into your life later on who you don't even realize that you need there until they are there. You can't imagine how you ever got along without them and try to do everything in your power to not scare them off(which clearly I'm doing a GREAT job of with this whole post). Anyways HE'S awesome and I'm very excited to get a hell of a lot more of him in my life no matter what it takes.

So I read this interview and article about Bon IVer. Hes pretty amazing and I read how at one point after what seemed to be hitting a low point in his life(breaking up with girlfriends, leaving his band and struggling with alcohol addiction) he managed to enjoy his time alone in the woods in Minnesota . It honestly sounded just like what he needed because his new album is AMAZING. You can read a review here.  Either way I'm going to post the song Skinny Love by Bon IVer because its one of my favorites and I happened to have this version downloaded by the lovely DAYTROTTER site. Its a great website its a great song.ALSO because we have been talking about the new album here is Calgary. This song SHOULD bring you to tears. Thank you Bon IVer for all that you do...

xo
gina.

Quit

Sometimes its better to quit while your ahead or while the getting is good. This works the same way with saying too many words. Sometimes they just come out with no way of stopping. Seriously... who lets me talk.

home is whenever I'm with you

So let me ask what constitutes a " right" direction in life? How are we supposed to know our specific path without some sort of arrows pointing us in the right direction? GPS and future phones don't seem to solve everyones problems which is why I stick to Maps personally but even they are hard to read sometimes. I guess when you really think about it covering your eyes and twirling around 10 times is the best way to figure things out because although we obviously know we will fall down after being dizzy, trip on misc things and walking into things/situations that we don't know how to handle eventually we all have enough sense to go in the right direction ( despite how long it may take some of us). And you have to figure if you get there and its a dead end or a wrong way although you may think its a waste of time maybe it just got you that much closer to your own " path".  Essentially what I'm saying is this... my eyes may be blind to what's about to happen but I'm fully prepared for any and all things it presents me. I'll trip I'll fall and I may even be scared but as long as I have someone here to catch me... and I think I'm OK with this for once in my life.  Strange right?

you go to bed early, i go to bed late.

So maybe its been a while and I understand my loyal(2) fans missed my slightly awkward nonsense rants about nothing + music BUT I can happily say Ive caught up to my own life. "I once was lost but now am found!" I think the ultimate terrible thing a friend could say to you is specifically " you weren't yourself when you were with someone." Its actually few words that will stick on me for a while through all of the self doubting and shame I put on myself you add in a few shakes of those words and BAM. Its the ultimate downer! There is a positive side to it all if you find someone who helps you bring out a better you essentially. Its the ultimate compliment to yourself and the other person(all things considered that they feel the same about you). Its a strange and amazing feeling despite miles between.

I recently took a few Vacations after moving into the new apartment in a new town with new people.  My first "vacation" consists of the Jersey shore. It was short and sweet and just happened to be on my birthday(which is the day after Earth day... figure it out/remember).  Despite a lot of people ditching for my 27th I had a blast with Jenny, Lisa, Tracy and Katie. We went to mad mex for vegan mexican and margaritas. After we proceeded to Woodys in the city. There is just something about dancing with gay guys that makes life feel so much better! After the bar closed and only two of us wanted to head to Voyuer (which happens to be open until 330) we decided we needed a late night birthday swim session by Lucy the elephant at the shore! So we did... and no trip is complete without a quick rando photosession... We got back at around 5:30. I slept alone for a few hours and then remembered it wasn't my birthday anymore.

My second vacation of 2011 involved my family and bestie Jenny. We went to Myrtle Beach which was amazing of course! That deserves its own single entry discussing all of the key points and things that I will never forget. Just know it was incredible and I am glad Jenny went with me and that it involved my family. I am not glad we lost a bottle of wine and lost a game of basketball to a 67 and a 5 year old. To be fair... They cheated...

We did NOT go to applebees...they have rats.  My mom was also dramatically in a wheelchair for a few weeks and as much as we fell bad for her we tried teaching her its not PC to grab onto misc chairs and desks and objects to move yourself in a chair. Shes stubborn sometimes and insisted she do it her way so in hopes of not getting kicked out of misc places or having lots of things knocked over we just pushed her mostly. My parents are adorable and love to travel. Maybe its where I get my love of traveling from but I'm glad they so graciously shared this with me. I have hopes of one day being their age happy and with someone else who loves to travel as much as I do.

My third trip was recently with my bestie Lisa and visiting all of my other besties in Columbus Ohio! I miss Ohio and everybody involved with it. Visiting there is a breath of fresh air I need more often than not. We left July 4th with more inside jokes and fun stories to talk about our 8 hour car ride home did not do us justice compared to what we all had to talk about. I went out there hoping to have fun and instead I honestly had one of the best times of my life. I have ALOT of people to thank for that and they know I love them all to death. Ill see them again... and again.. and again only this time lets hope more frequent. Not only did I see old friends(my family really..) but I made new ones. New ones to make me the happiest an hurt me the most. I don't remember anyone telling me it was OK to fall in any sort of direction... I only can be confident that they'll perhaps catch me(otherwise we are going to have a gross mess on our hands! Who wants to have to clean up a mess from someone not being caught... come on! You need scrappers an scrubbers for that!) Its logical. Obvi.
HUGE thanks to Tiner, Matt and JV for everything they put up with and coordinated for us that weekend. I cannot wait to see you all again and ASAP I hope. I could post a million pictures on here honestly so Ill post one more to prove a point...
THIS is how you jump off of a curb THUNDER.

I love this picture and this night. 

Welcome to my hopeful life right now. Thanks for rocking so far July... if only we could do something about your temperature.

No music suggestions tonight. Maybe tomorrow ill write out my sleep songs list. Goodluck getting through it without dozing off. Its anything but boring.

xo Gina

Tuesday night fright

I have nothing interesting to say at all. Works busy and draining the life out of me to the point of no return. Im still shaking this cold in which I know someone else gave me(I just haven't decided who yet to teach them a lesson). Got a ticket the other day visiting a friend and apparently blocking one of their neighbors driveways with my car. I guess having a sweet ride and awesome shoes cant get you out of everything these days!
I felt overly popular today. Left work to receive (which on another night would be 0) 4 phone calls 1 hang out invite and 1 plan for tomorrow.  It must be my new hair.. or black pants. They were sweet and make anyones ass look phenominal. My boss said I'm all sassy with my new dark hair... I'm dissapointed my sass wasn't noticed before now or maybe just not appreciated it.

New apartment soon. stay tuned...

xo

Hash browns and Orgasms

Oh your all out of hash browns I see.

Im sick. Not like flu sick but sick enough to sneeze every ten minutes on the dot. Truthfully I didn't do anything too crazy over my weekend to make anyone interested in wanting to read about it. On the plus though I ordered a lot of new clothes and panties this weekend for amusement. The fact that the same place that sells the million dollar bra  is the same place that sells the most amazing pair of ruched-side boy shorts i've ever seen with both hot dogs and french fries on it.  Please click HERE to see it.

Now that you've successfully decided to want both of these things like I have just remember only one is truly feasible. Then we can match! Moving on...



I went and saw Best Coast last night at the Starlight Ballroom with my prima Lisa. Successfully we almost got stuck in a snow pile, attacked by a homeless man x 2, and kicked out.  We DID however have a fantastic time singing loudly and dancing with ourselves( oh oh oh). Got in at 1 am and fell asleep reading like the Hard Core bitch I am.  Woke up late for work so no time for hashbrowns.

The night before I went over a friends to watch a movie. We watched get him to the greek (despite being only 14 hours from having Elizabethtown in our grasp!) I agreed maybe next time then. That night I got in at 330.  Who doesn't warn me I shouldn't do that? You've got a nice punch to the face waiting for you whenever you'd like to collect.

Im going to share a message one of my dear friends from Ohio sent me this week.
me: some stuff to jv about none of anyones business
JV:"omgomgomgomgomg that is fabulous! I am green with envy. Ur my hero. U r every single girls hero!!! I cant stop smiling. I am beaming with pride! I might even shed a tear :) ur a true inspiration.

Thanks JV. Your the best. Im glad my life can encourage/inspiration/enlighten so many peoples lives. Like the picture frame says... LIVE LAUGH LOVE. vomit.
I hate that saying.

My music suggestion should be Best Coast even though they got one last week. They have so many GREAT songs Its hard to choose one.
Yes so Wednesdays song is by Foster The People. Its called Pumped up Kicks off of their EP. Its honestly incredible. Its slow and low enough to chill to but with a short quick beat enough to make you shake your hips. I hope you adore it like I do.  I also hope you love this Party like I do too. Im a bit excited to do this photo shoot. If you'd like to be involved please let me know. Wheres Jenny when you need her for late night photo shoot ideas!

Goodnight.

xo

I fucks wit that.

Appropriate title if you ask me.  Because as of right now a whole hand full of people seem to read my recent ranting of snow I've decided to write some things near and dear to me. The things I enjoy in life overtake what I do not like by a long shot. So please let me share some of both with you since I have an excessive amount of cabin fever thanks to this January snowstorm of 15+ ".

First I'd like to mention the obvious to anyone who knows me I like cameras. New and old of course. I currently own about 10 + cameras although maybe about half are in working condition. Some are more collectors than others but still.  I mean photography in general could be summarized into this also. I have my degree in photography despite actually using it Ill still always LOVE photography and cameras. I may be too poor to afford a fancy Nikon or Cannon digital SLR with tons of lens and built in filters but I'll continue to shoot and collect as best I can. Yes I own this exact old Polaroid camera as you see to our left but no i did not take this picture. I picked up this gem at an old thift store. Yes I shot the swing ride picture. It was a few years back but still a favorite. Photoshopped to get those colors to really pop. I like contrast.


Let us continue. Im a very big fan of Crafts. Maybe this goes along with the whole photography artsy type attitude but I love them. I love knitting with a nice size 15 needle and some basic thickness skein of yarn. (im not picky on the color). I can make some killer scarves and shawls!  I may know how to knit but hell if I can make anything worth while.  I enjoy coming up with ideas for new designs of clothes and trying to one day figure out my sewing machine(ONE DAY). I have a laminator machine in which I use scrap booking paper clearly for what its meant to be used for(JEWELRY!) cut out shapes and designs.. laminate them and viola! Of course you'll need other supplies as well but lets not go into that much detail. Im not the worlds best painter or so but hell if that will stop me. In a nutshell... Im a fan of any and all crafts. Except scrapbooks... they can shut up.

Im very hugely into the whole idea of Canoes. I love them. I want them on jewelry, I want them in photographs and your damn right I want to be in one right now!! (weather being about 50+ please thanks) I'll summarize I do enjoy all boats as a whole but row boats paddle boats and canoes. Oh how I adore thee.  Kayaks?... Lets just say we did not have the best experience Kayaking the rivers in pittsburgh so maybe kayaks can be left out. I guess I really shouldn't hold that happening against the Kayaks themselves.. I should blame the smart ass hipster boy who wouldn't tell us what to do in the event someone tipped their kayak over.  Oh and smart ass hipster boy who laughed at our misfortune... wawa is based out of wawa PA... aka middletown... aka pretty much media. ALL of which are no where near Washington DC. I hope he reads that at one point in his life so he doesn't embarass himself any further.   Anyways we decided to Kayak Pittsburgh PA for Lisa's Birthday. It was supposed to be a surprise but of course I had to tell her. It was during our Girls weekend this past July which was incredible. Yes we even made shirts to commemorate the weekend. Most of them involved pictures of kayaks tipping also.  So we decide to Kayak... Lisa and JV go first... then myself Lauren and Tina. Lisa being the smartest one asks "Sunshine" we will call him... "what do we do in the event that someone tips?"  his reply..."you wont". We proceeded to tell him how he does not understand and this will happen to which he laughed.
So Tina or Laur ended up getting stuck right where we kicked off... it took about 10 minutes to get away from that damn landing strip!We all decided  Lisa and JV were trying to win a race we clearly didn't know about so Tina Laur and I would stick together as the caboose.  We were not secured in but more just sitting on this floating plastic kayak! In a no wake zone there were people water skiing past us due to some concert in Pittsburgh that night. The "no wake zone" turned into a "please wake as much as you can" zone. Bridge after Bridge we went under laughing and taking pictures with a cheap digital water proof camera that clearly didn't work from target and wasted our lives taking 12312+ pictures to show some amazing things that happened.  So I guess this was dragonfly mating season and our kayaks were their steamy silky water beds that they had been waiting for. These damn things clearly attacked Lauren... Thus making her scream, wobble, and yes tip her kayak. Tina and I panic while the other two are on their way from hearing a scream and splash. She swims over to my kayak asking me to help her and me(being the amazing friend that I am of course) tell her to back up because Im not trying to tip. We managed to get all of her items out of her kayak into mine and somehow miraculously not have her kayak sink to the bottom. She kept trying to get in the kayak which would make the kayak be standing straight up in the water. At this point she cannot touch the ground and the kayak is now slowly sinking because its filling with water.  To make this amazingly long story short after  4 girls laughing at their friends, 3 kind strangers also on kayaks and 3 kind young boys hanging out on rocks and 2 other failed attempts to get the water out of the kayak and get Laur back INTO the kayak she was finally in (and not tipping like the other 2 times!)  We all finally stopped laughing enough to get our asses back to land and remember to Canoe more, Kayak less.

Yes I realize I just went WAY off topic to explain the amazing story of my Kayak experience but when I couldn't stop laughing after remembering that story I decided this was way more interesting than things that I like.

Stop me before I've said too much. My music recommendations are shortly explained BUT largely encouraged.
The first is two sisters with AMAZING voices covering the late Johnny Cash with Jack White. They are called The Secret Sisters. Their voices are nothing short of incredible. Although their style more country twang and very christian good girl their style and sass lead me to believe they may be anything but! The song is Big River again a Johnny Cash cover. Listen to it and tell me you don't love this song and yes this version of it as well.





My second one is a group called Family Of the Year. Their song Chugjug made famous thanks to an Advil commercial and I wont lie this is where I first heard this song. I love the upbeat attitude and gang sing along style of the song. Its something you want to go ride you bike, fly a kite or seriously just be laying on a blanket in the park to. I may have to do all of these while listening to this come spring time!  They do however have ALOT of incredible songs Im going to recommend you listen to Chugjug AND Lets be Honest because well... lets me honest(plug) they are both worthy of bikes kites and blankets. Enjoy!


xo.

Plowed In.

Although I usually have something interesting to say, as of right now I'm spent. My whole day has been thrown off due my boat of a car not being able to go over snow. So although I did not make it to work I've been sitting inside going stir crazy since I'm the only 26 year old who wants to go play in the snow. I had someone early this morning laughing at me when I Was cleaning off my car asking if I came out only to clean the snow off because I'm not going anywhere. Maybe I should have listened. Then on my way to wawa to get double hash browns I had some other neighbors laugh at me as I trudged on by. I thought it was extremely rude so as of right now I'm going to do this until I fall down. I bet it will help all of my self esteem issues for this snow day. (ha ha!)

Katy Perry Firework Dance moves for wii

ciao
xo

snow away please.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE EVENT.

* TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL START WEDNESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 4 AM AND THE END OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD HAZARDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

Oh snow why do you find it necessary to interrupt my life at the most inopportune moments? Now although I will happily say and very quietly state it hasn't been as bad as it could be really. I'm a fan of snow when I have no where to go and nothing to do but once I figure out I'm out of essencial orange orange vitamin water , popcorn and cat food all hell will break loose. The snow however beautiful it may be(not including this wintry snow rain hail mix) causes nothing but anxiety and cabin fever. Anxiety that "maybe I forgot to pick up something, or do something, or visit somewhere as this exact moment that the roads are filled with ice and our cars iced over."  And of course the Cabin Fever for obvious reasons.  I remember being young and you couldn't stop everyone from going outside even if you told them it was raining blood! Now as we all get older our knees become weak with the change in weather and sinus pressure builds with each storm that blows through and we just aren't able to fight off the bitter cold like we used to. The disappointing part is that I may be growing older physically but mentally I want to slide down that hill on a trash can lid in hopes I may break something.  We haven't had   a really GOOD snow fall this year but I can say last year we had a killer one. Here are some pictures.

yes this was the grill in the back porch area...

lets say this is i-95 by the airport exit

some neighborhood kids in south philly burying Gary

its like a damn xmas card isn't it?

 imagine all that snow/ice weight crashing down.  too dramatic?

Well snow storm, You've already cancelled my bar night even without being here yet. I hate so much about you and yet we have not met yet. Lets all keep our fingers crossed that I don't slip and fall.. again.

If your already experiencing overly dramatic Cabin Fever you can listen to this song here. It will get you off the couch and dropping down low more than your knees can handle.  Its by Mark Ronson and the Business Intl. featuring Q-tip  and MNDR. Please research all of these people further. They are all musical genius's in their own unique and crazy way. We're listening to Bang Bang Bang tonight which is seriously an ackward combination of Santogold, Ting Tings style music and lyrics plus Q tips soulful type rapping and MR mixing it all together just seriously listen and be prepared to shake your ass and kick yours shoes off. How could anyone ever be so cold with such a hot beat to warm up to.  This song and others make me wish I knew french a lot better. But for now lets not get ahead of ourselves.

jusqu'à la prochaine fois, l'amant de revoirs

Multiple-Choice Correspondence

Formally the Multiple Choice Correspondence is a book (activity book if you will) that has prewritten (although not decided!) letters to people. You've got your love letters, your apology letters, your I miss you letters and so on and so forth.  The point of it is almost a Mad libs style only instead of being 100% creative in thinking of some naughty word to add into "verb" it gives you 4 options that you can safely(and at a PG rating) choose which best describes your mood.  The best part about this multiple choice letter is when its all said and done you'll still get an A for effort although your friend/enemy may be extremely confused at your letter it will most definitely be worth it my friends.  I was given this book for christmas or my birthday one year a while back and am extremely entertained with it. If you find yourself absolutely LOST without having one for yourself check it out here... Multiple-Choice Correspondence.

I'd like to take a few minutes to advise of my very productive night (despite my current lack of shower, it was worth it!) I made a fabulous dinner, got in 30 minutes of mindless T.V. face time, found two new bands Im in love with, filed away my tax forms since they are filed(yeah and its only January 21st), packed a few boxes which then lead to throwing things away (don't get too excited it was like 2 things out of 20), organized, deleted some pictures that had been kept way too long, figured out my external hard drive and how to trick my computer into thinking it has more free space than it does, blew up some phones for people I enjoy talking to and ate mint Oreo's that my fabulous friend Jenny bought for me a few weeks ago. Thanks Jenny!
This is Jenny.


Onto better things but I first must touch on the fact that yes I am moving out of my single alone living life to move in with a good friend.  This will be happening in March. I have decided its a great decision to start packing now due to the fact of not having to carry so many boxes out of this place later. The more I move now the less I have to panic about moving later! A lot of people do not seem to understand my reasoning behind this so please read the above statement before referring me back to the date that I am moving and pointing out that it is not for 3 months. Thanks dick.


I've been doing nothing but singing  Best Coast  songs all day! They are coming to Phiadelphia February 1st to the Starlight Ballroom.  It may be a Tuesday but this weekend I plan on getting my tickets even if I have to go alone! Although I've been singing nothing but Crazy for You AND Bratty B I think my recommendation for the song to listen to is one I actually just recently heard called When Im With You.  Although my songs may have A lot of happy lovely lyrics don't think I've done the same or you'll sadly be mistaken.



My 2nd recommendation for the night would be a new one I heard tonight on Y-Rock on XPN. Its actually a nice routine since I do not have an HD radio. Xpn all day(throw in some Katy Pery and Wokka Flaka haha!) and Yrock at night. I mean it only makes sense. I would post a link but I feel like I possible post way too many links on here already for you lazy folk who dont want to type in a google search.  Anyways, the band I heard are called Grandchildren. This song will have you tapping your feet so much your downstairs neighbors will start to complain (which you may benefit from if your like me and have been waiting for an opportune moment to mention the stank weed smell coming from their apartment up into yours).  Grandchildren are from Philadelphia on Green Owl Records.  They'll also be playing the First Unitarian Church on February 11th. This song is called Everlasting and the video is pretty sweet too. Plus look how excited they look about candy and cakes! I think we would be friends personally...

Now off to fall asleep to some Yrock like a good little fake hipster does and continue reading Auto Corrects. 

xo.

Music recommendations

This was important that I posted 3 songs for todays recommendation.
I will however dedicate this to a dear friend miss Lisa.

So Lisa, please take notes. 

First Im going to talk about a band Cheers Elephant.   Although Jenny MAY have hated this band when we saw them at World Cafe Live this past week or two, I found them to be quite the dance party. The first time seeing them over at Johnny Brendas months and months earlier. I cannot seem to shake out of my head the image of an astronaut dancing around stage along with lets say 30 other people including the band. This looked like a giant surprise party to me on stage... with an astronaut.  The important part is I did hear a new song(new album of course) on WXPN earlier today which is why they are my first recommendation.   Did I happen to Mention this was produced by Todd Mecaughey release January 8th 2011? He was the astronaut and an old friend of mine. 

Second lets talk about a song and band I just happen to hear tonight. My timing was beyond perfect for this little gem.  Yes I know I'm probably VERY late in hearing/liking them but this is too good to pass. Carrisa's Wierd. The song I cant stop listening to is Die. It looks like they disbanded in about 2003 although as most of us Get up Kids and Kid Dynamite fans know miracles DO happen and bands DO get back together(even if sometimes they shouldn't make new albums).  I still think the best era for music had to have been about 1998-2001. Ill stand by that statement to this day. Check these guys out and if you feel so inclined to download some songs, just google them and you'll find some free sites.

Last but hardly least right before I heard my second recommendation I happen to hear a screamy little number by Boyfriends.  I don't know much about them since it seems their "blog" however hardly updated does not explain much as a profile. I did however hear on the video that I stalked that they are from Lancaster, Pa which makes me VERY happy. Now if only I could get them to play closer to me or provide a couch to sleep on in the land of amish, cows, and hardcore.  Check out the song and video  "Those Dude Boys".  Oh how I love a good scream sometimes. 

I hope this is enough for you ackward music fans.  Till next time.

taxed to be taxed

Have you ever woken up with a stamp/marker that from the night before was previously located on your hand/fingers now located on everywhere else? Im talking your cheek, neck, somehow located on your pupil as well as on pillows and sheets(maybe even partially on your cat... dont ask). Well, 2011 feels like its going to be one of those years.

"your smart your kind your easy on my eyes...I know it feels good but thats why we shouldn't tonight"- band Owen song Good Deads. 

There's a lot of bad in this world that should help remind us all to be good or what we perceive to be "good". If you all haven't heard (or care which you should) Camden, Nj is firing half of its police staff and 1/3 of the firemen in the city.  Now If your not familiar with Camden let me enlighten you with some facts about this fair city in a "fair" at best State. 

The population total as of 2009 was aprpox 78,790. The land was officially settled in 1626.  Two out of every 5 individuals are below the poverty line. in 2009, Camden had the highest crime rate in the U.S. with 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 people while the national average was 455 per 100,000. Camden is located directly across the Delaware river from Philadelphia, Pa.  They play host to the Camden River Sharks baseball team. They do have a pretty sweet Aquarium(my words not wiki's) and seem to have alot of larger bands that play at their Arena.  I should however mention they do have a fair amount of colleges seems how small the city itself is. Camden County College, Rowan University(Cooper Medical School of Rowan), Rutgers School of Law, Business, and Arts and Science, and University of Medicine and Dentistry. Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Camden was the third-most dangerous city in the U.S. during 2002, and has been ranked the nation's most dangerous city in 2004, 2005 and 2009."Most dangerous city" is based on crime statistics in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft.

Are you bored yet?  Im not. Im downright Terrified. State of NJ for shame on you for taking away some well needed blue strobe lights that are VERY much needed in a city in which most have lost hope. Yes your thinking " don't worry the Gaurdian Angels a non violent volunteer group will help aid in this!" But my friends... the common civilian can only go so far. In the interest in not ruffling feathers. I'll end this on Camden, Nj... I have hope for you and hope you have the same for me one day if I ever get to this point.

technology revolution

Its the start of a New Year 2011. The year which socialized medicine will commence, zombies will rise from the dead AND as a whole nation we cannot seem to leave 5 minutes from our homes without our precious cell phones.  ( and yes I tried to find the article of the man who proclaimed the dead will rise in 2011 but no I cannot seem to find it. Yes I realize this makes ME look like the crazy one).

about 12 years ago cell phones were a futuristic thing that no one could afford nor REALLY wanted. We all had sweet pagers that the boys kept to look tough and the girls put glitter and sparkles all over. These things worked fine. We would get secret messages with phone numbers we did not know but were curious to call later on to find out who "143's" us.  My whole point of this is that we used to live our lives normally without these damned things!  Now people don't have sense of direction without checking their phones for directions! We cant remember the lyrics to songs so instead of the normal reaction to sing whatever the hell YOU think it sounds like you check your phone to see what the next line is.  Its made us all lazy and crazy in the process.

MY personal issue with these is that I find myself addicted. Addicted to talking to people at all hours of the night. Addicted to sending unnecessary pictures of myself, my cat, random people and objects. I want pictures back. I mean if I think about it, who the hell gave me permission to be able to spill my guts out through a mindless worthless piece of technology. You may know what I'm siked about something, Or excited, or excitable; Possibly bored or going out and even sometimes my location but who gave you the right?  I mean logically these are normal things that people may share face to face, via phone or email, maybe even through a hand written letter but this kid makes it very conveniently ackward when your emotions are expressed but not responded too.

You may think this is a silly rant about being ignored via cell phone which shouldn't matter what so ever and if you guessed that you are correct. For these reasons and more I think I truly hate cellphones. This rant would have meant more to me if I happened to write it on my cell phone. I'll leave you with my recommendation of song to listen to for the day.

band warpaint -song Billie Holiday