11 posts tagged “lists”
If you want to see some photos, definitely check out Parka81, who also set it up so that people can use his photos with the attribution license from Creative Commons. Ha! This is why I really love flickr. I also just did a search and found a guy dressed up like the Tick! I love the Tick! Anyway, I also just wanted to show a picture of the ever-changing San Diego downtown. I'll be there (well, SD) in a couple of days.
Listening habits, last week it was all Aretha Franklin and ladies of soul, this week, it's looks like it's the men plus a little bit of Billy Bragg. I guess, if you look at it, I was feeling a little low. Maybe I was...maybe I wasn't. Either way, it's good music. So here is my short list for this past week : 20 July to 26 July
- Maxwell - his new album is amazing! No wonder it was number 1. I saw him on GMA one morning and besides the fantastic music and being gone to live life for 8 years, he was so modest and humble. Chris Cuomo was practically salivating on him. It was all very cute.
- Billy Bragg & Billy Bragg and Wilco - I decided to put these together because they take slots 2 & 3 on my top 5. I just felt I needed to listen to Billy Bragg one 100 degree day. He's soothing even his "happy" tunes make you mellow. And something about his voice.
- Math and Physics Club - Mellemusic got me into them during out road trip along Route 66. Good stuff.
- Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - sometimes you need to go back and listen to the music that helped shape a bit of who you are. Yes, I did not officially grow-up listening to them, but I loved them. The harmonies, the love songs, the love aches, the dancing - nothing like listening to one of the best 1960s girl groups to get you in a good mood.
- Justin Timberlake - yes. I know! I love him! he was tied with Cal Tjader.
- live music at the California Plaza. I love summer for Grand Performances. Saw Curumin and Novalima and they were EXCELLENT
- hanging out for great DJ sets where ever they happen - The Bar for one. So fun! Doctor Who night, good friends, laughs and beers and other libations
- The Wire Season 1
- catching up on my YA reading
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- cold-brewed coffee - have you tried it? that's the way to brew. Potent but not as acidic or something. I don't know. I had a discussion with my friends in the Bay Area and I finally did it. It's especially fantastic during these long hot summer weeks in L.A. 100+ degrees, I'd rather drink ice coffee
- The Mighty Boosh - thanks natalie! They are coming to Amoeba tomorrow! Whoo-hoooo!!! I love them and their bizarreness. I love them more than I love the Flight of the Concords and have been waiting for their DVDs to not be in PAL format! YAY! Way to catch on America! LOL!
My friends are going to a far off place. I don't know the details but I will soon..maybe over fried chicken at Dinah's.
What else?
- Looking forward to birthday shenanigans with Blades and company.
- Going to hear about the AIDSwalk SF and updates on friends from Mellemusic
- more VBAS work and free lunches at DreamWorks Animation
- maybe I'll go take pictures of some of the puppies today who need homes
- staying cool in the Valley
- having a Poketo kind of morning with blueberry buttermilk pancakes and Hawaiian coffee (poketo kitcheware good stuff)
- writing book reviews
- watching Seven Seconds
Happy Tuesday folks!
Good morning! So, let's see yesterday's list:
- decoupage my bathroom cabinet
- watch "Away We Go"
- send care packages out
- wrap up my nephews birthday presents
- finish up Road Trip mix cd
- make mix cd cover (thank goodness I have photoshop on my work computer that I can use)
- finish grant application
- clean the kitchen
- find recipes for the figs I bought at the farmer's market
- email Hill about Elvis Costello (free show!)
- make breakfast
- go on a run
- blob (doing that right now)
- go to the shelter and help with the show
- drink my lemon water concoction (doing that right now too)
- decoupage my bathroom cabinet
- watch "Away We Go"
- send care packages out
- wrap up my nephews birthday presents
- finish up Road Trip mix cd
- make mix cd cover (thank goodness I have photoshop on my work computer that I can use)
- finish grant application and go to campus
- read some of the Roald Dahl Treasury I just checked out. Reading it again I am struck by how creepy his stories are - Enormous Crocodile trying to eat children with cheap trips. Yeah...CREEPY! But I love it! They also are great for reading out loud!
I want to write a bit about the road trip. It was fun and I definitely need to take the time to drive up the entire length of it and also give myself time to go on side trips and such. Or maybe do a section at a time.
Some of the highlights:
- eating this amazing strawberry donut from Donut Man in Glendora, CA. It looks really sweet but it wasn't at all. The coffee is ok. It's no Dunkin Donuts coffee but you don't go there for the coffee. Melle had a crazy raspberry filled on and when they say filled..well, that thing is STUFFED! with raspberry filling.
- stopped in Seligman and the people watching is excellent. A lot of tour buses stop there and people from all over the world are there. French, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, German, Mexico, etc. You name it! It was incredible. Also, stopping in Angel and Vilma's shop was great and being in Angel Delgadillo's barber shop was just awesome. I don't know if you watch GMA but they stopped there and talked to Angel. I cannot emphasize enough that you need to stop by that place. It's amazing!
- Driving!!! The whole point is driving and seeing things you will never see on Highway 40. You can get to these places off of the 40 but nothing compares to driving through Oatman, Arizona and taking the backroad through the mountain. It's breathtaking and incredible. Seeing the changing scenery from the flat, shrub and cactus covered desert to the pine forests of Arizona to the Grand Canyon - - well, there really are not words to describe it. You just have to do it.
- The People - the proprietors of the shops along Route 66, for the most part, are incredibly nice. One of the places we checked out was an antique shop in Williams, Arizona. Troy, the owner, was hilarious. He had an old camera from 1915 or so and couldn't get it open. Not sure how long he had the camera. I ended up figuring it out. It was SO cool!
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It was an old accordion style camera in excellent condition. That's Troy! He called himself "Vanna Black" for that picture :) LOL! But oh, it was so fun figuring out how that thing worked. Now I wish I had bought it just because! Might have to drive to Williams again :)
Things I wish I hadn't seen
- in Daggett, California there was an abandoned gas station and inside it was filled with racist graffitti. Awful! I'm not even writing what I saw but after I read some of it, I freaked out! bad bad vibes!
- On a funnier note, 2 mules going at it. Yup! 2 Mules! Not the two below but..yeah...that was not cool! ewww...forever burned into my memory. Seriously BURNED!!!
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- toured the Grand Canyon Caverns - which is not that close to the Grand Canyon but I guess has 3 week old Grand Canyon air filtering in from a cavern inside it. People have been married in the caverns and it is an archivists dream storage room. There was a old mummified bobcat and some fossilized rock. It's also a bomb shelter so if you are there when we are attacked by North Korea..well, you might be lucky!
- and visited Meteor Crater! Who knew a giant hole in the Earth created by a space rock could be so fascinating?!? Definitely worth visiting when you are hanging out in Flagstaff, AZ.
- and the Grand Canyon! Need I say anything except..WOW!!!
and now I'm back and at work and getting to work on some new lists.
Yesterday, ended up crafting a bit. Thanks to Vozchica and the Handmade Brigade for OC's Blades and I got some crafting in. Why did I drive all the way to Laguna Niguel? I don't know! It's free! Plus I wanted to meet Jackie and we also met Melissa Loschy. Super nice and great teachers. Here are the members of HBOC.Check out their etsy pages. I think some of them will be at the Renegade Craft Fair on July 11 and 12 at the CA Market Center. Definitely need to hit that up in July :)
So, here's what I made:
Today, the list is
- decoupage my bathroom cabinet
meet Jason for QT and coffeeGo to Work- watch "Away We Go"
- send care packages out
- wrap up my nephews birthday presents
- finish up Road Trip mix cd
- make mix cd cover (thank goodness I have photoshop on my work computer that I can use)
- finish grant application
- clean the kitchen
- find recipes for the figs I bought at the farmer's market
Last but not least
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! To all types of Dads out there. I miss you Dad!
Sorry no music with this post...Have a good one!
- might watch Away We Go
- nap
- go on a run (I told my sister-in-law that I'd run a 1/2 marathon with her.)
- clean the bathroom and kitchen
- make a mix cd inspired by the roadtrip
- get some mod podge (i need to get on that project)
- finish Carl Hiassen's Scat
- hit a farmer's market. Not sure where it is on Friday...i think it's in Echo Park or Silverlake
- laundry (gah..this will be put off as long as possible)
- nap
- finish my application for Israel (that's on the top. I have to finish it today!)
I don't know why? I couldn't change the channel. Plus, Denzel Washington (hubba!) was on. I was eating my delicious oatmeal with dried apricots. I had a hot cup of lemon water in my hand. I secretly kind of like a couple of their songs. It's like supporting one of my students. I don't know!!!!!
- morning exercises
- breakfast
- take my vitamins (I forgot yesterday)
- finish Food Matters by Mark Bittman
- write my booktalk for Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
- write my booktalk for Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
- read some of Out of Our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson
- try to look for paper with Lex (this all depends on how much my car costs me today)
- get an oil change (so late on this!)
- drink my lemon water
- watch "The Hangover" with the Lymans (whoo-hooo!!)
- go on a bike ride (i need to get a ride in today....)
- call my brother and sister in law because their birthdays were this week! I found a present for one so now I need to find one for my brother but I'm going to wait and find something during the road trip!
GAWD DAMN IT! I just lost that post! AGH!!! WTH? VOX!!!!! (shakes fist!)
- decoupage project
- watching "Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations"
- pasadena
- Euro Pane Bakery
- photograph stuff
- no driving
- volunteer at the shelter. There are a lot of good future family pets there! Check them out here
- watching The Brothers Bloom
What's your favorite thing about springtime?
- perfect weather (just the right about of sun and cool breeze - usually)
- looking up songs about spring :)
- all the little bebe animals
- blossoms
- most people seem to be in a good mood (but this is kind of year round in LA)
- SPRING BREAK!
Happy Halloween weekend! Whoo-hooo!
This is a picture of one of my cousin's daughter stealing her cousin's candy. Hilarious!
Right now, I'm sitting at work trying to figure out what I need to do tonight. On the list includes:
- comment writing
- finishing "Monkey Wrench Gang"
- laundry
- going for a long walk
- posting some pictures
- finishing my passport application
It was a pretty eventful week. Today, I tried a new breakfast spot, Vivian's Millenium Cafe on Ventura. Here is a better link. I heard about it last week from Tall Guy and because I was a dope and woke up an hour ahead of schedule (yeah, I forgot to switch my clocks!!! what of it?!? :)) I was out and about and thought I would try to rally the troops and head over there. I just read that they are the "home of the banana pancake." MisterJT had it and it was good! I had the Angelo's Special - it was scramble with ground beef, spinach and onions with home fries. It was delicious. They were super busy too at 9am. The service was ok. They were pretty busy so I had to get up once to ask for utensils but after that it was fine. They have a nice patio in the back but because it was raining we stayed inside.
Other events - I'm going to China!! Whoo-hooooo!!!! I applied to go on a study tour and I was chosen! WHOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!! I am SUPER SUPER SUPER excited! I do not know the details but I'm going and right now, that is all that matters. I have been having random moments of excitement throughout the day. I will be sitting here thinking of nothing and then I'll think, "I'm going to CHINA!!!!" and want to explode with happiness. Seriously, I never really thought I had a chance. I work with some smart talented cookies you know, like Ambookgeek. I know it will be work but I will be with some fun people and I think I will learn a lot...plus I will be IN CHINA!!!!
Today, I took my new passport photo. I think I have a wonky eye ball. But maybe it's just me. I showed MisterJT as breakfast and he laughed at me. But I know the truth!
Oh, also did not finish my costume so bummed! I will have to work on the hoodie part because that is important for my little project I'm working on.
Anyway, that's all folks! have a great week!
I had the most insane dream early this morning during my morning nap.
Anyway, here is a list of features because it was really long and vivid and surprising:
- passion fruit waffles (does anyone even make these? and would they even be good?)
- a gospel choir
- a 3-story house
- a Mexican lady who owned a daycare and all the kids
- a random Asian girl
- a fire escape ladder thing
- old swing records
- dancing to swing
- friends and co-workers - everyone I know was there
- a party
- a hunt for Miss C's apartment, that wasn't like her apartment that she lives in with K & M
- storytime
- giving thanks
- girls in costumes, riding bikes, and red string
- walking into the wrong house without knocking
- a beagle with big dog bark
- the 3-story house being neighbors with a police kennel (hence the beagle????)
- walking
and last but not least
- a kitty/butterfly - it was literally part kitten and part butterfly and colored blue, gold & black...it was so cute and weird.
