imperative

I will marry this woman. Islaja has my heart.

fuck yes.

I think I might tattoo this little lady on my shin. I just realized that all of the tattoos I want are of women. wtf? Nerds.

next tattoo?

So, I'm trying to figure out what I should get for my next tattoo and this image keeps catching my eye. It's from a postcard set by James Jean entitled "XOXO." I would put it above my right elbow. I'm wondering what other people think of it. Nerds.

take me back

All I really want to do is hang out in a seedy lounge smoking, drinking, and swinging. That's all, baby, that's all.

my fingers are fat.

I thought it was kinda funny that the only things in my bag on Thursday were my netbook and a stack of comics (bagged and boarded, of course). Reading comics in public is a good way to ward off girls with fake tans and dudes with Affliction t-shirts.

In other news...I started playing the ukulele (which I still have to spell check btw) sometime last year. I've written a few songs with it but somehow always seem to forget to play it. My goal this summer is to get good-as-hell at the uke and play for money at the farmers market. Fingers crossed.

finally

So, I finally got around to setting up my turntable. It's an old Technics SL-D2 from the 80's and is in pretty good shape. I bought it from an old man who used to come into my work all the time when I lived in Helena. He also sold me a Kenwood KA-5700 integrated amp/tuner and a JVC graphic equalizer, all for only $100. The turntable sounds good but there is an annoying buzz that is a result of shitty phono cables, which means I have to pull them out and replace them (here's hoping my soldering skills are decent). All in all I'm pretty pleased with the setup.

real life Pokemon

It's actually a Red Panda. I want one.



They are talking about how they "gotta catch 'em all." I like the part where the panda stands and everyone flips out. Nerds.

auto-tune the news

c'mon...it's kinda funny.

the sandwich is yum

I made this sandwich...it was yum.

Ingredients:

Turkey
Bacon (2 strips)
Basil
Garlic Powder
Red Bell Peppers
Honey Mustard
Whole Grain Bread (with sunflower and flax seeds)

toast that bread, cook that bacon, heat that turkey in a skillet with basil and garlic, honey mustard that toast, put it all together

=

YUM!

I'm obsessed

Black Metal = BADASS ALL GODDAMN DAY!

here's what I've been into lately:

Averse Sefira - Advent Parallax
Peste Noire - Folkfuck Follie
Funeral Mist - Maranatha
Cobalt - Gin
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Horna - Sanojesi Äärelle
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
Antaeus - Blood Libels

I stopped listening to metal for two and a half years, and now I can't get enough. I'm binging. It feels soooo good.

I forgot

how much i love this song.



I know you do too.
This dude is pretty rad.

P.S.
Secret blog project in the works. Can you guess what it is?

for all the Moms...

you get the picture

...pretty damn cute

These Vader paper dolls are brought to you by Brian Gubicza. His blog has lots of other cute illustrations on it...so look at them. You can also download a pdf of this to cut out and play with in your dimly lit room.

this is what I want for x-mas...today

This shit is totally badass. I really want these horse legs. They cost $1,000 and come with the option of spring loaded hooves (which are a must if you ask me).

say what?

Bitch, you're breakfast...

i bought...

these sweet new running shoes. now that breeze you feel will be me going by real fast.

Happy 4:20

click here

unsucky in 2009

here's a list of stuff that has not sucked so far this year.

that Tujiko Noriko( with Lawrence English and John Chantler) record
my netbook
Brisco County Jr. complete series box set (and I got it for $25. suck on that amazon)
The Great Fables Crossover
This one black girl
Joe Kelly

there's more but I'm lazy.

P.S.

Daredevil Noir does in fact kinda suck.

jokers keep watchin my 1-2 step

Mishka Presents Keep Watch Vol. 1: Jokers of the Scene

I downloaded this a while ago and then proceeded to forget about it until February; but even then I only managed to get a few minutes into the set because I was too stoned and wanted to listen to The Bug. I'm listening to this now because of the Moon Goons' (out of Minneapolis) blog. I downloaded a mix they posted and it reminded me of this.

I gotta say, this shit is pretty bangin. I'm gettin all summertime-y so hour-long hipster DJ mixes seem fitting. This mix in particular makes me want to get all blazed and break in the middle of the road. It's rad...get it.

Top 20 of 2008

At 5 O'clock today it was pitch black and snowing. 2008 is dying and I would be remiss if I didn't remember the things that made it a great year and share them with you. Here is my list of favorites from 2008.

20. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances

19. Air France - Now Way Down EP

18. The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion

17. M83 - Saturdays=Youth

16. Lords - Fuck all Y'all Motherfuckers

15. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

14. Wale - Mixtape About Nothing

13. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

12. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

11. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too

10. Bun B - II Trill

9. The Bug - London Zoo

8. Man Man - Rabbit Habits

7. Harlem - Free Drugs

6. Deerhunter - Micro Castle

5. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill

4. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit

3. Beach House - Devotion

2. Hercules and Love Affair - s/t

1. The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves

After a slow spring I had little hope for great releases but things started to trickle in once the summer hit, and some of my favorite albums of the past five or so years came out in 08. All in all a good year in music.