oh..uhmm...well...huh.

it's funny, i was trying to write a post about how essential communication is, but i couldn't really figure out how to word what i wanted to say.

i guess that dialogue is staying internal.

for now.

swap exchange

so i did a cd exchange thing organized over fb and got paired with my friend scott. the cd i got from him is great great great. and even better than the cd is the cd case he made! check it out:


front

inside

back

song list (artist - song):
1. the books - motherless bastard
2. broadcast - tender buttons
3. blank dogs - open and shut
4. harlem - torture me
5. ramona falls - russia
6. kurt vile - freeway
7. john vanderslice - they won't let me run
8. thao nguyen - moped
9. timber timbre - i get low
10. the microphones - i felt my size (acoustic)
11. avi buffalo - five little sluts
12. black moth super rainbow - one flowery sabbath
13. tune-yards - fiya
14. the books - venice
15. the fiery furnaces - bright blue tie
16. condo fucks - with a girl like you
17. best coast - crazy for you
18. waves - take on the world
19. the shangri-las - radio spot: revlon natural wonder
20. lost in the trees - song for the painter
21. scout niblett - duke of anxiety
22. lightspeed champion - dry lips
23. the awkward stage - i hurt the ones that love me
24. the books - all our base are belong to them
25. the war on drugs - arms like boulders
26. bowerbirds - northern lights
27. the books - ahh...i see


my song list (song - artist) for him went like so:

1. buttons - sia
2. i wanna be ignored - ezra furman and the harpoons -
3. there's nothing in the water we can't fight - cloud control
4. go outside - the cults
5. here comes the sun - wise blood
6. this is how we walk on the moon - arthur russel
7. galapagospel - alanadale
8. strt srns - wise blood
9. those rats built us a getaway! - alanadale
10. i guess the lord is in new york - makeout videotape
11. there is no light - wildbird & peacedrums
12. worm mountain - the flaming lips
13. river - akron/family
14. take off your sunglasses - ezra furman and the harpoons
15. black swan - thom yorke
16. by your side - cocorosie
17. grizzley man - rockettothesky
18. you fly me - fingathing
19. skins theme tune - fat segal

meet henry, my texas tie.

i found this at value village a while back. i don't know why, but when i saw it, i had to have it.


(the weights at the bottoms of the leather strings are shaped like bullets. bang bang!)

note to self

can people actually feel fulfilled and satisfied? completely content and happy with where they are and what they're doing?
i don't think so. i hope so, but i really don't know.
actually, you know what, yes. i think you can. if you're in love, you really do feel like you have it all.

i think once you feel like you find meaning in the moment you're living, that, is when you can feel completely satisfied.

yes, everything has meaning if you look for it, and everything you do leads you to your next destination that will lead you somewhere else, that may even lead you to that moment of contentment. but humans are impatient creatures.

look out for all the great things.
appreciate the people around you.
take more risks.
say yes.


something i learned when i was in jr.high was that you really didn't need to think about what other people thought, because really, no one is really paying attention to you any way. everyone is so wrapped up in themselves they don't have time to notice the "flaws" you worry about.

this is me rambling. these are some thoughts. brought on by a picture of some boats. it's funny how thoughts process.

fact: she has a septum piercing (no you can't see it here)

whoa. hey there scarlett. someone's looking mighty pretty today.

burning man

i have two friends who are going to burning man this year, so i was reading a bit about the festival. it sounds amazing. it takes place at the Black Rock Desert just outside of Reno, Nevada, and is an arts festival of sorts. a community is built and everything that is brought to the desert is taken away at the end, leaving no trace behind. temperatures range from 38C during the day to 4C at night. the website describes it as "an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance."
the experience would be intense to say the least. check out the website for more.

some pictures from the Burning Man galleries:

stornoway and a regina

one of my favorite regina spektor songs