musings of an ohioan who was supposed to be icelandic...

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

P.O.T.D. #1


and the Photo Of The Day series begins...

Sometimes you just have to post what comes to mind. And unfortunately, this happened.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Buttons, Xylophones, Drums


Dan Deacon released his new album Bromst last Tuesday and I've already gotten two e-mails raving about it. So far, I really like the song "Snookered". I don't know how to embed audio files, so this will have to do...





I like the way he executes a live show, too!

Dan Deacon's Myspace

Pet Peeve #15 -- Latte Art

Okay, after this post I will move away from beverage based pet peeves for a moment. While in Portland I learned that a girl I know had an interview at a neighborhood coffee shop. This girl has years of experience as a barista (as do I) and at the end of the interview the manager asked her "And can you do latte art?" and she said No. To this he replied something like "Wellllll we really need someone who can do that here, soooo..." ...yeah, you get the idea. My immediate response to this was obviously 'wtf is latte art?' and here it is folks:


Now, I'm not one to tell someone how to run a business, but whywhywhy is this necessary? You're just going to ruin it with the first drink. It wastes time and seems like, again, such a suburban mom/yuppie impresser. Who cares what's on the foam?! It's the caffeine (usually) that counts. To quote Tim Gunn, "I'm underwhelmed".

Disagree? Thoughts? Comments?

Saturday, March 28, 2009

For those who are still a kid at heart...

via Matty

The "Where The Wild Things Are" trailer...finally!
I LOVED this book & can't wait for this! Seriously, almost brought me to tears.

Watch the best quality version here.

Or a crappy youtube one here:

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Bay-bayyyyyy


South Park pwned The Jonas Brothers (or maybe moreso Disney) in their latest episode. It was only a matter of time, a few of us have been expecting this for awhile...





Monday, March 9, 2009

Rainy Day in 503.

So far, Portland is the best spring break (SPRING BREAAAKKKK!) I could've asked for. All of my favorite people that were transplanted here are showing me a great time & the city itself has a great feel to it. I've been non-stop, & while I brought 5 rolls of film, these are the only photos I've taken...





Thursday, March 5, 2009

I have 10 Followers!

...how exciting!
Now if only I would just update...