20 BELOW

Its freaking freezing outside. Painfully cold. Like I cant feel my hands cold. Like when youre walking with your friends, you run ahead into the store or restaurant because its all a matter of every man for himself cold.

I got an 80 on my drafting test. Yup the one I cried about it. I already wrote that didnt I?

So far this week has been great. Cant wait for tomorrow night. I decided that im going to be a hot vampiress, due to my current obsession with, yup, you guessed it, TRUE BLOOD. I also spent wayyy too much on my costume. T and I had a blast shopping for them so whatevs.

Did I mention that I bowled a 130 a few days ago. Yep. (B)ite me. Haha, weird, vampire. So unintentional.

I overheard two people talking today about the new "speedball" Apparently its the mix of RED BULL and HENNESSEY. Sounds gross. I had red bull for the first time in a while the other night. Oddly enough, that was when I bowled the 130.

I hope I dont get sick. This weather blows. People seem to be coughing all over me wherever I go the last few days. Yesterday at the bank this dude was coughing all over me. I kept having to control myself from screaming at him to please keep his SARS to himself. Gosh, cover your mouth- man! Instead I gave him a bit of stink eye and moved over.

What is it about winter that brings out everyones poor manners? People sneezing in the air, picking their noses, wiping their noses with their hands, slurping snot in, phlegmy coughs without covering mouths...so freaking gross. Get a freaking tissue man. Cover your mouth or stay home dammit!!!

DELTA PHI KAPPA

So the last few days have been interesting. I cant really write too much about them though. What I can say is that life is funny sometimes and takes some unexpected turns. Hows that for vague? Also, I had a this life altering epiphany the other night too. Im seriously going to try to be a better person from now on. I can give more of myself and I want to. Our stay on this planet is short, why not take advantage and be the best we can be? Sappy, I know.

Btw, Im obsessed with the show THE EX LIST. Its hilarious, check it out. No, you dont need cable. Its about a girl in her early thirties trying to find her future husband after getting her palm read and hearing that she was going to marry someone that she was already in a relationship with. AKA one of her ex-boyfriends. Just watch it.

What else, what else?? DELTA SPIRIT is playing tonight. Im so excited! If you dont know them, check em out. Their new album is really great and their old one is even better. MATT VASQUEZ's voice is beautiful and KELLY WINRICH can play a piano . The whole band is actually EXTREMELY amazing and very good looking ;) Theyre based out of SAN DIEGO and their sound is sort of like Indie rock meets Bluegrassy country. My friend P from Costa Mesa turned me on to these guys, his friends, 2 years ago and Ive been hooked ever since. People compare them to the COLD WAR KIDS, oddly enough, those are their boys. I happen to think they kinda stand on their own plane. Theres a deep southern influence in their sound with a significant amount of soul too. Their lyrics make me think, and I love that. Theyre hopeful, real and grounding yet not sad. They use a ton of instruments like the CWK- trash can lids, tambourines etc.. Speaking of trash cans, check out TRASHCAN off of the ODE TO SUNSHINE. PEOPLE CMON is great too. Just get the album OKAY??? My real favorites though are GIMME SOME MOTIVATION and STREETWALKER off of their older album called I THINK IVE FOUND IT. I think ive actually blogged about these dudes before. Their whole inner circle of bands rule. AA BONDY, COLD WAR KIDS, DR. DOG.... Refreshing bands in a not so refreshing music scene lately. Is it me or is everything starting to sound the same? Get on these guys.

HERES A TASTE



I DARE YOU TO TELL ME THAT THIS SONG DOESNT MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT TALLER!!



THIS ONE MAKES ME WANT TO JUMP OUT OF MY CAR - ALWAYS PUTS ME IN A GOOD MOOD.

HOLY LUNATIC.

Hi, Is psycho boy there???

Listen to this clip. You will die. This girl met this guy for 2 seconds on the boardwalk and gave him her card and said call me. Let the madness begin. In...

3, 2, 1


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C M GAY

So this week is CMJ over here. It just means that its a music marathon of shows and new bands showcasing their acts hoping to be discovered as the "next big thing". Its a tad pretentious if you ask me. Every dork and their nerdy friend comes out flashing their badges. NY is always a place to catch great tunes. We dont need festivals to mark that fact. But hey, im not complaining. Im just bitter that my pass fell through. Truth be told- you dont really need a badge all the time, just a smile ;)

Last night I met up with MM whom I havent seen in ages!! It was so great to hang with him again. I met him at MERCURY LOUNGE and he was with his friend C, who was super cool and funny. I caught the tail end of TABACO an electronic band that plays along to a projector screen of odd images including animation and RICHARD SIMMONS classes. Hi is sweatin to the oldies there??!! I liked them. They sounded a bit like HOT CHIP and RATATAT with a fresh new zest. This was just the prelude to an amazing set by FUJIYA MYAGI. I love these guys. I saw them a couple of years ago when I saw PETER BJORN AND JOHN play at WEBSTER HALL. Last night they were off the charts amazing. I highly recommend them if your an electronic dance fan. They remind me of KRAFTWERK and !!!, two other really great bands. Check out their song ANKLE INJURIES, its super trancelike. They say their name forty times over during the track. Its genius. I think that every band should have a self titled song or at least a shout out style song. Just sayin.. KNICKERBOCKER is the hottest track on the new album titled LIGHT BULBS. Seeing it live was a treat for sure. The words vanilla, strawberry and knickerbocker glory never sounded sexier. YUMMM. Sorry peeps, youre going to need to bounce for both albums, the earlier one called TRANSPARENT THINGS. BLASTTTTT this SH*T!!!

TWITTER BEE

I caved in and joined twitter again. Why? I dont know, I guess I dont have enough applications and distractions on my blackberry as it is... Ill show you mine if you show me yours, maybe. Glorified stalking at its best.

My niece is probably the cutest creature to hit this planet. She is so tiny and she looks like a little GLO-WORM. Remember that toy. It was my favorite growing up along with LITE BRITE and GARBAGE PAIL KIDS. I dont know what im going to do with this little love bug. I just want to eat her up and suck the life out of her. My little snoopy loopy.

LOOK AT THIS!!





UGHHHH I CANT STAND IT!!


Things that im OBSESSED with as of late.

1. TRUE BLOOD, its becoming a problem. A big one. You must watch this show. If you dont have HBO, make a friend and use them just to watch this show.

2. Mylar paper for drawing.

3. HALLOWEEN and telling people what their costume should be.

4. My perfect red manicure.

5. BLOGS.

6. CMJ lineup.

7. Bowling.

8. OKKERVIL RIVER as usual.

PASSED??

So umm, oddly enough, in class today, my teacher said that no one failed the test. I do not know how that is possible. I was dreading this AM because I was going to get the lowest mark in the class and thats kinda horrifying. She must really like me because im telling you, theres NO WAY. She mustve found points for me, maybe in my name? My lines? We get it back next week. Bleh.

Wow, im starving to death right now. My stomach is eating itself. I can feel it. GROSS.

This past weekend officially marked the end of my birthday week. Went out with a bang and a bowl. Literally went bowling, figuratively, a bang. Wait, you know what I mean. Whatevs. Saturday night was a lot of fun, but do you really care who I went with and what I did? I didnt think so.. I got another really sweet mix CD in a super cute parcel. I love when gifts are custom made for me. It shows that a lot of care and effort went into them and those are the ones that I enjoy most. I realized this today while I was driving to school. Too bad it took me this long to figure it out. Thoughtfulness means the world to me. E-M-O.

What else, what else..

Loved this song this weekend. A lil something different for yall. I love country music, did you guys know that? Well, if you didnt, now you do. Heres an easy one. Maybe ill start a weekly country music song post. Broaden our horizons, yes? Knowing me ill flake though.

JIM CROCE- BAD LEROY BROWN.

DAY OF BIRTH

Today is officially my birthday. Luckily though, I was blessed with multiple birthday celebrations technically making it my birthday week. But alas, the day is here. Last night I went with N, G, D and W to the PAPER MAGAZINE and ACNE JEANS party. It was at the NY PUBLIC LIBRARY which was beautiful, btw. N and I share the same birthday which is amazingly random. My best friend has the same birthday as me. Hi, is how freaking cool is that there?Afterwards we went for dinner downtown to N's favorite restaurant, and went back to BK to help G find her lost passport bec she was traveling early this AM (holy run on sentence)

I know, I know- not our best. Hats courtesy of G and D.

Our car service driver rang in our birthday with all of us while we were on the WB bridge. He started honking and screaming with us at 12 on the dot. So adorable..

When we got to G's studio, I decided that I was going to hypnotize everyone. We put on IRON and WINE, while we laid on the floor and I worked my magic. Nothing really happened but we were all super chill for 2 minutes till N started playing with her BB. She got bored, I guess. W said the best line was "you look up into the sky to find the bluest sky with scattered soft,white, plush pillowy clouds" Ooh that was good, wasnt it?

Went for lunch with my mom, sister and sis in law downtown today. It was so nice. We sat outside and drank some wine and took some cute pics.

Thats my sister stuck on a fence.

OMG, so apparently, my lil birthday wish list from a couple of weeks agohttp://sometimesihavebloggerhea.blogspot.com/2008/09/eeeeee.html has been read and people are sending me gifts!! HOW FREAKING AMAZING IS THAT???

C sent me an anonymous package of JESUS SAVES hologram guitar pics with no note. At first I was so confused and really scared. Who the heck would send me JESUS picks and how did they have my address? Why was there no letter or note with it? Then I remembered how I had blogged about wanting picks and got even more scared. Suddenly it dawned on me.. Theres only one person I could think of that would do this.. I bbmed C, asking if he sent me a lil something in the mail, he said that he did. I reminded him that I was jewish, his answer, "I know, I thought it would be funny, I had your address saved on my EBAY account from the last time I sent you something" Well, funny it was, super intense too.

Yesterday I had lunch with S.. We were long overdue. She wrote me the sweetest card and gave me a box wrapped in gold paper.. "I read your blog, I know you wanted one.. its your favorite color too!" An ORANGE nano!! How cute is she?

Ugh, I have the bestest friends and family in the whole wide world. Tonight Im staying in with the fam. Lord knows what tomorrow night brings. This was definitely one of my most favorite birthdays if not the best one to date.

CHEERS!!

(A bit overdue, due to my lagging on uploading pictures)

This past saturday night was insanely fun. Like chart topping fun. Tan put together a dinner thingy for my early birthday at Gemma. Everyone was in an awesome mood and they were raring to get wasted. So thats exactly what we did.





Highlights of the evening included:

1. Three rounds of 40 shots on trays.

2. Me telling 6 complete strangers about my blog.

3. T almost getting into a crazy fist fight with a girl at Mr. West.

4. A taking us on a joyride en route to Mr. West.

5. S bumping into her X randomly in the middle of nowhere trying to hail our cab.

6. D bumming a cig from the doorman at LOTUS when we happened to walk by. Who knew LOTUS was still around?

7. A bunch of things I cant write about.

8. Dee needing to go home early because she was, ya know. Wastedierto.

9. Me dancing with a dude with dreadlocks at MW, classy.

10. D convincing us to come over and trek all the way uptown when we were right by the tunnel in our retarded state of mind just to eat microwave popcorn and play pac man.

11. A marriage proposal from a small black man in a 3 piece suit on the street handing out flags.

12. Us taking a cab to Kiss & Fly and never actually walking in because we, "forgot"

And of course, no raging night is complete without an intimate sitting on the sidewalk session.

And my mother wants to know why my little sister (above) never wants to go out with people her age anymore...

HA!

Snacks on the way home included, Ice Cream that D kept dropping on A's arm and licking it off, Pizza, Donuts and Microwave popcorn.

Hangover lunch consisted of wine, bread and grilled fish. Followed by a continuous searing headache all day long, complete with face book tagged photos courtesy of S by 12PM.

By the way, im going to need to come up with a better name system because there are a million D's in my life.

Ugh, I cant believe Ive posted so many pics. I guess im outed now arent I??

MARCHING BAND

So remember a while ago when I went to the BRIGHT EYES  concert at BB and I told you that MATT was in charge of taking the pictures and stuff? So anyway, that night he was telling me about a friends band. What else is new, people are always telling me about some new band I should check out. So MATT emails me their song and I remember checking out their MYSPACE page and seeing their gig calendar. It listed random streets in the city all over town and odd times. I thought it was so odd.

Fast forward like 2 months, the other night when I went to see THE KILLS in WB. I was walking with some friends afterwards on N6th, and suddenly I see this group of dudes in knit hats, playing crazy instruments and singing at the top of their lungs marching band style. It was the most amazing thing I had seen in a while. Low and behold I take a closer look and MATT is with them- 

This is the band he was telling me about. These dudes literally go all over the place spreading their tunes in the street. I screamed his name and we had a 2 second reunion. Anyway, this band is called TOURMALINE. Their sound is alternative meets jazz with a splash of indie rock. Heres their MYSPACE link. Check it out. My favorite track of theirs is AFRAID OF THE SAME. 

http://www.myspace.com/tourmaline

OMG

I have zero words for this. Just see for yourself. Are these emo/goth chicks SERIOUSLY covering SUFJAN STEVENS - JOHN WAYNE GACY JR? 

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WOW!! This video makes me uber uncomfortable but its covered beautifully. 

How do those lip rings not cut her gums up, check out when she sings, oh my g-d.. I was seriously waiting to see blood pour out of her mouth. Did she go to the salon and say, "Hmm, I really like cockatoos, can you make me look like one? "

 Two words. WOW.

PS- thank you hipsterrunoff.com

I CANT EAR YOU..

My ear is killing me. I feel like I am four years old. I totally have an ear infection..

Speaking of medical stuff, is it me or does the show ER, refuse to die? Seriously, WTF??  I used to watch that show over a decade ago. Its just annoying now. JOHN STAMOS is their big cheese?? No sir-ree-bob.

You know those people whose laugh sounds  just like when they type hahaha over IM or text? Yeah? Well my little sisters one of them. Its actually hysterical ha-ha-ha-ha.

I watched that show THE BIGGEST LOSER tonight, and at one point during the temptation challenge, the mother said to the daughter, "so what do you wanna do? eat something?" My mom and I were doubled over in laughter. She was so serious.

I have a nice long post in draft mode, but I wanted to post pictures with it (so scaryy) and ive been lazy to upload them, so... eventually ill get around to it. Maybe.

DUUUDE my ear hurts like helll..

My dad is trying to quit smoking with a hypnotist. Tonight he was telling us that when the dr takes him into "trance" mode, mid mantra, he, the doc, has a coughing fit every time. Is it me or is that cracked? How on earth can one be hypnotized and concentrate while someone is hacking an emphysema cough in their ear?? Thats like a coke head sniffling while teaching a 12 step meeting, no?! 

When I was 12, I took out a book from the library, I never returned it. Im still haunted my it. I hope one day when I need to take out a mortgage, it doesnt  come back to bite me in the ass.

7:56 A freaking M

I have a test today. I havent slept a minute due to anxiety and dread, so I pretty much look like a dead pale girl today. I had the bestest (i know, not a word) weekend ever and Im going to blog about it later. Once I fail and just get this crap over with. 

Im going to listen to BRIGHT EYES the entire car ride to school. Starting off with WE ARE NOWHERE AND ITS NOW.

JAKE from the mac store, Im having major issues backing up my files, alll over again. GRRR.

GOOOOOD MORNINGGGGGG

R.

BOWL, BAWL, BALL

The other night I went with my mom and my little sister bowling. It had to be one of the cutest nights ever. My little sis started off on fire and then tanked hard core. My mom, was actually pretty good. We had to wait forever and a half for a lane to open up because it was league night. These people were ridiculously good and super good looking, ps! A lot of the guys looked like MY NAME IS EARL. I want to join a bowling league. Sadly, my dream was crushed. I was told that yo u need to be invited.. Screw it, Im making my own team unless B invites me to join his.

Of course our lane was right next to a group of ladies. I dont know what it is- but lesbians love my mom. Shes a total butch magnet. Hilarious. They were cheering her on and what not. My sister and I were dying. I texted D that I was bringing them to the alley so he came to witness the whole thing at the tail end. Next thing you know him and my mom are bonding something hardcore.  When I say bonding, I mean making fun of me. He was bummed after watching the debates. By the way, Ive named nicknamed McCain, McLAME. I just think it has a better ring to it. That guys body language cracks me up. He always has this howdy doody look on his face. Obama- rama - lama- ding- dong, on the other hand, just talks in circles about vague concepts. If you ask me, this election is a mockery. Id vote for Martin Sheen sooner than Id vote for any of these characters. 

Did I ever mention that in school, I was president of the student body? Mhmm, thats right. So vote for me.

P to tha S -What's up with Blogger not allowing me to copy and paste form my mac?? APPLE C and APPLE V are a no go.. Anyone out there know why?

ALSO- Im looking for a super smart, super cool, well actually, they dont have to be cool, computer savvy guy to extract things off of my broken sony computers hard drive- i.e.- pictures and tunes. Someone local who will do it in exchange for beer forever, money (nothing nuts), or copping a feel or two, mwahahah. So - lemme know if  any of you know anyone. K??

Todays my moms birthday- us libras RA HUUULE.

Guess whos up for an upgrade with Verizon?? THAT WOULD BE MEEEE.

SOMETHINGS IS NOT RIGHT WITH ME- COLD WAR KIDS. Love it.

FAREWELL MY BLACK BALLOON

I have so many things to say  but no words to write them.

This weekend I saw THE KILLS play in WILLIAMSBURG, loved the music hall, might be my second favorite venue aside from BOWERY BALLROOM obviously. ALISON MOSSHART is the epitome of cool in my eyes. You never get to see her face because her hair is always covering 3/4 of it. She doesnt walk more than 3 feet without her Paliaments in tow on stage. She beats to her own drum and has that Im nice but could really care less what you think vibe going on. Her and JAMIE HINCE ooze with sexiness. Its hard to explain, because their relationship is platonic, but sometimes its so good that its hard to watch. They had to have had a lil something going on at some point. Anyway she coughs up a lung live too, not only on the recordings. Poor girl was sick and kept apologizing for it. HINCE has these moves that are just uber amazing.

Last night I went to OKKERVIL RIVER at WEBSTER HALL. Not my most favorite venue but OR is one of my favorite bands. WILL SHEFF and CO blew me away with their presence onstage. They are one of the rare bands that can transmit the love they have for their songs into the audiences jous jous. AKA- very passionate, emotional and searing. FOR REAL was by far the best song of the night. So raw and intense. LOST COASTLINES was equally amazing. A STONE was chills inducing. You can tell these guys really love working with one another. Each band member had their own moment onstage to solo it out. I like that. BRIAN CASSIDY, his right hand vocalist is just as talented - his voice the second one on LOST COASTLINES and that all too familiar softer voice on the rest of the album. I love when bands play older songs too, thats the way it should be. Enough of this, im only here to promote my new album crap.

SHEFF thanked everyone for coming and was actually vulnerable and sweet when he confessed that he was nervous to play the NEW YORK show but was really enjoying it.. So cute! PS- Hes actually pastier than I am, so pale. His haircut is a tad emo though. Ooh, Im sorry- I still love him. I kinda wanna go again tonight..

Oh, wait, stop the world. I heard a beauty of a rumor about me the other night.. DRUMROLL please... Yeah right, like I would even indulge in anyones meaningless gossip. I just wonder what makes people tick sometimes. Like when someone completely fabricates a load of horsesh*t, do they say, "ooh Im bored, lemme make up a lie about someone I dont even know?"

There is a certain protocol to follow when spreading a rumor.

1. You need to actually KNOW the person.

2. You need to have some sort of factual premise regarding the rumor youre about to contort.

3. You need to be prepared to own up to it when youre busted.

4. You need to at least be my facebook friend- to say the very least.

So dear you know who you are.. NOT COOL. NOT TRUE. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO this said person is, I wouldnt know him if I fell on him. I dont know you. You dont know me. PS- refer to the list above.

YOU SAY EGGS.. I SAY..

Ive decided that I want to get a dog just so that I can name it OMELET. 

How awesome is that name for a dog? I'm thinking a PUG or a SHARPE'..

Imagine if it procreated and we named its offspring- CHEESE, MUSHROOM and SPINACH.

Hi, is breakfast there? 

Oh, BTW, I don't eat eggs. STRANGE.

YOU DONT KNOW ME...

So, remember a while back, I was saying how I couldnt wait for the new BEN FOLDS album to drop? Remember when I said that I was super stoked on the news that him and REGINA SPEKTOR  were going to sing a track together on the album too? No? Well now youre reminded.

WAY TO NORMAL is the album. 

The duet track is called YOU DONT KNOW ME. I adore it. I love her. I love him. Together they are odd pair that end up sounding really good together. Is it me or does BF remind you of RICK MORANIS from HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS? HE even sounds like him!!

See for yourself-

The video is actually really strange but pretty genius. Look for the fluffer.. Haha, so good. They have received mixed reviews for this one, but I like it a lot and give it 2 thumbs and a pinky.

Heres the video..

CIRCLE GETS A SQUARE..

The other day I had lunch with J at PASTIS. We sat outside and were enjoying some good convo and what not. A typical lunch. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw this group of people sitting on these jumbo stone cubes on the cobble stone street. I guess theyre a tourist attraction or whatever.. It looked like two mothers and two kids. So, where was I? Oh yeah, so I see this kid mischievously coveting a huge black mirky puddle and pacing around it. Silently- Im thinking to myself, his mother better pay attention.. They were engrossed in convo playing the "oh we have kids?" role, which basically meant that they werent paying attention to this three year old blondie in sweats or his six year old sister.

I say nothing. Oblivious parents are obnoxious, but who cares, right? So, J and I are talking and eating and suddenly. as Im sipping my soda J screams out - NO!! NO!! NO!!- I immediately look up shocked by his outburst to see him shouting out to the little boy- 20 ft away, no less-to stop jumping into the 6 inch deep puddle. His face had horror written all over it as he watched the kid splishing and slashing in the filthy cess pool of a new york puddle in the MEAT PACKING district. I crack up laughing from J. The mothers look up for a sec to see what the shouting is all about and go right back to their convo. They glanced at the kid and really didnt care. Now my face was covered in horror. GROSS, I say, that puddle is so vile, His sweatpants are so done. J is still frozen and shouting "PLEASE STOP!" "OMG HE NEEDS TO STOP RACH- I CANT WATCH THIS" He was frantic and for the first time in a while, I wasnt the only square in a circle town. 

"That boy needs to be bathed in a tub of CLOROX when he gets home" with my lip involuntarily curled in disgust, I say. " HE CANT GO HOME, HES FILTHY!!" J says. I dug into my salad. The mom finally looked up at the kids and told him to sit in his stroller. His older sister was wiping him off with her coat like a little mother hen- No doubt- shes going to resent her mother forever for having to be the mother "parent" who was robbed of her childhood.

We both gave the mom a mega dose of stinkeye and moved on with the rest of  our lunch. The boy- for sure- had the time of his life.

THE END.

LIST- A - DEE- DO - DAH..

1. Happy new year to all the jewish folk out there.

2. I burnt the roof of my mouth something fierce last night on a slice of pizza. I am having a hard time speaking today, drinking and breathing today. It keeps bleeding. So gross.

3. I cant freaking wait for the OKKERVIL RIVER concert next week. OMG.  I hope I dont die before then.

4. Over the holiday I had to endure watching BEVERLY HILLS 90210 TWICE. If you ask me, the girls look like they are fit for a "feed the children" commercial. GROSS.

5. Can someone please get me a job in musical supervision for one of those shows. Seriously, I will love you forever. I had to admit, I was very impressed when they played MATES OF STATES- NOW in the background. I love that song.

6. Oh and the teacher on that show is heavy on the adorable.

7.  Did you know that salt kills snails?! I KNOW!!! Neither did I. I actually witnessed it for myself the other day. So sad. Id rather not get into the deets.

8. ALANIS MORISETTE does some crazy moves when she performs on stage. 

THE END.