oh yeah

WeHo
Originally uploaded by amyr.

forgot. one of the writers from scrubs was in front of me on the plane from vegas yesterday, at first i was like "oh, great industry people talking about hiatus, etc, what crap" when i realized they worked on scrubs i was all over that. not great gossip or anything, just interesting tidbits. i should have said, hey i watch 3 shows regularly and scrubs is 1 of those 3!! maybe i could have gotten the hook up with a scrubs t shirt or hat! or not.

I'm here.

beach
Originally uploaded by amyr.

the flights were good, both times i had an empty seat next to me. mark picked me up and we chilled until michele got home from work, giving me the full tour of the amazing apartment. the cats are crazy, i have already picked my favorite (shady, yes...) we headed to le petit four on sunset for dinner. good dinner, rented some movies, mark went to his friend's house for the weekend and michele and i just chilled. by 12 i was beyond tired. slept til 8:30, feeling pretty good today. michele headed to work a bit ago, i'm going to go meet her in bev. hills and i might head to the library today, i am a total dork. tonight we'll go to a med. resturant at the grove where they have flaming feta cheese, so good. cheese on fire is always good i guess.....
i am trying really hard to take photos while i am here, i always forget b/c i suck....

i rarely think about reading my horoscope, but i did for some reason today, i realized how lame it was but would post it anyway: "you're missing someone. though you try to distract yourself with other things, your thoughts run to embrace the one you love. let this person know."
hm. i think that might be meant for someone else, not me. i don't miss any of y'all on the east coast. that's a joke. it's funny to me b/c i am feeling good about being away for a while, but the one time i read my horoscope it seems to say to me that i should be ok with thinking about home and while i am here, my thoughts and concerns should be elsewhere... whatever. officially junk.

interesting

so, coachella now had a scheduler to help you prioritize your experience. granted it is always hard when you go to coachella to do the whole scheduling thing, but this just tops someone's notecard that they made (hmm....m, know what i am saying?). it looks like most of the bands i would have wanted to see this year are playing around the same times, how does that work?

i am a bit sad we aren't going this year, it was like a tradition, but the money is just too much this year.... what will i miss the most? probably the pool at the hotel in palm springs.... oh yeah, and seeing loads of bands!

EDIT: i just did the scheduler like i was going to the show, first off, i didn't rank that many bands at the highest ranking, therefore i feel good about not going, i guess.
second, it's not even like it gives you a printable form, it just gives you back what you put in, looking exactly the same with your highest rankings in boxes, um, ok. guess the technology just isn't there folks...

Fighting for the smallest goal: to get a little self-control/ i'm in love with that song

(the title is due to the fact that i have been listening to a combination of ted leo and the replacements. they both make me feel alive and good. no more (sort of obvious) sad bastard music for the moment. )

so the semester is really finally over for me now. work is done, school is done. sigh o relief.
(oh, one thing to note, here's a good sum up of what i learned this semester or what i wrote in my notebook yesterday after one my classes: "note to self: get a job as a bouncer". look, librarians need people skills and that's one way of getting them.....) i am trying to not freak out that one of my fall classes was cancelled and i need to find a replacement from the (not so good at all) list. urgh.


i am prepping for LA now. i picked up my suitcase from the storage unit. check. doing laundry. check. found sunscreen i bought last week. check. get my haircut tomorrow.

i am psyched to get out of town and not feel like i have anything important to be worrying about while i am gone. it's crazy, i come back and then it's back to work for the field placement and also back at my internship. short but sweet i guess. i am psyched to see m, she was in town in feb. but only for a short period so it'll be rad to hang out and go to the beach and to the short stop and photobooth it up.

anyway, must at least attempt to sort of pack a bit. my suitcase is still in p5s trunk, so there won't be real packing, just preliminary packing....

oh, the twilight show in dc is the day before the stills show in dc, y'all know i am peeing my pants over that back to back show experience.... le sigh.

i leave you with one particular thought i have had repeatedly lately, i'm not that angry, you're just not that cool (thanks stills, my sentiments exactly).

guess who's done with classes...

it's me, it's me.
and i got a 95% on my digital library. woo hoo.

so close

i am one demo away from being done with school for the semester. take that. i have a demo in about an hour of the digital library, presentation is done. i will feel so much better after the demo is done, urgh. tomorrow i work and then i get ready for LA. it's raining and depressing at present, i hope LA will not be rainy.

have i not done the weekend update yet??? jeez louise, i am lame.

friday was snb (and homework earlier in the day), minus one of our regulars, we did have some new people stop by. some didn't knit in public, but they decided to stop by anyway.... went to red star after and chatted with the kids. stayed out late, regretting it all the way home. i hate staying till the end- then all the crazies are on the roads and it freaks me the f out. if i am staying out i prefer to go to a 24/7 establishment before i head home so i am not driving at 2:02 AM. no more of that. hmm... what else. oh, i picked up some stuff at st. v de p and ufo, books for altering and square dancing skirt for , um, something. you know, like a crazy looking petticoat, yeah. pink!!

did some more work to the digital library and then headed over to natasha's for a bit. we had pizza and she spun and half heartedly knit a scarf that i had frogged earlier in the day. i needed icons for the digital library and couldn't get illustrator free trial to load, a friend helped me out and i went over some stuff with him before i got home. they worked out well, i owe him.

sunday i had to meet my group at the cathedral taking much longer than i would have liked, at one point i was nearly laying on the floor out of frustration with the software, i couldn't get what i wanted to to work, so i just cut it out in the end, i guess no functionality is better than not working functionality, right? let's hope my prof. agrees, cross your fingers on that one.

still don't know about sheep and wool, i am spending $ like water as i want to go to that symposium in md and that costs money, i didn't plan on buying anything at snw, but alas, i guess i just feel bad.


finally, i got the wicker park soundtrack from the library, i know, strange that i would wnat that right, well, check out the list of songs, it's bizarre. unreleased stills song (IN FRENCH sucka), all good.


ok, i am off like a dirty shirt.

my my is back

check out the newly updated my my. how cute are the crafty patches like the periodic table???? plus they make the best buttons including i heart pa and i heart photobooths, which i do...

altered books

a bit more than i was thinking of, but i guess this solves the moral/ethical dilemma...

http://public.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/23/1317230&from=rss
nytimes

wow, that's a suprise

i got home tonight to find a package from my old work, strange i thought. i open it and it's a gift from one of my former scholars.

this was inside with a note of thanks. i couldn't believe that eventhough i haven't been there since last aug, someone still thought of me. strange indeed. btw, the camel makes some sort of bizarre song noise extravaganza. i may have to photo gilbert's reaction.....

mix cd swap

i signed up for the mix cd swap at swap-bot, seems like it should be fun, y'all know i love a good mix cd (so feel free to make some for me, and send them to me..... or make a mix cd with me, remember that soviets?)

the ethics of crafting

so, i wanted to make a journal out of the cover of an old book- obviously i am trying to start with books where the bindings are already broken, it still feels like maybe i am breaking some kind of library code of ethics, what does everyone think? i am torn. also, does anyone know anything about the book binding process? i am not a preservation person so i feel totally clueless on this.... suggestions please!

the ethics of crafting

so, i wanted to make a journal out of the cover of an old book- obviously i am trying to start with books where the bindings are already broken, it still feels like maybe i am breaking some kind of library code of ethics, what does everyone think? i am torn. also, does anyone know anything about the book binding process? i am not a preservation person so i feel totally clueless on this.... suggestions please!

random stuff

here are some spring flowers i got a tjs:


I have been working on the tshirt thing this week, here's what i came up with:
i took the photos in a weird way so sorry if the angle looks weird on the shirts

it's weird

find out yesterday that there is yet another part of my one final assignment, a demo with the prof. now, wouldn't you mention that in a bit more detail throughout the semester, rather than say, a week before said demo? at first i had felt bad for the bad (ok, mediocre really) review i had given the prof. because they are nice i guess, but as soon as this happened, i thought, good, glad i didn't mark up your evaluation.

off to work today after picking up the 300000000 items the library is holding for me. i guess at least i pick them up, even if sometimes they suck so terribly that i immediately return them? right??? i'm not a bad person, right????

sheep and wool is coming up fast. i don't really have a place to stay since i won't have a car, but i guess i'll just have to figure that all out.

i have been feeling melancholy (mainly in the reflective and pensive way) lately, why, i don't know. anyway, i had a realization that i have been listening to bitter friend/ lover songs lately pretty much exclusively (note: see positively 4th street post). another song that is in heavy rotation is it's a hit by we are scientists. no one who reads this is abandoning me, don't worry. i don't even know if it's a real feeling or a paranoia? you know? also, there's this mix tape from tinymixtapes that i connected with for some reason (** aside from that creepy last part...... )

gots to run.

soon enough, vacation will be here.

it's the end of the semester (almost, i guess....) so i am a total pile of stress. yet, i can't seem to get motivated. school was crap this semester, aside from my new found joy which comes from copyright, i was not digging it, at all. on all fronts (friends, acquaintences) i feel tremendously stressed and not really like i am keeping my shit together too well. i am constantly worried if people are feeling hurt or mad at me when i am just trying to get myself together, anyway.....

anyway, weekend recap?
friday, homework, homework, hanging out with n and d. n got pretty ill and we called it an early night. i had told h that i would stop by red star if it wasn't too late after i hung out with n, met those kids for a bit. h filled me in on all of here drama, health wise, and we chatted about what would happen. hopefully all will be good. went home not too late.

saturday, homework, met up with n, went to the mall, dinner with butta and d and n, nothing else really to report. h had her confirmation/1st communion by a priest from svc, funny, huh?

easter, went to my aunt's and just did nothing really.
today i met up with h for coffee since n was sick and we ran into another friend. that about sums it all up.
i worked on oh, about 10000000 t shirt modifications this weekend, some ok, some good.
i bought sunscreen today, vacation is just around the corner!

And now I know you're dissatisfied With your position and your place, Don't you understand It's not my problem.

while it isn't my all time favorite bob dylan song, positively 4th street is on my mind lately. i sang it loud in the car on the way home on saturday night.

california show your teeth, she's my priestess, I'm your priest

i keep meaning to blog about the fact that may will be a crazy month for new cds. i'll be saving my pennies for a few things:

may 9
stills, without feathers
red hot chili peppers, stadium arcadium

may 16
twilight singers, powder burns

death by sexy came out last week i think, i haven't picked it up yet, but probably eventually will...

lazy day

Originally uploaded by amyr.

i chose to do very little work today, instead since i got out of work early, i checked a few things out at the carnegie museum. first, i remembered that there were a few more inflatables behind the main entrance, so i checked those out first. i know i keep wavering, but i think "pittsburgh is the zombie capital of the world" is my fav. really. yes, it is. it's in a weird place so getting a photo is tricky business. while inside i checked out:
fierce friends (i guess i should have guessed that many of the animal pieces would depict dead animals, i was not expecting the taxidermy birds, the swan, super disturbing....)

teenie harris cont. dug this, especially the photo of eartha kitt busting through a paper sign that said "now appearing: earth kitt" crazy! look here, scroll down to earth kitt.

barns this was cool, especially the giant barn stars from somerset county.

i have been hanging out at the clp since this afternoon, working a bit, relaxing a bit. of course as soon as i headed outside, with the computer to blog it started raining, back inside now and of course it isn't raining.

anyway.... i got called off work for half the week next week, i am not complaing at all, i am ready for a break especially with the end of the semester so close (two weeks, sucka!!!)

over and out.

you win, sonar, you win

Originally uploaded by amyr.

5 days later, the handstamp from sonar is still there. sonar beats 9:30 club for the most permanent hand stamp, plus the fact that it's red makes it seem like i was injured, burned, what have you. thanks!

quick question

so i am thinking that instead of a full moon, there was some other kind of planetary alignment/ weird astronomical occurance last week- most people i have talked to had some sort of freak out last week- did you? does anyone know what was going on in the stars above last week? it's just so strange. i felt terrible last week a bit freaked out, others were crying or just plain batty. anyone? anyone?

i dig copyright

i am seriously thinking about attending this. the fact that the let students come for 50% is awesome.... hmm.

oh, shoplifter

here's one of the stills new songs....

"Oh Shoplifter: Yahoo! Music Exclusive Performance" Music Video
http://music.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=31372382

http://music.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=31374062

i'll cry my face straight through my pillow

since i can't blog these photos directly, you'll have to follow the links...
you obviously already know that the show was fantastic from my last post, but i feel obligated to give the full recap... (remember my ill faded attempt to blog about EVERY band i saw at coachella last year... yeah....)
drove down to dc/baltimore in terribly crappy weather, rain the whole way down, making it a long trip....hung out a d's for a bit and then headed to baltimore for the eating extravaganza that is the block of charles street by the charles theatre. sofi's (newly expanded it should be added) tapas teatro and the charles theatre all together..... honestly, this is one the joys of baltimore, i really love that area.... m and i used to go to tapas and to the charles back in the day (do you miss it at all?)
anyway. after nearly throwing up from eating so much, we headed to sonar, it's a pretty decent space. i guess the stills were to play the smaller room but got bumped up to the bigger room (which was better, the crowd was a bit spread out...) since they sold out the small room. the new songs are really good, i am so psyched for the new album to come out in may.
the best line from a new song has got to be: I’m into looks But I’m also into books.
there were also the obligatory oldies like lola and my fav. yesterday never tomorrows, still in love song.
i got a super cute hoodie at the show, as i will probably wear it everyday, i am sure y'all will see it soon enough; i talked to one of the guys in the band about their coming to the burgh, helping the burgh out, you know? all the guys in the band seem super nice and personable- they were just thanking people after the show for coming out. (canadian way? don't know).

the drive back yesterday was (fast and) beautiful. sun shining, sunroof open, fast driving, all good.

back to the reality today- touching 110 year old books (with bare hands....don't tell) and creating metadata. ain't it the life?

SY on gilmore girls

y'all know that i have become one of those people that loves gilmore girls, right? well the finale will be crazy....

the stills will break your heart forever

Logic Will Break Your Heart Forever
Originally uploaded by ldandersen.

more on the show tomorrow, someone already has photos up on flickr (although not one's i could blog....). show was awesome, i am tired.
i want to frolic (not so much like a woodland fairy) but rather with canadian boys as charming as the stills....

Just Another Travelin' Song

i always get a bit anxious about going somewhere. not too anxious, but i guess it's just excitment? anyway, off to baltimore today to see..... THE STILLS! rock. i am so psyched. i was telling someone yesterday about the feeling i get when i see a band i really like that i haven't seen before, it's like a mixture of feeling like i might cry, scream or jump up and down, all at once.

s n b was last night, most of the typical crew was in the house. i worked through to snb on homework so i was starving by 9:30 and forced everyone to roll out early so i could eat at red star. it seemed like it might get super busy, since there was some kind of show, but it was cool. had a few people come out who never come out with us anymore, so i dug that.

guess that's about all, i am sure i'll have a all to detailed post about the stills show tomorrow.

xo

EODM

did you see the new eagles of death metal video?

my new favourite

Originally uploaded by amyr.

this is my new fav. inflatable. the thinker. appeared in front of the carnegie yesterday. also, they apparently deflate them at the end of the day, weird.

did i offend you, april?

why is there a dusting of snow on the ground? it's april 5, right? what is going on?

i think i get to keep the job i am quite fond of over the summer, woo hoo.

saturday is the stills show at sonar (I have never been to sonar either)!!! i wish i wasn't stressing about school and could just focus on the show and of course the obligatory tapas at tapas teatro. (beautiful, no?)

i'm out.

pink is the new tv show?

does this show seem like trent's blog, but on tv?

new baby in the fam.

michele has added a new baby to her family, no, not another cat....

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

i just was able to find my ultimate fav. song to add to my myspace profile, woo hoo.

Whatever did happen to your soul? i heard you sold it.

i am so not down with the changing of the clock thing. it always takes me forever to get used to the change....
so, the weekend was busy. lots to do.
friday i got my hair done, dyed and cut, the red is pretty bright for the moment, i dig it. i worked on readings and other fun homework stuff after. the big excitment was the extra stitch and bitch (since it was the fifth week). h wasn't going to come down since she already had plans, but some of the rest of the regular crew came out. jenn came out and that was super cool.
the big snb news is that one of our core members got a fantastic job and will be moving this summer, she will be missed, but we are already planning the tour of snb to her new town!!
me, jenn, b and her boyfriend went to red star for a short bit and then i went home early.

i went to a luncheon with nantucket yesterday, one of my old bosses was speaking, so it was totally awesome to see him again. caught up on the scoop- i don't think he even knew i was in library school, so that was fun. did some homework after and then h and b headed over to dv8 and we chatted and ran down to one of the antique-esque places in town. they have 3 vintage vegas showgirl headdresses. they are INSANE!!! one had the titanic, while another has these cracked out snakes.... we called the crew and met for chinese food in latrobe before heading to a show there. hung out with some of the peeps (in quite possibly the scariest bar i have ever been in.... really, i can't even begin to provide a description on this.....) and headed back to gbg to red star. i stayed later than usual (well, at least later than normal for the past few months) and raved and ranted on the phone on the way home, feeling sad and weirded out and honestly in a bit of a panic. i still feel terrible today, but there's work to be done, groceries to be purchased, so there's no use in dwelling on anything, right?

it's back to work tomorrow, which is cool, i did like my mini-vacation, but it's unrealistic to think that i can get by working 6 hrs. a week and be ok with myself.

sweet

the twilight singers are touring this summer, with a great friday night stop in dc.... woo hoo!! oh, greg, you'll always be my number 1 rockstar boyfriend...

weekend recap to follow soon....