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June 23, 2008

What am I doing with my life?

This is not a simple question, even for those people that have a 5-year plan. I am 20 and I know I am young enough to have plenty of time to think about this stuff, but not really. I argue that it’s already too late for a lot of the things I could have potentially [...]

April 14, 2008

Removal of Step Inside…

As I am sure you all noticed I removed my Step Inside page. The page consisted of random writings from my journals. I have decided to take them and compile them into a small book. I want to send it out to see about getting it published. I want people to love or hate the [...]

March 13, 2008

Bonnaroo. Okay, can I just say, I’m stoked.

So, I know everyone is like, ” oh great, another stupid college kid excited to go do drugs and hear some music.” But seriously, this will be my first time attending the Music Festival and I live only about an hour away. It is in Manchester, TN and it is one of the largest music [...]

March 12, 2008

Creating my own bookshelf, really. Before and After pictures included.

I went home a few weeks ago and was trying to shop around for a bookshelf and desk. My mom was helping me and we had no luck at all. Finally, she says, well let’s go look in the basement. What did we find? 
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We saw the potential and got started. First we sanded the wood [...]

March 10, 2008

Political Films from a Politics and Film class, imagine that.

Political movies broken down and evaluated over a semester. This is just the first round of movies and I hope my teacher doesn’t have copyright issues because I stole this list and am giving it to you in the order we watched them in. All of the notes were taken in class and some might [...]

March 3, 2008

Bookshelf and other furniture ideas: inspiration photos

www.Etsy.com

So, I found all of these on Etsy.com and I am love with each one of them. I actually want to create something that will combine a few of these ideas. I love the chicken fence idea to hang things from. I like the hinged doors a lot. I also really love the post office [...]

March 2, 2008

Album of the Day 3.2.08

The Early Years Tom Waits  favorite tracks:

 1. Going Down Slow
3. I’m Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
4. Had Me a Girl
5. Ice Cream Man ( my all time favorite track on this album)
7. Virginia Ave
9. When you Ain’t got Nobody
12. Looks like I’m up Shit Creek Again

March 2, 2008

8 1/2 (1963)

Over Christmas last year my brother and his wife came in town. We all sat in my mom’s basement and watched movies for like 3 days straight. They introduced me to older movies that I had never even heard of and I cannot stop thinking about one in particular. 

February 29, 2008

Sick in bed music…Playlist 2.29.08

 Absense of God, Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous (2004)
These Girls, Ryan Adams, Easy Tiger (2007)
Going Down Slow, Tom Waits, The Early Years (1991)
The Way Some People Die, Yo La Tengo, Ride the Tiger (1986)
Crackin’ Stone, Nicky De Matteo, 60’s Soul Party Bootlegs (1960-1969)
Jesus Ect., Wilco, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (2002)
The Art Teacher, Rufus Wainwright, Want Two (2004)
I [...]

February 28, 2008

Quote I stumbled upon that made my throat kind of jump into my mouth and slide back down again.

“Some will say that to be involved with an artist means you live with a houseful of ghosts…” - http://mixtapetherapy.wordpress.com/
 
I could write an entire novel on this quote. I know those ghost. I’ve been that ghost. I write about those ghost. I paint them. They are everywhere. They can haunt you or you can tackle them. [...]