great. just great.

yet another internet distraction to waste time with: FINGER TWISTER!

http://www.1888freeonlinegames.com/flash-puzzle-word-games/online-finger-twister-1757.html

heitor villa-lobos

today i was browsing at the music store and picked up some compositions by heitor villa-lobos. yes, tarantino fans, i know what you're thinking: "as in ESMERELDA villa-lobos???" well that's what caught my eye in the first place. anyhow here's one of his compositions, impressoes seresteiras.

Muuuuuuusiiiiiiiic

i. absolutely. LOVE acoustic jam sessions. la blogotheque is actually my favorite (noah and the whale, beirut, etc.), but spin magazine put together a pretty decent video montage of 2009's best 13 jam sessions. phoenix's 1901 is on here as well. check 'em out!!! aaaaaaand if you get a chance, check out la blogotheque: random jam seshes (slang synthesis happening before your very eyes!!!) on the streets of paris, soooooo awesome!!


http://www.spin.com/gallery/12-best-spin-sessions-2009?page=3#main

Currently Reading....

String Theory

check it out - modern physics tying together the theories of gravity and matter to theorize the fabric of space. craaaaaaazy.....

http://www.superstringtheory.com/

More Adventurous (under the blacklight)

I, Bunbury, have finally done it. I've applied for study abroad. Here's the plan:

Lebanon over the summer, take intensive Arabic and a politics of the Middle East course.
Find an au pair job in Paris.
Continue studying in Paris over the fall, living with my au pair family and studying French and Political Science.

I'm going to sell my car to buy all my plane tickets and a sweet bike, and I'll be applying for as many scholarships and travel grants as I can find. This has been my dream since the moment I got to college, and I won't put off planning it any longer just because of the cost. If I put energy into it, I can go practically for free. Alicat has been so great encouraging me to quit dragging my feet on this, and she's so glad now that I've started planning it. Six months abroad. Six months abroad...... Six. Months. Abroad.

wow..... our house looks like an entirely new place! let me explain.

a couple months ago i rented a house near campus with my dear steve zissou. the place has slowly been coming together, and i mean slowly; like, it-took-a-month-and-a-half-to-get-a-couch slowly. walls were bare, still echoes, a little mausoleum-esque you know? well this bunbury celebrated her birthday the other day and with her birthday money bought frames for all her posters and paintings and from a friend received a clay lizard and red clay celestial sun to mount on the wall. not to mention the two gorgeous bouquets from friends and the *DRUM ROLL* tiled coffee table i'm making. i got a bunch of handpainted tiles at a mexican tile workshop downtown - 89 cents each, hells yeah - and this morning, after two nights of.... celebrating, i got out of bed at an unheard-of (for me anyway) six in the morning and decided to put my birthday checks to a creative use for once. adhered all my tiles to the wooden base and it's drying now, ready to be grouted and sealed tomorrow!

happy birthday to me.

CURRENTLY READING

Tis a thought-provoking summer for this mod child.

a little musica....

these groups deserve to be checked out:

http://gogolbordello.com/news/

http://www.rodgab.com/

http://tokyopoliceclub.com/

http://www.theswellseason.com/