Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara show was AMAZING.

It opened with the band Holly Miranda. They were really good. Their website has a lot of music on it, so if you are interested, give it a listen. Next was Steel Train. A group of 5 good-looking guys playing instruments. :) I liked them too, but I think I enjoyed Holly Miranda more. Overall: good opening bands.

Tegan and Sara played a bunch of songs, old and new. They were surprisingly hilarious. I didn't really know what to expect from them as far as how they would interact with the audience, but they gave us a lot of attention and talked quite a bit. In the words of Tegan on downloading music illegally, "What is the world fucking coming to when my mom is illegally downloading music?" Haha. They were great in that way, but their music was amazing. I love when I can go to a show and the group I am seeing sounds as good live as they do recorded. Here are a few shots I got at the show. Click on the title of this post to listen to Tegan and Sara and watch a music video. :)

Poe

"We stand upon the brink of a precipice. We peer into the abyss — we grow sick and dizzy. Our first impulse is to shrink from the danger. Unaccountably we remain. By slow degrees our sickness and dizziness, and horror become merged in a cloud of unnameable feeling." --Edgar Allan Poe

Just re-read "The Imp of the Perverse" for a paper I am doing. The quote above is from that story and if you click on the post title you can read the whole thing.

My paper is about characters in literature who's sanity has been questioned. I am analyzing the characters and diagnosing them with possible psychotic disorders based on their behavior. :)

This is off topic, but I want a dwarf cat.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CUTE.

Spring Break

Last day in the U.P.

Not ready to go back to Milwaukee. Before I was craving spring and now I just want it to be summer. I want this semester to be over with. I just want to get on that plane to Italy and spend a month eating gelato.

mmmmm.

Today will be a good day...I hope. It will be better than yesterday regardless. -$ in bank account= no good things. :\

The plan:

-Get Dressed--white tee, black and white striped high waisted skirt, black tights, brown ankle high moccasins.

-Walk the dogs. Ruby and Tommy. :)

>>>>>>>>>

-Wait for a phone call from Younk. haha.

-Go take pictures. :D

-LUNCH!

-Go to the humane shelter to play with kittens and maybe find Alyssa one. :)

-Go to my brothers house and clean it so he will pay me for it.

-Stop cleaning and meet my Aunts at the bar for fish fry...mmmmmm.

-Continue cleaning afterward.

-head back to my dads for a good nights sleep.

Leave with Mags for Milwaukee tomorrow.

Dinosaurs

Yesterday Paige and I ventured into the history museum on the U of M campus. At risk of sounding like a child, I will hesitantly admit that the dinosaurs were my favorite part. :)

Raptor
The T-Rex and I
T-Rex

I bought Alyssa a shark tooth at the museum, because she has an obsession with sharks that stems from her extreme fear. I share this with her and hope to watch a planet earth episode that has sharks in it this week when I am with her.

Last night in Ann Arbor. Had a delicious dinner at an Italian restaurant with Brady and Paige. Leave tomorrow morning for the U.P.

Who I Am and What I Want

Earlier I posted a photograph by the artist David Shrigley. He also makes videos and illustrations. He has a video called "Who I Am and What I Want." If you click on the post title you can view it through youtube.

This movie is kind of strange and has an odd sort of humor in it, but I personally really enjoy it. It is all animation by Shrigley.

I think you can also find his other videos through his website which is posted in the title of the image by him I put on here earlier.

Ann Arbor

I am in Ann Arbor right now with the beautiful Paige. We are resting after a long day of looking at art, dinosaur bones, and stuffed Michigan wildlife. Will post pictures soon.

Click on the post title for a video treat. :)

Maggie May

Maggie May is my cat. I miss her dearly.

Good thing I get to see her next monday. :)

And I scream for the sunlight, or a car to take me anywhere.

Today I have 4 hours of critique- :\ -then I get to drive 5 hours east of Milwaukee to Ann Arbor Michigan. I will be visiting two of the most beautiful people I know, Paige and Brita.

If Winter Ends is a song I have been listening to for a while (click on the title of this post to hear it). I think I have been attached to this song because I have been sick of winter for quite a while.

"The perfect spring is waiting somewhere, just take me there."

Eyes Like Disappointed Lemons

Cig Harvey is one of my favorite photographers. To view more of her work click on the title of this post. :)

Milwaukee

Milwaukee currently smells like a wet dog. This must mean spring is coming.

I am currently sitting in the dark staring at a computer screen waiting to see if my print is good or if I will have to rip my hair out because I once again forgot to click "no color management."

Pandora is keeping me sane. I thank them for that.

David Shrigley

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"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."

It is now probably lame to quote this book, but I feel that this is an appropriate time to do so.