Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Thanks for making my dreams come true, guys!
I'll just leave you with this until I have more time to post...
"I can tell I'm amongst friends. And I'm gonna be a friend. I'm going to shake each and every hand out there. Because I'm not just a rock and roller. I'm a fan too. Because I've met famous stars. And, frankly, most of them are dickheads." - Lips, Anvil.
Reason No. 237
... that young alts (what the hell are we called?) should not live at home:
Accidental exposure to weepy "contemporary adult alternative."
My roommates like pretty good music for the most part, but sometimes some maverick Starbucks compilation from 2004 sneaks into the shuffle, and the other day I was subjected to the criminally maudlin tripe of Five For Fighting's (srsly, what the fuck) "One Hundred Years."
And I was like, "this guy totally gets it."
Accidental exposure to weepy "contemporary adult alternative."
My roommates like pretty good music for the most part, but sometimes some maverick Starbucks compilation from 2004 sneaks into the shuffle, and the other day I was subjected to the criminally maudlin tripe of Five For Fighting's (srsly, what the fuck) "One Hundred Years."
And I was like, "this guy totally gets it."
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sorta wonder if Franzia is the next relevant alt beverage.
Clearly we're ahead of Carles for once...
My Roommates
Whenever you move into a new living situation, it takes some time to adjust to the quirks of your co-habitants. I'm still getting used to mine-- one of my roommates is always asking me to vaccuum and the other one thinks Ray Romano "gets it."
Sometimes we have dinner together. Here's an excerpt from a recent conversation around the dining room table:
The topic: Tiger Woods.
adrienne: well, he's still a good role model for college students who want to sleep with 14 women.
daniel: I doubt any college guys sleep with 14 women. I never knew any college guys who were into that.
emily: uuuuh, yes college kids are still into that.
daniel: today?!?! even with AIDS??!
emily: uuum, yeah.
daniel: well, if you sleep with one person, it's like you're sleeping with all the people they've slept with.
adrienne: kids today are probably more worried about... what are they called... STSs.
daniel: SDS! students for a democratic society.
emily: [cringe/chuckle/kill me plz]
But, Dan likes Fleet Foxes and Adrienne buys me beer, so I guess I can't complain.
Sometimes we have dinner together. Here's an excerpt from a recent conversation around the dining room table:
The topic: Tiger Woods.
adrienne: well, he's still a good role model for college students who want to sleep with 14 women.
daniel: I doubt any college guys sleep with 14 women. I never knew any college guys who were into that.
emily: uuuuh, yes college kids are still into that.
daniel: today?!?! even with AIDS??!
emily: uuum, yeah.
daniel: well, if you sleep with one person, it's like you're sleeping with all the people they've slept with.
adrienne: kids today are probably more worried about... what are they called... STSs.
daniel: SDS! students for a democratic society.
emily: [cringe/chuckle/kill me plz]
But, Dan likes Fleet Foxes and Adrienne buys me beer, so I guess I can't complain.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Re: Crash and Burn
So what's a TOTALLY creative, complete renaissance girl Reagan's kid to do?
Well, you already answered your own question with that one. Go out and get laid anyway!
As your sister in living rent free/jobless/just tryna experience something real, grrrrl have I been there.
When criticism from the world at large (parents, other family members, clueless friends, etc) arises, I like to do two things: 1) look at their lives, and ask myself if that's something I aspire to, and 2) reach into my arsenal of humans who I do think lived badassedly ie the way I wish to live in general, and ask myself what they would think. More often than not, I think that they would be like, "fuck yeah. I never had a real job or a mortgage either!" If Allen Ginsberg ever walked up to me and was like, "what the hell are you doing? stop it!" I sure as shit would. Until then, I'm gonna keep believing that what I'm doing (or not doing) is ok because I'm ok with it.
Kinda just think that the world is full of people who just don't "get it" (as illustrated by the fact that the world is falling the fuck apart), so I'm not too quick to get down on one who decides to say "f that shit" and avoid the trappings of modern life at all costs.
Personally, I think your response of the creative realm being different is completely valid. The problem is that our dumb world places value on monies more that anything else so it's hard for people normalized by this culture to see the other things you've "earned" this year: an awesome portfolio, great experience and lots of contacts.
Maybe just in the interest of preserving your rent-free way of life for the time being, it would be worth having a sit down with the roommates and telling them your plans and your reasons for your life choices, internship, etc. All parents really want is their kids to have some idea of what they want to do, and surprisingly think that their kids are totally clueless. I've had SO many convos with my madre re: this topic, while I am FREAKING out because I can't do what I want to do and stress about "the future" ALL the time, while she's asking me if I ever think about "the future."
So yeah. You just gotta like do what you wanna do, while attempting to keep the roommates happy. Sucks that they don't understand the world, so you gotta do your best as a liason. Also, if you are interested in earning dollars, is there any after-school art program or something you could work at? Maybe not with li'ls, but high school kids could be fun.
(just read Dan Savage and am feeling all advice columny, apparently.)
Welp, I'm about to go to an interview for a barrista job! Hopefully my future co-workers will be 19 and hot.
Well, you already answered your own question with that one. Go out and get laid anyway!
As your sister in living rent free/jobless/just tryna experience something real, grrrrl have I been there.
When criticism from the world at large (parents, other family members, clueless friends, etc) arises, I like to do two things: 1) look at their lives, and ask myself if that's something I aspire to, and 2) reach into my arsenal of humans who I do think lived badassedly ie the way I wish to live in general, and ask myself what they would think. More often than not, I think that they would be like, "fuck yeah. I never had a real job or a mortgage either!" If Allen Ginsberg ever walked up to me and was like, "what the hell are you doing? stop it!" I sure as shit would. Until then, I'm gonna keep believing that what I'm doing (or not doing) is ok because I'm ok with it.
Kinda just think that the world is full of people who just don't "get it" (as illustrated by the fact that the world is falling the fuck apart), so I'm not too quick to get down on one who decides to say "f that shit" and avoid the trappings of modern life at all costs.
Personally, I think your response of the creative realm being different is completely valid. The problem is that our dumb world places value on monies more that anything else so it's hard for people normalized by this culture to see the other things you've "earned" this year: an awesome portfolio, great experience and lots of contacts.
Maybe just in the interest of preserving your rent-free way of life for the time being, it would be worth having a sit down with the roommates and telling them your plans and your reasons for your life choices, internship, etc. All parents really want is their kids to have some idea of what they want to do, and surprisingly think that their kids are totally clueless. I've had SO many convos with my madre re: this topic, while I am FREAKING out because I can't do what I want to do and stress about "the future" ALL the time, while she's asking me if I ever think about "the future."
So yeah. You just gotta like do what you wanna do, while attempting to keep the roommates happy. Sucks that they don't understand the world, so you gotta do your best as a liason. Also, if you are interested in earning dollars, is there any after-school art program or something you could work at? Maybe not with li'ls, but high school kids could be fun.
(just read Dan Savage and am feeling all advice columny, apparently.)
Welp, I'm about to go to an interview for a barrista job! Hopefully my future co-workers will be 19 and hot.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Crash and burn.
So yesterday after our epic phone chat (luvd it!) my day took a nose dive. I was getting my shit together to head to a lovely girls night of munchin korean raw salad, sippin wine, and generally shooting the shit with 3 of my awesome girl friends when the ole landlord stopped by my room, and more or less informed me that the last year of my life was 'wasted on my social life' and that when I look at the fact that I've gone 1 year, 8 months with-out a paying gig or "career job" and think 'AWESOME AS FUCK' they think 'our daughter is a failure who will never be able to get a job in 'the real world' because Big Brother Corp, Inc. won't hire anyone who's just sat around for 2 years since school doing nothing.' Uhhh. Thanks for the support 'rents.
Anyhow. Sooo. Now I feel like shit for just living. Somehow my worthless brother just usurped me as the non-fuck up child because he has a mindless cubicle job that just happens to be at a semi-cool advertising agency (read: still evil just with hip glasses on) and took out a loan for a downtown condo he'll be paying off for the rest of his straight-pathed life.
I tried to reason that in a 'creative field' these things don't matter, but they've 'been around for over 50 years'. My comeback of "Exactly. You can't even turn on a computer" didn't go over so well.
What's a semi-creative, renaissance girl wannabee, product of the 80s to do?
(apparently go out anyway and get laid.)
Anyhow. Sooo. Now I feel like shit for just living. Somehow my worthless brother just usurped me as the non-fuck up child because he has a mindless cubicle job that just happens to be at a semi-cool advertising agency (read: still evil just with hip glasses on) and took out a loan for a downtown condo he'll be paying off for the rest of his straight-pathed life.
I tried to reason that in a 'creative field' these things don't matter, but they've 'been around for over 50 years'. My comeback of "Exactly. You can't even turn on a computer" didn't go over so well.
What's a semi-creative, renaissance girl wannabee, product of the 80s to do?
(apparently go out anyway and get laid.)
Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
dispatches from my second adolecence
it's freezing here, I don't have any friends within 600 miles and even the thought of ever getting beard burn after a solid night at the bye and bye again is a cruel joke at best.
Living at home is a shit sandwich with a tall glass of humility, a side of basic needs being met and some extra cable on the side-- hold the panic.
so far I've been waking up every day at noon, filling out applications for barrista jobs if I feel like it while trying not to kill myself as I fill in my college degree under "education," collaging my head off, working on a clothing line, renting french new wave flix from public lib, and watching arrested development/my so called life on hulu until 4 in the morning.
not bad.
Living at home is a shit sandwich with a tall glass of humility, a side of basic needs being met and some extra cable on the side-- hold the panic.
so far I've been waking up every day at noon, filling out applications for barrista jobs if I feel like it while trying not to kill myself as I fill in my college degree under "education," collaging my head off, working on a clothing line, renting french new wave flix from public lib, and watching arrested development/my so called life on hulu until 4 in the morning.
not bad.
Friday, January 1, 2010
jeans creamin, again...
We should just change the name of this blog to "we heart Julezzz!!!!!1111111" and get it over with. This man is magic. The video is so campy and over the top but somehow he pulls it off with sincerity. The sun sets of the day of lo-fi. And it sounds s0000 good.
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
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