Created while in my Forms of the Sacred class...
-chai&milk
-concepts of buddhism
-when I overhear a conversation that I actually know something about
-making an awkward situation hilarious and relieving
-smell of spring
-opening a door publicly
-the moment right after changing/tuning guitar strings
-being right in the middle of an addicting book
-the moments leading up to someone opening a gift you made them
-cherry blossoms
-shower of the perfect temperature
-quenching thirst
-discovering a new food that's always been around
-nutella
-waking up naturally
-finding Helvetica in public
-finishing a paper
-crossing off things on a to-do list
-coincidentally running into a bunch of friends simultaneously
-soundtracks that evoke emotion
-films that momentarily change your personality
-a mindful deep breath
-orangina
-discovering a great artist who's album you can't stop listening to
-blanket of sun
-a fresh piece of gum
-daylight savings (spring)
-family dinners
-good listeners
-scrabble
-fireplaces
-the den couch
-spending hours writing a song
-spending all day out in the city
-hair that cooperates on a given day
-waking up early, naturally
-eye contact
-reverb
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Too much...or !s !t?
Oh it's been quite a weekend thus far..
Friday afternoon I went to Whole Foods with Kyoko & Jessica (so that now I can enjoy my multigrain bread and strawberry jam...which I am)
That night I went to Patrick's band (Ra Ra Rasputin)'s show at the Rock and Roll Hotel with Jessica. Now, this is a pretty cool place BUT it's kind of a bitch and a half to get there. Somehow - when we got to the Chinatown Metro stop there was some magical free shuttle that picked us up and took us to H street. It was rainy and cold and Chinatown's pretty shady at night so I'd say we got quite lucky.
Ra Ra put on a good show, they looked like they were having a shit ton of fun on stage, but they were having a bit of difficulty with sound, and the drummer's kick kept running away from him. The lead guy sounds like James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem. We had a great view at the front until two drunk bears practically mauled us. We moved, naturally, but it was silly nonetheless.
On the way back we waited for that free shuttle but we couldn't find the actual stop. It was raining pretty hard and I wasn't wearing great shoes (or any socks, for that matter). We figured we'd walk along H street and see if we could catch the shuttle or X2 bus when it passed. We eventually spotted the bus but we couldn't run fast enough. This was pretty much our trek (because we somehow missed the Chinatown stop)
*I just spent a shit ton of time trying to circle the locations via Seashore so that I can just show you where we were but apparently I'm not tech savvy enough and Blogger doesn't feel like letting me upload the image. SO with that find H & 14th (left) and then the Union Station Metro stop (right).*
Yeah.
BUT Jess has this attitude where she can pretty much make light of everything so as long as she had a good time then I guess we're all cool haha.
After that we went to a Porter House party which, although pretty much all of our friends were there, wasn't that great. It must have been the music or something. We didn't feel like waiting for the shuttle so we walked from Porter to the Metro stop to Tenley campus and then back to main campus. Too much unprepared walking for one rainy night...
Saturday morning Keith Jessica and Kyoko woke me up to go to Unique thrift. Everyone got a decent amount of stuff (I only got a handkerchief, which I lost! hahah) and then from there we went to the Japanese market next door. They had all these crazy snacks, of which I bought Pocky, wasabi peas, some crazy kiwi gummy candies and this RIDICULOUS soda where you need to push a marble from the top for no other reason except it's awesomeness factor, and it was delicious!
After that we headed to Tyson's Corner mall in Virginia (you know, sometimes I still can't believe I'm hanging out around the VIRGINIA area - who would've thought) which was pretty much the equivalent to the Roosevelt Field in Long Island (except Tyson's has Dippin Dots =] ) and I bought really sleek "Thanksgiving pants" for TEN BUCKS. They sound really ridiculous, but trust me, they're sexier than you'd think. Oh and I had the pleasure of running into this:
Capitol Punishment started at 7 in Kay, and PONYTAIL was the headliner (!!!!!) There were a lot of people that actually came in from the city - it was so crowded, I don't think I've experienced a Capitol Punishment with so many beards (not like that's a bad thing =] )I haven't heard of Mittenfields or Screaming Females but I only saw the later who were AMAZING. There's a drummer, bassist, and then this chick who, I couldn't even tell you how old she is, but she's quite tiny. This is most definitely unrelated to her musical abilities (she was the designated screaming female, I suppose). She was the guitarist as well, and when I say she played guitar, she fucking PLAYED guitar. She was absolutely mind-blowing. She played with a lot of pedals as well. Hopefully someday I'll be able to work those as well.. ALSO she was on key and there were no effects on her vocals or anything and she had a great voice - which is really a breath of fresh air (nowadays, that is hah). Here's the best thing I could find on YouTube. You can check out their website which is pretty cool as well.
Thanks to the encouragement of Kyoko/Jess/Jill I was able to grow some balls and approach the lovely screaming female.
OH and all of True Womanhood was there! (who I saw a few weeks ago at DC9 opening for Women)
Ponytail was (clearly) great as well, but the singer this time was just as tiny, just as sweaty, and just as loud (and the same color/length hair..hmm..) as the screaming female. I've been listening to Ponytail's Myspace which had always gotten me pumped, but the live show was more chaotic and their songs were less structured than I had been used to. Nevertheless it was still extremely energy-filled and we were all sweatdancing. The drummer was an absolute ANIMAL (we've come to the conclusion that he, in fact, IS Animal) during his breaks he had to put his head on the snare haha. As as side note - photographers, you're pretty ok, but when you push your way in front of those who are enjoying the actual moments of the show and then blind them with your blinding flash, you suddenly become pretty not okay. Just saying. Anyway, the singer didn't really do much for the majority of the songs except for get everyone extremely excited with some yelps every now and then (which DID sound good..but they definitely would sound exactly the same without her). I recommend you give their musicscsscs a listen
After that a bunch of us hung around in various Letts/Anderson rooms and then Adam picked me up and brought me to Zach's place with a new bunch of people where I played Kings for the first time (I've been sheltered).
Now if you will excuse me, I must go wash my dishes.
Friday afternoon I went to Whole Foods with Kyoko & Jessica (so that now I can enjoy my multigrain bread and strawberry jam...which I am)
That night I went to Patrick's band (Ra Ra Rasputin)'s show at the Rock and Roll Hotel with Jessica. Now, this is a pretty cool place BUT it's kind of a bitch and a half to get there. Somehow - when we got to the Chinatown Metro stop there was some magical free shuttle that picked us up and took us to H street. It was rainy and cold and Chinatown's pretty shady at night so I'd say we got quite lucky.
Ra Ra put on a good show, they looked like they were having a shit ton of fun on stage, but they were having a bit of difficulty with sound, and the drummer's kick kept running away from him. The lead guy sounds like James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem. We had a great view at the front until two drunk bears practically mauled us. We moved, naturally, but it was silly nonetheless.
On the way back we waited for that free shuttle but we couldn't find the actual stop. It was raining pretty hard and I wasn't wearing great shoes (or any socks, for that matter). We figured we'd walk along H street and see if we could catch the shuttle or X2 bus when it passed. We eventually spotted the bus but we couldn't run fast enough. This was pretty much our trek (because we somehow missed the Chinatown stop)
*I just spent a shit ton of time trying to circle the locations via Seashore so that I can just show you where we were but apparently I'm not tech savvy enough and Blogger doesn't feel like letting me upload the image. SO with that find H & 14th (left) and then the Union Station Metro stop (right).*
Yeah.
BUT Jess has this attitude where she can pretty much make light of everything so as long as she had a good time then I guess we're all cool haha.
After that we went to a Porter House party which, although pretty much all of our friends were there, wasn't that great. It must have been the music or something. We didn't feel like waiting for the shuttle so we walked from Porter to the Metro stop to Tenley campus and then back to main campus. Too much unprepared walking for one rainy night...
Saturday morning Keith Jessica and Kyoko woke me up to go to Unique thrift. Everyone got a decent amount of stuff (I only got a handkerchief, which I lost! hahah) and then from there we went to the Japanese market next door. They had all these crazy snacks, of which I bought Pocky, wasabi peas, some crazy kiwi gummy candies and this RIDICULOUS soda where you need to push a marble from the top for no other reason except it's awesomeness factor, and it was delicious!
After that we headed to Tyson's Corner mall in Virginia (you know, sometimes I still can't believe I'm hanging out around the VIRGINIA area - who would've thought) which was pretty much the equivalent to the Roosevelt Field in Long Island (except Tyson's has Dippin Dots =] ) and I bought really sleek "Thanksgiving pants" for TEN BUCKS. They sound really ridiculous, but trust me, they're sexier than you'd think. Oh and I had the pleasure of running into this:
Capitol Punishment started at 7 in Kay, and PONYTAIL was the headliner (!!!!!) There were a lot of people that actually came in from the city - it was so crowded, I don't think I've experienced a Capitol Punishment with so many beards (not like that's a bad thing =] )I haven't heard of Mittenfields or Screaming Females but I only saw the later who were AMAZING. There's a drummer, bassist, and then this chick who, I couldn't even tell you how old she is, but she's quite tiny. This is most definitely unrelated to her musical abilities (she was the designated screaming female, I suppose). She was the guitarist as well, and when I say she played guitar, she fucking PLAYED guitar. She was absolutely mind-blowing. She played with a lot of pedals as well. Hopefully someday I'll be able to work those as well.. ALSO she was on key and there were no effects on her vocals or anything and she had a great voice - which is really a breath of fresh air (nowadays, that is hah). Here's the best thing I could find on YouTube. You can check out their website which is pretty cool as well.
Thanks to the encouragement of Kyoko/Jess/Jill I was able to grow some balls and approach the lovely screaming female.
OH and all of True Womanhood was there! (who I saw a few weeks ago at DC9 opening for Women)
Ponytail was (clearly) great as well, but the singer this time was just as tiny, just as sweaty, and just as loud (and the same color/length hair..hmm..) as the screaming female. I've been listening to Ponytail's Myspace which had always gotten me pumped, but the live show was more chaotic and their songs were less structured than I had been used to. Nevertheless it was still extremely energy-filled and we were all sweatdancing. The drummer was an absolute ANIMAL (we've come to the conclusion that he, in fact, IS Animal) during his breaks he had to put his head on the snare haha. As as side note - photographers, you're pretty ok, but when you push your way in front of those who are enjoying the actual moments of the show and then blind them with your blinding flash, you suddenly become pretty not okay. Just saying. Anyway, the singer didn't really do much for the majority of the songs except for get everyone extremely excited with some yelps every now and then (which DID sound good..but they definitely would sound exactly the same without her). I recommend you give their musicscsscs a listen
After that a bunch of us hung around in various Letts/Anderson rooms and then Adam picked me up and brought me to Zach's place with a new bunch of people where I played Kings for the first time (I've been sheltered).
Now if you will excuse me, I must go wash my dishes.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Mr Dan Deacon, h!mself, lad!es and gentlemen
Major major major major major props to Celine for telling me to friend him on Facebook.
Unfortunately I don't know how to retrieve earlier history in the Facebook chat BUT I sent him a message and then HE sent ME an iM thanking me for the nice email.
This is what I have left of it:
[I was asking him if he gets "fan mail" like this all the time]
2:41amDan
more ims than emails
i used to get a lot of emails
but not much anymore
2:42amDara
Part of me feels silly
Thinking that this is The Dan Deacon
2:44amDan
there is no the
2:45amDara
What about all the people in Baltimore & the DC area?
Don't they go "bonkers" as the kids say?
2:45amDan
what do you mean?
2:45amDara
I feel like just because they're located so close..
I guess it's really just me going bonkers because I'm in DC
And although you're not..it's much closer than New York
2:46amDan
thats true
2:48amDara
I know the moment I sign off I'll think of 40,000 questions to ask you
HEY do you know anyone at NPR?
2:48amDan
not well
but yes
why?
2:48amDara
I applied for an internship for All Songs Considered
2:48amDan
oh cool
2:48amDara
Almost
They didn't get back to me. The deadline is quite belated, but I plan on going in (as soon as Bob Boilen gets back from SXSW) every day to see if I can talk to him
2:50amDara
Do you think that's silly?
2:51amDan
nope
2:52amDara
I don't want to pester them. But the first time I went in they didn't even let me past the front desk!
But it's cool to be so close to their headquarters
2:52amDan
yikes
my friends future islands played dc tonight
2:53amDara
With my friend's band, Exactly
2:53amDan
did you go?
do they have a myspace?
2:54amDara
I didn't...
No they're "too cool" for myspace
2:55amDan
do they have any internet thing?
2:56amDara
No!
Next time I play with them I'll secretly bring a tape recorder
2:56amDan
are you in a band?
i guess your profile picture shows you are
2:56amDara
It's funny. I'm always almost in a band.
Haha that was just a show at University
2:57amDan
what was it?
2:57amDara
Earlier this year. Just an open mic
Another one is this Friday too!
That's actually why I'm up - I'm working on something for it..
2:58amDan
oh awesom
e
sorry for distracting you
2:58amDara
Hahaha it's CLEARLY okay I'm just finishing it up
What other instruments do you play
2:59amDan
not anything well
bass
tuba
trombone
nontraditional guitar
3:00amDara
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1042848842810&subj=1518929
Can you see that?
3:01amDan
yes
3:01amDara
That's Exactly
3:01amDan
oh cool
thanks
3:02amDara
I don' tthink I know who the guitar player is
3:03amDan
i should go
it is 3am
3:03amDara
Then I shall as well
I hope to talk to you soon Dan!
3:04amDan
me too
talk to you later
3:05amDara
Oh, wait!
Are YOu actually playing trumpet in Slow WithHorns then?
trombone*. Any of those
3:07amDan
yes
trombone
my friend connor on trombone
Unfortunately I don't know how to retrieve earlier history in the Facebook chat BUT I sent him a message and then HE sent ME an iM thanking me for the nice email.
This is what I have left of it:
[I was asking him if he gets "fan mail" like this all the time]
2:41amDan
more ims than emails
i used to get a lot of emails
but not much anymore
2:42amDara
Part of me feels silly
Thinking that this is The Dan Deacon
2:44amDan
there is no the
2:45amDara
What about all the people in Baltimore & the DC area?
Don't they go "bonkers" as the kids say?
2:45amDan
what do you mean?
2:45amDara
I feel like just because they're located so close..
I guess it's really just me going bonkers because I'm in DC
And although you're not..it's much closer than New York
2:46amDan
thats true
2:48amDara
I know the moment I sign off I'll think of 40,000 questions to ask you
HEY do you know anyone at NPR?
2:48amDan
not well
but yes
why?
2:48amDara
I applied for an internship for All Songs Considered
2:48amDan
oh cool
2:48amDara
Almost
They didn't get back to me. The deadline is quite belated, but I plan on going in (as soon as Bob Boilen gets back from SXSW) every day to see if I can talk to him
2:50amDara
Do you think that's silly?
2:51amDan
nope
2:52amDara
I don't want to pester them. But the first time I went in they didn't even let me past the front desk!
But it's cool to be so close to their headquarters
2:52amDan
yikes
my friends future islands played dc tonight
2:53amDara
With my friend's band, Exactly
2:53amDan
did you go?
do they have a myspace?
2:54amDara
I didn't...
No they're "too cool" for myspace
2:55amDan
do they have any internet thing?
2:56amDara
No!
Next time I play with them I'll secretly bring a tape recorder
2:56amDan
are you in a band?
i guess your profile picture shows you are
2:56amDara
It's funny. I'm always almost in a band.
Haha that was just a show at University
2:57amDan
what was it?
2:57amDara
Earlier this year. Just an open mic
Another one is this Friday too!
That's actually why I'm up - I'm working on something for it..
2:58amDan
oh awesom
e
sorry for distracting you
2:58amDara
Hahaha it's CLEARLY okay I'm just finishing it up
What other instruments do you play
2:59amDan
not anything well
bass
tuba
trombone
nontraditional guitar
3:00amDara
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1042848842810&subj=1518929
Can you see that?
3:01amDan
yes
3:01amDara
That's Exactly
3:01amDan
oh cool
thanks
3:02amDara
I don' tthink I know who the guitar player is
3:03amDan
i should go
it is 3am
3:03amDara
Then I shall as well
I hope to talk to you soon Dan!
3:04amDan
me too
talk to you later
3:05amDara
Oh, wait!
Are YOu actually playing trumpet in Slow WithHorns then?
trombone*. Any of those
3:07amDan
yes
trombone
my friend connor on trombone
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Empt!ness
Yesterday in my Religions of the East class we were discussing the book 'The Heart of Understanding' by the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. He discusses how not only all things, but we as humans are all empty. This is because we are essentially made up of non-"us" things, and each thing cannot exist independently.
With that being said, this can (and cannot) be related to AU's campus. Which, if you couldn't guess, is empty.
And when I say empty - I mean...empty. The people at the front desk aren't even there and the lights are off! TDR/Eagle's Nest - closed. Fuck - how am I supposed to eat??
Well...it was pretty much like this yesterday too, but here's what I did:
Friday:
=Tried out a vegan bakery, Sticky Fingers, in Columbia Heights (quite overpriced, if you ask me)
=People-watched
=Spent TOO much time on the metro....again, good people-watching, but still. I don't think any of us realize how much time is taken out of our day on the metro.
=Went to Rock Creek Park for the first time. And what a shitty park it is! The walk was pretty cool but the entrance is so extremely hidden. And the parkway runs right through it, as does a "river" full of sewage. It was the first nice day out in a while though so I couldn't really complain too much at the time.
=Yoga with Louise! ...invigorating.
Saturday:
=Went to CVS to get my pictures AND I told them to develop ALL of the negatives and they only gave me 23/27! WTF?
=Dupont Circle - got a yogurt parfeit (parfiet? par-fay?) and sat out by the fountain. So many people were out there, it was kind of crazy. It was almost like an advanced version of a high school cafeteria. There was just a large circle with benches around the perimeter with limited space. Some people in groups, some couples, some alone. Kinda crazy. Again - people-watching central.
=Bought my father a birthday gift
=Went to Urban Outfitters [shudders]
=Katzen
I'm eating a McFlurry. M&M flavored. Never buy this.
And now, for a fail:
With that being said, this can (and cannot) be related to AU's campus. Which, if you couldn't guess, is empty.
And when I say empty - I mean...empty. The people at the front desk aren't even there and the lights are off! TDR/Eagle's Nest - closed. Fuck - how am I supposed to eat??
Well...it was pretty much like this yesterday too, but here's what I did:
Friday:
=Tried out a vegan bakery, Sticky Fingers, in Columbia Heights (quite overpriced, if you ask me)
=People-watched
=Spent TOO much time on the metro....again, good people-watching, but still. I don't think any of us realize how much time is taken out of our day on the metro.
=Went to Rock Creek Park for the first time. And what a shitty park it is! The walk was pretty cool but the entrance is so extremely hidden. And the parkway runs right through it, as does a "river" full of sewage. It was the first nice day out in a while though so I couldn't really complain too much at the time.
=Yoga with Louise! ...invigorating.
Saturday:
=Went to CVS to get my pictures AND I told them to develop ALL of the negatives and they only gave me 23/27! WTF?
=Dupont Circle - got a yogurt parfeit (parfiet? par-fay?) and sat out by the fountain. So many people were out there, it was kind of crazy. It was almost like an advanced version of a high school cafeteria. There was just a large circle with benches around the perimeter with limited space. Some people in groups, some couples, some alone. Kinda crazy. Again - people-watching central.
=Bought my father a birthday gift
=Went to Urban Outfitters [shudders]
=Katzen
I'm eating a McFlurry. M&M flavored. Never buy this.
And now, for a fail:
Monday, March 2, 2009
Th!s needs
to end. Especially since mother nature has been teasing us with 70 degree days and then suddenly fucking us in the ass with a blizzard. Well - I guess it looks kinda cool (especially taken from my phone)
I also found my own fail...a real live fail! A grammar fail, that is!
I also found my own fail...a real live fail! A grammar fail, that is!
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