there is an 80% chance that me & the boyfriend will be moving to oakland, cali in less then six months...
This morning it was nearly 10 minutes into my taxi trip before I became consciously aware that "Silent Night" was playing.........
For my entire 25 minute trip Christmas carols played whilst the driver spoke loudly into his cell phone in Arabic!
Surreal indeed!!
There is a natural disaster headed your way. You get 4 standard sized canvas grocery totes to fill with valuables and provisions to bring with you to a safe place. What would you put into your 4 bags and why?
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The choice would be easy. Toss out 3 bags and replace with 3 cat carriers. 4th cat who lives outside would have to stay and fend for herself. I would put out a ton of food for her. 4th bag would be for cat food, water, dog food, and for us peanut butter and crackers. I would insist on having Abby with us too, on a lease since we would not have to carry her. And of course Ben would be with me too.
If we had room for a laptop - I would take that too, otherwise I'd back up all my clients files and stuff the hard drive in my pocket.
My new favorite blog showcases Cake Wrecks, "professionally" made cakes that are either horribly distasteful, or just plain wrecks.
Here's just a sample. What expectant mother doesn't want to slice into a replica of her soon to be born baby?
if you have not read the first book in the twilight series then DO NOT WATCH THIS SCENE!
RPM's Intuition Report for YOU
Date: Friday, July 25th, 2008
Dearest *Insert your name here*:
You have a problem. Maybe it's not a problem, maybe it's more like a recurring issue. A little thorn in your side that bites you from time to time.
Whatever it is. It is there. And it has been there for awhile.
Deep within you, you have a belief about this problem/issue/thorn. Even when you flail about pretending you have no earthly clue what's going on, what you should do or which way you should turn...you know subconsciously that you have a belief. The problem is deciding whether or not you're going to trust it.
And by the way I do not mean the belief that your feet are too big, or your face too round or your capacity to learn or be is limited by a shortchanged brain or the belief that you're so odd or whatever that no one could possibly ever be enthralled with the amazingness of you. Those aren't beliefs, at least they shouldn't be. Those are tiny minefields you plant for yourself to distract you from your truest beliefs. Step out of the minefield for a minute, wave a magic wand to disarm them all, and start again without the eeyore complex.
Don't be so hard on yourself. Embracing or accepting what you believe in a society that constantly wants to impress you with how much more insight it has than you can be an extremely difficult task. But take into consideration the fact that you are the ONLY subject matter expert on you.
Your task today is to avoid wandering around from advisor to advisor looking for them to bless or blast your belief. Avoid putting yourself in the position of having your beliefs given to you by someone else. Shut down the mental mindfield. Instead...ask yourself this question...
Why am I so unwilling to believe in this belief? Is it because I am afraid of being incorrect? Am I afraid I will be rejected by those I love and who love me? Do I trust others more than I trust myself? And if so, when exactly did that happen?
Finally, if I chose to move in opposition to this belief - will I find more peace...or less? And then...
Believe it, or not.
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09/17/08 Pygmalion Music Festival Champaign, IL
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Animated Objects are a hip-hop crew from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2005, they've won numerous regional awards for "Best Hip Hop" band, and having listened to their debut album, Riding In Fast Cars With Your Momma (released March 31th, 2007), I can see why.
At first, I thought this was a typical MCs/DJs crew, but Animated Objects consists of a true live band of keys, bass, drums, and guitars. And not to put a too fine a point on it, the band members looks like of Asian/Indian descent, much like the hip-hop Asian Dub Foundation (which incidentally have a new album out).
As the album name, Riding In Fast Cars With Your Momma, suggests these are songs that you can play to your parents and not feel absolutely embarrass about its subjects. Now, this is not to say that it's watered down rap/hip-hop, but more so that its subject matter is not about banging hundreds of chicks or bragging about killing somebody or glamorizing about gang lifestyle. All this is explained in the first song, "The Weight", a jazzy background music with a spoken dialogue.
I felt the the album seems to have a theme of a location and places. As if each songs were stops along a journey through urban America. For instance, "El Dorado" sounds a city you'd like to visit, but not stay ("let's leave it all behind"). This song was recently awarded Best Rap/Hip-Hop song on the 7th Annual Independent Music Award Winner. You can hear the song proudly displayed on their myspace.
The other song that stood out for me was their not-so-hidden bonus track, "The Battle Of Now". This is powerful song about rape (at least that's what I'm interpreting it). The woman vocals are provided by Margaret Vagle, who I only wish sang on more Animated Objects songs.
My song of choice is "Beautiful", a song featuring guest falsetto of Charles Hammond Jr. This is unlike most hip-hop songs, as the usage of the violins would reveal.
What I really like about this album is that the music is all originally composed for each song. I couldn't detect any sampling (and if some were used, it's not so obvious).
According to their official website, you can own the 12 track album for a mere $5. This is a really cheap price for a full length, so I suggest you take advantage of it before someone change their mind. Look for them at the five-day Pygmalion Music Festival.
Nobody shout. It's Friday, and really, who doesn't need a little peace and quiet on a Friday? ESPECIALLY AFTER OUR PARTY! Ouch. We had fun! And from the great photos we've seen, so did you. Thanks to everyone for coming along last night, it was fantastic to see so many of you. After a hectic last-minute change of venue, we were all a little worried. But you can't keep a good MOOster down, and everyone made it there – and made it great.
We had Stickers, as modelled by the ever handsome MOO interns, Jake and Angel. They're photographed here by Alicia, but please, all future model bookings should come via me...
We had balloons, as beautifully shot by _sarchi
Postman Pat came along too - Alex took this photo. Pat was delivering MOO orders, placed by party people earlier this week. 
There were bowler hats, like this one, modelled by Meg Pickard, and shot by Richard.
Some of which were cunningly customised-on-the-go, like this one, shot by tommyajohansson 
Each bowler hat had a sticker inside - if you found a black and white cat, you won a prize! If you found the stray ginger cat, then the boobie prize was yours... Well, we say boobie prize, but really, who wouldn't want a signed photo of Iain, our lovely project manager? On reflection, maybe the lovely lady who won it...
We had food - or so I hear. Look at these people! 'Twas gone in a flash! This photo is by Annie Mole
and this, of the aftermath by M.J.S.
It was pretty hot inside, so lots of people headed for the ouside space - and partied from light:
(photo by symphonic knot)
'Till dark
(photo by AnnieMole)
In a nutshell? A fun time was has by all...
(photo by _sarchi)
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And a tiny PS: look what happened today... the lunch company totally got our order wrong. We were supposed to have 29 pies for lunch, and we got...
Sixty! Sixty pies. Which makes a very happy MOO Crew:
(Thanks to blackbeltjones for the photo of Richard.)
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Thanks again for coming - and have a great weekend!
- 13:35 is tired of coughing and sneezing. Really tired and out of tissue. #
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you are taking the Juno joke much too far.
