December 2010
2010: top covers/remixes/mashups/what have you
No Ones Gonna Love You (Band of Horses cover) - Cee Lo Green (Don’t you just love when covers are better than the original?)
Cousins (Vampire Weekend) - Mumford & Sons
USA Boys (Javelin Remix) - HEALTH
Fight for this Love (Cheryl Cole) - Vampire Weekend
Your Song (Elton John) - Ellie Goulding
Love of an Orchestra (Nightwaves Remix) - Noah and the Whale
Pursuit of Happiness (Kid...
“The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be...”
– The Illiad. Homer (via shaneguiter)
2010 was an amazing year. I can’t say that enough! Looking back on everything I did, I realize how incredibly blessed I am to have met the people I met and traveled to the places I went. I finished my MA (woo hoo!) and got a job (paycheck!). I added two new country stamps in my passport (Norway and France), and spent much of the year living in London — a city I’ve dreamed of...
2010: Top Albums
Odd Blood - Yeasayer (I couldn’t get enough of Yeasayer in 2010. Saw them twice in London and listened to Odd Blood like a zillion times. 2010: the year of Yeasayer.)
Body Talk (1-3) - Robyn (Hands down the best gig I went to this year.)
No Mas - Javelin (Favorite discovery! Saw them open for Yeasayer and they were too much fun to handle.)
Catching a Tiger - Lissie
Lungs - Florence +...
2010: Top Songs
In no particular order:
ONE - Yeasayer
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
One Life Stand - Hot Chip
Fembot - Robyn
DJ - Alphabeat
Tightrope - Janelle Monae
Darling, It’s Alright - Francis and the Lights
The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
White Nights - Oh Land
Truth - Chiddy Bang
Radio - Javelin
...
YES! Someone just tried to use the “it’s for the children” line on me at work. Did I break? Absolutely not. I wanted to bust out laughing but instead I said “I understand it’s for the children, sir, but our basic production costs are our basic production costs. If we sold them to everyone at the price you’re asking for we’d go out of business. ...
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“I didn’t know that True Grit was a remake! Apparently it’s a...”
– Overheard at work.
2010: Top Songs
In no particular order:
ONE - Yeasayer
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
One Life Stand - Hot Chip
Fembot - Robyn
DJ - Alphabeat
Tightrope - Janelle Monae
Darling, It’s Alright - Francis and the Lights
The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
White Nights - Oh Land
Truth - Chiddy Bang
Radio - Javelin
...
2010: top covers/remixes/mashups/what have you
No Ones Gonna Love You (Band of Horses cover) - Cee Lo Green (Don’t you just love when covers are better than the original?)
Cousins (Vampire Weekend) - Mumford & Sons
USA Boys (Javelin Remix) - HEALTH
Fight for this Love (Cheryl Cole) - Vampire Weekend
Your Song (Elton John) - Ellie Goulding
Love of an Orchestra (Nightwaves Remix) - Noah and the Whale
Pursuit of Happiness (Kid...
2010: Top Albums
Odd Blood - Yeasayer (I couldn’t get enough of Yeasayer in 2010. Saw them twice in London and listened to Odd Blood like a zillion times. 2010: the year of Yeasayer.)
Body Talk (1-3) - Robyn (Hands down the best gig I went to this year.)
No Mas - Javelin (Favorite discovery! Saw them open for Yeasayer and they were too much fun to handle.)
Catching a Tiger - Lissie
Lungs - Florence +...
grace-notes:
Mumford and Sons - Roll Away Your...
I wonder what everyone else is doing at work today. Are they just keeping their chair warm while watching netlix on their iPhone and fake working on an excel spreadsheet?
Draft flashback
Found this in my draft folder. Life flashback!
How is it June 1st already? I can’t believe it. Also, the cold weather in London isn’t helping. The sun is shining and we’ve been teased with some gorgeous days, but it’s felt like March this week. Anyway, here are some things that made me happy in May:
Saw Cat on the Hot Tin Roof and Citizen Kane at the Prince Charles...
2010 was an amazing year. I can’t say that enough! Looking back on everything I did, I realize how incredibly blessed I am to have met the people I met and traveled to the places I went. I finished my MA (woo hoo!) and got a job (paycheck!). I added two new country stamps in my passport (Norway and France), and spent much of the year living in London — a city I’ve dreamed of...
How many days do I have left to do my Christmas shopping? I haven’t bought anything yet.
things 90s kids realize →
elleseebee:
someone has managed to encapsulate my entire childhood into a single website. bravo, friend. bravo.
This is the best! I forgot all about Stick Stickly.
Things are getting back to normal, y’all! I’m very excited about it. I’ve got furniture in my apartment, a tv with cable that has more than four channels, and I won the battle with my wireless router. I’ve also been here less than a day and already have pictures up. I’m accomplishing things!
Anonymous asked: Hey Buddy!
Got a little something something on the way for you! Going to mail it to your new Alexandria, VA address. I'll probably get it out tomorrow! BTW- you met Delilah!!! Takes me back to high school--l love it!
Love, your buddy!
Got a little something something on the way for you! Going to mail it to your new Alexandria, VA address. I'll probably get it out tomorrow! BTW- you met Delilah!!! Takes me back to high school--l love it!
Love, your buddy!
buildingaladder asked: What movie is that? I love Lee Pace!
1 page of ISBN checking down, 7 more to go! Omg, I want to stab my eyes out right now. The joys of working at a small publisher. It’s like my placement this past spring on repeat. Why is it that no one thinks to keep checking these things as they go along? I mean, ISBNs are kind of a big deal. Keep track of them!
The cupcake trend is dead. Long live the cupcake. →
Finally? Yeah, definitely, finally! They’re still delish but people who wait in line for cupcakes are not right. Bring on the macaroons!
In the never ending space heater saga, we blew the circuit! Right in the middle if an email my computer turned off. Story and snack time!
Not cool, Mail Room Guy! You can’t hand me a cake (a whole cake!) and then ask if I’m Deborah. Ask me first, and when I say I’m not, move along and hand the cake to the person who says they are Deborah. Now I want some cake and don’t have one.
“A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say...”
– Aaron Sorkin (via nedhepburn)
Things to do in DC before moving
Nationals games
Native American museum
Night at the Museum on IMAX
Monument photo safari at night
National Harbor
Concert at Wolftrap
A few more Liberation Dance nights at DC9 (I do love them)
Passion Pit at the Black Cat (tickets sold out before I could get one. tears.)
One more visit to Mount Vernon
Brunch at Kramerbooks
Ben’s Chili Bowl (I still...
I don’t pretend to understand anything about how films get nominated for awards, but did the Golden Globes really just nominate Alice In Wonderland for best picture and best actor (comedy/musical)? I saw a lot of movies this year and IT WAS HORRIBLE. Like, not even a little bit good. Johnny Depp should have automatically been DQ-ed for doing that stupid stupid dance at the end. I had...
