kevin is cool vol. 2

We were in the car the other night listening to Jeff Tweedy's "Simple Twist of Fate" (interesting that all my blogworthy Kevin moments occur whilst Jeff Tweedy croons through the car speakers, isn't it?) returning back after spending a day down south with Kevin's fam (and my fam, too now) for the infamously annual (wha?) Ledbetter Reunion.

I had been making my way through the tracks of Kevin's latest and greatest mix CD to find this particular Band of Horses track I've been obsessed with of late, and he had me stop on the aforementioned song. He said, "There's this great string part I want you to hear towards the end!" I told him that that's always what he tells me when he wants me to start loving a song he already loves. There's always some great string part that I'll just love at the end of a song that reminds him of me. You see since I plaaaaay (sic) a stringed instrument, naturally I will love every song that has strings in it, especially towards the end. Touche.

He replied saying, "It reminds me of our wedding."

I sit there for a sec trying to figure out why this song with the luscious strings at the end reminds him of our wedding day, he kind of leans over towards me in the car making direct eye contact and says this.

"That just melted your heart a little, didn't it?"

Yet another reminder of how he suckered me into falling in love with him with his ever so quick wit. Le sigh.

p.s. this is the song (Marry Song) by Band of Horses I've been lovin' on these days.

Newsworthy

I don't care where or how you lean, why in the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks are Sarah Palin's dang glasses newsworthy?!!?!?!?!


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I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I can't even come up with more substance for this post because I'm stunned speechless.

more things "my people" like...

As a white person who is an actual classical music lover and maker all at once, I found this entry particularly hilarious.

Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music

P.S. Phillip Glass DOES rock, and all I remember from Music History about Erik Satie was that he was an odd bird, a contemporary of Ravel, and some association he had with umbrellas?

Have I proven to you that I actually enjoy classical music? HAVE I?

no more phone books!!!

Sorry for blog number 70 mil! This is what happens when I get my blog (read: groove) back. I go crazy for a few days and then things will calm down and I'll recede to only 2-3 per half day.

I thought this was such a great idea I just had to blog about it!

What: Cease the distribution of unnecessary phone directories to your home and/or office.
Why: Green is the new yellow.
Where: Online at yellowpagesgoesgreen.org.

Do it seriously!! Think about how much paper it wastes when we have the internet to use instead!!

photo

I want to start taking more pictures during life. I always seem to leave my camera at home when I go places and inevitably something picture worthy happens. Por ejemple, the unicyclist I saw cycling around our apartment complex the other day.

Here's a photo I took of the bathroom in Kenichi, a restaurant where my friend Briana works. She actually works at the one in Austin, but was up in Dallas for our friend's wedding and picked up some shifts at the Dallas location in Yuppyville, USA, a.k.a. Victory Park. The restaurant was AMAZING, and we were able to enjoy some fine asian dining and sushi thanks to her generous discount. The atmosphere was so sleek and contemporary and we sat in a booth that had a little curtain you could pull closed. It was so much fun.

Anyhoot, here's the picture:


Camera phone isn't great quality, but the smaller the less grainy, right? RIGHT?!!? anyhoot, I hope this picture blog trend blows forth like the wind from the east! or........that I just keep doing it.

who needs labels....i do, i do!

I may or may not have (read: definitely did) stolen this from hampton, and I, too, found myself to be a true blue helvetican. I have to say, I'm pretty pumped. I've always liked me some helvetica with those nice, clean sans serif lines!! I guess Kevin will be excited, because now I guess we have to get a loft like he's always wanted. WINK!

Donald Miller

I must admit, I didn't come up with this blog on my own. "(Har)Monica" posted about it and I thought I'd follow suit because it was awesome.

Donald Miller, one of my favorite authors, gave the closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention. It's a great prayer and I thought I'd share it here. He'll probably update the info on his home page in a day or two, so if you check this and the link doesn't lead you to something about the DNC, then check out this video, too.



And for those of you who would prefer not to point and click, here's the transcript of the prayer:

"Father God,

This week, as the world looks on, help the leaders in this room create a civil dialogue about our future.

We need you, God, as individuals and also as a nation.

We need you to protect us from our enemies, but also from ourselves, because we are easily tempted toward apathy.

Give us a passion to advance opportunities for the least of these, for widows and orphans, for single moms and children whose fathers have left.

Give us the eyes to see them, and the ears to hear them, and hands willing to serve them.

Help us serve people, not just causes. And stand up to specific injustices rather than vague notions.

Give those in this room who have power, along with those who will meet next week, the courage to work together to finally provide health care to those who don’t have any, and a living wage so families can thrive rather than struggle.

Hep us figure out how to pay teachers what they deserve and give children an equal opportunity to get a college education.

Help us figure out the balance between economic opportunity and corporate gluttony.

We have tried to solve these problems ourselves but they are still there. We need your help.

Father, will you restore our moral standing in the world.

A lot of people don’t like us but that’s because they don’t know the heart of the average American.

Will you give us favor and forgiveness, along with our allies around the world.

Help us be an example of humility and strength once again.

Lastly, father, unify us.

Even in our diversity help us see how much we have in common.

And unify us not just in our ideas and in our sentiments—but in our actions, as we look around and figure out something we can do to help create an America even greater than the one we have come to cherish.

God we know that you are good.

Thank you for blessing us in so many ways as Americans.

I make these requests in the name of your son, Jesus, who gave his own life against the forces of injustice.

Let Him be our example.

Amen."

Well played, Miller, well played!! He's a great writer AND he lives in Portland, OR, possibly one of the most beautiful places in all the land, and also home to my cousin, her boyfriend, my aunt, and several college friends. PORTLAND REPRESENT!! Three cheers to one of the places that's way ahead of the rest of us when it comes to organic food, an abundance of the color green, recycling and just generally caring about this big ole earth on which we live. HURRAH!!