I have a draft saved in WordPress that I wrote two weeks ago about how spring is here and awesome. Oh, me-two-weeks-ago, you were so naive. It was warm for about 2.5 days and then the temperatures tanked. So instead of sharing warm weather pictures, let’s sit around in our sweaters and watch youtube videos!
There is this thing called Our Hit Parade, which is just super cool musicians covering popular songs. I found this by stumbling across a vdieo of Kathleen Hanna telling a story about Kurt Cobain, stripping, and how Smells Like Teen Spirit haunts her. It’s 10 minutes long, but I think it’s a neat story, and no matter if you think Kathleen is annoying or her music sucks, she tells a goody story and it’s pretty funny (P.S. I think Kathleen is the polar opposite of suck).
And then I watched this one. I have never heard of Bridget Everett before this, and i’m not sure why she keeps flashing her pantyhosed crotch, but a) No Diggity is pretty much the best R&B song of the 90′s, and b) the Stereo MCs interlude fits really well, so i’m now pretty much in love with her. Plus, she has huge knockers!
In exciting vegan news, a new site that is totally dedicated to being vegan and gluten-free (xgfx) just launched! Kittee is kind of like the Kathleen Hanna of xgfx, so it totally ties in with the rest of this post. So check this shit out.
I saw these nesting bowls in a catalog at work last week and nearly died. So colorful and so orderly! Sadly, they are too expensive for me to justify since I have measuring cups and bowls, but if I needed to rebuild my kitchen supplies I would totally plop down the money. I also think it’s neat that two of the bowls are a sieve and a colander.
I recently went on a mini-cookbook splurge after doing some freelance work (stuffing thousands of cards into hundreds of tins), and one of the books I got was Joni and Celine‘s The Complete Guide To Vegan Substitutions. I’m not much of a recipe follower, so I generally buy cookbooks that have pictures, a nice layout, and if I enjoy reading them and learn something, I consider it a worthy buy. Half of the cookbooks I own, i’ve made five recipes or less from. It’s just how I roll (lazy and bad at meal planning). So when I bought this book, I thought i’d learn some stuff from reading through, but I didn’t expect to see the picture above and read the recipe for the Macadamia Brie (stage bottom right) and nearly pee myself with anticipation. I haven’t made it yet, but it’s definitely on my to-do list. Also this book is super cute and you should buy it immediately.
I found out about this band (Agent Ribbons) by internet stalking Girl In A Coma, found this video on youtube, and instantly fell in love. I dare you to not play that video a minimum of five times.
And a last minute addition, I just saw these on Whedonesque and I almost died:
I have never wanted to crossstitch so badly in my LIFE. The rest can be seen here.
Okay, not really the end. Although I really don’t have much positive to say. I got a dead dog for Christmas and the stomach flu for New Years Eve, and it kind of clouds my ability to remember anything about this year fondly. But I was able to come up with a short list!
Gaining and keeping a job that suits my needs. Does my boss make me mental? Absolutely, but I love having a job that is low stress and allows me plenty of free time to do things at home.
Making lots and lots of hula hoops, and practicing a lot and getting from Suck to Average on the skills front.
I had a lovely summer, riding my bike and gardening and going to the Farmer’s Market.
Taking pictures of kitties at the shelter! Um, we haven’t been called back on that in awhile and we’re not sure why, but since my partner is a professional photographer I don’t think quality was an issue. It’s a shame because I will take photos of cats and play with them all day long.
My stomach flu was very short lived, and it saved me the trouble of making any silly resolutions to lose five pounds, because I already did. Ta da!
I usually make an end of the year mix on 8tracks, but I was too sick/tired/sad to upload songs, so I cheated and got what I could off of youtube and made a playlist there. Here it is if you want to listen to it, I put all of the real videos first and the ‘someone uploaded the song and threw a picture up’ videos at the end.
