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Off to the Bay for a week…

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:24:55 -0800

Off to the Bay for a week…

kellyegan: November 22, 1963 - On her way back to Washington...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:52:54 -0800

November 22, 1963 - On her way back to Washington from Dallas after her husband’s murder Lady Bird Johnson advised Jackie to clean up and change her outfit so that she would be presentable for the television cameras.

Mrs. Kennedy, mindful of the impact of the cameras, refused because she wanted the public to see her in the outfit that was still stained with her husband’s blood. Being urged to change her mind by those around her she replied,

“Let them see what they have done”.

veganexperiment:veganation:seanbonner: Defensive Omnivore...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:49:52 -0800

veganexperiment:veganation:seanbonner:

Defensive Omnivore Bingo

I should make one of these for bike riding.

FFFFOUND!

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:23:57 -0800

FFFFOUND!

Can’t wait for more! troubadour: Friends and strangers, I...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:11:29 -0800

Can’t wait for more!

troubadour:

Friends and strangers, I would like to propose an idea.

I would like you to challenge me and encourage me to keep my creativity flowing, to keep my brain in motion, and to finish all songs than I start.

Each week for one year I write a new song and record it with my little home recorder and post it online to myspace.com/allisonpolansmusic, to my Tumblr account, and a video to Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/user2519382) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/owlsIItrees). I am allowing myself to have friends come write with me, record with me, but it has to be done each week by the end of Saturday night at 11:59PM EST.

What I ask of you, besides your constructive feedback, are inspirations. Believe me, there’s a lot going on in this mind of mine but I want to branch out to new vocabulary, and new ideas.

Please submit words I should include or themes I should work around, and I will credit you in assisting on the song. You will be helping out more than you know.

Who knows, maybe some of these songs will become papertrees tunes one day and we’ll have you to thank for the inspiration.

Love,

Allison

P.S. This is the end of week one of my project. Here is song 1 of 52. I’d like to thank NPR for your song challenge to get me moving, Michelle Holshue for always being up to date in social media and being my test-ears for new tunes and bringing great ideas to the table, Matt Welsh for being my computer guru, and a far away fella for being the truth behind the song. Good comes out of almost everything.

lookbookdotnu: ready for church ma This guy pretty much...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:02:07 -0800

lookbookdotnu:

ready for church ma

This guy pretty much rules.

bullshit: Ah shit, I went too far and ended up 20 minutes into...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:10 -0800

bullshit:

Ah shit, I went too far and ended up 20 minutes into the future.

OK, time for drinks.

My fave is that most of the kids won’t get this.

"$1,000 is very expensive, you know. We only want a simple website with our current contents, and..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0800

“$1,000 is very expensive, you know. We only want a simple website with our current contents, and contact form as well. And don’t forget about CMS features. We want to add or edit content on our own. And the picture gallery, we want something that stunning and animated. The header should be animated as well. And our logo seems too old, can you design new logo for our company? But the best price we can offer is $300, and we think that’s more than enough”

- (via clientsfromhell)

I get this a lot. Like, most of the time.

clientsfromhell: Client (after watching a letterboxed video): What are those black lines at the top...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:41 -0800

clientsfromhell:

Client (after watching a letterboxed video): What are those black lines at the top an bottom of the picture… is that some kind of abstract design statement?

new fave tumblr.

The Cure.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:05 -0800

One vegan donut, one bagel with tofutti and two cups of Stumptown French press coffee and my hang over is finally cured.

personalhomepage: via COMMUNIST CASINO

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:09 -0800

personalhomepage:

via COMMUNIST CASINO

nevver: Springfield Still Life

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:44:57 -0800

nevver:

Springfield Still Life

charikichi: Fixed Gear Blog posted by PEDAL Consumption I...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:39:48 -0800

charikichi:

Fixed Gear Blog

posted by PEDAL Consumption

I need to learn some tricks. All I can do is skid and only well when I’m buzzed. Maybe after I get health insurance.

I’ve got the ones on the left and I tie them the same...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:09:50 -0800

I’ve got the ones on the left and I tie them the same way.

(via yacht)

The Gay Animal Kingdom

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:36:40 -0800

The Gay Animal Kingdom:

givemesomethingtoread:

Giraffes have all-male orgies. So do bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, gray whales, and West Indian manatees. Japanese macaques, on the other hand, are ardent lesbians; the females enthusiastically mount each other. Bonobos, one of our closest primate relatives, are similar, except that their lesbian sexual encounters occur every two hours. Male bonobos engage in “penis fencing,” which leads, surprisingly enough, to ejaculation. They also give each other genital massages.

Is there a theme to today’s posts?

malloreigh: knottedthread and i are twins, like tegan and sara....

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:20 -0800

malloreigh:

knottedthread and i are twins, like tegan and sara. i love you.

This is why I like girls who like girls. If I didn’t know better, I’d definitely hit on both these fine ladies. I’ve had whole conversations at a party with a really rad girl, only to later meet her girlfriend. My gaydar is unfunctional since I’ve been mistaken for gay numerous times, and don’t even get me started on Portland girls…

More Pet Peeves...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:03:20 -0800

Holding up books, DVDs, t-shirts or signs to Photo Booth - Hint: Go to Edit>Auto Flip New Photos. AMAZING.
Double spaces after periods - [repeat] Unless you’re typing on a typewriter, don’t do this, not even if you’re old timey and wear vests.
Being against those who don’t credit photos they blog and yet reblog those photos - ending photo swiping starts with YOU!

nevver: Butter Team

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:57:00 -0800

nevver:

Butter Team

Just skimmed the healthcare reform bill

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:29:37 -0800

Full of mandates with vague instructions, that should work out well.

The penalty for not enrolling in healthcare if you don’t already have it is 2.5% of your income… I think that still works out to cheaper than the premiums I was paying HealthNet for individual care and I still had to pay pretty much out of pocket anyway, so score?

Dolorata - “In the Epic Throes of Saddness” Heading...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:03:00 -0800

Dolorata - “In the Epic Throes of Saddness”

Heading back to the Bay in five days for Thanksgiving and such. Very excited, despite the name of this song, it rocks and they are from the Bay, so listen already!

PS, it’s rock with a violin, yo.