2008

May

Happiness is a Saturday day game win by the Mets. Especially when they beat the...

10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days (Live) This song reminds me of high school. Probably because it was...

Tegan and Sara covering Dancing in the Dark on Australian radio. Short and Sweet. A lovely cover...

A friend of mine from college used to clean his dishes with Windex. He is now a pharmacist and...

“We never wanna say goodnight. There’s a thing left to...”
— I’m From Barcelona

Something For Rockets - I never know Dance into dreams. That sounds about right.

citizen: I want a LION friend!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, this is so fucking beautiful. And Hooray for these...

I work with some pretty rad folks.

Last Tuesday I took some of the guys I work with out to dinner. We went to this cool sushi...

The jury is still out on whether or not I like to fly out on the red-eye. No matter how much I...

Dear L.A., Even though you were cold and a little rainy yesterday, I still have a huge crush on...

Time Travel

It’s 11p Monday, May 12 and the internet is telling me that I’m creating posts on...

“Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance.”
— Written on a sign by the...

I miss NYC, but I do love LA.

Me: I love eating outside at restaurants.
Wilson: I eat outside all the time.
Me: Foreseeably, you can eat outside every day, all year round.
Wilson: Yup.
Me: It's like a novelty back east.
Wilson: Not a novelty here. It's our way of life.

Started the day with a hike in Runyon Canyon Park (beautiful views), ate lunch at Lala’s...

Happiness is submitting your old travel expenses right before leaving for your next work trip. See...

Ravage (by TCM Hitchhiker) Badass robot cat cassette tape.

Los Angeles!

adeandabet: happycap: I’m heading out to LA for work this weekend and will be there through next...

eatsleepdraw: vain veggies to make my furious fruit feel...

“You don’t necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some...”
— Bob Dylan (via yesyes) (via...

Green Day - Worry Rock Well, hello there Green Day. It’s nice to see you, old friend.

Los Angeles!

I’m heading out to LA for work this weekend and will be there through next Wednesday. My...

Central Park SummerStage! ...

tuneage: Mates Of State - Get Better Alright, I’m really excited about this song, this album, etc....

Another classic music / movie moment. Beauty, all around. I don’t play my guitar as much as...

Imogen Heap - I Am In Love With You Girl, you know it’s true…

“So you wanna be a rock and roll star well listen now to what...”
— Counting Crows

Why am i always behind

fatmanatee: happycap: whiskeycoat: Why am i always behind coupon lady at the checkout!!??? Why...

Why am i always behind

whiskeycoat: Why am i always behind coupon lady at the checkout!!??? Why am i always behind the...

sharingtime: Get ready. (photoshop by mascarah) ...

B&N near Lincoln Center, 7pm, Chris Farley's...

National Geographic WildCam Africa

I can't grow a mustache.

It’s true. As hard as I’ve tried, it just ain’t happenin’. Not that I...

Most of the volleyball team has babies.

soupsoup: fatmanatee: jennyalison: fatmanatee: Any of the tumblr ladies want to be knocked up...

“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is...”
— Rob Gordon

Me: I love the name Alison.
Elly: Alison? Really?
Me: Yeah. Also Samantha.
Elly: What about Elly?
Me: Nah.
Elly: Don't you love the name and all that it connotes?
Me: *sigh.

Super Powers

lovepuppy: Flight or Invisibility? What do you choose? Flight. And I would wear a cape because it...

Yup, I still buy CD's.

…and I hate it when I crack their jewel cases. I don’t mean to. I swear. *sorry.

Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips I’m really into this song today. And I’m thirsty. Live...

Rooftop Bars Around Manhattan

tuneage: Holy Fuck - Latin (Daytrotter Session) We love Holy Fuck, so imagine how excited we were...

Al Roker is delivering his weather updates from inside a nuclear missile silo in Montana this...

“The many sounds that meet our ears, the sights our eyes...”
— Stevie Wonder

I’m a groomsmen in a wedding Memorial Day Weekend. Tonight after work I went to the...

Elly: Who is this?
Me: It's Ray LaMontagne.
Elly: I LOVE HIM!
Me: Yup.
Elly: Do you know who I love more?
Me: (....)
Elly: YOU!!!
Me: Hooray.

MGMT has a really fun, interactive website.

peterwknox: brooklynmutt: Tom Hanks endorses Obama for President (via )Truthdig Run Obama...

New Order - Temptation My renewed obsession with New Order continues…

Knees: Hey, man. We're starting to ache. Think it's time to go to sleep.
Me: WIsh I could, but my head is all over the place again.
Knees: Maybe a mug of warm milk would make you sleepy.
Me: Perhaps. But I don't think we have any milk in the fridge. I'll get to bed soon. I gotta put away my laundry first anyways.
Knees: Try to hurry, ok? You need some rest. You know, you're not as young as you used to be.
Me: True. I still get carded all the time though. That's a good thing, right?
Knees: Sure, but the creaky knees when climbing stairs isn't.
Me: Gotcha.

One of my favorite scenes in movie history. I was thinking a lot this weekend about great music /...

Karma Kafe Indian Buffet + Bubble Tea + Street Festival = A Good Day Today was a glorious day. The...

katydid: Nature shows (in particular: ocean and sea life) are so mesmerizing in HD. Especially...

doodlebook: This absolutely epitomizes sexy dancing. That was hilarious and awesome. Thanks for...

furth: lomo: ...

Frequent Flyer - Sometimes in the Spring A song for a Sunday. Very specifically, today.

Good morning, Sunday. Please keep the rain away. I’d really like to go for a walk today....

Feist playing I Feel It All on The Colbert Report. I’m not sure what’s better - This...

Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists (via treacletame) “I cherish with fondness the day...

katydid: skeetonmischa: I wish Rilo Kiley would make more songs like this nowadays and less like...

moderation: Neat. Very.

mascarah: Ray LaMontagne- Crazy Ray covers Gnarles Barkley…and kills it. He certainly does.

I met a five month old bulldog puppy earlier. His name is Cooper. He was wearing a blue hoodie -...

topherchris: Cornelius — The Micro Disneycal World Tour If this is how the rest of Saturday...

Sleep. Now. Wahooooo.

I went to a bar tonight where the music was awesome. At one point they played the Stone Roses,...

“All my friends patronize me. And they say, ‘Yo hey...”
— Blind Melon

Gorillaz - Stop the Dams Melancholy, yet sweet. This just felt right for a gloomy Friday. Stop the...

Hoboken Arts & Music Festival = Sunday...

Sunday, 5/4, Washington Street in Hoboken Butterfly fries, kettle corn, and Mickey Dolenz! Cross...

shannonmurf: She & Him on the Late Late Show. Yay! So great. Thanks for sharing!

By the way, the ham was delicious and it’s almost gone.

(via garfieldminusgarfield) Don’t worry, Jon....

seriouslythough: soupsoup: nicknoyes: Manhattanhenge: A...

There’s a giant ham sitting on a table in our common area. I’m not gonna lie, it looks...

Mini-meetup recap

marco: nycmeetups: many thanks to everyone who came out last night. That was a great time....

Radiohead covering Ceremony (via cuttooth93 ) Incredible.

Happiness is getting home and seeing that TiVo successfully recorded Scrubs, The Office, 30 Rock,...

One awesome thing that almost happened tonight: If I had been just a tad bit quicker, I...

bumbler: is at Maxwells having the world’s best nachos True. They are delicious.

“It may be years until the day my dreams will match up with...”
— Feist

Celebrate Brooklyn! Concerts @ the Prospect...

The other night I ended up at a dueling piano bar. Some poor guy gave one of the piano players $20...

The Libertines - Music When the Lights Go Out Frenetic heartache. Someone turn the lights back on....

“The present is a gift and I just want to be.”
— Common

Apr

Wanna go for a walk?

According to the computer monitors in our elevators, you can find the following items in Japanese...

Obama De-friends Wright on Facebook

eatsleepdraw: this little guy got carried away while i was...

I can’t get to sleep and I could really use some warm moonlight and a soft pillow. Can...

Elly: I'm the best thing that ever happened to you.
Me: No way.
Elly: I'm definitely in your top five.
Me: You barely break the top 30.
Elly: You barely break my top 10,000.
Me: Nice one.
Elly: I'm definitely top five.

Feist The Hammerstein Ballroom, April 29, 2008 Beautiful and...

Zog Sports Summer Wiffle Ball League! ...

Four Simple Steps to Becoming More...

vaivoda: 1. Eeny 2. Meeny 3. Miney 4. Mo [via McSweeney’s] It’s funny because it’s...

soupsoup: Wanna go? Yes!

A Midnight Revelation

The older I get the more I realize that I am slowly growing up to be just like my dad. And I...

“You know, there’s a million fine-looking women in the...”
— Silent Bob

The Shins Rock Yo Gabba Gabba!

Feist performing Inside And Out in Paris (via norlaki1978). Really looking forward to this show...

There’s a giant Barnes & Noble on the water in Baltimore. When lit, their storefront sign...

“Sharing is caring, right?”
— Overheard on the path train. ...

Hello, NYC, Hope it’s as nice up there as it is down here today. It really is beautiful by...

Happy Weekend Everybody. Baltimore here I come!

Elly: Can I see your pajamas?
Me: What?
Elly: I wanna see what you sleep in.
Me: You're weird.
Elly: I'm not weird, you're weird. It's like when you want to see someone's house since you've never seen it before.
Me: Um...ok?
Elly: It's kind of like how you don't want to see my new apt. And that kind of hurts my feelings.
Me: Next week.
Elly: You're a liar.
Me: You're a liar.
Elly: No I'm not, I'm awesome.

“Hey, Jimmy! Gimme a pizza with nothin!”
— Polly-O String Cheese, circa...

adeandabet: gregcbrown: IMG_1737-3b Nice - can’t wait to...

My roommate likes tea. I enjoy a nice, warm cup of tea too. More so than coffee. In fact, I drink...

“You are the gift that keeps on giving. Chase the moon across...”
— Me, to a star. (via...

Happiness was hearing your name called out during the Magic Mirror segment at the end of Romper...

sarahisrad: Heaven. perfect.

Zog Sports Summer Wiffle Ball League

Zog Sports Summer Wiffle Ball League

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line This song makes me happy.

I like to think that I’m ahead of my time, but then I realize I’m just trying to keep...

One day I think I’ll start going to bed early. Or earli-er. Or something. It would probably...

sarahisrad: A cover of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by T.V. Carpio for the Across the Universe...

If I could flyI’d fly all around,I’d leave from my houseand fly all over town.I’d fly down the...

eatsleepdraw: wednesday’s meeting notes. -deborah My...

Elly: You want to play Connect Four in a bit?
Me: Sure.
Elly: Whoever wins let's make a pact to not gloat. It's just for practice.
Me: But, I don't gloat.
Elly: I know, but I do.
Me: Ok.

peterwknox: New York City sidewalks - now with 100% more Loch Ness Monsters! The sound is great.

“Keep your hands open, both to give and receive.”
— Sunmaid raisin box (via...

Mosquitos - Mosquito If my band ever gets off the ground, I would like to record a song that shares...

I can’t wait to dream tonight. Sleep soon, please.

(via Denis Goulet) Mr. Rabbit is all dressed up with a...

sugerbuzz: I’m tired enough that all I want to do is lay down in my bed, but I think once I got...

“…by way of the green line bus.” A scene from The Royal Tenenbaums (via...

Happiness is leaving work while it’s still sunny outside (even though I have lots of work to...

eatsleepdraw: one of these days. -brandin amen.

A friend of mine used to be on The Wonder Years. He had a recurring role as one of Kevin...

fatmanatee: This needs to be dashboard friendly. Via...