Lavender Smoke

I think I spent basically the entire weekend in bed, drifting in/out of sleep.

On Friday, I had a class in the morning (Music History II - Baroque to Classical). It just so happens to be my only class this semester that starts before 11 am, and everyone in it is basically dead and not paying attention (via thirsty thursdays). Then I went to my room and immediately when back to bed.
Friday night was the only time I 'went out,' I went with a friend to meet some people at a Karoke Bar in Chinatown. They had this awesome lychee martini thing, it tasted exactly like lychee fruit! I forgot that I like lychee (I just came back from the asian convenience store across the street, where I bought a large can of lychee).
Anywayz, thats pretty much all that I did this weekend, cause that Friday night's partying kept going on through Saturday (if you know what I'm sayin'). I didn't get back to my place until Saturday night, which made the 'walk of shame' a little less awkward since it was already dark out.

I had kinda made a 'new year's resolution' to not party so much, and concentrate on my classes. Its hard though, especially here in the city, where there is so much to do on the weekends. But I WILL accomplish this goal! I don't have much work yet, since it is the beginning of the semester, but I know the load will be coming soon, so I should really get to work now, before it gets harder.

Special Bonus!
Below is a goofy pic of me and my friend, Daniel (who also writes/does artwork for an awesome blog) in the crowd at the Girls/Real Estate/King Krule concert at Terminal 5 on January 14th! We both look ridiculous, but we had so much fun/the concert was a beautiful experience (via awesome vibes).

*I probably shouldn't tell you this, but he was so emotional during his favorite 'sad' songs that he cried--no joke, he really did (but just a few glistening tear drops I believe).

Peelander Z!!!!!

I just saw this band (at the Bowery Poetry Club). I am pretty sure I can say without a doubt, it was the best concert I have ever been too. I want to see them again.
I'd never even heard any of their music before today, but it wasn't hard to pick up on the lyrics; the song titles gave away 80% of the words.
They were so goofy, and there was so much audience participation (limbo, baseball, bowling, banging on metal bowls, choreographed dancing, and huge index cards with lyrics).

This is a great music video:

*They were dressed up like that for the show (including the squid costume).

Keeping Time

I used to call this guy the timekeeper/traffic director. The rumor is that he lives in Washington Square Park. Its weird how everyone sees him almost everyday, but they just kinda ignore him...

CMJ (College Music Journal) started on Tuesday in NYC. Its fucking killing me//blowing my mind.
I wish I had remembered to email this person in my Major who could have gotten me a free ($400) CMJ pass. But I stupidly forgot and a lot of my friends remembered. So now I will have to pay in order to enter most CMJ events (but they often free or cheap).
I've already missed a lot of the best concerts/events, but there are still a few left for the weekend.

I am so going to this one:

*DJ Tao Lin?!? Carles???!???

I might go to this:

 

But I really wanna see Atlas Sound tomorrow at 4:30 pm:

#OccupyingMyBed

Saturday, 9:00 pm:
Layin' in my bed right now...too tired to do anything tonight, I think I'm staying in....maybe I will actually do some work?

I am still kinda fucked-up from last night (via goin' haaaam). Hung out with some cool kids, went to some cool places, yeah.

Listening to some good shit (via last.fm mix radio, hatin' on spotify right now)

Occupy Wall Street-ers were in Washington Square earlier today. So many dirty hippies! I like what they are trying to do, but everyone knows that they haven't really organized yet, and a lot of the people participating are not completely sure on what the whole thing is about. But I really hope this inspires action in Congress, I am definitely in the 'other 99%'.

There are a ton of great spin-offs on Occupy Wall Street (ie. Occupy Sesame Street).

Sunday, 7:00 pm:
What is with these men-ups?? I think they are actually kinda funny, but a little bit disturbing. But hey, if that's what your into...

Sunday Monday, 2:00 am:
Naw, fuck it! I am going to sleep.

Memorial Day Weekend

I went camping with a few friends last night/this morning. It went pretty well; we made our own fire, we cooked hotdogs and beans, roasted marshmallows, hiked, etc. But we had to improvise when we opened up the box with the tent, all of the equiptment was there--except the tent!!!
I've slept on the grass with only a sleeping bag before (which I loved), but there was a chance of thunderstorms last night, and we needed some kind of cover. Luckily, my friends are quite avid campers (via camping for two weeks in the Mountains of West Virginia) and saved our asses. We tied tarps to trees, it ended up pretty nice. But in the morning, the sun came out at 6 AM and bugs started crawling all over us.

I brought my film camera, with one roll of color film. When I remember to go get it developed, I'll post a few photos. Hopefully CVS develops color film, because thats where I bought the it, and I know that they get really angry if you bring them the wrong kind of film or something.

The rest of the weekend will include a few more graduation parties/bbq's, my sister's birthday, and a shit load of final projects that are due this week (I am definetly going to be cramming/procrastinating/and complaining about them for the next few days).

**This song came on while I was driving home today, it kinda fits the mood of the weekend:

functional fixedness?

Today was a pretty good day. Saturdays are the best (but we already knew that).

I went went on a picnic with some close friends:

We got up at 4:30 am so that we could get to the park in time for sunrise. I fell asleep to Sufjan Stevens on the way there, and missed most of the sunrise, but it was still beautiful. We got to the park around 6:15 and found out it didnt open until 8....So we waited by a cow pasture, and then layed out blankets, ate, and tried to play my ukelele.



the sun was in my eyes, but it came out pretty well.