May 2011
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Summer Wishlist: @joannagoddard
Inspired by this post, this post, this post, and this post over at A Cup of Jo, here’s my summer wishlist/needs:
Summer Inspiration by Philosophyexist featuring flip flop shoes
This is very much inspired by spending time at the pool or the beach. Give me a whole lot of SPF (lipbalm included!), a straw hat, a swimsuit, some mags, some water & some music and we’ll call it the...
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Music: Mixtapeish Monday
A few weeks ago, when I was bound to spend forever in the dentist chair, I came up with this playlist. I like it - a lot - for that purpose. Kinda fits a warm, summer beach day too. Maybe.
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Daily Quote @realsimple
I love this quote - fits my mindset exactly.
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The Vegan Thing
I get confused when people start to ask me questions about “the vegan thing” and start to rant about how they could never do it. It makes me laugh - honestly - because most of the time the people who ask are the ones on a collision course with diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. For example, I had a friend a few months ago suggest that she could be vegan because candy is vegan and so...
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Muichic Sale - Pure Citizen
With the whole vegan and green living thing, I love the idea of organic, free trade and handmade. Don’t we all, really? I know for me, I don’t always go out of my way for that but when I see something I like already has those qualities, I get that much more excited about it. I love supporting things - even in a really passive manner.
That’s a big part of the reason I love Pure...
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the kids are all fucked up: buddhabob: i always... →
buddhabob:
i always laugh when kids get mad over albums leaking and people illegally downloading the music.
just, stop. odds are you’re going to end up illegally downloading the music anyway. just buy it once it’s out; it’ll cancel out any stupid guilt you may have.
that’s number one, and…
I get the sentiment here but yeah, it’s wrong. I mean, don’t get me wrong: i’ve...
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Whole Living Recipe: Millet Bowl With Black Beans,...
So excited to make this Millet Bowl With Black Beans and Veggies for dinner tonight!
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 13
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Day 13 – For You What Song Defines The 00’s?
I don’t like this question. I get that it is 2011. I really do. But I feel so old and uncomfortable defining a song of the 00s. So, instead, I’m going to post a song that reminds me of the “good old times.” There are a lot of those. WELL over 100 concerts in the 2000’s and all, you...
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 12
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Day 12 – For You What Song Defines The 90’s?
There are so many songs that define the 90. For my generation, the 90s function as a genre a their own. I can think of so many artists: Nirvana, Sublime, the Verve, etc. that made the period. I have a playlist dedicated to this even.
But to me, it has to be one of the greatest love songs ever made:...
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Spinoza v. Sartre
Indulge my inner & former philosophy major self for a moment as I post the intro to the paper that got me my first and only final grade of A++.
“Infinite to Finite: Ethics Within God, Ethics Without God”
Existentialism has become a loaded, dirty word in philosophy that is loosely associated with a lack of morals and God (as one follows supposedly from the other). But, if...
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Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Ah, the book. After the movie, it really seems like everyone and their Mom has read this book. Well, I hadn’t. I still haven’t seen the movie either. I was drawn to the book because of the plot rather than all of the hype. However, I’m not quite sure how it panned out.
The book is divided into three parts (the “eat,” the...
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Five Products I'm Obsessed With (Beauty)
I’m not much of a “product girl.” Well, that’s a kinda lie. I’ve got lots of products. However, I’m not the type of person who needs to use all of them. At any frequency. In fact, I’m looking to donate a lot of it because we’ve hit too much land. Well, we hit it a really long time ago.
However, right now there are a few products...
Plans for Today
Reading girlie magazines outside in the sun check!
Yoga and a short meditation sesh
Showering
Watching crappy television with Michael
Getting a review up for Eat Pray Love
Continuing to read Poser
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Lykke Li, Little Bit (CSS Remix) -...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
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Glee Cast (29)
Estelle (23)
Mariah Carey (22)
Maroon 5 (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Things I Wish I Could Do More Of
In no specific order.
Body
Yoga: Yes, I do yoga daily. I get that. But I wish I could do more/longer/more sequences.
Running: Michael made me live at the bottom of the hill of death so…you know. This whole “running around the apartment and briefly outside” thing I’ve taken to recently isn’t as much fun or easy as one would think.
Swim: Okay, I have no control...
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 11
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Day 11: For You What Song Defines The 80’s? Shucks, I already blew my 1980s song (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel) over on Day 9. Okay, fine: another song that just defines the 80s has to be Madonna. Seriously, what rock were you living under to not think that? “Like a Virgin,” coming on up!
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 10
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Day 10: For You What Song Defines The 70’s?
Hrm, that’s an interesting question. I don’t like to define periods of time in music but it is a well known fact that I adore the Doors. While they were more of a late-1960’s thing, they are the 1970’s to me in numerous ways. Hippies at heart with a bit of an edge - just like the 70s....
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Aztec Lansing
Aztec Lansing:
This, is only temporary
And tomorrow we will forget
What it feels like to be in love
And even better, what it feels like
To know you’ll never really live.
Open the door to the past
And you will find all the skeletons
I pile corpse on top of corpse inside
But sometimes they come out to play.
And sometimes I don’t dream at night...
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 9
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Day 9: What Is The Earliest Song You Can Remember From Your Childhood? From the sounds of this question, it sounds like they mean things that are not from television lead songs. In that case, maybe not the first but definitely one of the stronger memories is Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
Giving away Nikon D3000 w/ Fish-eye Lens.
drgnkooky:
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWING ME.
Two months old, very good condition.
WILL INCLUDE a Nikon strap, USB cord, Three lenses, Quick Charger, Body cap, Two rechargeable batteries, and charger.
Reblogs only please. The winner will be determined by a random number generator.
CONTEST ENDS JUNE 2ND.
The reason why I decided to give it away was because I am getting a Nikon D5000 when...
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Manchester Orchestra's "Simple Math"
I normally don’t use this blog as a platform but my review of Simple Math is posted over at Short & Sweet NYC. Please go check it out now and but the album. You’re doing it entirely wrong if you miss the last part of this.
http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2011/05/manchester-orchestra-simple-math/
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 8
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Day 8: What Was The Last Song You Listened To
“We Need A Myth” by Okkervil River. Currently spinning the new album.
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Reasons Why My Life Is Not Fair #10,124
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“Yeah, I like being vegan, I think it’s good for my health. But honestly, one of...”
– Moby (via screamingtoteach)
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 7
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Day 7: What Song Do You Play When You’re Chilling Out? A little bit more cumbersome than some of the other questions, the first artist to come to mind is Zero 7 and then Anathallo. So, we’ll go with “Waiting Line” by Zero 7 because that alone is easily one of the airiest songs ever. Love it - and love it in Garden State.
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 6
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Day 6: What Song Do You Play When You’re Angry?
Really, who has an “angry” song? Who has a “Grr, I’m so mad!” song that they play everytime that happens. Not I, says the logical person. Well, when it comes down to it my favorite angry song is probably “Bad Habit” by the Offspring.
Please, enjoy Dexter...
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Who Wears the Lazy Pants?
For the longest time, I was convinced I was the laziest person on the Earth. I know I’m lazy but not in an unhealthy way. When I’m sleepy, I pretend I don’t have to use the restroom so I don’t have to get up. I hate bringing in grocery bags that weigh more than a pound or two (I’m also an upper-body weaklink, FYI). I used to walk out of my way on the subway platform...
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I swear, I take better care of my devices...
Yesterday, after weeks of my battery falling out of my Mac, I took her to the Apple Genius bar. In addition to that, my baby’s mouse clicker refused to do just that and was unfond of waking up. The magical man at Apple promised to relieve all issues - thanks to my more magical warranty. The catch? It’ll be 5 - 7 days until I see her again and until then I get to pray that they a....
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 5
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Day 5: What Song Do You Play When You’re Feeling Sad? Song? Geez, that’s hard. I’d say the saddest song in the whole entire world is “November” by Azure Ray. I’d say “Needle in the Hay” by Elliot Smith is a close second. So please, do with that what you will.
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Lovely Cave
Via: Outsapop
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It's Hot. Pool?
So, as it keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter outside, I can’t help myself from desperately looking out the window and hoping that today is the day they clean/create/whatever our pool….*sigh*
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30 Day Music Challenge - Day 4
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Day 4: What Song Do You Play When You’re Feeling Happy?
I don’t really know what I play when I’m happy as that has been so long (I know, but I can be more emo, FYI). Probably something really bouncy and happy - I’d say Sugarcult but that wouldn’t be my go-to at all. Maybe certain Brand New songs even. Oh! Kevin Devine! I think I...
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