Today’s Take Five is my top 5 songs to listen to either a) pull me out of a funk or b) get me dancing. 1. Ting Tings – “That’s Not My Name” 2. Yelle – “Je Veux Te Voir” 3. Honeyhoney – “Give Yourself To Me” 4. BPA – “Toe Jam” (NSFW) 5. And the [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 28, 2009
Etymology Day, Part 3
Continuing our ongoing “where does this word/phrase come from?,” for some reason this week I was inundated with things I had to know the meaning of. Putting “English” on something (usually a ball, like billiards or bowling) – is a kind of spin imparted on a ball, coined about 1860, from the French anglé, “angled,” [...]
May 28, 2009
T-shirt Stylings Number One: Homage
Skimming through my to-do list, while happily actually crossing off some of the things I have actually started to finish this summer (when technically it isn’t even summer yet!!), I came across my t-shirt ideas and had a fit I hadn’t started doing some yet. So, I got to work on my Homage to The Beatles [...]
May 26, 2009
So Sorry! Cough Cough
roll over, I can’t read your shirt! I profusely apologize for not keeping up to date and effervescent the last week. I have been trying to fight a sandpaper strep throat with my bare hands. Although he had been gaining ground the first couple rounds, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. with a [...]
May 25, 2009
Take Five Friday (on Monday) : Best of Flight of the Conchords Concert
photo credit (I had to start out with this picture because if I ever meet celebrities and ask them to take a pic with me like this, but them pointing and laughing at my fallen ice cream cone.) In no particular order: 1. “Jizzing Manky Music” – Jemaine and Bret, in their fantastic and quick-witted [...]
May 13, 2009
New Hair Alert!
I did it! Woo! I finally bit my indecisive bullet and changed my hair! As to how long it will stay is another matter. I would like it a tiny bit darker, but whatever, it’s too hot to worry about anything else!
