music monday

I'm letting my iTunes pick the band.  

google images

Okay, here's a secret.  I had listened to them before but never really paid attention.  Last year when I was getting gung ho for Bonnaroo & then after I was like 'what is wrong with me?  YYY is AMAZEBALLS!'  So then I was all about them.  Karen O is effing awesome.  But I'm sure you all are quite aware.  

cliche KO pic (google images, i think)

waaaaaaaaiting

it's really freaking hard deciding which songs to post because they are all sooooo incredibly good.

this video always makes me cry.  that one tear is so powerful.  

i love this one:  Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Pin

Final note:  when you look at the word 'yeah' a lot, it starts to be funny looking and you wonder if you've spelled it wrong. 

xo

2/30

The meaning behind your blog name:  

Okay, well I'm in the process of turning it all over to saltwatertiffy something.  I haven't decided yet.  I wanted it to be like 'saltwatertiffy:  sticky & sweet' but that sounds pretty pervy and I don't want it to be taken as that.  Its like 'I'm a nice girl and I'm a borderline hot mess' contradictory style thing, but....  eh.  whatever.  I've always had like a million nicknames, but saltwatertiffy has stuck the longest.  Since like 2003 or 4.  It fits because I'm from Florida and grew up on the beach and stuff.  I'm moving back next week so it's pretty relevant too.  I'm not so crazy about salt water taffy, however.  Laughy Taffy is good on occasion, if it's banana.  

xo

1/30

haha today I got these huge owls for the new house. 

Recent picture & 15 interesting facts about yourself:

1.  I'm 27 and have never seen snow irl. 
2.  I'm like Amy Winehouse with ballet flats, except mine are leopard print.  I should probably find a different go-to shoe, but come on, leopard ballet flats are like, perfection.  
3.  I'm a ridiculously huge Phil Collins fan.
4.  I've had like 15 jobs so far (yikes).  Mostly because I've had several employers go out of business & some were part time jobs I worked at the same time as my main full time job.  I should have just gone away to college. 
5.  My favorite car was named Mr. Ruff Rider.  He was an '82 Toyota Tercel.  He would still be alive if I could have found the proper water pump for him.  I miss him.  He was good times and people described him as having 'lots of character'.  lol. 
6.  My boyfriend is going to grad school for Russian Lit & I really respect him for it.  Legit.  
7.  I'm paranoid about people somehow remotely accessing my webcam while I'm picking my nose or something so I have to always have a sticker over the thingy.  
8.  I've flown a plane before.  Well it was a little Piper cub type one and it was for like 2 minutes, but it was pretty invigorating nonetheless.  I remember my mom freaking the eff out that I was even going up in one.  
9.  I know entirely too much about astrology.  
10.  I have green eyes.  I wish they were brown 50% of the time.  
11.  My hugest pet peeve is when people use the wrong form of to/too/two.  A lot of grammar errors glare at me.  I try very hard not to make them myself.  That being said, I do use stupid made up words a lot and rarely capitalize.  I guess its okay because I know the rules (for the most part).
12.   I used to write for the newspaper.  Sadly the only article I have online anymore is total crap.  :(
13.  If I could have dinner/lunch/tea with anyone from past or present I would pick Albert Einstein.  Close seconds are Abraham Lincoln and Ezra Koenig (natch).   
14.  Russian Standard is my favorite vodka.  It was created by the same guy who created the Periodic Table of the Elements.  Wild Turkey American Honey is my other favorite alcoholic drink.  It is mmm mmm good.  
15.  I really like science.  Specifically:  Chemistry.  

I'm going to do that 30 days of me thing

my creative juice wells are kind of used up right now, so this will help them flow, i hope...


day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

day 2- the meaning behind you blog name

day 3- a picture of you and your friends
day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
day 5- a picture of somewhere youve been to
day 6- favorite super hero and why
day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
day 8- short term goals for this month and why
day 9- something youre proud of in the past few days
day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad
day 11- another picture of you and your friends
day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
day 13- a letter to someone who has hurt you recently
day 14- a picture of you and your family
day 15- put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
day 16- another picture of yourself
day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
day 20- someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
day 22- what makes you different from everyone else
day 23- something you crave for a lot
day 24- a letter to your parents
day 25- what I would find in your bag
day 26- what do you think about your friends
day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
day 29- in this past month, what have you learned
day 30- your favorite song

9.02.10

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okay so i never watched 90210 but i freaking love gossip girl.  silly, i know, but that's how it is.
new season starts in < 11 days!  finally all those cliffhangers will be addressed!  does chuck die?  how was blair and serena's summer in paris?  who's georgina's baby daddy?  is jenny going to self destruct already?  will she please wear less eye makeup?  ARE CHUCK AND BLAIR REALLY OVER FOREVER?  geez, i hope not.  my heart broke in a million pieces for blair when all that crap went down.  i need to have a premier party, oh with lychee martinis.  definitely.  


you know you love me
xoxo

happy september

my hero of the day

he inspires me so.  good thing i just got all those sharpies.  at the very least i will be making the R2-D2 trashcan.  

hey story about sharpies.  one time i was at the swap shop in fort lauderdale (my absolute favorite florida city) and i found this rainbow pack of sharpies for a pretty good deal so purchased them.  upon further inspection i realized they were not actually sharpies.  they were shoupies. 

wikipedia
total facepalm moment. 

modcloth put up these shoes today:

words can't express heel

and they took my breath away.  

ohmygoodness.  they are the most glorious footwear i have ever seen in my life.

they are absolute art for your feet.  

and there are more!  so many more beautiful shoes.  

their website is like disneyland on the interweb,

even better than that hello kitty one i posted a few weeks ago.

mostly because it is in a language i understand

 and its fabulous shoes and not nasty fruit flavored cheetos. 

but anyways, go there and feast your eyes.  they even have shoes for men.

i wish i lived in the uk (the selection there is a little better) and could capture them all and keep them in a menagerie.  

siiiiiigh.  to be fair, i do have this shoe thing.  i worked at a shoe store for 3+ years and have well over 100 pairs of shoes in my collection.  thankfully i'm 5'10" and have the size of feet that go with that height or i would have so many more shoes in my life.  

the weather has been really nice in georgia lately.  it's like the humidity is gone and i can smell fall in the air.  i hope florida catches up soon since i am going back next week.

  logan and i were down by the lake today because apparently there are some otters living there and we wanted to see them.  logan, bless his dear clumsy soul, fell in.  it was only halfway and i was able to rescue him, but it was pretty funny.  sadly, we did not see the otters.  maybe next time.  i'll take pictures.  

xo!

turn the page to tuesday

um.  i'm stretching.  but i really enjoy reading and i couldn't think of anything more creative.  

this week i chose

when i originally read it, it wasn't because oprah told me to or anything.  i just liked the sprinkles.  

when i'm looking for something to read i often gravitate towards rehab memoirs.  i don't know why this is.  i think it's because i can't relate so i want to figure out how drug addiction happens.  

anyways.  a million little pieces by james frey.  

there is a lot of controversy over this book and it's kinda crazy how mixed the reviews are.  i guess you'll have that with anything but some people are so upset that this is not 100% factual.  whatevs, that's not the point here.  as a story, i think it was amazing.  

i really enjoy james frey's writing style.  it's very unique and super stream of conscious (of course i would be a fan of that).  it really draws you in.  i'm one of those silly people who naturally gets sucked into almost everything i read/watch, but this one was exceptional.  holy crap, at times i was completely drained, just from reading!  i felt the things he was writing about and it screwed with my head a bit.  i realize that this sounds like a bad thing, but for a writer to have such extreme power with words just blows my mind.  

i liked his first book so much i had to read his follow up, my friend leonard, and his total fiction piece bright shiny morning.  of the three, i liked my friend leonard the best, probably because it was sort of a love story.  so if you read a million little pieces you have to read my friend leonard too.  but i will warn you, these books are definitely not all unicorns and rainbows.  they are gritty and real but extremely well written imo.