10 things I love

I was tagged by Rach at Walls are Imagined, and with all the Southby frenzy I never got around to posting this! Here goes:


10 things I love (in no particular order)

1. Reading journals from high school I did this last night in order to dig up some of my old poetry to begin reworking it. It was a bittersweet experience. Most refreshing was the ability to laugh at my old angst. Its true that everything is temporary! I also felt sort of nostalgic, especially in terms of the theatre department and the really amazing people I had met through the years of growing up in The (North Richland) Hills.
2. Watching (and playing along) with Jeopardy This was a regular feature of my daily routine over winter break. I am very happy to say that I can hold my own in a Jeopardy tournament and will be appearing on your television set sometime in the next two decades. (That's my career plan. Make a bunch of money of Jeopardy and then live the New Media Bohemian life.)
3. Cranberry orange scones dipped in coffee I am pleased that this one just happened to turn out to be the orange one, seeing as I color coded them after the fact. SUCCESS.
4. Watching and creating stop-motion animation videos! HUZZAH
5. Sleeping in braids so my hair is really wavy in the morning The lazy girl's crimping iron, and an elementary school staple.
6. Comfortable shoes that are also cute Think what you may about Urban Outfitters, but I love buying their Keds knock-off sneakers in a variety of colors once they go on clearance for only $10 a pop. I am currently wearing my mini golf turf-green ones. They're fuzzy.
7. Spending time with my family. I know it's super cliche, but I find myself musing wistfully everyday about how cool it would be if everyone just came and lived in Austin, or if we could all move to Florida, or maybe set up camp in Kansas City. I don't think I realized just how close I was to my parents until I got to UT and compared my relationship to those of my peers.
8. Whole Foods' dessert bar THEY HAVE LIKE 34 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BREAD PUDDING
9. Talking in a fake British, Australian, or Russian accent (in public of course) This happened quite often during SXSW. Michelle didn't even bat an eye at it. I think I was so enamored by all the global flare from the tourists that I wanted to get in on it. I especially loved calling people "wankers".
10.  Clean fingernails Because I hate it so much when they are dirty.

Here's a stop motion video I found yesterday that I especially loved. It's by this artist, PES, who's pretty much the rock star of the stop-motion world right now and one of my idols and inspirations in my own  work.

Enjoy!

The dog days are over

I have that song stuck in my head since watching the trailer for "Eat, Pray, Love". I read that book in October and couldn't put it down until I had finished it!

Today's been a lazy/productive day in that I've remained with my behind firmly planted in a chair in a conference room for the majority of the day, however, I've been pitter pattering away at my keyboard trying to establish a little bit of organization and growth of my online persona, including work on a creative portfolio. Hmm.

Here's an outfit post!

Necklace - Vintage from Grandma!
Pants - Delias (you can't tell but they're CORDUROY c:) $25
Shoes - A little random store in an outlet mall in Grapevine, TX $12
Top - Forever 21 $14

And in case you are one of the only people in the blogosphere who has not yet seen the EPL trailer, here goes:

Obligatory SXSW photo post!

In the bathroom of the ACC during volunteer orientation
Michelle, Ariel, and Kelly at bag stuffing
Look at all those swag bags!
Michel Gondry in the Q&A after "The Thorn in the Heart"
Kristin while waiting for the bus, lol cupcake!!!I didn't understand why these little creatures were at the Interactive trade show, but I wanted to take them home with me. Google gave away free pie for pi day!The crew of "Jimmy Tupper vs the Goat Man"
Freaky blue thing at the trade showThe cast of "Get Low", including Bill Murray and Robert DuvallJust a teeny tiny portion of the epic American Apparel lineKAISERCARTEL <3Random bluegrass band on the corner of 6th and Congress.
Chris Masterson is the master of bass and guitar. Seriously. He was the only good part of the Bonnie Whitmore set!cute street performanceSaint MotelJames Mercer (from The Shins) played the lead in a film I saw, "Some Days are Better Than Others".Califone (including director Tim Rutili) following their live accompaniment to Rutili's film, "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers"

Are YOU going?

Because I am.



This Wednesday, January 20th, The Paramount Theatre in collaboration with The Nobelity Project is showing Turk Pipkin's documentary "One Peace At A Time". In it's own words, it's "a film about a messed up world and how we can fix it."

I've seen the trailer and it looks great. Plus it has an *amazing* soundtrack that features two of my favorites: Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens (swoon!).

Austin's Paramount Theatre is located at 713 Congress Avenue.
Read the full promo here.