happy saturday, with a melancholy filling inside...yuck

If you go here you can download these three songs from last year's greatest movie: Tarnation

hopwell - safe as milk
Tarnation - max avery lichtenstein
Desperation - max avery lichtenstein

so not to sound too depressing, here is something fun

out hud - it's for you

Nick and I are off to see a movie.

say it ain't so...

Well, it's Nicks last weekend in Austin for the summer. Next Friday we travel to Lake Jackson where we will both stay the weekend and I will return on Sunday while he stays with my parents until he flies out on Thursday. I will go back to LJ on Wednesday night to see him off the next day. Follow all that? It's gone by so fast I just hope he had fun. Anyway, this weekend we plan to go to Hamilton Pool on Saturday and Sunday maybe a movie.

Hamilton Pool

of montreal - disconnect the dots

it's all in the remake

You must check out You Ain't No Picasso's post for today. They posted some mp3s of indie artists covering mainstream top 40 hits. I love it because I've noticed a lot of this happening as well and I'm simply wondering why. Well the site attempts to answers why and I couldn't agree more. It's good shit.

Perfect fusion

death cab for cutie - love song (the cure cover) love it!

rufus wainwright - vibrate

good day...

sunday bjork

bjork - oceania (live at the olympics)

gruvis malt - possibly maybe (bjork cover)

the brunching shuttlecocks - the bjork song

the decemberists - human behavior - (bjork cover)

bjork - 3o years in 30 days(audio from triple j)

bjork - scatterheart + joga (oms remix)

sugarcubes - planet (icelandic)

bjork - unravel (live)

bjork - aurora (echion mix)

bjork vs. the cure - the hidden forest (gordyBoy) a wonderful chance to sneak in my favorite band!!!!

steso songs - now u have come
i've posted a song by her some time ago but she deserves another. I love her voice. Check out her website.


the cure - one more time

This photo makes me happy

off to schlitterbahn with nick this saturday and then a movie on sunday

emiliana torrini - fisherman's woman (SORRY, try it again. I linked a photo instead of the mp3)

sigur ros - svefn-g-englar (live in amsterdam) thanks to the torture garden!!!


"Get over here and warm my hands up boy
It’s you they love the most…

Sit on the front Porch
The sun can warm my feet
You can drink your coffee with sugar and cream
I'lll drink my decaf herbal tea

Pretend we're perfect strangers..."bye DJP

I've updated my 100 list...I plan to finish it this weekend

First Post From Laptop

Show me love

DM baby DM

For those of you who don't read largehearted boy (shame on you) he has posted a link to IFILM where someone posted an unfinished NEW video from Depeche Mode. Forget the video, the song is fucking awesome. Go here to view/Listen.

I received my laptop today...happy days!!!

and because I love you

Depeche Mode - Somebody(live)

Cyndi Lauper - Iko Iko (always makes me smile)

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (for Nick)

Ephemera - Hey (ReFraiched Chillout Mix)

Don't touch those squirrels' nuts

Went tubing. Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...best part are the oompa loompa's music numbers...loved it!

My random picks for the day to match my mood.

Project A-ko - Our Teenagers Need Healthy Touch

Gypsophile - Apart

Innocence Mission - Tomorrow On The Runway

and the new one:
Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Boy

Stellastarr - Lost In Time (just beautiful...for DJP...goodbye...mon petit vulcan-give your mother my best I will keep her and you in my thoughts)

Dreams of my laptop

I finally ordered it. I had to support the locals so I purchased it from a former UT student and resident of Austin...you may of heard of him...Michael Dell. Anyway, I'm pretty excited. Apparently it's loaded with all the bells and whistles.

I really don't have anything else to convey except the fact that my Son and I are headed south for some tubing in New Braunfels with family and friends. Should be fun. Then of course we have a date with Mr. Wonka...we might see it at the IMAX. Anyway, have a nice weekend.

The Postal Service - Such Grat Heights (John Tejada Remix)

Stars - Heart

Stars - The Vanishing

I am Manny, this is my heart...
Stars - What the Snowman Learned About Love

I will give away a prize if someone can tell me where the quote from below is from...

"In the morning when I wake up yawning and I turn the radio on Mr. Dj could you please play some songs for me.I 'll take hip-hop with a side of punk rock..."

Okay, their new album is coming out in October. I can't wait. I love what they have out now. Please be good, please be good. I think it will. "I know this really isn't a party, but you can dance if you want to." Love it!

Here's a good song:

Aeon Spoke - Emmanuel

And this one is quit excellent.

The 1-2-3-4 - Surge

8. Last night my son and I were talking and he informed me that this summer, like last summer, his day camp will present the Olympics. He's team "Germany" and he showed me a chant and dance they have in order for them to motivate other teammates. It was the saddest thing I'd ever seen so I agreed to help out. The director informed by phone (so official) that I could help out and, if I like, I could help out all the other countries as well. Wish me luck.

Save some for later Augustus...

5. I've been talking to ERG almost everyday from NYC for the last several months (by phone and by email). The conversations have been about nothing serious, in fact it's been about silly inside jokes we have sort of gathered up in our lives. And about family and situations we find ourselves into. It's funny because we've seem to have found a comfort spot at the moment. Him being in NYC and me in DC in a year who knows...

6. I'm taking Nick to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this weekend and I cannot wait!

7. I really like our Cafe's Fruit Cups.

Here's some music by a great band calling themselves Horses:

Horses - Funeral

Horses - Wicked Gil

Horses - Bass Song

Horses - I Lost My Dingle On the Red Line

time to eat my fruit cup...

Suck it up and come clean. Before I begin, allow me to try and convince every single two of you that you really should read Mr. Dunn's VF entry from the August issue because it is simply delicious and full of carne. If I hadn't said it before, I want his job.
Anyway, the reason for this post. I have several:

1. One of my Exes has started a blog and it's really good. I don't think I will be able to read it everyday because I do still care for him a great deal and reading about his life and me not being apart of it is extremely hard.

2. I've been told I don't write about what the hell is going on in my life. So this is my attempt, starting with this entry.

3. I still read DG's blog and frankly, I'm really scared of him now. I mean I do care for his well being, but I am truly afraid of him.

4. My Son being here has been wonderful. It's really funny because DC called me late Saturday from OCH and asked how Washington is. He and many others thought I already moved to DC. When my son is here I tend to isolate myself. Sadly enough, I'm still here in Austin.

more later...

Here is my new crush. I actually heard her live on KEXP and fell in love, but the song I really liked is "Today As Been OK."

Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road

OMG!!!!I found it thanks to Gorilla Vs. Bear

Emiliana Torrini - Today As Been OK for (insert who you love here) sake listen to this song now!!!

and she is so beautiful

Please listen...well later

I wish I was there (thanks ERG for the photo)



So much to discuss and share that I won't have time to do it just yet, but I will post a picture of my son hitting his first piñata at my Mother's 60th Birthday Party.
















And one of my beautiful sister and me.














And of my Mother and her two sisters and my cousin Carmen.















and one of my Father, Bother, Brother-in-law, and me