Friday, March 27, 2009

Heartbeats & Covers

So this is possibly my favorite song by The Knife:

If you don't know, The Knife are this crazy electronic, Bjork-esque brother-sister music group from Sweden and I ♥ them a lot.

I was watching crappy TV in the morning as I often do on my days off, and I heard this cover of Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez on that "Bones" show:

It definitely fits into that whole mellow/folksy/acoustic thing I love.

In searching on YouTube for that video, I also found this one. It's a cover by a Belgian girls choir called Scala & Kolacny Brothers:

Since I grew up singing in choirs I think I might have a special love for them, but also it's pretty awesome anyway.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

I am hopeless.

So I know I just did a post about an amazing Bonnie Prince Billy song, but this may be THE MOST AMAZING BONNIE PRINCE BILLY SONG EVVVVAAAARRR!!!!!1!!

Seriously though. Every time I hear it I'm like "WTF universe. All songs should be this awesome"

(mp3 link) Bonnie Prince Billy - Birch Ballad

I will always be a wolf among wolves

This song is my newest obsession.

She loves a soul,
That I've never been
A dog among dogs,
A man among men
And every day,
When I come home to her
She holds a phantom,
She kisses and she hugs him
And I am not
Averse to how she loves him
Why must I live and walk,
Unloved as what I am

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves, and not as a man
Among men

She craves a home
That she can go in
A sheltered cave,
That I have never seen
Not in my life,
And not even in my dreams

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves, and not as a man
Among men

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

I want to be a kid forever

The trailer for "Where the Wild Things Are" came >< this close to making me cry.

I want to be a kid forever. And so I will be.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I hate these moments

When you realize that you really should have known better. I guess sometimes optimism or idealism gets the best of me, as cynical as I am. Everyone wants to believe that something that seems amazing is actually real, and actually *that* amazing. And so it goes.

I'm going to be moving soon. Nothing huge and dramatic, just up the street from where I'm living now. Nice room, cool people, found it on Craigslist. It occurred to me though that this will be the first time I'll be living alone (in my own room anyway) in my entire adult life. There was a small period there after Charles and I broke up where I had my own room, but I was staying with my Mom while trying to get back on my feet so I don't think it really counts. I wasn't even paying rent and I actually rarely ever stayed there.

So here's a new adventure. Hopefully it will take my mind off the things that are eating away at my insides right now. Adventures are usually good for that.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

New Mixtape.

Sea Turtles are the new Dolphins....

I was explaining this to Robbie and Logan on the boat the other day. Someone started laughing about sea turtle tattoos as if they don't exist or something. I was adamant that I'd seen them before.

Apparently I'm not the only one.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Totes a perv

(11:15:27 PM) Chris: i'm going to come in there and poop on your face
(11:15:30 PM) Marie: EW
(11:15:33 PM) Marie: that's just rude
(11:15:51 PM) Marie: also that's going on my blog so that everyone can see what a sicko you are
(11:16:56 PM) Chris: well if that's the case i'm going to jizz in your hair when you're asleep

Lickity-split update time

  • Sean Connery came to the island yesterday. Seriously. And I totally missed seeing or meeting him because that's apparently my fate at work.
  • I bought a new laptop. It's the first new computer I've ever bought, and the first brand new computer I've had since I was like 16. Here is a picture.
  • Logan, Logan's girlfriend Danielle, Robbie, and I, and assorted other Alcatrash, have begun a weekly drinking on Thursday thing, spawned from the original Traz-O-Rama, only now we get drunk and make collages. It's kind of fucking amazing. Pictures are here. More get added weekly.
  • We are gonna start an Alcatraz blog, about the ridiculous shit that happens on the island. I will keep you all posted on when that goes up. Until then, you can entertain yourself with the Alcatraz Island Twitter feed, run by our own Ranger Craig.
  • I got to go on a man overboard drill done by Alcatraz Cruises. It was pretty humorous. And it wasted like an hour of my workday. Pictures are here.
  • I'm looking for a new apartment come April or May. Anyone need a roommate in SF?