Merry Christmas!

I love this show.

Colbert Report: Occupy Wall Street Decamped

“That’s right. Linking arms is a dangerous act of aggression, as taught in the ancient martial arts of Red Rover-ing, Square Dancing, Rockette-ing, Von Trapp-ing and, most dangerous of all, Yellow Brick Road-ing.”

 - Stephen Colbert

I'm really enjoying the debate tonight. It's a Republican smackdown! This is more dramatic than a marathon of Real Housewives. It reminds me of how much I love the ridiculousness of politics.


I also wish I still had a balcony. You don't miss these kinds of things until you don't have them anymore.

"Finish every day and be done with it. For manners and for wise living it is a vice to remember. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. To-morrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on... yesterdays."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A blast from the past.

I was listening to my iTunes on shuffle today, and I rediscovered one of my favorite albums from high school, Tooth & Nail vs. Solid State. What a fantastic compilation. I'm so glad I found it. :)

Here is the Waking Ashland song from the CD:

Music of 2011

Here are the albums I'm most looking forward to this year:

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (May 3rd)

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math (May 10th)

The Cars - Move Like This (May 10th)

Death Cab For Cutie - Codes & Keys (May 31st)

My Morning Jacket - Circuital (May 31st)



These are some good ones that have already been released:

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

Foo Fighters - Wasted Light

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

The Decemberists - The King is Dead

Adele - 21



Also, since I didn't do a music blog for 2010, here are a few of my favorites:

The National - High Violet

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

The XX - The XX

The Black Keys - Brothers

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

"The Mountain"

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Help me out here, all my words are falling short and there's so much I want to say.

a single green light, minute and faraway, that might have been the end of a dock...

Two of my favorite things in this world are the Nintendo gaming system and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This website combines the two for an excellent time:

The Great Gatsby for NES

Here are two excellent quotes a dear old friend sent my way today:




"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could... Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson


"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." 
-Harriet Beecher Stowe

Work and play, they're never okay to mix the way we do.

It's been a while since the last time I wrote a blog. The past few months have been ridiculously busy, but things are going well here in Auburn. I've finished half of my first senior year (victory lap!), and it seems as if time is just flying by. I love the graphic design department here. I feel like I've learned so much that will benefit me in the future. I've also continued with printmaking, which is a huge part of my design work.

I've already illustrated children's poems, printed a 2x2 foot woodblock print, and partially branded a boutique this semester, and I'm about to start a poster for Talking Heads. I think I'll work on music posters & merch for my senior project. My work is so much fun.

Two of my friends are getting married this year. It's a very strange and exciting thing to be a part of these events. Sometimes I feel like we're still just kids, but then I think about how much we've all grown. I think we're all becoming even more awesome people than we already are, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here. Personally, I'm ready to get out and start creating things for real clients. I've been looking at Seattle, Nashville, and Glasgow as potential places to move after graduation. It's really exciting.

I've actually been reading a good bit in my free time. I started The Bell Jar a few days ago, and I really like Sylvia Plath's writing so far. I also began rereading A Confederacy of Dunces yesterday. I had forgotten what a funny book it is, and I'm glad I picked it up again. I've been reading a lot of design books and cookbooks over the past few months as well. Nerdy, yes, but I don't care. If I ultimately fail as a designer, I can always be a baker (no pun intended). If you have any book suggestions, definitely let me know because my "to read" list is growing shorter and shorter.

There is still designing to be done, and sleeping as well. Apparently my neighbors thought it would be an excellent idea to throw a rave on a Thursday night. They were quite wrong. Those youngsters.