i was at a staff retreat when someone slipped the news; we all sat around a grassy patch in the berkeley hills and had a moment of silence. i think it's really true that MJ had such a prolific and influential aspect across a multi-generational span. despite his shortcomings, freakish battles and otherwise tabloid life, the man's music is one for the books. rest in peace.

• "man in the mirror" - my co...

bad or good? not sure

1. carbonmade
2. facebook
3. flickr
4. hostelworld
5. imeem
6. listography
7. livejournal
8. myspace
9. nme
10. sonic living
11. the tripwire
12. twitter
13. vox blog
14. youtube
15. yelp

as if i wasn't already weird as it was...

1. i use my teeth to put on bras. think about that one.
2. the only reason that dopey from snow white and the seven dwarves is my favorite disney character? when i was in elem school my family and i went to disneyland, and he came up and hugged me during the electric light parade. several years later when i found out that my favorite backstreet boy AJ was dopey in...

before i forget them all...

• waking up early on christmas day and crawling into josh's bed, and then both of us crawling into our parents' bed to wake them up
• going down to mendota for any holiday and stopping by casa de fruta to pick up the gooey candy in the clear sticks as a treat
• taking a blanket outside the harmony house in the backyard and reading a book
• taking the bus and VTA lightrail with my d...

it's true, i am a great hybrid of my parents

• i am inherently stubborn (mom)
• i am willing to compromise for the sake of civility (dad)
• i love to dance (mom)
• i have a great love of literature and appreciation of literacy (both read for pleasure)
• i have a great sense of humor (dad)
• i possess a fantastic sense of direction (dad)
• family is ridiculously important to me (both are close with their parents and si...

YOU WILL ONLY GET THIS IF YOU KNOW ME IN PERSON (newest one on top)

• severin - this is getting juicy
• mardi gras - if only // too bad he is "really bad at communicating" - really? you think?
• the chef - if only there wasn't an ocean between
• snark - oh, i'm in love with your words // and now wolf camera has closed. when will we be reunited?!
• FF - ah, what to do, what to do // over it
• reel deal - what a hot ...

let it be known if i could re-do my holes that were done in a mall, i would...i was probably lazy that day to trek out

1. piercing: lobes, pair, first holes (1996 - claire's in oakridge; san jose, CA. mom took me and we got shakes afterwards)
2. piercing: lobes, pair, second holes (2001 - unsure location. mom also took me)
3. piercing: labret, left corner (june '03 - tim at mr. zebra; berkeley, CA. wendy acco...

now that there's a player... woo woo!

• "please don't go girl," new kids on the block
• "cops on bikes," facing new york
• "electric feel," mgmt
• "blame it," jamie foxx/t-pain (feb 6)
• "chopped," t-pain/ludacris (feb 6)
• "the equestrain," les savy fav (mar 2)
• "the fight i've come to like," eulogies (may 1)

or they break up...dear lord...

1. dj shadow (sept 21, 2006!)
2. bob dylan (oct 17, 2006!)
3. boyz II men (oct 20, 2006!)
4. justin timberlake (jan 11, 2007!)
5. bjork (may 19, 2007!)
6. tom petty (august 24, 2008! sort of!)
7. janet jackson (september 13, 2008!)
8. journey (september 20, 2008! without steve perry, but still awesome)
9. new kids on the block (october 10, 2008! joey mcintyre!!!!)
10. aerosmith
11. david bowie
12. the eagles
13. david gi...

oh, how i wish it were true - cue fan girl-ism

1. adam carson, AFI
2. erlend and eirik, kings of convenience
3. guy berryman, coldplay
4. jonny greenwood, radiohead
5. ed o'brien, radiohead
6. jonathan rice
7. judah nagler, velvet teen
8. richard edwards, margot & the nuclear so and so's
9. ted leo
10. john vanderslice
11. russell lissack, bloc party
12. bryan garza, scissors for lefty
13. brian molko, placebo
14. jonathan rice
15. roddy woomble, idlewild
16. all of ...

thank you saucy for the inspiration to sit down and hammer this out; alphabetical only for reading purposes minus my #1, and also prolly missing some dates as the following reflects hard tickets i still have.

• radiohead (studio session sept '03, shoreline sept '03, greek theatre june '06, greek theatre june '06, seattle white river aug '08, outside lands golden gate park aug '08, chula vista ampithe...