Movies of Myself

Go ahead, say something dumb boy, there's no shame.

These days there's so much going on that even on days like this, when I can actually pause for a moment and enjoy our suddenly summer-like weather, I can't help but think of all that needs to be done. Even when I can look at the sun going down through the trees that shade the patio and call it a lemonade day and a beer day, my mind is racing with looming to-do list tasks and the slow but persistent call of grand plans and how to make them happen. I wonder how I can keep from letting life pass me by even when I'm trying to keep things going at a mile a minute. I have to keep remembering, all we have are moments.

Yo dawg, I heard you like music so I put songs in this song so you can listen to music while you listen to music. -Xzibit - Super Mash Brothers--Yes, this is the name of this song. Yes, it's from a free mashup album called Miley High Club that is AWESOME. I found out that these guys had a new one thanks to Stepth. So gone and grab it and get your party on. 

The Hours - Beach House - Can't get enough of this prettiness. It seems like I waited forever for this new Beach House album, Bloom, but it was well worth it.

Important - Maps & Atlases - There's something about this song. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but it enchants me. It convinces me to do things I maybe shouldn't do and I can't even be sorry.

Lusitania - Andrew Bird - This song is vintage Andrew Bird, meaning the musicality is perfect and it's a lilting, charming, meandering brook of a song with just that perfect touch of wisdom and it makes you so happy Andrew Bird showed up to your party.And then Annie Clark comes on and I'm just like, why'd you bring me so many pretty presents, too, Andrew Bird??

Nude

Last night Patrick and I watched a show on ABC called "XTreme Parents" (yes, Xtreme, as if your parenting should be like some neon-colored sports drink) and in the episdode there was a couple raising their two sons, aged 9 and 15, in a nudist colony. 

It always seems like the most dingy and sloppy people live at nudist colonies, never anyone you'd want to see naked. The 15 year old existed in a veritable cloud of embarrassed awkwardness. He was the outcast in the colony, insisting on being fully-clothed at all times. Remember how dreadful your family seemed to you when you were 15? Imagine if they had their garfunkel hanging out ALL THE TIME.

I also couldn't help thinking, as an XTreme Klutz, how painful life as a nudist would be. The father stood joyfully in front of a grill, flames shooting wildly around an array of burger patties. He has to be grimacing in the sting of a million tiny oil splatter burns, I thought, not to mention the disappointment of overcooked hamburger. The ABC news cameras panned over the colony recreational facilities and lingered on an immaculate tennis court. Dude, how fucking painful would it be to run around smashing tennis balls in the sun with all your bits and bobbles wagging about??

The Biggest Balloon

The last couple of weeks have been exceptionally busy and stressful for me and, on a day when I was ready to freak out, throw in the towel, and set my computer on fire, I came home to a surprise package from my friend Carolyn. 

There were two cds enclosed, one of which was a mix that was oh so delightfully titled "I Want There to be Dancing at the Wedding". I kept reading the tracklisting over and over, pondering the wondrously perfect title, feeling my terrible week turning itself around. It was like she came up to me and gave me the biggest and brightest happy balloon. It was fucking awesome.

The music is, of course, totally kick ass. I only know two songs on it and one of them is basically the best song ever (Wintersleep's "Weighty Ghost"). And the other songs are interesting and grand. They have been my faithful companions since I received the package, making all the stuff that I'm doing that much more happy and bearable. That's the best kind of music mix. 

So the hugest of thank yous goes out to Carolyn. And a thank you goes out to you, too, for being tolerant of my unintentionally long periods of absence as I try to figure out many, many things. 

Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis

Small Thought - Engagement Horse

Haha, yes, so good:

 

City Paper

How cool are these cityscape papercuts by Famille Summerbelle? If I had these in my house I'd look at them all day long. I am, of course, especially enamored of the San Francisco cut.

But the London one would be pretty nifty to have around, too. Just look at the detail! Amazing.

Paris and New York cuts round out the collection.

Famille Summerbelle Papercut Originals, $186

Small Thought - Public Bathroom

So anyone else ever get hyper paranoid that the person in the bathroom stall next to you is gonna stick you in the leg with a hypodermic needle full of sedatives and then take all your stuff, including your pants, so that half the time you're in the bathroom you're just hot stepping back and forth from left foot to right foot like a pony that just saw a corn snake dart into its haybale?

No? Just me?

Soulnese

We haven't really been keep up with all the latest happenings in the Bay Area food truck world because remember that whole thing about not eating out? We'd only cheated twice and I was super proud, but then Audrey came to visit last weekend and everything got completely blown out of the water.

We walked over to Moveable Feast Garden City which is a scant two blocks away from our humble abode. Only a duck pond, a Korean spa, a sex store and a tobbaco & pipes store separate us from the South Bay's finest food truck gathering each and every Saturday afternoon. It's a wonder we aren't there every weekend.

Especially since Soulnese (self described as Asian soul food) makes regular appearances there now. In a typical overzealous frenzy, I do believe I ordered one of everything on the menu. We got:

• Mac n Rolls - Super fresh eggs rolls filled with an 8 cheese blend mac and cheese and paired with an epic spicy ginger ranch sauce.
• Soul Stix - perfectly grilled prawns wrapped around hot link slices on a skewer
• Garlic Pork fries - exactly
• Fried chicken with Asian slaw - Very crispy, fried up asian style. Love.
• Pork fried rice - I was so full we didn't even get to this, but it made for good leftovers a couple days later. It wasn't anything special, but just straightforward well done fried rice.

My sister went balls to the wall and got a special item: a chicken and waffle wrap. That's right, scrambled eggs, asian fried chicken, garlic sauce, bacon, ham, syrup and an entire waffle rolled up in a tortilla. It was like a Breakfast Burrito Superdream, so amazing. The end of the wrap was a little too syrupy, but I ain't mad at you chicken and waffle wrap. You more than made up for any shortcomings by being a FRIED CHICKEN AND A WAFFLE AND BACON AND EGG BURRITO.

I have to stay away from Moveable Feast for a litte while, I think. It can't be heart-healthy to consume mac and cheese egg rolls on a regular basis, right?