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I don't know what it is about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but they just evoke something out of me every single time. With every passing album, it brings about a chapter in my life. I know it may sound cheesey, but it's true! If you don't have a band that does this for you, I suggest you go and find one stat.

I didn't get into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs until Fever to Tell. I wasn't around for their first album ("Art Star" i think? I'm not sure what it's titled [checking amazon this minuute]. Nope. It's self-titled. woops). I remember driving around with Ben Chance, one of the few Asians in Brownsville. This guy was cool and had an amazing taste in music. Anyways, we were driving around and I remember him telling me he had boughten it, and I swear every day for the next three weeks I'd ask Ben to lend me the CD.
Ben was (still is?) is a stoner so he'd always forget, but one day I cought him as he was going home so I picked that sucker up and put the CD in my car.

My ears were in bliss.

I had a lot of expectations for "Show Your Bones", and honestly at first I was a bit dismayed at the slowness of the record. i was expecting O's snarls and zinner-riffs and chase's beats, but it was relatively soft. I came to really start loving the album when I got to college, though. Maybe my ears grew up or something. Either way, in an interview Karen O said that this album was made in the worst of times, with them almost disbanding. I can see why the album sounds the way it does now.

So now, It's Blitz is coming out today and I can't wait to buy it. I get paid tomorrow, so that'll be a nice treat. I'm interested in seeing what the music sounds like, but i'm even more curious about the new "chapter" that this album will represent.

will it be about my summer ventures?
shall it come with me to austin?
will i listen to it and think about victor's pre-denton summer?

looking forward to finding out. i love the yeah yeah yeahs so much, and i'm not ashamed to admit so. it'll really be something when i get to see them live.

smorgasbord

give me a break
give me a break
break me off a piece of that
fancy feast!

Oh, Andy. You and your Cornell ways. The idiot is becoming one of my favorites. <3

I'm thinking of starting a photo project. I want to take iconic images of musicians or band logos and twist them a bit. So if anyone has any suggestions of images or - even better - would like to model for one of them, let me know. I'm not great at taking pictures by any means (so please set your hopes low), but nonetheless it's something that I love to do. And who knows? It could even grow into a hobby or something for me :) The infamous Velvet Underground banana will probably be my first victim.

On to school related news: UTB is offering a LOT of classes during the summer that I need, so that option has been added to the already-too-long list of things I might do. I've narrowed my decision criteria a bit, though. If I get accepted into the internship I applied for, I decided (yet not 100% by any means) that I will not do it unless they put me in Austin. That would be soo ideal. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind staying and taking classes because (1) i'd spend the summer with the bro and (2) I'm getting involved in a collusion ring. More on that story later. Nevertheless, I've been praying for guidance a lot recently and God is good. I know He will open and close what He sees fit.

Yesterday, my parents celebrated their 22nd anniversary and it was bittersweet to say the least. (btw, anyone know of any synonyms for "bittersweet"?) It was sweet because we went to the place they had their first ever date, and I got to hear them reminisce on years long gone. But it was really bitter because, well, my parents aren't even technically together. They're seperated - trying to make things better - but still seperated. So we have an awesome night only to have to drop off my dad at another house.
i know no one goes into a marriage thinking they will eventually drift, but I think because I've lived through it and have had to experience the reprocussions, I will definitely never allow that to become an option for my husband and I.
So nope.
If you smell, it's ok. i'm not leaving you.
And if you don't like that I sleep like a mummy with my head under the covers, oh well. You're staying.
I love you.
and you love me.
admitttt ittttttttt :)


ok,
too personal for blogger.
i'll stop now before i bore you.

A couple of weeks ago, someone suggested to me that I should go to a class on self-esteem. Up until that point, I thought my self-esteem was fine. I mean, granted, I don't think I'm absolutely fabulous but I don't think anyone really does.

I didn't know what to think when they brought that up. Should I be gracious and accept the offer? Should I be offended because they think I think I'm a loser? What do I think about myself? To be honest, I rather not think about myself so I kind of just blew this thing off and didn't go to the class.

Plus, a class on self-esteem? LAME

Anyways, someone called me a wallflower recently and I couldn't help but bring up the subject again in my head. When I replay events in my head, I don't necessarily see them as Sylvia being a loner - I think my personality is just kind of tame and observant. Also, if i'm meeting you for the first time, how can you expect me to full bloom? Dude, give it time. If I like you, then my true colors will eventually show - I guess I just have to warm up to the idea of you.

So if you see me quietly sitting, don't pity. It's just "me" coming out. Studying, listening, making mental notes (sometimes even mental jokes)... I don't know. I really do like myself most days, and that's all I'm really asking for anyways.

and for the record, the wallflowers were catchy - so i'll take it as a compliment.

lol

i had a dream that Jim Halpert and I were watching The Office in my apartment. It was an episode based around the Jim and Pam saga, but in the dream I knew it was symbolic of the relationship between Jim and I. Jim liked me. I liked Jim. But we never told each other - just flirted like crazy.

So the episode goes to a scene where Jim does something nice for Pam, so I turn around to Jim and say "Jim! Why don't you just tell Pam that you like her?!" but what I meant was "Jim! Why don't you just tell me that you like me?!"

and then we just laughed and ate popcorn as we finished the episode.

i think i'm addicted

i couldn't resist

12-03-2009

Night started out pretty well. I got out of my last midterm earlier than expected, so I went to pick up Erika for the ra ra riot and tokyo police club show.



We got to the venue, and parking was a mother. the ticket was seventeen bucks. That was a bummer. But it was worth it.




I don't think i've ever seen so many beautiful scenesters in my life. it has been a while since I went to a show. i felt like i was home sort of. cheesy much? anyways, cine el rey is way nice with couches and everything. we mostly stayed in the back by the bar.




once in there, we met up with adriana, jenna, and desiree. ra ra riot took the stage a little after. they were so much fun! i should have gone up and danced. they had some sick projections on the walls, as noted by the following picture.




intermission. smoke break. walked the downtown a bit. bought some buttons and took a picture with the girls from rrr. they are beaitiful and very nice.




went back in for tokyo police club. this time, we all stood by the front and danced. a lot. :) they were really fun as well.




they played an encore, and then they invited ra ra riot to take the stage with them. it was a bajillion people onstage, and they started playing The Clash's "Stand by Me"! I ran to the front, jumped on a couch, and danced the whole song. great ending. here's a horrible picture of everyone onstage.

another stream of conscious

dude, seriously. this is a disclaimer. don't continue reading. it's just a ramble - i promise. i think it would be wasting a good minute of your life. think about what you could do with a minute... you could listen to 1/3 of a song, or count to 60, or... read a boring disclaimer on a blog?
i warned you

I had this really interesting dream a couple of nights ago, and I woke up really wanting to call and tell someone about it... but I didn't have anyone to call. lol So, here I am - posting it on blogger.

Anyways in the dream a lot of friends and I were driving on a school bus, and for a long time it seemed like we were lost. We were all just staring outside the windows at the surroundings; it kind of looked like Brownsville outskirts. Think Olmito or something like that. We drove around all night until we parked outside of some small club. It was pink and the paint was chipped and it had old rock posters plastered all over the walls. Then, it clicked: "Hey! We're here guys! We're at the show!" Apparently, we were all on the bus for the same purpose - to see a show.
So we stayed and danced and it was fun.

My musical taste buds are transitioning again and I'm going through an electronica phase or something. I'm really digging beck, the new yyy stuff, and tv on the radio. to be honest, i don't think any one of those is "electronica" but whatever. i'm not a thesaurus. i don't know the word.

sometimes i feel like i have no spine. it's incredibly hard for me to say "no" to someone. my cousin called me today, and it totally ticked me off. she called to say that she took the liberty of scheduling a job interview for me at some office at ITEC. i dont want to seem ungrateful because i know people are looking for jobs, but dude, seriously. you could have at least asked. and well, me having no backbone, said that i would go and do it. but then i think about leaving the reading lab and not helping Yu Hua and it makes me sad. BUT the ITEC job would be good experience - it has more to do with my major. BUT i don't even like my major. BUT it would pay me more. i think. hfbuweriohngvjklfdvnjuipwea!