oh, you pretty things

San Juan Capistrano has the swallows (swallows as in the birds, not the bodily function). Michigan has the worms. That's how you know spring has sprung here. When you're a little kid, they tell you that it's the return of the red-breasted robin. But I'm old enough now to know now that the robins only come back because of the worms. It's sort ( Read more... )

There's an apartment building I drive past almost every day. During the day it's just another unremarkable edifice. After dark, however, it undergoes a transformation. The three-story brown brick building is situated in such a way that the corner apartments directly face the street. This corner is the only one that interests, and of the three ( Read more... )

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i had an extremely vivid dream where i was in paris last night. (the city, not the hotel heiress. that would be more a nightmare.) anyhow, bad puns aside, i was speaking french, which is odd because i know only a handful of french words. it was night time and i was in the shadow of the eiffel tower. or what would be its shadow had there been ( Read more... )

i just feel the need to say i listened to remain in light on headphones earlier for what may have been the first time and discovered all these hidden sounds for the first time which i'm pretty sure is some sort of subversive encoding by brian eno to take control of your non-genius brain. brian. brain.

here's why i hate ticketmaster. its bad enough you have to sign up for their email list when you buy a ticket (last time i used their service was years ago) they still send you emails with subject lines like this ( Read more... )

LJ Interests meme results

1. alison mosshart's bangs:
   pure sass. the way they get drenched in sweat and hang in her eyes when she sings is pure sass.
2. dia de los muertos:
   stems from my brief goth phase. i never shook off the morbid curiosity of death. plus it's my birthday and those little skeletons are my favorite folk art ever.
3. ghost:
   japanese ( Read more... )

charlotte is messed up. people use trash cans and stop at red lights. i'm in another world.

hey attention everyone who ( Read more... )