all i do is blog.

this is moreso for my own reference, so that i dont forget about these. and i will hope that any of you will join me at these events.

july 7: sherwood @ great american music hall
july 11: klaxons @ great american music hall
july 19: the bird and the bee @ the independent
july 21: ryan adams @ the catalyst
july 23: chromeo / flosstradamus (free) @ the mezzanine
july 29: daft punk @ the greek
august 3: st. vincent @ cafe du nord
august 24: wilco @ the greek
september 9: okkervil river / damien jurado @ the independent

also, in random news:
i just found out liz claiborne died.
and

this is steve jobs and his closet

for jon, shannon and joann

looking at images of slovakia, slovenia, romania, hungary, yogoslavia, croatia, ukraine and austria, i am fully content on going on some day trips

mcsweeney's


they're going bankrupt. and they're having a sale. buy stuff to help them out. i just subscribed to believer magazine and the mcsweeney's quarterly.

www.mcsweeneys.net

missing my birthday


im going out to england in november. no questions. ill miss some school and ill miss thanksgiving. now im thinking about missing my birthday. well i wont miss it. ill just celebrate it elsewhere. it what i do besides england and the wedding that i want opinions on.

do i go to:

stockholm, sweden.


budapest, hungary.


riga, latvia.


katowice, poland.


tampere, finland.

i tried to get all snowy images because that what it will be like. most likely i will go to budapest to visit our friend joann. but joann, i think you should find a city that suits you and we could possibly meet there.

st. vincent



within 3 weeks everyone will be listening to her album. she was in the polyphonic spree. then she toured as the pianist for sufjan's band.

St. Vinvent - Marry Me
St. Vincent - Paris Is Burning

i was trying to find the dinka translation of "marial bai, i love you"


what do we do. i spent a good amount of time today looking over the international crisis group website. seeing what has happened in sudan since one valentino achak deng made it to america. seeing what all the issues are that we tend to push away daily. how amazing it would be if we could fix this. but i know it will end up being americans turning the third world nations into our investments. we will help them by turning them into little versions of usa. and i hate that.

i want to help as much as one could, but i dont want the american selfish mentality to be mixed in with it. and this is what kills me.

paris, je t'aime




i will expect everyone to see this sometime in the next few weeks.

"In pretending to be a man in love, he became a man in love"

cubicle


i know have my spot in a corner office. on the second floor. overlooking a shady forest.
but the forest used to be a homeless brothel.
and its only for a few hours a week.
but im very happy.

what is the what



can someone please read this so we can talk. and then we can plan our trip to sudan.

twenty twelve



seriously, what are your thoughts on this logo for the olympics in london. i am sure the world hates it for being too extreme and too complicated and too non-london. but i love it. not for the sake of being an opposition and loving what the world hates. but for the sake of how london-esque this is. look at album art by Hot Chip:

look at the fashion that is spanning the world today:


i will be the only person to fully back this design because of how right it is with everything. but please, i want everyone who reads this to comment with your thoughts, except for that guy who leaves comments about all those prescription drugs.

clark and michael



i think this might change my life

adding to that

i bought tickets to these events:

june 13:

helvetica the film @ landmark embarcadero theaters
july 7:

sherwood @ great american music hall
july 11:

klaxons @ great american music hall

sometimes things just add up


God just kicked me in the ass, basically.
San Jose State lied to me.

six more months of school

four more units

where did this come from?

I guess I cant live on a farm in spain
I guess I cant work at a job that requires my degree
I guess my perfect life, once again, gets impurities
I guess I might not be able to go to the wedding in England.

Everything adds up, all these blogs ive written, all the words ive said, all the talk of me not fitting in with anyone at my graduation. Or the fact that I read all of this information just ten minutes before my graduation party began. It all makes sense. My life foreshadowed without anyone seeing it.

Right now I know that there will be something happening, a reason for this, a reason for my extra time at the place I was over two years ago. Its hard to accept. I yelled, I cried, because honestly, this could be the worst news ive heard. But that shows me how much I care about myself, my needs, my wants, my will.

Everything seriously adds up. Im uncomfortable. Everything that was planned is now gone. Everything that looked hopeful has ended. I am frustrated. I am losing what I want. And this is what we talked about in church. Sometimes I hate (in a loving way) how god does stuff like this.

This is what I need though. Because honestly the only things right now that have been good to me, and bring peace are god and Africa. that could sound very weird. God wins of course, but Africa, oh Africa, its your lack of knowledge which kills me. Its your tribes that dance and thank god for the sunlight, its your comfort in the thousands of ways that I view said comfort uncomforting. Its your music which speaks millions of thoughts.

i know that in turbulent times there are certain albums i cannot listen to, because i will instantly associate those albums with those turbulent times. so driving back to campbell last night i decided to listen to something that i couldnt sing along to, something that would keep me sane on my drive, and something that would coincide with the prayers and thoughts that were leaving my mind. i turned to konono no1. listen to Paradiso (live).

basically after that, things fell together. im going to accept a lot of hell that i dont want to. i need this, and it sucks.

i kindof feel that god just gave me a new car. told me to get in, and right before i get in, he takes the car away from me. and i can see him hiding it. its all crazy.

This blog makes sense to me. To you guys probably not so much.

some experience with horses required

my search for a job is similar to jon's search. except me and the teaching thing dont go together well. but i carry my continual dream of living overseas selling flowers or something simple. to learn the culture. to learn the life that i can only dream of. this failed quest quickly became a "im going to take a trip in the next few weeks" (dont be surprised if i am gone for a week). this failed quest quickly brought me to this website. people who need help gardening or painting or learning japanese or taking care of children can post on this and let their needs be seen. i believe these are all unpaid, but they cover your expenses for when you are there. i believe they provide a place to live as well. one post stood out to me, in grenada spain:
We are looking for a reliable person with initiative to stay & look after our property for 2 weeks during june or july(dates flexible) whilst we are away. We have 3 horses & 4 cats. Some experience with horses required (although we do not want them to be ridden when we are away) There are some other jobs to do watering plants etc but our main concern is that the animals are well fed & happy.


this is amazing.