Proving What I Already Know

That I'm brainy!!

Ha ha ha. I definitely don't consider myself brainy. I think I'm pretty smart but not brainy.

Although according to U.S. News Washington State ranks #3 for the brainiest states in the U.S. We are right behind Washington D.C. and Maryland.

To read what U.S. News used for qualifiers, click here.

This this the second article I've found over the last couple of weeks that featured Washington via a link on msn.com. Way to represent WA!

I think of you, whenever you're not around. . .

Woot! Woot! I am really, really excited because A Fine Frenzy will be playing at Neumos in November. Especially excited because Landon Pigg will be performing as well :).

I love, love Seattle for this very reason- all of my favorite indie artists come here to play.

A FINE FRENZY
The Polished Pop Songs of Alison Sudol


A FINE FRENZY, LANDON PIGG, AMONG THE OAK AND THE ASH

November 9th
7PM Doors
$18 ADV
Click Here to Buy Tickets
All Ages, Bar w/ID

Current Play List

It's been a while since I listed my current favorite songs in my current favorite playlist, I present October's List:

Incredible by Ingrid Michaelson
Say (All I Need) by OneRepublic
Come Home by OneRepublic and Sara Bareilles
Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap (thanks 500 Days of Summer soundtrack!)
The Tenure Itch by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Dream by Priscilla Ahn (Love Happens soundtrack- one of the only good things to come out of seeing that movie)
This Is For by Ingrid
Maybe by Ingrid
Once Was Love by Ingrid
We Will Become Silhouettes by The Postal Service
Young Adult Friction by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The one song that is catchy, catchy, catchy and I find myself singing it aloud at work (often) is Once Was Love by Ms. Michaelson. Below are the lyrics for your pleasure:

Don't delay, something tells me I gotta go away
Maybe it's the way we always stay when our hearts have gone
We can't hold us anymore, no we've got to fold
Down to the floor, yes I know it's cold but baby our hearts have gone

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love

I gotta see if I'm filled up when it's only me
It's not your fault but you just can't be here
Now that my heart has gone, now that my heart has gone
Now that my heart has gone

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love

Everyone is hurting now and everything is burning down
But I can build back my new town today

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

Just because there once was love
Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
Just because there once was love

There once was love, there once was love
There once was love, there once was love
There once was love, there once was love
There once was love, there once was love

She writes the most up beat catchy yet heartbreaking break up songs. One of the many reasons why I girlcrush hard on her.

Today Should Be Going Fast but. . .

it's not.

Today is a really short day at the office for me because I have an errand for the office to run as well as a company event, therefore it should be going by fast. But it's not and I cannot figure out why.

I even did little things today that take up time- ate breakfast, I already ate lunch, and even checked my fav blogs . . . there is not much new gossip aka a slow news day, so reading through them went quicker than usual.

I even checked out one of my new favorite author's website, www.kristinariggle.net. Her debut novel, Real Life and Liars, is a must read for anyone who has a complicated family (that would probably be about 90% of the population). It's told from four different perspectives- the mother (the "wilted flower" hippie heroine), the responsible-alpha female daughter/sister, the unhappy-musician wannabe son/brother, and the young-wild-insecure youngest daughter/sister. It's solidly written with main and supporting characters all developing nicely and appropriately.

I also enjoyed reading her short stories that are online. Check her out if you have time.

Go buy Real Life and Liars if you need a good book about life and love (yes, I know that sounds cliche but I swear the book isn't).

New Freebie 5

I just realized that I have a new crush, therefore I have a new Freebie 5:

Joe Gordon-Levitt
James Franco
Jason Bateman
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Clooney (always, always Clooney)

I came to this epiphany while I'm watching Dodgeball on FX. I think I started to fall in love with Jason Bateman during Juno but watching Dodgeball right now (literally I am watching it right now), has made me realize my new crush.

He's sexy, tall (from what I can tell), funny as hell, non-Hollywood-Hollywood, and has a slightly cockiness that's more confidence than arrogance.

Joe and James are still #1 and 2 because really they are who I am most in love and slightly (not really) attainable. Jason is married while Joe has a civilian girlfriend (who could me one day) and James is dating a non-Hollywood, non-famewhore girl. So that's why they stay in the top spots. But Jason is a definitive hot new freebie.

Le sigh.

I love fantasies.

Breakups by Zodiac Sign

So today is kind of going to be shot to sh-t at work because I don't really have anything to do. I have small projects to work on but that's about it. I really hate being bored at work. I prefer to be overwhelming busy.

Anyway, since the cats are away, I am going to be a mouse and play all day on the wonderful, wonderful internet. I found out how to best cope with a breakup based on my Zodiac sign via a link on msn.com.

Not that I have any man to break up with or not that there is any breaking up going on. But anywho, since I am a cusp baby (born on a cut off date)- here are my two ways of dealing with a break up:

Gemini
You love normalcy, but pretending nothing happened does not make things normal. You can multitask by reorganizing photo albums and removing the pictures with the ex - shredding of said pictures is optional. Friends of Gemini: your friend will be momentarily hysterical and then act like you're crazy if you think she's upset. It depends on which personality is in charge that day.

Cancer
The best therapy for an angry Cancer is to show your ex and yourself that life goes on! Going out on the party circuit and feeling available will quell that anger and create new reasons to be sentimental. Friends of Cancer: take your friend out to a fun place where you all can cut loose - within reason.

I have definitely gone the Gemini route before and immediately took down/got rid of all photographs (they are kept in a hot pink shoe box in my closet). Interesting.