most people

sometimes.

sometimes it's just nice to sit around thinking about the canadian lynx.

xox,

Paige

had another dream

it's a lifestyle

via

golden

Jim James

me, right now

ahem.

wheeler brothers

ear candy: the submarines

everybody hates a tourist

it blows me away that this is from 1995.

we're alright

it'll be ok

I will now sell five copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band.
-Rob Gordon, High Fidelity

that's all you know

tbt: the spin doctors

open.

yo-yo ma and co.

sing soft and sweet

going out to sea

alt-J

or even hello

my oh my. I hadn't heard this song for awhile. ay-yay-yay.

Ear Candy: Billy Joe Shaver

tbt: i said HEY

amber lee

we're planting our own garden

homegrown

or bein smooth with women

curious

working on it.

by Lisa Congdon

in the backseat

never made a sound

sunlight, silhouettes, and dogwood trees

watch our love, or season change

OH HEY CELLO

THIS

ermahgodsurfrock.

ear candy: langhorne slim

god ain't us

Last week I heard Steve Earle talking on the radio about this song, and how he loves it. So good to be able to appreciate your own work. Know when you like it. Know when you don't.

southern girl without a drawl

the things i never really said to make you stay

it'd been awhile....

.... but here goes. b2b todd snider. alright. gogogospring!

talking seattle grunge rock blues

sayonara, billionaires

spring, white wine, edith piaf

ear candy: fruit bats

reallyreally

ear candy: bahamas

put your dancing shoes on

tbt: go on, shania

not the age of reason

WW I-I-I

ear candy: a fine frenzy

when I miss Mere Maigs

i luh-luh-luvvv you

nailed it.

oh yes. I'm sloooowly building up my miles with an eye on a half marathon this fall, but if I had to explain the glory of long runs I could not possibly do it more succinctly than this ole turkey ad.

we don't even have jamba juice in VA

...but this slays me, y'all.

it's from thugkitchen. my new favorite place on the internet. i try not to swear on the internet, because.... it's the internet, and so it's available to everyone i work with, the kids from the school where i teach, the parents of kids who might go to the school that chased the fly, that ran from the frog that was afraid of the cat who ran from the dog, who ran from the cow, et cetera, et cetera, aka everyone, aka you, aka you again, aka oknotyou, alias: ilovethugkitchen.

in the barlight, she looked alright

A friend of mine recently told me that a Hold Steady show in Richmond sometime this past year was like 90% dudes. For some reason this kind of disappointed me? Kind of wanted to prove that women loved the hold steady, too? Battle of the sexes? Where my girls at? ....but then I remembered I needed a snack, and that I needed to pay my rent so I really couldn't spend too much time on this project, and then later on I realized that this women-love-them-too thing was not really my Hold Steady cross to bear.

Instead I want everyone - every man, woman, and child - to recognize that the guy singing Sugar High at the end of Empire Records is doing a killer Craig Finn impression.



amiright? doyahearthat?

It's even more clear here ::::



and in related news: get it, Renee Zellweger.

here's a good reason

 Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.  
-B.K.S. Iyengar

Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

Love you.

lotsa pretty people there

ear candy: James Vincent McMorrow

where a girl might find a band

so easy you can't say no

I liked this article about motivating yourself to exercise when you don't feel like it.

The author suggests making the first part of your work-out routine so easy you can't say no. This is some 5-star advice, y'all. 

My current work-out routine starts a lil sumpin like this:

1. Put on work-out clothes. (easy)

2. Choose a playlist on my computer. (sometimes easy)

3. Set an alarm on my phone for 15 minutes. (easy)

4. Stretch. (easy)

5. Leave house for a run. (easier than it was 17 minutes ago)

This is not rocket surgery, but the music is key for me and so is the time restriction/ structure on the stretching.

If I've started the clock, and I start futzing around (eg - texting someone; looking up who's birthday it is on facebook; wondering what I would say to Bob Dylan if I ever met him; wondering whether I would even actually want to meet Bob Dylan; changing directions and wondering what I would want to ask Pete Seeger about if I met him; thinking about how nice and awesome Pete Seeger seems; wondering what this blog post was about...) I come back to stretching, because otherwise I'm cheating myself out of that day's meager 15 minutes of stretching. And stretching feels good. And it's easy. So I don't say no.

tbt: faith hill

good god. early 90's faith hill. this is making my world go round. world. go. round.

 incessant pleaser or rebel? take yer pick. faith's got you covered in all-denim glory either way.





and this one! there are so many gems! ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!

double dog dare

nothin at all

wanderlust

 

  
Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring
-Vladimir Nabokov
  
foto via the steward

although i am hoping for more

Via Jess: carried away

Via Jess from mvy. This video just made my day.

i do.

still one of my favorites

buy what i need at the store

it's not because i'm an early riser.

yoga jamz, y'all

Heard this song at Opal Yoga tonight, and got PUMPED. First time there, and psyched to have a new, beautiful space for yoga in Charlottesville.

red wine is fast

strength

new vampire weekend

Am I supposed to pretend like I'm not excited for a new vampire weekend album? Because I can't do that.

and be gazed upon

it's just that -

this is one of my favorites.

for he's a jolly good fellow

"I can teach anyone how to sail, but I can never change a person's personality."
-Ernest Shackleton

via erin: summer heart

til we both turn blue

yeah.... more John Prine. thanks for understanding.

siiiiigned, NOISEMAKER

that do the grasshop

when i grow up i want to be bonnie raitt ::

:: i have a lot of work to do.

right.

Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.
-K. Pattabhi Jois

...attn, running: this goes for you, too.

by the pitcher and not by the glass

just to watch her float across the floor

grateful for: learning a dear friend shares a favorite song.

come and wake me up

always gets me into trouble

middle school

 

I think I'm officially on the throwback Thursday bandwagon. giddyup.

baby we're gettin' lost.

Guava Madness with the Ryans

sassy

"I don't care what you think of me. I don't think about you at all." - Coco Chanel

your turn.

Via Ayanna