I'm realizing I need to save a lot more money. I mean, not a lot I guess, because I will find a job, but every little bit will help. My birthday is coming up and my family is asking what I want and honestly I don't want any things. I would rather have the money to move. Though I think my brother is gonna get me a record player which is awesome. They were all confused as to why I was leaving. Everyone expects me to have a job lined up or something. God! It's called living. Taking chances, even if they're kind of crazy. I don't want to skirt through life doing easy things. I want to struggle. I'm not worried about finding a job. I have enough money to last long enough for me to find one. They picked on me about picking Colorado. Saying the only reason I'm going is because of legal weed. Which is not true, but I wouldn't expect them to know. The major difference between them and me is that they are sort of home bodies. And I have to get away. I don't want to live in the same town as my family forever. I want to go somewhere totally new where I don't know anyone and live. It's simply a perk that weed is legal. It's not like being somewhere it's illegal would stop me from smoking it anyway. I'm ready to be done. I'm close.
Electric Feel by MGMT
Mav
21 days
Friday, September 27, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
The Chase
This is an animated short film featuring Gorillaz music. I enjoy these types of short films. In fact...here is another. I actually can't remember if I possibly have already posted it, but oh well.
Skhizein
It's a wonderfully deep film. It's all about the mind and dealing with life and how things are difficult but once you accept yourself then the rest of the world falls at your feet. That's my interpretation anyway, feel free to see it however you want. Enjoy.
So I've planned a visit trip to Colorado for Dec 12-15. I'm excited. Hopefully I will find an apartment and maybe look at some places that will be/are hiring. I'm so ready to be up there. There are things I will miss of course. The searing heat turning the black asphalt to water and the endless thrum of crickets and cicadas singing to me while I sit in my bedroom window. Speaking of, my bedroom window has a most gorgeous view of the sunset that I'm sure I wont have there. I'll also miss the lazy, drawling accents and southern cuisine. There is beauty in this place, but my soul longs to brush through the tall grass of new beauty in new places.
Cousins by Vampire Weekend
This was one of their first really big songs. I love it. It's so great. It's so funky.
Excitedly,
Mav
25 days
This is an animated short film featuring Gorillaz music. I enjoy these types of short films. In fact...here is another. I actually can't remember if I possibly have already posted it, but oh well.
Skhizein
It's a wonderfully deep film. It's all about the mind and dealing with life and how things are difficult but once you accept yourself then the rest of the world falls at your feet. That's my interpretation anyway, feel free to see it however you want. Enjoy.
So I've planned a visit trip to Colorado for Dec 12-15. I'm excited. Hopefully I will find an apartment and maybe look at some places that will be/are hiring. I'm so ready to be up there. There are things I will miss of course. The searing heat turning the black asphalt to water and the endless thrum of crickets and cicadas singing to me while I sit in my bedroom window. Speaking of, my bedroom window has a most gorgeous view of the sunset that I'm sure I wont have there. I'll also miss the lazy, drawling accents and southern cuisine. There is beauty in this place, but my soul longs to brush through the tall grass of new beauty in new places.
Cousins by Vampire Weekend
This was one of their first really big songs. I love it. It's so great. It's so funky.
Excitedly,
Mav
25 days
Monday, September 23, 2013
Hello.... is this thing on?
I don't really have anything to say. Honestly, almost all I think about these days is how close I am to being done. 26 days now, and every day is like starting the countdown all over again. Yesterday was 27 days, but today is a whole new day. What is 27? That is the past. I only have to wait 26 days. Almost as if I haven't already waited 265 days. There is only today. Each day is a countdown. A beginning. An end. A victory. I think that is how we should look at life. This day. This moment is the only moment that we have any control over. Right now. This moment is my victory, my countdown. And I am winning them all. Like a mother fucking boss. So I declare that in 26 days at noon you should all share a bowl with me. Of course it will be your own, but know that we will be toking together. You've all been so good to stick with me through this hiatus of thought and happiness. I will be back soon, however; and all your patience will not be for naught.
Barracuda by Heart
Just felt like this song today. It's been on my mind. I am also going to post a live version so you can see them actually performing. Which is always cool, but the quality blows so that's why it's not the main SotD.
Who's that girl?
It's Mav!
26 days! (as if you didn't already know)
Barracuda by Heart
Just felt like this song today. It's been on my mind. I am also going to post a live version so you can see them actually performing. Which is always cool, but the quality blows so that's why it's not the main SotD.
Who's that girl?
It's Mav!
26 days! (as if you didn't already know)
Friday, September 20, 2013
Sup
I just have to post this because I think it's really hauntingly beautiful. This song is transformed into a dark ballad about homosexual love. It's fantastic. It's just Dolly Parton's "Jolene" slowed down from 45 rpm to 33 rpm (25%). You may have seen it on Buzz Feed. Give it a couple listens and really take in it's pain.
Jolene (slow) by the voice of everyone who has been in this situation.
Ponderingly,
Mav
28 days!
Jolene (slow) by the voice of everyone who has been in this situation.
Ponderingly,
Mav
28 days!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
One Month
Today might seem a very special post.
I'd like to start with a couple movies.
Spirited Away is the first. The preview is dubbed in English, but I fully recommend watching the movie with the English subtitles instead. When I watched this movie I really wasn't quite sure what to expect. I completely understood why it is one of the highest rated anime films after watching it. It's phenomenal. If you like magic and mystery and love and adventure then you'll like this.
Howl's Moving Castle is the second. It is also made by the same director as Spirited Away. Again the trailer is in English, but I really urge you to watch it with English subtitles. It just gives you a better idea of the voices of the characters and everything. This movie is amazing too. It had me laughing and crying (good tears) and completely sucked in.
Here is a comic strip that I found to be really profound and think that everyone should give it a look. It's a touch long, but totally worth the read.
A Day at the Park
There is this page on Facebook that I have recently been turned on to. It's called "fundies say the darnedest things" and it's essentially just posts of found statuses made my hyper religious people. It's pretty funny. Mostly the posts just make me sad and despair for humanity, but the comments give me my hope back. What I have come to find the most consistently true is the amount of blind, questionless faith these "fundies" have. It's like they think asking questions is wrong and should never be done. They have been raised in a time warp of Christianity that is unchanging and therefore not really relevant in our world. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with religion. We all need ways to cope with our lives and ways to answer questions and something to have hope in. For some, like me, we get hope from ourselves and the world around us the just the simple joy of being able to experience this little life while we can no matter what it means in the future. For others, it's the need to feel part of something much bigger. What I don't agree with is mindless belief in something that you 1) don't really understand yourself and 2) condemn the rest of the world for not following. My biggest beef with most religions is that they don't allow for adaptation or change within it's worshiping population. We are not our ancestors. We have different ideas, different needs, different rights, way more people, and a hell of a lot more problems. We amend the constitution all the time (as one example being as I am American) but we look at a bible created thousands of years ago and still expect it to have our best interests in mind. I know, I know, "But Mav, the bible is divinely written" blah blah blah. Having divine inspiration does not make it written by Christ. People are divinely inspired all the time. Usually they are standing on street corners telling us to repent. Do we listen to them? What also makes me smile about the comments on this page is that the non-"fundies" (rationals, radicals, smart people) in most cases have a much better understanding of what is actually written in the bible or what laws there are that should be followed. It shows me that being raised in this non-questioning group they really don't know what they are talking about. They have never taken the time to have their own questions answered, to seek the truth. Searching for truth doesn't make you less of a believer, it just makes you smart. I also learned that everything that they don't believe is Satan. This is coming from people who supposedly "follow" (even though I'm pretty sure they just use Christianity as an excuse to be bigoted) a man's ideals that included hanging out with seedy people and loving them just the same. Of every religion, I think Christianity is the pushiest. They just want to shove it down everyone's throat. Like on Orange is the New Black....and that didn't end well for her.
Breathe Me by Sia
This song is really good and I really enjoy the artistic style of the video.
Patiently,
Mav
30 days O_O
"The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable."
I'd like to start with a couple movies.
Spirited Away is the first. The preview is dubbed in English, but I fully recommend watching the movie with the English subtitles instead. When I watched this movie I really wasn't quite sure what to expect. I completely understood why it is one of the highest rated anime films after watching it. It's phenomenal. If you like magic and mystery and love and adventure then you'll like this.
Howl's Moving Castle is the second. It is also made by the same director as Spirited Away. Again the trailer is in English, but I really urge you to watch it with English subtitles. It just gives you a better idea of the voices of the characters and everything. This movie is amazing too. It had me laughing and crying (good tears) and completely sucked in.
Here is a comic strip that I found to be really profound and think that everyone should give it a look. It's a touch long, but totally worth the read.
A Day at the Park
There is this page on Facebook that I have recently been turned on to. It's called "fundies say the darnedest things" and it's essentially just posts of found statuses made my hyper religious people. It's pretty funny. Mostly the posts just make me sad and despair for humanity, but the comments give me my hope back. What I have come to find the most consistently true is the amount of blind, questionless faith these "fundies" have. It's like they think asking questions is wrong and should never be done. They have been raised in a time warp of Christianity that is unchanging and therefore not really relevant in our world. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with religion. We all need ways to cope with our lives and ways to answer questions and something to have hope in. For some, like me, we get hope from ourselves and the world around us the just the simple joy of being able to experience this little life while we can no matter what it means in the future. For others, it's the need to feel part of something much bigger. What I don't agree with is mindless belief in something that you 1) don't really understand yourself and 2) condemn the rest of the world for not following. My biggest beef with most religions is that they don't allow for adaptation or change within it's worshiping population. We are not our ancestors. We have different ideas, different needs, different rights, way more people, and a hell of a lot more problems. We amend the constitution all the time (as one example being as I am American) but we look at a bible created thousands of years ago and still expect it to have our best interests in mind. I know, I know, "But Mav, the bible is divinely written" blah blah blah. Having divine inspiration does not make it written by Christ. People are divinely inspired all the time. Usually they are standing on street corners telling us to repent. Do we listen to them? What also makes me smile about the comments on this page is that the non-"fundies" (rationals, radicals, smart people) in most cases have a much better understanding of what is actually written in the bible or what laws there are that should be followed. It shows me that being raised in this non-questioning group they really don't know what they are talking about. They have never taken the time to have their own questions answered, to seek the truth. Searching for truth doesn't make you less of a believer, it just makes you smart. I also learned that everything that they don't believe is Satan. This is coming from people who supposedly "follow" (even though I'm pretty sure they just use Christianity as an excuse to be bigoted) a man's ideals that included hanging out with seedy people and loving them just the same. Of every religion, I think Christianity is the pushiest. They just want to shove it down everyone's throat. Like on Orange is the New Black....and that didn't end well for her.
Breathe Me by Sia
This song is really good and I really enjoy the artistic style of the video.
Patiently,
Mav
30 days O_O
"The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable."
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
time goes by....so slowly
Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
I love this song so much. It is perfect in almost every way. And it's funny because it goes with me playing Mass Effect 3 right now. Because fear the reaper is all anyone is doing. I never took much notice of how the Citadel falls into ruin as the game progresses. If you haven't played that trilogy I encourage you to do so. It is so well done. I've played it through 4 times and 5 or 6 times on the first one and I still find new things every time I play. But I think I am going to pick up Bioshock again.
My brother and I got to brainstorming about the Halloween birthday party we are having in a month and I had gone to the Dollar Tree and bought a whole bunch of stuff. So we first just did one thing just to see how it looked. Now, half the house is decorated! Haha, might as well just go ahead. But now we know exactly what we need. It's going to be such a great party. I can't wait to write about it.
Excitedly,
Mav
37 days
I love this song so much. It is perfect in almost every way. And it's funny because it goes with me playing Mass Effect 3 right now. Because fear the reaper is all anyone is doing. I never took much notice of how the Citadel falls into ruin as the game progresses. If you haven't played that trilogy I encourage you to do so. It is so well done. I've played it through 4 times and 5 or 6 times on the first one and I still find new things every time I play. But I think I am going to pick up Bioshock again.
My brother and I got to brainstorming about the Halloween birthday party we are having in a month and I had gone to the Dollar Tree and bought a whole bunch of stuff. So we first just did one thing just to see how it looked. Now, half the house is decorated! Haha, might as well just go ahead. But now we know exactly what we need. It's going to be such a great party. I can't wait to write about it.
Excitedly,
Mav
37 days
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Show me what you got for me!
Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake
Never forget!
It's impressive that such a downright creepy video has been so loved. The song it great. To this day it is one of my favorite Justin songs. The song shows basically a stalker breaking into a girl's house and getting weird in their just for the rush and then following her around through her house only to hide in her closet and watch her get in the shower and then slide up to the glass like he either wants to jizz right there or kill her (hard to tell). Another thing....how did this girl not notice her window smashed in?! She walks right fucking by it. He comes in right where she takes off her coat. Dumbass. A cool thing about the video though is the way he moves around like he is on strings. A little throw back to both his N'sync days and some Jamiroquai type style. I'm including the Pop-Up Video Version. It would just be the main one I do, but the quality is kind of crap so it's just something extra, because I find them cool. Also it's not the main because it annoying cuts off towards the end. But the facts are interesting, nonetheless.
Señorita by Justin Timberlake
Because we should not forget what he has come from. It's all been beautiful. I used to wear this album out! He looks so young haha.
I've been getting stuff for my party coming up in October. This month I am going to be testing all different kinds of snack foods to bake. Ian and my coworkers will be taste testing my creations. The good ones will be uploaded on here with the recipes so you can enjoy the awesomeness as well. One day I will have my own bakery shop.
Happy,
Mav
38 days BITCHES!!
Never forget!
It's impressive that such a downright creepy video has been so loved. The song it great. To this day it is one of my favorite Justin songs. The song shows basically a stalker breaking into a girl's house and getting weird in their just for the rush and then following her around through her house only to hide in her closet and watch her get in the shower and then slide up to the glass like he either wants to jizz right there or kill her (hard to tell). Another thing....how did this girl not notice her window smashed in?! She walks right fucking by it. He comes in right where she takes off her coat. Dumbass. A cool thing about the video though is the way he moves around like he is on strings. A little throw back to both his N'sync days and some Jamiroquai type style. I'm including the Pop-Up Video Version. It would just be the main one I do, but the quality is kind of crap so it's just something extra, because I find them cool. Also it's not the main because it annoying cuts off towards the end. But the facts are interesting, nonetheless.
Señorita by Justin Timberlake
Because we should not forget what he has come from. It's all been beautiful. I used to wear this album out! He looks so young haha.
I've been getting stuff for my party coming up in October. This month I am going to be testing all different kinds of snack foods to bake. Ian and my coworkers will be taste testing my creations. The good ones will be uploaded on here with the recipes so you can enjoy the awesomeness as well. One day I will have my own bakery shop.
Happy,
Mav
38 days BITCHES!!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Let's all nerd out
I have been at Dragon Con all weekend. It was amazing. My first con and I will not soon forget it. There were so many different kinds of people all dressed up. Everyone was so friendly too. You can talk to anyone around you. And the best part is that you get to discuss super nerdy things like it's completely normal conversation. I thought, "I belong here." Because that's how I talk all the time (when I'm not being deeply poetic and existential haha). But the cool thing is that there are so many different panels for all sorts of interests. I got to see the voice actors for much of the Futurama cast (which was bloody fucking hilarious) and I saw James Urbaniak speak who is Dr. Venture. I also saw Space Ghost. Ermahgerd I was crying I was laughing so hard. And I got to go to these other two panels on the skeptics schedule (skept track) and we talked about how everything is just your brain making patterns and about how crazy people try to skirt society using pseudolaw. It was really interesting. I want to go to more skept track stuff next time. I didn't dress up this year, but I already have a lot of ideas for dressing up for my next con. Not only is there dressing up and panels galore, but there are also all night rave parties that are so much fun your feet will want to fall off dead afterwards. A couple mornings I didn't think my feet were going to start moving again. I will try to keep you up to date on my costume progress. I'm hoping to have several costumes for the next one. Because if you aren't going to go all out, don't do it at all.
I Am The Doctor <3 David Tennant
Creepin' by Eric Church
Because this song is the shit that's why! And I think Eric Church as a bit of a Doctor look about him....yummy. I think this song feels a little bit cajun to me for some reason. If it's the banjo, I don't know but I love it.
Finn Jones couldn't be more gorgeous. Drool. You may recognize him as Loras Tyrell off Game of Thrones. He is also called the Knight of Flowers.
Exhausted,
Mav
45 days!
I Am The Doctor <3 David Tennant
Creepin' by Eric Church
Because this song is the shit that's why! And I think Eric Church as a bit of a Doctor look about him....yummy. I think this song feels a little bit cajun to me for some reason. If it's the banjo, I don't know but I love it.
Finn Jones couldn't be more gorgeous. Drool. You may recognize him as Loras Tyrell off Game of Thrones. He is also called the Knight of Flowers.
Exhausted,
Mav
45 days!
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