The Night Starts Here

"On the evening of June 30, you'll see Mars just above and to the right of Regulus, while Saturn sits above and to the left; the trio will resemble an arrowhead that night with Saturn making the arrow's tip.

On the evening of July 1, Mars will appear perched almost directly above Regulus. The color contrast will be quite striking, especially in binoculars: Mars appears yellow-orange, while Regulus is bluish.

On July 5 looking low in the western sky about an hour after sundown, you'll see a waxing crescent moon, with Regulus, Mars and Saturn all oriented in a straight line in that order, from lower right to upper left. Mars will be situated almost exactly in between Regulus and Saturn. On the following night, the moon will have shifted eastward, forming a broad triangle with Regulus and Saturn, while Mars will have moved noticeably closer to Saturn."

"I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars"
-"California Stars" Wilco

Blaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.........g

I can't wait until September 16, when I can watch Pushing Daisies whenever I want.

Yeah yeah, I can do that now with the internet, but it's not as fun to watch show in tiny little screens with ads running on the sides. Also, I want to sprawl out on my couch and watch.

Also, I cant stop listening to Radiohead's "House of Cards".

97% done with the owl. I just need to figure out that stupid left foot. Can I hide it behind something? Maybe he is riding a rocking horse.

It's a bit chilly right now. That makes me super happy.

Someone I am friends with on facebook but I really can't stand (don't ask me why we are facebook friends) wrote his status as "so-and-so can touch his toes while only bending at the waist". I really want to write on his wall "Well la-tee-da. Color me not impressed, Bartholomew Bragger. I can do that too, and I'm a fatty!"
Then I realized that is childish. Then I fought back and forth with myself and decided not to do it.

I started a new painting today. BIG MISTAKE.
It was so hot today that the paint would dry mid stroke. Then I would go to get more paint, and that too had dried. Do you understand how much paint I lost today?! Do you?! I would try to go the whole stroke, but I'd end up rubbing off what I had already painted.
I'm a very quick painter. The last painting I did took me an hour and 20 minutes, and that's only because I had to repaint the whole thing when I made a mistake. I'm not used to this slow painting. This is why I've stuck with acrylic! Bah!

Uggg... it's so wrong, but I can't fix it.

It's not going to get any cooler this summer, so I guess this painting is going to take forever.
I was also planning on fixing a painting I did earlier this year, but I guess that's being put on hold.
I freaking hate this!!

Celebrities are just like us

People I know who share names with famous people

• Elizabeth Taylor
• Richard Thompson
• Steve Miller
• Katie Holmes
• Joshua Jackson
• Dave Matthews
  

Eggs

Why I don't like them

• Think about what they are. Just do it. I dare you.
• They smell horrible.
• When you can't find them at Easter, they smell even worse.
• They taste kind of weird.
• There is the fear of breaking one open to find a red spot, or even a half developed fetus.
• The membrane. *shudder*
• Getting out the tiny shells that have fallen in.
• They kind of look like snot on the inside.
• Under cook them and they can kill you.
• They break too easily, and storing them is a pain.
• Separating the white from the yolk is also a pain.
  

When I do enjoy them

• Cakes, cookies, baking.
• Meatloaf.
• French Toast
• Icing and such.
• Throwing them against walls.
• Egg yolk paint (Tempura)
• Crushing them in my hands
• Sometimes (main word: sometimes) I enjoy an egg salad sandwich

Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down...

I just got Rick Rolled. Happy April Fool's everyone.

Rotten Apples

Right now, I really want to listen to Queens "Another One Bites the Dust". I totally would too, but there is one small problem: I have no working iPod.

For Christmas 2 years ago, I received an first generation iPod Nano. Awesome, amazing, spectacular. I didn't have to lug around my CD player anymore! Life was good.
At least I thought it was until about a year ago, when the battery started to die and the whole thing turned to crap. At first it was simple, occasionally it wouldn't turn off for the first 2 or 3 tries. After time, it got worse and worse until it would die after one song. It became the most expensive paper weight I owned, but with it's super light weight it couldn't even do that job well! It was done. R.I.P iPizzle, you piece of garbage.

Now let's hop over to the 18th, my birthday. I had asked for a new iPod battery and the little tool to open the iPod. I think it's 16 bucks for the whole package. Instead, my parents got me an iPod Video Nano! Holy crap. I'm 100% okay with that substitution. What battery?
This thing rocks. Lot's of space for music, totally revamped iQuiz which is now fun, and videos. The quality is awesome! Now I can watch Stephen Colbert miss the God Machine anywhere I go!

Unfortunately this is where the honeymoon ends. Last night, I fell asleep while listening to my iPod, so I was unable to turn it off myself. With my previous nano, it would turn off on it's own. It slept when I slept. I guess Apple decided that wasn't so important anymore. This morning I wake up and my iPod is frozen. It apparently froze at 3:41 am, as that is the time that is stuck on the screen. Also, it says the lock is on, which I have tried turning on and off to no avail. The battery is shown to be half full, but I can't tell you the real level. Also, the back light is on, as if it's taunting me.

Dun Dun Dun... Another one bites the dust...

I tried to plug it into the computer, but all it did was practically destroy my computer. ITunes wouldn't come up, but when I tried to eject it via the toolbar it gave me some garbage about some application was using it, meaning somewhere on this computer iTunes had stolen my iPod. I decided to go against everything I stand for, and I unplugged it without ejecting. Suddenly iTunes popped up! What the Finland?!

Now, if any of you are skimming through this and thinking "OMG! TL;DR! LOL!" (because I know that you talk like that), here's what I'm getting at:

I have a love-hate relationship with iPods. They are my favorite of the mp3 players, because I love the wheel, the big screen, and the very organized and detailed menus. I just hate that they are the most expensive turds on the market.

Tomorrow is a trip to the Apple Store. Fingers crossed, people. Fingers crossed.