no one can violate our magnificent complicity....

Womanizer premiere

2008-10-11T06:02:00.001-05:00

We'll see how long the video stays on youtube... but here's Britney's new video for Womanizer....

BLOG HAS MOVED!!!!

2008-09-23T18:39:00.003-05:00

or click HERE.....

baby of the future...

2008-09-22T18:46:00.000-05:00

I have a feeling this will soon be the children of the future.... AYO... technology!!!

the real Mario and Yoshi...

2008-09-22T18:42:00.000-05:00

LEAKED IMAGES OF THE REAL MARIO AND YOSHI!!

cute french octopus video...

2008-09-21T18:30:00.000-05:00

i liked this video a lot... i need to learn to do animation like these folks!!

Economist writers support Obama

2008-09-21T18:08:00.000-05:00

interesting...

austin vs. seattle

2008-09-21T18:03:00.003-05:00

i was browsing around the world wide web when I discovered this interesting article comparing living in Seattle to living in Austin. Just thought I'd throw it out there!! :)

AUSTIN VS. SEATTLE: South By Southwest or Pacific Northwest?

Posted by Shilo Urban

Categories: Culture, Music, Shilo

With all the brou-haha over the South By Southwest Music Festival going on right now around the country, our thoughts here in Seattle naturally turn to Austin, our sister city down south. Like siblings, the two cities might pull each other’s pigtails now and again, but ultimately we have a shared ethos. I have lived in both placed for over four years each and can empirically say that the two blazin’ metropoli have the same liberal, progressive, music-lovin’, life-is-good-let’s-party-vibe. Seattle just adds ‘please’ on the end, where Austin yells ‘yee-haw’!

Seattle is full of transplants from Austin and vice versa; many people are like me and love both cities. But which city is the best? Obviously since I live in Seattle my opinion on the Austin vs. Seattle debate is clear, I’m not the type of person to live in a place that I don’t absolutely love. When I took this question to the streets of Seattle however, I found passionate responses on both sides, which of course makes me wonder: if you are screaming about how much you love the Texas capital, why the hell do you live in Seattle? Either way, here’s what I found out:

MUSIC FESTIVAL: SXSW vs. Bumbershoot? At Austin’s (and the South’s, and the Southwest’s) premier music festival there are more performers and artists from more countries around the world than at Bumbershoot. Plus the venues and environment of Sixth Street is much more genuine rock and roll and better and suited for musicthon than the corporatey-feeling Seattle Center. Austin wins, hands down.

WEATHER: Insanely hot, sunny weather for month after month in the summer, or drizzly, overcast, sun-deprived skies for month after month in the winter? When you step out of the shower and are covered in sweat as you are toweling off, that is too hot. When swimming pools become bathwater-warm and you can no longer swim in them, that is too hot. When the temperature drops below 100 degrees and folks talk of a cold front, that is too hot. A little rain in Seattle? I’ll take it, a fair trade for those glorious spring/summer/fall days that we know will arrive. Seattle wins, with props to Texas for those amazing thunder and lightening storms.

UNIVERSITY BLOODLINE: The Drag or The Ave? In Austin, Guadalupe Street runs between the University of Texas campus and the Greek houses; it is chock full of coffee shops, cheap ethnic restaurants, funky clothing stores, and bookstores. In Seattle, University Way NE runs north and south right next to the University of Washington campus, it is chock full of coffee shops, cheap ethnic restaurants, funky clothing stores, and bookstores. However The Ave has no Drag Rats, kids from mostly middle-class families having fun at playing homeless and busking for bones when they have hundreds of dollars of piercings in their face alone. Seattle wins.

SWIMMING HOLE: Barton Springs Park or Green Lake Park? Bubbling up from the earth a clear and constant 68 degrees year round, Barton Springs keeps Austinites sane during the hot-as-hell summer days. Green Lake Park is Seattle’s working park where people are serious about getting their exercise and having fun. Kids and dogs are always swimming in the glacial lake, despite past years’ warnings against toxicity. Hmmm. Austin wins.

POLITICS: Liberal and progressive or liberal and progressive? Both cities are home to a forward-thinking, Obama (no! Hillary!)-loving, book-reading, gay-friendly, dog-owning, lecture-attending, politically involved populace. Seattle has the rest of the West Coast for support in this stance, but Austin stands alone in Texas, a tiny liberal island set afloat in a vast, conservative sea of pickups, churches, and XXX stores. This is probably why in general, Austinites have bigger kahunas than Seattleites. Because of this additional hardship, Austin wins.

TRAFFIC: Horrible or terrible? In Seattle the traffic during rush hour is slow, like the drivers, and I hear if you live on the Eastside for some strange reason, those bridges get really backed up. In Austin however, you schedule your life around rush hour, and never plan to go anywhere between the hours of 4-7PM. It’s really that bad. Seattle wins.

HIP MOVIE FILMED AT ALL THE RIGHT PLACES: Dazed and Confusedor Singles? Richard Linklater filmed the former all over Austin with local actor Wiley Wiggins; you can climb the Moontower (and get arrested) at Zilker Park and eat at In-an-Out Burger (Top Notch Burger on Burnet Road). Singles showcases Gasworks Park and a billion other Seattle locales AND stars our favorite non-celebrity, Eddie Vedder. One movie is about cool people trying to hook up in the 70’s, the other is about cool people trying to hook up in the 90’s. It’s a tie.

GEOGRAPHY: Hill Country or The Olympic Peninsula and the Cascades? If you drive out of Austin at the right time of year you will encounter firey swaths of wildflowers on rolling hills, wide open spaces, and Bush supporters frothing wildly at the mouth. If you drive out of Seattle any time of year you will find incredible snow-capped mountains, rain forests, turquoise-colored glacial lakes, rock-strewn beaches and Bush supporters frothing mildly at the mouth. Seattle wins, hands down.

It is this last bit of information, the gorgeous natural setting, that pushes our city to the top every time in my mind, and in yours: Seattle wins. Out on the streets of our city most people were pro-Seattle, but the few Austin-lovers I did find would give me all the reasons in the world why Austin was the winner until I pulled out the trump card: the mountains, Puget Sound, and this beautiful emerald world we have around us. Sorry, but Austin just can’t compete in the natural beauty category. Now we just have to get our music scene up to par. Who’s with me?

via CultureMob

a is for....

2008-09-20T03:08:00.000-05:00

i'm in love with this song....

2008-09-20T03:03:00.002-05:00

this is by far the song of the week/month... I'm in love with it for some reason.

The band name is The Veronicas and they are twins from Australia. check out my favorite of their songs... "Untouched"

anti-theft sandwich bags!

2008-09-20T03:01:00.002-05:00

I LOVE these bags!! Perhaps because people at my work think it's appropriate to steal my lunch every once in a while. These bags are BEAUTIFUL!! All you do is put your sandwich inside of them and WALLA! No one will be stealing your sandwich now!

romantic song of the week....kind of

2008-09-20T02:55:00.002-05:00

OK...so I think it's a romantic song even though she sings about being pushed away bitterly.

I think the second reason I love this video is the CHEESY soap opera that accompanies it. :) So enjoy one of my favorite musicians -- Me'Shell Ndegeocello.... "Bitter"

and here is one of my other favorite songs from her cd....

funny ecards

2008-09-20T02:53:00.001-05:00

cute animals of the week!!

2008-09-14T13:55:00.001-05:00

two amazing cat videos...

2008-09-12T13:28:00.002-05:00

this made me smile...

a firefighter rescued a cat from a burning building.... the cat was UNCONSCIOUS!!!!! The firefighter gave the cat mouth-to-meowth (bwaha...) resuscitation!!! It made me happy...

2. Cute cat doing technical support on a printer. HILARIOUS!

the TRUTH about McCain's ads....

2008-09-11T19:25:00.001-05:00

found this today and thought it was quite interesting.... oh the political spin that transcends our nation's stupidity.... sigh...

omg...I'm going to be hit by a hurricane....

2008-09-11T01:56:00.004-05:00

OK.

So I wasn't too stressed about Hurricane Ike, until I heard the update on it. It's apparently going to hit Saturday morning at the coast and reach Austin with up to 70 MPH winds. Oh my goodness....I'm going to fly away. So needless to say I'm a little worried. It's already killed over 100 people on it's way here. Luckily I'm a ways in from the coast...where as Corpus or Galveston are going to get hit the worst.

So hopefully all will be well. They are advising Austinites to fill up their car and have food to cook as the wind might knock down power and the such. Should be exciting. I'll be blogging any crazy activity that happens!!!

Just so you out of country/state people know where I'm at...the top photo is the forecast for it's path and the map below is of the Lone Star state.... so Austin is a little ways in!! :)

when penguins fly...

2008-09-11T01:55:00.000-05:00

I wish they could!! :) So cute....

obama vs. palin round 1

2008-09-10T00:21:00.004-05:00

found this interesting....

"Al-Queda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and [Obama's] worried that someone won't read them their rights."
----Palin

wow. how republican of her.

his response?

"My position has always been clear: If you've got a terrorist, take him out, anybody who was involved in 9/11, take 'em out. If the government grabs you, you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism. It's because that's who we are. That's what we're protecting. Don't mock the Constitution. Don't make fun of it. Don't suggest that it's not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up. It's worked pretty well for over 200 years." ---Obama

via Washington Post

leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

2008-09-09T20:30:00.003-05:00

ok... this story made my week.... HA! A co-worker showed me this today and I couldn't stop laughing....

Apparently in Mobile, Alabama the community believed a leprechaun was living in a tree by a popular intersection. All sorts of people came out to see if they could find the "Pot-o-gold." HAHAHA.... interesting.....

Katy Perry church sign

2008-09-09T20:24:00.002-05:00

a congregation in Ohio had this up relating to Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" song.

I actually know people that will agree with this sign! Ha!

old navy and target ads..

2008-09-09T00:21:00.001-05:00

I'm always amazed by how TV spots have the opportunity to embed their brand into your psyche. I'll have to do a post on random ads that have changed advertising...but as of today I'm focusing on Target and Old Navy. Two brands that have seen pretty radical changes of their focus audience over the past five years. I'm a huge fan of Target's ads....and they always seem to make me smile. Here are some of my favorite of theirs:

I think what I'm most struck by is the editing and the engaging reaction it gets from the audience watching it. The first ad is very creative in the split screen and the regular people vs. everyday household items. Cute for sure. The second is good for branding and being creative with showing how "Target" is everywhere. It's in everything you have. The third clip is an example to how beautiful women can be done up and edited in a way that's quite fascinating. They play with time a lot in the editing... going from slow to fast, matching the music. I'm a big fan.

Now the Old Navy ones....

What we have here is two completely different spots done extremely well with both music, character, attitude, placement and form of text and fonts, etc. They were both done by the same agency: Mac Guff which is quite a cool visual effects company. I had the nice opportunity to talk with one of the creators over email regarding Film and the possibility of having an online Film Community and Class setting that I would help run. I like the two ads because of what they make you feel. The editing of the shots combined with the music is actually quite powerful. The first one is just plain exploitation in a way of... "because we have Old Navy swimsuits, we're cooler than you, hotter than you, and have more fun than you." I liked it. Ha! It made Old Navy look.... (dare I say?!): Cool. The second one is fascinating in that they have a minute length one that goes into each character's story a bit more. It's available to watch on their website and I'd recommend it.

JUST my two cents for tonight! :)

they transformed my face!!!!!!!

2008-09-06T00:10:00.001-05:00

so above is an original picture of me..... from a good time this year in San Francisco, CA where I was sent there by work for some training. Lots of fun. NOW below.... is my face transformed!! :) haha... check it out! It's scary! :)

via Faces of the Future

Me as a Baby --->

me as old --->

me as African American --->

me as Asian --->

me as Middle Eastern --->

me as Anime --->

me as Ape Man --->

SCARY!!!!!!

I think Palin is related to Karen Walker and Tina Fey

2008-09-05T13:38:00.000-05:00

I think Karen Walker and Tina Fey had a love child...and that love child is named Sarah Palin.

fox.......ARRRRRGHHHH

2008-09-05T13:08:00.000-05:00

awwww.....

2008-09-05T01:03:00.000-05:00

the BATS at Congress....

2008-09-05T01:02:00.001-05:00

My little homemade video on the BATS at the South Congress bridge here in beautiful Austin, Texas. :)

It's not that exciting... but ENJOY!

my new obsession....

2008-09-05T00:59:00.002-05:00

DON'T JUDGE (I'm looking at you roommates!!)

but this is my new favorite TV show.... :)

cute animals....

2008-09-05T00:53:00.000-05:00

OMG...the cat uses a fork and chopsticks!!

2008-09-05T00:46:00.002-05:00

This cat is my hero!!! Haha... I love the owner/mom in this clip. I think my mom (love ya Roseanne....) is a little bit like this woman.

She taught her cat to eat with a fork. She taught her cat to eat with CHOPSTICKS!!! (because it would be a good gesture since they're visiting Korea.....seriously...).

My favorite part is where the owner washes the paws.... and sings "This is the way we wash our paws... wash our Paws.."

twitter was down....

2008-09-05T00:07:00.001-05:00

twitter was down.....and I almost FREAKED!

I'm a big Twitter fanatic.... and when it did go down I was treated to this great little picture!

It made my life that much better....

BARK 4 Obama!

2008-09-05T00:04:00.001-05:00

I think I'll have to get this shirt for my dog Rocky....

he's DEFINITELY a Democrat! :)

I was in Denver for the Convention.... more to come...

Vacation!!

2008-08-24T12:13:00.000-05:00

I'm away on vacation in Denver!! So posts will be slow... Hope all is
well!!

man sings puppies to sleep

2008-08-21T22:38:00.004-05:00

First things first....

Shout out to my Mom! Haha.. She showed me this clip and it is quite hilarious in a warm fuzzy you could almost throw-up-a-little-bit kind of way...

go check out my homie's new song..... "perfectly accidently"

2008-08-12T02:05:00.006-05:00

my homie Katrina Stone (who I tried out for American Idol with...has released my new fav song!!!)

"PERFECTLY ACCIDENTLY"

Go check it out!!! If you are friend with me... go to ---

www.myspace.com/latinoflava

....if not.... listen to her site here...

OR be a doll and go visit her website (which is incredible...) -- katrinastone.com

LOVE you all!!!

----Tim

random phone photos

2008-08-12T01:52:00.004-05:00

thought I'd put a little bit of my fav phone photos together... :)

funny tshirts!!

2008-08-12T01:21:00.002-05:00

check out bustedtees.com

GREAT goods!

goldfrapp makes me happy

2008-08-12T01:08:00.001-05:00

ok....

now I LOVED Goldfrapp's crazy disco CD.... yes I did.... but I think I love their folky/alt CD even better!! here's one of my fav songs/videos from the album.... enjoy the weirdness!!

"A&E"

german alf!!

2008-08-12T01:04:00.001-05:00

ummm.... I didn't know I could love Alf any more....

........until he went GERMAN!!! :)

bwahahahahahaha

judge judy earthquake

2008-08-12T01:03:00.001-05:00

remind me not to be around Judge Judy when an earthquake happens... she'll run for the hills!!!!!

two-faced kitty!!

2008-08-12T01:02:00.001-05:00

check out this CUTE kitty with two faces!!!

WOWZERS!!!

dorm snake

2008-08-12T01:01:00.001-05:00

so a dorm came up with the idea to use the lights they had as a real life SNAKE game...

überly cool!!! :)

real world Austin

2008-08-12T00:58:00.003-05:00

I came across this trailer for the Real World: Austin and it made me laugh!!

haha... oh drama....

2008-08-12T00:17:00.003-05:00

In Parlier, California there is a Cat Woman who has a HUGE house and ACRES of land that she provides to...... CATS!!! :)

She says she has anywhere between 500-700 cats at any given time!!! It's insane!!! Can you imagine the cuteness?!?!!? Check out the video below....

MY 200th POST!!!

2008-08-12T00:05:00.003-05:00

YAY!!

We've hit another landmark!! It's my 200th post!! Thanks again for reading and emailing me your thoughts!!! :)

here's to another 200!!

-- T

i hate popped collars...

2008-08-07T18:47:00.002-05:00

cats love birds!!!

2008-08-06T16:49:00.005-05:00

These pictures made my week.... I think we can all get along in this world just like this cat and bird! Ha! So let's have peace in the Middle East!! :)

was i an american teen?

2008-08-06T16:41:00.003-05:00

I got to go to an advanced screening of this film last night... it was... interesting. I wasn't that impressed to say the least. Given that it's supposed to be a Documentary, it didn't quite live up to the standards I was expecting. Some story lines seemed forced and edited down to a very specific stereotype. If you want to see the rich, straight, white lifestyle of teenagers.... be my guest. I feel actually bad for these kids as it feels like they were exploited. Now, as they are two years after graduation are being forced to be held accountable for their actions in High School. I know I was a freakishly good kid in HS... but I wouldn't want to recount it all on film! I would have been the "Geek" as I was super involved in Marching Band and Theater! :) ANYWAYS... go see it for yourself and let me know what you think... I'm just happy I was on the VIP list and didn't have to pay! :)

cute overload for Wednesday

2008-08-06T16:31:00.005-05:00

these made my middle of the week that much better.....

another reason i LOVE Austin.... Alamo Drafthouse

2008-08-06T01:59:00.001-05:00

I'll have to blog later about the amazingness that IS The Alamo Drafthouse...... but until then.... here's August's trailer!

August's Alamo Montage from Henri Mazza on Vimeo.

My song of the day....

2008-08-04T12:54:00.000-05:00

the twins

2008-08-04T12:46:00.002-05:00

The second coming of the messiah(s) has happened! At least that's what People Magazine thinks...

THE TWINS ARE PICTURED!

Born in France (awesome) and staying at their chateau (even more awesome), the twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon were born. Their pictures show up in People magazine for ... (are you ready for this!?!).... $14 MILLION dollars!!! CRAZY!?!?! They go paid that much money for photos of the twins. Wow. Talk about selling your kids out for some dough!

I must say that they may be the hottest twins in the entire world... (sorry Cameron and Duncan Ramsay!) :)

darth frat

2008-08-04T10:14:00.002-05:00

I name him... "Darth Frat" or "Frat Vader"

lack of posts

2008-08-03T16:26:00.001-05:00

as some of my friends and loyal readers have emailed me.... i've been on a little posting hiatus! sorry! i was packing and moving (just a couple miles south) so forgive the slowness!!

creepy paper dolls

2008-08-01T11:30:00.003-05:00

I stumbled upon a fun little site called "FUNORAMA" which has crazy little kiddy games. My favorite thing is the CREEPY paper dolls that you can cut out and dress up! :)

ENJOY!!

via Funorama

comic

2008-08-01T11:28:00.003-05:00

drunk moose bites toddler

2008-07-31T15:07:00.003-05:00

Ok.

Let me first say this story made my day. NAY... it made my week.

So apparently in Sweden there was this cute little toddler just playing away in a sandbox, when all of a sudden.... OUT of the forest.... came a DRUNKEN MOOSE! It apparently staggered up and bit her on the arm!!

The little girl screamed!

WHAAAAA!!!! (or in her native Swedish tongue -- "WHÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ")

The mother ran out and asked what happened, as the little girl recounted how she was nibbled on by a intoxicated moose!!

Apparently the Moose (whom I've nicknamed Woozy Moosesy) was chowing down on fermented apples. Those tainted apples inebriated the poor Moose. Strange no?

So the local villagers with their pitchforks and torches waited by the fermented apple pit and shot the Moose in the butt! Poor moose! They should have put out some black coffee and a cold shower.... oh well! :)

i'm a bad friend

2008-07-28T00:01:00.003-05:00

so one of my best friends Dan S. is currently living in Japan doing the JET programme. Very cool!! I feel bad 'cause he emails me and I'm just inately lazy and never email him back... I admit it! :)

SO... I decided to make up to him by linking to his SUPERLY COOL Blog!!

So go check it out!! :)

-T

via Dan's Blog

(Here's a really funny pic of Dan and I from about 3 years ago!! HAHA!)

Dressed up Dog! :)

2008-07-27T23:45:00.003-05:00

WAY too cute! this dog has a purse and sunglasses on! BWAHAHA

sailor pug!

2008-07-23T15:44:00.000-05:00

front row kitty!!

2008-07-23T02:06:00.000-05:00

cutest thing ever!!!

CNN has lost it....

2008-07-23T01:51:00.004-05:00

my good friend Duncan Ramsay (check out his site HERE) sent me this email with the headlines of CNN's top news stories of the day...

we both thought they were funny....

cutest kitten ever.....

2008-07-23T01:39:00.002-05:00

I bought my ticket HOME!!!

2008-07-23T01:04:00.004-05:00

YAY!!!!

So my birthday is next month! (WOOT WOOT!!!) ....and I have about 2 weeks of vacation time to get rid of....so I got a ticket to fly back to Denver, Colorado for about 10 days during my birthday!! It also is incidentally during the Democratic Natl Convention (which my cousin Brian is working) .... should be interesting....

BUT my cousin Megan (who's birthday is the day before mine....the 26th).... got us second row tickets to Brandi Carlile!!!! WOO! I'm starting to become a stalker of hers! :)

So Boulder, Brandi Carlile, Democrats, and ROCKY!!!! I'm so very excited to see all my family!! :)

So if you're one of my friends and you know you'll be in Colorado during the last part of August... give me a holla! :)

Jill Scott ROCKS my world

2008-07-23T00:35:00.002-05:00

So for the last 6 months I've been VERY obsessed with Jill Scott.

here is one of my favorite songs of hers..... she is quite impeccable... see for yourself...

why are you doing meth?

2008-07-23T00:26:00.003-05:00

I apparently am innocent... but I haven't come across anyone in my life that has actually done meth.

I do have a friend that broke up with a girl because she was doing meth.

Let's do our research people.... it's not quite the glamourous choice we think it is. I will admit that there are many things in life that we think we'll never be these extreme cases....and then somehow we still take that small step down the road. I've never done anything this crazy, but I can understand the idea of walking on loose gravel.

creepy old ads

2008-07-23T00:18:00.003-05:00

I came across these very strange and creepy ads from back in the day..... oh how I love our PC and so-un-PC world we live in now....

kenna - out of control

2008-07-23T00:14:00.001-05:00

so I was sitting in my FAVORITE movie theater of all time (the Alamo Drafthouse) watching my favorite movie of the summer (Batman).....when the Alamo did their special trailer of their upcoming events. All I knew was the song was AMAZING....

I had NO idea who sang it...so Shazam to the rescue!!

Kenna- Out of Control

my favorite part is the chorus... ENJOY!

2008-07-16T02:34:00.001-05:00

I like MIA...

my new favorite song is "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.

funny thing is that my Mom HATED this song/video when she saw it..... but my last week of Trivia night I was the only person to get the song right! :)

vote for my homie Josh for fans' favorite 2008

2008-07-16T00:57:00.007-05:00

OK....

So my homie Josh Alcala is a player for the football (soccer to all you YANKEES...) team here in Austin.

Reasons why he's cool.....

1. He's got my back when people try to fight me downtown
2. He keeps me OUT of fights downtown
3. He's half-hispanic: ergo....1/2 bad ass
4. He got injured and still whooped butt
5. He works for Apple and hacked his iPhone (kinda funny? right?)
6. Wildest 1/2 Filipino 1/2 Spanish kid I know!
7. Makes up 1/3 of the überly cool secret group - JosTimKimberly
8. He breaks girls hearts like he scores soccer goals! GOOOOAAAALL!

and finally...
9. He's a defender....which is what the troops are doing over in Iraq.
Don't you have a heart? All you crazy conservatives out there with your yellow ribbons and such?!? SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!! --- i.e. vote for Josh Alcala

so go here for the roster---
http://www.austinaztex.com/u23/roster/index_E.html

and THEN email --

fans@austinaztex.com

telling them YOU want JOSH ALCALA to be voted the 2008 Fans' Player of the Season!!!!

THANKS y'all! and pass it along to your friends...or email from another gmail account like I'm going to do!

yorki-tini

2008-07-16T00:57:00.002-05:00

michael jackson has officially lost it

2008-07-16T00:23:00.002-05:00

SO if you wanted to go out in public without anyone noticing you....would you do this????

I don't think SO! :) He's lost it for sure....

mccain ad

2008-07-16T00:22:00.003-05:00

this is an actual billboard in LA..... an artist put it up.... geez I LOVE LA! :)

flipping out

2008-07-16T00:13:00.003-05:00

is anyone else watching Flipping Out this season on Bravo!?!?!?!?!?!?! DEAR LORD.... they are all crazy!!! It's not as funny and neurotic ..... ok scratch that.... it's neurotic.... but it's gotten CRAZIER this year than last!!

They all are wild! :)

Go watch Season One for free!! :)

mormons are weird

2008-07-15T23:53:00.004-05:00

now that I live in Texas---- WHICH IS UP FOR DEBATE --- apparently everyone I talk to knows that Austin is not REALLY a part of Texas..... and it's kind of true... even when I drove down here from Denver I noticed it was all flat and farm like. THEN... all of a sudden it became GREEN and HILLY and BEAUTIFUL.... i'm talking BEAUTIFUL!! :) There was Austin.

That and it's freakishly liberal (the most democrat centric county in the whole state of Texas)...

anyways.... here's some freaky mormon site....it's where they buy their clothes...

GO check out their WEBSITE

via freakmormons

donna summers - stamp your feet

2008-07-15T23:40:00.003-05:00

so one of my best friends from Denver called me last week.... it was GREAT to hear from him!! I love ya Dave! There's some pics of him and his husband on my "Going Away Party" pictures. He has a blog that he hasn't updated in a while (SHAME! Shame on you!! ) but it'll be good ---- check it out----- Ticklemyjoystick.com

ANYWAYS.... we both we're excited to know that we both LOVE the new Donna Summer song "Stamp Your Feet"

we both saw it on American Idol and fell in love.....

so here is the video... (scratch that..stupid Donna doesn't want people to embed the original video....SO I won't give her props... check out a 'fan made' video....)

OHHH and speaking of Donna Summers.../the Weather Girls..... go check out Rainham Sheds...and turn your sound up!! :)

via Rainham Shed
and Donna Summers

haha... Pen Island

2008-07-15T23:26:00.002-05:00

So there is a website out there that you can order and buy custom pens.... it's at Pen Island.

SOOOO... .they didn't think things through...
Pen Island.net is great...

BUT when you type it in---- penisland.net looks like something else.... perhaps "penis island" ? haha.......

SO funny...

SYTYCD -- bollywood

2008-07-15T22:42:00.001-05:00

this was my favorite dance from last week's episode. They are def my least favorite couple. I was sad to see Thayne go... Comfort could have gone... oh wait... this just in... she's back!! Replacing one of the other girls..

ENJOY

the assassination of hillary clinton and barack obama

2008-07-13T14:47:00.003-05:00

apparently putting this art display in your NYC window gets the cop's attention! :)

our capitols.....

2008-07-13T14:45:00.003-05:00

this was on some pop-up ad about visiting state capitols.... kinda interesting....

Denver's has a gold top.
Austin's is brown and hot looking all over.
Denver's is cold looking.
Austin's is the tallest in the country..... randomness!

animal SETTLEMENT

2008-07-13T14:44:00.002-05:00

I don't know why...but I loved this image...

lol randoms

2008-07-13T14:43:00.002-05:00

pouting cat

2008-07-13T14:42:00.002-05:00

COOKIE MONSTER!

2008-07-07T00:14:00.001-05:00

cookie monster party!!

random funny

2008-07-06T12:54:00.000-05:00

love/hate #2

2008-07-06T12:34:00.003-05:00

I LOVE....

:Lean Cuisine Pizzas

:Whataburger has BREAKFAST tacos 24/7... OMG (OK I just was informed by Robert/Bobby that they are only 11pm-11am.... I'M PISSED!)

:the $1.00 Diet Coke I get that's 44 oz. at the mall... bwahaha

:WALL-E

:Fried Pickles. Seriously. They changed my life. Check them out

:That there's an annual Picklefest in Atkins

:That I have friends visiting me in July/August/September/October

:I actually requested time off for the Corgi Celebration in Austin

:That I made the "Hot on the Town" list for my 4th of July appearance...

:Central Market

:WALL-E... seriously...go watch it.

:I took my iPhone out of it's case..it's NAKED! :)

:Falling asleep listing to Sigur Ros

:Altar Boyz...umm.. it was hilarious

:Communicating with deaf customers

:Feeding the Dolphins

:That Austin, TX premieres movies before NYC and LA

:AnnaLisa from work ALSO drinks Pickle Juice from the Jar! :)

:I got hit on by someone's Great-Grandma

:Alex Wagner... for getting me the best $1 Diet Coke I've ever had! :)

:"That's what she said"

I HATE....

:that Corinne Bailey Rae's husband died

:skinny people

:midgets with an attitude

:I'm working seven days in a row

:Obama's campaign (I still love Hillary...) :)

:AnnaLisa (aka Banshee) for sitting next to me and cussing at Hillary

:When someone says I look like a "hot tranny mess"

:texting while driving

:TRAFFIC

:I gained 5 lbs from visiting Kristie and Chris

:Micro-managers (not like SMALL managers... although they are obnoxious...micro-managing bothers me)

:Cover charges at clubs? I don't think so...this is Austin

:That my family lives 1,000 miles away

:People that wink at you. WEIRD

political lols....

2008-07-06T12:32:00.004-05:00

smiling dog

2008-07-02T03:24:00.000-05:00

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!

I <3 Sigur Ros

2008-07-02T02:25:00.002-05:00

So Sigur Ros just released a new CD last Tuesday and it ROCKS. I love it. Go get it! :) Some of my old friends may know that I've loved Sigur Ros since 2001 when I discovered their incredible music. I can't believe it's been 7 years since I first heard them....but their music has always played a special part in my life and I hope it will continue to do so.

here are my three favorite songs in order of how much I love the videos.... :)

"Untitled One (Vaka)"

"Viórar vel til loftárása"

"Ágætis byrjun"

pug bath!

2008-07-02T02:23:00.000-05:00

even in the bath Pugs are cute!! :)

Brandi Carlile "Hallelujah"

2008-07-02T02:22:00.003-05:00

Here's the final video from the ones I took of Brandi Carlile

did ya see that? i'll protect you...

2008-07-02T02:21:00.002-05:00

my fav breakup song

2008-07-01T01:38:00.001-05:00

I'm stuck in the 90's music scene I know.... but here's a goodie....

Alanis "You Oughta Know" ....it's that time of the year.... you know who you are

OMG.....Google thinks I'm famous.....

2008-06-29T04:14:00.004-05:00

So I was uber bored at work and we all were Wikipedia-ing and Googling our names and I found something that BLEW MY MIND...

When you Google search - Tim Pennington - (my name, duh). My award winning website is NUMBER ONE!!! :) WOOOOO!!!! :) AHHAHAHJHAHKJHALS:DJKXMO:I>KM<~! so flippin' cool!! I can't believe Google thinks I'm popular.... maybe it's becuase I paid for it to be there... I KID I KID! :) Take THAT Obama! :)

some pictures form my going away party....

2008-06-29T04:10:00.000-05:00

So I had these AMAZING posts planned... my review of Wall-E, What in the world is Google Analytics, how I've re-fallen in love with Jill Scott's first CD's music and lyrics. BUT. I can't sleep and it's 4am and OH I have to run into work tomorrow on my day off to take care of some evals.... ugh... but alas.... I found some fun pics from my going away party last May 2008. So enjoy....and look for my posts coming soon! :)

the 6 cutest animals that could DESTROY you...

2008-06-29T04:04:00.002-05:00

Ha.... I like this article. Especially because it deals with a subject close to my heart..... CUTE ANIMALS! :) hehe...

So it discusses the six animals that are super cute....but SUPER DEADLY! :) I like it....

go check it out...

i'll spoil some of the list by posting some pics of their DEADLY CUTENESS

via CRACKED

two year old sings The Lords Prayer

2008-06-29T03:58:00.003-05:00

So I've decided a couple things....

-I'm in LOVE with YouTube video's of little kids/babies singing.... anything... I mean really...

-That Asian little kids are cuter than White little kids. So if I ever have children, they need to either look like mini-me's (hilarious no?) or be Asian. I'm what you call picky about my kids. NOT their race....just their cuteness.... nothing is worse then seeing a family and the kid is fugly.

gag...

love/hate #1

2008-06-25T02:12:00.004-05:00

So I've decided to create a weekly love/hate blog column... to kinda just illustrate what of the week I'm loving and hating

6/23/2008

LOVE

I love the San Jose Hotel

I love Austin

I love being the best driver in Austin

I love being single

I love avoiding fights on 6th street w/Josh

I love North Campus living

I love my roommate

I love watching Tila Tequila

I love that's everything will be alright

I love breakfast Tacos

I love Jill Scott

I love it takes me 12 minutes to drive to work

I love that Austin's median age is 29

HATE:

I hate the first cockroach I've seen in Austin

I hate my obnoxious neighbors

I hate half of my 12 minute drive to work

I hate I can't afford sushi every night

I hate right wing conservatives that act like Lesbians

I hate humidity

I hate power outages (apparently they happen a lot in Texas.... weird)

I hate people that say one thing to me and another to someone else

I hate the fact that cockroaches can come up a bathtub drain... EWWWW

my fav lolcats!!!

2008-06-25T02:10:00.002-05:00

Unborn in the USA

2008-06-25T02:06:00.002-05:00

So I'm innocently logging into MySpace (which I loathe btw) and have an email from my good friend Ryan Barone.... (who's one of the greatest men I've known) and he tells me that he saw myself in a documentary called "Unborn in the USA". Which I was surprised to know about.....I mean I vaguely remember talking to some people on CSU's campus but that was so long ago! So if anyone knows about it or has a copy....let me know :)

via IMDB

Driving in Austin

2008-06-25T02:02:00.002-05:00

I was looking over the blogs I have written and this one made me laugh.... 'cause it's still true..

THIS IS HOW I FEEL DRIVING IN AUSTIN