Merry Christmas

And Happy Holidays

sound done quickly since it is christmas don't you know. whoops
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A Holiday Return

I returned home from my winter vacation--if that is an appropriate title--and was surprised with some news.
1. Toby lost weight and her frisbee
2. My mom added many new things to the snoopy christmas room.
Concerning the latter, I thought I should share this winter wonderland with the interweb. So here is a quick tour of the newly added snoopy items.

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A quickie - Big Blood is dead

Received this the other day and thought I should share. Big fan of some, haven't heard others. From Portland, ME, I give you, the viewers, (for a limited time) Big Blood.

here you go kids.

Was she just about to put that cat Cat in the fridge?
Speaking of blood. Got the diva cup. Call me and we'll talk.

(s)

Sue and Mancini

We're having an estate sale for my grandparents house this weekend. And in cleaning it out I found this album of extreme interest.

I uploaded it here
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cathy fan fiction

i miss cathy so much that i thought i'd do a little series of tribute strips! here's number 1:


"cathy without cathy"

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The Holiday season

I had to get this cartoon off my chest. Something made a bit ago during some solitary fence work. For the holidays. Once again my perspective is impeccable.

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Single Farm Girls seeking...

Looks like I'm back to the film world. I was asked to produce this for some desperate ladies.
And what a good song.

(s)

Spice Girls Reunion?

I found this dusty old clip in the back of my trunk. The dust seems to have worn down its once hd quality. Alas. As my aunt always said "An oldie but a goodie."

They should get back together.

(s)

Cantaloupe field day

I was liberating some cantaloupe from a weed's paradise the other day and while in the field I came up with these two dandies or gems as some would say.

The first was made because I accidentally pulled up a desired fruit instead of a weed, so I decided to eat it. I thought I was going to be eating a young cantaloupe, but I might have been mistaken ?? It could have been a cucumber, that's what it tasted like. But I don't know.

The second can speak for itself.

(s)

you snooze you lose

someone else got to this project before we did...



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Happy B-day Martin

I missed it by a day and this is an old present, but it will work for now. Remember last year's b-day. i think I missed it then too and called you from a park on a san fran hill. Oh marty. Happy days.

from tyler and moi.

(s)

Henri, Byrne and Friends

I left the town of Brooklyn the other day. While taking a goodbye picture Henri Cartier Bresson stepped in - he's in town for his MOMA exhibit - and he took a lovely picture of the roommates. A beaut.

Also I decided to attach some more music. This is the music that accompanied the departure. Though it was on a mix cd. Byrne & Eno and Bragg & Wilco. Once again limited time only.
part 1
part 2
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notice the haircut.

I've Been Bad

i've been neglecting the blog. why? i was working on my thesis. and now i'm having a hard time getting back into the blog roll. so i thought i'd do a faux-post. i'm posting something i made for non-blog reasons to the blog as a way to get back in the habit of blogging. hope it works!!

Untitled from goda trakumaite on Vimeo.

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Sweet Find

I was at Jerry's the other day and I made a sweet find. I found this awesome Warren Zevon record. I know it's not rare or anything, but I've been looking for it for so long. So I say thank you Jerry.

You can download it here for a limited time.

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Words are Slipping out all over

I figured I may as well introduce you to some thing that may come up later. Maybe. But it's some sort of feast of beauty. Some have called it a beauty feast.

You may think you've watched this before, but watch past 30 seconds. It's new. It's news. I was watching TV and whipped out my camera just in time to catch it. Whoa.

(s)

Hey Vegetarians! and etc.

Apparently those vegie burgers could cause "nervous system failure and skin disorders"
Those non-organic, but natural burgers got the ol' Hexane in em'

Kelsey, take those morningstars out of the freezer.

for the article click here

(s)

breaking news in Evolution !

This is breaking....

video version
la times version

Pretty cool. A glimpse into when "we" came down from the branches.
Notice, also, 9 year old boy finds 9 year old (ish) boy.

(s)

Did we all see this?

there's a lot I could say on what I liked, but I won't. except watch full screen and if it's not in HD go to the youtube site itself. I would suggest the latter. go here

Or if you hate space, here's something worth everybody's while.

(s)

Fall to Spring : 2009 to 2010

Much has happened in these past months, lots has changed. Right?

Happy Spring 2010.
(s)

Ovarian Cysts

This,
is a true story.

About a month ago I experienced extreme pain in my lower abdomen. We - doctor included - all thought it was appendicitis, but we were wrong. The pain was caused by a ruptured ovarian cyst. Back then I didn't know much about OC's, but I learned a lot about them over the past month and I created this animation for others. I warn you, it's quite graphic.
I should add the initial pain occurred at work and - though the video does not show it - lasted many days.

(s)

a new bbq chip?

when i'm supposed to be doing lots of writing, sometimes i really want snacks. the day before yesterday, i picked some of these up from the rite aid for this reason (despite what this bag says, mine were on sale for $.99):



assessment: southern bbq tastes exactly like salt and vinegar! just goes to show, once again, that the south is very very different from the north of the u.s.

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ti krow

late last nite we put this on protools, flipped, reversed, inverted, and reverted this.

mystery solved!

*to play it, you have to go to the bottom of the screen and click that black bar. We're currently trouble shooting/searching to make it more user friendly.

(g & s)

another day of snow

more snow. Anon was right, we do always get snow days.
how do I feel?
...
I know, it cuts off. but I got work.
Also Newkie Brown in a 12 oz can! Six pack 8 dollars! If only I had some crab chips.
(s)

hunting

I went hunting the other day and...
made my senior project at the same time.
!
Awesome

(s)

BIG

We all know the internet is a big place and its got a lot of stuff. But the other day I realized one thing it was lacking and I took it upon myself to update the internet and buy it a valentine's gift.



Happy Birthday

(s)

snow days part II

today haverford declared a half snow day too. it was a half snow day because it was a full snow day but only for the staff. this meant that the library was student-run and student-opened. here are a few shots i got right after unlocking the front door at 8:30 am.

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Snow Days and Space Exploration

For the first time in hundreds of years NYU called a snow half-day!

Not only did I learn about snow blindness, but I was able to sit down and read the Sunday obituaries and find out about this guy, Geoffrey Burbidge, a founder of the B2FH paper which stated (in brief) how light elements make heavier ones.

Now the cool thing about all of this is that - well, a number of things. It tells us how life was made - each human has was made from a supernova's stardust. It also is a basis for awesome things like Nuclear Fusion. Also the sun is made of iron and... maybe.



Snow days are the best.
I suggest everyone check out the nasa pictures of the day.
star forming clusters are also the best (picture).

(s)

GUESTBOG: news from the swamp

Everything you wanted to know about the wetlands but were too afraid to ask.






(c)

As we all know this is a very cold winter over in the east and the window above my bed, the only window in my bedroom, is poorly sealed. The other day I got fed up and did the saran wrap duct tape thing over the window. It worked well, my room is slightly warmer, but my window now also breathes.

Now when I first heard the window's breath I thought, wait... is that my eye? I don't know about you, but I've listened real close to my eye and the similarities are uncanny.

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Ich habe meinen Regenschirm vergessen

have you ever wondered how this

and this

can both have the exact same name? 

well the long and short of it is that it rained the other day which made me remember that i forgot my little (short) umbrella that fits in purses and backpacks in the seat pocket of a certain chevy lumina back in pittsburgh. so now i only have the beautiful big (long) umbrella that conall got me last year for my birthday. i just hope it never rains when i need to go somewhere where i can only bring a purse but not a big beautiful umbrella. 

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Atlantic City

I was in atlantic city this weekend and I was wearing my (in)famous green hat because you know, it was a film shoot and all and you got to wear a hat.

Well, anyway, I experienced what can only be described as a perfect mix between a cat call for me (and meredith) slash for buying/owning my hat. The interesting thing about this was the shouting went on for at least two blocks, long blocks - all the way to 40/40.

(s) - hi again
*What's a cat call?

Wild Bill and the Pittsburgh Wilds

I've been hearing around town a lot of rumors that the picture of my grandfather and Johnny "the loaf" Fontane are fake. I know, I know, how could I know Johnny? Well I could know him and I do and I hope that this picture demonstrates to the disbelievers that it is real. Here we have... Pappap, another mysterious siren, and FRD (not to be confused by FDR).

Finally in honor of pittsburgh and the music industry... Pittsburgh and ... Yins (Oie, I almost forgot)

Oh! I guess I should also mention a factoid I heard today (and was told to pass on) about a certain Mad Joan Holloway enjoying sex in the derriere the most.

(s)

a new crab chip?

great post, (s)! i would like to follow up with some muckraking on a possibly lithuanian man who has mustard, bridges, and streets in new york named after him (planes condiments and automobiles), but right now, we have bigger fish to fry!

yesterday i found this at my rite aid:


my evaluation is: they're ok, which is how i always feel about crab chips.

sam says that Herr's is always too salty. after some quick investigating, we found that this bag did indeed have about 1.5 times as much sodium as a bag of another brand. but a more careful investigation will have to be conducted along the PA turnpike, the only place one can spot and observe that rare specimen, the Utz crab chip.

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lithuanians part ii

The other day I was on quite a search for a sealed box of O.B. tampons (all of the ones at Walgreens were opened), one college ruled notebook, and a good trusty deal on glasses lenses when I stumbled upon this hidden Brooklyn Treasure.

Who knew? And it was directly across the street from the church that gave me free lunch on Saturday - they approached me. It was also near my living quarters that were once (g)'s. Fate.

But yay GNYL (greater new york lithuanians)! I am curious about that flag, however.

Also, still no tampons, made a college ruled notebook, and found one in Chinatown.

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lithuanians

pat, jess, stephanie, tyler, marty, and i made dumplings a few nights ago (jared was getting antibiotics in times square).

later that same night, i met two german pornographers who were talking about the lithuanian filmmaker jonas mekas. being lithuanian myself, i didn't like how they were pronouncing his name and told them how to pronounce it more correctly.

the next day, noah and i went to the museum and saw a fluxus preview. fluxus is an art movement started and led by another famous lithuanian, jurgis maciunas (who went by "george" because people are bad at pronouncing lithuanian names, as we've seen already).

and all of this now makes me think of this video where both of these famous lithuanians have a dumpling party with a famous pittsburgher, a famous beatle, and a famous japanese-american artiste!



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Roman Dino Might

From Dinosaur Heresies ... "like biological ancient romans, [ornate dinosaurs] had supposedly lost control of their adaptive sense and hastened to their doom amid orgies of useless ornamentation."

Oslo from DH "[Coal Age] larval amphibians are fossils of unexcelled loveliness." Beautiful eh? Those may not be from the coal age though - tough to find, just ask Robert Bakker.

From Suetonius' biography of Vespasian "a stray dog picked up a human hand at the cross-roads, which it brought into the room where Vespasian was breakfasting and dropped under the table"

How do they compare? I think the answer is very well. Romans and Dinosaurs both liked sex with the well decorated and were often losing body parts.
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*Oh man I was just fooled by an onion headline. What's happening to me?
*My antibiotics are killing me.
*(copy and paste) http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/09/12/white_roofs/

Johnny Fontane

Johnny Fontane aka Billy Besly* had a concert at my grandfather's center of living.
Johnny and pappap "used to loaf around together" - a quote from Bill. In the left picture - that's johnny, my pap, a mysterious siren, and a bowl of punch - that's from right to left.

As he serenaded the female audience members I wondered is this what the concerts I've attended seem like to outsiders? They're loving it, I loved some of mine, perhaps they are the same. perhaps.
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pembroke

finally got some of my pictures from our trip to wales developed. here is one of my favorites from pembroke castle!


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swollen left sinus

I overdosed on Afrin and x-rays have revealed that my left sinus is swollen and blocked. Doctor recommended more afrin - since I was embarrassed to admit that I overdosed - and stronger antibiotics.

I fear this will happen to me.
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traffic update

girls night late night tonight, starting and setting up this blog. and now this just in: "Home safe. Roads better than before." glad to hear it - i was beginning to get a little bit worried. 

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