there there, li'l bear

# May 7, 2012 / 12:55AM 4 notes

i went to the beach today - left behind my shoes and my stress, swapped ‘em for crab-hunting and whiffle ball.

(it was a REALLY good idea.)

(old lyme, ct)

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# May 5, 2012 / 10:50PM 1 note

doomtree - bangarang

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG LONG LONG TIME.

also, read this (especially the stuff in italics).

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# May 1, 2012 / 9:46AM 8 notes

i really really really want this wallet. it costs $95. someone talk me into / out of it.

hand-stitched leather covered by a replaceable moleskine, with a space pen built into the side. awesome, amiright?

(by form | function | form)

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# April 23, 2012 / 3:16PM 2 notes

highlight of my week…month?

(check out pete holmes if you don’t know him…he’s awesome).

i used this (awesome) video of him in the aforementioned semi-academic talk:

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# April 20, 2012 / 6:03PM 2 notes

i gave a talk at nerd nite last tuesday, all about google and the internet and relationships and memory and self-esteem and kittens.

it’s certainly not the best talk i’ve ever given (i kept forgetting what slide came next, and said “um” entirely too much), BUT it’s the only one i’ve ever recorded (for my mom, in case you were wondering).

so feel free to watch if’n you’re bored and have an extra 30 minutes or so on your hands.

if you don’t have an extra 30 minutes on your hands, i’ll go ahead and tell you that the best part (or at least my personal favorite part) is pretty early - around the 1:37 mark.

(i don’t even start talking about my own stuff until 23 minutes in).

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# April 19, 2012 / 1:50PM

foreign born - early warnings

i know this album came out three years ago, but that’s no reason it can’t be my go-to-warm-weather-jams for 2012.

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# April 18, 2012 / 3:54PM 1 note

i was MAD professional last night.

(nerd nite @ the oberon…i talked about the effect Google / the internet / etc is having on our minds / relationships / feelings about the self)

(and it sold out, no big deal)

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# April 17, 2012 / 2:25PM 2 notes

gayngs - no sweat

i’m going to drop out of grad school and play in gayngs. done. i feel like i could fake my way through a few shows before they even realized i was there.

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# April 6, 2012 / 5:13PM 1 note

apple picking / ghosts / etc

i have like 6 rolls of old film from last summer/fall/whenever laying around, and i’ve finally made the time to start scanning them in. i intentionally used crappy wal-mart film. and i flew back and forth with the rolls more times than i should have. but i’m still diggin’ it so far.

(rollei prego 90 | double exposure | fall 2011)

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# March 22, 2012 / 12:18PM 7 notes

Your Sweet Touch by Bahamas from Barchords

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bahamas - your sweet touch

it’s the warmest day since last summer, and this is on repeat. all day.

RIYL: the black keys playing out by your best friend’s pool, sitting in the corner on those elastic deck chairs, not worried about whether or not anyone is listening, blue light refracting off the pool onto their guitars, fingers, faces.

RIYL (part 2): feist’s guitarist killing it

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