Go Team Pandy!

Presents…to give or not to give. To get a joint gift for ourselves or to get a gift for each other. I think this questions gets thrown around a good deal every year leading up to Christmas between me and Yaeka. This year it ended up in us not getting a joint gift for ourselves and in us getting bad gifts (except for Cold Heat which is awesome!) for each other that will all be getting returned to the store.

Then, today I saw a post on Seattlest (awesome Seattle blog) about this Earthquake Detector. Yaeka is always kind of paranoid about Earthquakes and well, we could have used a radio/flashlight during the recent power outages so this would have been awesome. Even if the detection is totally pointless.

Also, in case your wondering, we did gifts early since I’m leaving tomorrow morning…but first I have to return the gifts I got Yaeka for some big spending money back in Tennessee.

Here are the albums I plan on buying that came out:

• Pavement - Wowee Zowee (Re-issue)
• Matt & Kim - S/T

Other albums that came out of possible interest: El Perro del Mar - S/T, Isobel Campbell - Milk White Sheets, Owen - At Home

I actually prefer Honey Nut Cheerios over these, but here are my results:

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A little over a year ago, our friend Amy had an awesome themed birthday party. It was called “Jap Attack” and the theme was obviously Japanese related. As part of the festivities, Yaeka, Amy, and Laura made some awesome rice krispie sushi. You can see some more of the tasty treats on Yaeka’s Flickr Photos Tagged with “Sushi”.
Anyway, the reason I have candy sushi on the brain over a year later – besides the fact that I always just have sushi on the brain – is that Boing Boing (one of the best blogs ever) had recent posts on both Candy Sushi and Chocolate Sushi and I don’t think I’ve shared these pictures before.

Phill and I have chosen not to get cable in our new place. So instead of watching trashy TV I have been making playlists.

The first one was for phill to go with the book I purchased for his birthday, Thurston Moore Mix Tape : The Art of Cassette Culture . Of course I had to put this mix on a tape rather than a cd. I found a mix tape made my his ex-girlfriend and had the very satisfying experience of recording over it. Its was totally heinous…it should had destroyed long ago.
the list:

Artist - Song - Album
Cat Power- Sea of Love – The Covers Record
764-Hero – You were the long way home – Weekends of Sound
Radiohead – Morning bell – Kid A
Elliot Smith – Color Bars – Figure 8
Modest Mouse – All Night Diner – Building Something out of Nothing
Mates of State – Ride Again – My Solo Project
PJ Harvey –This is Love – Stories from the city, Stories from the Sea
Rondells – He’s got heart – Shined Nickle and Loose Change (actually 2001)
Death Cab for Cutie – We have the facts and we are voting yes - Company Calls
Modest Mouse – Tiny Cities made of Ashes– The Moon and Antarctica
Sonic Youth – Renegage Princess – NYC & Ghost
Murder City Devils – Press Gang - In Name and Blood
Sunny Day Real Estate – One – Rising Tide
Sweep the Leg Johnny - Walking Home On The Emergency Bed – Sto Cazzo!
Self – Trunk fulla amps – Gizmodgery
Sleater Kinney- Your no Rock n’ Roll Fun – All Hands on the Bad One
Rainer Maria – Spit and Fire – A Better Version of Me (again 2001)
Pedro the Lion – Slow and Steady Wins the Race– Winner Never Quit
Arling & Cameron – W.E.E.K.E.N.D – Music for Imaginary Films

The next mix was for a co-worker who accused me of only listing to “punk”. I don’t listen to too much punk but I guess she meant that its louder than what she prefers…So I made her the “Quite mix”. The list:

Name, Artist, Album
Waitin’ For A Superman, Iron & Wine,
Such Great Heights (performed by Iron And Wine), The Postal Service, Such Great Heights
White Center, Damien Jurado, On My Way To Absence
Going for the Gold, Bright Eyes, Oh Holy Fools - The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes
Oh Comely, Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
November, Azure Ray, Saddle Creek 50 Disc 2
Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley, Grace
Leftover Coffee, Rosie Thomas, In Between EP
Exit Music (For A Film), Radiohead, OK Computer
Sprout and the Bean, Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
Cross Bones Style, Cat Power, New And Old Songs
Melt Your Heart, Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat
Involuntary, M. Ward, Transfiguration of Vincent
Styrofoam Plates, Death Cab For Cutie, The Photo Album
Ann Don’t Cry, Pavement, Terror Twilight
Why I Cry, All-Time Quarterback,
This Year, The Mountain Goats, The Big Ticket - Mix ‘05

Unfortunetly it was too depressing and made her want to cry (which was what I was going for). The next day she recieved the “uplifiting mix”. The list:

Name, Artist, Album
If You Want To Sing Out Sing Out, Death By Chocolate, Death By Chocolate
Beautiful, Clem Snide, A Beautiful EP
A Spoonful Weighs A Ton, The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
Little Red Corvette, Prince, The Very Best Of Prince
Like A Prayer, Rondelles, Shined Nickels And Loose Change
Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Hearts Of Oak
Shoot Shoot, Kaito, and You’ve Seen Us… You Must Have Seen Us…
The Power Of Yawning, Enon, Hocus-Pocus
Hotel Yorba, The White Stripes, White Blood Cells
Ha Ha, Mates of State, Team Boo
Cut Your Hair, Pavement,
Tootsie Pants, CoCo, C.O.C.O.
Chauffeur, The Fitness, Call Me For Together
Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani, Love, Angel, Music, Baby
Crazy, Gnarls Barkley,
Gold Digger (Feat. Jamie Foxx), Kanye West, Late Registration
Korega Watashino Ikiru Michi, Puffy, Japan Not For Sale Vol.3
What A Fool Believes, Self, Gizmodgery
Having A Party, Dufus,

The last mix I made was for a friend goign through a break up. I didn’t want to make her a “cry over the breaking up” mix so this is what she got…
Neme, Artist, Album
Dime A Dozen, Tuscadero, The Pink Album
You’re Gonna Be The One Who Is Sorry, Nerf Herder, Nerf Herder
How To Survive A Broken Heart, Ben Lee, Something To Remember Me By
Breakin Up, Violent Femmes, New Times
I Hope You Die, The Bloodhound Gang, Hooray For Boobies
You Made Me Gay, Gravy Train, Hello Doctor
I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet), The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan
Good Things, Sleater-Kinney, Call The Doctor
Single Again, The Fiery Furnaces, EP
Goodbye To You, Screeching Weasel, Kill The Musicians
Revenge, Rondelles, Shined Nickels And Loose Change
The Awful Truth Of Loving, Rainer Maria, Long Knives Drawn
You Are So Unreal, The Promise Ring, Encapsulated
Goodbye Song, The Moldy Peaches, Moldy Peaches
Somebody That I Used To Know, Elliott Smith, Figure 8
Nothing Left To Say, The Eyeliners, Here Comes Trouble
I like to masturbate, John Mars, John Mars
Coin- Operated Boy, The Dresden Dolls, The Dresden Dolls
Catch You Disappointed, The Divorce, There Will Be Blood Tonight
Jerk, The Buzzcocks, Buzzcocks
Kill Yr Boyfriend, bis, This Is Teen-C Power!
This Year, The Mountain Goats, The Big Ticket - Mix ‘05

Mixes to come:
The gay mix
The Robot project (songs about robots for the The Robot Project to cover)

i hope lumiunous color glaze by John Frieda will fit my lifestyle. I would really like to reawaken my lackluster brunette hair.

Is it shinier?

Also tried the new 7-up. Tastes like 7-up

Bold tic tacs- alright…not sure what makes them bold. they are bigger. i like that
Oral B Pulsar toothbrush - i don’t think the vibrations make a difference and i don’t like the weird plastic pieces on the side.

I am a sucker for new products.

Berries and Cream Dr Pepper- Thumbs down
Altoids gum (not that new but new to me) - thumbs up
Altoids sour apple gum- thumbs up
Skittles ice cream flavors- thumbs down

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My first attempt at making a book.

I used this tutorial.
It’s really messy but I now that I know the process and what works and doesn’t work, I think I will be happy with my next attempt.

I think the tutorial was a good starting point but I am going to make some changes.

1. Befor making any folds I will cut my paper. Cutting the fold after the binding was complete (as done in the tutorial) left a unclean edge.
2. Once folded paper is bundled into sets of three, cut edges to be even. I tried to exacto cut the sides all at once and again a very messy edge.
3. Use the proper size book cover for the outside so it will cover the entire book. I messed up and cut the cover the wrong way and ended up having to put the cover on in sections.
4.Rubber cement! not white glue or glue stick! I didn’t have any puckering of the paper with the rubber cement. Where i tried glue stick was gross…same with white glue.