January 2008
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moustaches
Margaret: “I feel like a P.E. teacher.” Chelsea: “I would do me.” Me: “I look like a pirate.” Margaret looks like Hitler, and I can’t keep a straight face. Family photo (of pedophiles). Margaret won’t part with her ‘stache.
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Feist videos and their level of awesomeness,...
Canadian-born songstress Leslie Feist is undoubtedly among my favorite female artists. Her collaborations and solo work are top-notch as she seems to have dipped her hand in multiple projects throughout the years, including work with Peaches and Broken Social Scene. This week Feist has been receiving a lot of attention for her latest video directed by her recent go-to, Patrick Daughters. ...
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I heart Ivy League comedians.
Ivy League comedians have recently solidified their spot in my favorite things, right between puppies and cereal. So now it goes: coffee, paychecks, puppies, Ivy League comedians, cereal. The other night I went to see Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black perform at The Mohawk. Going into the event, I was most excited for Black as I find him both hilarious and dreamy. I mean, he is like the...
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"They's soft, J-Skins. They's soft."
Layered up and shivering on my first night back in New Paltz, I hung out with my boys on the snowy back patio at Oasis, smoking cigarettes. The cold winds stung my face as we bitched and joked about stagnant hometown life. Jim said something along the lines of how his mother didn’t like California because it lacked the gritty attitude of the northeast. I agreed and said the south was soft....
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flashbacks and photographs
So a lot of people ask me, “Jess, how is it that you travel so much?” Well, all I can say about that is that I’ve been very lucky and very impractical with my lifestyle for some time now. I’m pretty sure that my wanderlust was spawn from my first taste of true adventure when I threw myself into a sink or swim scenario by traveling alone to study abroad at Bond University...
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Top Ten: Most Ridiculous Road-Trip Events
10. Watching the Live Aid “We Are The World” video. (Philadelphia, PA) Johanna and Joe have an innate ability to sell just about anything with their enthusiasm. It’s totally contagious. I don’t think I’d watched this video since MTV had it in an hourly loop back in the day, and I’m an easy target for nostalgia. But don’t they all seem like they’re...
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Two Gallants
I’ve fallen hard for these guys. Their rugged, minimalistic style, combining blues and folk, focuses on the tangible sincerity of their words. And their lyrics are so precise. They simultaneously leave me feeling heartbroken and liberated in the most beautiful way imaginable. Two Gallants quickly became a steady go-to on the trip and made for many sing-a-longs and second winds. Sentiment...
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a new year has begun, spark another one.
Days 17 & 18: New Orleans New Years We had a classy cocktail party at Kate’s and made all sorts of fancy food to impress our guests. Around eleven we packed up the remaining booze and headed to this crazy pagan holiday to ring in the new year. I found this video on youtube, and it’s funny to me that we’re somewhere in that mess. I tried to spot myself, we were pretty...
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road mix
These songs will be forever reminiscent of the big Christmas road trip of 2007. It’s tough to say which was played the most, it’s a close call between Big Pun and Two Gallants. Belle & Sebastian - Your Covers Blown Big Pun - Not a Playa Elvis Presley - Fever Foreigner - Jukebox Hero Frank Sinatra - That’s Life The Mama’s & The Papa’s - I Saw Her Again Last...
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red state blues
Day 16: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana My first trip through Florida has provided me with more than enough reason to never again venture to that scary redneck state. Upon entrance, interstate 95 turns into one huge marketing campaign for Florida beaches and Disney attractions. It’s pretty disturbing. Then there is a whole lot of nothing littered with scattered billboards...
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pass the salsa
Day 15: Philadelphia to Savannah It’s a delicate balance, but I’m pretty sure we mastered the art of homelessness. The Band - Acadian Driftwood