shell games

 

wonderful snowy night last night. creeped a little on the house windows. great time seeing the whole extended family this weekend.

ps there's also some new bright eyes out, sounds kind of like more of the same but i'm still syked. can trade your email address for the new song.

  

santa claus

it's 22* and dark out. it's only 6pm. have not finished any sorts of gift shopping. threw my full coffee cup on the floor as i walked in the door. (it exploded, i swear!) need to study too. stress much? never! wrapped up with some text books, candles blaring and "dark sedan" by karl blau looping. the image it paints is so calming. and how can you not love lines like these? :

"i musta forgot how the night was coming, acoustic guitar, politely strumming/ packed up strings it takes two thumbing, a dark sedan pulls up on the shoulder / on the highway feeling low...."
grab mp3 at pitchfork, watch video on youtube. (seriously take a listen!)

this past saturday, santa came to town and i have the photos to prove it, check em out...

"yeah you're great, you're just part of this lifetime of dreaming
that extends to the heart of this long summer feeling
all the history of wars i invent in my head
little lou, ugly jack, prophet john

what a waste, i could've been your lover. what a waste, i could've been your friend. "
little lou, ugly jack, prophet john - belle and sebatian featuring norah jones.

wonderful. feeling pretty introspective today. like the mood of this song. lyrics are beautiful.

shake me down

it smells like snow. little too warm out for that though... probably more bone chilling rain. on a more exciting note just took a listen to some new stuff from cage the elephant. i didn't recognize them at first - slightly different direction from their last album? can't put a finger on what but something just feels different, and i really like it. the new album is coming out in january and i simply cannot wait to hear more.

shake me down:

band is giving away a different song, 20 24, on their website.

things that made me happy this weekend

1. i'm blowing up dee's spot. she made a wonderful dinner friday night for pom wonderful. i don't think she wrote about this yet BUT LOOK AT THESE BROWNIES! it's an amazing chocolateness, topped with homemade pomegranate ice cream, homemade pomegranate delicious sauce (so-so-so good!), and pomegranate seeds! blew.my.mind. think she's going to post the recipe later this week.

2. it was seventy degrees out on saturday! how awesome is that?

3. i went to see the baby of the family swim in her college swim meet this weekend. our parents came and my mother handed me a tupper-ware of MOM MADE vegetable soup. i ate it all before i took a picture though.

leaf season

november....

last sunday's adventure: holyoke, ma. it was pretty hazy but the leaves looked awesome. views from mt. tom reservation// m&m trail. route: kay bee > keystone extension > d.o.c.> m&m, back track at mt. tom, > quarry > keystone ext > keystone > finish.

new low

it's about 70 degrees out today and the sun is shining. after 4 days of living in hazy, cold and heavy gloom, this showing of sun could not be more welcomed. i spent my lunch break today absorbing as much sunshine as i could in the park. here's to a good long run this evening.

also, middle class rut has a song "new low" that has been making the rounds on the radio lately, and i love it. the video happens to be captivating.

Middle Class Rut - "New Low" from LANCE DRAKE on Vimeo.

candy time

a lovely bag of mallow pumpkins were waiting on my desk for me when i got in yesterday. did you know they're made with real honey? i didn't...
equally sugary sweet song:

brrr

apparently i was dreaming when the current temperature was announced this morning because i was utterly shocked when i left the apartment with only a flannel shirt for warmth. there was ice still on my car. happy first frost! (thank god the day time temps are still in the sixties)

pleasant shock though? hearing new mcr on the radio! 

"shut up and let me see your jazz hands..." 

storms rolling in

few weeks ago this little storm rolled into nyc. it was pretty violent and did some real damage to brooklyn and parts of queens. was out on the water for it though, and snapped a few pictures of the storm coming in around lower manhattan: 

not gonna lie, it was pretty awesome to watch. who doesn't love massive amounts of thunder and lightning?!