coachella line-up announced!

It’s official, from a Goldenvoice rep on the Coachella message boards:

Saturday, April 29th
Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Common, Damian Marley, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, Ladytron , Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, HARD-fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Audio Bullys, Imogen Heap, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Editors, stellastarr*, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Pied Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Wolfmother, The Like, Living Things, Nine Black Alps, The Section Quartet, Infadels, Youth Group, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion.

Sunday, April 30th
Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, TV on the Radio, Sleater-Kinney , Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Gnarls Barkley, Coldcut, Phoenix, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Little Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Wolf Parade, The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, Michael Mayer, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, Be Your Own Pet, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project.

SWEET! We already have our house booked & tickets bought! woohooo! Now I just need to decide if I’m driving or flying down (the last 2 years of road trips I swore I’d fly the next year).

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This line-up was fun news for an otherwise very bad day. Today I wrestled with this gigantic file that sucked up SO much of my time that I was close to looking like one of those people on the side of the road with my hair pulled out in all different directions, walking around in circles and grumbling to myself.

Oh & I cut my thumb really bad with one of my brand new knives. Ironically trying to open the frickin’ package of them! blah!

I hate feeling like I’m fighting for time every single day. Time (or lack thereof) = Stress. I’m starting to recognize that I think I have small anxiety attacks every once and awhile. I mean, I don’t know how I feel about labeling them that, as they’re not that bad, I don’t think, but overall I am just starting to notice when it takes hold of me and makes me start to feel absolutely immobilized.

Lastnight I tried to work through the feeling and basically am trying to figure out if I can realistically (aka sanely) juggle what I need to over the next few months, or if I need to set some boundaries and re-set expectations on a few deadlines, etc, so that I don’t freak my shit (to put it lightly). Right this second I’m going to go to the gym because all I can think about right now is how stressed I feel and I don’t like it!! Crap. I don’t have time. I’ll have to go tomorrow morning first thing!

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walk the line

Saturday night Ali & I went to the Parkway and saw Walk the Line. I hadn’t seen the previews, so not only did I have no idea it had Joaquin Pheonix & Reese Witherspoon in it, but I also didn’t know anything about Johnny Cash’s life and endearing romance with his wife, June!

The result: This is one of my new favorite movies ever. It was SOO good!!!

The acting and singing, all performed by Joaquin and Reese, was amazing… and the story is so sweet. I also loved seeing his love for music so young, and how determined he was. I thought it was really neat to be a part of his performing for the first couple times, especially back then when going out to see live music like that was in it’s early stages still. It gave me great respect for his songwriting, and for their strength and love for each other.

I cried big time in this one… tears absolutely streaming down my face. I’m so glad that they’re winning awards for their performances – they deserve it! BRAVO!!

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contemplating consummation


ali, ryan & yours truly @ the consumating party

I’ve listed the FACTS in the photo album description, but one thing I didn’t mention there is that Ali & I have officially disapproved of the slogan for Consumating: “Hot nerdy girls and indie rock boys! With glasses!”

Ok, WHATEVER!!!

First of all, I’m not “nerdy”. I may be geeky or dorky, but I’m not nerdy. eewww. And what a serious lack of indie rock boys! *rolls eyes*

The slogan should be: “Hot indie rock girls and geekyfantastic boys! Unite!”

Sadly, that didn’t happen either. hmm… Ali, maybe we need to start our own company?

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video explosion

Here are a bunch of videos I haven’t posted yet. I apologize in advance for posting sooo many at once. I could be all crafty & sprinkle these out over a week or something, but I don’t feel like it! So maybe pace yourself & dive into a few at a time. haha

I’m also linking to the related photo albums, in case you missed em… but the more recent events (everything after 1/15/06) just got posted lastnight, so check em out! :)

Show Photos & Vids:

Metric @ Slims, 11/3/05: photos | vid1 | vid2 | vid3

Broken Social Scene @ Regency Grand, 11/9/05: photos | vid1 | vid2 with feist

Death Cab for Cutie @ the Warfield, 11/13/05: photos (for some reason these never got posted till today!)
vid1 | vid2 (grand finale, so loud it sounds like something’s blowing up! ali is at the end)

Dandy Warhols @ the Fillmore, 11/17/05: photos | vid1 | vid2encore | vid3

The Wrens @ BotH, 12/1/05: photos | video

Hijack the Disco @ Hotel Utah, : photos | vid

Rogue Wave @ GAMH, 12/18/05: photos | video

NYE show w/ The Lovemakers & Every Move a Picture @ the Mezzanine: photos | vid1 | vid2

Black Fiction @ the Rickshaw, 1/15/06: photos | vid1 | vid 2

Helio Sequence @ the Rickshaw, 1/15/06: photos | video

The Editors @ Popscene, 1/19/06: photos | vid1 | vid2

The Elected w/ Minipop @ BotH, 1/21/06: photos (no vids, but I just posted these)

Gold Chains & Sue Cie @ the MakeOut Room, 1/24/06: photos | vid1 | vid2 | vid3, ajax shakin it

Lake Trout @ the Independent, 1/25/06: photos (also from Trevor’s bday!) | vid1 | vid2* | vid3 – covering the Stone’s Street Fighting Man.
*I call this one “private dancer”. The beginning of this video was to get Ed Harris’ sweet moves on film. He’s does guitar and some vox, but he looks like he’s about 18. He’s a tall & lanky boy who reminds me of boys in Junior High, who’re still getting used to their tall, growing bodies and therefore look a little like a wet noodle. haha! (Seriously, no offense Ed… it just cracked me up. :)

A few non-show vids:

Stig’s Wine Country Birthday Surprise, 1/21/06: photos | video

Visiting the Weingals – my friends in Mill Valley w/ kiddos, 11/4/05: photos | vid1 | vid2 | vid3

And of course, some Kazoobie vids: kazoo’s dead mouse for mom | laying on the porch

Me & my neighbors, drunk & playing with the video camera: video

Dan & Sarah’s House Cooling/Holiday Party, 12/3/06: photos | video

And lastly, for the record… there’s a few new photos posted in the January ’06 album.

I put my lil’ Elph to good use!! :)

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random thoughts

  • I’m super duper in love with the Body Shop’s Papaya Body Butter. The Mango one is incredible, too! Thanks Mom! I’ve had a lot of lotions over the years, but none that I’ve actually looked forward to slathering on. I even started buying some as random gifts for friends. It smells sooo good!
  • I have cooked more artichokes in the last month than I have in my entire life: 5
  • I have a sh*t load of photos to sort through & upload
  • Yesterday I set up this brand new spankin’ geek toy that I’m super duper geeked about!!! Not sure I’m letting the general public in on it (maybe loving it so much I’m feeling protective of it or something), but if you’re a friend I’ll probably tell you. It’s sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!! It’s a big reason that I’m home tonite on a Friday night :)
  • I started using iCal this month. I haven’t been this whole time I’ve had my Mac. It started mostly with me tracking my Meals & Workouts, but now it’s evolving into more (see next bullet point). The food tracking has been really helpful, because one of my biggest problems is forgetting to eat. I know, you’d think at home I just eat all the time with the kitchen just right over there and all. But I don’t. Instead I’ll have my morning latte and then all of a sudden it’s 4pm and I’m feeling ravished and faint. So ya, I needed to get myself eating on a better schedule, which is actually great for your metabolism! That & my workouts, and being able to keep track of it all, has helped me keep focus on taking care of my health. I recently purchased an awesome mini food processor & am making some kick ass scrambles in the mornings! Oh & today it made a rad chop veggie mix for my chicken salad. yumm!
  • OK, another reason why I’m going all iCal now is that I’m *super stoked* on Sonic Living (let me know if you want a pass, it’s still in beta). It makes my WilloToons Music Calendar job 100x easier and works for me by alerting me of shows on my wishlist (conveniently uploaded from my iTunes library! so sweet!!). So I’ve been finagling phpicalendar and creating this new events calendar from it all. Still working out a few bugs (and reassuring myself I can live w/o Yahoo Calendar), and then it’ll be the main music calendar on here! yay! A big thanks to Gabe @ Sonic Living for rocking so hard to come up with this bad ass site. I’m stoked.
  • Guess what?!?!!? I got an email from the other Willo(w) O’Brien! I’m hoping to meet up with her next time she’s in SF.
  • I got a big order of t-shirts in for silkscreening! woohoo!
  • I’ve already finished my taxes! I’m just waiting for the rest of the 1099’s to roll in! Isn’t that incredible!??!?! *beaming with pride*
  • I booked a house for Coachella & bought my tix!
  • I’m sure there’s more, but I gotta get back to sorting & uploading all these pics!
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poetry

I’ve never been a huge fan of poetry, but the BAM (Bamboozled.org) kids I work with are incredibly talented and it’s given me a whole new appreciation for the craft and skill.

One of our new BAM authors, Zoe, writes beautiful poetry. Here’s one of her recent published works: The Painter.

Toma is also a very talented writer and has posted three awesome poems so far.

Nisha writes dark stories full of imagery. This one especially, makes me almost shiver with disgust. It’s THAT good. I also love her story, Death by Gum.

David’s Stiletto piece has left a mark on me. And his poem, Sieve, is a really fun ride.

I could say something amazing about all of them, but I just wanted to quickly pluck a few out and show off how kick ass these kids are. Click around & read a few.

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long time no blog.

I realize I’ve not been blogging hardly at all this year. I’ve actually been journaling elsewhere a lot…. and overall just working on me, my life and my to do lists. :) It’s all very happy!!

I’ve been wonderfully productive, not stressed and in general enjoying the heck out of this brand spanking new year!

In the last 23 days I’ve:

  • not been partying (drinking, etc) at all
  • been completely off sugar & starches
  • been making amazing meals with fresh vegetables and even trying out recipes and cooking more than I ever have in my life AND I’ve been enjoying it!
  • been working out 3 – 5 times a week
  • these last 4 items have been my kickoff launch into this year as a bit of a detox/refocusing and creating some habits to help me get back on track with taking care of myself. it’s feeling more fabulous than words can describe.
  • been completing tasks on my to do list, a big one was a site that finally went live! woohoo!
  • been enjoying spending time with my friends
  • seen some epic shows
  • given late christmas presents to dear friends and have loved their responses
  • been planning a dive trip to cozumel
  • been talking a lot about & anxiously awaiting SXSW!
  • been snuggling my kitty a lot
  • been reading 2 books and have no less than 3 waiting in the wings for me next (yay!)
  • gotten to see and hang out with my brother
  • seen some great movies (brokeback mountain, squid & the whale, king kong, harry potter, angels in america – an old hbo miniseries on dvd), and have a bunch still on my list.
  • been feeling GREAT!!!

I never can tell when I’ll start blogging fiercly again. As most of you regular, long-time readers (of blogs in general) know, sometimes it’s really often, and sometimes it slows down. But I just post when it comes naturally, so I can’t really promise anything. All my promises are going towards doing whatever makes me feel good and allowing me to enjoy my life and be effective when it comes to taking care of my responsibilities. I have been updating the show calendar regularly, though. :)

I’ll post some photos soon, so at least you can sorta keep up with the happenings that way. Hope you’re all enjoying your new year so far! xoxo

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stuff i no longer need…

I got Lasik, so I don’t need these anymore:

– 2 unopened boxes of Bausch & Lomb Optima FW Contacts (6 lenses in each box)
– 2 individual unopened lenses

Totaling to 7 pairs of lenses

Prescription: -6 (all of them, my eyes were the same)
BC (curve): 8.4

Brand new these cost $15/box, but I just want them to go to someone who can use them vs. me throwing them away! PICKED UP

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My Pentax Optio S4 was stolen about a year ago & I still have this stuff laying around from it:

Battery Charger
AV Cable
USB Cable (connects the camera to the computer)
Software (CD ROM) w/ ACDSee
Operating Manual

If you want any of it, you can have em. I’d rather see them go to someone who can use them than me throw them away or have them collect dust. PICKED UP

Craigslist RULES!

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