“You’re not obliged to swallow anything you despise”
This is my favorite shins song EVER.
It’s one of those songs that I have the worst trouble trying to choose just ONE line to put as the title lyric.
Because the WHOLE SONG is amazing.
And this is quite a bold statement.
Because here is my current list of the 10 best music artists:
1) Muse (Duh)
2) The Shins
3) Damien Rice
4) Death Cab for Cutie
5) The Arcade Fire
6) Brand New (As long as we forget they ever created “Your Favourite Weapon”. What an awful CD)
7) Simon & Garfunkel
The Postal Service (They really need to come out with a new CD… “Give Up” is getting kind of old…)
9) Wilco (They would be higher… but they are so inconsistant. Some of their music is rather unfortunate)
10) Bright Eyes
The funny thing? None of those bands have a woman lead singer. Ok, sometimes Damien Rice does. And sometimes The Postal Service and The Arcade Fire as well. But I have an odd aversion to female voices. I don’t understand it.
Anyways, Andrew (my brother in law) thinks I need to post more.
So here I am
And I actually I have stuff to show.
First of all … since the last time I posted, this painting:
Did this:
My mom left me 
We had a great time having her in Iowa for the past week though.
We went to HuHot because this crazy boy decided to visit Dordt again:
though I think he was here for a different reason…
Who can blame him?
I decided that MY BROTHER IN LAW is a nerd (He claims to be the (yes, this is a direct quote) “geeky zen guru - - making everything one!”) It makes more sense when you read his latest blog entry.
Albeit he is a very smart nerd.
That helped me…
(drum roll….)
start my more PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE.
Although it’s really not ready to show or anything right now -because what you are seeing was made in very little time.
But soon.. it will be awesome.
You can access it as my “portfolio” page that is on top of this page. So, my website is undergoing some heavy construction right now. Give it a little time.
Anyways…
I also think I’m going to apply for grad school for next year. I wasn’t planning to do it for another year, but hey -it can’t hurt to attempt this year, can it?
Soo… my #1 choice is….
… Hmmmmm.
Ok. Anyways to sum it all up. I’m gonna start posting two times a week rather than one. Yay, right?
I’m tired… I haven’t been feeling so well for the past two days. Perhaps sleep will help me out.
Have a good one!
Dee-Marie
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Oh I am sooooo excited for you to come to portland! you great girl you! I love what you’ve done to your painting.
Oh, we have so much wonderful music to play for you! You need to come spend a weekend with us sometime, ok? Promise?
Yay for your professional website! It’s exciting to get some of your stuff out there for people to see. If you need any help with any of the web stuff, let me know.
Yay for living in Portland
What I’m wondering about that painting, is are the people coming up out of the goo, or are they drowning in it?
Cheers and best wishes for the week!
“6) Brand New (As long as we forget they ever created “Your Favourite Weapon”. What an awful CD)”
Remind me to slap you later for this statement. Brand New was able to create a solid rock album pretty much based on three chords. Plus, it contains Soco Amaretto Lime, which is arguably one of their best songs ever. Granted, Your Favourite Weapon is probably the worst of the three albums, but it’s by no means awful. In fact, for a long time I liked it more than Deja. In conclusion, Your Favourite Weapon is a great album. The End.
Dave & Trina - I might be around portland for Christmas break! I don’t know if you will read this comment, but I’m sure I’ll tell you one day or another!
Dave - I intended the people to be coming out of the goo, but I’m open to either interpretation that helps you the most. I made this with Psalm 130 in mind- “Out of the depths I cry to thee oh lord, o hear my call”
Jeremiah - Ok, so maybe I was a little harsh. “Your Favourite Weapon” isn’t awful. It’s just that I would’ve never considered putting Brand New on my top ten if they had stopped at just that CD. Maybe mediocre is a better word… but then again, you like punky, I don’t, and YFW is waaaaaaaaaaay to punk for me. So take that!
Ok, I can accept that