Himalountain

HBO is finally putting shows on iTunes Music Store. Not that I use iTMS unless I have a free download. Really just wanted an an excuse to post my favorite Flight of the Conchords clip:

I’m still amazed how spot-on they got the Bowie sound from several eras.

Pure gold.

Found on Reddit.

Or, perhaps that should be so little posting, so much time. Drove back home for Mother’s Day over the weekend (ain’t I just the bestest son in the whoooole world?). Then, as one would logically assume, I drove back. Thirteen total hours of driving for twenty four hours of being back home. Sleeping on a far too small air mattress, braving dirt roads chock full of treacherously large pot holes, overzealous highway patrol officers trying to fill their quotas… all for Mom.

Something I learned on this trip, my Dad may have gone ’round the bend, so to speak. It was bad enough when he started stringing up hummingbird feeders like there was no tomorrow (cause if today was your last day on earth, wouldn’t you want to feed as many hummingbirds as you can?). He put up so many of them that there are now swarms of hummingbirds at my parents place. Yeah, you read that right, swarms. Imagine hitting a bee-hive with a baseball bat. See all those bees? Now replace them with hummingbirds, and that’s what their front porch looks like.

But he didn’t stop there. He started hanging ‘regular’ bird feeders, but the squirrels were eating all the bird seed. So how did he solve this problem? Not with my ingenious invention (to be posted at a later date), but rather by feeding the squirrels peanuts. So now picture the flocks of birds, swarms of hummingbirds, and army of squirrels. Got all that? Now add these two little guys:

More to post, but still recovering from the long drive… also, I gotta go to work at 5am tomorrow, so that bed is looking pretty damn enticing right now.

I’d admit it: I’m a late adopter. As in, I started listening to Belle & Sebastian this year. After having grown up a stone’s throw away from a really kick ass Chinatown I just discovered Sriracha Sauce (aka Cock Sauce per the bottle illustration). I’d had it before but not my very own bottle, recently purchased at Marukai 98. It’s kind of my new mustard. Whoa brilliant idea: Sriracha mustard! (A quick Google search tells me it’s a known but not heavily marketed combination)

That’s going on my next, um, turkey dog.

Seriously though, I’m putting it on everything. I’m totes addicted. I wonder how quickly I can go through this thing.

I’m feeling like a terrible child today for not having my shit together enough to get up to see my parents this weekend. I did call my mom and sent her this e-card (hopefully my sister isn’t reading this post). But yeah, it’s Mother’s Day and I’m pretty close with my mom and I’m not making her brunch (and by making, I mean buying bagels and lox) and taking her to the Rose Garden so I feel crummy.

But check out this hilarious blog she sent me today:

http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c3921527528c01152831fb4e000c

Jundt - if you can figure out why I can’t seem to embed anything other than youtube videos, help a girl out

I think I know someone who needs to get this:

from Boing Boing:

Artist Justin “Scrappers” Morrison and Studio Acorn collaborated on this incredible trophy head belt buckle. Only two of them were made. One is holding up Morrison’s pants and the other is for an upcoming art show at Giant Robot New York.

I saw a smart car on the way to work today. I want one! The guy driving it was talking on his cell phone which pissed me off for some reason. Shouldn’t he be so consumed with the awesomeness of his teeny car and the amazing mileage he’s getting that he can barely concentrate on the road, let alone talking on the phone?

If I get one, it will have to coordinate with my Vespa. Actually I’ll get a tiny adorable trailer so that I can haul my Vespa around. The whole thing (Smart Car, Trailer, Vespa) would probably fit into my parking space.

++ = All I Need

words/phrases that Juuulia uses that everyone else finds annoying:

• totes
• meta
• sleepy time
• fail
• tinkle
• boot (added by jundt)
• OMG (added by jundt)

We are ok with “vadge” and “boot” I believe.

Add more in the comments. And if you can remember what Jundt says that is annoying, add that too..

Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt plays through my head when I look at this picture.