Winter Check List

Decorate house for Christmas - CHECK
Purchase endless amounts of hot cocoa - CHECK
Get winter clothing out of storage - CHECK
Create playlist with songs about Christmas, snuggling, staying warm, etc - CHECK
Purchase windshield wiper blades - FAIL
Put heater by bed - CHECK
Find a hot guy to keep me warm - DOUBLE CHECK
Buy a Penguin - FAIL

Status: Almost Ready!!

Listening to Blue Ocotober and cringing.

To My Dearest Music:

Sweet, sweet music. It will not last. It can not last! This torrid love affair is killing me. One minute I love you, the next I hate you. You constantly cheat on me and yet something inside of me always takes you back. You don't deserve my love! You're so deep and thoughtful when it's just the two of us. I can listen to you for hours, slowly falling deeper in love with you. I'm on cloud nine! But then I walk out my front door and realize you've been having cheap, shallow relationships with the rest of the world. Do they mean more to you than I do? Do they know you better? How can I go on knowing you will never love me back? It's too much! This must end!

Sincerely,
Cyndi

P.S.
I know you sent that squirrel this morning to try to kill me.

Dear Diary,

Remind me to never go camping when it gets to below zero at night or see the move "Nine".

Love,
Cyndi

...I thought I had a peble in my sock
I pulled it off and shook out a wasp
It stumbled out lost, and without a pause
I'm stung as I was, still I stomped it...
(These Few Presidents by Why?)

Happy Halloween

Creepy human dog hybrid.

Patricia Piccinini creates these amazing sculptures. Check her out: http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/

She is a wonderfully disturbed artist.

Dear Diary,

I really need to stop trying to make friends with stray cats. Turns out they aren't the most civil creatures.

Love,
Cyndi

Two more sites to add to my daily routine...

Regretsy.com

PeopleOfWalmart.com

ROTFLMBO!

It's a great month for the art world!

I saw Ivanov this weekend in Fullerton. It was amazing! I've got some other great shows and exhibits lined up for this month as well. Can't wait...

I was given a great job opportunity based on my creative and artistic capabilities (had to take some tests and other things). Problem is, they are an LA based company. For shame.

So on that note, here is the song of the day:

Art Snob Solutions by Of Montreal

What’s up directors? Grab your knives!
It’s time to take all all of the lives
Of the people who cannot see the somnolent genius of Tarkovsky

Come on authors grab your guns!
It’s time to murder everyone who has never heard of Apollinaire
Send them all to hell it’s only fair

Cast them all into the flames if they don’t know any names
Of the principles of Arte Povera
Or are unfamiliar with le serpent mascara
That’s right mascara snake!!!

Come on painters alive or dead
Give all the cretins a boot to the head
If they don’t extoll convincingly
Tempered Elan era Kandinsky

Throw them all into a well if they cannot tell
An Arto Parv feast of repitition from a Schoenburg 12 tone composition

Come on artists the day is here
And your mission is very clear
Put an end to the bourgoussie
And death to everyone who’s never heard of me

My new instrument of choice.

Cyndi in the ballroom with the Pikasso Guitar...

I'm a little bit in love...

A Tale of Horror

I walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Wow, was I good looking that day. I was styling my favorite pink dress I picked up on clearance for only $10. As I turned away from my reflection, I caught a glimpse of something small, black, and hairy perched on my shoulder. I immediately went into freak out mode. I waved my arms around, screaming "spider, spider! devil! get off of me!!" I ripped off my pretty pink dress to make sure the monster wouldn't get in my hair. I threw the dress on the floor with another scream of, "I hate you! Stupid...evil...SPIDERS!!" I huffed and puffed, thinking I had won the battle. Then I remembered something. I had to save the dress! I loved my dress and couldn't stand to think of a spider poisoning it. So I picked up little corners of the dress and slowly looked for the spider within the fabric. Finally I found him! There it was again, that small, black, and hairy creature. I shook him off the fabric onto the floor. "But wait! What's this?", I said to myself. "That's not..." Yes, my friends, you guessed it. It was only a bit of fuzz left over from doing the laundry.

So let this story stand as a warning to any piece of fuzz that comes my way. You are warned, Mr. Fuzz. I will find you and destroy you if you come near my pretty pink dress again.

Also, live reenactments will be held for those interested. :)

Compliments of Shawn and Awkward Family Photos (.com)

Also my new profile picture on facebook. I'm so proud of Shawn's sweet skills.

Concerts are fun, fun are concerts.

I went to Sunset Junction for the second year in a row. Last year it was Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids and some other local indie type bands. This year I went because (drum roll, please) Conor Oberst was playin! I have a not-so-secret crush on him. The Submarines and The Delta Spirit were also playing, and some other cool indie type bands. AND (drum roll again, please) Jenny Lewis di a surprise performance!!!!

I am now uploading the video I took of Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst. I will post it soon.

Beyond the awesome concerts, the festival was crazy weird. Last year was like a circus. This year was like a circus AND a sex-fest. People with "Love Condoms" t-shirts were passing out condoms and personal lubricant samples. HIV test booths. Gay and staight porn booths. I stayed by the stage most of the time because the festival was pretty scary for a good girl like me. :)