Author: Mitzi

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Last 5 songs I bought on iTunes

So I got tagged by Sean Bonner to post the last 5 songs I bought on iTunes. I think this is supposed to be some kind of indication of what kind of music I like, and it works for the most part. However, I’ve been buying a lot of music in CD format lately so the results of this experiment are 1.) not really accurate and 2.) kind of embarrassing.

The last five tracks I bought from iTunes are from one album, the soundtrack to Spanglish. There is a song in the movie that has a great violin (possibly viola) solo and I really wanted it but you can only buy the entire album. So I did and it was well worth it.

If you want an actual sampling of what I buy on iTunes I can tell you the last 5 items. They would be

5. Spanglish soundtrack

4. a free sampler album from iTunes

3. episodes of Shear Genius (reality/competition t.v. show on Bravo)

2. Tracy Chapman – Fast Car

1. Gwen Stefani – Sweet Escape

I know this won’t help much but to balance it out I have also bought episodes of This American Life as well as a full Mitch Hedberg CD.

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Update: New Layout

Actually, it’s the same layout just new colors and background. I’ve been clicking around TreeHugger a lot lately and I found an article that talked about how much energy is wasted on computer screens. I learned about Black Google, which is just the search engine, Google, with a black background instead of white. I also learned about a way to make my own blog more energy efficient by switching to a color pallette that saves energy by requiring a lower wattage from your computer screen.

I’ve been playing around with different backgrounds, but I keep coming back to this black with gray stripes that I’m currently using. I made it after observing the BG image used on The Fabulist, which has a great design that I love. I made my own “simple, but not” BG which I’ve now used for my myspace and twitter pages. As it turns out it’s pretty energy efficient as well… at least I hope so.

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Project Pedal

Ever since meeting a friend who was really into cycling I’ve gotten into the idea of it. Project Pedal is one of those ideas that I’ve gotten into. It’s a project (of sorts) that combines cycling, traveling, the people and landscape of the United States and a little bit of reality T.V. to produce a vlog/documentary called Project Pedal.

The best way to learn about it is to visit the site (linked above) but here is a synopsis of the project taken from the Project pedal website:

This documentary – tentatively titled ‘Pedal‘, will bookend with the Pacific and Atlantic oceans… anchored to a small group’s cross country trip and focusing on the inspiring people that cross their path.

Each week a vlog will be posted that will share stories from these people met along the way – as well as the main cast and the occasional behind-the-scenes footage. In the end, the bi-product of these vlogs will be used for a feature length documentary.

The end-goal of this project, both in it’s vlog and documentary form, is to share people’s reasons and motivations behind their trip. Most importantly to share what makes or drives a person to leave everything behind and to understand what they each take away from this overwhelming and painful journey.

It’s kind of amazing.

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An Open Letter to An Old Friend

Dear San Francisco,

Hi. How are you?

I know it’s been awhile. I’m sorry things ended up like they did last time we were together.

I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. I’ve been looking at pictures. I really miss you. I love the time we spent together. You were there for me through some of the hardest years of my life and I’m so grateful for that. I don’t know if we can ever get back to where we were before but I know I want you to be a part of my future. I just can’t stand living like this, not seeing you. I wish I could hug you but I wouldn’t know where to start.

I’ll see you soon, hopefully. Not sure when, but soon.

Love you,
Mitzi