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hipsters

2009-06-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

“ 'So, I’m wearing my 1985 New England Patriots t-shirt. And here is my Ralph Nader tattoo. Basically, my body is a shrine to epic losers. ' “

latfh.com

its a funny site.

have you heard of house on the rock?

2009-06-08T18:45:00.000-07:00

i really want to go there.
it has the world's largest carousel, but also lots of other cooky things.

like this:
supposedly its an automated music machine. i'll believe it when i see it.

i would feel less guilty about wanting to go there if i didn't learn about the place from a neil gaiman book.

birds are weird.

2009-05-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

see
3:00 min - 5:42 min
'everything must be spic and span... oh he's ready..... very impressive but no one is watching'
4:59 OMGWTFBBQ

the rest of the video is good, too.

i had forgotten

2009-05-15T19:16:00.000-07:00

i like romantic comedies. i think i may have made myself think otherwise because i feel silly watching them. but i'm watching you've got mail right now and its good. i like the silly little bits of information in their emails.

"The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino."

its kind of pretentious, but so are chuck palahniuk books and i still read them.

another quote from a romantic comedy i have been enjoying:

re: you live in a hotel?
hugh grant: I own the hotel, and I live there. My life is very much like Monopoly.

p.s. dave chapelle is in this movie? whats that about.

I'm going to visit him at woody creek this summer

2009-05-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

Update:

2009-05-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

So I've revamped my own blogspot and plan on updating that a lot. I still have my livejournal, though, so I think I'll use that for more personal things and for keeping up with friends because it is 'friends only' and restricted&all.

madisonbarras.blogspot.com

I'll be having a few adventures over the summer and I guess I'll put up stories and pictures (suitable for sharing) on blogspot and then crazy things that -need- to be told to others will then go here.
Liz, we still really need to get more people on this. Everyone is ridiculous. Send Dave Matthews an invite.

my mom has an old book about how to be a cheerleader

2009-04-27T10:53:00.000-07:00

my favorite parts are all the silly rules there were.
girls with shorter hair should not wear glasses, etc.

two bits four bits six bits a dollar.
somethinsomethin stand up and holler.

which reminds me of the woman from stereototal (she has cute short hair and wears glasses). do they have cheerleaders in europe? anyway. i saw stereototal the other day and they are the cutest couple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2E8Ee3AXAg&feature=related

i felt bad because i was so surprised that i didn't dislike her. i have this weird tendency to dislike european women, they can be so snooty. i blame the angry french teachers i had. and really distinctly, catherine zeta-jones in ocean's 12. she's so annoying. but kind of accurate.

snooty?
snotty?
snotty?

i love that word.

bellies!

2009-04-06T15:05:00.000-07:00

Bellies are Beautiful!

I love empowering women.

this has to do with my job

2009-03-07T00:26:00.000-08:00

Small business selling condoms

So part of my job is outreach to the community - we work to get them in to get tested and educate them on how to stay protected as well as use condoms.
We have so much fun in the things that we do and I really enjoy my job.

zum Beispiel:

On Tuesday my branch of Americorps had a training at my site, Acadiana C.A.R.E.S.
Since it was at MY site, they asked me to get in front of everyone and talk a little about what CARES is about and what, specifically, I do there. I ended up talking for about an hour, answering questions, and even gave a female condom demonstration.
It was ridiculous and so awesome.
They even gave me a plant afterward - it was supposed to be for the lady who was scheduled to come and speak about diversity but she thought it was on a different day..
I named the plant Bernie. He is some sort of fern.. I'm not sure.
I'll ask Karita one day.

your face.

2009-02-27T23:34:00.000-08:00

pussy doodles

2009-02-16T22:44:00.000-08:00

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/87861/detail/

tim and eric weirds me out.
like a lot of adult swim does.
but this is hilarious to me.

nobody here

2009-02-02T16:25:00.000-08:00

http://www.nobodyhere.com/

i used to really like that site in middle school. it just randomly brings you from silly page to silly page.

I like him even more now.

2009-02-02T08:13:00.000-08:00

Michael Phelps

to remember where we came from

2009-01-30T13:22:00.000-08:00

fishfishie

2009-01-30T05:35:00.000-08:00

i can't sleep

2009-01-20T00:49:00.000-08:00

http://silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com/

i like this today

2009-01-17T18:44:00.000-08:00

tictac onemanband

weird iphone app. adulttamogachirelationship?

ahundredpeoplevillae

sea kittens.

three good songs:
animal collective - purple bottle
jens lenkman - the opposite of hallelujah
i love tegan and sera!

i'm not one of those people that looks at cat pictures all day.

2009-01-11T20:56:00.000-08:00

i promise.

wordy rappinghood

2009-01-06T23:03:00.000-08:00

i dont know how to embed.
dont yell at me.

rammsammsamm rammsammsamm
hoodyhoodyhooodyhoodiea rammsammsamm
akyeeye yippe aikaiyai
awoo awoo a reekeetsee

Shane Koyczan

2009-01-06T21:19:00.000-08:00

This guy is from Canada and I know I have a crush on him. Let's go to Canada so I can meet him, ok?

This track is just audio. BUT LISTEN TO IT! "Skin"

"Visiting Hours"

"Beethoven"

"Help Wanted"

whoa

2009-01-02T11:33:00.000-08:00

question: should this video/those lyrics really amuse me so much?

a year in 40 seconds, erikso

"summers hatin' on me because i'm hotter than the sun
spring's hatin on me because i ain't never sprung
winter's hatin on me cause i'm colder than ya'll
and iwouldneveriwouldneveriwouldnever fall

i'm being hated by the seasons
so fuck ya'll hatin for no reason"

i love berets

2008-12-29T18:51:00.000-08:00

dadaya hats

Originally a Saturday morning LiveJournal post:

2008-12-23T14:32:00.000-08:00

I met Elijah Wood last night at the Bulldog.
I was at Barnes and Noble with Tray, a good friend of mine, earlier yesterday. He mentioned that he had some interesting news so I was intrigued. He told me that a friend of his works at Aveda and was doing a manicure on some girl that had this crazy story. The story was that her friend was graduating from UL Saturday and she's good friends with Elijah Wood - so he's in town. Apparently she went on and on about the things they were going to do but I'm sure the girl didn't take any of it to heart - just passed on the news as Tray did - just because.

Well, I didn't really mention anything about what I thought was a silly conversation.
Later that night, around 10:30 PM, Taylor was texting back and forth a friend of hers that works at the Bulldog. He had been giving her crap about other things for a good hour, so when he told her Elijah Wood was at the Bulldog, she didn't believe him and finally said something out loud like "I can't believe he'd just straight up lie to me like that. Whatever". I asked her what was going on and she told me what the bartender just told her.

I threw the chips we were eating on the coffee table and spread out my arms and started to freak out. I told her about Tray's story as I was gathering my things - she grabbed hers soon after.
WE WERE OFF.

We get there, and we see him plainly, so we don't really know what to do. After standing for about 20 minutes (which is unacceptable - we're there so much and we always have seats), we were finally able to get a booth.

The whole time I'm figuring out how to take a picture without being obnoxious. I was texting my guy friend saying 'omgomg how do i take a pic i'm shaking this is so cool'. During all of this he was 'encouraging' me, telling me to take a pic on 'ohh that's awesome cool do it be obnoxious you'll never see him again just get the pic that's so cool'.

Finally, Elijah (first name basis, obviously) gets up and goes to the bar for another Red Stripe. Taylor and I meandered over there to get beer, ourselves. We finally get right up to him and actually order something. I just stood there not knowing what to do for a minute. I finally tapped him on his shoulder. I apologized for potentially annoying him but then went on to tell him that I really did like him in "Everything is Illuminated" and said 'whatever' to "The Lord of the Rings". Then I politely asked if I could have a picture. He smiled and said that it was really cool and nice of me to come over - not many people had the guts to do it

small note: the camera on my phone was acting up and Taylor didn't know how to work it so Elijah was all concerned and tried to help but we got it.

So I sent my guy friend the picture like he requested. Within seconds he said "OMG I'm coming."
He shows up and apologizes to me. He confessed that he didn't actually believe me and that he was sort of egging me on. So then HE wanted a picture with Elijah. He took me outside to where Elijah had migrated and got his attention - "Hey, can I borrow like 30 seconds of your time?" Elijah stood up (He's really tiny - not much taller than me.), looked at me, and said "Oh hey! The girl with the trees. Cool." THANK YOU JASON MRAZ FOR MAKING SUCH A SILLY SHIRT THAT ELIJAH WOOD WOULD RECOGNIZE.

We got the picture of my friend and Elijah and then lingered to talk for a minute. I asked him how he liked it here, when he got in, etc. Then he looked me square in the eyes and said, "Wow, is that a clove?" I offered one to him and he thought about it but declined. My guy friend offered to buy him alcohol but Elijah said they were covered and might go somewhere else later. Elijah gave me a big hug after our small conversation and said it was really cool to meet.

My guy friend and I went back inside to sit at our booth and revel in the awesomeness. We geeked out and just couldn't get over how cool we were that night.

Don't ever let me say that my life sucks.

day one: weasel crest

2008-12-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

this is my drawing for the day. it's for my friend cortlyn's project, "Wax Arguments Journal of Philosophy"
(hopefully he likes it)
(edit: i made some changes to the one i sent him, but this one is more fantastical. so i'm leaving it up)

my new plan: post a drawing here at least everyday. i expect photo responses. i will punch matthew wyble in the face. but yeah. i expect responses.

so he requested a crest with weasels and the face of apollo, and some other stuff. so i made this.
i think the butterfly wings add a nice touch. its sketchy but i hate working with silly computer programs.

also ! haiku:

whatever you do
coriander tiger cats
are not for touching

wtf

2008-12-07T20:30:00.001-08:00

2nd of the evening. some inspiration for us, as we should be street performers.

2008-11-19T20:48:00.001-08:00

Because Dick van Dyke is amazing.
and here's a contemporary example of a one-man-band in action:

German phrases that may be useful to you all.

2008-11-19T19:56:00.000-08:00

Mein Lieblingsbuch ist Schachtof-funf von Kurt Vonnegut.

My favorite book is Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

(That one was for me.)

Ich hätte gern einen Fensterplatz.

I'd like a window seat.

Kann ich hier zelten?

Can I camp here?

Können Sie mit dem Preis herutergehen?

Can you lower the price?

Ist das eine Raubkopie?

Is this a pirated copy?

Haben Sie Feuer?

Can I have a light?

Was machst du heute Abend?

What are you doing this evening?

Möchtest du etwas trinken gehen?

Would you like to have a drink?

Ich bin high.

I'm high.

Was für ein Sternzeichen bist du?

Which star sign are you?

Verpiss dich!

Piss off!

Du leidest wohl unter Größenwahn.

Your ego is out of control.

Ich habe mich verlaufen.

I'm lost.

Ich war mir nicht bewusst, etwas Unrechtes getan zu haben.

I didn't realize I was doing anything wrong.

Au!

Ouch!

Mein Körper ist ein Tempel!

My body is a temple!

Ich bin müde.

I am tired.

I'm really bored.

Ich bin sehr gelangweilt.

Halloween

2008-10-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

Myself and a few friends will be heading to Baton Rouge on Thursday to go to that Haunted House thing.. 13th Gate?

Want to join us? I don't know what time we're going, but let me know.

raindrop's keep falling on my head.

2008-10-10T04:45:00.000-07:00

i really like this guy's photography.

Liz and Wyble

2008-09-27T16:04:00.001-07:00

Should get together and make this thing look ridiculous.

he interrupts, to interrupt

2008-09-26T20:06:00.000-07:00

i guess this is appropriate

2008-09-21T20:58:00.000-07:00

I don't think there is a legitimate video for the song that inspired the blog name, but this is funny.

group blog!

2008-09-21T20:42:00.001-07:00

Hopefully this will take off. I'm really excited about this. Liz and I have wanted to do this for years.

We will need someone to make it look awesome. All involved will be able to contribute funny stories or photos - (not stuff everyone has seen, though) and interesting new things to catch up with one another.

I have my own blog (madisonbarras.blogspot.com) but everyone won't need their own to use this - just a google account (which is so easy, i'm sure everyone has gmail anyway).

leave questions in the comments!