Rave in the Henge

Check out this article Stonehenge: One totally awesome rave location. According to this article:

"Stonehenge was built as a dance arena for prehistoric "samba-style" raves, according to a study of the acoustics of the 5,000-year-old stone circle."

Not really down for the "samba-style" rave (hippie bullshit) but would be down to get my dance on to GOOD techno at Stonehenge for sure.......wait....this looks sorta scary...i guess people DO do it already......

IR-909

If you know me- you know I love me some drum machines- especially the old classics like Dr. Rhythms and the TR-909 (obviously). So you can pretty much imagine how totally floored I was when I saw this.......Like I need one more reason to buy an iPhone.

iPhone- Drum Machine of Gods? (<---click for info on other rad drum machine apps for the iPhone)

Rave it out and away we go!

Warning: January is when you can start ordering these bad boys

Why are tag-alongs so damn good? I mean...don't get me wrong, this girl loves a good thin mint but they basically taste like grasshoppers which you can buy year round at any grocery store. But tag-a-longs...the most amazing chocolaty peanut buttery little pieces of heaven that only come once a year from those angels in green sent from God...those are the bomb diggady. And they get even better if you freeze them. My new year's resolution this year is to attempt to make a Tag-ALong Smores...jesus..i am a frickin GENIUS!! Why hadn't I thought of that before? I have done pb on graham crackers- caramelo and graham crackers-pb and digestives (British cookie) and even used Reeses candy bar in place of the normal Hershey bar..but to use a Tag-along would be frickin out of control.

Okay...so now all I can think about are god damn smores. Jesus. Is it camping season yet? I may just have to make some ghetto smores at home on the stove top tonight. I wish my keyboard looked like this right now:

Need a calendar for 2009?

How bout a Bubble Calendar?

A poster sized calendar with a bubble to pop for every day of the year!

Fugees and Funyons

Here is a compilation of all of the clips from the Seth Galifianakis (Zack's "brother") interview. The entire video is totally worth watching but if you really want a quick fix- go to around 3:45 and then keep on watchin....."what's a Rave?"

Cheers to 2009!

Hey Yo! It's New Years Eve!

Let's Have some Bubbly!

Let's Dance

Bacon, beer, pizza, baby otters and BILLY?

Just saw that billy joel and elton john are going on tour again. I know where I will be March 28. Doesn't matter that it's in Los Angeles- I am so there....I don't care what cha say any more this my life (bah bah ba-da bummmmmmmmm)

New York Food Group #2: Pizza

There is a bar in Williamsburg that gives you afree pizza with every beer you order...I know, heaven on earth, right?

For some reason, the pizza below cost us 14 dollars for 3 slices and a beer...but it was almost 2 am and we were hungry so we didn't care....and it was good....really good.

New York Food Group #1: Pork

I just got back from 5 awesome days in New York and in typical Courtney fashion, a good portion....no...lets be honest..the majority of my trip was focused around the phrase, "what am I going to eat next?" There is so much yummy food everywhere you go--it can be really overwhelming and not to mention expensive. But I think I did pretty well. There really is nothing that I didn't get to eat (besides "street meat" from a Halal truck) that I am bummed about missing. So I think I did pretty good for just bein in the city for 5 days. So now- after looking back at the pics from my trip, after all the yummy meals I had, I realized that the most of the cuisine I ate fall into four major food groups (well..."5" that we will use for all the other things that don't fit any where else). My New York food groups are as follows:

1. Pork/Sausage/Hot Dog

2. Pizza

3. Cupcakes

4. Kahlua

5. other

Food Group #1: Pork/ Sausage/ Hot Dog:

BACON WARNING: I started almost everyday out with a bacon, egg and cheese bagel (often dippin it hot wing sauce which later busted open in my purse--yes, i carried the container of hot sauce in my purse all day...and so I then stank of wings all day! I wasnt complaining although I dont think the people on the subway very much enjoyed the smell of hot sauce on the crowded trains but whatever.) I even ordered bacon/ cheddar cream cheese to add to one of these bagels but the "bacon" was actually more like bacon bits which was a little disappointing but still good nonetheless...I also had breakfast at a place called EGG in Williamsburg and had candied bacon. I had never tried this before but once my plate arrived I realized that it was essentially bacon that is cooked with maple syrup on it and I like to drown my bacon in syrup sometimes anyhoo so I wasnt that floored by it...still flippin good though. Bacon is always good. (no pic...too freakin cold that day to even think about busting out the camera) I also had some awesome bacon on one of the best burgers ever at Bar89 but once again...no pic... Here are the pork pics I do have:

Gray's Papaya Hot Dog.... wasn't too big of a fan...they were alright...Ian ended up eating the second half mine. I think we deteremined it was the sauerkraut that tasted funky.

Stella's Italian sausage. I asked for nachos cheese on mine.

It was pretty damn good and then a pigeon literally landed on my sausage so I had to toss it.

We had a dinner party at their apartment and Ian made pulled pork sandos.....

Is that a Beer Bottle Christmas Tree?

Why yes...yes it is!

That's what friends are For....Bacon Updates...keep em comin

Alright. Let's be honest here. It's not really a secret that I sorta like bacon...just a little bit. I mean....I guess I have been known to talk about it a little bit here and there but I wouldn't say that I am like obsessed or anything. Me? Be obsessed with something? pffff..no...you crazy (john travolta) Okay...I guess when people think of bacon they often think of me...or vice versa which is pretty rad, I think, so I really wasn't that surprised that within 25 minutes of each other, I received the following two emails from two very good friends and one was even send to my sister to be forwarded to me:

Email#1 On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:15 AM, :
More Bacon Diggs http://www.holytaco.com/if-i-die-bacon-related-death-id-it-be-because "


Email #2 On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:40 AM, :
"This is what I would get you for Xmas if i ate or wanted to cook bacon. Just thought you should know. http://www.holytaco.com/if-i-die-bacon-related-death-id-it-be-because "

Email #3: Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:49 A
Subject: Bacon sister
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/12/pfft_hearts_are_overrated_anyw.php

So....if you go to that site, its all about making a bacon mat. But guess what folks? Come on...did you really think this bacon freak had not only already HEARD of the bacon mat...but this girl has already made her own bacon mat. Now....I will say this much...the addition of the cheese pretty much blew my mind. Although I would totally add jalapenos and a butt load of franks red hot sauce but hey...that's just me! So long story short. I agree whole heartedly with the other website that to die by the grace of bacon would be a sweet and salty way to go.

Finally- someone has the balls.............

(that's what she says................or he says)

This guys blog, fuck you, penguin, is pretty freakin fantastic. He calls it "A blog where I tell cute animals what's what." hahaha. RAD....but if he even thinks about doin a post on baby otters, shit is gonna hit the fan.

oh deer.....should I be laughing? yes..yes i should

oh so wrong...but oh so right. check out this random site I came across -->> subversive cross stitch

wow. this site is cool. These are kits that you buy. And you can stitch really screwed up and inappropriate things but it looks like something your grandmas would have on her wall. pretty silly.They also have this:

You type in whatever freakin phrase you want like for example I did "midi received is da bomb" (no joke) and you'll end up on a page with your text charted on a graph that you then print out and then use as a pattern. I think i just like it cause it has a robot, honestly. Okay....as I type this, I just realized that I don't sew at all so why am I even still talking about this?mmmmm...maybe because I can buy a kit that says this:

there is an otter in my tree!

Still the Reigning Hot Sauce Eating Champion...

After ordering dominos at 1 am, Schroeder asked if he could as much Sriracha hot sauce on my slice as he wanted. I said sure- went to put on my pjs and came back to find my slice of pepperoni pizza lookin like this (except I added the red chilies myself later). It looked almost as if a 5 year old, who had never put ketchup on their own food before, took the bottle without their parents knowing and just went to town...except this was HOT SAUCE, and Schroeder is in his 20s ...and granted this was almost 2 am and post Office Holiday party so....almost the same thing. Anyhoo....I don't think he was really expecting me to eat it but guess what?

BAM!!!

What were you worried about? Pizza was gone and it was freakin great. I wasn't even phased.

On to the next slice..... I was even pretty impressed with myself...so...anyone down for a hot sauce battle?

Alberquerque

Once again...thank you McSweeneys....

HOW SOMEONE WITHAN AMERICAN PUBLIC-SCHOOL EDUCATION WHO DIDN'T REALLY PAY MUCH ATTENTION IN CLASS BUT LEARNED JUST ENOUGH TO PASS EXAMS IMAGINES THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
BY MATT PASSET
- - - -
PILGRIM: Happy First Thanksgiving. Thank you for having us to your tepee.
INDIAN: How!
(The INDIAN holds his hand in the air with his palm facing out.)
INDIAN: That means "Hello" in Indian.
PILGRIM: We came here on the Mayflower. It is that big ship over there. It has nothing to do with the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. That is something else completely.
INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.
(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)
PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?
INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
PILGRIM: Yes, like a labyrinth.
INDIAN: (Mumbles something inaudible about David Bowie.)
PILGRIM: Thank you for introducing corn to me. This turkey is good, too.
INDIAN: We hunted it. We are hunters and gatherers.
PILGRIM: Excuse me one second; the buckle to my shoe has come undone.
(PILGRIM bends down and buckles his shoe.)
PILGRIM: This is a nice neighborhood.
INDIAN: It is called Plymouth Rock. It does not refer to one single rock. We are not eating dinner on some large rock sitting by the water, even though people might one day think that. We just moved here. We used to own Manhattan, but sold it for $24. They paid us in buttons and arrowheads.
PILGRIM: (Sarcastically.) Wow, $24! That, uh ... sounds like a good deal.
INDIAN: We have casinos and sell cheap cigarettes.
(INDIAN lights a peace pipe, adjusts his feather headdress.)
PILGRIM: I have a buckle on my hat, I think for no reason.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/11/21passet.html