let me see

after having a tough few days, being home by myself feeling delirious and sick (yet again) has not been the perfect cure. i've felt lonely, bored, restless and lightheaded, and all i've been able to do is watch TV. yeah, i watched One Life to Live, General Hospital and Lifetime movies. but i also had way too much time to think. as i said to a good friend, being an insomniac and having a cold is the worst combination. all i had left was music, so i downloaded tons. i now have some more Panda Bear and PJ Harvey, as well as some more Grizzly Bear and the newly leaked Animal Collective. between my gigantic sneezes were interspersed songs and a few kitty attacks courtesy of my cat, Scout. i wish i could figure out how to put songs on my blog, but since i can't all i can do is provide titles:

Grizzly Bear "Colorado"

Animal Collective "Daily Routine"

Panda Bear "I'm Not"

PJ Harvey "When Under Ether"

BONUS! team9 vs. stereogum Ratatat vs. PJ Harvey "Ratatat Under Ether"

* it's a mashup of "Wildcat" and "When Under Ether" sooo good (thank you Mitch)

and a bonus picture of my crazy cat (this is how he likes to sleep)

wo woah whoa

this has to be one of the coolest late night performances i've ever seen. it reminds me of chuck e. cheese (for obvious reasons)

the history i'm witnessing

have you ever thought about all of the things we grew up with in the media, and the fact that they're all disappearing before our very eyes? trl has been cancelled, a show that i used to watch every day in middle school. jay leno is retiring, i've been watching that with my dad for years. oprah will soon be retiring too, enough said. and ER, a tv classic that has been on for countless years is in its last season! i'm not huge on tv (i am only dedicated to bravo and the office) but all of these things are a huge part of my generation's development. where would our shitty music taste be without trl's repetitive daily music video countdown? where would my relationship with my parents be without jay leno and oprah? and had there been no ER, would i still be a hypochondriac? this all saddens me a great deal. there are definitely amazing talents in the running to take over jay leno and oprah's respective positons (conan and ellen anybody?), but thanks to all of these wonderful media outlets and personalities, i am who i am today. i will miss all of the above a great deal. maybe not trl so much, but definitely  jay and ER (the cast is very attractive).

scout and about

scout watches more tv than i do. put on a tiger documentary and he starts jumping around. cutest thing EVER.