63: meme ho

1.Choose a band / artist and answer ONLY in titles of their songs:
Rufus Wainwright

2. Are you male or female:
Sally Ann

3. Describe yourself:
The One You Love

4. How do some people feel about you:
Complainte de la Butte

5. How do you feel about yourself:
I Don’t Know What It Is

6. How do you feel about ex boyfriends/girlfriends:
Poses

7. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend/crush:
Beautiful Child

8. Describe where you want to be:
California

9. Describe how you live:
Dinner at Eight

10. Describe how you love:
Across the Universe

11. What would you ask for if you had just one wish:
Sanssouci

12. Share a few words of Wisdom:
Oh, What a World

13. Now say goodbye:
Go or Go Ahead

No. 62: this city is a snow globe

Hello, Baltimore.

It’s snowing. Somewhere in Fell’s Point, a couple in their late twenties is preparing to venture out. Wife is brushing her teeth with organic toothpaste. Husband is rolling up his flannel shirt (exposing well-designed thought provoking tattoos) and getting their eighteen month old baby up. They will stroller over the cobblestones to the Daily Grind, where they will enjoy coffee and the paper and this lovely cold cold Saturday.

On Federal Hill, some young professionals will just be getting up and rubbing the sleep out of their eyes and the make up from last night’s outing. They will eat cold pizza and watch Saturday morning movies. They will call their friends at one and make evening plans.

This is sounding so much more bitter than I meant it to.

Went to the Hexagon and Metro Gallery last night w/ the kids for John’s birthday. It was good to see the Posse/EVA. I danced more than I ought to have, given that the only physical exertion I’ve engaged in for the past few months has been skiing for three days. Different. TIRED this morning. But work has been pleasant. Busy but not annoyingly so. And Dani got me a bacon egg and cheese bagel.

Baltimore, it is SNOWING. Not epically, but it’s beautiful. They’re saying we’ll get 4 inches by 4pm but I doubt it. Arlington has more snow than us right now, or so reports Mom via text messaging. She’s reading in front of the fire. There’s no place like home.

I have to read One Hundred Years of Solitude for a class. I wish I was good enough to read it for what it is in Spanish. I’m trying to read the Spanish with the English alongside, but I’m getting quizzed on this, so you know… maximum comprehension necessary.
I wrote an awful short short story today. Meh. Sternberg will tell me how to fix it. I have faith.
I have to write a 4-6 page scene for play writing. NO idea how to do it or what it should be about. Trying not to make an ass of myself, given that I didn’t take pt 1 of the course and Lapadula is letting me take pt 2 anyway. We’ll see, we’ll see.

Making pasta carbonara and sauteed squash/zucchini/onion for the kids tonight. Hopefully Clare will bring over a good movie. Adaptation was phenomenal, so a good followup is necessary. As an aside, watched Taken w/ Spence the other night. It was better than I expected it to be. Obvious, but enjoyable.

I’m loving this snow. Rachel and I decided that from the windows of the salon, it appears we are in a snow globe.
I will probably not love it at 4, when I have to drive home.

Enjoy the weather, Baltimore. Let’s pray it gets warm soon though.

H

No.61: for the moments you feel weak

1. came home from vail today. angry text message from dave for NO reason. awesome.
2. boyfriend and i watched Korean vampire flick. not a good idea.
3. i am so broke.
4. classes start on monday.
but God has blessed me a lot this week, in a variety of ways. so when i started to feel stressed and sad, He sent me this:

Remember kids– things can always be worse.

H


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No. 59: transnation

Here I am in Vail with my boyfriend and parents. It’s. Awesome. A whopping 25 degrees here today. It’s 1 o clock and I just got out of my pajamas. The mountains are GORGEOUS. Mom has pictures and I’ll post a couple later. Tonight we’re going to Goldenpeak to rent gear and then Pazzo’s for pizza. SO excited. Tomorrow will be ski day one. I’m not necessarily sure there will be a ski day two. But we’ll see. It’s nice just being here. Caught up on 30 Rock and Dollhouse, and read twenty more pages of The Crying of Lot 49 (finally, Joe, I got to it). Also posting a playlist for a mix cd I’m making for a friend. I’d love feedback.

Love from the Rockies. H

No. 58: see songs

Here’s songs from this/last week. I’m a little behind, but so what.

  • Shopping for Blood by Franz Ferdinand- as heard on Chuck, my latest televised favorite. “Chuck Versus the First Kill”. Sometimes I think Franz Ferdinand was a waste of recording space, but then I ran across this. It’s on the special edition of their self titled. It reminds me a little of the Who and Iggy Pop smashed together against an organ and an auto-tuner.
  • Good Arms vs Bad Arms by Frightened Rabbits: Carlos put this on a mixed cd for me last year and I never knew who it was until I heard another song by them, again on Chuck. It’s one of my favorite songs of the year, I think, and lyrically interesting, though musically simplistic. His voice is a little different, almost annoying, but misses it by being foreign.
  • Ballroom Blitz by Sweet: Sometimes you need a little glam rock in  your life. Rediscovered this when I found the Glam cd Micah Cohen made me when I was 16. While my favorite version of this one by far is Tia Carrere’s version in Wayne’s World (video below), this one is pretty good. The Buzzcocks covered it too, but I have no idea if that’s any good.

  • (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To by Weezer: While Raditude was a breathtaking disappointment, this is a fantastic song. It’s not exactly Weezer-y enough for me, but it’s still great, also, check the music video b/c it made me love the song even more. also… “Raditude”? come on. Bro! Sweet album title, bro!

  • Leap of Faith by Sanctus Real- a little Christian pop-rock for you. I really like them, and for being pop-rock, they’re not bad. His voice is engaging and the guitar solos are worthy at least. It’s nice to listen to music about actual human struggle and God instead of relationships, now and again. Anyway, their new album is listenable.

Everyone’s all bonkers over the new Vampire Weekend. It’s not bad. It’s not AMAZING either. I’m holding my breath for Animal Collective. And praying that Band of Horses comes out with something good.

Chilling at home today, then back in Baltimore tonight until we leave for Vail on Friday. Pretty excited.

A week and a half left before the last semester of college. Meh.

H

No.57: Palindrome Photography

Spencer built me a photo website.

It is here. Not quite finished with it yet, but it’s getting there.

Thanks!

H

No.56: some songs

Here’s the first 5 of the Year.

Hannah’s Songs to Live To

  1. “Cannibal Resource” by The Dirty Projectors– I may or may not have listened to that song 10 times yesterday.
  2. “Are We All Forgotten” by The Paper Route– Neil used this for the NYAid 2009 promo video and while it’s typical pop-punky stuff, I kinda of loved it.
  3. “Can I Get Get Get” by Junior Senior- this was on one of Meredith’s dance mixes on lala and it’s now my ringtone.
  4. “It’s My Life/Confessions” by Glee Cast- best mash up of the year, in my opinion. Aside from the aforementioned Kids/Pokeface Weezer edition.
  5. “Satellite Skin” by Modest Mouse- While No One’s First and You’re Next came out a while ago, I was completely oblivious to it until a month ago. Anyway, this is a pretty great song.
    (couldn’t find a good link for the actual video, but i highly suggest checking it out. it is characteristically bizarre.)

Happy New Year everyone, and a HUGE thanks to everyone who made New Year’s Aid possible.

H

No. 55: ten years gone

And so ends another year.

Tonight Spence and I will be attending the Arreaza family New Year’s party in Bethesda, then going to work @ New Year’s Aid at the the church. Kind of excited, actually, it should be a good time.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to go up to New York with Jenny and Taylor this weekend or go next weekend with Kendall. Do not know, but I do know that I’m going sometime during break, BEFORE Natalie moves to California.

I’m going to try to be better about blogging this year. More relevant blogs, less ‘Dear diary’. also, i’ll be doing Hannah’s Songs to Live To again this year. So look for those on Fridays. As I’ll also be in two theater/film/culture classes, I’m thinking about also doing movie reviews, but that’s yet to be determined.

Spencer has created me a photo website, which is currently empty but will soon feature some of my photos. So I’ll post that link when it’s finished.

In the interest of your typical year end list, here is my 2009 Top 10.

  1. Best Cover:  Taken by Trees covering Animal Collective’s “My Girls” with “My Boys”. I was impressed with this song and the video is gorgeous.
  2. Top 5 Albums: For me, it’s first Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective, then in no particular order:  Manners by Passion Pit, Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Neko CaseMiddle Cyclone, Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest. St. Vincent’s was a great album, too, but I only listened to it maybe twice, so I don’t know that it makes my list.
  3. Best Terrible Celebrity Moment: “Taylor, I’ma letchu finish….”
  4. Greatest Television show: Glee
  5. Best Film to Go See with a Bunch of Your Friends on a Thursday with nothing to do: Zombieland
  6. Best Book (I Read) in 2009: I didn’t read anything new this year. I’m mostly underwhelmed by recent publications, so until Glen or Hannah’s book is out, I’m gonna continue catching up. SO, the best book I read in 2009 would have to be either For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway or The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
  7. Worst Fashion Development: Cocoon sweaters with no buttons. I don’t get it, especially for men.
  8. Best Trip: The Dominican Republic missions trip this summer w/ family.
  9. Best date: Mine and Spencer’s first- snowcones, long drive with the top down, talking in a field for hours.
  10. Awesome thing I learned: how to make pie and snickerdoodles.

So there’s that.

Hope you all had an eventful 2009, and are safe tonight ringing in our glorious new decade.

H

No. 54: ugh

Yeah, I realize that it’s 6 years old, but this makes me furious.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7933-2004Jun26_2.html

in other news– i have 7-10 more pages to go and then i’m done with this friggin essay and the semester. woot!

hs