blandwich suggests

romeo and juliet – dire straits
- “i can’t do everything but i’d do anything for you.” it’s a perfect winter/spring late night transition song

buying those bagels in bulk and freezing the hell out of them.
- whole wheat everything and a french press and two cats.  you only end up saving 50 cents or maybe less, but it’s so much easier than going to the store.

mad men
- i don’t know guys, have you heard of it?  i’m on my second series viewing, preparing for when new episodes come out in 2010 or whatever.

crushes
- even if venus is in retrograde;  go for it in march, you guys.

drawing the tattoo you want, instead of getting the tattoo you want
- it’s just safer.

travel
- by the end of 2009, i will have spent at least 18 days in san francisco, 7 days driving from austin to LA, 10 days in barcelona (and vicinity), and 3 days in the catskills. just do it: you’re going to lose all your money anyways.

the best of romantic comedy

You guys, I’ve been really into bad romantic comedies lately.  27 Dresses? Hell yes.

My all time favorite romantic comedy is Drive Me Crazy starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier.  If you haven’t seen it, it is the best tale of high school friends tore apart by a middle school dispute, in which one of them got “popular” and one of them got “cool.”  A whole 4 years later, in order to get back at the people who have broken their respective hearts, they get together and the whole school gets in a kerfuffle. Everyone learns a lesson about love.

But, how come none of you are watching Chuck?  It is really just the most fantastic drawn out romantic comedy.  I don’t even think you need to have watched a single episode to see why this is really compelling television.

Guess what?  It makes me cry.

channeling all my teen angst

have you ever taken a day to listen only to helium – headphones up!

by the time you get to “trixie’s star” you’ll be scaring the cats with how much you are loving singing along like it’s 1994.

yelling, someday it’d be so right to be cruising and  shooting and fucking like some kind of movie.

guys: your love was a fad, and you’re a drag.

all links, no pictures now.

Here is an interesting brief review of the Lykke Li show in Chicago, I’m presuming.

I have  avoided seeing her in New York, basically out of the unarticulated fear that I would want to write a similar (not as funny) review and it would all be ruined.  By “it,” I mean, my solo 14-year-old style dance parties to “youth novels” with the cats after I put on david bowie’s old  makeup because I am bored and I don’t want to do my adult work. 

Although, I haven’t yet heard Warbirds & Peacedrums.  Maybe I’ll go blip them, or whatever, byeee.

so many sad days for music, already

Blossom Dearie passed away yesterday at the age of 82.

http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2009/02/tt_blossom_dearie_rip.html

That’s it, I guess.

sleepin time

i can no longer tell if my outrage is shrill or justified.  welcome to the new, greatest depression where, for $10/hr, you can take prescription sleep aids you don’t need to sleep in front of hundreds of strangers — preferably for the entirety of a full day of exhibitions at the new museum.  it sounds a little too, “they shoot horses, don’t they?” for my taste.

and of course, i’m not a visual art person, at least not a static visual art person – and i’ll admit i still don’t get pieces like “green horses” by bruce nauman, which in my unskilled, unschooled way i see as similar in statement – the artist on loop, etc, etc.  except these women – and why exactly do they have to be women? and between the ages of legal and still attractive? – are not the artist.  and they can make more working at any fast food restaurant in the city.  without taking sedatives.

i’m open to the other side of this argument – i’m just not seeing it.  feel free to comment or email a blandwich.

oh no, cabinet

So now nobody can take their cabinet positions because they employ illegal immigrants and miss out on taxes they need to pay.

No one can forgive this mistake in a pristine Obama administration because it will reflect poorly on the new ethical standards he’s promised to impose.

But, like, who knows better than lifetime government employees how to get around pesky loopholes  like TAXES?  And then, who knows better than lifetime government employees strategies to, I don’t know, reform health care? Whoops, blandwich don’t care about taxes.  Grandpa taught me right.

oh, i’m sorry

i didn’t realize that this just turned into the blandwich neuroses blog. keep an eye out on the crock pot blog for an upcoming recipe for chile verde with pork. put it on some rice, top it with some guacamole, eat it with tortillas. oops wrong blog.

follow up with some vosges red fire iced cream. spicy.

modern nonchalance

have you guys read this week’s (ALWAYS FANTASTIC, AM I RIGHT?) modern love?

here is a recipe for love:

1) act like you don’t care/choose your words wisely

2) invest some big money into chasing something that exists only in your head

3) get a kiss on the cheek

4) return to real world

let’s do this, guys.

to follow up:

TRUTH SPOKEN TO TRUTHISDOMPOWER:

There is no telling where a style nerd is going to come back to being the true nerd that you and i want to mother, and where he’s going to take the avalanche of female interest that accompanies these graphic design/architect/grad student types.