Post Vacation update

I FINALLY just finished editing all the photos from the trip. You can view them here flickr, I haven't captioned all of them, but you'll get the idea.

Tomorrow night Missy, Rachel and I are going to Andrew Bird. I seriously can't wait. Just this weekend I've been listening to Armchair Apocrypha more in depth. I so in love with it. I also can't stop listening to "People Got Lotta Nerve" off the new Neko Case album and a song called "Not Fair" off Lily Allen's new album. I know they are soooo different but I love them equally.

Thursday night I am volunteering for the AIGA show here in Seattle. I'm new to the scene so it will be fun seeing how another creative club organizes and what their dynamic is like. I wonder if I'll be thinking..."that woman is the Libby Bender of Seattle or that guy is the John Amatucci of the Northwest...". I was once an outsider in Tulsa and found my home with ADCT pretty quickly. I know the formula (volunteer for everything until they depend on you) so I bet I can do it again.

Broken Social Scene

I got to see one of my favorite bands last night. Broken Social Scene is a larger band then I thought. In this instance, like with alot of bands I listen to, I had no idea what they looked like before the concert. These Canadians were older then I thought they were.

The concert was at Showbox Sodo and was sold out. I've been to this venue once before to see The Kooks. I have to say the acoustics totally stink and the layout sucks even more. But unlike my previous experience, I really loved it this time. Maybe it was the band. They were very talkative, commented about our new presidential success, and even gave advice about curfews. Overall they were in a great mood and totally rocked. They played all my favorite songs including "Anthem for a Sixteen Year Old Girl", "Stars and Sons" and "Looks Just Like The Sun". They had Lisa Lobsinger as the female singer. Many women have taken turns with the band including Lesile Feist (Feist), Emily Haines (Metric) and Amy Milan(Stars).

So I tried using my new Flip to record a few songs. It was really easy to keep pretty steady, I just couldn't dance. But, tall people kept getting in the way :(

First Flip Video

I took this on my way to work the other day...I hope to post little videos on here more often. I'll try to be diligent over my trip to Mexico.

FLIP!

In preparation for my trip to Mexico on Saturday, I bought this. It's called a Flip and its a really light weight and easy to use camcorder for sharing video on the internet. I've played around with it just a little. First thing I noticed is that I love how well it performs in low light. But I DO NOT like the software that comes with it. It is a POS and very pro AOL. Who even uses AOL anymore, that's what I want to know. I don't even see those cheesy cds in the mail anymore. Why? Because who in the world still uses dial up?

Anyway. Back on the subject. I'm going to test it tonight at the concert I'm going to, Broken Social Scene, here in Seattle. I hope that it does better then my little Nikon S2. I got that little Nikon from John 3 years ago. It's so out of date, but the little guys been a trooper. hasn't ever given me any issues. Come to think of it, I think it was one of my first posts on this blog :)