the damage displayed with Hipstamatic (best app evah).
This happened while I was trying to take off its lens to put on my didge-et-uhl camera with this nifty adaptor I bought, which arrived in the mail today, which is pretty cool, and makes the camera way like ten pounds less.. and – oh yeah, I twisted the wrong part and it just BROKE. Forums on Flickr said “oh yeah, it will be really really hard to get off at first but just.. twist it.” I guess that only applies for.. the right part.
On the bright side my Gorillapod tripod (also ordered with Christmas amazon gift card – thanks Volls!) came, and it’s pretty shnazzy dazzy (changing up the adjectives, okay?).
neighborhood lights
School started yesterday. Part of my homework tonight is to fill out an “Application for Employment” for our class bake sale business. Half of it is marked “N/A” because I don’t have any degrees, slash haven’t exactly been to college yet. Last.fm is playing me some lovely recommendations.
Speaking of Last.fm.. what’s the spiel? I’ve had an account for awhile and quite plainly don’t use it (except for right now). The statistics aren’t really right and most of the time just make me feel weird, like the internet is judging my music tastes (by not really right I mean inaccurate and by inaccurate I mean it sees my Top Album as my cantor’s Bar Mitzvah practice CD) (and my judging music tastes I mean “I’m a neurotic Jew”). I guess I shouldn’t be worried about the latter though because I’m pretty proud of the music I listen to. It’s just stuff like, I dunno, say, the Spongebob soundtrack that should stay UNDER THE RADAR.
Honestly it’s not so much judgement, though, as the thought that somebody could be analyzing what you’re listening to (wait.. okay yeah judgement). Meh.
p.s. wait! I never even uploaded pictures taken with the Diana! Okay, added to the to-do list.
edit: Last.fm scrabbling and stuff works fine, it just doesn’t gauge Top Bands and stuff like that right because I don’t always listen to music on iTunes/other scrobble-able stuff. Sometimes it’s a turntable or car stereo and things a’like that. My suspicion is that I think music listening in private is private.. which kind of goes against a lot of what I think about music but, maybe the internet makes it different?
Formsprings from awhile ago. FYIers, I do read ALL of the formsprings, just some don’t get replied to for varying reasons. Enjoy!
Is it quite odd that I enjoy saying “Chaka Khan” at random intervals?
OH EM G.E. you mean, the BEATIFUL, LEGENDARY, NOBEL PRIZE-DESERVING CHAKA KHAN? (kidding, never heard of her until the google internet machine.)
Just out of curiosity… Do you have a deviantart?
Nope.
If you had to choose, would you rather be blind or deaf?
Eeeeee I hate this question. It scareds me. I think blindness would make you feel solitary. Deaf would make you feel muffled. It’s such a horrible thing to think about, it just worries me.
Ethics question: if a friend/your Dad/etc. played you a piece of music or a song they wrote and you thought it was crap, would you say you liked it anyway just to avoid hurting their feelings, even though you’d be lying? Being a musician, how would you want someone to respond to you in that situation?
I guess it depends on the person. If I didn’t like it I could just say something was “nice” about it or other watered down micro-compliments (not flat out THIS IS SHIII). But again whose music it is plays a big part in that. (There you go, dad. Now you know that the other day when you played that demo to me and I said “yes, those Moroccan see urchin squeaks are pleasant,” I really meant “I can’t believe you have a career singing.”)
Would you like to learn how to fly a plane?
That would be supa!
What percentage of time in your brain is spent thinking of girls?
15.38%. See also private Montessori school.
SPENCER!!!!!!!! Go see the Flaming Lips live!!! Enlightment awaits you
You should come to canada. we have poutine. it is french fries with gravy and cheese curds. Signed- Someone who is not Anna Fitz. Or maybe is. I DONT KNOW
Okay not-Anna-Fitz.
You are a mega-brain of insight.
I usually wear a hat to keep the overpowering pure energy from gleeming out of my knowledge vessel, but, y’know..
Had I been in 7th grade in the academic school year of 2009-2010 rather than 2003-2004 we probably would have gotten along just fine. I was just as brainy as you at that age.
YES BUT HAVE YOU SEEN SQUIRREL UNDERPANTS?
I wish that I could be a sea cucumber. Or at least know what it was like to be one, even for a minute.
That’s cool, but why not a badass-to-the-max eagle, like Colbert?
Are you allowed to watch rated R movies? In particular, Funny People? Because the word Wilco is used like a gazillion times. In reference to the band, of course.
Yes and no. Everything except the ridiculous stab-with-chainsaw-and-slice-off-testicles-with-grapefruit-spoon movies are pretty much okay. And I can roll with that because I definitely do not want to see said testicular trauma.
Hello my friend Spencer. Hope you are well :) I wanted to know if you like the Talking Heads and if you have ever seen Stop Making Sense. It would make a great holiday gift for you if you have not. take care.
I do like the Talking Heads! I haven’t seen Stop Making Sense but I’m sure it’s in my house somewhere.
So have you found your self a camera
yep.
You are cool. Do you listen to Neon Indian?
I’ve heard of them but don’t have any.
if you had to listen to one band for the rest of your life, what band would that be?
Wilco (not joking).
what is your favorite Wilco song, and do you get tired of being asked this question?
My favorite album might be Summerteeth. I know that wasn’t the question but it’s what I wanted to say so DEAL WITH IT. A little bit.
if you could have dinner with any famous person (living or dead) who would that be?
Old homies such as: Abe Lincoln.
is cutty the cat the same cat on the cover of Adult Head?
He sure is.
What’s your favorite Yiddish word? Right around this time of year ‘chatchkes’ is pretty high on my list.
Schlep or spiel. Or meshugana.
When was the last time you built a snowman?
Too long, my friend, too long.
What’s the usual “Spencer Schedule” for a week?
Well, school, more school, listening to music, reading and stuff, other stuff, sometimes Jew-Sunday school and some more stuff. (wha– vague? what?)
I enjoy your blog. I have it on my Bookmarks Bar as a RSS feed, and every time that little (1) pops up alerting me of a new post, I get just a little excited. Also, I just watched the documentary “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,” and could you have been more adorable? The claw machine ripped you off! And playing Heavy Metal Drummer on your lap! I would like to keep you forever. har har. This was longer than I intended. I apologize for my loquacious (albeit, only in writing) tendencies. I ramble like an old man (though I am quite the opposite) and was once compared to James Joyce. Please don’t let comments like mine over-inflate your ego, but you are great. Fin.
What a masterpiece! Thanks.
i just wanted to know, do most people where you live have as awesome music taste as you? i ask because today at school someone just walked right up to me and told me i sucked cuz i was wearing a modest mouse t-shirt… so disappointing
Eeh meh leh NO, depending on your definition of awesome obviously. But speaking statistically from a biased position, I’m one of about five children at my school who listen to “decent*” music. (*we ain’t T-Pain-in’)
I am having a great day locked in the house with my family.
That’s cool. Whadja do?
Why didn’t the melons get married? They Canteloupe! Ha ha!
i noticed in your latest video you were listening to Band of Skulls, nice music choice! im so jealous, my sister got to fly to LA to see their show a few nights ago…
Oh, that was Henry’s music!
boxers, briefs, boxer briefs, or comando?
1. boxers 2. what are boxer briefs? 3. commando.
Fender or Gibson?
NICE TRY, GIBSON INTERN. GOOD ONE, FENDER EXEC.
Hi, Spence. Do people call you Spence? If so, do you like it?
Some people do. It’s not too bad.
Do you like British comedy?
THE MIGHTY BOOSH, yes?!? It seems like they’re a little bit “ahead” of those, over there in Britain.
ugg boots are uggly
This is one of those rare occasions where I’ll say some phrase that I really hate to say because I hate it: true dat.
What are some cool ways we could use Formspring in the land of the future? I was thinking a group storytelling session.. sentence by sentence. Hm more thinking about this later.
Seeing as it’s the first Monday of 2010 I figure maybe something New Year’s related would be appropriate, shaah?!
My family in LA, cousin’s friends and I brought in the new year with a crazy-insane pajama party and chocolate.
AND THOSE PARTY POPPER THINGS THAT SHOOT PAPER FROM CHINA EVERYWHERE. Aah.. Here is an abridged list of some goals/resolutions for twenty-dime.
Yeeeaah and while I’m scanning this Moleskine, this is a freaky dude I drawdeded
and a cam-er-ah.
So I slept over at Henry’s house this weekend. We saw Avatar, which I thought was pretty good (and totally CG-UTIFUL). Henry’s an indie-snob™, though, and claims it was “too easy.” (he also kept on pointing out the similarities with Pocahontas and I was like, “I DON’T REMEMBER WATCHING POCAHONTASSSSEASEAJHG.”) I feel the same way in that it was.. a hollywood movie. In other wordlings it wasn’t like Where The Wild Things Are where there had to be “a mutual relationship between your tear ducts and the film.” …do Avatars do children’s parties?
Then Barnes & Noble. Beware – this dog artist wood model is ONLY for use by A-dults and T-eens.
After that, a portion of the night was spent at Animal 911 with Henry’s bunny, Opie. :( he should be okay. COWBOY INDIAN MORGAN FREEMAN WILL HELP HIM, SURELY
First up, Las Vegas (whoa I’m actually recapping!)
This was a ridiculous city of three-sided taxi ads, cheezy fonts, cities inside of cities, indoor smoking, broken escalators, cars spinning around on tables, three dollar chocolate strawberries, scented t-shirts, and as mentioned in the title, a multitude of ‘bars’. Oh and “COUGAR” sweatsuits.. We got to the hotel on Sam’s birthday. It was all decorated with Christmas-y stuff.
(In Las Vegas, you have three ceilings.)
The first day we walked around a lot. We went to the Coke store and rode a roller coaster (in New York – cities in cities), and celebrated my little brohan’s birthday! This mascot bear came by to give him some good luvin’.
Also at the Coke store was this weird drink tester thing from “around the world.” There were 16 different flavors and 16 weird colors. Some of them were good.
BEWARE: ITALIAN COKE-WHATEVER TASTES LIKE ORANGE PEEL.
this building is gold-y-colored.
oh yeah the “sphinx.”
Okaydokay, this is probably enough photos and talking about fun stuff (knew it wouldn’t last). I have matters (back to school homework, nutrition, etc) to tend to. There are many more on my flickr and some on tumblr. But one last thing – QUESTION: how should I sign posts? I want to constantly show gratitude while not typing “x” or “<3″ and stuff. I could just say “thankya” or.. OR “thank you” in a different language all the time (google translate). Okay nevermind this is somewhat stupid x danke gracias <3.
Happy three-days-into-2010!
FOR THE RECORD: the best Coca Cola is by far the classic Coke in a glass bottle, sugar-cane style. Mexico. NOT FOR THE RECORD: is this post mediocre?
