Bolt of Blue

“Out of ugly, I think the most important thing in life is to make something beautiful.” -Johnny Weir

I so adore this man even more than before the Olympics started. He skated two beautiful programs last week. The judges should be ashamed for the scores they gave him. The announcers on TV around the world who made idiotic comments should be even more ashamed. But Johnny holds his head up high and stays true to himself.

You make things beautiful Johnny!

Trailer for the new Blur film “No Distance Left To Run” that chronicles the history of the band and their reunion last year. Due to be a 2 disc DVD released next month in the UK. No word on when it’ll make it over here. Disc 1 is the documentary. Disc 2 is one of their live shows at Hyde Park from last July. And the Royal Mail has just issued 10 stamps of classic album covers. Included is Blur’s cover for Parklife. Also New Order’s Power Corruption and Lies, Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head, and David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. View more details. Me want.

A little late but here goes.

Go to your Archives/Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2009. Post the first few lines of it in your journal, and that’s your “Year In Review.”

January: This video makes me cry. For all sorts of reasons, mostly happy ones.

February: It’s almost the weekend. And it’s pouring rain outside. I love the rain. Even if it makes LA drivers ridiculous and stupid.

March: The T in the Park line up this year kills me. JAMES, Keane, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, BLUR… If only DD were added, then I think I’d explode.

April: Dang, this guy is catchy (and cute to boot)!

May: Ash has released their new single Return of White Rabbit online for download. It’s fun, catchy, and very infectious.

June: A peek into the world of AFOLs.

July: Duran Duran Tour ‘09 is sadly over for me… I attended two shows. One in Vegas on July 10 and the other in the OC on July 11.

August: I miss the wine in France.

September: 30 miles away, this was the view from my neighborhood Sunday afternoon.

November: Still posting photos from France. Loire Valley all done. 6 more days left and Paris will be complete.

Hope 2010 is treating you well so far!

Yay! OK Go’s new album is out today and their new awesome video for This Too Shall Pass is up. All done in a single shot with the Notre Dame marching band backing them up.

Earlier awesome video for WTF below.

You can listen to the new album on Myspace. Last Leaf is brilliant. I about died when I heard it live last spring. So achingly beautiful.

If you should be
the last autumn leaf
hanging from a tree
I’d still be here
waiting on the breeze
to bring you down to me

I love this band to pieces. Hurry up and tour the US already!

Still posting photos from France. Loire Valley all done. 6 more days left and Paris will be complete.

Our trip feels at times like long ago or though it never happened… other times I ache to return to those days, those moments. They were peaceful, exciting, alive.

Yes, I do have the cutest puppy on the planet.

No, I’m not biased.

Start of this month was full of Discworld goodness.

Start of October will be full of Lego goodness.

In between: amazing Flogging Molly show at the Greek, work, work, work, catching up on TV shows (Dexter, I’m not digging this Lila chick) or getting into new ones (thanks Flash Forward for giving me goosebumps), and lots of building, building, building.