Stewart's Sweater!!!!

i need a time machine.

tomorrow my gay husband is turning old. well, not old..but 33 me thinks. he says he never thought he'd make it to 33 so it's just fun! YAY! i ended up making him a hat out of angora (GUSH) and will take him for sushi etc. i'm not sure if he reads this (though i know he knows it exists) but i want everyone to know that he's amazing and that i love him and port alberni would not be the same without him. he has been the bestest friend to me and so supportive while i transition into being a mom person. he also has a sweet job and is good at it. so yay nick! you rock!

last night we were wondering the aisles of extra foods and i was exhausted and didn't know what i was doing or where i was going (and was pushing a sleepy baby in a shopping cart no less) and nick just berated me lovingly into the right direction. and bought us cheese sticks (which we dipped in sour cream) and shot the shit at home with me and stew later. it was great.

stewart and i held hands while walking last night for the first time in MONTHS. i didn't realize that a kid would take that away. it was really nice to hold hands again.

oh, check this out. I'M IN LOVE. though i'm not sure it's still around.

helvetica's best of 2010

well, this year is close to over and there's albums and bands we still haven't gotten our hands on (ahem, downloaded), but this is as close to on-time-accurate we'll get to this year. highlights? for me obviously robyn and her onslaught of sweeeeedish ness..it transformed my year; stewart says, "the new comeback kid album was a lot better than i expected and it's amazing" (even though he picked a bleeding through track instead); "i found my love of garage rock through no bunny" (stew); and i think the two of us together fell face flat onto the hipster trend of the year lo fi jangly guitars and songs about the beach. honourable mentions that didn't make it here are obviously best coast, kill the client, beach house, kid cudi, willow, belle and sebastien, etc. below are our tracks! i've worked hard to get youtube links for most of the songs. but, surely everything you can find on a torrent site (or even splurge and get them through itunes!). or you can send me an email and beg for one.

HELVETICA'S BEST OF 2010
every town has an elm street – iron chic (link)
include me out – robyn (link)
ambling alp – yeasayer (link)
this shit getz old – nevershoutnever! (link)
city with no children – arcade fire (link)
heart is hard to find – jimmy eat world (link)
laughing hieroglyphic – avey tare (link)
odessa – caribou (link)
i can’t believe you – matt skiba (link)
tighten up – black keys (link)
let’s go surfing – the drums (link)
pretty please me – no bunny (link)
post acid - wavves (link)
twin peaks – surfer blood (link)
shake it out – manchester orchestra (link)
summertime – my chemical romance (link)
anti-hero – bleeding through (link)
xxxo – m.i.a. (link)
we’ve got a situation here – the damned things (link)
back and forth – operator please (link)

it hurts with every heartbeat

i took some super cute pictures of stewart the other day when we were at the camelot. but right now i'm so in the zone i can't even begin to guess where my connecting cord is for the camera.... so picture less you are my friends! i left work a little early today to come home and thesis my face off. got a slurpee. ate some food. and began to work on it. i'm also working on an article that needs to be in the mail by the 15th. i think. it'll help me conquer that one on the list "get published in an academic journal". i hope it's all up to snuff and they love it. it's the chapter i've taken out of my thesis, too. so i think if it got published in a journal it would be fitting and a good way to say goodbye to that article. i'm working on my chapter about cyborgs and the internet... and attempting to use as many internet-based sources for the chapter..just to drive it home. stew's taking me for pita pit a little later and then we're going to go watch the hangover. i really shouldn't be taking time off from thesis but i haven't really seen him at all this past 6 weeks and we owe each other a date.

went out for some sodas, when will you return?

today. is. stewart's. birthday!
and we celebrated with beer, philosophical discussion re: power, capitalism, foucault was name dropped, i just blissfully listened. j-mac calhoun was here and came along! so good! i made stewart this great sweatshirt. maybe i'll get him to pose on saturday for me. this weekend's going to busy and fun fun fun! i've got to get some circleworks read and get this house tidied up--it's quite quite messy! blah! ie. big pile of wool on the floor, dishes, not much food, etc. tonight to beat the stress a new friend and i went to stretch class together and then climbed into the sauna and sweated our faces off and chatted and it was really really nice. we both felt quite great afterwards. okay, off to bed (well, soon anyway)! might go to vancouver for reading break on a craft run? fun!