Telling Off A Towel

WARNING: The following video captures a totally unprovoked verbal and oral attack on an innocent white rag by a clearly unstable and potentially bipolar child. Happy New Year.

Don't talk to me til next year.

And Then There Was One

*NEW YEAR'S UPDATE*

Baby New Year has gone to bed, followed closely by her mother and as soon as this glass is empty, her father. I may survive in a purely catatonic state to watch 12 year olds lipsync in sequined stripper outfits and Dick Clark drool on his microphone, but don't quiz me on it tomorrow morning.

(If you are still up, and for some reason reading this, I may have one more tidbit left for 2010, if youtube would hurry the hell up. It's nothing that can't wait, but I'd like to go out on somewhat of a high note. About 11 minutes remaining...)

Midnight Doesn't Stand A Chance

Pork steak and potato wedges was the choice for last meal of the year. We just finished Season 5 of Weeds. Oh boy Shane. What did you do now? We just found out that we'll have to wait til February for Season 6 to come out. Moving on to Dexter I suppose. Or maybe Mad Men. We will get our feet wet. But I'm having to convince Laura to stay up for New Year's ball drop. See, we have a strict 9pm bedtime here with no exceptions, focused towards baby, but Laura loves the bedtime and I have my suspicions. Right now I got her interested in this vaccination documentary I found on Google TV, trying to keep her up, but I think it's causing paranoia. It's not exactly a measles mumps rubella kinda evening. We may change to something a bit more lighthearted, it being New Year's and all.


New Year's chill


So the house is clean, the cider is gone I just poured myself a little Bulleit bourbon and I plan on soldiering thru to midnight, if midnight only. We've put the film on hold, are giving my newly formed "best of 2010" playlist a spin and giving Yuula a dancing lesson. We may make it afterall. No promises. There's always next year, next year and next year. And I'm looking forward to it, as usual, but forward to it being nothing. I need a break. 2006 we got engaged, 2007 married, 2008 we bought a house, 2009 got pregnant and 2010 had a baby. I want to 2011 to be special for nothing in particular. Let's see what we can do eh?



Happy New Year People

Out With The Green, In With The Blue

I've decided on a New Year's resolution: take better care of my teeth. It's a three step process.

1. New toothbrush. I got it for Christmas. My old toothbrush I've had for about 6 years now. It is green, but it wasn't always. The new one is blue and is called an Oral-B Pulsar. It pulses. It has an on & off switch. I really like it. It makes me brush nice and slow. I pulled a piece of apple skin that's been in there since Monday.
2. Floss. Never did it. I think we have some, but for some reason I am very excited about getting some floss going in there. I think I'm gonna find some hidden treasures.
   
3. Mouthwash. It's delicious.

So that's all I'm promising to right now. I may think of more as the night goes on. Never been one to make resolutions, or at last follow thru with them. They're usually forgotten by President's Day.

Best Albums Of 2010

Music time. The random number I choose is 134 because Yuula has been alive for 134 days. Isn't that sweet? Ok, listen...

134) Dungen - Skit I Allt
133) Robert Rich - Ylang
132) Like Pioneers - Piecemeal
131) Holy **** - Latin
130) The Rumours - From The Corner Into Your Ear
129) Wild Nothing - Gemini
128) Jeff Martin & Jeff Padin - The First Joke & Other Matters
127) Interpol - s/t
126) Ent - Welcome Stranger
125) Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle
124) LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
123) Clem Snide - The Meat Of Life
122) Weezer - Hurley
121) Shapes & Sizes - Candle To Your Eye
120) MGMT - Congratulations
119) Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
118) These New Puritans - Hidden
117) Working For A Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest
116) Jónsi - Go
115) Guidance Counselor - s/t
114) Inlets - Inter Arbiter
113) One Happy Island - s/t
112) Boas - s/t
111) David Karsten Daniels - I Mean To Live Here Still
110) Gospel Claws - C-L-A-W-S
109) The Weird Weeds - Help Me Name Melody
108) Murralin Lane - Our House Is On The Wall
107) S. Carey - All We Grow
106) Liars - Sisterworld
105) Perfume Genius - Learning
104) Stars - The Five Ghosts
103) The Black Keys - Brothers
102) Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
101) The Whiskers - War Of Currents
100) The Head And The Heart - s/t
99) Ólafur Arnalds - ...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness
98) Twin Shadow - Forget
97) Pocahaunted - Make It Real
96) Hot Hot Heat - Future Breeds
95) The Internal Tulips - Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer
94) Tokyo Police Club - Champ
93) Miles Kuroksy - The Desert Of Shallow Effects
92) Owen Pallett - Heartland
91) Glasser - Ring
90) Wolf People - Steeple
89) Here We Go Magic - Pigeons
88) Woods - At Echo Lake
87) The 1900s - Return Of The Century
86) Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go
85) Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose - Bridge Carols
84) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Let It Sway
83) Mimas - Lifejackets
82) Haruka Nakamura - Twilight
81) Javelin - No Más
80) Women - Public Strain
79) Skybox - Morning After Cuts
78) Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void
77) Violens - Amoral
76) Pears - Sterling Postures
75) Yamon Yamon - This Wilderlessness
74) She & Him - Volume 2
73) Antony & The Johnsons - Swanlights
72) Striving Vines - Can't Win Them All
71) People Of The North - Deep Tissue
70) Man/Miracle - The Shape Of Things
69) Sleigh Bells - Treats
68) Of Montreal - False Priest
67) Kashmir - Trespassers
66) Hassle Hound - Born In A Night
65) Abe Vigoda - Crush
64) Eri Yamamoto Trio - In Each Day, Something Good
63) Field Music - Measure
62) Pony The Pirate - This Is Our Psychopedia!
61) Avi Buffalo - s/t
60) John Zorn - In Search Of The Miraculous
59) Spoon - Transference
58) Pit Er Pat - The Flexible Entertainer
57) Buke And Gass - Riposte
56) Vampire Weekend - Contra
55) North Atlantic Oscillation - Grappling Hooks
54) Pepper Rabbit - Beauregard
53) Midlake - The Courage Of Others
52) M. Takara 3 - Sobre Todas E Qualquer Coisa
51) Lula Pena - Troubadour
50) Travels - Robber On The Run
49) Wolf Parade - Expo 86
48) Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
47) Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
46) Bluebrain - Soft Power
45) Danny Paul Grody - Fountain
44) Suuns - Zeroes QC
43) Mimicking Birds - s/t
42) Power Animal - People Songs
41) The Bees - Every Step's A Yes
40) The Morning Benders - Big Echo
39) Kaki King - Junior
38) Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
37) Gayngs - Relayted
36) Caribou - Swim
35) Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
34) The Most Serene Republic - Fantasick Impossibliss
33) The Books - The Way Out
32) Tallest Trees - The Ostrich Or The Lark
31) Ah Sage - Cocoons
30) The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble -
29) Fang Island - s/t
28) Beach House - Teen Dream
27) Doug Burr - O Ye Devastator
26) Bad Plus - Never Stop

The top 25 of 2010

(drumroll)

25) Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself


24) Dinosaur Feathers - Fantasy Memorial


23) The Whitsundays - Saul


22) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Ali & Toumani


21) Polar Bear - Peepers


20) The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange


19) Wim Mertens - Zee Versus Zed


18) Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid


17) Local Natives - Gorilla Manor


16) Surfer Blood - Astro Coast


15) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me


14) Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude


13) White Denim - Last Day Of Summer


12) Essie Jain - Until The Light Of Morning


11) Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record


10) The National - High Violet


9) Laura Veirs - July Flame


8) Connan Mockasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat


7) Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork


6) Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest


5) The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt


4) Yeasayer - Odd Blood


3) Tame Impala - Innerspeaker


2) The Walkmen - Lisbon


1) Everything Everything - Man Alive

I know! I was as surprised as you. Now get out to your local music emporium and get listening.

No Way To New Year

Mess! Amber alert! This place is tragic. The coffee table is at the back door. There's baby clothes everywhere with no discernible sign as to whether they are clean or dirty. The bedroom still has suitcases from when we went to Georgia full of clothes. The dining room has refuse everywhere, there's a sink full of dishes and the daybed is still open in the backroom. The cleanest spot is the top of my nightstand, and even that is a random trash pile.

So today, New Year's Eve will be dedicated to cleaning up. This is no way to welcome in the new year. How embarrassing for us. How thoughtless of 2010 to leave such a mess for 2011. Hopefully we find the proper motivation to start somewhere and end soon. Right after this episode of Weeds of course. We've whizzed thru seasons 3 & 4 in three days and onto season 5. Pretty crazy.

Hopefully I can make it back later on today to spew some year-end priority. In the meantime, here's a few photos...

Yuula taking some Christmas gifts for a spin

The closest I could get her to the bok choy.

Good morning New Year's Eve.

Salad Is A Cargo

Thriller meets Saturday Night Fever meets tikka masala



I wanna leave this in 2010.

Does Baby Like Bok Choy?

Trimmed my whiskers. That's my big accomplishment today. That and adjusting my end of the year best-of list even tho I fear it will have the fate of a typical scroll-by victim that befalls most of my musically geared posts on here. That's ok tho. It's really just for me. And for Laura to see which vinyl she should by me next Christmas time. Love ya baby.

I got no photos taken yet today, and not much has been going on except me holding a baby and feeding a baby and changing a baby. I'm typing this with one finger. Yuula's New Years resolution is to be less dependent and to learn to change her own messy nappy. We're going to the grocery tonight. Might get some photos ops. Maybe I'll put Yuula in with the bok choy. Here she is in her new She & Him onesie. I'm M. Ward and Laura is Zooey. She wishes.

I guess I could try and collect some photos for a year-end montage. Wonder if I'll go all out like last years video to music extravaganza. I didn't really follow up with that did I? Maybe I'll pull an all nighter tonight and whip something out. Probably just be a buncha shots of Yuula anyhow. Would that be so bad?

Here's a funny one I found from the Krupp Christmas. Madison is downright old.

She's older than me.

Tomorrow May Be Voidless

Why is it that the week between Christmas and New Years is always this mindless void of time that carries no purpose for my getting out of bed and never has any significant reason in its existence? Today was the ideal specimen. Laura took Yuula to the vet to get some shots in her thighs and then had lunch with the yoga moms. I stayed home and pretended to have things to do. Then when they got home we made pierogies and watched 5 more episodes of Weeds. That's a good show. You should watch it. Maybe it'll add to your void. Tomorrow I think I'll have things to do. Voidless

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Smell My Elbow

Mom's home with odd requests. Just me and the girl today. It's always a rough day when Laura goes back to work after being home for awhile. Today was no different. Just a little needy is all. Level 4 cries the second she leaves my chest. Sweet but demanding. That's my girl. Practice for tomorrow. Getting a shot at the doctors. Oh boy.

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Googles And Giggles

The nightly giggle fest has begun as we hit the hay a little early tonight. Yuula is mismatched for bed, the game is on and alarms are set for 4:45. Today we managed to stretch Christmas to a third day of lounging and loafing, mainly due to blizzardic conditions outdoors that even compelled us to bring the cats inside. The old office is a kitty resort. Mom and Dad braved the winter winds and took off for home, way past schedule. The lure of Summer Heights High was too much to resist last night. Yes Mom, it's on HBO. After they left we took the new Google TV box for a test drive a watched season 3 of Weeds. All 15 episodes. For free. Thanks Santa. I feel kinda silly buying the sets on dvd now. Regift.

p.s. The kitchen is pig sty and we think Yuula is left-handed.

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Experiments At Breakfast

Dad is new to touch screens

his art

One Day Late Right On Time

Blizzard!!!



Yesterday would've made it a white Christmas.



Today made it a day off for Laura.



And maybe tomorrow.......

The Gold And Myrrh And Frankincense: 2010