A Tangent About Waking & Baking.

10 07 2010

I woke up too early this morning because of the gardeners. You know, the funny thing about the gardeners is they only come once a month but they always seem to come on the one Saturday I would have really benefitted from sleeping in from. Like, usually by Friday I am beat and I stay home. No joke. If my twenty-two year old self could see me now, she’d be like “Damn, when did you go from champ to gramps?!” And I’d be like, “Hey twenty-two year old Marissa, wait until you actually get a fucking job that doesn’t involve folding clothes and requires you to get stoned & use your brain & wrists all day and THEN we can discuss how immature you were to pass judgement on a hard working American blogger.”

But last night I actually went out. I saw The Black Apples and Harlem* and got so plastered I misused “ambivalence” in a text message. This morning, I would have really liked to sleep in but instead I had to deal with weed-wackers outside my window and I’m one of those once-I’m-up-I’m-up sort of people so I was like whateverrr I’ll just look at bullshit on the internet for awhile and then start working on my summer mix some more and then I remembered this song.

I’m not sure how I acquired this song since I don’t have Sunflower on my computer and I’m too stoned to remember if I got it from a blog… ohhhh right right rightthhttt wow, weird, it was some Naturalismo post coincidently about Harlem. Speaking of Harlem & getting back to that asterisk, * I was really “whateverrr” about their live performance and then it was so crowded with what looked like children(?) that I was like UGH I’M GONNA GET PIZZA, which was delicious.

Pizza is a thousand times cooler than children.
I’d DIE if I was in a room full of pizza.
I would most definitely explode
either from eating
or from unbridled enthusiasm.
Both as likely as coming upon a room full of pizza.





My Spirit Animal Today, This Weekend, Maybe 4Evz.

9 07 2010

ONE OF MY FAVE BROS!
HE’S JUST SO REAL
IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
ARTHUR BROWN’S WORLD
IS CRAZY!!!

SPOILER ALERT!
This song is on my summer mix (it has been every year since I saw Hot Fuzz three times in the theatres on three separate dates all never to see the dudes again… not sure what that says but OKAY) that I’m releasing with my new banner so don’t fucking put it on your blog’s summer mix or I’m going get all sorts of 2002 on your ass & call you a stupid poser for stealing it.
LOL JK!
kinda.





GPOYW: THIS IS AMERICA Edition.

7 07 2010

Cut-offs.
Gasoline.
Unadulterated Patriotism.
THIS IS AMERICA!

Unrelated yet
TOTALLY RELEVANT:

RANDY MARSH IS SO FUCKIN’ AMERICAN.

[Currently Listening 2 White Fence, also so fuckin' American.]





Just Restating Some Sentiments.

30 06 2010





This Is Just Pretty Important To Me.

29 06 2010

This embodies everything I love:
The sixties & its aesthetic-
both musically & cinematically-
the tropics & a good sense of humor.

I love how Jayne’s like LOL ANNETTE!!!

Sigh.
I just love summer so much & I haven’t really been able to enjoy it yet.

I just can’t wait for June Gloom to be over. It’s really bringing me down. I’m not used to being in clouds for an ENTIRE month! I know all you kids with winters are probably like WTF but here’s the thing, I’m a bona-fide California Girl, born and raised. The thought of a month without ample sunshine is frightening and disheartening. I live in perpetual summer. And even though it’s “June Gloom”, as a California native, I can honestly say this is the worst ever. Last year was bad too but this year… WOOOOFFF!

That’s all I can say aside from GOODNIGHT.

[Currently Listening 2 Sun Hotel Via Rose Quartz]





BARGAIN SHOPPIN’ LIKE MY MAMA!

22 06 2010

I heard this song today & it really spoke to me.
I just really love songs that make me nostalgic.

Growing up, my mom was very frugal. She was always reminding me about how when she was a kid, she had to iron the whole neighborhood’s laundry just to get money to go buy fabric to sew her own clothes, which of course is mad respectable, but I was like “DAMN MA! That was 196Something! This is ’96! Dad owns a mortgage company & we’re chillin’! PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME BEG YOU TO BUY ME THESE TEN DOLLAR OCEAN PACIFIC CORDUROY SHORTS!”

But I would, at Ross.
My mom, bless her heart, only let us buy clothes before school started in September or if we had like completely busted and NEEDED something. She was really into not spoiling us and making us work for everything, which I now appreciate but at the time felt was really fucking annoying, especially when a pair of Roxy board shorts would have been like a month’s worth of allowance (how was I gonna save up for my Princess Diana bear in that kind of regime?!).

Ross was like the ONLY place we shopped growing up. Ross, TJMAXX and Marshall’s; all quality establishments where my mom could enforce this crazy $15 Rule on buying jeans. Yeah, I think until I was like sixteen my mom would only let me spend $15 on jeans.

Do you know how hard it is finding $15 jeans?
Not that hard at Ross, that’s fuh’sho.
I’d find a pair of Calvin Klein’s at $13.99 & my mom would be like, “GRAB TWO GIRL.” And I most definitely would. I’d then try to throw in a Hang Ten shirt and she’d be like, “YOU WEEDING MY GARDEN THIS WEEKEND?” and I’d be like “Aw, Mom, it’s July!” and she’d be like “THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT!” and I’d be like, yeah, she knew I would not weed her garden for this striped polo. :(

I didn’t mind shopping at Ross.
Ross was chill.
What I minded was how everyone at school
assumed everything I owned
was from Ross,
for obvious reasons.

And would constantly sing the Ross theme songs.
You know, DO YOU LOVEEE IT! I LOVE ITTT! I GOT IT AT ROSS!
And I’d be like, “UP YOURS KEVIN! YOU CAN’T BUY A SEGA AT ROSS!”
Although, if you could have bought Sega at Ross, my mom would have.

In fourth grade, when I discovered “Up Yours”,
I was the most bad ass kid on the blacktop.
It was truly the only thing that kept me afloat
amidst all the “Prince Valiant” name calling.

Yeah.
I’ll let your mind wander with that one.





FRIDAY NIGHT ICCCEEE.

4 06 2010

[For those of you who live under rocks,
get knowledged on Bros Icing Bros
.]

Today, I got Iced by Nate & The Forest Family Bros,
from Texas,
while driving.

Oh, boy.
Love in 2k10 guys,
love in 2k10.
But you know what Nate & company?
I LOVE YOU GUYS TOO!!! ♥

Thank you guys so much for my first ever promotional vinyl, even if it was probably just an excuse to ice a bitch in Los Angeles. I am cool with that. At the end of the day, I have a 7″ I reeeeeally wanted from one of my new favorite upcoming bands & a good story to tell and to be honest, that’s really all I want in life.

Good music & some stories to tell,
SO CHEERS FOREST FAM GENTZ!

I wish you all cold brews & delightful tunes this evening & 4EVER.

[For those of you who've been livin' in caves without internets,
LISTEN 2 CULTS NOW
.]





RAUS HAUS // T&tT SUMMER PREVZ.

3 06 2010

RAUS HAUS.
NEXT LEVEL SUMMER 2K10.
COMIN’ BITCH.





PANDA-MONIUM!: The Link Between Humans & Pandas.

17 02 2010

After watching this video, I have come upon a serious scientific break through that I am incredibly proud to announce to world & have received on this blog so it finally blows the fuck up & I am revered for the fucking GENIUS I am.

My breakthrough is that we are not from monkeys.
We are from
PANDAS!
The evidence is overwhelming & shocking!
I mean, just look at that video.
Captive male Pandas are lazy gluttons who have to watch porn to get off & engage in some experimental sexy times with their homies.
Ummmmm, HI.
Does that not sound like
78% of the married (captive, per se?) men in this country?
Or even just like 78% of the men in this country!
Think about it! Our society is filled with fat, lazy fucks who don’t have sex with their wives and jerk off to porn inbetween reruns of Roseanne and episodes of the O’Reily Factor.

& of course the females don’t like that kind of personality.
How the hell are you supposed to want be the log that lump humps
for 30 seconds to a couple minutes?
Like, what’s the point? I’d be like
CUT YOUR HAIR, GET A JOB!
STOP TALKING ABOUT GLENN BECK YOU ASSHOLE…
YEAH THAT MEANS WE’RE NOT PROCREATING!

& then of course, the males aren’t going to like that personality.
Who likes a woman who talks back?
Uh, NO ONE.
They’re like, WTF IS WRONG WITH GLENN BECK?!
WHAT, NOW YOU’RE GOING TO TELL ME YOU VOTED FOR OBAMA!
YOU AREN’T WORTH THE SEMEN LING LING SHITS OUT!

And then the female is like,
Whoaaaaaa. Hold up wait a minute,
why is Ling Ling shitting semen?

And then the male is like,
NO-HOMO!

& that concludes my case study on (YouTube) the greatest scientific discovery since the beginning of time. I also feel like I should get a Nobel Peace Prize for finally settling what will be taught in schools in regards to Evolution since, obviously, Pandas and humans are undoubtedly related. So, put down your Bibles and your unauthorized Dian Fossey biographies kids because ya’allz are going to start reading my blog on the reg’ for all its universal truths and its incredible use of vocabulary, syntax & straight up facts,
BITCHES.





A Video Tangent From A Time Since Passed.

9 02 2010

Yeeeeup.
I forgot I did this shit on MLK day but here it is!
I was really fucking flustered,
wayyy too hyper off the endorphins I didn’t get to use at the gym
so I made a video!
For YOUR viewing pleasure!
WITH LOVE FROM ME TO YOU!
Because you really care about my daily plights in reality entertainment.
I know this.
& I applaud thee for thy excellent taste.

Also, get ready,
cause that Marissa+Rebekah vid mention,
YEAH IT’S HAPPENIN’!
It had some mad audio isshz but we’re workin’ ‘em out.

OFF TO ITALIAN SHOWER & GO TO RECORD CLUB!
YAY!





My Greatest Inspiration:

9 02 2010




HEY. You’re Welcome For The First 52 Seconds.

3 02 2010

The rest is just a bonus.





This Is My Song Today.

22 01 2010

Not only is the thunder srsly rolling,
but I also feel like every single person in this video today.

I feel like Garth, you know, just telling this serious story
with those snarky headshakes and sassy stares.

I feel like the shitty husband who’s been having the best of both worlds with his wife & mistress- I’ve been having this cushy job & blogging on the sly & feeling pretty guilty about it. Luckily, I am sans those glasses & facial hair though cause that shit is played out in my hood.

I feel like the mistress who is like STOKED! SO EXHILARATED! I AM FREE!

I feel like the wife totally being blindsided and like I kinda want to shoot someone (or steal a case of Diet Dr. Pepper, same thing).

Then there is the scared little girl, who, DUH I really relate to right now. Thinking about how I have one last paycheck is pretty fucking scary.

But mostly I feel like the drummer, who is just keeping the beat, totally cool & composed & is like, “it’s chill man, I PLAY DRUMS FOR GARTH BROOKS.”

But I’m saying,
“it’s chill man, I BLOG FOR TANGENTS & THE TIMES.”





FINE. I CONCEDE.

21 01 2010

Alright.
ALRIGHT!
I’ll admit it.
I know it was kind of ridiculous for me
to blame Dudefriend for me putting my foot in the toilet.
But you know when you’re like really drunk,
so drunk you punch one of your best pals in the eyeball
(I LOVE YOU MEREDITH. DIDN’T MEAN IT. XOXOX)
and then you go home and you shove your foot in a toilet
after already being elbow deep in one at a bar,
you just want someone to blame
other than yourself & your affinity for sparkling Pinot Noirs.

I drunkenly was absolutely convinced without a doubt that this was all Dudefriend’s fault and I was like “NOT UH! I’M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC JAGOFF! I DON’T JUST PUT MY FOOTZ IN TOILETS!” because I have this monstrous ego and then in the morning when he lol’d in my face I just was like “psh no I AM RIGHT” when really that is just my father who couldn’t stand losing talking and I needed to just sit the fuck down and realize I do dumb things sometimes.

Anyway, thanks for the five of you who voted for me besides me.
I’m sure you are all girls that have dealt with toilet seat up issues.
Bless you all & thanks for siding with me.
Because even though I was kinda wrong,
I AM ALWAYS RIGHT
BECAUSE THIS IS MY BLOG AND I AM GOD.
[insert omnipotent bellowing muahaha'z]

Just kidding.
I’m not into like Jafar-ing shit up.
Think I’m just going to listen to Sarah Mclachlan for the next couple hours.
REFLECTxCORE, guys.





I’M The New Standard, BITCHES.

18 01 2010

Everyone should go check out Clement & Co’s blog & latest installment of We Are The New Standard featuring yours truly & my way cuter animal counterpart, Mr. Zissou RIGHT NOW RIGHT HERE GO GO GO!

I feel truly blessed that these incredibly talented, artistic entrepreneurs felt I was worthy of their evening and even more worthy of the time I know it must have took editing and having to listen to me blabber for hours on end (cause I’ve edited plenty of my own shit & even I wanted to kill myself after listening to the same schtick over & over GAH).

So, the long & short of it,
to Clement & Co. -

Yup.
A big butterfly kitteh filled
& gratitude infused
thank you. <3








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