gone fishin'

I'm not really fishing, but I am on vacation in South Carolina, in case you were wondering. Here are a few photos to keep you interested.

packing for vacation: part 1

I'm leaving for my 10 day trip to South Carolina on Friday after work, so naturally I started to pack today. I'm driving down with my family, but on the way back I'm flying, so I need to fit everything into a nice carry-on sized suitcase. I'm a textbook overpacker, what if i want to wear that shirt? what if we go hiking? if i wear those shorts i might want to wear this tank top and those ankle boots. what if we go to a ball and i need a fancy dress? what if i suddenly get the urge to go running? so starting today allows me 4 days to think about my outfits and edit it down to (what I think is) a reasonable amount of clothing and shoes.

vine wednesday: embarrassing things i do edition

80/35: Day 2

80/35: Day 1

Last weekend was the 6th annual 80/35 music festival held in the Western Gateway of downtown Des Moines. If you're unfamiliar with 80/35, check out this scintillating blog post written by my boss at Raygun! This year's acts included David Byrne & St. Vincent, Wu-Tang Clan, Yeasayer, Wavves, Deerhunter, and Menomena, among a myriad of others. The festival started Friday at 5pm until about 12am, and then picked up again Saturday all day long. I didn't get to go during the day on Saturday because I was working, but I did get there in time to see Wu-Tang. All in all I had a great time, and I can't wait to see who they get for next year!

Terrible picture of Yeasayer.

Menomena

David Byrne & St. Vincent 

tell me i'm your national anthem

My 4th was pretty uneventful, for the most part. Apparently the city Des Moines only does fireworks on the 3rd of July, but since I thought there would be some on the actual holiday, I decided not to fight the hoards of families that were flooding into the East Village for Yankee Doodle Pops as I was getting off of work. I'm not too sad about it, though, since they shoot off fireworks after Friday night I-Cubs home games. Anyways, I spent most of the 4th in my apartment; sleeping in and watching daytime tv. In the evening I headed over to the Murillo apartments for a bbq. I ate 3 cheese hot dogs and played 3 games of ping pong, so it was a pretty good night.

awesome possum

Suzanne & her creation. 

my piñata haul