i like songs about cheeseburgers.

{blaze foley-big cheeseburgers and good french fries}

i thought i would go ahead and share a musician/song that has been taking over my brain lately. i started listening to him around the end of december and am still in a state of fascination. it's hard to find anything that sounds close to this these days. it's simple, yet there is so much behind it. i've been leaning toward more electronic sounds lately, but it's always refreshing to hear songs like this. and i mean, just look at that still of him. was he a southern stud or what?

other jams currently on repeat:
foxygen-shuggie
geographer-kites
alt-j-breezeblocks

p.s.-aren't all of these youtube links extra fancy? i'll have to make a springtime playlist soon to make up for it.

sxsw: tacos and tunes.

{photobooths are everywhere...!}

i don't know if i've ever had such a magical sxsw experience. there was something so special about this year. was it seeing foxygen? devouring the cool ranch doritos loco tacos? possibly. whatever it was, i'm so happy it happened. i had a different experience this time around, partly because i was working twelve hours everyday. while that was exhausting, it was also very exciting to be out and about the whole time during the festival. i felt very connected to what was going on in the city. plus, when you are out and about that long, you sort of stock up on free everything {including kimchi fries} and nothing gets better than that. regardless of how tired i was by 9 o'clock, my twenty four year-old heart was like, "wait, you're really young!" and i somehow mustered up the energy to see some of the greatest shows and drink some of the best drinks {because they were free...} of my little life. i loved staying up until the wee hours of morning and getting a taste of austin that i never quite had before. i left sxsw wanting it to stretch out another week, wanting to re-meet everyone i had met all over again, wanting to wait in line for another band, and wanting to have every single late night conversation once more. if that isn't the best feeling ever, i'm not sure what is.

{vital food group for sxsw/life}

{iron & wine being more perfect than i could imagine. third time is a charm.}

musical highlights: seeing solange in a small recording studio while eating cookies {thank you, kaitlyn,}watching my beloved foxygen, crying while listening to iron & wine play in a church at midnight, doing crazy things four rows away from jim james, and grooving to phosphorescent.

a few sxsw tips i picked up on: a music wristband is worth every penny {or in my case, every hour worked}, don't pay for anything unless it is jimmy johns, and rsvp with this gal. oh, and let loose. i finally decided to try that this year and it ended up being one of my all time favorite weeks ;)

whoops.

 {me and one of the main considerations i have to take in for the move.}

i know it seems like i have abandoned this blog and left it for dead, but that's only because i have abandoned this blog and left it for dead. whoops. i don't know, i just felt as if it took gallons of effort to make some of the most recent happenings seem interesting, or less personal even. yeah, sorta the bad kind of personal. the kind of personal you only want your journal to know about. there have definitely been high points, but even those i almost wanted to keep to myself. basically i've been ultra selfish about my experiences lately. but, i've missed this a little. i've been trying to get my act together and embark on a new adventure, so i'm thinking that will give me a push to be more on top of this. this new adventure of mine: ditching the lone star state. while i love this queso filled, wildflower lined state, i'm ready to explore other lands. or at least i hope i'm ready. either way, i've been looking into all the states and each day i want to move to this place or that place, i want to live in a wide open space or a tiny apartment in a big city. it's been an exciting hunt and i think i have found a winning city. i'm going to take my time and be smart with this moving thing because i know there are umpteen factors to consider, but i'm kind of chomping at the bit here. we'll see. here's to being back on the blog more? i'm making a toast to myself with my mug of earl grey tea right now.