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Sep 22
I have forgotten this exists
As much as I love to write, I sure am awful at keeping journals and blogs. I love to write, but I can't stand to be 'required' to write, or have some standard/expectation to write at a certain time.
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Jan 9
Under The Gun Animations
So, last weekend, my friends' band Under The Gun had shows two days in a row that I tagged along (like I usually do).
The first one was in Austin at Red Eyed Fly on Friday, along with a few other bands that were pretty interesting.
The next night they played in San Antonio at a new venue named Zombies along with Ticket For A Train Wreck.
Well, I got a new camera for Christmas, and ended up taking over 300 pictures of them. I set my camera on burst to increase the chance that I would get one or two clear action shots. While that worked...it also provided me with back to back images that ended up making some pretty awesome gif files...I am still making a few more for their MS, but for now, I wanted to show the ones I have made already. Tell me what you think, and if you're in the area, check out UTG on the 22nd at Headhunters in Austin, or one of their other upcoming shows. <3 ((They'll even be in San Angelo on February 6th)).
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Jan 6
Joseph Left For Basic
So, the army came and picked up Joseph Monday morning to take him to Dallas and process him for basic training. Tuesday afternoon I got a text from him telling me he was getting on the plane...so I guess I have two months of missing him ahead of me. He took my address with him, but he has never been one to write people, and is convinced that he won't write anyone, including his family (or me *sad face*). However, everyone else keeps telling me that it's different when you're actually at basic. One friend actually told me he hadn't wrote a single letter his entire life, and then he went to basic and was writing anyone and everyone who could think to write to. I guess we'll see what happens. Joseph is pretty stubborn though...I could honestly see him writing me the letter, then refusing to send it just so I won't know that he 'was wrong'. *laugh*
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Dec 20
Big D & The Kid's Table - Friday Night
So I went with my friend Kevin, his sister and her husband Josh to see Big D & The Kid's Table on Friday. They were playing at the Flamingo Cantina on sixth street in Austin. Opening for them was Hardproof Afrobeat, who had very long instrumental songs with a big band feel. While they were pretty awesome too, I was super excited when Big D came on. Kevin and Steph even got to meet the lead singer, David McWane before they played. I am now addicted to their new CD, Fluent In Stroll (available on iTunes).
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Alternative
Austin
Big D
Concert
Flamingo Cantina
Kid's Table
Music
Punk
Rock
Show
Texas
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Dec 19
Maybe Nathan Does Bad Things?
I am really excited. I got my art piece from Nathan Monk in the mail today. I already put it on my shelf next to my monkey!
I'm pretty sure you can see it clear enough, but just in case, it says "I don't think I do such bad things". (I figured I would tell you now before anyone has to ask.) So...go check him out now and see more of his awesome stuff! Another awesome thing about his work, he totally uses found objects and what not...he found a way in his daily life to apply Reduce Recycle Reuse...how awesome is that? :D
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Art
Nathan Monk
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Dec 15
Mario Kart Love Song <3
I saw this video for the first time at my friend Kristan's house. Kristan, her boyfriend Adam and I were having some weird YouTube marathon...don't ask...and Adam showed it to us. It is just a really awesome song. If a guy sang a song like this to me, I'm nerdy enough that I would probably fall in love with them. Haha. Old school video games, ftw! <3
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Dec 11
Zac Brown Band Rocked 'Fort Hood Community Strong'
The Zac Brown Band performed today as part of the 'Fort Hood Community Strong' event held today at Fort Hood, Texas. This gathering was meant as a way for the families to heal and spend time together after the horrific shooting on Nov 5th. Headlining for them was Nic Cowan, Levi Lowrey & Sonia Leigh. Each of these artists performed a song before Zac Brown, and then joined in on a few of their songs later on.
As expected, they were amazing, and even performed their own rendition of Devil Went Down To Georgia. Each person took their own turn playing a solo, and Zac Brown's fingers were moving so fast. Twice, the band had to stop because a little girl was lost, and they wouldn't go on playing until the little girl was found. Brown kept repeating her description, asking everyone to look around for her, and notify a police officer, or bring her up to the stage.
I was lucky (and short) enough to make my way pretty close to the stage, and a couple of my friends caught t-shirts and Frisbees. After playing Chicken Fried (the song everyone kept chanting to play) the band was supposed to be finished, and a lot of people left. However, a few of us stayed by the stage asking for an encore. Brown responded with, "You think I'm scared? I'm not scared. We'll play you another!" and then played yet another song for his fans.
The general made an announcement that they didn't even ask the band to play until about two weeks ago, but they really wanted to be there, so they made sure they were. Also, Dana Carvey introduced the band, and helped entertain the crowd while the band had some technical difficulties. Overall, a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, I missed out on most of the other events at the beginning of the day, where many other performances took place, and a carnival was held as well.
~Shannyn
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Dec 11
Google Warned Me About Google O_o
So, I just thought it was too funny not to comment on this. I was messing around online, checking out my wonderful and amazing Google Wave*, when Chrome warned me that 'This page contains some insecure content'.
I couldn't help but giggle at this. If Google cannot even trust itself, who can it trust?
*insert sarcastic tone here.
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Technology
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