Quick Before Sinking's changed a little since you alst hear 'em...if you've heard 'em before. Adam, Mark & Scott are amazing musicians and if you haven't heard them yet, you should come to one of these shows, or both of these shows and enjoy some great music with me. Or if you have heard them, you should come hear them again! Come and enjoy the awesomeness that is Quick Before Sinking!
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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
4.02.2008
You should be there!
Quick Before Sinking's changed a little since you alst hear 'em...if you've heard 'em before. Adam, Mark & Scott are amazing musicians and if you haven't heard them yet, you should come to one of these shows, or both of these shows and enjoy some great music with me. Or if you have heard them, you should come hear them again! Come and enjoy the awesomeness that is Quick Before Sinking!
3.10.2008
Catchin' Up
I had quite a bit going on last week, here it is in short form. I'm putting the photos on my pixyblog. Check 'em out!
Monday morning I helped out empty the bins for the church's annual rummage sale. We had some fun BOWLING WITH BOB.
Scott and I went to Disneyland that night and I took THESE PHOTOS.
Tuesday night we went over to the Ellis' for dinner and cake in celebration of RILEY'S BIRTHDAY, which was actually Monday.
Friday afternoon I went to lunch at the Thai Bay Cafe with Ashley. The food was great, I can't wait to go back! I don't have any pictures of us or lunch, but I got a shot of a NEAT OLD BUILDING behind the restuarant. Thanks for thinking of me Ashley!
FRIDAY NIGHT Scott and I went to Disneyland with Jon & Kathy. They're pretty awesome! We had so much fun! Thanks guys!
Saturday I worked a few hours then went to JARED & STACIE'S WEDDING! It was absolutely beautiful! Stacie's such a pretty girl, but especially on her wedding day! She's got a great smile! Jared's such a great guy, we're so happy for the two of them! Congratulations Jared & Stacie!
At the reception, a song comes on and Scott and I look at each other like, "This sounds familiar..."
Scott: Who do you think this is?
Christina: It sounds like Magdalene. (a band Scott palyed in a few years ago with Chris & Alex Lopez and Ray & Ryan Right) But it couldn't be, could it?
Scott: (to the dj) "Who is this?"
DJ: Alex Lopez
Christina: Oh my gosh! That's you on drums!
Scott: Haha, I knew I knew this song!
Such a great moment!
Alrighty, I think that's everything for now. I ahve lots of stuff at the rummage sale too. They're all on my pixyblog.
Monday morning I helped out empty the bins for the church's annual rummage sale. We had some fun BOWLING WITH BOB.
Scott and I went to Disneyland that night and I took THESE PHOTOS.
Tuesday night we went over to the Ellis' for dinner and cake in celebration of RILEY'S BIRTHDAY, which was actually Monday.
Friday afternoon I went to lunch at the Thai Bay Cafe with Ashley. The food was great, I can't wait to go back! I don't have any pictures of us or lunch, but I got a shot of a NEAT OLD BUILDING behind the restuarant. Thanks for thinking of me Ashley!
FRIDAY NIGHT Scott and I went to Disneyland with Jon & Kathy. They're pretty awesome! We had so much fun! Thanks guys!
Saturday I worked a few hours then went to JARED & STACIE'S WEDDING! It was absolutely beautiful! Stacie's such a pretty girl, but especially on her wedding day! She's got a great smile! Jared's such a great guy, we're so happy for the two of them! Congratulations Jared & Stacie!
At the reception, a song comes on and Scott and I look at each other like, "This sounds familiar..."
Scott: Who do you think this is?
Christina: It sounds like Magdalene. (a band Scott palyed in a few years ago with Chris & Alex Lopez and Ray & Ryan Right) But it couldn't be, could it?
Scott: (to the dj) "Who is this?"
DJ: Alex Lopez
Christina: Oh my gosh! That's you on drums!
Scott: Haha, I knew I knew this song!
Such a great moment!
Alrighty, I think that's everything for now. I ahve lots of stuff at the rummage sale too. They're all on my pixyblog.
3.05.2008
Pandora
Last night through StumbleUpon I found PANDORA. This is one of the neatest things I've seen in a while. You type in a song or artist, it plays that song/artist. Then it comes up with music you would like based on qualities from that song/artist. Try it out! Register and add me as a friend so I can see what you're listening to!
3.01.2008
Disneyland!
Disneyland is seriously one of the greatest places on earth! Last night we took part of our tax return and got annual passes! Now we can go almost any time we want! Hooray! All we did last night was ride the train, Space Mountain, see Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (I'd never seen it, but I did see Captain Eo!) get some churros and watch fireworks from the top of the Mickey and Friends parking garage. There were a couple funny moments I just want to share. As we hopped on the train to head to Tomorrowland a lady in a little scooter pulled in next to us. She kept trying to turn her scooter around so it was facing the front instead of the side, but the space was too small. She just kept banging it against the inside of the boxcar. Her daughter finally says, "Mom, stop, it's like the part in Austin Powers when he's trying to turn the golfcart in the hallway!" Awesome! At the end of the night we heard this awesome guitarist and with a percussionist playing at Downtown Disney. They played Beethoven's 5th, Hotel California, Smooth and some other songs. The percussionist had a cajon, bongos, djembe, cymbals, and some fun little toys. They were a lot of fun to watch, next time you're there you should check 'em out. They have 5 CDs on sale, on of which is all Beatles songs, so of course we bought it along with 2 others. The fireworks set off a ton of car alarms...that was pretty funny too!
2.07.2008
10 Facts about CHRISTINA!
The Rules Are: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 people to be tagged to write about 10 random things about themselves.
Ha ha ha, this can be amusing...
1. I’m a huge art nerd! If I had my choice between my cat and owning an original Kandinsky, I’d probably give up my cat (assuming he was going to a good home.) A few artists I love are Picasso, van Gogh, Magritte, Kandinsky, and Hockney. Wanna make me really happy? Take me to an art museum!
2. I’m a preschool dropout. I remember coming home one day and telling my mom I didn’t want to go back anymore because all they did was take sleep and paint. At my preschool you weren’t allowed to paint unless you took a nap…I never got to paint. Maybe this attributed to my love of paintings…
3. I check my Google Reader at least 3 times a day. I wish people would update their blogs more often so I’m not bummed when I check it and have nothing new to read.
4. I love to sing! I sing in the shower, in the car, at my desk at work, when I’m cooking dinner, while I’m reading blogs…all the time. I'll actually keep singing even if someone's talking to me sometimes. My voice isn't too bad, but it's not great unfortunately.
5. I eat popcorn at least once a week. It’s been my go to snack since I got married. I’ve always liked popcorn, but since I got married I’ve been eating it like crazy. And I don’t just leave it plain; I dip it in parmesan cheese, a lot of parmesan cheese. I’m actually eating popcorn right now, but no parmesan cheese. :[
6. I was a ballerina when I was younger. I was the sugar plum fairy in my ballet school’s production of the Nutcracker one year.
7. I used to bite my nails all the time, even if I had acrylic (fake) nails. It seems like since I started working at church I’ve stopped. Must be the lack of stressing about going to a job I don’t like. :]
8. My family asks me all the time “When are you going to have a baby?” It’s super annoying! What even worse is sometimes they’ll rub my tummy and ask if there’s a baby in there yet. Really annoying, especially because I’ve told them all several times that we’re waiting to have kids, we’re just not ready for that yet, plus we’d like to enjoy just being married for a while. Don’t worry, we’ll be fruitful and multiply, just not right now.
9. I tend to listen to the same albums over and over again. When I get a new album I’ll usually listen to only that ‘til I know all the words. I’m not a big fan of instrumental music because I can’t sing along. The only exceptions are classical pieces that I played in high school because they bring back so many memories. Lately, I’ve been listening to Sara Barielles, Ingrid Michaelson, the Across the Universe soundtrack, the Beatles Love soundtrack and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Mussorgsky - Pictures from an Exhibition.
10. I love to photograph! Most people know this. I have a blog dedicated to just that. Lately though I’ve used photoshop to edit and enhance my photos. It makes me a little bit sad that I can’t produce the really neat photos without using photoshop because I used to be such a photography purist. But with the change I’ve found myself wanting to learn how to use the Adobe suite more. (How do people make their pictures look super old and distressed?) Anyone wanna teach me?
Bonus: I love to cook too! I make really good Italian chicken and I make better mashed potatoes than your granny!
I’m gonna tag...in alphabetical order...
Adam
Agatha
Bryan
Dave
Elissa
Jess
Kathy
Mama Sue
Micah
Yvonne
Ha ha ha, this can be amusing...
1. I’m a huge art nerd! If I had my choice between my cat and owning an original Kandinsky, I’d probably give up my cat (assuming he was going to a good home.) A few artists I love are Picasso, van Gogh, Magritte, Kandinsky, and Hockney. Wanna make me really happy? Take me to an art museum!
2. I’m a preschool dropout. I remember coming home one day and telling my mom I didn’t want to go back anymore because all they did was take sleep and paint. At my preschool you weren’t allowed to paint unless you took a nap…I never got to paint. Maybe this attributed to my love of paintings…
3. I check my Google Reader at least 3 times a day. I wish people would update their blogs more often so I’m not bummed when I check it and have nothing new to read.
4. I love to sing! I sing in the shower, in the car, at my desk at work, when I’m cooking dinner, while I’m reading blogs…all the time. I'll actually keep singing even if someone's talking to me sometimes. My voice isn't too bad, but it's not great unfortunately.
5. I eat popcorn at least once a week. It’s been my go to snack since I got married. I’ve always liked popcorn, but since I got married I’ve been eating it like crazy. And I don’t just leave it plain; I dip it in parmesan cheese, a lot of parmesan cheese. I’m actually eating popcorn right now, but no parmesan cheese. :[
6. I was a ballerina when I was younger. I was the sugar plum fairy in my ballet school’s production of the Nutcracker one year.
7. I used to bite my nails all the time, even if I had acrylic (fake) nails. It seems like since I started working at church I’ve stopped. Must be the lack of stressing about going to a job I don’t like. :]
8. My family asks me all the time “When are you going to have a baby?” It’s super annoying! What even worse is sometimes they’ll rub my tummy and ask if there’s a baby in there yet. Really annoying, especially because I’ve told them all several times that we’re waiting to have kids, we’re just not ready for that yet, plus we’d like to enjoy just being married for a while. Don’t worry, we’ll be fruitful and multiply, just not right now.
9. I tend to listen to the same albums over and over again. When I get a new album I’ll usually listen to only that ‘til I know all the words. I’m not a big fan of instrumental music because I can’t sing along. The only exceptions are classical pieces that I played in high school because they bring back so many memories. Lately, I’ve been listening to Sara Barielles, Ingrid Michaelson, the Across the Universe soundtrack, the Beatles Love soundtrack and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Mussorgsky - Pictures from an Exhibition.
10. I love to photograph! Most people know this. I have a blog dedicated to just that. Lately though I’ve used photoshop to edit and enhance my photos. It makes me a little bit sad that I can’t produce the really neat photos without using photoshop because I used to be such a photography purist. But with the change I’ve found myself wanting to learn how to use the Adobe suite more. (How do people make their pictures look super old and distressed?) Anyone wanna teach me?
Bonus: I love to cook too! I make really good Italian chicken and I make better mashed potatoes than your granny!
I’m gonna tag...in alphabetical order...
Adam
Agatha
Bryan
Dave
Elissa
Jess
Kathy
Mama Sue
Micah
Yvonne
2.02.2008
Warning to Musicians...
If you ever put out an album, please don't put stuff like this on your album cover!
If anything, just make the whole thing black...
If anything, just make the whole thing black...
1.23.2008
Something I think is good...
I just read Alyssa's blog about the things she thinks are good and I just wanted to share a thought.
I've been listening to music from Rob's iTunes library all day yesterday and today. Lots of fun people I've never heard of, which is great because lately I've been listening to the same things over and over again (mostly Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, and Jimmy Eat World.)
[Warning: band geek coming out] This morning I've been listening to the Philadelphia Orchestra's rendition of Mussorgsky's masterpiece, Pictures from an Exhibition. It's such a beautiful composition. There's parts that are light and pretty, then the next piece is dark, driving and powerful. I LOVE IT! Plus, we played The Hut on Fowl's Legs (which our director always called In the Hut of Baba Yaga, which I guess is not the realy title)and Infernal Dance of King Kastchei (which he always called the Firebird) as a movement in a field show my junior year. And we played the Great Gate of Kiev in wind ensemble. It just brings back some nice memories.
I've been listening to music from Rob's iTunes library all day yesterday and today. Lots of fun people I've never heard of, which is great because lately I've been listening to the same things over and over again (mostly Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, and Jimmy Eat World.)
[Warning: band geek coming out] This morning I've been listening to the Philadelphia Orchestra's rendition of Mussorgsky's masterpiece, Pictures from an Exhibition. It's such a beautiful composition. There's parts that are light and pretty, then the next piece is dark, driving and powerful. I LOVE IT! Plus, we played The Hut on Fowl's Legs (which our director always called In the Hut of Baba Yaga, which I guess is not the realy title)and Infernal Dance of King Kastchei (which he always called the Firebird) as a movement in a field show my junior year. And we played the Great Gate of Kiev in wind ensemble. It just brings back some nice memories.
1.16.2008
Concert anyone?
I found this show I want to go to!
It's Saturday, March 8 at 8pm at the House of Blues in Anaheim. This particular show will be Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Greg Laswell, Kate Havnevik and Jim Bianco. Even if you don't know the people, trust me, it'll be good! Look 'em up on iTunes. Tickets are about $26 a piece (that's including the service charges and whatnot.)
So, who wants to go?
It's Saturday, March 8 at 8pm at the House of Blues in Anaheim. This particular show will be Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Greg Laswell, Kate Havnevik and Jim Bianco. Even if you don't know the people, trust me, it'll be good! Look 'em up on iTunes. Tickets are about $26 a piece (that's including the service charges and whatnot.)
So, who wants to go?
12.03.2007
Drummers...
I love how excited Scott got over five pairs of new drumsticks and a pair of dreadlocks. Isn't he cute! (The sticks are Vic Firth AS7A & AS8D if anyone cares.)
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