so, this is a cover of a song by winston audio. jayd showed me this song a while ago thinking that my voice sounded like the original. anyway, i really thought it was a good tune and finally got around to recording tonight. i’m happy with how it turned out. check it…
[audio:Steven_Heller-Troubles.mp3]to download, right-click here and choose “save as…”
grandma and grandpa brown house decided to take the kids to the zoo today so jana and i decided to spend our time well and go for a hike. i’ve heard about a cool hike called rattlesnake ledge. supposedly it wasn’t too difficult (which was a prerequisite for me) and had a killer view from the top. you can see the map of our travels below.
all in all it was really fun. apparently, it’s one of the most popular hikes in washington, which i have no doubt of because we saw soooo many people. most of them seemed like foreigners, which just goes to further prove how popular this hike is. the entire nation of china seemed to be hiking it while we were there. pics below, including a half-decent panorama.
jack woke up from a nap and his voice had been altered. we’re not sure if we want his “big boy” voice back as this one is pretty cute.
basil.
zucchini.
roma tomato.
bell pepper.
this is jackson’s sunflower.
i thought i would try gardening this year. i really don’t know what i am doing but most of my plants are producing for me anyway. i just thought i would document them just in case i ever feel like i am not a very good homemaker. i mean come on, i grew my very own vegetables and herbs. i am sure most of you are thinking, “what’s the big deal?” well, this kind of thing just wasn’t done in my home growing up. we just weren’t the gardening kind of people. actually, i did try to keep a cactus once but killed it by over watering it! i obviously didn’t know what i was doing. well when we lived in spokane, steven’s family had/has this huge garden every summer and it was the most awesome thing. all i had to do was walk into my backyard and i had my pick of zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, corn, basil, pumpkins, green beans and i am sure there is much more that i am forgetting. i was able to watch them a bit and thought i would give it a try. i love walking outside every day and seeing how much my plants are growing, it is very satisfying.basil.zucchini.roma tomato.bell pepper.this is jackson’s sunflower.i thought i would try gardening this year. i really don’t know what i am doing but most of my plants are producing for me anyway. i just thought i would document them just in case i ever feel like i am not a very good homemaker. i mean come on, i grew my very own vegetables and herbs. i am sure most of you are thinking, “what’s the big deal?” well, this kind of thing just wasn’t done in my home growing up. we just weren’t the gardening kind of people. actually, i did try to keep a cactus once but killed it by over watering it! i obviously didn’t know what i was doing. well when we lived in spokane, steven’s family had/has this huge garden every summer and it was the most awesome thing. all i had to do was walk into my backyard and i had my pick of zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, corn, basil, pumpkins, green beans and i am sure there is much more that i am forgetting. i was able to watch them a bit and thought i would give it a try. i love walking outside every day and seeing how much my plants are growing, it is very satisfying.
so the other day i was on the computer when asher comes in the room and he covered in necklaces and bracelets. by the time i got to the camera he had already taken off most of the bracelets but i still captured him with all of the necklaces. he is honestly the funniest little kid, i could tell from the look on his face when he walked in the room that he knew he was looking pretty darn cute.
i can hardly ever get them sitting by each other so i thought i would throw this in.
so the other day i was on the computer when asher comes in the room and he covered in necklaces and bracelets. by the time i got to the camera he had already taken off most of the bracelets but i still captured him with all of the necklaces. he is honestly the funniest little kid, i could tell from the look on his face when he walked in the room that he knew he was looking pretty darn cute.i can hardly ever get them sitting by each other so i thought i would throw this in.recently, while we were in soCal for a visit, our good friend ruth schultz posed a question that was to suck up a few hours of my life. “what influential band would you erase from history, knowing that not only was that band gone, but any bands that would spawn from their influence?” genius. too many times have we played the “what are your top 5 bands of all time” game, this was much more diabolical. from this, i’ve seen friend turn on friend. yesterday, this same question was brought back up via twitter and a few friends got involved. what resulted was an interesting twitter thread that i’ve recreated for you. i had to reverse each and every post from bottom to top to make it readable (as twitter has the newest posts at the top, like an email) which took a while, but was worth it.
a few things to know:
if you’ve never twittered before 1) start and 2) you’ll see posts that include @stevelucky or @notBrit. the symbol @ followed by a username denotes that that post is directed toward that user.
you’ll see a few links in the posts. unfortunately, i’m unable to make them active links. if you really want to check them out, you’ll have to type them yourself.
since a twitter post is limited to 140 characters, you’ll find a few abbreviations (mostly band names). those abbreviations are as follows:
SY = Sonic Youth
RHCP = Red Hot Chili Peppers
NY Dolls = New York Dolls
GBV = Guided by Voices
YHF = Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (a Wilco album)
VW = Vampire Weekend
DMB = Dave Matthews Band
BSP = British Sea Power
PJ = Pearl Jam
The people involved in the conversation (in order of appearance):
@stevelucky = steven heller
@notBrit = ethan smith
@jaydmcferson = jayd mcferson
@JaredCovington = jared covington
@NathanUsher = nathan usher
with all that being said, click the link below to read the entire conversation. it’s a 640k .png that’s a little over 9000 pixels high. have fun.
and while you’re at it, sound off below as to the influential band that you’d erase from history. the more inflammatory, the better!
