february happenings

Ah... it's that time of year again when the weather starts to warm up and the trees begin to bud. Then, everything freezes up again and there goes our apricot crop for the year. Why do you have to be so cruel to plant and human life, February? On the bright side, Timpanogos has looked amazing the last 2 days. Take a moment to look at it right now... see what I mean?

Over president's day weekend I went to Lubbock, TX for a visit. If you told me 5 years ago that I would visit Lubbock, TX approximately 5-6 times in a 3 year period I would have predicted it must be to visit my boyfriend down there. And I would have been right! (If, by "boyfriend" I meant my nephews and niece) We ate at the best bbq place I have ever tasted (not saying too much as I never have bbq) so now I'm in search of bbq in Utah that is as good. Help me out...what is the best bbq place you've been to here? For me, it's all about the ribs. The meat absolutely fell off the bones of the lubbock bbq. Is it too much to ask to have the meat fall of the bones? maybe it is.

One day before we flew to Lubbock, I bought a real computer for the first time since 1999. Yes, you heard me right...1999. My devastatingly disappointing eee pc that I bought 1.5 years ago does not count. The only thing I could do on that was watch hulu and when hulu even stopped working on it I decided it was time. I am now $1800 lighter thanks to my new Macbook Pro decked out with the Adobe premier suite. Send your designing requests my way as now my evenings can be spent in good quality time with my real BF, Mac.... He's no Ken, but he's shinier and metal, not plastic.

all youtube considered

Welcome back to this lunch-time segment of "music melissa is listening to lately".

My first offering is from Mika's new album. I know, it's been out a couple of months, but I haven't gotten around to listening to it until now. Just like his last album, there are a few songs I could probably do without. But, also like his last album, there are songs not to do without (applaud my use of the double negative). If you haven't heard any of his stuff, give this one a listen to start:



Most of his music videos are actually available on youtube, but I find that watching him dance changes my perception about his music, so I prefer you to listen untainted :)

The next group I discovered just today because I have been watching the movie 500 Days of Summer (finally) for about 30 minutes a night. Last night, I saw my favorite part:



Thank you Hall and Oats. Looking it up on youtube today, I started wondering why Zooey Deschanel doesn't do more with her singing than sing in every single movie she's ever in. And guess what I found? She not only is in a tiny little group, but she even writes the songs, too! (I think). So here is one from their album She & Him: Volume 1 - Enjoy!:



wow...was that too much youtube at once? Sorry for those of you who have it blocked at work....