Last night I watched the VMAs and wholeheartedly rooted for 50 cent.


1. Broadcast "Ha Ha Sound" - OK, so they are sounding more and more Sterolab-y. But let's face it, will Stereolab make any more new music without Mary Hansen? Maybe, but I'm not saving myself until they do. I'm cheating on them with Broadcast and not afraid to admit it.

2. Belle & Sebastian "Dear Catastrophy Waitress" - Hey, who put Big Star in my Belle & Sebastian? At first I really didn't like the new songs because they were different, but now I love them because they ARE so different...from their last record anyway. If the last track doesn't sound so Ashes To Ashes Bowie, I don't know what does. Great live show at the Greek Theater. Cool, but not too cool, perfect outdoor concert weather. Terrible parking. I missed the after party of the century.

3. Crackernuts. Adobo tastes just like barbeque, so don't buy both flavors.

4. River Dawgs last Saturday. The best tribute to early Rock The Light I've ever seen and there are a lot of RTL tribute bands out there. Like Led Zep, The Stones, etc.

5. Aguas frescas at La Favorita. Melon (cantelope) was just perfect.

What what and the Thing thing

Who has the new Belle & Sebastian CD? I do, and I like it. It's very different from their previous record. How do you say? They busted out. Yes!

Take a deep breath.

Everything is okay with my dress. Now I'm trying to tackle the issue of invitations. I know exactly what I want (well, I have two clear design ideas) and they do not exist on line. What if I'm not a froo-froo bride?

Keep on being nice to me.


Picky co-worker: How's your wedding dress shopping going?

Teeni: Fine. I went to House of Fashion, but everything I really liked was thousands of dollars. I only want to spend $600. So I'm going to David's Bridal on Saturday.

Picky: Ew. Aren't they corny?

Teeni: Yeah, probably, but it doesn't hurt to look.

I totally found THE wedding dress at David's Bridal this weekend. It fit way better and was way prettier than anything I tried on at HOF. Not to mention it was half the price I was planning to spend. Yeah!

But now I'm freaking out. The consultant that sold me my dress was pressuring me to order the dress I wanted this weekend. Apparently the line it was from wasn't doing well (obviously because all of the poofy, beaded, lacy dress-loving girls who buy their dresses at David's Bridal, have no taste at all) and they were going to discontinue it soon. On one hand I believed her because a friend of mine had a nightmare with bridesmaid dresses there. She tried to order them early, but they told her to wait until a month or two later. By then when she tried to order them exactly when they told her to, they were "discontinued." I expressed this concern to the consultant and she assured me that I would get my dress. I am still, however, freaking out about it. Would I be bridezilla if I called the shop to double check that they're going to be able to order this dress for me?