Video Killed the Radio Star

So, for those readers who were worried, the BETTER THAN SLEEP show will go on. Apparently, the dog-in-the-studio incident was forgiven. We had a great show last night with a Ghost theme. We did turn on automation at midnight last night, so again, at risk. Let's hope we are rewarded for our initiative and decision to not wake the programming director rather than punished for the crime of automating without explicit authorization...

Photo by Momma Bird

In other radio news, we are soon getting a secondhand "Powerbook" to record our shows so they soon will be podcasted here on this site. That's exciting for us, because sometimes 10pm-midnight is too late, even for our pacific time zone friends, nevermind those mountainers and eastern folks. Apparently a powerbook is not a macbook? I don't care - it's donated to this 'good cause.'

We went to an Em's game last night. PK Park is quite a step up from Osprey Staduim in Missoula (sorry!). It was fun, but we had to leave early because of aforementioned radio show. It was 1-1 when we left... never even checked who won, but I love a good baseball game. A bit of a pitching duel. Thirsty Thursday is the night to go too, who can imagine two IPAs for $5 (total) AT A BASEBALL GAME?! That would cost you $23.98 at least at Fenway and that's for Coors Light! Unfortunately, the food at the Em's wasn't as kind to us vegans as the beer options, and we had stadium popcorn for dinner. No wonder that aftershow martini was so delicious. My man ate his olives first and said "What? I'm hungry!" Also, not surprising was the only food we located that was open after the midnight close of the show was called MUNCHEESE. Let's just say it does not cater to vegans.

No wonder intervals felt so great this morning at 8am... only popcorn and martinis as running fuel. Not recommended.

So, things are brewing around here. Lots of creative activity. My man and I are working on a fun semi-collaborative project for the Emerson in Bozeman, Montana called the art project which is our postcard representation(s) of what home means to us.  I'll post a picture before we mail it off. It seems that the other collaboration we were working on (The Elk Whisperer graphic novel) is on hiatus.

There are less pictures on the blog this week because we had moved to moving pictures. Broke out our video camera to participate in this awesome project:

They even use Vampire Weekend in the promos!

 So on the assigned day, July 24th, 2010, we spent the morning finding all the camera accessories and figuring out how to work the damn thing. But then we did go to a going away party, so even though it did not seem out of the ordinary, we did meet some interesting new folks and had a blast. I hope the people who select the bits for inclusion in the movie were looking for people sitting around talking about Salute Your Shorts, Thespian club, getting asked out by carnies, the disappointment that was The Watchmen movie, and salad eating contests, because I really, really want to go to Sundance. You can find all our submissions on youtube under my username soulepigeon. We ended up submitting about 80 minutes. You're welcome, Ridley.

Also, there is a Etsy site in the works for my man's artwork and custom orders. Stay tuned.

Recent commission: Crush 2010 

My other part time job is waiting for packages to arrive, mostly wedding related. 

I recently discovered this lovely site, and no, I do not get paid for this shout out, but I sure wish I did get paid... in shoes! 

I apparently ordered the color MUS(tard) instead of MUSH(room). 

I can't imagine how I made that mistake. Up next - Will I become crazy and decide that mustard goes with champagne?  Regardless, the shoes are gorgeous. The "back up" teal pair I bought are amazing as well. 

Waiting for a cake topper from this talented individual. Which animals do you think we picked? I won't tell here, but I will tell you that I was disappointed that the obvious choice (bird heads) was so ugly not cute. 

Meeting with an electrician in a few minutes to check our wiring and remove the mysterious wires that dangle about eye level in our backyard. Maybe if he can't remove them we could just dangle some white lights from them for the wedding? Instant romance! 

Garden is ready to enter its second phase... Just about everything besides tomatoes and cucs needs to be pulled out. Am I the only idiot who can't grow zucchini? Hot weather planting sounds like a bad idea? I garden on hope alone, no knowledge or skill, so we'll see what happens.