Flutebox

It's the new rage in London! Well, I'm not really sure about that, but I do feel like it could be.

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HAH "LOLs"

While getting my routine biennial 10" haircut this past Thursday, I decided that I would be adventurous and experiment with bangs. I was a little nervous because of my previous experience with the forehead fringe, but I thought I could modernize my early 90s mishap this time. This haircut was diferent than previous ones because I had a friend participate with me! She donated approximately 12" of curly hair, and provided many pictures (as did I).



































Before and after:















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Happy EASTer from Nashville

This is the second posting of pictures from my house in East Nashville. I took these pictures on Easter, as I thought it was a good way to honor the holiday.





























Happy Easter! Enjoy the photos!

-HAH

Highlights from FotC

Ellen, Thomas and I FINALLY got to see an AWESOME show this weekend. Last night was my first time to see the Flight of the Conchords live, and it was also my first time to see a show at the Ryman auditorium in Nashville. That venue was probably the perfect setting--the acoustics were fantastic, and for a large place, it seemed more akin to the small and intimate setting of a night club.

Kristen Schaal ("Mel" from the show) did a comedy bit before the duo came out. She was very, very funny. I think one of my favorite lines was "I wasn't sure what was going to happen tonight, but I knew that my shorts would sparkle!" She was indeed wearing gold, sequined shorts. She also did a really hilarious bit with a pot, pan, and wooden spoon, and another funny bit involving Law & Order SVU, an apron, and chocolate cake.

Then the fellas came out, and they brought down the house. They did a fabulous live show, complete with a guest cello player named Nigel, 2 encores, and (because I won the freakin' lottery and was on the front row, in front of Jemaine) I was given a special showing of booty shakin'! During the "Sugar Lumps" song, the dudes got out of their stools and got close to the proscenium. Some particularly brave ladies to the right of us actually got to shake hands with Bret, but I did notice that they enjoyed a few beers before the show, and they actually scared him before he was confident enough to touch them. I just enjoyed the proximity of it all, and I'm pretty sure Jemaine pointed at me and told me I was "staring at his 'sugarlumps.'" I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not I was actually partaking in the aforementioned act.

Here are a few quotes (ones that aren't exactly verbatim...but it's not like I had a recorder with me...that would've been illegal!) that I've selected to share from last night:

"Hello Nashville. Can we call you 'Nash?'"
"Play the next one, Jemaine!" -an audience member who was responding to the band's request to hear New Zealand accents, after doing impressions of a Southern accent
"Wow. That was a good impression and a good suggestion." -Jemaine, responding to the audience member
"His name was Stana"
"I told you I was freak-ay." with Bret echoing in a whisper "I told you I was freak-ay." (I lost it when they started whispering.)

I highly recommend seeing the Flight of the Conchords live, but if they aren't coming to a venue near you, you can always watch clips of them on YouTube! Here is a pic: http://sdlr.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/flight_of_the_conchords.jpg


That's all for now,

Hillary

Final Grad Decision

Hey guys. Even though I will be a student here next year, I will not be taking part in singing this song:





Nor will I be hanging out with these d-bags:



However, I am excited, and in spite of what my friends are saying, I'm ready to go back to school! :)

See the new blog...

...that I just posted. It dates it as March 20th, which is not right. It's the one called "East Nashville."