FOTOS! AQUI!

yay!





Dance-a-thon, Birthdays, Charlie, the usual fisheyes

More pictures on my flickr.

Andrew Bird and more food next up.

YUH!

x,

franny

Bye Dani

Back to Virginia, my little Dani baby went.

Mmm, Food Heads.

I ordered the Chicken Special which is an explosion of grilled chicken breast on toasted ciabatta with lettuce, tomato, avocado, feta cheese and tarragon mayonnaise. mmm. Plus, it was maybe the nicest day ever outside.

Elliott and I

I went to the Ringo Deathstarr concert last Friday. They were pretty good. I think after awhile people started to disperse because their ear drums couldn't take the noise any longer, ha ha. They really do remind me so much of Yo La Tengo.

Devorlando

I attempted sleevefacing with my friend Orlando. Prettttty fun.

:(

We had a going away get-together for Dani the night before she left. :[ It was sad times. She gave me a kick-ass postcard. And Smirnoff Ice. Hahaha. Don't know how long it's been since I've drank that. We went to the Omelettry the morning after. It was really good! I wish they had more meat options. And more spicy omelettes. I just really like spicy things.

More pictures are on my Flickr.

I'll leave you with an awesome Missed Connection my friend Charlene sent my way.

We kissed, you farted. - m4w - 32 (emo's)

You said "this always happens when I get nervous." Then turned around and ran out the door. It must have been the cutest thing I've ever seen.
How about we get you some Alka-Seltzer and give it another shot!

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P.S. I'm so glad Slumdog Millionaire won like every award last night on the Golden Globes. Definitely deserved it. Yay!

I found this site with all this old dance music. The kind you wish every dance party played. Hahaha. Dude, it's awesome. It has everything from Michael Jackson to Diana Ross to Salt N' Pepa. I think it's just someone's compilation of the 100 best dance songs... anyway, they did a good job. You can download all of them here. Amazing?!

Awesome.

x,

Frances

New Years Eve

It's the last day of 2008.

So much of my life has changed this year and I am truly thankful for everything that I experienced. Some people may not know how much they have taught me while others probably don't want to hear another word of it. But I want you to know how much I love you. Hopefully next year will be even better, I really do hope.

My plans: House party on E.16th apparently... seems like this is where my friends are ending up, so I'll most likely be there.

I don't have a New Years kiss. I've never had one!! Wahhh.. :(
Hopefully if I do get one, it'll be the one I want.
You know where I'll be.

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In the meantime,

- FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO NYLON! yes.

- Ruelala.com is having their year-end boutique sale. If you don't know them yet, they sell name-brands for like 75% off. It's pretty much the most amazing thing ever. Their year-end boutique includes: Kay Unger, Kate Spade, Helmut Lang, Nicole Miller, 7 for all Mankind, James Perse, Theory, Via Spiga, Laundry by Design, Hanky Panky... just to name a few. I scored myself a Helmut Lang sheer tank top for about $30... woohoo! It is invite only, so let me know if you want in. :]

x,

Frances

DOUBT.

Caught this flick today at the Angelika in Dallas. DOUBT. It was really good and I think a lot of people thought it was funny. I didn't think it was that funny. I think it was all the old people sitting around me that thought it was funny. I guess it's humor beyond me. Anyhow, I thought Meryl Streep did a really good job at being a bitch. I think she's really good at playing a bitch! She's especially scary when she doesn't wear make-up. Like, in that scene in The Devil Wears Prada where she is in Paris with Anne Hathaway for Fashion Week but she had just found out her husband wanted a divorce... and she was scary-looking? Yeah, Meryl Streep definitely makes for a mean scary nun. The end left me a little confused though, about who did what ... but then I guess that's the point of the movie... is that you don't know what people do, so you start to doubt. And then it makes us all go crazy. Ahh!!! Go watch it.

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And I shall leave you with a picture from our work party... where I found out Rachel had been lying to me this ENTIRE time about who she got for Secret Santa!! Turns out she had me. And she made me tell her who I had. And I told her the truth. BAH!! Anyway, I ended up with the LOLcats book (YAY!!) and a new Uglydoll keychain, appropriately named Puglee, since both of mine broke/disappeared. :(

Whatttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, I tried Sushi Sake in Richardson... I had been hearing "amazing" things about it. Ok, it wasn't that bad. They had good service. But... they had no rolls with avocado or cream cheese. What? And their spicy tuna wasn't spicy. The best is when there is spicy mayonnaise on top of the sushi roll (asian mayo mixed with sriracha)... you can get some of that goodness at Silhouette in Austin or Naan in Plano/Allen. And they didn't even have Spicy Salmon. But they DID have the Volcano Roll which is my FAVORITE... but it wasn't spicy either, wtf! I hate when they say sushi is spicy but it isn't. hahaha. And then they were out of green tea ice cream. Lame. But ... it wasn't bad sushi. It just didn't fare up to what everyone made it out to be.

Sigh, until next time.

x,
Frances

Pictures from The Twelves

Saturday night was a night of parties and open bar! It was amazing! First, I went to Mohawk with Charlene and Dani to see Matt & Kim... for a mere 2 cans of food. We ran into our friends there who had wristbands and so I scored myself free drinks and vietnamese sandwiches (what?! those were spicy) for the rest of the show. To be honest, I don't really remember if Matt & Kim was any good. But I think I had fun, haha. And then after that, we headed over to the Compound to see our friends PLUS MOVE play (first picture). They are like the coolest guys in Austin now, can you tell? Exciting things to be expected! Yay! And yeah, despite the ridiculous cover, which I guess wasn't that ridiculous after having unlimited Miller High Life and vodka, I guess... it was fun! Haha. I broke my camera though. That wasn't fun. And then after that we walked over to the after party at Music Gym which was fun and a complete blur, so I'm sorry to anyone I forced into conversation with me. I don't know when I will get that many free drinks again, so I guess no worries.

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ANYWAY
I'm done with finals, FINALLY. I'll be going back to Dallas this week for a little bit. And then back here in Austin. Anyone know of some good New Years parties?

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I'm so stuffed from Torchy's. Green Pork Chile Taco. I like you.

x,

Frances

Yumminess in my tumminess. UPDATE!

The holiday season calls for yummy treats. :) Yes, I made these.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
The recipe is here

Gingerbread Cupcakes with a sugar glaze

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Karinne very cold, but very happy!

Short-lived snow, but magical none-the-less. :)

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So, Facebook has ads that I'm guessing... "cater" to your interests. And this is what I saw while looking at my awesome new profile picture. It reads:

Pornography
Find out how porn may be affecting your relationships.

I'm sad. Who does Facebook think I am?

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Finally two of my very talented co-workers have fun shows this weekend.
One is Ringo Deathstarr tonight at Emo's for the 101x Independent Workforce Xmas... they'll be performing inside. The Ting Tings and the Black Kids will be outside. Ooo!

And then Plus Move will be making their Austin debut on Saturday at the Compound.

UPDATE:
MATT&KIM "Secret Show" at Mohawk on Saturday!
It costs $2 or you can bring 2 cans of food.
Doors at 8pm!

Sounds funnn..

Anyway good luck on your exams if you're not already done. I have 2 tomorrow. Gross.

The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

x,

Frances

Photoshoots, Food, and Shopping... mmm...

I hope everyone has a safe trip home, wherever their respective homes are.
I will be in Dallas until Saturday... maybe Sunday.

I plan on going crazy on Black Friday. It's a yearly tradition for me and it always always always pays off. It is probably the best day of shopping ... ever. From the research I've done, Circuit City seems like the winner over Best Buy right now. Of course, Target and Northpark will be hit up. QT for some 4 a.m. coffee, mmm. And I will raid Nordstrom Rack this weekend like never before. I just want to spend some freaking money and release my stress...

There's also this party downtown on Black Friday... mayhaps I will go with one of you?




I pretty much just want to avoid my huge marketing analysis and presentation I have to have done by Monday. and my journalism test I have on Monday. and my international business test I have on Monday.

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Anyway, I also wanted to say I tried Cookie Lounge with Dani last week. I got a medium Creamy Brown Sugar cookie with El Rey White Chocolate and it was pretty amazing. I wouldn't say it's comparable to Tiff's Treats just because it's more custom-made and gourmet. Tiff's Treats has better comfort cookies... like the kind you want to make at home but it never turns out the way you want. Cookie Lounge is like... who puts these crazy ingredients in their cookie? I don't know but it's damn good. Anyway, it's by Pluckers on 23rd and Rio Grande.

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Last week I had a little fun with my friend Jennifer and Chris.
The Daily Texan popped along near the end when we were by the Hi, How Are You frog.


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And lastly, here is Charlie in the American Apparel Fleece Dog Vest he he..




Have a good thanksgiving!!

x,
Frances