tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307338474301203372024-02-21T03:17:13.654-05:00Falsestart Junkyard"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-14303712856868877422009-10-20T13:12:00.003-04:002009-10-20T13:14:20.277-04:00other homesI'm blogging, a little more frequently over at tumblr these days. So if for some reason you want more of what you've seen here, check out <a href="http://falsestartjunkyard.tumblr.com">http://falsestartjunkyard.tumblr.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-35813446213625420722009-10-07T23:26:00.002-04:002009-10-07T23:42:50.743-04:00our hearts beat for the diehards<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAEXDGkCUyc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAEXDGkCUyc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>"The truth of the matter is that a lot of people say that Fall Out Boy or something, whatever saved their life or made their life easier and we just want to say that you guys being there and letting us be on the stage like this has made our lives easier and saved our lives so thank you guys very much."</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-64096660087152302932009-10-06T17:45:00.002-04:002009-10-06T17:49:12.455-04:00there's a time to pray and there's a time to fight<object width="350" height="198"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6933144&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=01AAEA&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6933144&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=01AAEA&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="350" height="198"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6933144">Ludo premiere "Save Our City" (Altpress.com Exclusive)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ap">Alternative Press</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />I still get goosebumps every time I listen to this song. This video is even better than what I had been imagining all this time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-81242456274012352482009-10-05T23:14:00.007-04:002009-10-07T23:28:36.389-04:00i couldn't have asked for a better weekend<center>3 days. 7 states. Roughly 17 hours in a car.<br />2 plane rides, 5 and a half hours.<br />Hardly any sleep.<br /><br />A countless number of hugs. Smiling so hard my face hurt. <br />Laughing so hard we scared the people around us.<br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/blinkconfetti.jpg" width="450"><br /><br />Worth every minute.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBSZCe_kSWQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBSZCe_kSWQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Thank <a href="http://www.falloutboyrock.com">you</a> for making my life better.</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-35147908316377357532009-10-05T22:31:00.003-04:002009-10-05T22:35:53.699-04:00ways to kill time while waiting for your flight<center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/airport1.jpg" width="450"><br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/airport2.jpg" width="450"><br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/airport3.jpg" width="450"><br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/airport4.jpg" width="450"><br /><br />♥<br /><br /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-47542940912530652082009-09-12T23:44:00.004-04:002009-10-05T22:45:07.653-04:00saturday night thunderbolt<center>♥<br /><br />[don't give up and let them hold you down.]</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-85168795049866790512009-09-09T17:52:00.004-04:002009-09-09T17:53:14.760-04:00we are beautiful, we are doomed<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3882302189/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3882302189_56e5fa0a9f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3882302189/">Leaves</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-25409176361399271332009-09-07T01:44:00.002-04:002009-09-07T12:37:52.523-04:00streetlights<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884896318/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3884896318_62ba925159.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884896318/">Church Window</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p>Places I never thought I'd miss: St. Paul's Church in Levittown.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-91789848574467245052009-09-05T01:32:00.004-04:002009-09-09T17:54:26.319-04:00i just play in a rock and roll band<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884894002/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/3884894002_ae64831fa3.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884894002/">Frankie & Tommy</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p>Speaking of people I miss: these dudes.<br /><br />If you're not listening to to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/robotsandracecars">Robots & Racecars</a> yet, why the hell not? I've only been talking about how great they are for like, the past <i>year</i>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-17971838747421101272009-09-04T01:26:00.002-04:002009-09-07T12:36:50.106-04:00you came along because i love your face<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884100813/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3884100813_87ff306032.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3884100813/">Hannah!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p>I love this girl and her silly face. I also miss her bunches. Why must my friends live spread out across the country?<br /><br />In other news, I survived my first day of classes. This wouldn't be worth noting if not for the fact that I have ten hours of class on Thursday. Up early, home late, oh yeah. Fun times. <br /><br />Being downtown does have it's perks though, the city is really quite beautiful at night.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-68534243864791934782009-09-03T13:03:00.002-04:002009-09-03T13:04:44.308-04:00where i've been, where i am<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3883371870/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3883371870_dedc0b2c66.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3883371870/">Orange</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p>Taken this past June at Colonial Park. It's very pretty there, if you ever happen to be in Somerset in the spring/summer, you should check it out.<br /><br />Classes started today. At 9am. I had to get up a good hour earlier than that to make it here on time. I am <i>not</i> a morning person, my friends. This is going to take some getting used to. On the plus side, I do enjoy having the time on the train to zone out, relax and you know, actually wake up.<br /><br />Also, on the plus side, I think I am going to enjoy my sculpture class.<br /><br />A quote from my teacher: "I work with video. I like puppies."<br /><br />So there's that.<br /><br />There's a tiny little bug on the screen on my laptop and I don't have the heart to smush him or flick him away. He's not bothering any one, just enjoying the nice day. Like me.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-8638854731796313412009-09-02T20:31:00.003-04:002009-09-02T20:35:11.330-04:00used to waste my time dreaming of being alive<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3883054590/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/3883054590_d7a735f7ae.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsestartjunkyard/3883054590/">Discarded</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/falsestartjunkyard/">falsestartjunkyard</a>.</span></center></div><p>Okay, so I lied. This isn't recent at all. I took this on an unseasonably warm day this past March while I driving the backroads of rural PA.<br /><br />I still like it, months later. So here you go.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-62902987157295340872009-09-02T16:18:00.006-04:002009-09-02T16:24:41.900-04:00groove saladA few belated photos from when I saw Lucas Carpenter and Mark Rose at Milkboy Coffee in Ardmore.<br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/lucascarpenter.jpg" width="450"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/markrosemilkboy.jpg" width="450"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/dannydarren.jpg" width="450"></center><br /><br /><br />More recent photos and reviews coming soon! I am finally in possession of the shiny new macbook pro I got for school. ♥Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-60591935828481317192009-08-20T01:16:00.004-04:002009-08-20T01:18:30.894-04:00this is a song for the ladies<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v5mlGqCxJsg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v5mlGqCxJsg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I seem to keep ending up places where Brendon Urie is doing ridiculous acoustic covers. It's pretty awesome, actually.<br /><br /><br /><small>This post brought to you by the free wifi in my awesome hotel, where I currently have all of the pillows in the world.</small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-87594574488021906382009-08-17T23:57:00.001-04:002009-08-17T23:57:44.939-04:00my heart eyes, let me show you them<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W1mw5iyNQf8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W1mw5iyNQf8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-16663303712547289522009-08-17T19:04:00.006-04:002009-08-17T19:09:25.192-04:00it will be alrightCame across this while packing.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/it-will-be-alright1.jpg" witdth="400"></center><br /><br />Chicago tomorrow. And for the next two years.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-50042735860806533632009-08-11T23:08:00.001-04:002009-08-11T23:10:33.201-04:00hold on to that feeling<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GqZb7TiooZA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GqZb7TiooZA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This happened. Somehow, I was there. I don't even know. My life is weird.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-55210216388269375542009-08-04T18:47:00.001-04:002009-08-04T18:50:17.590-04:00he shaved the faces of gentlemen<center><a href="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/sweenytodd.jpg"><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/sweenytodd.jpg" width="450"></a></center><br /><br />Passed this on the way home from Wildwood. Not only an A+ name choice, but even more hilariously, the apartment above the shop is for rent.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-23964678073778587922009-07-26T13:00:00.002-04:002009-07-27T16:40:31.205-04:00this and various other assorted ridiculousness<p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeVicRPzFIZ_A2ybUHkicXyqQR6ub2dOjbKCBjNkNVVU0Cr8E-QZ-O1v-tFwQGTFjgvJu-kJBjL7HuQbSpcQ4Zv_zTRQFNo72U9dQm-MKXGczm7yPt5R5eEdeXMUuAPiwl-RSUdupBA3X/s1600-h/0725092114-713422.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeVicRPzFIZ_A2ybUHkicXyqQR6ub2dOjbKCBjNkNVVU0Cr8E-QZ-O1v-tFwQGTFjgvJu-kJBjL7HuQbSpcQ4Zv_zTRQFNo72U9dQm-MKXGczm7yPt5R5eEdeXMUuAPiwl-RSUdupBA3X/s320/0725092114-713422.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362814763529157858" border="0" /></a></p>How I spent my Saturday night.<p>Making <a href="http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/">skittles vodka</a> is pretty time consuming (and I maybe watched a lot while other people did all the heavy lifting) but the pay off is pretty excellent.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-82378279915731965332009-07-21T14:16:00.003-04:002009-07-21T14:22:20.313-04:00I will bring you back to life<center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/brokenbridetour.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ludorock.com/">TOUR DATES</a></center><br /><br />Nine tour dates, Broken Bride in it's entirety. My excitement cannot actually be properly conveyed via text. All of the shows I would want to go to are on days that <span style="font-style: italic;">I can actually go</span>.<br /><br />IT'S LIKE THEY KNEW AND WANTED TO MAKE ME HAPPY. :DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-79547559922426681422009-07-20T22:59:00.002-04:002009-07-20T23:01:33.507-04:00some people call me the space cowboy<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/strongsnad.jpg" /><br /><br />This is my dad. Today is his birthday.<br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/snadmeoutside.jpg" /><br /><br />He would've been 58.<br /><br /><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/snadmeleaves.jpg" /><br /><br />I don't think I'm ever going to stop missing him.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-38307250398442727092009-07-17T01:58:00.006-04:002009-07-17T18:47:27.894-04:00its like everything i love about life got put into a t-shirt<center><img src="http://loveandhotsauce.com/blog/blue%20trex.jpg" /></center><br /><br />I'm attending <a href="http://www.saic.edu/">SAIC</a> in the fall and as a new student I get this t-shirt as a gift. Seriously, I have never been more certain that I picked the right school <span>in my life</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">No really, it's a ROBOT. HOLDING A SWORD. <span style="font-style: italic;">RIDING A T-REX</span>! </span><span style="font-size:85%;">♥</span><span style="font-size:85%;">♥</span><span style="font-size:85%;">♥</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-67272424625348519952009-07-17T01:48:00.007-04:002009-07-17T01:54:12.789-04:00the bridge between us is a rainbow<center><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtvmusic.com:399202" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="dist=http://www.mtvmusic.com" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="320" height="271"></embed><br /><div style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; width: 320px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.mtvmusic.com/">MTV Music</a></div></center><br />Well Coca-Cola, you did a damn good job because this song is not only catchy as fuck, the video the down right adorable. And if Brendon Urie in those nerdy reporter glasses doesn't make you smile, well then, I don't want to know you, because you clearly don't understand joy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-63514727604909274152009-07-14T00:12:00.004-04:002009-07-17T01:54:35.124-04:00o'hare<p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4C5Yk4NGfSa5o50WWLV0mIUlCbw7cC-GESg2biMCoQTliuVSQ7jyZhU41fgaOrFMwMbbhPGXvhoN1xmQn7fSCUsp8aOLM_OzJVIz2AC5wfzvL04m-iIwfZyj329tUtyrbTe9dD5gyLfz/s1600-h/downsized_0402091103-773131.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4C5Yk4NGfSa5o50WWLV0mIUlCbw7cC-GESg2biMCoQTliuVSQ7jyZhU41fgaOrFMwMbbhPGXvhoN1xmQn7fSCUsp8aOLM_OzJVIz2AC5wfzvL04m-iIwfZyj329tUtyrbTe9dD5gyLfz/s320/downsized_0402091103-773131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358164003499704082" border="0" /></a></p>I love that this is one of the first things I see when I get to Chicago. (Not there now, btw, found this in my phone from the last time and getting excited to go back.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630733847430120337.post-61048987397213186392009-07-13T16:17:00.005-04:002009-07-13T16:23:47.718-04:00sentimental fool<p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUqAxmiHh1BGl4-XRIDLNX5vy0gMbJcAT3DtwVU7Z7oGD_fMZxLKwrY6rNQFCDyj3KoF74gchmhhtA4P-5HHu16JjpMPK1Aw090VklE9wIX8YYZ3mVi5CyK_TuYGsyjIe63C2788nj5e5/s1600-h/downsized_0713091544-731554.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUqAxmiHh1BGl4-XRIDLNX5vy0gMbJcAT3DtwVU7Z7oGD_fMZxLKwrY6rNQFCDyj3KoF74gchmhhtA4P-5HHu16JjpMPK1Aw090VklE9wIX8YYZ3mVi5CyK_TuYGsyjIe63C2788nj5e5/s320/downsized_0713091544-731554.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358041416748129778" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="mobile-photo">I keep all of this stuff. They were collecting in a pile on my dresser next to my lamp and the stuffed giant squid I got at the Field Museum. I remember every single show, there's a story to go with every ticket stub.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0