http://www.notserena.com Rockin like Dokken Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:17:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am not vain, I swear. I really don't care much about my appearance, just as long as I am comfortable. But I have had a lingering feeling that my long hair was boring. I decided to get it dyed. Being a poor college kid, I thought I'd get it ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/03/07/file-under-vanity-is-overrated/ Watch this video first. Okay, now we are on the same page. Not to point out the obvious to anyone, but the Media (yes, capital M implying a singular entity, which I defend with giant conglomerate media companies) - it is a cesspool of suckage. It is a buy-product of an era where ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/02/02/apropos-everything/ If I admitted that I shed tears while Patti Smith sang "Because the Night" a capella, would you make fun of me? Despite the vastness of Benaroya Hall and the heaviness of her poetry and the sadness buried with Robert Mapplethorpe, a smile crept on my face each time she mumbled ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/26/because-the-night-belongs-to-lovers/ I have something political brewing here. You have been adequately warned. Like you, I have been emotionally steamrolled by the photographs and stories coming out of Haiti. And statistically speaking, you probably also donated through SMS, as millions of people in the United States participated. The outpouring of generosity in these ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/23/love-in-the-time-of-chaos/ I love me some Peaches, especially when she is dressed up like a neon clitoris. Peaches "Mommy Complex" (Dir: Antuong Nguyen for MOOP JAW) from Moop Jaw on Vimeo. h/t Cookie http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/21/peaches-and-her-mommy-complex/ "I ain't a player, I just crush a lot." What rang true in 1997 still rings true today. It's as if Big Punisher crawled into my head/heart space, and whittled my modus operandi down to a simple phrase played over a run-of-the-mill generic 90s beat. (Though I will be the first ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/11/big-pun/ (Burial, "Fostercare") http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/09/a-little-something-for-your-head-on-an-introspective-saturday-afternoon/ In the perpetually swelling and inspiring nerd universe there is a demigod named Neil Gaiman. The man wields words like swords and has birthed some of the most important cultural texts (Coraline, The Sandman, Fragile Things, et al.). The meringue on this bespectacled nerd pie is that he once graced ... http://www.notserena.com/2010/01/01/hhg/ This video makes me inordinately proud*: Totally unrelated note, and not intended to harsh anyone's mellow, but who is visiting me from [redacted]? Whoever you are - I don't know what you are looking for, but multiple visits on several pages a day probably won't unearth it. Shoot me an email ... http://www.notserena.com/2009/12/28/proud/ Posole is a New Mexican soup, usually served during the holidays. The traditional dish dates before Spanish contact, specifically coming from Anasazi celebration of the fruits of the earth. The soup features New Mexican harvests of corn, chile, and meat (if that's your thing). Southern New Mexican posole features red ... http://www.notserena.com/2009/12/21/new-mexican-posole/