Ira Glass, the host of This American Life on NPR, is one of the best journalists and storytellers working today. A graphic designer took a quote of his and turned it into a visual lesson on sticking to your guns in a creative profession. Keep your head down, keep writing, just keep swimming -- that's the theme as I face two more weeks of summer school, followed by four weeks of relative freedom, before diving right back into class and student teaching. Grad school is incredibly rewarding, but man, do I miss that dozen hours of my week. Anything worth having...
My roommate Allie, her boyfriend John, and our friend Julia and I saw OK Go back in April. (I'd also seen them when they came to Northwestern in...was it 2007?) They put on a phenomenal show, including performing "What to Do" on handbells. HANDBELLS. I wasn't close enough to get video or even a good photo, so here's a video from their San Diego show last year. The white gloves really make the performance.
Moral of the story: Of all the bands I've seen live, OK Go is clearly having the most fun on stage. Which just makes it an awesome show. If you get the chance to see them live, go.
Also re: the posted video, note the random, silent presence of Zach Galifianakis. Like, what?
(click the image to see it clearer)