the girl with the giant red backpack

I'm a musician in Boston (tuba player) who just recently finished grad school. My tumblr is kind of a potpourri of music, life, hilarity, photos, and so on.

May 26, 2012 7:04 pm April 30, 2012 2:23 pm
optillusions:

Though one of these lines appears to be longer than the other, they are in fact the same length.

optillusions:

Though one of these lines appears to be longer than the other, they are in fact the same length.

March 1, 2012 11:46 am

redflyer:

From Tom Burckhardt and the Cardboard Company’s The Brooks Natural History Museum, c 1900; A Creative Interpretation.

As I said, if you’re in Charlottesville between now and March 30th go check this out. I love it.

(PS - Who wants to get me one of those BNHM tshirts?) 

October 24, 2011 12:30 am
'Dance Your Ph.D.' Winner Announced - ScienceNOW

redflyer:

Joel Miller, a biomedical engineer at the University of Western Australia in Perth, has won the grand prize in Science’s fourth annual “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest, a competition that recognizes the best dance interpretations of scientific doctoral work. “

So that’s a thing that exists. An awesome, awesome thing.

August 3, 2011 4:01 pm

“What did you do today, Beth?”

Well, I got lunch with an old friend from Kentucky I haven’t seen in a while, then I did a tv interview and found someone’s lost phone, which I gave to the MBTA employee. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve gotta go to Cape Cod and play sousaphone at a bakery. This makes no sense.

August 1, 2011 4:50 pm
August Noise JP

It’s actually a real thing??

Check out the website of my summer’s work! (And it’s Tumblr, so you can follow us.)

If you’re a local, there’s a myriad of ways to stay in touch — Twitter, Facebook, and SMS (“NoiseJP” to 41411 to subscribe, or “ANJPnext” to 41411 for a one-time update).

July 22, 2011 12:02 am
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  • When Will You Die
  • By: They Might Be Giants
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redflyer:

“This is Dan. And that’s Dan. And that’s Marty on the drums, to complete the band. And I’m John and he is also John, and all of us are wondering when you’re gonna die.”

New TMBG album is pretty awesome. Even though they really really seem to want you dead. Sorry about that.

July 20, 2011 11:12 pm

Visited home, jury duty, job search, heat wave that totally zaps my energy to do anything. And my summer of unemployed freedom looks like it’s coming to an ends earlier than I expected, and with few tangible (though many intangible) benefits to show for it.

In less pensive news, They Might Be Giants’ new album came out yesterday, it rocks, and my roommates and I scored wristbands for the free show tomorrow night! Yessss!

July 8, 2011 4:24 pm
Gig #2, playing the green sousaphone at the Green Monster…

Gig #2, playing the green sousaphone at the Green Monster…

June 24, 2011 4:48 am

Milch und kaffee

While Americans love coffee, apparently we can’t handle the five coffee breaks a day in Germany (every meal, plus in between). I think I’m the only one who’s figured out that you can drink less coffee than offered… Jittery Americans…