Blog: Reflector

ARSENAL MAJOR • A Mixtape by Treavioli Download I created Arsenal Major and Arsenal Minor almost a year ago, but never released them on my blog. I wanted to portray the mindset of a heroine who had been "wild" or "undomesticated," perhaps there was something unsettled within her. But then she meets someone who challenges the way she thinks and does things. Inner peace through love is what I think it's about. You may come to a different conclusion. Feel free to click on the artwork above or you can download [...]

Wine and Love is a list of things lately that has made me want to turn to drinking and things that have made me fall deeper in love with life. Thanks to Walking With Nora for starting this weekly series. Wine I'm having trouble focusing, but I'm getting things done. Just wish it went smoother. February has started off rough. Maybe it's taxes or a lot of lonely single people in Dallas, but nobody is in a good mood, which has brought me [...]

What once were scattered, off-key, and hushed, my voices (heart, body, mind, spirit) are becoming more and more steady and unified this month. After being fired from my full-time job, realizing I had been in a quarter-life crisis , ending a 6-year love saga in November, disappearing into the rainforests of Costa Rica in December, and bouncing around New York earlier this month, I've been settling in again at my mom's spare house here in Dallas/Fort Worth. It began with looking at this house and seeing how it looked and felt like me, broken down, worn out, and falling [...]

Ignore the quality; I took these photos with my iPod Touch and HTC Incredible 2 smart phone. Uh... yeah, ignore. :] I bought a "gymbership"! My first time working out. Matt and I checked out Penne Pomodoro's in Lakewood/Dallas. Their focaccia bread was delicious! Matt! He's been giving me pointers on life in Portland and exposing me to the vegetarian lifestyle. I dig! Matt and I checked out Starfucker, Painted Palms, and Alexico! I had a great time. Matt not so much. Meet Matt's [...]

In this video, I'm tackling John Mayer's "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room." I've decided that it's the song that I'll record as my first ever self-produced track. I may decided to choose something less... content-specific. But I think it's great to practice with, at least. It feels great to let my voice out to play. I might end up doing a 365 to help force me to play and not be afraid to sing.

After I schooled Marlon on how to approach a sinewy latino , we headed to the gay sports bar. And there it was... the stage, the mic, the song selections on the table. Marlon had revenge in mind, and I was the target. I have a fear of singing karaoke. It's not really a fear. It's just a case of over-thinking a predetermined situation. The end result is I just back out of the opportunity. One of my chicken list items from the Year For Fears is singing karaoke. Here's my thought process on [...]

I was on my way home from hanging out in Dallas that evening when I called up my friend, Marlon and we ventured into the Gayborhood for a drink (of course, a water for me). It was definitely a night for testing our courage. We went out to the local gay cowboy club and watched people dance on the floor: a "queen of the night" Doc Brown type, a few Joes, and a rather dashing, sinewy Latin guy who caught Marlon's eye. I could see why! Triple rhyme not intended. He was very handsome and he could really [...]

Retake With all the issues and deficits he was given, I think he's done a great job. Change didn't happen as fast as many would've liked but change is happening . I think a lot of people think, "He's the president. He can change things at the drop of a dime." No, that's a dictator. Our country is a democratic republic democracy , meaning there are many voices and opinions that go into a decision, bill, or law.

Part of the many resolutions for 2012 was to do something crazy every month. I was just thinking last night that I need a new adventure. I want to go somewhere. As if backpacking all around Costa Rica and subwaying around New York just weeks ago weren't enough excitement. After waking up brazened and naked in the office of my mom's spare home in the sunny afternoon, I logged onto my magic 8-ball: Twitter. And it was there that my blogging friends gave me a BiSCuit of an idea: [...]

For the past two years, the We Blog We Vlog gang have done a vlog to raise awareness for our tuxedo-wearing, waddling friends, the penguins to shine light on their arduous migration journeys. Here's my video for Penguin Awareness Day 2012: and Penguin Awareness Day 2011:

i make shiny things: Not cool Urban Outfitters, not cool. : Stealing is not cool. imakeshinythings : One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with this link. And here is my United/World of Love line : My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They [...]

Gibraltar is a mix about adventure: life, love, and everything in between. 01 CSS, "Move" 02 Cut Copy, "Take Me Over" 03 Crystal Castles, "Vanished" 04 The Radio Dept., "The One" 05 Owl City, "Hello Seattle (Remix)" 06 Enon, "Disposable Parts" 07 Asobi Seksu, "Lions And Tigers" 08 The xx, "VCR" 09 M83, "We Own The Sky" 10 Aska & the Lost Trees, "There Are Many Of Us" 11 M83, "Couleurs" 12 CSS, "Move (Frankmusik's Club Bingo Dub)"

Red Panda 01 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues 02 Guster Do You Love Me 03 Jesse Thomas You I Want (Radio Edit) 04 Tegan and Sara Not Tonight 05 David Gray Be Mine 06 Edie Brickell Pill 07 Amy Stroup Hold Onto Hope Love 08 Bic Runga Sway 09 Corinne Bailey Rae Closer 10 The Airborne Toxic Event Sometime Around Midnight 11 Iron & Wine Tree By The River 12 Twin Sister I Want A [...]

Hyperballad: The Covers 01 The Boy Least Likely To Faith 02 Nouvelle Vague Heart Of Glass 03 John Mayer Kid A 04 Feist with Gonzales Lovertits 05 Psapp Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat 06 Feist Sealion 07 Rock Kills Kid I Turn My Camera On 08 Gonzales, Feist & Dani Boomerang 2005 (Comme Un Boomerang) 09 Leela James Don't Speak 10 Fergie Barracuda 11 Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright King Of The Road 12 [...]

lambs 01 Josh Rouse Duerme 02 Jens Lekman Your Arms Around Me 03 She & Him Change Is Hard 04 Guster This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart 05 Passion Pit Eyes As Candles 06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Soft Shock 07 Gorillaz feat. Little Dragon To Binge 08 Josh Rouse Sweet Elaine 09 The Weepies Add My Effort 10 Greg Laswell I'd Be Lying 11 Muse Starlight 12 KT Tunstall Fade [...]

LIONS 01 Björk Bachelorette (Live in Paris, June 25th 2008) 02 The Bird and the Bee Heard It On The Radio 03 Miike Snow Silvia 04 Neon Trees Animal (Tyler Glenn Remix) 05 Ellie Goulding Under The Sheets 06 Lissie In Sleep 07 Feist My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Classic Remix) 08 Gorillaz feat. Little Dragon Empire Ants 09 Jurassic 5 End Up Like This 10 The Black Keys Too Afraid To Love You 11 TV [...]

Pearl Snaps: Lost B-sides II 01 Wintersleep Laser Beam 02 Decoder Ring Fractions 03 Taken By Trees Anna 04 The Wooden Birds Hometown Fantasy (Extended) 05 Iron & Wine The Trapeze Swinger 06 Alison Krauss I Will 07 M. Ward Never Had Nobody Like You 08 Kings of Leon Manhattan 09 of Montreal Miss Blonde Your Papa Is Failing 10 Iron & Wine Love Vigilantes 11 The Wooden Birds Believe In Love 12 Volcano Choir [...]

Pearl Snaps: Lost B-sides I 01 Decoder Ring Welcome Shoppers 02 Dashboard Confessional Where There's Gold… 03 Coldplay The Goldrush 04 Dashboard Confessional Keep Watch For The Mines 05 White Antelope Silver Dagger 06 Bon Iver Lump Sum (Daytrotter Session) 07 The Last Shadow Puppets The Time Has Come Again 08 Noah and the Whale The First Days Of Spring 09 Bon Iver Woods 10 Anna Ternheim Summer Rain 11 Moneen The Way (Early Morning Acoustic) [...]

We all want someone to fight for and to fight for us. So I made a mix about it. Heights/Depths 01 Arcade Fire Ready To Start 02 Dr. Dog Shadow People 03 Deer Tick 20 Miles 04 Beach House 10 Mile Stereo 05 Dr. Dog Where'd All The Time Go? 06 Leading Story Sound Of Tears 07 Amy MacDonald Troubled Soul 08 Bob Dylan Blowin' In The Wind 09 Tift Merritt Engine To Turn 10 George [...]

Pearl Snaps: Lost B-sides II.zip (90mb) I found some spare tracks I didn't use for Pearl Snaps , so I put together a couple of mixes. Turns out, they're perfect for fall weather. Check out Lost B-sides I , too. Not "1, 23 but - you know what I mean. 01 Wintersleep Laser Beam 02 Decoder Ring Fractions 03 Taken By Trees Anna 04 The Wooden Birds Hometown Fantasy (Extended) 05 Iron & Wine - The [...]

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