so lucky

wedding hair!

2010-06-17T21:33:00.007-04:00

So, it's been a while since I've posted here, but I just wanted to share some photos of wedding hair that I've been toying with, and see if anyone had feedback. Just think of these as more of an "inspiration board" than actual looks I'd like to copy exactly- since my hair is thick, wavy, and layered and I'm not blonde, tan, or Sienna Miller. My best friend Debbie will be helping me with hair and make-up, which is a giant relief because my hair listens to her.
First off, I really like the idea of some braids:

Also, I love a little a-symmetrical action:

And lastly, I like this simple, loose chignon:

Maybe we can get wild and try to do all three!
Tell what you think, girls...

Bond Girl Style

2010-03-07T20:32:00.005-05:00

Right now I'm re-watching "From Russia with Love," the first James Bond movie I ever watched. I remember it very well, because even though I was quite young, I was inspired by the style of the leading lady, Tatiana Romanova- and even James Bond himself. Observe:

In fact, I was/am so enamored of the young James Bond/Sean Connery, I totally refuse to acknowledge that he's the same person as that old guy mocked on Celebrity Wheel of Fortunes SNL parodies.
Although I mostly watch old James Bond movies for the clothes, I also love the quirky gadgets from M., the sexy opening credits, the exotic locations, and the corny sexual innuendo.
Here are some of my favorite Bond girls:

take it easy

2010-01-26T13:51:00.006-05:00

I recently quit my full time job in favor of a new type of lifestyle- one that involved much less stress and whining, etc...
My first week off was a whirlwind, I had a plan for every day and was just as grateful for the weekend as I have been every week since I was 13 (and started my first job).
This week is much calmer.
I made cornbread for breakfast.
I started a milkglass collection.
And I made myself a workspace*:

This is the rhythm I was hoping for.

*my sister Katie made me that sweet tissue paper garland.

resolve

2010-01-05T13:13:00.006-05:00

Yes, I'm late, but resolutions can be made anytime, right?
This year, in the midst of many changes, I'd really like to:

1. Purge my apartment (amazing what 4 years of thrifting can do to a place!)

2. Use my sewing machine, and try sewing my own clothing (no excuse now that I have a dress form that is my size!)

I love these simple jumpers and pinafores from necessityisthemother.

3. This is embarrassing and I don't think I'll actually do it, but: learn to swim. I'm super scared of deep water, not gonna lie.

4. Grow more of my food.

5. Learn to take better photos (mostly for my etsy store).

things I'd like to do but won't feel bad about not accomplishing:
make homemade cheese, wine, or liquor.
begin to learn another language.
get my motorcycle license- because you need one to drive a vespa!
learn to re-wire old appliances.
write a book for my nephews.

Update: I've seen a lot of cooking resolutions in the blogosphere, and I thought it'd be fun to keep track of some dishes I'd like to attempt as well. I am not terribly experienced with cooking meat, so I bought myself a meat thermometer and a pork tenderloin and that's where I'll start!
Dishes to master in 2010:
Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Mussels
Short Ribs
London Broil
Fresh Pasta
Gnocchi
Whole Roasted Chicken (I can't believe I never made this!)
Italian Wedding Soup
Grilled Calamari
Savory Crepes

twentyten!

2010-01-04T00:01:00.004-05:00

It is kind of late (for me) but I just wanted to do a quick post and crow about my amazing boyfriend, (actually fiance!) who gave me a stunning piece of jewelry, and a perfect dress form for Christmas.

Jackson is fond of the dress form as well.
As excited as I am to start making plans for our wedding and our future, I'm also just really enjoying being engaged and spending time with Josh. We had a really great Christmas vacation and I constantly feel lucky (well, actually blessed) to be so happy and full of love.
Sappy, Abigail! Haha. I guess I've always considered my blog a semi-public diary in a way (I don't have enough readers to feel inhibited!), and I know I'll enjoy re-reading this post in the future.

wrapped and ready

2009-12-16T16:35:00.003-05:00

to go!
I sold my first item since I re-launched my etsy store, and here is it, all wrapped up for Christmas:

I'm so excited to get back into the etsy business!

mighty flattered

2009-12-14T12:29:00.002-05:00

Even though she's probably mentioning something from everyone's "Mighty Life" lists, I'm still tickled that Maggie mentioned something from mine.

weekend bits

2009-12-07T11:41:00.004-05:00

One of my favorite new bloggers, Kate Miss of formeforyou always does a post titled "Bits of My Weekend" on Monday morning and I love starting off my week with her beautiful, quiet photographs.
I don't know if I'll ever have the dedication it requires to share every weekend with you, but I can certainly share a few things about this past one.

Friday night I made a homemade meal for my parents, my boyfriend, and his mom. I made manicotti and made the manicotti "shells" (more like crepes) from scratch. I used this recipe for the shells, and the rest of the meal components (manicotti filling, marinara, and meatballs) came from the Roseto Cookbook. It was definitely worth the extra effort and I don't think I'll ever buy manicotti shells again.

Sunday I went to Urban Outfitters with my friend Gwen, and came across a sweet little old lady pair of Rachel Comey shoes- marked down to $20! Totally saved the shopping experience for me, because otherwise I think I've severely outgrown that store.

I also did some Christmas shopping but, wow, I have a lot more to do.

advent calendars

2009-12-02T09:43:00.006-05:00

I know it's already two days in to December, but it's not too late to make your own advent calendar! I stayed up late last night making mine, based on one I found on etsy. It took a really long time but I think it was totally worth it:

I decided to leave the one I made at home and hang a printable advent calendar in my office- and look at the cute one I found from mibo!:

It seems like you can't download this, but there are email instructions here.

Additionally, Maggie Mason of MightyGirl is doing a twitter advent- (a Christmas-related twitter post) every day, and that girl gets around the internet, so I'm sure it's gonna be good.

thanks.(giving)

2009-11-28T12:12:00.005-05:00

Ok, so this is a little late, but I would like to write down everyone and everything I am thankful for, just for my own sake:

My dad, who is wise, proactive and positive.
My mom, who is healthy, kind, and strong.
My sister Katie, who is funny, talented, and smart.
My sister Laura, who is artistic, thoughtful, and generous.
My brother-in-law Michael, who is funny, creative, and kind.
My brother-in-law Strider, who is supportive, caring, and handy.
My brother Josh, who is smart, loyal, and fair.
My sister-in-law Megan, who is motivated, kind, and thorough.
My nephew Julian, who is helpful and entertaining.
My nephew Eli, who is curious and practical.
My nephew Avery, who is friendly and charming.
My nephew Isaac, who is gentle and affectionate.

My boyfriend Josh, who is loving, funny, and clever.

My friend Gwen, who is supportive, stylish, and funny.
My friend Michelle, who is friendly, fun, and easy-going.
My friend Abby, who is strong, wise, and smart.
My friend Denise, who is loyal, kind and creative.
My friend Debbie, who is sweet, funny, and adventurous.

My rabbit Jackson, who is nervous, soft, and good company.

I'm also thankful for my sweet old apartment, my laptop, my beloved vintage clothing, furniture, and housewares, my job, my independence, and my freedom.

and...Twitter, flickr, my google reader, tastespotting, etsy, thrift stores, dark chocolate, my new running pants with the secret ipod pocket, my beautiful birthday dresses, and my banana republic boots.

some things

2009-09-01T13:44:00.005-04:00

posting will be sporadic and light like it has been, till i figure out a direction for this blog and get a bit more free time. that being said, i relish looking back over old posts and finding out what i was thinking at that time, and what was going on in my life. this blog is 4(!) years old, and it's like looking at a yearbook to reread old posts, so i'll still add things occasionally.

here are some things i've read lately that i'm sharing and filing away, because they are so honest and complex and beautiful. i want to be able to write this honestly about my own life.

the labor story, part three by dooce.
i've been reading dooce for years and believe this is one of the best things she's written.

when we fight at girl's gone child

"We are best at planning trips: I have my eyes on the horizon, if not the stars, and she will worry about the bathtubs and the food." Craig Nova on marriage, at a cup of jo.

little people

2009-08-11T11:19:00.005-04:00

with all due respect to the small object, who does this really well, i had to try making my own clothespin people. i actually made a bunch of these in a high school art class and i think they were part of a fundraising auction. should have kept it up and started a cake topper business!

the couples shown are my friend gwen and her soon-to-be husband andrew, i made them in case the other cake toppers i was working on didn't work out. then since i was at it, i went ahead and made me and josh as well. i got a little sloppy on our couple since it was rather late and i was working with 2 bandaged index fingers at that point (one due to an unfortunate mandoline slip and the other due to some overzealous snipping with fabric scissors). still, they were super fun to make and i kind of want to make everyone i know now.

très romantique

2009-07-07T11:29:00.002-04:00

a poem for you.

2009-06-03T13:08:00.001-04:00

today is thrifting wednesday, the best day of the week.
the perfect place to find new clothes both stylish and unique.
it's fun to shop alone but if it's company you seek, call your buddy abby up cause she's a thrifting freak!

why did i ever stop writing poetry? it's so beautiful. hahaha.

sticky

2009-05-26T08:35:00.005-04:00

Someone in Singapore is posting these wise little sayings daily to random places around the city and letting people discover them. Since I will probably never happen upon one of these sweet notes, I might need to start a Bethlehem chapter.

via a cup of jo

Meanwhile, on another side of the planet, though I'm not sure where, Marc Johns is making more post-it art.

Love Birds

2009-05-11T09:52:00.004-04:00

Reediculously excited about this project right now, mostly because it's so far from completion. I'm making Ann Woods style birds for my friend Gwen's (see her adorable proposal here) wedding!
I'm having a hard time with the shape and balancing...but here's my first attempt:

It's a humble start but I'll be back in my "studio" tonight.

terribly happy

2009-04-28T13:24:00.004-04:00

Naomi from Rockstar Diaries just did a post on 10 things that make her terribly happy and I thought it would be nice to do the same.

10. my sunny bedroom and it's unstoppable ability to wake me up
9. early morning cuddling with my bunny
8. working in my garden barefoot
7. afternoon yoga at work
6. daydreaming about diners and vespas
5. wednesdays at salvation army
4. breaking out the summer dresses
3. nightly ritual of pouring a tiny glass of wine, thinly slicing parm cheese and enjoying them both while prepping dinner
2. driving with my windows down
1. church basement rummage sales

Yeah, that was fun, I feel lucky and grateful. Give it a shot!

cooking for one

2009-04-17T14:31:00.003-04:00

Pretty serious crush on everything Mark Bittman makes. I'd really love to sit around all weekend and read all of his books and then cook everything in them.
Tonight was the shrimp tortillita and broiled fennel.
Definitely needed the green onions I used, kind of reminded me of the flavors of shumai or other asian shrimy dish. Pretty good but too much batter so a bit too thick.
Still, I'm glad I at least cooked something...Nigella has this great chapter in "How to Eat" about still taking the the time to cook something if you're alone and I rarely do so, but I'm really glad when I do.

candy sushi

2009-04-07T13:29:00.004-04:00

I made candy sushi (basic recipe here) for my friends birthday last week and it was incredibly fun and fast to make and a pretty big hit as well. I was honestly kind of nervous about walking into a bar with a plate of kid food but everybody loved it, including the guest of honor. I didn't find exactly all the ingredients I was looking for, and I'd like to make it again sometime with more helpful ingredients like big swedish fish and orange-colored sugar for fish eggs. Also, the woman at the sushi bar wouldn't give me one of the faux bois plastic trays with plastic grass, which I think would have totally made the whole thing. So I had to improvise and use a take out tray and paper grass. Sometime it would be fun to go all the way like this crazy person and make marzipan wasabi and ginger and homemade marshmallow to look like "Tamago yaki."

newest projects

2009-04-01T21:18:00.003-04:00

I've been inspired by this necklace on etsy:

and finally found a good way to recreate it:

While I was looking for more information on the necklace above, I came across a similar idea-a braided scrap cotton necklace. The one I made is really fraying, to the point where it looks fuzzy and I'm not sure I like it. I'm still experimenting with how each fabric frays and whether or not I want to it use it in the braid. This necklace is definitely more time consuming and I'm not sure I'm necessarily pleased with the results. I still have to play with it some...
The tutorial for this necklace is here:

It's fun to be crafting again, but my house is once again trashed.

Scherenschnitte...

2009-03-24T12:52:00.003-04:00

I attempted this craft for the first time, to make a birthday present for a friend. I did more research than necessary, since I ended up using card stock and an x-acto knife, not scherenschnitte schcissors.
Things that didn't work for me:
parchment paper
tiny embroidery scissors
taping the design to the paper
textured card stock

So my third and final attempt yielded this, which I liked enough to give to my friend, but was probably too painstaking to ever do again:

hypochondriyuck

2009-03-20T14:45:00.003-04:00

the scene: borders parking lot
me, rubbing the base of my neck.
burke: stop touching your lumps!
me: there's just so many little peas!
burke: gross, i know. just let it go.
me: i just don't know where all these cherries came from.
burke: let's go inside.
me: they're like bubble gum balls.
burke: you're gonna do this all night, huh?
me: i'm sorry, the golf balls on my neck are making it hard to talk.

update:
post-dr. appointment, i've learned the aforementioned lumps are no cause for concern, merely some lymph nodes having a panic attack trying to get my attention.

moving on

2009-03-18T10:27:00.002-04:00

Dear Stockings,
We had a good thing going...we fit together like a glove. You helped me get through some cold days and I really tried my best not to hurt you. But now that spring is here, I just feel so...suffocated. I think I need to be alone for a while. You'll always be in my heart and underwear drawer. Maybe it will be an early autumn.

Your girl,
abby

In Rainbows

2009-03-12T22:06:00.005-04:00

So excited about my new martha stewart markers, marked down from $35 to $8 due to 3 missing colors. I know I've been neglecting the blog since my core audience, my sisters, were visiting, rendering the blog somewhat redundant. But now they're home and I feel the need to connect again. Man I am a nerd.
Oh! And hi to April, my high school art teacher, who still keeps and touch and sent me a lovely note! Thanks, April!

exxxtreme (everything)

2009-03-04T10:51:00.003-05:00

this list both thrills me and breaks my heart entirely.
via weheartit

saturday morning

2009-02-07T13:01:00.001-05:00

haha i don't know.

crackle pop

2009-01-28T13:07:00.002-05:00

Just found this gem on a tastespotting contributor's blog:

"Pre-fab Rice Krispy treats piss me off. If you can’t make them; you don’t deserve them. Liquifying Campfire marshmallows into breakfast cereal is fun but buying them already factory fabricated is like paying for a sticky, puffed-rice hooker."

I didn't even know I was pissed off about manufactured rice krispy treats but he's definitely right.

my love affair with the interwebs*.

2009-01-28T11:39:00.004-05:00

let's see now, where am i on the web?

twitter
flickr
facebook
this blog
and this blog
ebay
this store on etsy
and this store on etsy
yelp
goodreads
chictopia

so, you know, it was obviously time for me to get with the program and join plinky. i mean, thank goodness my name was still available! it's been up for nearly a week and i would hate to have to sign up at abbergail26 or something lame like that.

*maybe i should do #15 on my list of 100 things to do before i do this summer.

h-a-n.

2009-01-22T22:16:00.002-05:00

Growing up without t.v. and protective parents meant that I watched a whole lot of the few movies we had. Which was pretty much Anne of Green Gables and Star Wars. If you are a girl and you didn't grow up with Star Wars, you'll probably never care about it. Something about seeing it before you could make any sense of it made it pretty magical. Either way, you could probably still find this video pretty entertaining. And if you're like me and even grew up with a trademark Star Wars quote, then you'll probably watch it 5 times in a row.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

two and a half stars

2009-01-14T12:18:00.004-05:00

Last Sunday my mom, dad, brother and I went to casual country club for brunch. We were seated at the patio, filled with the noise of happy diners and clinking silverware. Soon after arriving, our waittress informed us that we missed the brunch hours and could only order from the lunch menu. We placed our orders and snacked on some bread that was brought to our table while we chatted and waited. The table behind us finished their meal and the patio quieted down a bit. Three waittresses returned to our table to refill our water glasses but none of them mentioned the status of our food. We talked for a bit longer and grumbled to each other about the slow service. Finally the last table of diners finished their food and left us alone in the dining room. The waittresses stopped coming at all and when I asked my brother for the time, we realized we had been waiting for 4 hours! I was apalled and angry and demanded to speak to the manager. I marched into the manager's office to find a demure woman with a gray haired bob reclining in her chair. I told her (as politely as possible) about our awful dining experience, and the four hour wait for food that never came. She barely reacted. I told her how I'd worked in food service for years and would never have let something like this happen to anyone. I told her I reviewed restaurants for a living (which was a lie, I was only referring to yelp) and she rolled her eyes. I was indignant. My voice became hard and with one last reproach I offered, "This day has been a nightmare!" Which is when I realized I was having a nightmare.

j is for jackson

2009-01-12T23:36:00.004-05:00

this seemingly rabbit related post is really about the teeny embroidery i just finished for this micro monogram contest.
It feels so good to start and finish something in one night. (Although, it's not actually finished, now I have to make this little "j" into a tiny pillow!).

What is this blog turning into!? Baby animals! Little french girls! Tiny embroidery! aaah it's like there's cute vomit all over the place in here.

oh hai.

2009-01-12T20:50:00.003-05:00

listen, i'm sorry.

i know no one else will care about my tiny rodent as much as i do.

i just felt that the world needed to know! about his ears

and i felt that jackson... he needed to learn about photobooth.

ladies who lunch

2009-01-06T11:34:00.005-05:00

My friend Michelle moved into a house about 100 feet from my office. What does that mean? Lots of lunch dates.

The only obstacle, besides the frivolous spending (I have GOT to read that book), is that there is almost always someone from work dining out too. So we keep the gossip hushed.

storytime

2008-12-23T16:21:00.001-05:00

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.
Some lovely story-telling from miniature-Amelie.

plans

2008-12-22T09:55:00.003-05:00

I don't know what I'm doing on New Year's yet, but this is how I'm hoping it will go:

(image from here.)

cold blooded quiller

2008-12-16T17:08:00.006-05:00

Last night I played with the quilling set I bought at a thrift store and actually finished a project, which is kind of incredible for me.
Here's the ornament I made, direction's here:
And here is a freestyle fish ornament I made as well:

it's coming...

2008-12-15T15:25:00.003-05:00

not Christmas, although I gotta get moving on that. I was talking about my new roommate:

omg so excited.

swap

2008-12-10T15:09:00.005-05:00

Yesterday I mailed off 10 ornaments for the swap I joined. The total was just over $10, which wasn't bad since I had to mail one ornament to England. So far I received 3 ornaments (today is the deadline for mailing) and it's been fun to get mail and know I've got more coming. So far this is my favorite ornament:

Hope all my ornaments get to their owners safely!

jackson likes owls

2008-12-09T11:07:00.004-05:00

Also, I can't stop watching/listening to this:

finished projects

2008-12-04T12:23:00.003-05:00

I made a bunch of these owls this weekend:
Finished the mushrooms and trees:

And got a bit more work done on some handmade Christmas presents. I'm pretty frustrated with the photos I took of all my recent craft projects, so even though I listed them in my new etsy shop, I'll probably switch out the pictures soon- that is, if I'm ever home during daylight!

crafty

2008-11-21T11:37:00.006-05:00

I was super excited about the swap I joined for Christmas tree ornaments until I realized I had to make 10 of something. Oh. I made sequined mushrooms last year for a few people, but it took about, oh, 4 hours per ornament, so that's not happening.
Instead, I formed mushrooms out of styrofoam, covered them with paper to make them less porous and more vintage-looking, and painted them with acrylic paint. Don't think these are anywhere done yet- the glitter bottle is calling my name.
Will post finished projects (perhaps my first tutorial?) here soon.

So here's another attempt at a cute ornament, but too time consuming for the swap: a bedazzled acorn:

Not sure about that one. Might need some tweaks.
Also, I started making some fancy Christmas trees from cones and trimming.

Can you tell I got a giant bag of styrofoam shapes at a yard sale this summer? They've been burning a hole in my closet.

thrift trip.

2008-11-21T11:29:00.003-05:00

Since thrifting is such a regular part of my life, even sort of factored into my monthly budget, I thought it would be cool to start sharing all the goods I find on my blog. Maybe that will keep me from compulsively yelling the name of the thrift store and price of the item when someone compliments me.
This trip was on monday:

awesome brand new leather slippers $1.91, vintage knit dress $1.91, sailor mirror! $3, jewelry chest $5, chunky fake gold chain $1.21, christmas trees $6.00, sweater vest $1.91.
I was going to put the slippers on my etsy shop, but that is not happening since I am already wearing them.

Two excerpts from books I enjoy that come to mind while visiting my mom in the hospital that make it a litte easier to be there.

2008-11-06T10:52:00.007-05:00

An ambulance drove down the street between us and I imagined who it was carrying, and what had happened to him. Did he break his ankle attempting a hard trick on his skateboard? Or maybe he was dying from third degree burns on ninety percent of his body? Was there any chance that I knew him? Did anyone see the ambulance and wonder if it was me inside?
What about a device that knew everyone you knew? So when an ambulance went down the street, a big sign on the roof could flash

DON'T WORRY! DON'T WORRY!

if the sick person's device didn't detect the device of someonehe knew nearby. And if the device did detect the device of someone he knew, the the ambulance could flash the name of the person in the ambulance, and either

IT'S NOTHING MAJOR! IT'S NOTHING MAJOR!

or if it was something major,

IT'S MAJOR! IT'S MAJOR!

And maybe you could rate the people you knew by how much you loved them, so if the device of the person in the ambulance detected the device of the person he loved the most, or the person who loved him the most, and the person in the ambulance was really badly hurt, and might even die, the ambulance could flash

GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU! GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU!

One thing that's nice to think about is someone who was the first person on lots of people's lists, so that when he was dying, and his ambulance went down the streets to the hospital, the whole time it would flash

GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU! GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU!

-Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer

the second book is in my car. it will come soon.

*Update: Ok, so I returned the 2nd book to the library. Just read the whole thing, fo realz, so good.

dear old love

2008-10-28T10:50:00.002-04:00

I just found this tumblr yesterday and omg, so addicted. After reading every single one I promptly wrote about 10 of my own, which is really, so refreshing. I plan to write at least one for every guy I've dated, starting at age 14. I think it will be a thrilling collection of cringe-worthy musings. The super awesome part is that I already submitted a couple, and one ended up on the site! Check it out.

Don't stay there too long though, as Jared said, "with winter fast approaching I'm trying to focus more on websites with bright colors and preferably a daily joke."

bentwood

2008-10-21T11:36:00.001-04:00

I bought the furniture set last night- it really was a steal, one couch, 2 chairs, 2 end tables and a coffee table for $100. And it's small so it really fits into my living room. I set it up but the living room transformation is just beginning... I've got big plans.

the snuggler

2008-10-17T10:38:00.002-04:00

jax is much easier to photograph when he's sitting with me (which he does now! regularly!) so these photos aren't just a bunch of attempts at a cute facebook profile picture, but an actual effort to capture his tiny bunny-ness. omg i luff him.

new couch?

2008-10-15T14:08:00.002-04:00

Does anyone have any input on this furniture set? It's on craigslist and I'm thinking about getting it- it comes with all the cushions and 3 end tables, and I'd love to have a whole matching set. The drawbacks are: it would require some serious sewing time (and tons of fabric $$) and one friend in particular can't get past the "porch furniture" aesthetic of it. I personally like the stark skeleton since my living room is so small and generally couches look so heavy and overbearing. I think it fits my style nicely but I don't want to end up with a couch that looks so uncomfortable my guests won't sit down.

the new guy

2008-10-06T08:45:00.005-04:00

So this post is a response to the comment asking for pictures of my handsome male roommate, here he is!:

I picked up this little guy last wednesday, after compiling a thorough pro/con list.
So far the pros are beating the hell outta the cons.
Jax is a curious bunny, but also pretty sure I'm going to kill him, or, brace yourself, pick him up (!) which is hellish and torture for him, and likewise, me.
But overall, it's incredibly awesome to have a wild animal in my house, his excretions smell only of hay, and yesterday he made several brave attempts to sniff me, so we're making progress.

*thanks Denise, for the pictures! He might look big in the closeups, but you can see how tiny he really is in his cage.

do it/duet

2008-09-30T10:35:00.002-04:00

I can't really write about the Conor Oberst/Jenny Lewis show, because you kind of need to hear it, complete with dramatic flourishes- my eyes widening with excitement and my (insufficient) reenactment of some drunken on-stage antics, and the PUNCHLINE OF THE WHOLE NIGHT.
So instead, you can hear a minute or two, of Jenny's cover of "Love Hurts"-and observe how I remember to "zoom", a few seconds into recording.

octopasta

2008-09-17T16:20:00.005-04:00

Last night after much wine and nonsense, my friend Jeremy and I discovered just how much the curly part of lasagna noodles look like octopus tentacles, prompting us to sculpt this little guy:

It's kind of awesome for you to know about this, since there are always leftover lasagna noodles when you make a batch, and now you have something pretty amazing to do with them.

prepare for...

2008-09-09T10:49:00.002-04:00

...an enormous crush on billy crudup.

birking up

2008-09-04T10:39:00.004-04:00

I just ordered my first pair of Birkenstocks. Partly because I got a second job that requires me to stand for hours straight, and partly cause all the cool kids are doing it. Ok maybe not all the cool kids, but one in particular- I've been really inspired by the simplicity and aesthetic of Jenny Gordy's wardrobe. She designs and sews a beautiful line of clothing and blogs about her shop and inspiration here.
Here is Jenny in her birks,

and here are the ones I ordered:

You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for...

2008-08-21T14:28:00.005-04:00

So lately I've been really into the idea of getting a bird for a pet. Beyond interweb research, today I visited a bird shop to get a little more information. My idea of a pet bird is one that is lovely to look at, not too loud and low maintenance. Being able to hold it doesn't really matter to me. Actually, having a bird just hanging out with me kind of freaks me out.
I am really drawn to this little guy:

A Parisian, or frilled, Canary. But then there's this: "Frilled canaries do tend to be a little more high strung and nervous than other canary breeds."
The bird I would have picked if I'd bought one at the shop today would have been the parrotlet, also called a pocket parrot, as evidenced here:

They are supposedly low maintenance, like to be handled and only the males sing and they don't sing often. I would have to get a girl because they are so much cheaper ($70 compared to $270 for a male) and the girls are green. Which is ok, I guess.
I also liked the diamond dove:

I think cockatiels are bossy, lovebirds are ugly, and conures are too tropical looking.
I think what I'm looking for is a dog-shaped bird that looks and behaves like a dog.

gravy, as they say.

2008-08-07T11:30:00.001-04:00

I made fresh tomato sauce with tomatoes from my garden for the first time ever last night. It was pretty good, but not as delicious as this:

light up the night

2008-07-28T13:48:00.005-04:00

I had the pleasure of watching one Thai hot air balloon take flight last night, and I can only imagine what it must be like to experience hundreds of "sky lanterns" rising together.

They seem simple to construct- I would love to make a ton of these and release them (you can buy them here- would be cool to get some really huge ones)...but I'm not sure how legal it would be do to so.

p.s. I'll be really sad if this becomes relegated to a 2008 wedding trend, so don't even think about it, brides.

something so right.

2008-07-24T08:49:00.003-04:00

We saw each other from across the store, over racks of quilted comforters, shelves of puzzles and racks of mugs. When it's love, you know it right away. And you don't let go.
Update:

Too much?

fortunate

2008-07-21T11:15:00.004-04:00

i didn't come up with this, here's the tutorial:
www.ladyharvatine.com/2008/05/fabric-fortune-cookie-tutor...

scary hill

2008-07-21T10:09:00.003-04:00

Finally got to appease my curiousity by spending the day at the Terry Hill water park in Breinigsville, PA. The rides were slow but slightly dangerous, the rope swing was more than I could handle and the mini golf will probably give me nightmare. Check out my photos here.

Mermaid Tales

2008-07-15T12:25:00.007-04:00

I spent last saturday at Point Pleasant Beach with a couple friends and it was everything I'd hoped for: salty lips, airplanes with banner advertisements for plastic surgery ("Tummy Tuck!," "Liposuction!"), and leathery old ladies chatting nearby.
The funniest part of the day turned out to be when I decided to make a mermaid/dolly parton from a lump of sand that looked like a head. I began forming more precise features- smoothing the apples of the cheeks, shaping the jawline, sculpting a nose and applying lips and eyes. Jared brought over a huge clump of seaweed for hair- which naturally had to be huge 80's hair due to the nature of seaweed. This was when I decided to make the sand lady Dolly Parton and set to work gathering large mounds of sand to form the "bust". By this time a couple people had gathered around. A mom called for her daughter to come see. I actually drew a crowd! Reverently, onlookers stook back and admired my progress. "Beautiful!," they exclaimed, "You have talent!". Some asked me if I did this for a living. I kept my head down and finished the mermaid tail, simultaneously flattered and mortified. I snapped a few photos and returned to my beach towel...leaving Dolly on her way to a watery demise as the tide rolled in.

Leftovers

2008-07-09T11:57:00.008-04:00

Did you know I have a store? I didn't tell you, did I? Apparently I didn't tell anyone. Well I do, and it's awesome and fully stocked and updated often, so check it out:

Currently:

stream of consciousness, kind of bad idea.

2008-07-09T11:49:00.003-04:00

worries I didn't even realize I had till now:
-can't find the prescription from my eye dr, never bought eye drops.
-lost card to get inside work building.
-check engine light keeps blinking.
-article due monday.
-never saw the end of "the wizard of oz".
-unpaid parking ticket in kentucky.
-robots.

case clothed.

2008-06-20T09:03:00.007-04:00

This is my first week taking pictures of my clothes, almost every day, and uploading them to wardrobe remix on flickr. I did this for a couple reasons:
#1 Choosing an outfit is the number one reason I'm late anywhere. this is because-
#2 I have mostly thrifted, vintage, difficult-to-wear pieces, that require a little more thought and effort so they don't look too dated or frumpy.
#3 I have a ton of nice stuff that gets forgotten in one of the 3 clothing storage units in my room.
So I figured keeping track of what I've worn with flickr will be helpful. Maybe my problem is unique, but I'm sharing it anyways cause I think this is a great solution.
Also in my exciting and fulfilling new outfit hobby news, my friend Jared helped me install this awesome wall unit for hanging clothes:

The only downside is I'm probably not getting my security deposit back on this place.
p.s. found a new fashion blog that perfectly replaced stylebytes: The Clothes Horse.

this beats the hell out of lolcats in my book.

2008-06-17T10:09:00.002-04:00

[via]

enough to make you a fatist

2008-06-11T08:10:00.003-04:00

Paula Deen's heart hurts.
"Brunch burger with glazed doughnut buns!"

I thought the chunks of macaroni and cheese wrapped in bacon and deep fried was appalling but she really outdid herself with the brunch burger.

*thanks, Jared.

Taco Tuesday!*

2008-06-11T08:00:00.003-04:00

*Except it's wednesday, and I'm making Pad Thai.
recipes here and here.
(I'll be following the 2nd recipe but the first has nicer pictures).

I'm super picky about Pad Thai, and I have yet to perfect it myself.
Here's the new techniques I'll be trying out tonight:
Using tamarind paste and making authentic sauce.
Making the sauce ahead of time and adding it to undercooked noodles.
Making one portion at a time in the wok.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Woo hoo for completing (partially. well...this is the second one) number 30 on my list!

rilo kiley

2008-06-06T11:15:00.004-04:00

I have been scanning my "100 things to do before I die" list because I was sure "go see Rilo Kiley with one or two of my sisters" would have been on there. It's not, but it should have been. Katie and I hustled into Philly, squeezed to the front of the balcony and shimmied along as Jenny Lewis sang powerfully below (as evidenced by the shaky footage).

R.I.P. stylebytes

2008-06-03T09:35:00.006-04:00

I've been reading the fashion blog stylebytes, by Agathe of Norway for over 2 years.
Although it wasn't exactly my style, (often she would get obsessed with super ugly thrift pieces and go off on a stonewashed jean/80's puffed and pleated dress/turban tangent...) I loved how she mixed old with new (she bought tons of h&m), repeated key pieces, and played with accessories like jewelry and scarves. I think she had fun creating "characters" and finding new ones.

At the end of April she posted that she was staying in a sketchy hostil in Stockholm and wouldn't be bringing her laptop. Since then, she hasn't posted and recently her blog has been shut down. There is lots of speculation over why this happened here, but all I'll say about it is that she was a faithful blogger, had great pictures (thanks to her husband, mostly), and fearless style.
So my quest for a new daily style blogger has begun.

I have added Boboniaa on flickr, but she doesn't have a blog. So if anybody has any suggestions of other similar daily, thrifting, style bloggers (posting photos of outfits on themselves), tell me, please.

look for us on craigslist.

2008-06-02T14:48:00.001-04:00

so i guess i'm starting a hipster commune, found this on lauren's away message:

sign up's for the bethlehem commune start today. to be considered one must:

1. listen to tasteful music
2. have the capacity to grow a full rabbinic-like beard on command
3. display a at least a mild amount of creativity
4. dress to the head mistresses approval

please include picture and annual salary with your application, otherwise we will urinate on it.

signed,
abbith and laurs inc.

not "some chick."

2008-05-19T15:13:00.003-04:00

This post is dedicated to, sponsored by, and exists because of my friend Jared.
Saturday evening, just minutes before being incredibly disappointed by Baby Mama, (Tina! Amy! how could you??? especially you, Tina. I took a BOY to your movie.), Jared and I were wandering around Barnes and Noble and I kept happening to mention this blogger I really liked, and how I read her blog every day and she's been blogging for years...and every time I said "BLOG" I tried to keep it down cause once I heard this Barnes and Noble worker explain what a BLOG is to a customer and she kept talking about her BLOG and why you should start reading BLOGS and she had this long nasty braid that came down to her butt and I just didn't want to be her- but I also wanted Jared to know how good this BLOG is! and how he should read this BLOG every day and that the BLOGGER is a really good writer! And Jared consoled me by saying that of all the places in the Lehigh Valley, Barnes and Noble is probably the safest place to be discussing blogs.
Then he sent me this:

[via].
10 seconds ago:
jared: so remember when we saw that not-very-funny chick flick?
about how cute babies are and stuff
me: yes
i was just blogging about that
jared: naturally

the girls.

2008-05-19T14:48:00.003-04:00

Today is my twin sisters' birthday.
I'll be heading down to Kentucky to visit them at the end of this week but for now I thought I'd spread birthday cheer by posting this incredibly sweet picture of them, circa early eighties.

Whenever I refer to my twin sisters, people are always slightly confused (Wait- so you're a twin? Doesn't that make you...triplets?) but having the two of them is all I've ever known and having just one sister seems inadequate.
I talk about them often and if you knew them individually, you'd know why. They're both incredibly smart and artistic, funny and thoughtful. I may be biased, but to me they are always the coolest girls at the party. So I almost can't help talking about them, even if you haven't met them- because I feel what my parents must have when my mom gave birth to her very first baby and ended up bringing home two: incredibly lucky.

but which one is right?

2008-05-12T15:15:00.004-04:00

thank you to my friend that said my hair makes me look like agent 99 from "get smart."
no thank you to my friend that said my hair makes me look like conor oberst.

drawrings

2008-05-12T15:04:00.005-04:00

Oh neglected blog, how I've avoided thee.
Let me renew our friendship with these:
Photographed and styled interpretations of children's drawings:

Better now?
[via].

comical.

2008-04-28T12:05:00.003-04:00

I've really been enjoying this tumblr featuring daily comics of "Garfield" without the obnoxious fat cat. John should just give up the huge-lipped veterinarian and settle for apple-shaped Cathy, then they both could live miserably ever after. aack.

swingset

2008-04-24T14:03:00.003-04:00

My church is working to re-settle a Burmese family in Emmaus.
I have visited with the children 2 days and they are already pretty easy to understand.
It's so fun to be around these curious kids... here is Paw Pah swinging at a park.

wing zone

2008-04-23T11:37:00.005-04:00

I pull up behind a light blue Taurus. The light turns green but the car just sits for a moment then slowly, achingly, accelerates. I pass the car but we end up at the same stop light, in two separate lanes. A "Wing Zone" sign has been slapped hastily on the roof of the car, and a hairy arm rests on the ledge of the window. We travel through a series of stoplights together. I arrive at every one first and the wing zone car hangs back, indifferent to the color of the light.
I guess what the Wing Zone must look like by the obnoxious font of the logo. A dirty little place in a crummy strip mall, a couple regulars with ensueing heart problems and an old stereo playing classic rock with an undertone of fuzz.
As I turn left on my street, I see the arm in my rear view, enjoying a little bit of sun before heading back to clean the fryer.

what? i do stuff.

2008-04-21T10:47:00.002-04:00

went to johnny brenda's last night to hear oakley hall and the constantines.
they did not play my favorite song.

I hear the train a'comin.

2008-04-04T11:14:00.003-04:00

I've been really homesick for my family lately, and pretty restless in general. My nephew's having a birthday party on Sunday and I'm incredibly tempted to get in my car and hand deliver his present... money and responsibilities are holding me back.
A few years ago I moved to Kentucky for a couple months to live with my sister.
I listened to Bright Eyes' "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" pretty much the entire time...I can't listen to that album without having flashbacks of driving along country roads in my old volvo.
I wanted to see Bright Eyes live so badly, he was playing in Philadelphia but I was obviously too far to see him there... the closest show was in Columbus, Ohio, four hours away. I didn't make any friends during the short time I was living down there and I didn't have anyone to go to the show with. I was pretty bummed about it until my sister Laura offered to come with me. Laura and her sweet baby Eli, nearly one year old, packed up and rode along and stayed at a friend's while I went to the show.
When we drove home the next day it started snowing really heavy and we had to pull off the highway and get a hotel room. We shuffled through snow to get to a nearby strip mall and ordered Chinese food and browsed through a Big Lots and watched trashy t.v. and it was perfect.
I remember admiring Laura for being so free- able to pack and go and bring Eli. I don't know if Eli will grow up and listen to Bright Eyes and wish he lived in this era the way I yearned for the fifties but if he does I will be sure to tell him about the special pilgrimage he made with his mom so I could go see the timeless folk singer.
So, Happy Birthday Eli, wish I could be there.

i always go back to my roots.

2008-04-04T11:06:00.002-04:00

most of the lyrics to "reinvent the wheel" off the four winds ep.
just feels relevant right now.

My friend you were a model, a priceless work of art.
Boys would fashion their emotions to the pattern of you heart.

And I know you'll never come back now to the world where people are.
'Cause you never understood what they loved you for.

There were many talents you possessed that I wished myself to have.
But the way your eyes would gloss over, well I never envied that.

I'm sure the T.V. sets will tell us when someone reinvents the wheel.
Till then I'll have a million conversations about shit that isn't real.

But I'll try to breathe in meaning dig deep through every gasp of air.
Cause I know you did the same thing for as long as you can bear.

I guess everything just circles 'round to where it was before.
So I hope I'll see you soon in some other form.

hairy eyeball

2008-03-28T11:38:00.004-04:00

Wednesday night I took a quick shower before my date. Afterwards, my contact felt funny and soon after my gentleman caller arrived, I excused myself to check it out. I peered into the mirror and saw what appeared to be an eyelash in the corner of my eye. I pulled down my lower lid and to my utter disgust saw an entire hair (from my head!) winding its way around my eyeball. I exclaimed something and proceeded pull the hair from its location.
After waving the head-hair at my date and fake gagging a few times, I have to say I felt pretty proud of my accomplishment.
Like I'd just performed minor surgery on myself.

stats

2008-03-18T15:37:00.003-04:00

iTunes stats, originally on yewknee.com

Total Length
1436 songs, 3.8 days, 5.64 GB

First and Last Songs (by title)
Abigail Anne- Jeremy Enigk (how appropriate)
$$$$- Desaparecidos

Shortest and Longest Songs
And That's How I Chose to Remember it- Rilo Kiley (0:04)
Tereza and Tomas- Bright Eyes (25:47)

First and Last Albums (by title)
Achilles Heel- Pedro the Lion
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips

First and Last Artist (by name)
Adam and the Ants
YACHT

Top Five Most Played Songs
If I Could Love You- Jeremy Enigk (111)
Your Ex-Lover is Dead- Stars (110)
Samson- Regina Spektor (107)
Summer in the City- Regina Spektor (101)
The Absence of God- Rilo Kiley (101)

Search for the following words. How many songs show up?

Sex: 3
Death: 37
Love: 64
You: 136
Home: 4
Boy: 31
Girl: 12

First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:
The City Has Sex- Bright Eyes
Hot Knives- Bright Eyes
Sullen Girl- Fiona Apple
John Wayne Gacy, Jr.- Sufjan Stevens
Intuition- Feist

one hundred things

2008-03-17T16:24:00.002-04:00

rounding out the list:

71. eat pad thai in thailand.
72. live in france with my daughter while washing dishes in a fancy restaurant, le bouton style.
73. elope.
74. convert a factory/abandoned building/old garage into my house.
75. see coffee beans growing.
76. own chickens. (the blue-egg-laying kind.)
77. attend my sister's gallery opening.
78. own a wooden motorboat like my dad's.
79. buy avocados in mexico.
80. become a beekeeper.
81. go tubing down the delaware river.
82. teach english in a foreign country.
83. live near a creek.
84. reconnect with childhood friends.
85. finish my degree.
86. write and illustrate a children's book.
87. start a collection.
88. see jimmy eat world. what? ever hear of clarity?
89. buy someone a house.
90. camp out at the farm.
91. kayak in shallow, clear water.
92. stay in a villa on the island of capri.
93. learn to play something lovely on the piano.
94. finish atlas shrugged.
95. sangria in spain.
96. paint a mural.
97. visit f.l.wrights houses. all of them.
98. live for a year without the internet.
99. have a wine and cheese tasting.
100. enjoy it all.

exhausted. try it.

one hundred things

2008-03-17T12:39:00.004-04:00

51-70

51. yoga headstand. (not even close yet)
52. make my own pasta.
53. buy up all the vintage fabric and sewing notions at a certain Renningers flea market booth and organize them neatly in my studio.
54. commission a large fireworks display to be done in the country.
55. spend a week in every state.
56. somehow repay my parents.
57. learn to weld.
58. build an eames-style lounge chair
59. run at least 5 miles straight. (at 3)
60. someday take all my immediate family somewhere tropical.
61. get my sisters' published.
62. take my kids to roadside america.
63. migrate south during the winter.
64. sponsor a refugee family to come to the states.
65. grow strawberries
66. buy the perfect leather purse and use it years.
67. buy paddleboats.
68. plan and host my 10 year high school reunion.
69. eat a persimmon.
70. adopt a bench on the point pleasant boardwalk.

maggie read my list! thanks, maggie!

one hundred things

2008-03-12T12:16:00.004-04:00

31-50

31. rent a vespa and drive up the amalfi coast.
32. organize a giant treasure hunt.
33. build a secret fort in the woods.
34. rewire my vintage lamp.
35. find a scent that perfectly replicates meyer lemons.
36. grow my own tea leaves.
37. teach someone english.
38. create an outdoor movie theatre.
39. buy a dog.
40. plant a garden bed in roy g. biv order.
41. plant moss graffiti.
42. build and cook with an earth oven.
43. take trapeze lessons.
44. harvest morels.
45. come up with and execute a clever idea incorporating my large collection of vintage scarves.
46. teach a kids cooking class.
47. read every book i ever wanted to.
48. cook every recipe i ever wanted to try.
49. write a cookbook entitled "meals of 1616 maple"
50. give birth

this is starting to get difficult.

one hundred things

2008-03-11T12:37:00.003-04:00

maggie did this first.
here's what i've got so far:

1-30:
1. own a store with big display windows.
2. write a novel never intended to be published.
3. make my own mozzarella cheese.
4. take a cooking class in italy.
5. design and sew myself an outfit.
6. grow a backyard grapevine canopy (like andrea's house had).
7. visit san francisco- never been out west.
8. restore an old movie theatre.
9. print old slides from my parents.
10. make my own lemon sorbet.
11. photograph every bit of the farm.
12. embroider a self portrait.
13. can a winter's worth of marinara sauce.
14. memorize parts of the bible.
15. live (possibly alone) in a cabin for a summer.
16. spend a week (at least) on a houseboat.
17. sail down the intercoastal waterway.
18. take a summer long road trip to every flea market on the east coast.
19. restore an old vacation house in canada to it's original kitsch condition.
20. take all of my nephews on a trip when they are older.
21. develop a simple wardrobe.
22. take a vacation with just my twin sisters.
23. take a cooking class in paris.
24. make my own wine.
25. eat strictly local for 6 months.
26. take a fancy train ride.
27. travel with musicians.
28. teach.
29. write a movie and produce it with friends.
30. institute monthly dinner parties with friends.

we need the eggs.

2008-02-21T15:42:00.001-05:00

I don't remember much about this movie except I really liked this part at the end.

yeah, still do.

(not very)deep thoughts.

2008-02-13T10:52:00.002-05:00

sometimes you do something risky you know you're gonna look back on and be proud of how cool it was.

and I lock up and basically just do everything

2008-02-04T12:40:00.001-05:00

I read this almost every day.

finally, a comparison to fruit is a good thing.

2008-02-04T10:25:00.000-05:00

lauren:it's just hard to stay optimistic in this dismal weather. it's like pessimism in every piece of ice and frigid wind gust

me:i'm in a good mood actually
but it could be cause my nephews are visiting
something about tiny baby bodies always warms my heart

lauren: you're sick

me: i can't help it
they're so tiny!!
their little butt cheeks are the size of clementines!

thrift finds

2008-01-30T21:47:00.000-05:00

Today is 50% off (most colors) at Salvation Army as well as some complicated 3 for 1 deal at American Family Services (this one never seems to work out in my favor). Either way, wednesday is naturally a great day to shop. Being low on funds and apartment storage made it even more of a vice.
I found everything I want in a coffee table in this sleek, wooden (slightly dilapidated), gray, paint-spattered piece. I didn't hesitate shelling out 15 bucks.

Also, a dress for dates (also bought the dress's purple and red sister, both $3.93)

And a Grandma cardigan! Woot! Can't have too many!

(don't get too excited, that bitch stinks and needs to go to the dry cleaners).

Two things occured to me whilst blissfully shopping:
1. Often during trips like these I'll find an interesting piece... a dress covered in pleats, say, or a bright blue bolero...and though I'm intrigued and want to wear them I put them back because the thought "Someone crazy wore this" flashes through my head.

2. I don't ever find anything to wear in urban outfitters anymore. I don't want to dress like a break-dancer, or a coked up ho, so I usually leave empty-handed. The good thing about this is- fashion and hipsters have moved on! They are leaving me my good old grandma cardigans, and fifties housewives dresses. They don't want old western shirts or wooly skirts anymore. My thrift stores may be picked over, but not for the things I'm shopping for. And for that, Urban, I give you my thanks.

and it never goes away

2008-01-28T09:05:00.000-05:00

funny how...
newly coifed hair
shiny red fingernails
bright red cardigan
kitten heels and
demure perfume
can't stop me from feeling like a ragamuffin.

slides, part one

2008-01-16T10:28:00.001-05:00

last time I was in Kentucky, I gathered a bunch of slides that I wanted to have printed... funnily, my parents switched to film strips when I was born so I am not in any of them.
That's not bothering me cause I can't get enough of pictures of my mom and dad when they were young.
I'll post more soon.

typo.

2008-01-10T14:55:00.000-05:00

trying typing "organic" 20+ times a day, everyday, for a year.
I'll wait.

finished?
Now try typing "orange"

sucks, doesn't it.

directions

2008-01-10T11:51:00.000-05:00

lehigh street turns into chestnut street.
and you'll find yourself driving through a quaint little town filled with coffee shops and family owned hardware stores,
this is emmaus.
eventually you'll be exiting the charming portion and entering the "other side of the tracks".
here the shops sell odd items like dreamcatchers and spiritual crystals.
you will see 6th street, 7th, 8th,...
when you get to 10th street, and also pizza hut, make a left.
go under the railroad bridge, straight through the stop sign and park on the other side of the large building on the right
this means
drive past the building and park
don't park on the left
visitors get nice parking.

something to count on.

2008-01-07T14:36:00.000-05:00

aw, weddings will always be tacky.

stoplight

2008-01-04T18:43:00.000-05:00

I pull up slowly.
An old volvo station wagon rests in the turning lane, several feet ahead.
An earth worn bike is strapped to the back,
and the winds spins the front tire like a pinwheel.
The windows are crowded with stacks of clothing, backpacks, towels.
A potted plant fills the passengers seat.
I can't see the driver, only a bit of her profile.
I wonder where she is headed but the bike covers her license plate; I can't even see if she's just passing through.
I'm drawn back to the movement of the wheel.
I check my rearview, the man behind me is watching, and the man behind the volvo is watching too.
We are all hypnotized by the spinning tire.
Too soon, the light turns green.

blinded by the light

2007-12-20T10:51:00.000-05:00

can't rest until i have this:

light-emitting wallpaper.
[via]

cong on being an asshole, seriously.

2007-12-19T23:01:00.000-05:00

later, dater. tell him how it is, blake.

"cong" on being an asshole

2007-12-18T11:10:00.000-05:00

things we hate at sir awesome.

goodnight

2007-12-17T18:37:00.000-05:00

although I'm generally a bit of a control freak about the music I listen to, I've been really enjoying this site- a constantly updating playlist of mellow music to fall asleep to. I use it during the day when I find my own music distracting.

thinking ahead

2007-12-17T14:10:00.000-05:00

sort of obsessed with the idea of building myself a tiny home.

of course, I'd never be able to marry, or invite anyone over, ever.

But in the meantime I've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard