kittens and rainbows...and dragons, of course.

i heart the usa.

2011-03-03T03:33:00.000-05:00

http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/

season 6, episode 13. my favorite.

2011-03-02T03:33:00.000-05:00

reminded by http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/page/3

2011-03-01T03:33:00.000-05:00

http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/

reblogged from andra moran...

2011-02-28T13:14:00.000-05:00

“I wonder what might happen in the world if everyone truly understood, and BELIEVED, that nothing we own or have is really ours. It’s God’s.”
— Amy Gopp (check her out...http://www.weekofcompassion.org/staff/)

best. valentine. ever.

2011-02-14T03:33:00.000-05:00

2011-02-08T03:33:00.001-05:00

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
—Abraham Lincoln

reblogged from The Year of the Civil War http://http//theyearofthecivilwar.tumblr.com/page/1

2011-02-07T03:33:00.000-05:00

2010-10-05T03:33:00.000-04:00

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

I want to change my pants before I go out tonight, but that would involve taking off these pants and then putting on different pants and I just can’t wait until we live in a pantsless society and hopefully, also, dogs will have opposable thumbs by then so my dog can text me when she runs away, just to let me know she’s safe.

reblogged from wait, what. http://http//whydoihaveablog.net/post/1212982457/i-want-to-change-my-pants-before-i-go-out-tonight

2010-10-04T14:58:00.000-04:00

2010-09-22T03:33:00.000-04:00

“ I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no one embraces the miracle and amazement of the present. So many people—steampunks, fundamentalists, hippies, neocons, anti-immigration advocates—feel like there was a better time to live in. They think the present is degraded, faded, and drab. That our world has lost some sort of “spark” or “basic value system” that, if you so much as skim history, you’ll find was never there. Even during the time of the Greeks, there were masses of people lamenting the passing of some sort of “golden age.” But I’d never go back and live in any other time than teetering on tomorrow; this is the greatest time to be alive. "
— Patton Oswalt

i bought this.

2010-09-21T03:33:00.001-04:00

there have been many times that i have wanted to buy art or i have seen art i love...and i never go for it. i bought this painting and i am so flipping excited about it. and the dude that painted it is hot! check out his stuff. he also reminded me that it is time to watch the nightmare before christmas!

http://bleep-art-bloop.tumblr.com/

what an adorable name?!

you've been rickrolled.

2010-09-20T03:33:00.000-04:00

i too love key lime yogurt.

2010-09-17T03:33:00.001-04:00

why i love michael showalter reason no. 747. his tweets:

" I got me this crazy feeling I'm gonna be eatin' me some seerious key lime pie flavored froz yogurt wif m&ms toniiiiiigggghhhtttt!!!!!!!! "
8:40 PM Sep 7th via web

be lovely.

2010-09-16T03:33:00.000-04:00

i know darn well we can work it out...

2010-09-15T03:33:00.000-04:00

(remember my blog on the movie about the eldery choir, young at heart? they sang this song. it was dope)

i like pi(e).

2010-09-14T03:33:00.001-04:00

vroom vroom.

2010-09-13T03:33:00.001-04:00

although terry richardson is creepy. his pictures are AMAZING check him out...

http://http//www.terrysdiary.com/

disclaimer: after some internet searching due to hankering i had in my mind about mr. richardson, i confirmed my recollection that he is way creepy and there have historically been rumors surrounding his alleged predatory sexual practices. eww. i do not condone this but still think his pictures are sweet. and you should still check them out because jared leto is in them.

wow.

2010-09-12T03:33:00.000-04:00

super cheese.

2010-09-10T03:33:00.000-04:00

i cannot remember if i have posted this already and i am too lazy to look. so. i freaking love taylor swift, i do not care what you say. she is adorable and has tons of hot boyfriends in this video.

also, this song is way corny, this i know. but i am feeling pretty good lately. i got over some major obstacles and made some crazy serious decisions and viola! life instantly simplifies and becomes a fairy tale...smiles :)

my main man.

2010-09-06T03:33:00.000-04:00

LOVE

2010-09-04T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from things organized neatly, of course.

never say die.

2010-09-03T03:33:00.000-04:00

like it's 1998.

2010-09-02T03:33:00.001-04:00

thank god for friends from back in the day.

kind of completely amazing.

2010-09-01T03:33:00.000-04:00

http://13thwitness.tumblr.com/

goodbye august.

2010-08-31T03:33:00.000-04:00

normally, i am a HUGE fan of august. and summer. but this year i am exhausted. too much went on this august. i'm sure someday i will look back and be like, woah, august was intense and awesome! but not right now. now i want my lawn to stop growing so i don't feel so guilty about it being two hundred inches long. i want to sleep UNDER all the covers. i want to take my pooch to the mountains and not worry about overheating or ticks.

see you next year, summer.

so queer.

2010-08-30T03:33:00.000-04:00

ok. keeping up with gay mmm, we have one of my favorite show to date. queer as folk. i am fully aware that in reality many of these starts are indeed, not actually gay...but shut up! we are talking about the characters on the show, that is my reality people.

truly very difficult to not have this post be entirely about brian kinney but i'll admit that michael was a little dreamy throughout the years. he always kinda got on my nerves being all whiny and such but he's a great character and he would let brian had it when he got pissed!

oh, ethan. you were so creepy with your goatee and violin street skills. but i did love that you pulled justin away from brain, if only for a second...and the scene where justin goes to you at the end of whatever season and they play the cure's lovesong i'm certain is one of the most romantic scenes EVER put on a tv show.

sigh. the early season. brian going to justin's prom and all havoc ensuing later...a little creepy right? i mean brian has to be close to 30 (i looked it up, he's 29) as the show begins and justin is 17. ewwwww.

honestly gale harold is close to perfection in my book. throughout the seasons of queer as folk you get to see him moderately to severely nude is almost every episode. you hate him and love him at the same time. he's tender and vicious. honest and manipulative. i. love. him.

so go check the show out if you haven't. if you are squeamish about sex, especially homo sex. do not. (there's a terribly boring lesbian couple plot line that pretty much makes you want to puke but i guess straight dudes could get their boob fixes there but it's minimal... go for l word if you want boobs, dudes.)

i love this show. i love these characters. i love babylon.

maybe someday.

2010-08-28T03:33:00.000-04:00

sometimes i think it would be so awesome to be a writer...i could drink coffee and sit at a computer by a window with a view of a lake or the mountains. i would write interesting and hilarious stuff and people would read it and say, "omg. i know exactly what she means!" my dogs would lay on the ground by my feet and inspire me with their eyebrows. i could watch, like really watch, the seasons change and the world going by...

i would paint too. and have a room to make collages in with a door that shut so the cats wouldn't get glue on their paws and have magazine scraps attached to their tails.

all of these things can be done now, i guess. maybe i should start.

livin.

2010-08-27T03:33:00.000-04:00

i love this song cause it makes me think of 8th grade and moving to virginia and edward furlong was so cute back then but he really let himself go as a grown and man and i always thought that was such a waste but this video is so great and awesome if you are in 8th grade and i've never turned this song off if it has come on the radio i just get really excited and miss aerosmith when they used to rock.

last week i saw a video where steven tyler and joe perry were hitting each other with microphones and pushing each off of stages. sadly hilarious. but dudes, your time is up.

2010-08-26T03:33:00.000-04:00

(submitted by withoutyouimnothing. reblogged from fuckyeahhappy)

2010-08-25T03:33:00.000-04:00

Following the May 12, 2008 earthquake in China, this terrified giant panda grabs the leg of a policeman. By Photo Tractatus.

(reblogged from the pursuit of happyness)

2010-08-24T03:33:00.001-04:00

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”
— Albert Einstein

(i could have reblogged this from like, a million people i don't know but come on...it's albert einstein not like some hipster from the LES)

nph LOVE.

2010-08-23T03:33:00.001-04:00

so i have definitely been neglecting my tradition of mmm. but honestly, i have had a hard time expanding my horizons! am i stuck on particular men? do i have favorites and refuse to open my mind to new man meat? i'm just not finding more men to blog about...and it will continue to be creepy(er) if i keep posting jgl items.

i dunno what to do? WAIT! but what i DO know is that i have barely tapped into my most favoritist demographic of man meat: the homosexual.

i know, i know. how rude! you say, what a statement to make! but whatever. i stand by my feelings. i love gay men. a lot. A LOT. and always have. my gay male friends are counterparts of my life like no other companion.

i mean, how can you have someone compliment your boobs, make you feel sexy and confident AND allow you to cry and blubber about ____ boy/job/drama of the day all at one sitting without feeling bashful or self conscious?

my gay bff's are honest, straightforward (no pun intended) and REAL (although often coiffed and tanned and sculpted) i can tell them anything without fear of judgement. ok, wait. they are going to judge the hell out of me BUT they are going to tell me the truth about the situation and hold me accountable. and this i love and cherish.

sigh. and seriously? what is better that a sexy gay male couple? it's like a fun sandwich of hot man meatness and awesome dance partners!

wasting time...

2010-08-21T03:33:00.001-04:00

one of my favorite people moved away this weekend. i was able to spend an extended lunch with her this week and it was lovely. we have so much in common (despite our 30 year age difference) we see so many things the same way...i feel i could (and will continue to) seek her advice on almost anything that crosses my path and she would help me through it with wisdom and grace.

the sad thing is, i haven't spent tons of time with m because i had no idea she was moving until last week. we saw each other in church, walked on the ave around the same time, crossed paths on the art walks and went to the y simultaneously...but i feel like i missed out on a close friend that was right down the street. she's only moving to nc and it's a sweet vacay spot but i'm sad.

m and i share the same views on relationships and loneliness. she met the love her life later on and lost him tragically. she reminds me that nothing is to be rushed and everything works out for what it should be. i don't find myself with that desperate desire for a "life partner" yet (mainly cause i know it will challenge me to share and play nice with others and things i don't want to have to do at home. and a ton of my friends are going through their 1st rounds of divorce. blegh.) but i feel a pang of regret for not calling her when i thought about it that one day...for not bringing her some of my apple crisp during the snow storm...our relationship is not less valuable because i neglected to do those things...but i missed opportunities to spend time with someone whom i will now feel lonesome without.

i have to go to nc this weekend to visit a dear friend in the hospital. several hours in the car will force me to deal with the current loses and transitions and questionable difficulties of the past few months. i'm glad to have the moments with m to remind me to always write that note, have that dinner and make that call. and that in the end-it will all work out, just might take a minute.

but sometimes it's ok to be lonely and sad about something that isn't there.

p.s. remember when the state did the entire cover album of this song? bahahaha. that's one of my favorite sketches!

2010-08-20T03:33:00.002-04:00

this girl i know from high school seriously has the best taste in music. check out her new blog...http://www.aliceanddaisy.org...it's super awesome.

forever young.

2010-08-19T03:33:00.000-04:00

i watched this movie young at heart about this groups of senior citizens that sing in a chorus. the film pretty much had me in both hysterics (laughing and sobbing) throughout the entire showing. PLEASE watch it. it's heartbreaking in a wonderful way :)

http://www.youngatheartchorus.com/index.php

i'm not going to write one of these.

2010-08-18T03:33:00.000-04:00

(reblogged from paintyhands)(via briandoody) sabrina ward harrison

2010-08-17T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from: http://mcfearless.tumblr.com/

2010-08-16T03:33:00.002-04:00

"so scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young.

so i play the numbers game to find a way to say it's just begun..."

-john mayer

my bff k told me last week that 30 was something to be excited about and that our twenties were our "lost years" and that this fresh start to being awesome was a good thing.

she is right :)

2010-08-15T03:33:00.001-04:00

seriously. if any boys show up that i dislike imma get super peeved.

museum.

2010-08-14T03:33:00.001-04:00

i'm finally going to the ginsberg exhibit today as a birthday present to myself. i LOVE the national gallery of art in dc. i know it's silly cause it is by no means as remarkable as other museums i have been to (and i dig me some art...i've been to some major museums) but the museums in dc are my favorite. (although i miss the seattle art museum and the nw art. a lot. a lot.) every city i go to i make a museum stop. la. nyc. chicago. charlotte.
one time on a school trip in college for african art we had an afternoon free and i spent it putzing around the smithsonians. i listened to joni mitchell and felt so peaceful. in mexico we went to unbelievably amazing museums of kahlo and trotsky. i listened to santana and felt inspired and determined and mysterious. one spring break i went with my parents again around dc and my mom and i split up and i listened to ani and i was scared and sad.

in seattle, i found out when all of the museums had free openings and saw some of the most amazing exhibits while i was there...diego rivera, japanese art galore...i would listen to beck and feel hopeful and lonely but in a good way.

every year i try to go to dc and see the same old stuff...but it's always new. i'm not sure what i listen to this year....ginsberg...jazz? the new arcade fire? johnny cash? i'll let you know how i felt...

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/ginsberginfo.shtm

26 out of 30 ain't bad.

2010-08-13T03:33:00.000-04:00

1. Clothes that fit the size she is now, not the size she was five years ago
2. A weekly income that covers the rent (or mortgage payment)
3. An orgasm
4. Always enough toilet paper
5. A hair stylist she trusts
6. A favorite song, porn site, image, movie or fantasy that always gets her in the mood
7. Health insurance
8. A signature drink
9. A healthy relationship with her parents
10. Bras in the correct size
11. Enough alcohol in her home to offer drop-by guests a cocktail
12. An emergency hangover remedy
13. A voter registration card
14. A wardrobe that includes the perfectly flattering little black dress, a great pair of heels, jeans that make her ass look great, and a cute hat that hides a bad hair day
15. A yearly appointment with her gynecologist
16. The name of reliable movers to give her friends when they ask for help relocating
17. The gumption to ask a man out
18. A group of girlfriends who get it
19. A set of tools (and the ability to use them ... even if it’s just to hang a piece of art)
20. A balanced checkbook
21. No interest in men who just aren’t that into her
22. A vacation to look forward to at least once a year
23. A good bulls**t detector
24. The courage to stand up for herself and her beliefs
25. A favorite sex position
26. A set of hand towels so guests don’t have dry their hands on her bath towel (gross!)
27. Enough self-love to avoid and break off unhealthy friendships and relationships
28. A commitment to exercise
29. A retirement fund
30. A great vibrator

don't laugh. this website is a great way to relax and get moderately decent -> bad advice...
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-30-things-every-woman-should-have-before-she-turns-30/?obref=obinsite

who says?

2010-08-12T03:33:00.001-04:00

ok, ok. we all know how much i used to make fun of john mayer and then fell madly and unabashedly in love with his tunes...this album came out last year and fell right in line with my previous summers obsession with the music of the man.

it's been on my playlist A LOT lately and makes me sad and comforted at the same time. look. i'm sorry. i love being young and ready for anything and blah blah blah but come on there is a certain amount of worry and fear that everyone seems to forget about. we only remember the fun stuff...like being 22? in reality i was insecure and lost and irresponsible. i had no idea who i was or what the eff i was doing...but all i remember now is being free and traveling and only answering to myself...that was pretty sweet.

(i love this video for several reasons: 1. he's hot. but 2. mainly cause in one scene he has the half baked movie poster in the background...that came out in 1998...when mr. mayer was 22 and i'm assuming was gallivanting around nyc)

now. i'm not saying imma go fly outta the country and smoke a bunch of dope...but remember the time when that was a much more feasible option?

i love the sun!

2010-08-11T03:33:00.000-04:00

Marianne Vierø — Out of Order #1. Sunbleached library books mounted on a wall

(reblogged from things organized neatly)

2010-08-10T15:33:00.001-04:00

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.’”

- Lady Gaga

(reblogged from beccagrawl)

check her out!

2010-08-06T03:33:00.000-04:00

http://www.secretagentl.com/

and how badass is this picture? i want one...

they just always make me feel better

2010-08-05T03:33:00.001-04:00

:( no more?

2010-08-04T03:33:00.000-04:00

the frown face has been following me lately. i felt it creeping in and stayed busy so i was forced to a happy face but now that summer activities have died down i'm left in the wake of over-committing myself...i feel it. this is good, because now...well, i'm forced to see why so frowny?

most reasons are pretty menial but altogether weighing on me:

the departure of one of my oldest, truest friends :(
my impeding 30th birthday :( :( (we all try to pretend like we don't care about age but once that major one hits that isn't about more freedom & privilege BAM.)
big girls decisions, waiting for answers, arghhh...what's that again? oh yeah, S.T.R.E.S.S. :( :( :(

so i give myself this week to sulk. recoup. watch hours of arrested development and planet earth. blah.

but next week will be enough of that. next week i remind myself of the lovely things liiike:

how i really do need a new pair of jeans cause the others i have are too big and have been for a while now. i can use that birthday discount and not feel guilty :)
how lucky i am to have hard decisions to make, like, thank god i don't live in a world where my future is determined for me and i am trapped and unable to be free. (heavy i know but seriously, gets you out of being whiny & pathetic every time.) :) :)
how i love the fleeting days of summer...cause they last FOREVER here. i never get sick of the heat. i do enjoy the fall but i looove how summer stays too long :) :) :)
how this summer i realized how much i enjoy a movie theater visit. (many thanks to leonardo dicaprio and joseph gordon-levitt for being my crushes since 1991, without the both of you in a film, i would never gone to the big, expensive theater to see your awesomeness. twice.) :) :) :) :)
so i may not be into the birthday this year but i'll muster up the strength to enjoy the birthday PARTY!!! :) :) :) :) :)

2010-08-03T08:35:00.002-04:00

http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/page/5

mmm: bflo

2010-07-26T03:33:00.000-04:00

i thought it would be cool to commemorate my trip to buffalo with a mmm of a buffalo native! but there really aren't any! (except chad michael murray but i've done him and he seems like kind of a d-bag so i don't want to feature him twice)

so here's rick james and a meaningless list of people born in buffalo!!!

http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Buffalo,%20New%20York,%20USA&sort=alpha

holy crap.

2010-07-24T03:33:00.000-04:00

Stephen Wiltshire has been drawing cities since being diagnosed with autism at a young age, saying it’s his way to express himself. What’s unique about this artist though is that all he needs is a 20 minute helicopter ride above New York and after 7 days, 12 pens, and a lot of music on his ipod, he finishes the massive 18 ft accurate depiction of the city all from memory. He’s so accurate that when drawing Rome, he drew the exact number of columns in the Pantheon. His work is being shown at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute along with his permanent gallery in the Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mal.

(via missworld/jessmae via stephill via suckafuck on tumblr)

truth, part duex.

2010-07-22T03:33:00.002-04:00

Bourbon
There are two strange phenomena that inevitably occur if I get drunk: A.) I suddenly realize that I am an unparalleled expert on any topic of conversation. B.) Everyone else suddenly becomes half-deaf.

They don’t admit it because they are probably confused and embarrassed to suddenly be half-deaf, but it’s okay because I politely compensate by speaking very loudly to them.

reblogged http://zucherman.tumblr.com/

patience.

2010-07-20T12:09:00.005-04:00

i totes forgot i had a blog and i'm really stressed about turning 30 and i've got this grad school thing looming and something else that's kind of a big deal and i'm going to ny for a reunion (wahoo!) this weekend and i'll get back to it sooner than later. (i put some cool stuff i reblogged for the next few days)

so just listen to axl, need a little patience.

yay!

2010-07-15T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from: http://pigsinmaputo.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-01T12%3A33%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7

over it.

2010-07-13T03:33:00.000-04:00

it has been a super stressful few weeks in the life of me. i decided to (per usual) pile too much on my plate...but i must say, i can manage pretty well after all these years of going batshit every time something caught me off guard.

BUT. one of my super stresses has been related to some volunteer work i do that is church related and maaaaan has it been keeping me up at night and hurting my heart. the drama has been so detached from the actual work i have had to think looong and hard about why i do what i do again. then i surround myself with the kids i work with and reality check back in but DANG.

i've been diplomatic, polite, snarky, firm, kind, compassionate, bitchy, confrontational, passive, overbearing and sarcastic. nothing has gotten through to some of those who are supposed to be in their position due to great faith and leadership. it is bumming me out.

i'm totes not the only one who thinks that church ruins god/faith/community a lot of the time...i just hope to get out from underneath this heavy weight. and soon.

drool cup, part 2.

2010-07-12T03:33:00.001-04:00

hold your hats, ladies....

yoann gourcuff, france

sergio aguero, argentina.
sebastien bassong, cameroon

rene krhin, slovenia

david silva, spaaaaaaaaain.
tiago, portugal.

one name. that's all he needs. i'm so getting cable for the world cup 2014.

been a long week...

2010-07-09T15:07:00.000-04:00

http://www.nataliedee.com/

hot.

2010-07-08T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from: hitrecordjoe

Nothing Big
Song I wrote and RECorded today, well, quickly.

Nothing big
Nothing grand
Nothing useful
Nothing planned
Nothing smart, or at least not very
Nothing revolutionary
Nothing urgent
Nothing hot
Maybe quiet
Maybe not
Nothing hard
Nothing wet
Nothing naked, well not yet
Nothing witty
Nothing wise
No big deal
No first prize
Nothing solemn
Nothing set
Nothing much to give or get
Nothing now but me and you
Nothing more, thanks, that’ll do

go listen to the recording. now. http://hitrecordjoe.tumblr.com/ i'm not skilled enough to do that clicky thing.

the only sports question i will ever answer correctly. ever.

2010-07-07T03:33:00.003-04:00

yep. so at a 4th of july party, i totes answered the question...who does germany play next? answer: spain. today. go me.

summah

2010-07-06T03:33:00.000-04:00

things have been a leedle hectic lately...lemme try and catch up and i'll get back to you...

that thing.

2010-07-02T03:33:00.000-04:00

npr reminded me this week of how much i adore lauren hill. her album came out days after we all moved into the dorms and the beats got us dressed for all the cute new college boys...too bad she never put out more music at the time. i LOVE this early hip-hop of my life. summer playlist fo sho.

aaand how amazing is this video?!

so many blogs, so little time...

2010-07-01T03:33:00.001-04:00

http://whiteboardunicorns.com/

2010-06-30T03:33:00.001-04:00

milkshake

2010-06-29T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from fuckyeahhappy(via thewordsalloverme)(via yeahthatsjustme)

more like drool cup.

2010-06-28T03:33:00.002-04:00

ok, ok. i always knew there were lots of hot dudes in soccer but HOLY CRAP WAS I SURPRISED WHEN I WENT TO THE FIFA WEBSITE AND FEASTED MY EYES!!!

like, seriously. i couldn't even post all the dudes i thought were hot cause it would last forever. WHEW. let's just say i would like to extend an open invitation of marriage to the entire paraguayan team. and chile. and argentina. ok. all of south american. i'm yours.

roque santa cruz, paraguay. birthday: AUGUST 16TH!!!
mile jedinak, australia

mesut oezil, germany

mario eggilmann, switzerland

edison cavani, uruguay

cho yong hyung, korea

athanasios prittas, greece

now let's all take a cold shower.

things my dad taught me.

2010-06-26T03:33:00.001-04:00

(completely and totally inspired by curious girl's father's day post.)

my father has been pretty much been the most influential person in my life. at times we are a terrible match (cancer vs. leo-arghh!!!) and he can drive me insane and to tears in an instant...BUT he honestly, truly, ALWAYS has the best of intentions. even if those intentions include being a butthead that ignores the laws of traffic, all public transportation scheduling and eats out of the bulk bins at wegman's even though it's gross and he's been yelled at like, five million times.

SO. the things my dad has taught me (in no particular order) :

-dress well for work. if you dress well, you work better.

-there is no reason to be shitty to people. especially people that you can tell probably get people being shitty to them all the time.

-"never live on a dead man's money"

now. this is morbid and direct. not very my dadish. but his father passed when he was very young, leaving him as the sole caregiver for his mother and his teenage sister. he pretty much had to learn how to be humble and gracious at 15. this also led him to raise a fiercely (and at times too severely) independent daughter. a few months ago he responded to another dad who stated his daughter (whom i went to hs with) was still on his "payroll." my dad responded i was not and had been "off the payroll" for quite a while. proudest. father-daughter. moment. ever.

-babies are cute. baby girls are cuter ;)

-puppies are the most fun no matter how bad they are. come on...they are puppies.

-make sure your men are gentlemen.

-be a goofball. even if others don't get it...you have plenty to laugh at yourself and it makes life more fun.

-keep your yard looking nice. (epic fail at this one for me)

-when it comes to family, keep religion and politics out of it.
(epic fail for him on this one. as an ornery old man he constantly debates with the more conservative side of the family. constantly.)

-sing along to the radio

-love unconditionally. like, really. unconditionally. the conditions will constantly change and you need to change with them.

i now realize i could on forever. happy birthday daddy!

long week. too much.

2010-06-25T03:33:00.000-04:00

more relief.

2010-06-24T03:33:00.000-04:00

i am so into this artist. he's a spaniard...meow!

relief.

2010-06-23T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from: http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/post/725344265

turtle power.

2010-06-22T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from

http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/

2012

2010-06-21T03:33:00.000-04:00

happy solstice!

me & you.

2010-06-18T03:33:00.000-04:00

maybe it's because of the heat. maybe it's because i just got back from church camp and when i was 16 we used to jam to this song in my friend's caddy on the way home (he really turned into a sketchball...why?) or maybe it's because outkast rules and i finally got most of it redownloaded to my computer. i dunno.

sigh. (tribute to skillet the basset hound)

2010-06-17T03:33:00.000-04:00

Basset dog with Baby

(via http://julieklausner.tumblr.com/post/675343815/ive-posted-this-before-but-religious-people-say)

i am glad other people are so creative and continue to entertain me for hours :)

2010-06-16T03:33:00.001-04:00

from: http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com/

(shameless and slightly sad admission: although most blogs i peruse come from friend's suggestions, i have to admit a lot of my most favorites have come from a particular famous persons blog i frequent. lame? stalkerish? probably. but i will continue to believe that it just means if he weren't famous he would just be my bf and i would stalk his blog just like i stalk other hot boys blogs i know. it would be normal to share my discoveries and life would go on. the end)

forever.

2010-06-15T03:33:00.000-04:00

i have no idea who took this picture but i found it on this: http://jaredgeller.tumblr.com/

the graduate.

2010-06-12T03:33:00.001-04:00

i recently made a present for a girl i have known since she was 3 years old. she is graduating from high school today and i made her a book of quotes with plenty of blank space to fill in her own on her journey. i was given a book like this one when i was her age and it has been one of the most revealing and fascinating parts of my history.

i've been given this kerouac excerpt from tons of people over the years. it flatters me and worries me and motives me.

shine on rdm!!! i hope you find words like these that move you in ways that never tire...(and keep me updated on your adventures:) )

almost heaven...

2010-06-10T03:33:00.002-04:00

south west virginia. no cell service. no internet. no distractions.
see you in a week!

new super fav!

2010-06-09T03:33:00.000-04:00

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/

grin, sob, hug. repeat.

2010-06-08T03:33:00.001-04:00

last weekend i was with my favorite teenagers for a regional church assembly. the teenagers owned the assembly. they blew the adults minds and inspired and intrigued them. it was amazing. upon returning to work (exhausted but only facing three days of toil) this week i see this:

"After this weekend, I took a look back at how I was freshman year... and I've changed and grown more than I could have possibly imagined I would. I am completely and utterly amazed, almost to tears. Thank you Virgina Youth Ministry Committee for making me the wonderful woman I am today ♥ ♥ "
-kb, ymc president 2010

this girl had me grinning like a fool and bursting into spontaneous tears all. weekend. long. love it. in the last year that i have known her she has become so confident and headstrong and determined. i am envious of her strength and drive! i cannot wait to see her grow more and am grateful for the kick in the tail her example has set for me!

***good news is: the high school kids are flawlessly transitioning into the college age group so i don't miss a beat of their stories and journeys!!!***

aiden!

2010-06-07T03:33:00.000-04:00

i am not really a major satc fan, but i dig the show just like any other living, breathing woman in her 20s that will never be able to afford louboutin's. so in honor of the movie, we tribute my favorite bf carrie ever had: aiden shaw.

remember his northern exposure days? me neither. but now i will watch. yum.

hubba hubba

it always really pissed me off that aiden fell for carrie. they made no sense! she's pretty shallow and ____ and he's freakin' aiden. aiden the carpenter. aiden the guy that makes stuff with wood and was simple and not carrie-ish. sigh.

aiden with the dog!!! and carrie, you bitch. you hated that dog and he was too dirty for you and stuff. you could not even walk him. i haven't run out to see this movie yet...but, dammit aiden. please rub it in carrie's face that you were the shit and she sucks for cheating on you.

like i said, i'm not totes into the show or anything, but you know.

blank street

2010-06-05T03:33:00.000-04:00

"The Blank Street Project is a two-month research endeavor in preparation for a documentary film focusing on the faces of poverty in Virginia. We intend to meet the working poor and homeless, hear their stories, and create a film that depicts them as humans who deserve our help and attention in order to alleviate the financial struggles that leave them socially stratified. We plan to use the film to raise awareness for issues of poverty that transcend borders, towns, and streets."

here is their van, iris!

ben!

joey!

ben and his sister are some of my craig co. bffs. check out their awesome summer project...the fb page and website are below... today, they come to lynchburg so i can feed them, provide them with bathing facilities and send them on their way with cookies!!! so proud & excited to watch their journey through the state!

http://www.blankstreetproject.com/index2.php

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blank-Street/112556688771330

this is nice.

2010-06-04T03:33:00.000-04:00

reblogged from hitrecord.org:

Here’s a live drawing animation of an inspiring piece of advice to a dear flower.
From the Tiny Stories Collaboration

sigh. (blind dog style)

2010-06-03T03:33:00.000-04:00

the other morning i took some laundry upstairs, then i went back downstairs to get some coffee and blah blah blah and then i turned around and saw this:
somehow pablo, the blind wonderdog got one of my dresses caught on his neck and he carried it off of the bed and down the stairs and into the living room to share with the rest of us.

a part of me thinks he may have donned this attire purposefully cause look how jealous the others are?

hmmm...shucks.

2010-06-02T03:33:00.000-04:00

rip dennis hopper

2010-06-01T11:12:00.001-04:00

a complex inspiration.

2010-05-31T03:33:00.000-04:00

i feel the need for some serious focus. i focus well and stay on track when i am somewhat isolated. i consume myself with my new ideas or projects...i cannot be interrupted.

when i traveled around and lived on my own i read (and reread) kerouac, ginsberg, even some batshit burroughs...

i was out of college, older, wiser but i was heavily impacted by these writings...

i feel kerouac has this messy romanticism. he irritates me and is arrogant and selfish and misogynistic and inspiring...

and he's a total dreamboat.

Belief and Technique for Modern Prose, a list of thirty "essentials":
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside your own house
4. Be in love with your life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7. Blow as deep as you want to blow
8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
9. The unspeakable visions of the individual
10. No time for poetry but exactly what is
11. Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12. In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13. Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14. Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15. Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16. The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17. Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
18. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19. Accept loss forever
20. Believe in the holy contour of life
21. Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22. Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23. Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25. Write for the world to read and see your exact pictures of it
26. Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27. In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28. Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29. You're a Genius all the time
30.Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven

the great strand.

2010-05-28T03:33:00.000-04:00

i'm off to the beach for a looong, much needed weekend vacay!!! see you later taters!

p.s. it's biker weekend. jealous? yes. yes you are.

life goes on...

2010-05-27T03:33:00.002-04:00

i used to play this song every day when my mom drove me to school. my best friend and i went to tons of dmb concerts and it was so fun and we were little and silly and felt so cool.

a few years ago my 9th grade fantasy came true when i listened to this album on a road trip home from a wedding with my 9th grade crush. he (unfortunately) was no longer my crush but rather a very close friend and we sang aloud and giggled at my dream coming true. it was great.

i love this cd and just downloaded it to my computer for summer fun :)

bit of a quote kick as of late...

2010-05-26T03:33:00.000-04:00

two days until i get to adventure.....

i like pink.

2010-05-25T03:33:00.000-04:00

just do.

howl.

2010-05-24T03:33:00.000-04:00

i've had the beat boys on the brain lately. a recent project brought back memories of when i consumed their stories...

i. just. do. not. think. men. are. made. the. same. any. more. boo.

although i must remember all these dudes were drug addicted, alcoholics as well sooo...

they just look so clean cut!

swoon! who wouldn't have fallen in love with neal cassady and written about their torrid affairs?

spoiler picture into next weeks mmm!

P.S. JAMES FRANCO IS STARRING IN THE MOVIE ADAPTATION OF HOWL/GINSBERG'S LIFE AND IT PREMIERED AT SUNDANCE THIS YEAR AND WILL BE COMING OUT IN SEPTEMBER. I REPEAT: JAMES EFFING FRANCO WILL BE PLAYING ALLEN GINSBERG. a pretty boy names jon prescott will play cassady. BUT JAMES FRANCO=GINSBERG.

happy is...as happy does...

2010-05-23T03:33:00.000-04:00

you know how i've been all yea me! (insert karate chop) feel good! you rock! kick ass! wahoo! yippeekikyeeye! word up! lately? this website is badass and it is totally encouraging me further...

http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/

2010-05-21T03:33:00.000-04:00

horoscope....EFF YEAH!

2010-05-20T03:33:00.001-04:00

You need to show the world what you are capable of — and fortunately, your energy is amazing right now! It’s a good idea for you to step up a bit and talk up your big achievements.

BRING IT.

sigh. (baby animal style)

2010-05-19T03:33:00.000-04:00

oh how i've missed you.

2010-05-18T03:33:00.002-04:00

i found this cartoon on an old friends fb page the other day. we haven't spoken in years but already she has me giggling incessantly.

in full bloom

2010-05-17T03:33:00.000-04:00

in honor of the little brats that got jail time for robbing orlando bloom's (and several other celebrities) home and posting pictures of their siblings wearing their shit....

round collar yum
piece of t-shirt hat yum

pirate yum

lord of the rings yum

HOLY GOD IS THAT REAL? yum

seriously good hair yum

secret of me: you are hot dude, you wear tortoise shell wayfarers...i am yours forever.

happy...

2010-05-15T03:33:00.000-04:00

great new night...http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/

2010-05-14T03:33:00.001-04:00

I am not interested in money.

I just want to be wonderful.
-Marilyn Monroe

i want. i need.

2010-05-13T03:33:00.000-04:00

this is the besthttp://recoveringlazyholic.com/needtowant.html

wanna see me disco?

2010-05-12T03:33:00.003-04:00

sometimes i forget to listen to le tigre. then i remember and jump around my house spazing out to one of my favorite bands of all time.