so, i stumbled upon this: two rooks and have been paging through the archives. pretty fucking awesome, though i think that as far as the aesthetic goes, the artist may owe a lot to dear old jk rowling. there's one character who totally reminds me of lucius malfoy, and another who looks like snape ( Read more... )

yesterday, i took home a whole bag of garlic scapes from the garden. this is perhaps the most whimsical ingredient to grace my table. observe:


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guys, this blog really makes me want to have an apartment to decorate.

dear universe, please send a full time job my way, so i can fill an apt with cute things i probably have in the garage and don't even know about? thanks.

here is a dead giveaway that i am no longer in college: on my start menu, the only programs that have been used lately are firefox, itunes, and songbird -- aside from google chrome and thunderbird, which are pinned to the list. what ... i like my mozilla alternate programs. whatever ( Read more... )

there are few more pleasant ways to spend ones afternoon than the following: sunbathing in my suit on the lawn, finishing wordy shipmates by the charming sarah vowell about the founders of new england, reading this week's new yorker, listening to belle & sebastian, drinking a snapple, and speaking to leigh cressman via cellular telephone. the only ( Read more... )

congratulations to the class of 2009! well done, kids. sorry i didn't see some of you as much as i would have liked, but ... you made it! so proud.

oh my god, all i want to do is buy adorable veggie earrings. i have a not-so-secret desire to be ms. frizzle, minus the whacked out dresses, plus relevant earrings. get me away from etsy, for the love of god.

but really, how could i NOT want these earrings?


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in no particular order:

• lizzi visited. it was lovely.
• finally gave in (ha, like it was a struggle) and bought some carhartts.
• worked on saturday at the garden. it was nuts.
• met dennis elsas of wfuv friday night at simon's acapella concert. also, robi hager of spring awakening.
• volunteered with kristel for greenwich village society for historic ( Read more... )

it's kind of funny looking at my most recent (though wildly spread out) entries: the little mood icon is always like ... busy/accomplished/productive. i guess i only feel the need to write after i've actually gotten something done? better than like lkjasgou;owgh my smith college stress, let me show you it. i'm not sayin', i'm just sayin'.

delicious things i have done lately:

• eat at a middle eastern place with simon
• eat mac 'n cheese at tea and sympathy with simon and meghan
• make fucking adorable strawberry/blueberry/choc chip ladybugs, courtesy of a recipe i found in the discovery room at the museum ... from ranger rick magazine
• bring delicious raspberry beer (lambic) to steph ( Read more... )