Lately, i've been at barnes&nobles a lot and learning how to drive and letting people buy me overpriced drinks and underpriced sweaters. And lately i've been going to the beach, or trying, because time limits everything good. tonight i've washed my hair in the sink because it had three days worth of hairspray and was still this strange 1952 bob. i' ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon this book at the Berkeley Public Library for a quarter months ago. Been an absolute inspiration for cake designs lately.

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Sent home sick and annoyed with my boss. It was too hot, and everything was making me mad. I called my mom; she told me to take care of myself and watch out for swine flu, which made me more mad. 30 Rock isn't on due to a football game blah blah blah and I'm too old and boring and financially worrisome to go get that cat/dog/lovething I've been ( Read more... )

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I hate it here and I want to move. This awful bay has never been my home.

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my special nerdy find at the sebastapol gravenstein apple fair


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such an odd last 22 or so months and i'm so glad i'm waking up to a new year. just came back from a wonderful week in seattle: delicious snack-y meals, coffee, good friends, new friends, perfect weather, unrestricted shopping, late nights, and yes, even mani/pedis. i'm back and i'm tired, but i have a new computer and an anxious feeling in my ( Read more... )

Three long days in Fallbrook, CA and I didn't go farther than the backyard. It was wonderful and relaxing and one of the best trips I've ever had to my lazy hometown. I played with the dog, the cats; I rummaged through old clothes with my sister, polished the family silver, and caught up on my sleep. My mom told us stories of her grandfather Olas ( Read more... )

The simple things in this college town will distract me. Julie is leaving (for good)in three weeks to Seattle. I will run this busy cupcake shop with a smile. I'm taking yoga to relax, keeping up with the new Flight of the Conchords, taking a multi-vitamin, growing plants, smoking more weed, and hanging out with friends I haven't been seeing lately ( Read more... )