ahem... it's the season!

i am happy to report that i have a tree! it is a tiny version of this:



i've hung up the stockings made by liz from last year (thanks, liz). i have a few ornamants (hence the size of the tree) and i am looking forward to celebrating friends and family and making things cozy, so i can reflect on my year. i am not a scrooge afterall! i could just do without the commercial capitalist glam.

(p.s. if you haven't volunteered this year, or done something for the good of humanity, you have still four weeks left!)


looking quite noble indeed ;)

swooped from friend evan's facebook post. skills.

KarenLHoward

ladies

Conquistadora Inés Suárez(c. 1507 - 1580)



The Sea Queen Of Connaught Gráinne Ní Mháille(c. 1530 – c. 1603)

call for ideas!

i have approximately 300 floppy disks in varying colors. how do i reuse these? i am thinking of making notepads, diassembling them and making magnets or jewlery. ... they seem so sterile and a bit too techy for my taste, but i still feel a bit of inspiration towards these little fellas...

magical scraps

i love paper scraps. reading glean creative reuse led me to design sponge which led me to inchmark and this has given me many splendid ideas for putting my paper scrap collection into use (reuse, rather). i particularly love this magical thinking mason jar and i can't wait to get home to begin jotting, folding and stuffing my thoughts into.

Emmanuelle Alt- fashion designer- Vogue Paris

is that a moleskine clutched in her right hand? i think so.


every once in a while i daydream about fashion. when i do, this is what i admire. admiration is a funny word when talking about clothes, but i think fashion is more of an image, and a way of life than simply style. whatever it is, i like it.

more mcnulty

title: carolina

i like this one too! i could eat the ochre paint, and try to flip the page...

here is his website: www.shawnmcnulty.com ( blogspot is being a butt and not allowing me to insert a link)

title: the life aquatic
painted by: shawn mcnulty
oil and acrylic

doesn't it look like tissue paper? it looks like underground tunnels, just as much as it looks like above ground buildings--

yours truly

listening: mogwai & sigur ros
@: work

suddenly i've realized that there are a few things poking around my life that i need to straighten up. reclaim, if you will.

i think it will start with a bit of self time (unmitigated self time). a few hours here and there where i am fully functioning mentally and physically while engulfed in entierly my own persuits. even with the advent of claiming my own space i still feel stretched thin... i tend to feel guilty when i take too much time for myself, it's as if my gut tells me that i'm neglecting someone or something.

i've given much thought to balance and how to accomodate a balanced life, but i think balance is bs. it is about compromise. making compromises with different parts of your life so the most needs are met. then again, why must we think about a whole person as having different parts? compartmentalizing the human soul and mind seems rather counterintuititve and oppressive. perhaps, it isn't about recognizing your life as parts (work life, love life, family life) but letting them bleed together and infect each other. i imagine these are the most successful, happy people, those who have no lines drawn.

i have a bit of shedding and rebuilding to do. i am feeling better most days. still, i have stopped writing, i feel angry most days, and frustrated. i also can't fight feeling old. i'm only 23, but i feel tired.

on a positive note, working with my students is the best part of my day.

i think i might need a wes anderson film. ;)

hmm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNfo5VBRl0

can't tell if this is beautiful or ostentatious. either way it caught my eye :)


p.s. how do you post videos?

wednesday

post-halloween: my trash can in my office is accumulating candy wrappers by the hour (many thanks to the director's unloading of extra candy on the office). tonight is garbage night, and it has occured to me: i am a little embarassed to put my can out in front of my office door this evening so they can be carted off by the unseen souls who keep this place running. i've thought about switching it with the front desk can, but that wouldn't be fair to linda... she is really nice, even though using the phone system still baffles her after a month of working here.






great. i'm contributing to this.

urban cowl @ (fringe)