January 2009
condensation
muted moody winter love, by brittanie pendleton. her photos makes me want to 1) lounge around in delicate lingerie 2) add austin to the lengthy list of stops on our road trip, so i can stalk her, befriend her, and buy her prints. hmm.
December 2008
i do what i want
Birthday Cake Phenomenon: in which you covertly eat off of the sides before the guests have a chance to arrive, before the candles are lit. IT’S MY PARTY AND (WHATEVA!), I DO WHAT I WAHNT. Seriously though, how delarcious does that cake look?! Mum’s famous homemade carrot cake; chef pictured, not-so-covertly indulging pre-guest arrival, too.
dimensions
I’ve had to work every day since I last posted. Gross. Anyway, a rare 2 day breathing space! For Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone! Merry KIRAMAS, too. That’s right, tomorrow is my 25th birthday. I don’t know if I feel apathetic about Christmas this year (blaspheme of blasphemes) because I’m not thrilled about turning 25 (seems like rounding the last of the exciting...
double-socking it
no, that’s no sexual intercourse euphemism. chicago winter weather is out of control. i don’t remember it being this cold. after the 3 minute walk to the logan square train stop, i look as though i’ve just finished watching dancer in the dark. fie, overactive tear ducts!! fie!! i have a completely inappropriate relationship with a dashing (i imagine) young fellow in virginia...
act i & ii
ii things that made my day: making & eating the shit out of these pumpkin-walnut-heath-white chocolate chip orgasmic explosion cookies:this photo of my adorable, way-too-far-away nieces in portland: now i am going to lie in bed & read this until i pass out, as 3 hours of vodka-laden sleep does not a good sunday nite christmas party mood make. still, though, busting the sequins out of the...
T.B., or not T.B.
I’m not exactly sure how I’ve gone 24 years without having seen Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex (but were too afraid to ask), but it is to be sure a tragedy on the grandest scale. Woody Allen as a failing court jester trying to worm his way into the queen’s chastity belt? EFFING BRILLIANT.Genius Gene Wilder, falling in love with a sheep, exploiting his masterful...
island hidden in the sound
adorbs mum and our adorbs sophie, on the beautiful precipice of lake michigan’s pseudo-frozen, botulism-ridden waters.
just take your time / i take my time
Things I am currently excited about: The week-long French film festival @ facets.Eating peppermint ice cream for dinner (check).The perfume i created today for a beautiful freckled girl named Mallory (white tea, pomegranate, french vanilla).Being told I need to spend the next few months “investigating and indulging in my Venusian aspect” by an astrocartographer. This midnite show at...