in order to make up for all the text I put up yesterday, here are some pictures of Natalie and I being vain in the studio tonight.

I love Natalie so so so much. The feeling is mutual.

The noses Know.

She makes me smiiiile!

KITTEHS!

Some painting of a motor by some weirdo.

Newest project.

I am on a blogging roll tonight. Mainly because I did nothing in class except think about what I could possibly blog about and pine. I also managed to create a new activity to fill the void in my life which is class: I am going to become the most random list writer EVER. Every day atleast one new list. I can gaurantee that all will not be shown on this blog, but some will. The topic of the day was pet peeves. This list is not complete and I reserve the right to change and add to it frequently. I will most likely not be subtracting from it.

-people who wear high heels but cant walk in them. honestly, you need to stop. your legs dont look longer, you just look like there is something wrong with you. kthnx.

-my feet falling asleep. the bane of my exsistance.

-tailgaters (that would be 90% of you, Mass!)

-misuse of the words to and too. honestly I think this could be my nmber one of all time. typoing anything else is fine, whatever, but get those right.

-people asking stupid questions in class that have nothing to do with the topic of conversation. who ever said "no question is a stupid question" was stupid. or atleast stuck in a moment of stupid.

-socks with sandals. done.

-muffin tops.

-taxi drivers

-whiney country singers

-overly phlegmatic individuals. TELL me where we are going to eat and PICK a freaking movie.

-cheap perfume

-older adults in college classes. you all are jst so freaking enthusiastic. stop.

-late packages after I payed extra for fast shipping.

-tardiness.

that is all so far.

This last weekend in January...
-anticipation
-Boston!
-subway passes
-homeless man
-new drinks
-trader joe's
-Quincy Market
-bubble tea
- cold noses/flushed cheeks
-tiki bar
-Evangelicals
-gelato
-siamese cats
-loud Italians
-The Red Violin
-long talks
-plans
-biggest hamburger EVER.
-snow
-stubble
-orange chicken
-3eb
-violin serenades
-johnny cash serenades
-play fighting
-emergency breaking
-random giggling
-silly bad dancing
-early mornings

one happy girl.

I need to learn to play some sort of musical instrument. It has become alarmingly clear to me that practically everyone else who is important I know does. Except my parents. And grandparents. Ehh, I see a trend here. Natalie plays the guitar and cello. Bobby plays the violin. Twins play guitar. Jeremy plays guitar. Joy plays piano. John plays piano. Lindsay plays something I think. Harper can play songs back on the piano by hearing them once. My little cousin plays the freaking harp! What is wrong with me? I took lessons on the piano for a while but lost interest too quickly. Had a classical guitar but the strings snapped while I was tuning and sliced me open badly enough to terrify me to the instrument. I had a violin, but we just didn't get along. I don't remember ever getting a bow for it, that might be why. I always wanted a harp, but my mom said they were too big to be a realistic choice. I have since decided that I am probably not a harpist. I don't sing, so that cop-out won't work. I always had an interest in playing something, but I haven't found that instrument that really gets me excited or enthusiastic enough to go for it. Also, I feel like I am to old (at the ripe old age of twenty) to really ever be good at learning an instrument. I know this is rarely the case, but the fear is still there.

Instruments I certainly have no interest in playing:

-Anything I have to blow into.
-Guitar (too trendy for me.)
-Drums (just because it would be hard to love an entire drum set.)
-Recorder (LOL!!!)
-Piano (I want something that I can hold)
-Tuba. (need I say more?)



I am not sure yet how I feel about straddling large string instruments. It could be fun.
Maybe some people just shouldn't be musical.

if anyone could tell me how a mouse found its way into our toliet with the lid closed last night, please let me know. Peeing on a dead mouse because you don't have your contacts in yet to see it is not a pleasant experience. Sadly 50% of the house population has suffered this now.

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Yes, it really WAS that cute. =[

(oh, and in my quest on google images for "toilet" I found the image below. I know of a certain someone who will be as amused as I am.)

So, it snowed here on Thursday. Snowed with a vengence!

Natalie and the TWiNs! enjoying the snow. Piper, not so much.

My beautiful roommate and I

I look tired (but thats another story =P). I also drove in the snow and didn't die. Cheers!

Kate took Natalie and I to this really excellent natural food store/place off route2 called Idylewilde Farms. (I am quite sure I didn't spell that name correctly.) All of the fruit was really bright and wondeful looking which is amazing in the dead of winter. I bought kumquats. I have since decided i don't really like kumquats, but I'm thinking its on my end, not the stores.

Kate is so pretty =]

"Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world"
- www.postsecret.com

South Lancaster 1/17

High Temperature: 21 degrees
Low Temperature: 7 degrees

FREAKING-A.

dear weather god, please don;t let this be true.
kthnxbye

Lately I have been really interested in the successful mixture of darks and lights in interior design. I really believe a very attractive and dynamic balance can be achived and the images below only support my conclusion. For the first time in my life I have my white and gray room that I have always wanted but I find myself struggling to add enough dark elements into it. It is just really pale right now. Its a difficult room to work with anyways with the extreme slopes in my ceiling and the very odd wall texture. I have a few really great pieces that people have given to me, but the struggle still remains: how do you mix stark black into a pale and gray based room without creating visual vomit?








On another note, I have discovered this AMAZING artist by the name of Georgia Boyd Russel. It is difficult to find much about her online, but below is one of my favorites of her work. She is really a sculptor of old books and i cannot imagine the time these things take!
Her stuff really strikes a cord in the multimedia sculptor inside of me. I can't wait to start some new projects when I get back to Mass. I think I will be collecting a buch of branches for more chandeliers, but I am feeling the need to not limit myself strictly to light fixtures. I also need to squish my compulsion to throw the things I create away. Maybe that should be my 2nd new years resolution.

I really really can't stand Andy Warhol's work. I think he is incredibly overrated and over exposed. Thank you.

Fearsome Foursome.
we have been friends since highschool and try to make it a point to see eachother as often as possible, but only to take random stupid pictures that no one really has interest in except us.
So enjoy!!

1. Jon

2. John

3. Joy

4. Megan

Joy and I are prettiest when exhausted and overly make-uped.

More constructive images later? Maybe.

"I just want to go home to my friends. Stupid teeth. Why do people have to get teeth pulled today? Freaking-A. I want to be sleeping."

I did finally make it home to my friends. Here we are off on our macaroni grill adventure. Notice how much happier I look.

John in my glasses. What the world.

More weekend pictures to come!

My current Mix:
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Lips of an Angel- Hinder
a really sexy song.
Someone Else's Life- Joshua Radin
"but then came you/ then theres you/when i'm lost/all alone, I see/ the way for me"
You Have My Attention- Copeland
"you have my attenton/like you've had all the while/sine that first time when you made my heart smile"
Never Leave Yours Heart Alone- Butterfly Boucher
"the moral to the story goes/never leave your heart alone."
Multiply- Jamie Lidell
makes me want to dance
Not Big -Lily Allen
probably the ultimate revenge song. sassy and clever.
In the Light- dc talk
to redeem myself for enjoying the last song so much. but no, really, this song puts me in that higher place.
Life is Short- Butterfly Boucher
probably my anthem; "I am young/but I have aged/waited long to seize the day/all things said/and plenty done/but life is short"
Goodnight and Go- Imogen Heap
really, every girls secret dream. "one of these days/ you'll miss your train/and come stay with me/we'll have drinks/and talk about things/any excuse to stay awake with you"
Ugly Girl-???
I have no idea who this is but it is brilliant."Do you have to keep your eyes closed /do you have to keep the lights down low /oh I bet you/wish you had a blindfold/can't you see /you're leaving me/for an ugly girl"
Understatement- New Found Glory
so emo, so sweet, so angry!!
Sweet Child of Mine- Guns N'roses
classic. you should know this song or you just might be a loser.
Who Wouldn't Wanna be Me?- Keith Urban
I don't do country; except for 3 Keth Urban songs. This is one of them. Just a feel good driving song.
Rehab- Amy Winehouse
this lady is possibly even more screwed up than anyone. her voice is like velvet drenched in vodka. probably because she is a rich alcoholic. who wont go to rehab. hence the song title.
Beating Hearts Baby- Head Automatica
I don't even know wht this made the list.
Booty Language- Juvenile
sorry, can't even take the Memphis out of a white girl.
Smile- Lily Allen
"At first, when I see you cry/ It makes me smile/ Yeah, it makes me smile." This girl is so mad. Her exboyfriend stole her dog. I'd be mad too. She makes mad so happy though.
In Betwen Days- Ben Folds <3
I have a suggestion; download everything Ben Folds you can find. He is a genius and we are going to have a love child someday. Or atleast a nice handwave at one of his concerts.

This killed me.

You know you are from Memphis when:

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-Beale street is what you look forward to when you turn 21.

-You think it's stylish to put spinners on an '81 Buick Skylark

-You've had to explain to an out of towner while driving down I-40 that Bellevue Baptist is not an airport.

-Everything is Coke

-The 8 a.m. rush hour is from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The 5:00 p.m. rush hour is from 3:30p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.

-"Sir" and "Ma'am" are used by the person speaking to you if there's a remote possibility that you're at least 30 minutes older than they are.

-"Sugar" is a more common form of address than "Miss." So is "Honey," And don't be offended; it is used by both sexes.

-the falling of one raindrop causes all traffic to immediately come to a screeching halt. So will Daylight Savings Time, a girl applying eye shadow across the street, or a flat tire three lanes over. Should (God forbid) one snowflake fall in Memphis, all drivers on the roads immediately lose any ability to control a car. Or, if in a pickup truck or SUV, they will drive as though the roads are dry.

-Pedestrians in Memphis have the right-of-way.... but it is a driver's duty to take out the pedestrian when crossing the street.

- You understand what Makin Easy Money Pimpin Hoes In Style really stands for.

- You survived the Ice Storm of '94

-Even though it is the largest indoor arena in the region, there is no easy way to reach The Pyramid. You must drive under a series of interstate off-ramps and through the back of a concrete company in order to park. Once you reach the building, you must climb up dozens of steps, even if your seats are at floor level, which means you will be climbing back DOWN dozens of steps after entering the arena

- Radio rap is not real rap.
-Your scared of Germantown Cops

-You went to see the Nutcracker every year from elementary to middle school

-Your proud of the number one violent crime rate memphis holds. Because that means you survived living in Memphis.

-Rednecks or not, we still can kick your ass.

-you remember when construction on the main library had to stop for about 4 years because the architects didn't take into account the weight of the books.

-Our tap water is like your evian.

-Our mayor does drugs, how hardcore is that?

- The weather doesnt go with the season

- You just call the Mississippi "The River."

-All year long you look forward to May... because Musicfest is in May

-youve had to switch the thermostat from heat to airconditioning in the same day

-you know you can make it anywhere in memphis in "about 15 minutes"

- 201 poplar is one place you dont want to visit

- you have met one of the members in Three Six Mafia on the street

- everyone hates the mayor, yet somehow, we are still under the reign of King Willy

- you only have to drive 20 minutes to see the set of "Hustle & Flow"

-everybody thinks they are from the hood

-You've never been to Graceland.

-When you wait in line for 30 mins for Fast Food

-Remember the Mall of Murder

-If you head to walmart after a party while you are drunk at 5am "to get some things"

- if you call Wolf Chase "the old mall" and The Avenue Crossing "the new mall".

- if you know that c'ville high is the biggest drug hub ever.

- Orange Mound and Nutbush aren't things to be laughing about.

- University of Memphis is known as Tiger High.

-People think Republican means "White" and Democrat means "Black"

JOY. I MISS YOU THE MOST.

and to prove this,I will produce below a slideshow
extravaganza of old highschool photos
I spent 2 hours looking for in my room.

That is love.

who loves ya baby?