another tattoo idea i'll never get: "gentle" written in script on the meat of my thumb.

Mom: Did we get the dogs anything for Christmas?
Me: No...they are dogs.
Mom: Are you looking at pictures of naked men?
Me: What?! No!

I'm drooling over the Canon EOS 7D. If anyone would like to replace my deceased Canon Powershot Pro1 with this mouthwatering photograph artisan tool, I'd be forever indebted. And you'd be entrusting me with the equipment to further cultivate my National Geographic career.

The happy ending in Scrooge makes me cry every single time.

Holidays, happy ...

while waiting on the first batch of ice cream to churn (i'm making three batches), i wanted to get down my thoughts on coco avant chanel.
( under cut for some spoilers, just in case you haven't seen it )

It has been a while since I posted in here, but I thought I'd link to some of my latest blog entries and share a few photos.

Free gift tags + facebook!

Holiday wish list

Life update

Coffee coffee coffee

Photo update!

A little positive note 

WIWT + a mini Things I love Thursday

Mail, ornaments and randomness!

Things I love Thursday







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the finished cushion cover. it was quite an undertaking. it's a lot of work to put the rows of squares together. i know that i could've crocheted them together as i went along crocheting each square, but that leaves gaps in between the squares and i wanted them uniform since they would be stretched over a cushion. and they are stretched. i could've made the cover a bit bigger, but was stubborn and forced the cushion to fit.

cannot embed but SATC2 TRAILER FUCK YES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQ5yRFkBnE

EL RIO, Ventura County -- Someone shot "Squeekers" the cat in the leg and authorities want to find out who pulled the trigger and why.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help to find out who shot the cat with a lead pellet. The pet's injury was so severe, Squeeker's limb had to be amputated.

Squeekers' family contacted the sheriff's department after discovering the wound on December 16.

"Not only has this incident caused extreme grief to the family, but it has resulted in expensive veterinary bills as well," sheriff's officials said in a statement. They noted that shooting the animal is a felony under state law.

Anyone with information is asked to call Ventura County Det. Christine Rettura at (805) 662-6770 or the anonymous Crime Stoppers number at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-squeekers-the-cat,0,7490904.story

I saw this on the news and started crying. Then I held my cat and cursed the human race once more.

good wednesday morning. shit son, this man is so freaking hot. look at his gothic might. LOOK AT IT.

West says the school inadequately prepares students for the black seas of infinity.

"Tasteful or garish, simple or ostentatious, weddings today are the first chance a couple gets to announce to the world their chosen joint identity. Couples are preoccupied with getting each detail right because they are struggling to reflect the uniqueness of their relationship—and the hope that it will be strengthened, rather than undermined, by their individual identities and ambitions."

-from 'psychology today'

"the concepts of community, ritual, identity, and meaning... Because material culture plays a particularly important role in weddings examples of ritual, food, clothing, and objects are given special attention."

-from "Wedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz"


exactly what i was looking for!

but i would love to hear from you guys more; is all this spending traditional-culturally driven? or is it something from the 1950s consumer-driven culture that we all still cling to?

VACATION HIATUS: heading out the door with simon's parents to go to the airport. after the entire day of travelling, we will land safely in guadalajara, mexico at 10 tonight. wish me luck! i'll come back a year older, in a different year, and with my love by my side again. i'll be sure to share loads of photos and stories upon my return! happy holidays.

hey y'all

just a heads up that i'm gonna do a friends cut on here in a few days, hopefully shortly preceding a decent post. things have been crizazy busy lately. you obviously don't need to say you want to stay on here if we are good friends or have talked a bunch, but i know there's quite a few of you who i don't really know too much. if you fit that later category & would like to stay on board here, gimme a shout & something about u. ok? ok

i hope you're all having a good christmasy season!
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i finished my crochet square cushion cover but haven't taken any photos yet because today was fairly craptacular.

z bought a flip hd he found on sale. as soon as i saw how good the quality was on it i immediately want one now. until i get my own he knows that i MUST borrow his.

i've a fat cat laying at my feet - on the crochet blanket of course. i may work on making her a little blanket soon. my hand has been hurting horribly, so i need to take a break. finished a bowl of blueberries and half a sleeve of saltines. time to finish watching coco avant chanel.

So if you remember back in the day I was seriously contemplating dreading up my hair. I can't say I'm still not completely opposed on the idea, but I've decided to at least wait until I give modeling a good solid effort. If that doesn't happen then I'm dreading it up shortly afterwards.

In the meantime a month or two ago I had a friend start a dread in my hair. It's starting to get super solid and look beautiful. I love how perfect the texture of my hair is for dreads. The little secret on my dread progression is the fact that only half of it is actually attached to my head. Intrigued? You should be.

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