I love the idea of guerrilla gardening. Some of my favorite places around here are the abandoned lots.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
dreamhouse
Everyone has an idea of what their dream house would be like-- but mine is less of a single house and more like a collection of individual rooms that could be picked up and moved at the drop of a hat. Especially if they have odd planes and no white walls.
*picture off of Ink+Wit
favorite things right now
Grapefruit ade-- about a cup of really strong pink grapefruit, about a half cup of sugar, and about two or three cups of water, chilled
Everyday Minerals Spring Collection-- the eyeliner is amazing, and the colors go fantastically well together, and even after I get sweaty on the way into work and the colors all blurrs out, the shimmer stays
Inkdeath -- book three of the series, which I just started reading for review
Productive Geek -- because I'm still not as productive and prolific as I want to be
The upcoming Chrome OS-- I'm plotting and planning about whether I can get a new desktop after my financial aid payback so I can turn this one into a Chrome machine
FetchMp3-- It downloads the songs in online videos!
TinyHacker-- daily tips and tricks to make computers more fun and easier to use.
This bluegrass version of the Indie-fav Young Folks
This Indie cover of MIA's Paper Planes
Everyday Minerals Spring Collection-- the eyeliner is amazing, and the colors go fantastically well together, and even after I get sweaty on the way into work and the colors all blurrs out, the shimmer stays
Inkdeath -- book three of the series, which I just started reading for review
Productive Geek -- because I'm still not as productive and prolific as I want to be
The upcoming Chrome OS-- I'm plotting and planning about whether I can get a new desktop after my financial aid payback so I can turn this one into a Chrome machine
FetchMp3-- It downloads the songs in online videos!
TinyHacker-- daily tips and tricks to make computers more fun and easier to use.
This bluegrass version of the Indie-fav Young Folks
This Indie cover of MIA's Paper Planes
link: Twelve absolute must-have Google Chrome plugins | freewaregenius.com
Twelve absolute must-have Google Chrome plugins | freewaregenius.com
This is awesome. I needs must upgrade my computer so these things will work on it...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
shonagonisms: times when I feel decadent
When I'm lotioning up my whole body with some new and lush-smelling lotion, and everything looks smooth and tight and better than ever while I do it
When I'm painting my nails
When I'm wearing expensive perfume and putting on my makeup
When I get to wear heels for no other reason than because I wanted to, even if I'm just going to the grocery store
When I'm eating perfectly fresh seasonal fruit and Greek yogurt
When I'm eating dense, rich European desserts at a table outside in the sun
When I drink wine in the afternoon
When I put on new clothes for the first time
When I'm lounging in bed, reading a trashy novel and eating chocolate
When the roses are blooming and I can bring them inside and leave the petals all over everything, including the bed and the cat
When I get to write racy scenes for my characters
When I'm painting my nails
When I'm wearing expensive perfume and putting on my makeup
When I get to wear heels for no other reason than because I wanted to, even if I'm just going to the grocery store
When I'm eating perfectly fresh seasonal fruit and Greek yogurt
When I'm eating dense, rich European desserts at a table outside in the sun
When I drink wine in the afternoon
When I put on new clothes for the first time
When I'm lounging in bed, reading a trashy novel and eating chocolate
When the roses are blooming and I can bring them inside and leave the petals all over everything, including the bed and the cat
When I get to write racy scenes for my characters
Monday, May 17, 2010
restless again
I'm getting to the point in this going-back-to-school thing where I just want to get there and get going already. I want to skip the part where I spend time writing this semester's project, skip the part where I wait on financial aid, skip the part where I buy plane tickets, and just get this show on the road. There are too many worries at this point. What if financial aid falls through? What if I buy the tickets and then can't go? What if I get there and I'm ludicrously underqualified*? What if I get lost and miss something vital? What if I can't figure out what to do with my story? What if the classes that are all online require me to be present at a specific time and our internet messes up again? What if I can't work because I have to school? What if the financial aid reimbursement doesn't include enough to live off? What if what if what if?
But I know that I can get past all that jazz if I can just get there. Once I'm through security, everything will be fine, because that's where I'm supposed to be-- the inner sanctums of airports are where my clearest early memories are, and they feel like home and I feel like myself the way I only do once in a very long while in this boring and frustrating normal life.
See, I have my Plan. And that plan involves not working food or retail. It involves having a much more flexible schedule and a much better income so that the schedule can afford to be flexible. It involves travel-- both for pleasure to see friends and family and for business, going to conferences and expos and conventions. It involves collecting degrees and getting solid jobs in sectors I want to be in-- which would be editing or Library Science / Archiving, or both-- and it means never having to have more to do with this particular service-industry sector than I want to, ever again. And it feels like going to school is a good way to get this going. I'm going mostly because I want to meet people who can help me and because I want to learn things that will help me help myself. I need out before the frustrations eats me up.
* I'm used to being somewhere near the top of the writing classes I've taken without really trying that hard. I don't know why, but structure never seemed to be much of a problem, and all through undergrad I was writing pretty polished stuff that usually didn't require much alteration. But what if grad school is different? I'll be in school with people who are all at the top of their undergrad classes, and what if I'm too rusty, what if I've lost it? It would be mortifying: this is all I've ever really wanted to do, and definitely all that I feel qualified to do.
But I know that I can get past all that jazz if I can just get there. Once I'm through security, everything will be fine, because that's where I'm supposed to be-- the inner sanctums of airports are where my clearest early memories are, and they feel like home and I feel like myself the way I only do once in a very long while in this boring and frustrating normal life.
See, I have my Plan. And that plan involves not working food or retail. It involves having a much more flexible schedule and a much better income so that the schedule can afford to be flexible. It involves travel-- both for pleasure to see friends and family and for business, going to conferences and expos and conventions. It involves collecting degrees and getting solid jobs in sectors I want to be in-- which would be editing or Library Science / Archiving, or both-- and it means never having to have more to do with this particular service-industry sector than I want to, ever again. And it feels like going to school is a good way to get this going. I'm going mostly because I want to meet people who can help me and because I want to learn things that will help me help myself. I need out before the frustrations eats me up.
* I'm used to being somewhere near the top of the writing classes I've taken without really trying that hard. I don't know why, but structure never seemed to be much of a problem, and all through undergrad I was writing pretty polished stuff that usually didn't require much alteration. But what if grad school is different? I'll be in school with people who are all at the top of their undergrad classes, and what if I'm too rusty, what if I've lost it? It would be mortifying: this is all I've ever really wanted to do, and definitely all that I feel qualified to do.
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