what i've been up to

1) Conquering mountains avec maman.




2) Celebrating my b-day with lilies from Nicole, cupcakes from Lauren and fruit stripes gum from Regina.



3) Driving to Norfolk, where I had the surreal experience of walking in the Christmas parade as a volunteer for The Virginian-Pilot, wrangling a giant dragon balloon and dodging horse poop. Weird, weird, weird. No pictures exist of this, but there is this video: Parade.



4) Christmas shopping. I saw this sing-a-long kareoke Elvis at The Sharper Image. Scary! I also wrote about my Black Friday exploits here

5) I've also been learning video editing from Miss Margaret. Remember when we shot a story about llamas? This is how it looked when she finished: Llama movie

I'm 23 today

When you grow up, your birthday is such a non-event (you can't skip work, everyone's busy, etc), that I literally woke up today and went, "oh! it's my birthday. I forgot!"

I have gotten some money though, and that's awesome. I'm supposed to have a birthday lunch with work people later, so that's good, too.

Hopefully I'll do more birthday-like things this weekend. 23 is a bad, odd number. I just like even numbers. Huzzah to 24!

beards!

forget all that other stuff. what i really need are prints of bearded men! huzzah!
available at Ashley G's etsy site: Etsy

birthday time! (and maybe Christmas ideas, too)

I have received a request for Web sites that I enjoy that could possibly yield birthday gift ideas for me. Here are some of my favorites that would be pretty safe no matter what someone bought (but I put pictures of some items I'd like):


Thomas Paul address book, $15, from See Jane Work
See Jane Work


Terrarium, $40 from Sprout Home
Sprout Home


French Flash Cards from Fred Flare, $14
Fred Flare


Zig zag throw pillow from Twinkle Living, $50
Twinkle Living


Thomas Paul pillow, $48 from Bluefly Home
Bluefly


Screenprinting kit, $64 from Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters


Scarf from J.Crew
J.Crew

Other sites I like:
Anthropologie
Paper Cup Design
Elsewares
Art Effect
The MOMA Store
Velocity Art and Design

thank god for youtube

speaking of things I never thought I would see again in my lifetime, here are three of my all-time favorite Sesame Street clips that my mom and I talk about all the time.