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Posted: April 17, 2012 Filed under: heart Leave a comment »hmmm. i haven’t blogged in quite some time. been real busy moving, working, mostly moving. what a pain in the ass it can be. ry and i calculated how many moves we have each done and combined them for the ridiculous number of 42 i think. so stupid. i’m feeling snarky today so forgive me if you take offense to my first post/re blog in over a month. i think it’s kinda funny.
- a place for disillusioned women to store their future wedding plans despite not being engaged. their boyfriends have been overseas for the majority of the relationship. they think they’re in love, and may be, but the first time they spend 7 straight days with each other they’ll realize it’s all a failure that was held together by distance and masturbation.
- people Google this about 4 minutes into trying to set up their router and about 25 minutes before throwing their router at a wall in anger.
- this girl is pretty and she shoots things and then there are two guys and Miley Cyrus is banging one of them.
- baby, don’t hurt me. also: brain chemicals, hormones, the desperation to not die alone.
- the new Choking Game in high schools.
- not yours.
- something that was immediately ironically adapted by Internet-types, hipsters and the people in between.
- an ingredient that is in everything good. its prime attribute is “delicious”.
- Old Navy’s first weekend of the summer.
- see two, but more violent.
big game BS
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: action sequence, heart Leave a comment »sometimes when i think about all the sickening, unnecessary events that occur in our world on a daily basis i feel helpless… what can i do? lil ol’ me. i try to recycle, buy organic, shop local, abstain from purchasing products that are harmful to the environment and products where animals and humans were harmed in their making. but i’m not an idiot. it’s a full time job to try and live as clean as you can, both physically, emotionally, and FINANCIALLY. and i’m not perfect, most of us are not. i believe most of my family and closest friends, myself included have good intentions. i’ll admit i like meat. i’m also on the fence about peta. again, their intentions are admirable, sometimes bordering on extreme but i get it. i’m starting to feel like this post is steering towards ridiculous- there are so many things to complain about in the world and many to celebrate, yet i can’t help but feel a wee bit hypocritical when writing posts like this. i’m no saint. i do bad things. but i’ll truck along and get to my point. bottom line, it’s shit (yes, crazy, ridiculous, uncalled for SHIT) like this that makes me want to scream at humanity WTF!??!?!?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump-hunting_n_1344998.html
i’ve read a couple of articles defending the trump brother’s pre-planned hunting safari as a means to feed a whole village, etc. etc. but it doesn’t add up to me. if it costs nearly $50,000 to spend a weekend slaughtering precious wild animals then throw back a gin and tonic as the sun goes down, why not donate that money to charity and save the slaughtering for your golf game? grrrrrrrr hissssssss grossssssss. again, i’m not here on my teeny tiny soap box to change the world. i understand hunting can be necessary and a means of survival for many. but rich trust fund babies supporting companies looking to turn a profit on the “hunting” and killing of elephants, leopards, even rhinos blows big time. this was just so disturbing to me and after obsessively browsing the inteweb and reading more and more about what a crock of (there’s that word again) shit this is, i can’t help but get my feelings out. it all just seems like such a waste, all for the sake of fun? i’m including a link to peta’s page about why big game hunting can be detrimental to our eco-system.
http://www.peta.org/issues/wildlife/why-sport-hunting-is-cruel-and-unnecessary.aspx
again, extreme measures and worst case scenarios coming from peta, but their article touches on a few good points. there is a bit of gray area in regards to controlling populations of species, deer in particular. and i’ll reiterate, i understand the need for animal control in an ecological and responsible manner. but this, elephants?
really, truly breaks my heart.
gimmeeee
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: heart Leave a comment »if it were?/was? (my grammar ain’t that good) kosher to keep owls as domesticated pets, i’d be hoarding them in my closet.
Afternoon delight
Posted: March 9, 2012 Filed under: heart Leave a comment »
Nothing beats getting an unexpected postal surprise from the sweetest cookie I know. Hand made beanie, fingerless gloves, and a token from a Mexican adventure. Thank you RadKnitta for warming my heart (and head and hands).
p.s. apparently i’m sprouting a whisk out of my brain. no big deal.
11:32 pm
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: action sequence Leave a comment »molls:
“she ate him”
the most popular google search result for “what happened to adele and her ex-boyfriend?”
really mean, you guys. really funny and really mean.
february came
Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: fam, heart 1 Comment »the bad news? i lost my new job. the good news? i’m happier than I’ve ever been. strange how those things work out sometimes. it helps that there is already an onslaught of new job opportunities on the horizon and i think that only validates that i made the right decision in leaving. i’ve actually slept through the night this past weekend and my furrowed brow is easing in tension. my boat has been off course the past year, speaking metaphorically about career choices and life changes. but it’s not scary- perhaps a little humbling, but deep down i know it’s all ok. i am healthy, surrounded by wonderful people who bring so much joy and support into my life. if i could live on that alone, i’d die a happy old, old lady. and every day the sun stays out a little longer with the promise of a beautiful spring and an adventure filled summer. there is family to be visited in the coming months, art to be made, farmer’s markets to be visited, and a backyard filled with mountains and trees and rivers and lakes to be enjoyed. oh, this is totally turning into a mooshy gooey post but i don’t care. it’s just always such a joy to take something that is seemingly negative and discouraging and find the good in it. keep calm and carry on.
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- uncle and niece
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- gracie only drools for kara. it’s no secret she likes her best.
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- eva presenting the birthday pie yum
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- sweetest bean i know
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- this may have been ry’s favorite bday present- patty and her (first) gun shot ever
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- sharp shootin’ kara
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- i built ry a fort for valentine’s day and supplied wings and french fries. smiles all around.
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- warm and cozy- thanks moira!
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- valentine moosh
just because
Posted: February 12, 2012 Filed under: heart Leave a comment »there is always beauty to be found, even in the grips of a brown and slushy february.
a new pair of moccasins from the one you love
daffodils for the one you love
printmaking presents from dear friends
laceylynn anderson
morning snowfall out your bedroom window
the view from your office at 8am
a (first time) cribbage win smack down
(of course i saved the best for last.)
wishing you all a week of happie’s and love.
story time
Posted: February 12, 2012 Filed under: action sequence, neat-o Leave a comment »
i had heard about this project some time back, in passing late night conversation with a stranger i shared a cab with in portland. we were both lamenting over the lost art of film photography and our awkward stranger chit chat stumbled into a ten minute reminiscing about the days of the yellow kodak disposable camera. long story short- he told me to check out this project but upon waking up the next morning in a foggy haze i had forgotten all about it. this afternoon, two and a half years later, i remembered while driving home. there next to me at the stop light was a little girl pointing her yellow plastic kodak camera at me. i smiled back of course.
www.disposablememoryproject.org
*for any of my santa barbara friends out there, check out camera #114. some familiar places and faces to be seen.
it’s a simple sort of project but a quote from its creator matthew knight sums it up perfectly. and loverly.
“Most importantly, the majority of people on our planet are lovely, wonderful and interesting human beings, and capturing even only the smallest portions of their life is, for me, endlessly inspiring and fascinating.”
