you can see them all here.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
advice to college freshmen
graduates of university college falmouth design these posters and give them as welcoming gifts to college freshmen upon enrollment.
you can see them all here.
you can see them all here.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
i have no idea why i do things like this
this morning i was a couple miles into my run when something on the street caught my eye. tuesday is trash day in costa mesa, so me running down the street and seeing sweet things that people leave out is a regular occurrence. however, until today, i have never once picked anything up and taken it back with me.
anyway, back to the story. i'm running down the sidewalk when i look over and see a 3x3 foot painting resting against a very full trash can. i ran up to it and realized that i had to take it home with me. i glanced down the street and estimated about 1 1/2 miles back to my apartment, and about 20 minutes to make it back and jump in the shower if i wanted to make it to work on time. this did not deter me: i had a mission, and i chose to accept it.
so, i picked up the painting and tucked it under my arm (the back facing the street so as to not draw more attention than i already would) and started a slow jog. try to picture this: me completely decked out in running gear (and sweaty from already completing several miles), a painting that is more than half my size tucked under my arm, 6:30ish in the morning, drizzling... jogging down the street. yeah. it was as ridiculous as it sounds.
well, i made it back with about 3 minutes to spare and only a few weird looks from people passing by on the street. i took it up to my room and now it is sitting against my closet.
i bet you're thinking that this painting must be pretty amazing for me to go through all that trouble. if you are in fact thinking this, then my friend, you are CORRECT! here is it, in all it's glory... i give you the sheriff pig:
my roommates and i are currently trying to figure out where this glorious piece of art should be hung. i voted for the living room where it would greet everyone as they walked in the door, but i think they are leaning towards the kitchen. we will see where he ends up.
anyway, back to the story. i'm running down the sidewalk when i look over and see a 3x3 foot painting resting against a very full trash can. i ran up to it and realized that i had to take it home with me. i glanced down the street and estimated about 1 1/2 miles back to my apartment, and about 20 minutes to make it back and jump in the shower if i wanted to make it to work on time. this did not deter me: i had a mission, and i chose to accept it.
so, i picked up the painting and tucked it under my arm (the back facing the street so as to not draw more attention than i already would) and started a slow jog. try to picture this: me completely decked out in running gear (and sweaty from already completing several miles), a painting that is more than half my size tucked under my arm, 6:30ish in the morning, drizzling... jogging down the street. yeah. it was as ridiculous as it sounds.
well, i made it back with about 3 minutes to spare and only a few weird looks from people passing by on the street. i took it up to my room and now it is sitting against my closet.
i bet you're thinking that this painting must be pretty amazing for me to go through all that trouble. if you are in fact thinking this, then my friend, you are CORRECT! here is it, in all it's glory... i give you the sheriff pig:
my roommates and i are currently trying to figure out where this glorious piece of art should be hung. i voted for the living room where it would greet everyone as they walked in the door, but i think they are leaning towards the kitchen. we will see where he ends up.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
1 year!
i just noticed that today is my 1 year anniversary of this blog. happy birthday to me!
p.s. i'm not turning into a craft blog, even though i am obsessed with them right now.
p.p.s. holy crap why is it so windy???
p.s. i'm not turning into a craft blog, even though i am obsessed with them right now.
p.p.s. holy crap why is it so windy???
start from scratch
there's no better time to be reborn.
--castledoor, "burn the maps"
my sister came over and hung out with me tonight. it had been awhile since just the two of us hung out, and we had a good time. for dessert we had vegetables!
"what? vegetables are not for dessert!"
this is where you are wrong, my friends. this is what we created:
i tweaked the recipe a bit (since i'm not vegan), and it was SO FREAKING TASTY.
my recipe looked a little more like this:
1-1 1/2 cups of a frozen mango, papaya, pineapple, and passion fruit mixture found at trader joe's (i'm not sure how much we used because i just filled the mini-food processor)
1 trader joe's individual serving size cup of apricot/mango non-fat yogurt (i don't know how big they are, but i think it's like half a cup?)
1 handful of spinach leaves
blend and serve!
they say you can't taste the spinach because of the other strong flavors, but i disagree. i could taste it, it just didn't taste bad. the spinach gave it a little more texture (the food processor was struggling and i was impatient so i didn't blend it as well as i could have), and it neutralized some of the tartness of the fruit. i think the yogurt in lieu of the water was also a good choice because it gave it a creamier texture, versus the icy texture i feel like the vegan way would have had. anyway, i think i will try more spinach next time and see how i feel about it. i didn't want to ruin it by putting too much in on the first try. anyway, its a good way to get much needed vitamins and nutrients and it is seriously delicious.
--castledoor, "burn the maps"
my sister came over and hung out with me tonight. it had been awhile since just the two of us hung out, and we had a good time. for dessert we had vegetables!
"what? vegetables are not for dessert!"
this is where you are wrong, my friends. this is what we created:
i tweaked the recipe a bit (since i'm not vegan), and it was SO FREAKING TASTY.
my recipe looked a little more like this:
1-1 1/2 cups of a frozen mango, papaya, pineapple, and passion fruit mixture found at trader joe's (i'm not sure how much we used because i just filled the mini-food processor)
1 trader joe's individual serving size cup of apricot/mango non-fat yogurt (i don't know how big they are, but i think it's like half a cup?)
1 handful of spinach leaves
blend and serve!
they say you can't taste the spinach because of the other strong flavors, but i disagree. i could taste it, it just didn't taste bad. the spinach gave it a little more texture (the food processor was struggling and i was impatient so i didn't blend it as well as i could have), and it neutralized some of the tartness of the fruit. i think the yogurt in lieu of the water was also a good choice because it gave it a creamier texture, versus the icy texture i feel like the vegan way would have had. anyway, i think i will try more spinach next time and see how i feel about it. i didn't want to ruin it by putting too much in on the first try. anyway, its a good way to get much needed vitamins and nutrients and it is seriously delicious.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
TIIDA!
please watch this. no... seriously.
to watch the video, wait for the page to load and then on the left side a little screen pops up that has a "play" symbol over it. it was confusing for me at first since the page is entirely in japanese or chinese or something...
okay so, the story behind this: my roommate emily's friend's nephew lives in taiwan and their baby apparently has an acting agent or something. anyway, he got his first gig in this commercial for a new japanese car called the tiida. at first i watched it and laughed at it in that "haha silly bizarre asian commercial" kind of way, until the end when the guy looks at his wife and says "tiida" and her chest swells up. i absolutely lost it at that point.
to watch the video, wait for the page to load and then on the left side a little screen pops up that has a "play" symbol over it. it was confusing for me at first since the page is entirely in japanese or chinese or something...
okay so, the story behind this: my roommate emily's friend's nephew lives in taiwan and their baby apparently has an acting agent or something. anyway, he got his first gig in this commercial for a new japanese car called the tiida. at first i watched it and laughed at it in that "haha silly bizarre asian commercial" kind of way, until the end when the guy looks at his wife and says "tiida" and her chest swells up. i absolutely lost it at that point.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
it would take 3.3 Earths to sustain my current lifestyle
this game has you answer questions about your lifestyle and then tells you how many earths it would take to sustain it if every person lived like you did. pretty interesting. transportation is what killed me, even in margot, my fuel efficient hybrid... i seriously miss taking public transportation everywhere.
either way, it got me thinking about stuff i never had before. i think a lot about ethics/nutrition when it comes to what i eat, but i never thought about the impact that the production of certain foods has on the earth. crazy. it has some good tips on easy ways to reduce consumption and live a more sustainable life. i highly recommend you chizzeck it out.
p.s. i love NPR
either way, it got me thinking about stuff i never had before. i think a lot about ethics/nutrition when it comes to what i eat, but i never thought about the impact that the production of certain foods has on the earth. crazy. it has some good tips on easy ways to reduce consumption and live a more sustainable life. i highly recommend you chizzeck it out.
p.s. i love NPR
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
speaking of taking action
earlier tonight i re-registered in the state of california as an independent. that's right, my friends, i have officially renounced my republican party affiliation. now i can vote in the primaries for the democratic candidates! now i can officially take a neutral stance in heated political arguments that arise at the dinner table! now when you see me, just yell out a political issue and i'll give you the most ambiguous response you've ever heard!
........but hells yeah i'm voting for Obama! and not just because he is from chicago.
........but hells yeah i'm voting for Obama! and not just because he is from chicago.
ouch.
so, i've had a bit of a sleeping problem recently. i go to bed and then lay awake for hours. tonight i was so tired at 9:30 that i thought nothing could keep me awake... but here i am, an two hours later, blogging. anyway...
i was thinking about how i have to give my testimony in a few weeks, and how i haven't given my testimony in years-- probably since i went on my first mexico missions trip my sophomore year in high school. as i began thinking about my "journey through faith," i thought about how awful my papers must've been in high school, ranting and raving in ignorance about things i will never really understand this side of heaven (*cough*homosexuality*cough*). i thought i had some of these papers saved somewhere, but alas, i couldn't find them on delilah. i might have them buried on CDs in a drawer at my parents' house, the few remnants left of my huge early 90's tank of a computer, but until then i will just have to be content to remember (or forget) my ignorance and be thankful about the fact that it is impossible to have those particular thoughts reproduced.
well anyway, the point of all this, is i decided to read some of what i wrote my first few semesters at wheaton. because i'm mildly OCD about organizing files on my computer, my papers and notes were all neatly arranged for easy navigating! i started flipping through various classes from different semesters and quads and professors and i stumbled upon my CS Lewis class by Dr. Jerry Root. let the record state: i love that man dearly. he has been so crucial in my spiritual development in ways that i dont think he or i could ever really understand. i know its a wheaton cliche to love jerry (and i do love cliches), but for real, he is loved by everyone for a reason. he's fricken awesome! but i digress.
basically, this class was once a week for 16 weeks, and i read 9 (10?) CS lewis books. thats a whole lot of the lew in a short amount of time. me and clive were like this (you can't see my fingers, but they are crossed). we had to write one page reflection papers on each of the books we read, and i just looked at one that is particularly relevant to my life in general. and now we come to the part of the story that actually has a point:
in The Screwtape Letters, Lewis takes the position of a demon named Screwtape that is writing letters to his nephew, Wormwood, a new demon that is learning all the tricks about being a demon and how to keep people from growing in Christ. wormwood's project is a new christian, and one of the things that screwtape says to wormwood is "As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance…The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel” (p.66-67). yeah. ouch. how often do i do that? i am full of all kinds of fun facts about the city and the poor and materialism and loving people. however, i am content with those facts. i like thinking about these ideas and pretending that i am so awesome at living them out, but the truth is, i fall into this trap time and time again. time for a flashback:
"i sat there above the city wondering if I was like the parrot in Lewis's poem, swinging in my cage, reciting Homer, all the while having no idea what I was saying. I talk about love, forgiveness, social justice; I rage against American materialism in the name of altruism, but have i even controlled my own heart? the overwhelming majority of the time i spend thinking about myself, pleasing myself, reassuring myself, and when i am done there is nothing to spare for the needy. six billion people live in this world, and i can only muster thoughts for one. me."
-Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
all this to say, i probably will still walk around with a head full of interesting facts to spout off (like the fact that irvine has 55,500 trees). however, it is good to be reminded that while i want to raise awareness about these things, i need to be conscious of my own heart.
i was thinking about how i have to give my testimony in a few weeks, and how i haven't given my testimony in years-- probably since i went on my first mexico missions trip my sophomore year in high school. as i began thinking about my "journey through faith," i thought about how awful my papers must've been in high school, ranting and raving in ignorance about things i will never really understand this side of heaven (*cough*homosexuality*cough*). i thought i had some of these papers saved somewhere, but alas, i couldn't find them on delilah. i might have them buried on CDs in a drawer at my parents' house, the few remnants left of my huge early 90's tank of a computer, but until then i will just have to be content to remember (or forget) my ignorance and be thankful about the fact that it is impossible to have those particular thoughts reproduced.
well anyway, the point of all this, is i decided to read some of what i wrote my first few semesters at wheaton. because i'm mildly OCD about organizing files on my computer, my papers and notes were all neatly arranged for easy navigating! i started flipping through various classes from different semesters and quads and professors and i stumbled upon my CS Lewis class by Dr. Jerry Root. let the record state: i love that man dearly. he has been so crucial in my spiritual development in ways that i dont think he or i could ever really understand. i know its a wheaton cliche to love jerry (and i do love cliches), but for real, he is loved by everyone for a reason. he's fricken awesome! but i digress.
basically, this class was once a week for 16 weeks, and i read 9 (10?) CS lewis books. thats a whole lot of the lew in a short amount of time. me and clive were like this (you can't see my fingers, but they are crossed). we had to write one page reflection papers on each of the books we read, and i just looked at one that is particularly relevant to my life in general. and now we come to the part of the story that actually has a point:
in The Screwtape Letters, Lewis takes the position of a demon named Screwtape that is writing letters to his nephew, Wormwood, a new demon that is learning all the tricks about being a demon and how to keep people from growing in Christ. wormwood's project is a new christian, and one of the things that screwtape says to wormwood is "As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance…The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel” (p.66-67). yeah. ouch. how often do i do that? i am full of all kinds of fun facts about the city and the poor and materialism and loving people. however, i am content with those facts. i like thinking about these ideas and pretending that i am so awesome at living them out, but the truth is, i fall into this trap time and time again. time for a flashback:
"i sat there above the city wondering if I was like the parrot in Lewis's poem, swinging in my cage, reciting Homer, all the while having no idea what I was saying. I talk about love, forgiveness, social justice; I rage against American materialism in the name of altruism, but have i even controlled my own heart? the overwhelming majority of the time i spend thinking about myself, pleasing myself, reassuring myself, and when i am done there is nothing to spare for the needy. six billion people live in this world, and i can only muster thoughts for one. me."
-Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
all this to say, i probably will still walk around with a head full of interesting facts to spout off (like the fact that irvine has 55,500 trees). however, it is good to be reminded that while i want to raise awareness about these things, i need to be conscious of my own heart.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
netgranny
for people like me, who never had the experience of sweet grandparents to do things like buy you candy and knit you socks... this website is for you. netgranny. choose your favorite swiss grandma and within a few weeks you have your very own pair of knitted socks at your doorstep.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
leave the wine glass out
a haiku about my day:
mikkele felt sick so
she left work early and came
home to a gas leak
when i came home and found the apartment full of gas i decided to go for my run that didn't happen this morning before work due to my recent case of insomnia. i came up with haikus as i ran. i'm not very good at them, but i guess there is only one way to get better...
this is my favorite of today's OC register's "day in photos"
i like it because it looks like the horse is smiling at me.
edit:
can we please take a second to stand and appreciate the fact that obama killed clinton in the iowa caucus?
mikkele felt sick so
she left work early and came
home to a gas leak
when i came home and found the apartment full of gas i decided to go for my run that didn't happen this morning before work due to my recent case of insomnia. i came up with haikus as i ran. i'm not very good at them, but i guess there is only one way to get better...
this is my favorite of today's OC register's "day in photos"
i like it because it looks like the horse is smiling at me.
edit:
can we please take a second to stand and appreciate the fact that obama killed clinton in the iowa caucus?
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
personals from nonpersons
Tedious recounting of last night's nonsensical dream seeks potential suitor on first date for obliteration of second-date possibility.
Toyota Prius seeks irritating pseudoenvironmentalist for smug attitude and poorly informed dinner-party rant on Middle Eastern oil politics.
mcsweeney's.
Toyota Prius seeks irritating pseudoenvironmentalist for smug attitude and poorly informed dinner-party rant on Middle Eastern oil politics.
mcsweeney's.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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