This is where I was last week:
I had such am amazing time, I am afraid I can't even begin to explain. <3
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Girly Survey!
Is it cute when guys kiss you on your forehead?
I looooove that. :)
A big poofy dress or a short party dress?
Mmm, short party dress!
Group dates or single dates?
I haven't really done much of either, but I would think single date.
Do you hate it when guys act different around their friends?
I have never hung out with guys who do that. It sounds fucking obnoxious, though!
Are diamonds a girl's best friend?
Not mine.
Is your hair up or down today?
Down and deeply parted on the left.
Do you straighten your hair?
Nah, I like it waaaaaaaaavy.
Favorite mascara?
Maybelline Full ‘N Soft in very black. I have tried many others, but I always come back to this one. For me it's more about the wand than the product.
Do you get your nails done?
Not usually, but I'm going tomorrow morning to get a haircut, manicure and pedicure. Woo!
Small or large purses?
I like *all* kinds. :D
In your purse, what are your must haves?
Wallet, phone, keys, lip gloss, a pen, gloves, sunglasses.
Jeans or sweats?
Jeans. The closest thing I have to sweats are a couple of old pairs of yoga pants that I sometimes wear when I'm sick or out of clean pajamas.
Do you wear clothes/shoes/jewelry that's uncomfortable?
Not usually, I really need to feel comfortable to enjoy myself, being too aware of what I'm wearing makes me feel kind of uptight. Luckily for me, I am comfortable in a lot of things that a lot of people perceive as otherwise. If I had to choose between being totally comfy but slobby or feeling uncomfortable but stylish, style will always win. Nothing feels worse than feeling slobby.
Do you text message a lot?
Not really....
What would you do if you got pregnant?
I'd be pretty damn irate. One is plenty, thanks. :)
What's your favorite color?
Right now, shiny black, soft dove gray, and creamy winter white. But that will change by tomorrow, because I love them all.
Heels or flats?
I like them all, but flats suit my lifestyle better, with the not driving and the 6-7 months of winter. I wish I could wear heels more!
Did you ever cry during a romantic movie?
Oh sure.
Would you ever leave the house without make-up on?
Sure, but I prefer a little something, and I keep it very light.
Walmart or Target?
Walmart is good for a lot of things, but Target is much more fun.
Do you wear collared shirts?
No, they look so weird on me! I am very well suited for v-necks, cowl necks, and some square necks.
Do you like preppy boys?
No.
Do you think lip gloss is the best!?
The best what? Makeup item for my lips? Yes, definitely. For anything else? not so much.
Do you own any big sunglasses?
I don't do small glasses! Yes they are very trendy. They are also the best suited for my face. :) They may be different shapes {I have almond shaped tortoise Jackie-O ones, squarish 70's-sophisticate ones in translucent lilac with gray lenses, and big, round, candy red ones with black lenses} but they all suit me really well.
How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
I can be ready to go in about 15 minutes. If I'm going out I take an hour.
Do you like to wear band-aids?
In high school I was nuts about kids band-aids. I especially loved the Sesame Street ones I had that were pastel. They were so cute. I used to wear cheap plastic baby barrettes and chunky pastel coloured safety pins {meant for diapers} as brooches. I had a butter yellow or baby blue one on just about every coat and purse I had in the mid-late 90's.
Do you like skater boys?
Not anymore, no.
Do you often wish there was something you could change?
Sometimes.
Gold or silver?
Silver.
Do you like to receive flowers?
I love it!
Do you like surfer boys?
Nah.
Do you dress up for the holidays?
Like holiday themes? No.
Do you like to wear dresses?
I loooooooove dresses. I always laugh when people say anything about them being uncomfortable. To me it's like getting away with wearing your pajamas in public. Now pants, with all those seams? That's a lot more uncomfortable.
On a scale of 1-10 how much do guys confuse you?
3 or 4, maybe sometimes 5.
In the last 48 hourshave you hung out with a guy?
I am hanging out with the Mister right now!
Would you date a guy shorter than you?
I doubt it.
Do you like to hold hands?
Yes please!
What is the youngest you would date?
18, for obvious reasons.
What is the oldest you woulddate?
I'm going to say 60, but you never know.
What do you notice when you firstmeet a guy?
S t y l e . {Oh god yes, I had to leave that answer as I found it!}
Is it hot when guys sweat?
It does nothing for me.
What is the best feature in a guy?
Getting it.
Do you like making eye contact?
I make a lot of eye contact with people unless I want them to go away.
Would you kill for chocolate?
Meh.
Did you ever spend all day/night getting pretty for a guy?
No.
On a scale from 1-10 how fun is shopping?
10!
Do you freakout if you miss your favorite show?
Nah, it's almost always available online.
Do you yell a lot?
Nope.
Do you wear sweatpants/pajamas to school/work?
NO. WHY do people do this?? Are you honestly telling me you can't find any pants that are that comfortable and still, you know... PANTS? Ugh!
Have you ever dressed unlike yourself to impress a guy?
That's just not going to happen.
Do you writea lot of mushy love poems?
There was a couple of years in high school, 9th and 10th grade mostly, where I was sitting in cafes and in my room filling journals.
What makeup could you not live w/out?
In Alaska, blush.
Do you fall in love easily?
Yes.
Do you have cramps?
Not right now, but thanks for asking.
Do you think you have the bestest friend ever?
He's pretty much the bestest, yes.
- - - - - - -
What is your salad dressing of choice?
Bleu cheese.
What is your favourite sit-down restaurant?
I have so many!
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Kids cereal.
What are your pizza toppings of choice?
Pepperoni.
What do you like to put on your toast?
Butter.
*TECHNOLOGY*
What is your wallpaper on your computer?
Rainbow stripes.
How many televisions are in your house?
Two.
What color cell phone do you have?
Black.
*BIOLOGY*
Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right.
Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Teeth, small bits of flesh, a baby.
What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Enid. Heh.
Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
Nope.
*BULLCRAPOLOGY*
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
No.
If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I like Astrid, Marisol, Moira, Olive, and Lottie. Any of those would suit me better than Kirstin, IMO.
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
Maybe. :)
*DUMBOLOGY*
How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
Two: one old pair in turquoise that I sometimes wear around the house or to grab the mail, and one new pair in *g*o*l*d* for the cruise! Haha!
Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
Uhh.. *whistles*
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Balanced.
Last person you talked to?
Colinito!
Last person you hugged?
Yep.
*FAVORITOLOGY*
Season?
Fall!
Holiday?
Valentine's Day.
Day of the week?
Mondays, right after I worked all weekend. I sit around pretty much all day on Mondays drinking coffee and chilling.
Month?
No preference.
*CURRENTOLOGY*
Missing someone?
Nah.
Mood?
Unbelieving {I will be on a plane two days from right now, and that doesn't feel real yet}
Listening to?
Home movies on teevee! {Oh Brendan Small, tee!}
Watching?
Myself type.
Worrying about?
Getting a haircut right before a vacation!
*RANDOMOLOGY*
First place you went this morning?
Walked with Enid to meet her school bus.
What can you not wait to do?
Hit the pillow.
What's the last movie you saw?
We watched Hancock last night. It was a lot different than I expected. I was very pleasantly surprised, and I had good expectations.
Do you smile often?
Yeah.
What is essential for your happiness?
Love, Music, coffee, personal expression, liberty.
What clothes are you wearing at the moment?
Black cotton romper with white lace.
What games did you recently finish?
I'm not into games at all.
What is your favourite scent?
Armani Code, SJP Covet, gardenia, apricot.
What books are you reading at the moment?
Nothing.
What do you drink the most?
Water.
Do you trust easily?
No. I am somewhat cynical, but it doesn't get me down, I just feel more realistic. I was too trusting when I was younger.
Who was your first big crush?
Indiana Jones. <3
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer.
Do you have a good body-image?
I think so, yeah.
Do you have an LJ crush?
Nah.
What websites do you visit daily?
MySpace, The Marcy Playground BB, Flickr, Twitter, Tribe.
Random pet peeve?
Line cutters.
What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
"Bad Things" by Jace Everett.
What's your favourite item of clothing?
Right now it's my two new pairs of boots! <3
What's better: to give or to receive?
I like to give presents.
What's the book you've read most times?
Either "Generation X" by Douglas Coupland or "Still Life with Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins.
Is there anything you want so bad right now?
More time.
What should you be doing right now?
Going to sleep.
{Via the ever-lovely Gala Darling}
I looooove that. :)
A big poofy dress or a short party dress?
Mmm, short party dress!
Group dates or single dates?
I haven't really done much of either, but I would think single date.
Do you hate it when guys act different around their friends?
I have never hung out with guys who do that. It sounds fucking obnoxious, though!
Are diamonds a girl's best friend?
Not mine.
Is your hair up or down today?
Down and deeply parted on the left.
Do you straighten your hair?
Nah, I like it waaaaaaaaavy.
Favorite mascara?
Maybelline Full ‘N Soft in very black. I have tried many others, but I always come back to this one. For me it's more about the wand than the product.
Do you get your nails done?
Not usually, but I'm going tomorrow morning to get a haircut, manicure and pedicure. Woo!
Small or large purses?
I like *all* kinds. :D
In your purse, what are your must haves?
Wallet, phone, keys, lip gloss, a pen, gloves, sunglasses.
Jeans or sweats?
Jeans. The closest thing I have to sweats are a couple of old pairs of yoga pants that I sometimes wear when I'm sick or out of clean pajamas.
Do you wear clothes/shoes/jewelry that's uncomfortable?
Not usually, I really need to feel comfortable to enjoy myself, being too aware of what I'm wearing makes me feel kind of uptight. Luckily for me, I am comfortable in a lot of things that a lot of people perceive as otherwise. If I had to choose between being totally comfy but slobby or feeling uncomfortable but stylish, style will always win. Nothing feels worse than feeling slobby.
Do you text message a lot?
Not really....
What would you do if you got pregnant?
I'd be pretty damn irate. One is plenty, thanks. :)
What's your favorite color?
Right now, shiny black, soft dove gray, and creamy winter white. But that will change by tomorrow, because I love them all.
Heels or flats?
I like them all, but flats suit my lifestyle better, with the not driving and the 6-7 months of winter. I wish I could wear heels more!
Did you ever cry during a romantic movie?
Oh sure.
Would you ever leave the house without make-up on?
Sure, but I prefer a little something, and I keep it very light.
Walmart or Target?
Walmart is good for a lot of things, but Target is much more fun.
Do you wear collared shirts?
No, they look so weird on me! I am very well suited for v-necks, cowl necks, and some square necks.
Do you like preppy boys?
No.
Do you think lip gloss is the best!?
The best what? Makeup item for my lips? Yes, definitely. For anything else? not so much.
Do you own any big sunglasses?
I don't do small glasses! Yes they are very trendy. They are also the best suited for my face. :) They may be different shapes {I have almond shaped tortoise Jackie-O ones, squarish 70's-sophisticate ones in translucent lilac with gray lenses, and big, round, candy red ones with black lenses} but they all suit me really well.
How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
I can be ready to go in about 15 minutes. If I'm going out I take an hour.
Do you like to wear band-aids?
In high school I was nuts about kids band-aids. I especially loved the Sesame Street ones I had that were pastel. They were so cute. I used to wear cheap plastic baby barrettes and chunky pastel coloured safety pins {meant for diapers} as brooches. I had a butter yellow or baby blue one on just about every coat and purse I had in the mid-late 90's.
Do you like skater boys?
Not anymore, no.
Do you often wish there was something you could change?
Sometimes.
Gold or silver?
Silver.
Do you like to receive flowers?
I love it!
Do you like surfer boys?
Nah.
Do you dress up for the holidays?
Like holiday themes? No.
Do you like to wear dresses?
I loooooooove dresses. I always laugh when people say anything about them being uncomfortable. To me it's like getting away with wearing your pajamas in public. Now pants, with all those seams? That's a lot more uncomfortable.
On a scale of 1-10 how much do guys confuse you?
3 or 4, maybe sometimes 5.
In the last 48 hourshave you hung out with a guy?
I am hanging out with the Mister right now!
Would you date a guy shorter than you?
I doubt it.
Do you like to hold hands?
Yes please!
What is the youngest you would date?
18, for obvious reasons.
What is the oldest you woulddate?
I'm going to say 60, but you never know.
What do you notice when you firstmeet a guy?
S t y l e . {Oh god yes, I had to leave that answer as I found it!}
Is it hot when guys sweat?
It does nothing for me.
What is the best feature in a guy?
Getting it.
Do you like making eye contact?
I make a lot of eye contact with people unless I want them to go away.
Would you kill for chocolate?
Meh.
Did you ever spend all day/night getting pretty for a guy?
No.
On a scale from 1-10 how fun is shopping?
10!
Do you freakout if you miss your favorite show?
Nah, it's almost always available online.
Do you yell a lot?
Nope.
Do you wear sweatpants/pajamas to school/work?
NO. WHY do people do this?? Are you honestly telling me you can't find any pants that are that comfortable and still, you know... PANTS? Ugh!
Have you ever dressed unlike yourself to impress a guy?
That's just not going to happen.
Do you writea lot of mushy love poems?
There was a couple of years in high school, 9th and 10th grade mostly, where I was sitting in cafes and in my room filling journals.
What makeup could you not live w/out?
In Alaska, blush.
Do you fall in love easily?
Yes.
Do you have cramps?
Not right now, but thanks for asking.
Do you think you have the bestest friend ever?
He's pretty much the bestest, yes.
- - - - - - -
What is your salad dressing of choice?
Bleu cheese.
What is your favourite sit-down restaurant?
I have so many!
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Kids cereal.
What are your pizza toppings of choice?
Pepperoni.
What do you like to put on your toast?
Butter.
*TECHNOLOGY*
What is your wallpaper on your computer?
Rainbow stripes.
How many televisions are in your house?
Two.
What color cell phone do you have?
Black.
*BIOLOGY*
Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right.
Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Teeth, small bits of flesh, a baby.
What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Enid. Heh.
Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
Nope.
*BULLCRAPOLOGY*
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
No.
If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I like Astrid, Marisol, Moira, Olive, and Lottie. Any of those would suit me better than Kirstin, IMO.
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
Maybe. :)
*DUMBOLOGY*
How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
Two: one old pair in turquoise that I sometimes wear around the house or to grab the mail, and one new pair in *g*o*l*d* for the cruise! Haha!
Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
Uhh.. *whistles*
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Balanced.
Last person you talked to?
Colinito!
Last person you hugged?
Yep.
*FAVORITOLOGY*
Season?
Fall!
Holiday?
Valentine's Day.
Day of the week?
Mondays, right after I worked all weekend. I sit around pretty much all day on Mondays drinking coffee and chilling.
Month?
No preference.
*CURRENTOLOGY*
Missing someone?
Nah.
Mood?
Unbelieving {I will be on a plane two days from right now, and that doesn't feel real yet}
Listening to?
Home movies on teevee! {Oh Brendan Small, tee!}
Watching?
Myself type.
Worrying about?
Getting a haircut right before a vacation!
*RANDOMOLOGY*
First place you went this morning?
Walked with Enid to meet her school bus.
What can you not wait to do?
Hit the pillow.
What's the last movie you saw?
We watched Hancock last night. It was a lot different than I expected. I was very pleasantly surprised, and I had good expectations.
Do you smile often?
Yeah.
What is essential for your happiness?
Love, Music, coffee, personal expression, liberty.
What clothes are you wearing at the moment?
Black cotton romper with white lace.
What games did you recently finish?
I'm not into games at all.
What is your favourite scent?
Armani Code, SJP Covet, gardenia, apricot.
What books are you reading at the moment?
Nothing.
What do you drink the most?
Water.
Do you trust easily?
No. I am somewhat cynical, but it doesn't get me down, I just feel more realistic. I was too trusting when I was younger.
Who was your first big crush?
Indiana Jones. <3
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer.
Do you have a good body-image?
I think so, yeah.
Do you have an LJ crush?
Nah.
What websites do you visit daily?
MySpace, The Marcy Playground BB, Flickr, Twitter, Tribe.
Random pet peeve?
Line cutters.
What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
"Bad Things" by Jace Everett.
What's your favourite item of clothing?
Right now it's my two new pairs of boots! <3
What's better: to give or to receive?
I like to give presents.
What's the book you've read most times?
Either "Generation X" by Douglas Coupland or "Still Life with Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins.
Is there anything you want so bad right now?
More time.
What should you be doing right now?
Going to sleep.
{Via the ever-lovely Gala Darling}
Friday, October 10, 2008
Coming to see the vampires
I have been trying to narrow down some ideas for what to do while I'm in New York! There is *SO* much to see and do, and I know four days is not really enough to do everything I would like to. I am mainly interested in hanging out with Josh, my very dear old friend from way back. I haven't seen him in a couple years, when he brought his lovely wife Leigh to Alaska to see where he came from {and that was just one day of visiting before they headed out of town}. Before that, the last time I saw him was back in 99/00 when we lived in San Francisco together. I am also looking forward to hanging out with my friend SaraH, who I met years ago online. She is another major Marcy Playground fan and will be on the cruise with me, but because she lives pretty close to NYC we are gonna get together for a pre-cruise party. :D AND my pal Jon {he plays keyboard for Marcy and lots of other people, too} lives in the city, so I will be giving him a call when I get there. In between all this hanging out, I will be trying to get in a handful of touristy things, and some shopping, of course! Hehe I want to visit several museums, including the Guggenheim, the Met, Moma and especially the Museum of Natural History. I'd like to wander around Central Park a bit. I'd love to go see the Rocky Horror Picture Show and fulfill the dream of 15-year-old me. :D Haha! Today I read about this new Banksy "Pet Store":
Awesome. What about you, is there anything you would not want to miss in New York?
Awesome. What about you, is there anything you would not want to miss in New York?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Kath & Kim
Is anyone else excited about this? :D
It looks like Arrested Development meets a mother/daughter AbFab! *Swoon* I have not seen the original Australian series, have you?
It looks like Arrested Development meets a mother/daughter AbFab! *Swoon* I have not seen the original Australian series, have you?
Sweet Dreams
There is snow on the ground.
*Le Sigh* I guess we've had our last ride of the season, Lottie.
{P.S. I know the fork is on backwards, it was shipped that way. This is a really old photo!}
*Le Sigh* I guess we've had our last ride of the season, Lottie.
{P.S. I know the fork is on backwards, it was shipped that way. This is a really old photo!}
Monday, October 6, 2008
11
11 days to go! I'm going out to get the last of my pre-trip shopping out of the way today, if I can. I need a few toiletries, some pajama shorts and an extra camera battery. And maybe one of these nifty, flexible, mini-tripods I have seen, if they're inexpensive. I think it will come in handy for things like group pictures when out and about on the islands, and possibly for filming Marcy Playground's performances.
{The butterflies are restless}
{The butterflies are restless}
Thursday, October 2, 2008
I picked blue
I spent all day downtown a couple days ago, walking around and enjoying an odd amount of warmth and sunshine, drinking blueberry white chocolate mochas and listening to my iPod. While I was there, I went ahead and snagged the blue and green version of the TRKFLD Mi bag I have been eyeballing at Her Tern. It will make a great carry-on bag {it's bigger than it looks} and a great beach bag while I'm in the Bahamas. It's got such a sunny disposition that I probably won't use it much when I get back to Alaska {in late October, we will most likely have snow by then}, but it will be in heavy rotation come spring! I had to talk myself out of buying the matching wallet, which was so wee and darling! I think they would make really fantastic gifts for some people on my list, too. TRKFLD, I <3 you.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Countdown
{Listening to: "Big Vacation" by Dressy Bessy}
I leave for my trip in two weeks! It seems like it was in planning {WAITING} mode forever and now suddenly it's almost here! I love travel stuff. Bags, luggage tags, pouches, document holders, passport covers, teensy containers, jewelry rolls, you know? I travel maybe once every couple of years but hooboy do I have a lot of travel stuff! Part of the fun for me is making lists and checking things off, and packing.
This time it has been especially, erm, interesting to plan my luggage and carry-on, because I will be gone for longer than usual {11 days} and also need to cover both the chill of New York City in October and the tropical lushness of the Bahamas, in one bag.
I keep my carry-on bag light too and don't take much in the way of in-flight entertainment, just my iPod and a couple of magazines. But because I will be flying so much, my little ear buds are not gonna cut it. So this morning I ordered these:
{Check 'em out}
I leave for my trip in two weeks! It seems like it was in planning {WAITING} mode forever and now suddenly it's almost here! I love travel stuff. Bags, luggage tags, pouches, document holders, passport covers, teensy containers, jewelry rolls, you know? I travel maybe once every couple of years but hooboy do I have a lot of travel stuff! Part of the fun for me is making lists and checking things off, and packing.
This time it has been especially, erm, interesting to plan my luggage and carry-on, because I will be gone for longer than usual {11 days} and also need to cover both the chill of New York City in October and the tropical lushness of the Bahamas, in one bag.
I keep my carry-on bag light too and don't take much in the way of in-flight entertainment, just my iPod and a couple of magazines. But because I will be flying so much, my little ear buds are not gonna cut it. So this morning I ordered these:
{Check 'em out}
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Haul, pt. 2
{Sweater vest to layer over dresses}
{Gray & purple sunnies!}
{Plaid button-up tunic}
{Two big bottles of Armani Code}
{Plain black swim suit}
{Swim suit cover-up}
{Vintage plaid maxi skirt}
The Haul, pt. 1
{Long strap to wear across my body}
{Long gray & white striped gloves with buttons up the side}
{Red sweater bag from Claire's with felt flower pins from Bella}
{Drapey, lightweight, flattering tee shirt dress from Wal-Mart}
{Ooh, I want to get some hot chai and go ice skating!}
{Yay!}
{Except in heathered charcoal}
{I will use this as a swim suit cover-up while on the cruise and as a dress or a top while in NYC. It will look great with boots this winter, also!}
{Swoon! These make my legs look super long while still in comfy flats.}
{Fuck yeah}
{Except in white, and a big larger, in more of a classic tote shape. The leather feels amazing.}
I also got:
*Mid-calf, nubby wool socks in dark gray and olive green.
*Black waffle-knit long john pants with white stitching, to wear like tights, tucked into my new Dr. Martens.
*Lots of new plants!
*Long sleeved navy & white striped tee shirt, for layering.
For the living room:
{Living room curtains!}
{Blue star paper pendant light to hang in the window.}
{Ferdinand the Bull hardcover}
{So cheery! Our front door really needs a dose of colour}
(Pillow shams for our big floor pillows. They're the ones against the headboard}
And:
{I am going to get one of these, but can't pick a colour! Suggestion?}
Awesome
I, Douglas Rushkoff, happily mutated in the late-1980's, do hereby report for duty.
I believe that the reality in which we live is largely if not entirely hackable. We have been fooled into believing that social conventions, law, economics, and nature are hardware - when they are actually software and open to modification. With a little more effort, we can refine the hardware as well.
The current culture wars, as I understand them, are between people who look at our circumstances as pre-existing conditions, and those who see them as largely of our own making. Those in the former camp prefer to see reality as confined by the operating system of a Creator, and the human role confined to behaving within the rule sets established by Him. Those in the latter camp recognize the function of evolution, and the opportunity (if not obligation) for human beings to participate in the ongoing construction of our world and its operating systems.
Some of this design activity is like software modification. We legislate for bike lanes, tax rebates for solar energy development, or freedom to grow plants. This should be the easy part, but - given the beliefs of those in the Creator camp (and the support they get from the most intransigent members of the corporate capitalist elite) - it's quite hard. It can even get depressing to argue against people who don't believe the rules of the game can or should ever be changed.
The other kinds of hacks - the physical hacks - are actually harder. It's hard to figure out how to make traffic flow in a city originally designed for cars, efficient storage for solar cells, or ways to grow organic food or herb on already polluted and demineralized topsoil. But these are the hacks at which Happy Mutants excel, and that are so regularly celebrated on this site.
For me, the physical hacks so often chronicled here serve not only as models or instructions for more hacking, but morale-boosting and solidarity-building reinforcements for the social and spiritual hacking required of activists living in a society hell-bent on corporo-fascism, self-destruction, and religious war. In a world governed largely by people who believe (or want their citizens to believe) that the world is going to end on schedule by decree of the Creator, it is imperative that mutants arise to the challenge of changing the landscape from under them.
But in order to do this successfully, these mutants must be happy. Uninformed by a spirit of underlying joy, the modifications we make to the core program will be no more enlightened than those of our predecessors.
Thus, we BoingBoing.
This made me flashback to 1997/98, when we were living in Fireweed and then San Francisco and The Happy Mutant Handbook was a regular reference. It still rings true. <3
Monday, September 15, 2008
Notes From the Universe
So there is this thing I signed up for a while ago, called "Notes From The Universe" {I heard about it from the divine Gala}. It's kind of a club for a philosophy I believe in...
The idea of thoughts becoming things is probably the closest I get to religious thinking or superstition, but I really do believe that what you put out into the universe is what you'll get back. I get daily emails that never fail to drag me out of a sour mood {or boost a good one}, make me think about things, and remind me to trust that the future is not something to be afraid of. If that sounds like the kind of thing you dig, sign up for them here.
What's TUT? Totally Unique Thoughts! A club for those who believe that living in the jungles of time and space, as a creation amongst our own creations, is the ultimate adventure... because "thoughts become things," dreams come true, and all things remain forever possible. TUT believes that everyone's special, that every life is meaningful, and that we're all here to learn that dreams really do come true. We also believe that imagination is the gift that can bring love, health, abundance, and happiness into our lives.
The idea of thoughts becoming things is probably the closest I get to religious thinking or superstition, but I really do believe that what you put out into the universe is what you'll get back. I get daily emails that never fail to drag me out of a sour mood {or boost a good one}, make me think about things, and remind me to trust that the future is not something to be afraid of. If that sounds like the kind of thing you dig, sign up for them here.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
YES!
*Snort* this so hits the nail:
Simon Doonan on Sarah Palin.
Love that.
“Oh, she is so LensCrafters I just don’t even know where to begin."
Simon Doonan on Sarah Palin.
Love that.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Adorableness
Oh Jon Stewart, I love you...
Hee!
Man, I had such a major, MAJOR, consuming crush on Jon Stewart in the mid-90's. I wish everyone else saw what I saw in him back then, maybe his show would have lasted longer. My Mom used to watch it with me every night before I went to bed {I didn't get a proper nights' sleep before school for like a year because I loved it so much}, and she still teases me sometimes about how my tv boyfriend is so famous and successful now. Heh.
{Some of this is pretty shitty quality, but hey...}
I wish someone would upload a clip of Throwing Muses playing "Shimmer" and the "Talk Show Jon" thing he used to do with a crudely made doll having adventures with like, Barbie and GI Joes.
Hee!
Man, I had such a major, MAJOR, consuming crush on Jon Stewart in the mid-90's. I wish everyone else saw what I saw in him back then, maybe his show would have lasted longer. My Mom used to watch it with me every night before I went to bed {I didn't get a proper nights' sleep before school for like a year because I loved it so much}, and she still teases me sometimes about how my tv boyfriend is so famous and successful now. Heh.
{Some of this is pretty shitty quality, but hey...}
I wish someone would upload a clip of Throwing Muses playing "Shimmer" and the "Talk Show Jon" thing he used to do with a crudely made doll having adventures with like, Barbie and GI Joes.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
I never liked Cheetah though, monkeys suck
They're making a new Tarzan movie! I hope it's good, I love the old Johnny Weissmuller ones:
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Hubba Hubba!
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Hubba Hubba!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Crush with Eyeliner
Can you believe summer is just about over already?! Man that went fast... It's still warm out most days, and the leaves haven't started to change yet, but it is raining more, the night closes in sooner and there is that lovely crisp, damp chill in the air. We're about to hit that magical in-between season when you can go about in a little breezy dress with boots and a scarf. :) I have had a few inklings of inspiration in magazines and blogs, but I hadn't thought about it too much until someone on Wardrobe Remix posted about fall shopping lists. Here is mine:
*Long brown plaid dress in some floaty material, short sleeves
{I am picturing it with a long-sleeved striped shirt layered underneath}.
*Another long dress, with spaghetti straps, to layer over various tee shirts. I am not picturing a specific colour or pattern, I figure I will know it when I see it.
*Classic black Dr. Martens, either 14 or 20 hole, like I had ten years ago
*Flat boots, in a really dusty shade of gray suede
*Boot spats!
*Wide-leg men's style trousers
*80's style sheer coloured pantyhose {My mom had an amazing collection of this stuff when I was little, they used to come in every colour of the rainbow}. I want black/gray and lilac.
*A knit cap, not slouchy or beret style, more like an old school ski cap, in black, with a couple of small patches on it. Something military-esque.
*Leopard print belt
*A new perfume! {Maybe Miss Dior Cherie}
*Short, perforated {yep tiny holes all over}, white or caramel leather gloves with a snap or buckle on the back of the wrist.
*Short leather motorcycle jacket that gathers at the waist, black or cognac brown {inspired by French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld and my Dad in the late 70's-mid 80's. I actually have his jacket, I might just have it re-worked if it's affordable}
*Knee-length dress in a dark ditsy floral or liberty print
*Long Johns! The tops for layering and the pants instead of tights, sometimes worn over th boots, sometimes tucked in with some socks over them {I live in Alaska, this is fashion at it's most practical lol}
*A fanny pack. Yep! I think this is overdue for reinvention. Not in a neon shade of nylon with a plastic snap buckle and zipper though, more like a tooled leather belt with a pouch attached. Etsy has some great ones!
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All in all I'm going for a look that brings me back to mid-90's coffeehouse culture. I do so miss it! :) A few weeks ago, while out apartment hunting in the evening, COlin and I went searching for a cup of coffee and had a really hard time finding it. The concept of having espresso after 6:00 in the evening has pretty much completely slipped away from Anchorage! Where did all the coffee houses go?
*Long brown plaid dress in some floaty material, short sleeves
{I am picturing it with a long-sleeved striped shirt layered underneath}.
*Another long dress, with spaghetti straps, to layer over various tee shirts. I am not picturing a specific colour or pattern, I figure I will know it when I see it.
*Classic black Dr. Martens, either 14 or 20 hole, like I had ten years ago
*Flat boots, in a really dusty shade of gray suede
*Boot spats!
*Wide-leg men's style trousers
*80's style sheer coloured pantyhose {My mom had an amazing collection of this stuff when I was little, they used to come in every colour of the rainbow}. I want black/gray and lilac.
*A knit cap, not slouchy or beret style, more like an old school ski cap, in black, with a couple of small patches on it. Something military-esque.
*Leopard print belt
*A new perfume! {Maybe Miss Dior Cherie}
*Short, perforated {yep tiny holes all over}, white or caramel leather gloves with a snap or buckle on the back of the wrist.
*Short leather motorcycle jacket that gathers at the waist, black or cognac brown {inspired by French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld and my Dad in the late 70's-mid 80's. I actually have his jacket, I might just have it re-worked if it's affordable}
*Knee-length dress in a dark ditsy floral or liberty print
*Long Johns! The tops for layering and the pants instead of tights, sometimes worn over th boots, sometimes tucked in with some socks over them {I live in Alaska, this is fashion at it's most practical lol}
*A fanny pack. Yep! I think this is overdue for reinvention. Not in a neon shade of nylon with a plastic snap buckle and zipper though, more like a tooled leather belt with a pouch attached. Etsy has some great ones!
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All in all I'm going for a look that brings me back to mid-90's coffeehouse culture. I do so miss it! :) A few weeks ago, while out apartment hunting in the evening, COlin and I went searching for a cup of coffee and had a really hard time finding it. The concept of having espresso after 6:00 in the evening has pretty much completely slipped away from Anchorage! Where did all the coffee houses go?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Remember when I posted about Walk Score, where we got a 31/100? Yeah that sucked. I took it again and this time? 94 out of 100 — Walkers' Paradise.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Coming goodness
Table runner:
It's going on our oddly long coffee table. I will probably get more, when I find ones I like that are also cheap {not that often, unfortunately}, and change them up when I feel like it. I am looking for one to go across the top of the dresser in our bedroom, too, where I've got a big mirror and will be keeping my hats and jewelry and whatnot. I love table runners, they're like ribbon trim for your house. I like table cloths too, but runners are just somehow cooler.
Nifty serving tray:
Since I got my greedy lil' hands on the French Press I wanted, my plan is to put it, my mug of the day, all my cuppa fixings, and probably breakfast for Enid and I on this tray every morning as I get it together in the kitchen and bring it all in to the living room in one go. I like the way it matchy-clashes with the runner. I'll get more trays as I find ones I like, too.
Oh golly, I have wanted one of these vintage clocks for *so* long. Cross your fingers for me, bidding ends in four days!
It's going on our oddly long coffee table. I will probably get more, when I find ones I like that are also cheap {not that often, unfortunately}, and change them up when I feel like it. I am looking for one to go across the top of the dresser in our bedroom, too, where I've got a big mirror and will be keeping my hats and jewelry and whatnot. I love table runners, they're like ribbon trim for your house. I like table cloths too, but runners are just somehow cooler.
Nifty serving tray:
Since I got my greedy lil' hands on the French Press I wanted, my plan is to put it, my mug of the day, all my cuppa fixings, and probably breakfast for Enid and I on this tray every morning as I get it together in the kitchen and bring it all in to the living room in one go. I like the way it matchy-clashes with the runner. I'll get more trays as I find ones I like, too.
Oh golly, I have wanted one of these vintage clocks for *so* long. Cross your fingers for me, bidding ends in four days!
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