so, presently...

Erykah Badu - "Window Seat"

this song has been on repeat for the past week.
[off of new amerykah part II (return of the ankh)]

so good!!!

sepia

i actually started drawing this week.
nothing fancy.
i need more practice.
no erasing! ever!

knock, knock, who's there?

oh, it's just spring.
someone at the door?
oh, just a fly. hello, fly.

spring means green,

with lots of ugly new things!

on mornings like these...

i just want to stay inside,
writing to old friends on my new toy,

and enjoy complete balanced breakfasts.
(egg-in-a-hole, blackberries, and bananas... mmm.)

clouds, you can stay awhile longer.

today's undertaking

it's been awhile since i've crafted anything... but birthdays will spur me into action! i was a wee bit worried my un-crafty spell would never end. apparently long bouts between crafts leads to over-exertion and over-enthusiasm once you start again. i forgot how obsessive and anal i get about making things.

anyways, inspired by this Instructable, i decided to make a shag rug for matt's 23rd birthday.

i used flannel instead of t-shirt material... cutting strips is such a pain! i've got blisters on my fingers...


one day later and halfway done!


the finished product. does it look like plaid, or did i fail?


soft on the toes!



i hope he likes it. my back hurts. ouchie!

go, explore

san francisco exploratorium.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

science is fun, especially when there are a billion kids running around 'ooh'-ing and 'ah'-ing and cutting in front of you and grabbing things out of your hand!

notables: drinking fountain toilet, is this room getting smaller?, and BRAINS!!!

spring.

what better place to spend the first few days of spring than north, north, north?

oh, magical land of trees and wonder, i shall see you again soon.

later, san diego alligators, i'm getting out of here!

nineteen fifty something

mommy

hot dog garden

perks to my job:

conversations that begin with...
"i have a hot dog garden! i plant hot dogs!"

and drawings made for me...


sometimes kumon kids can be pretty great.

"i was trying to reconcile an ambivalent relationship to being here on earth because earth is a difficult place to be sometimes.

...

i have to learn to be here.

...

it was like me saying, i'm sitting on the fence, i have to make some decision about being here."

-kiki smith, from all creatures great and small