my fever's better than yours

i'm sick.

cough

lord of the flies

Wow, Sam Weber's artwork is so beautiful. I love the composition & dream-like quality of his artwork. Kinda makes you want to read the book again, right?

books!

bookshelf united states of whateva



ohhhh the coolest bookshelves

that's dangerous

one of my favorite photos:

this is halloween

oooeee, my mom sent me candy in the mail. best surprise all day!

i've been working on my halloween costume the past couple days. making handmade scissorhands is more challenging than i expected. Especially when you're teaming up against two kitten-thieves that don't respond to the word "no."

i'm so excited though. love, love, love halloween. i'll probably post a photo when the hands are finished.

this is my inspiration - tim burton is so amazing:



i'm really unsure where my halloween costume ideas originated from. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. For 2 or 3 years I was Zorro (including penciled 'stache, hat, cape, and mask). I made sure everyone knew i was Señor Zorro from the old Spanish version - not the English one. I insisted it was the one true Zoro & to keep the two straight. :/

2. One year entirely silver, when my dad helped me make a computer/robot costume (my face was silver). I thought i was hilarious actually doing the robot. You guuuys, i'm doing the meeee

3. When i was about 5 or 6 i was a "Hobo" - which ended up looking like some post-college grad including a backwards trucker hat, plaid shirt, stubble & a beer-belly made with a pillow. Oh and a black tooth. bet that was a moment of pride for my parents taking us door to door. yes, that's our daughter in front there - with the beer-belly

this ended up being my costume:

like the wind

we flew kites for katie's birthday. battling the wind proved to be a task.
i had to macgyver some sort of a fix for my kite string which cause my kite to only fly in really fast circles. it was really scary - but definitely a fun afternoon.

the wind seemed really familiar. almost the same kind of wind i remember as a kid. On the most windy days we would test our fates leaning all of our weight against the wind to see if it would hold us. i was convinced if i held my umbrella at the right angle, it would lift me like a kite. all the while we dodged tumbleweeds rolling down the street and pretended we weren't in the middle of our track homes. instead of dodging the rolling tumbleweeds, i remember trying to jump over them. in theory this is great, but when you're really small you most likely won't clear a tumbleweed that's your height. that didn't really stop me from trying

pioneers

love it love it love it.

welcome to my life metaphor

Remix - Alice

yahoo for remixes!

check this out too. pretty rad