Wants or Needs?

(via Hansel from Basel)

(via kuckucksuhr)

I say needs.

smooth like buttah

the one thing i've been listening to other than glee songs

The Old Switcheroo

So, I finished the cape. But wait, you say, wasn't this supposed to be a different pattern? Very observant, grasshopper. When I went to the local fabric store to buy silk with which to line the yet-to-be-made cape, I came across this design and it felt right.

The best thing about the cape is that it's like a snuggie but I don't feel ashamed to wear it outside of the apartment.

Oh yeah, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Can't Get Enough James Brown

Revisiting My Visit

My grandparents' house...
and the road beyond. Every morning, we were woken up by the rooster's crowing (which began between 3:30 and 4).
Often, my grandpa would go outside and sit for 10 minutes (this morning, with my shadow to accompany him) to get his daily dose of Vitamin D after he had his morning cup of coffee (Jimm's 5 in 1 that not only has coffee, cream, and aspartame instead of sugar, but also contains ginseng and agaricus mushroom! Yum?).
My dad found this old bike in the shed and fixed it up...
so he could go joyriding!
(more to come)

Bring On Round 2 (Me v. Sleep)

Right when I finally get used to the 12-hour time difference between Virginia and the Philippines, I get shipped back. Hmmph. So before jetlag comes and attacks me once again, I'll throw out a couple of pictures. I'll try to post about my trip tomorrow!

It was sad to leave, but it's also good to be back.

there's always next year

happy halloween! work and teeth pain may have put a damper on any attempt to get wild and crazy tonight, but i still support any and all festivities, which is why i carried my little tuckus to the byrd the other night when i got word that dressing up was going on. if i can't partake in much of the halloween spirit, i will still watch while others do, all while sippin on a pumpkin milkshake. et voila, my ladies in all their costumed glory. total babez.

punkin

i am a fan of most holidays, and typically i partake in a bit of the halloween festivities; dressing up, candy consumption, etc. but this year work has taken over, and as for this recent root canal, the throbbing pain is warding off any kinds of sugar intake. so in an attempt to keep up at least a little of my holiday spirit, i am trying to figure out a 'mini' costume for work tomorrow. mini meaning that technically i'm not allowed to wear a costume at work but i think if i fly under the radar, work and i can reach a happy medium. but if all else fails, i do have some cobweb tights i can throw on, but i'm seriously brainstorming for ideas. help!

well, if i had this here little hat there would really be no issues.

Do the Monster Mash!

Yes, I'm looking around me and have realized that it's that time of year I hold so dear. It's Halloween time in the office right now, and let's review what's awesome and not so awesome about it all.

The Good:
-Other people bringing in cupcakes to share. Bonus points for Halloween sprinkles.
-Cutting your hair or facial hair to enhance your costume.
-Little kids coming in all dressed up to "haunt" our workplace! (Mel, you might disagree with me)
-Group costumes. You can't all dress the same, but you can each dress as a character in a larger group (the Peanuts gang, KISS, the Pink Ladies).
-If not done in genuine good-natured fun or unintentional bad taste, gender-bending costumes. I have to admit, I like having the chance to dress in a 3-piece suit and top hat.
-Halloween sweaters. If you can't bring yourself to dress up, you can at least put on a black sweater that has a puffy paint pumpkin on it.
-Wearing a hat that resembles something while dressing normal. I don't know why, but there's a girl in the office who's wearing slacks, a blouse and cardigan, and an enormous watermelon hat, and it is cracking me up.

The Bad:
-Work-related costumes (costumes another person can't figure out unless he/she knows internal information). Kinda boring, really.
-Sexy costumes. Just not down with the nasty twist put on so many outfits. The exception to the rule is if it's something completely ridiculous, like a scandalously dressed bee keeper.

The Home that Spite Built

I'll be heading up to Boston for a quick visit in a couple days, and while I was doing research on what sites to see, I came upon the Skinny House which apparently falls under the category of a spite house (a house actually built with the intention to piss someone off). Once I saw that, I instantly fell down the internet rabbit hole and found that there are numerous cute but mean-spirited houses out there, such as:
the Spite House of Arlington, Virginia,

the Montlake Spite House of Seattle,

and the Alameda Spite House (via the lensfare).

Now for a pick-me-up, let's just look at these beautiful Tumbleweed homes that slightly resemble spite houses but really are just eco-friendly and lovely.





You can just feel the love pouring out of these homes.