irritating to no end.

we’ve all gotten them. the emails that ask us to forward on the email because “some big company is going to give a dying kid’s family 3 cents for every email”, or “coke is going to give us a year’s supply of high-fructose corn syrup”, or “Barack Obama is really a terrorist. pass it [...]

i feel like i need to respond to myself.

my dear sweet friend left a rather thought provoking comment on my “going green” post. i started to respond in a comment, but it was getting a bit long, and i haven’t posted in a few days, so i thought i would respond in a post.
as i reread my post, i feel i didn’t [...]

Parachuting live cats into Borneo

if you’ve ever asked yourself, “now, why is it that we don’t want to use DEET?” then this is for you. i had no idea exactly HOW bad it is. i knew it was bad, but this is ridiculous.
parachuting live cats into Borneo

must….resist…urge…..to make.

because with a 3yo, a full time school schedule, a house to keep, and numerous art/craft/school projects i have going, i have time to attempt to make these. or these. yeah right. for one, i don’t even know how to felt wool, but i have found tutorials that claim it is as [...]

lunar eclipse part due

i thought the lunar eclipse was on tuesday night. i spent my long drive home from school lamenting the fact that it was raining, trying to mask my disappointment by listening to stand-up on the satellite. laughing, but hollowly. every now and again the clouds would thin, showing me a silvery white [...]

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse tonight….check your weather, i think ours will suck for any astronomical aspirations.
Taken from the Old Farmer’s Almanac:
FEBRUARY 20-21: total eclipse of the Moon. The entire eclipse can be seen from eastern and central North America. The Moon enters Earth’s umbral shadow on February 20 at 8:43 P.M. EST, and the eclipse becomes total [...]

Bubbles

 

i believe there is not anything more wonderful and pure as bubbles. slimy wand, soapy fingers, gentle breeze on a warm, sunny, northern california monday morning.

who cares when our fingers get dirty? they are already covered in soap!
 

“running the numbers”

i love seeing really very interesting artwork. being an art college student, i see a lot of very “conceptual” art, filled with pompous and self-righteousness. the work is often soooooo intelligent that if you don’t get it then you must not be worthy of the gold light that flows out of their elevated [...]

going Green?

the epitome of a green, sustainable lifestyle or just plain homeless?
excuse me? since when has it been noble to throw up hands in despair at situation and say , “it can’t be changed, so i won’t participate”? i am all for sustainability, reducing waste and resource use, recycling materials, reusing materials, etc. [...]

sometimes i’m just so proud of myself….

…proud of myself like when i DON’T give the jehovah’s witnesses a piece of my mind for trying to sell me their door-to-door religion. i just kindly tell them that i am not in the market for any jesus, i just went to sam’s club and if i needed any jesus i would have [...]