thank God for this girl:

this woman is my new obsession:

 

also, happy birthday PRES. BARACK OBAMA!

day 5, WEEK 13

the gentleman playing the musical saw is the director of funny or die's "DRUNK HISTORY " videos, which i hope you already have seen

otherwise, what a werid . . . beautiful? song:

day 4, WEEK 13

these pictures aren't mine, i snatched them right off the facebook of a friend of mine.  she and a few friends snuck onto the roof of a building opposite the batman set on fifth street in pittsburgh.  they claim the man walking down the steps is bane, aka tom hardy:

day 2, WEEK 13

sev was adamant about not reading winnie the pooh . . .

day 1, WEEK 13

anyone who knows me well knows i have an irrational love of maps, mail, being barefoot, and NAMES--

here are some of my favorites:

1....titus
2....ezra
3....bryn
4....althea
5....ephraim
6....ira
7....johannes
8....alma
9....samir
10..cour

song-of-the-week-song! (WEEK 13)

everything but the cheese was homegrown, and thus the omelet that was months in the making:

(disclaimer: i am not a food photographer)

day 7, WEEK 12

happy national dance day

why aren't you dancing?

day 5, WEEK 12

before:

after:

day 2, WEEK 12

zucchini french fries (i know the mayonnaise with spices looks gross, but i swear it's good)

the only surviving gladiolas this year:

day 1, WEEK 12

roberto clemente bridge and hazy, hazy skyline:

pierogi race! sauerkraut saul won.



song-of-the-week song (WEEK 12)

i've finally given in, and i do like his music:

songs you didn't know by artists you did:

(which i highly recommend)

why don't we do it in the road -- the beatles
the apl song -- black eyed peas
open book -- gnarls barkley
where did my baby go -- john legend
street lights -- kanye west
everything i am -- kanye west
where the white boys dance -- the killers
vingt deux -- lily allen
him -- lily allen
tell me why -- m.i.a.
save me -- nicki minaj
this is the future -- owl city
raindrops -- regina spektor
come on girl -- taio cruz
i stand corrected -- vampire weekend

day 7, WEEK 11

someone at barnes & noble really likes his or her ancestry:

day 6, WEEK 11

WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW

fantasterifferendidiciousican:

things-compared-to-other-things things!

(entirely opinionated)

imogen heap's HIDE AND SEEK VS. jason derulo's sampling of it in whatcha say

CUCUMBERS VS. ZUCCHINI

RUFUS WAINRIGHT's version of hallelujah VS. JEFF BUCKLEY's version

THINGS FALL APART by chinua achebe VS. HEART OF DARKNESS by joseph conrad

pete wentz in BLACK CARDS VS. fall out boy

while i'm at it, PATRICK STUMP SOLO VS. fall out boy, too

day 3, WEEK 11

ask-google-images-questions-and-get-visual-answers questions!

(i type a question into google image search and it heps me make up my mind with the first image displayed)

question:  should i get my haircut this week?

answer: 


question:  why is it soooo humid these last two days?

answer: 

question:  how soon should i go shopping for stuff i need before i move back into the dorm?

answer: 

question:  how tall were stegosauruses?

answer: 

question:  google, how do you make such hard choices?

answer: 

. . . the last one scares me a little.

song-of-the-week song! (WEEK 11)