beauty zealot.

sometimes i wish i didn’t care so much about how strangers treat other strangers.

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:06:17 -0400

sometimes i wish i didn’t care so much about how strangers treat other strangers.

i can hardly wait to see my nephew (and nieces) next week.

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:55:00 -0400

i can hardly wait to see my nephew (and nieces) next week.

wandering turtles.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:57:14 -0400

wandering turtles.

give and take.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:14:00 -0400

hrrrthrrr:

Soooo….I have an idea. There are so many rad people on tumblr nowadays, and a lot of these people go unknown…er followed? Anyway…I’m going to post five people I enjoy on tumblr and why. (I tried to choose people you might not already follow.)
You should reblog this and add a few that you like….Deal? No big deal if the person has already been said…it just establishes how cool their tumblr is! Oh, and it’s harder than you’d think to just share a few…
Soxiam…good videos, good websites, and really witty comments
Ian Broyles…all over content….really great photos! no serious…go look at his flickr account…
Frank Chimero…well if you hadnt noticed, I love his graphic design work (I post it all the time) and now he’s got a tumblr!
Shotguneddie…nerdy AND fashionable…cool combo
Beauty Zealot…I love her drawings so so much…makes me want to go grab a box of crayons and have some fun

this is a fabulous idea (as i curtsy)! i already follow several of those above, and here are four more i always enjoy:

hrrrthrrr herself, who has such a wonderful aesthetic sensibility

sarahgoodreau whose illustrations enchant me whenever she posts

sameoldshits for engaging imagery (both photography and sketches)

spacelola who posts beautiful images i might not have seen otherwise

Photo

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:14:25 -0400

reliability?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:02:00 -0400

last night i was talking with a friend about how unreliable planes and trains are these days. we all know that we should never expect to arrive on time when put at the mercy of train schedules or air traffic control.

this of course led into me ranting (briefly) about how people, too, have become primarily unreliable. i’m always careful when broaching this subject not to go too overboard - because, really, i could probably go on about this topic for hours. probably. i think a lot of us have friends or family who we adore but don’t find to be particularly reliable. but those of us who consider ourselves to be reliable people, i’m guessing, get frustrated sometimes (read: often).

when did the switch-over occur, after which we knew to arrive late for meetings intentionally, just so that we wouldn’t be left waiting for ages outside a restaurant? when did it become commonplace for people to end friendships or romances just by letting things drift off into nothing, without saying a word? when did we come to half expect not to receive return calls from people on a regular basis? what happened to integrity, and to the pride that comes from doing what you say you will?

i know i have a tendency to expect more of people than is realistic, but a spoonful of dependability from time to time doesn’t seem all that much to ask. probably not, anyway.

octopus #1.

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:19:21 -0400

octopus #1.

kissyfish.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:12:24 -0400

kissyfish.

blue mouse.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:14:58 -0400

blue mouse.

monday deer sketches.

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:25:16 -0400

monday deer sketches.

i seriously cannot wait to see this show.

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:11:22 -0400

i seriously cannot wait to see this show.

fun with outlines

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:54:51 -0400

fun with outlines

time?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:08:36 -0400

it’s amazing how quickly we get used to things, but how slowly we become un-used to them.

idle hands

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:27:27 -0400

idle hands

blue fish.

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:11:03 -0400

blue fish.

national "get closure" day.

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:04:19 -0400

most humans in their relationship histories, at one point or another, have had at least one breakup that at the time seemed sudden and/or inexplicable. whether it just fizzled out mysteriously, or dead-ended very suddenly, it’s a peculiar experience that makes us wonder about the actual reasons behind the situation.

given the fact that we live in a world where being direct is more often seen as a stigma rather than an asset, i think there should be at least one day each year when we can throw off the bindings of delicate avoidance and embrace our inner bluntness. how wonderful would it be to send out an email like “hey lionel, how are you? remember when we dated for a while and then one day, out of nowhere, you dropped off the planet? what happened there?” an email like this should be written with no ill will but, rather, an earnest desire only to discover the truth. and it being a national celebration of “getting crap out in the open,” the person would be required to answer honestly. everyone would be allowed to write as many of these notes as they chose on this day, but would have to address all those received. that way, all parties could move on with a realistic understanding of some of their more controversial life-episodes.

don’t get me wrong - there is a time for delicacy and diplomacy, and sparing people’s feelings is certainly a worthy effort. however, more of the time the truth could really help us (not to make the same mistake multiple times, for example). for me personally, one day annually seems a poor consolation prize but, hey, i’ll take it for a start. the path to directness might have to be one built with baby steps, but seems a worthy one nonetheless.

i long ago got over my embarrassment over my grammar obsession....

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:34:46 -0400

i long ago got over my embarrassment over my grammar obsession. and engrish, i have to say, is one of my favorite past-times.

please bring back engrish memorabilia! it truly feeds the soul.

rickyv:

Hello from Tokyo, Japan.
In the US, I’m very into grammar (read: asshole). I’ll correct somebody using the incorrect version of your/you’re or their/there. When I was eleven, I wrote my local news channel because the sports anchor used the phrase “the Orioles did good” instead of the proper “did well.”
So you can imagine what a fun time I’m having with all of the “Engrish” seen around town. Especially since a new trend with kids here is to have large type English almost-sentences written across their t-shirts, such as “MAKE MY HAPPY.”
Anna has to stop me from taking pictures of every sign that makes me laugh because she wants to “actually see the city.”

brown fish.

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:52 -0400

brown fish.

more meeting notes.

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:20:08 -0400

more meeting notes.

Photo

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:22:02 -0400