chinese take out & more

girl 3: what do you think about chinese take out for dinner, dear?
boy 4: sounds good....your place or mine?
girl 3: whichever is cooler...finally got to watch my movie...
boy 4: was it all you hoped it would be?
girl 3: i want to send you your fortune...it is more than perfect...i'll send you a picture...
boy 4: :-) waiting patiently...
girl 3: (sends picture)

boy 4: we are happy aren't we?
girl 3: yes we are...now have you ever in your life seen a fortune meant for two...how lucky we must be...
boy 4: that's the best fortune! :-)

plan & elevation

last night i was stranded in the dark for many hours...i exhausted the life of my laptop battery and it was too rainy and sticky to venture out where there might be power...i was so excited to be home, lounging on the couch under my purple down blanket throw, great expectations in the vcr, and then pow...wind, rain, thunder, lightning stomping out my fun and making me light candles and read by the flames... i must say, i never get a chance to light all my pretty candles and there was something very meditative and relaxing about the process and act of it all.

i haven't accomplished a thing worthwhile today at all...my stomach is feeling ill sorted. my phone is acting funny too, the signal not so strong these last couple days...but then again maybe i am just searching for excuses to shower myself with a new camera phone.

i have so much paperwork and office-type errands to take care of before moving to montreal.

other things to vent/be excited about, michelle, my long-lost best friend sent me an email saying she is getting engaged...i remember our talks of peach bridesmaid dresses and our little trio talk with julie about future wedding bells. it seems our predictions were completely wrong...michelle, the one who thought it would never happen to her, now seems completely twitterpated and ready for her walk down the aisle...me, the one who was predicted to be married first, has been through a myriad of boy torment (some good and some bad), still single (well kinda-not-really), and still in school...but you know what? i haven't been so happy...er, maybe even content with the current state of things, than i have these past couple of months...anyhow, the point of this paragraph was supposed to be that this is the year of the wedding and unexpected pregnancy...no matter where i go, these 2 phenomena keeping appearing out of thin air.

oh yeah...and for some odd reason i've really been considering getting a little tiny tattoo before the week is done...ugh...someone please talk some sense into me before i do something i might regret...

curious discoveries

finally getting a moment or two to catch up on all the design newsletters and happenings in my email inbox...a few a little surprises i found---especially in the [ a r t k r u s h ] update...i remember a while back posting something about inflatable hugs or the like well, check this out [STUDIO 5050] has put together a whole series of interesting ways to conceptualize how we interact with one another...in the form of...

loveJackets x hugJackets x (& my personal favourite video clip) courtly bags

the video clips are so simple and explanatory of how these little cyber-garments work....i think there are other things to discover here too...haven't exhausted every link yet myself...

for some reason that i cannot quite pinpoint yet, i am strangely drawn to this superFluous candelabrum by the design Can.

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just for the record...

ok...it is now 2:13 am...and just so that i can prove all of you wrong...ok, maybe just one of you wrong, it is officially hotter here in alexandria than the over-foliaged bloomfield hills....not that i'm a sore loser or anything...jsut wanted to clarify things...of course i do acknowledge your humidity is slightly higher, i'll give you that...

quadruple sticky-hotness

and it just keeps getting worse and worse...

dc vs. slo

talking, pictures, and temperatures apart....(for the protection of the individual due their fear of being seen in gym clothes and messy hair, images have been pixelated)

playing asian

just returned from a quick trip to san luis obispo...the drive down and back was so refreshing and mind clearing for me...the windows rolled down and the air passing thru, i could smell california and it made me miss this place so much. i snacked on sushi and we played in the sand...walked along the river and even ate german chocolate cake in the garden at linnaea's (oh-how-i-adore-and-miss-that-cafe)...i sipped my vanilla-peach iced tea and let my eyes linger on the peeking sunlight thru the vines above me creeping in and out of the pergola. the place is still the same, the same strange man still writing triangles and squares in his notebook...we splurged our senses by smelling lotions and candles, strolling , laughing, remembering...hehe...so here i am being silly and putting our cute pictures in the oh-so-asian-sticker picture frames...ugh that remjinds me of how at all the train stations in europe there are the photobooths and i wanted so badly to make my own little picture strip...but alas, there was no one to snapshot with me...hmm...now i want to watch amelie, where even love can be found in the photobooth adventure...

windy beach

the wind was strong and the sand hit my red glasses...but the air smelled so wonderful...i cried this evening---and i normally don't do such girl-like things...but somehow i ended up happier than i was yesterday or even the day before...i scribed acronyms in the sand that only certain eyes and minds could understand. i saw jellyfish among the seaweed and wished i could see this ocean sight every day. i wished for the sounds of pachelbel just minutes ago and my friend to play it on the piano for me at the appointed time...i want to drive along the ocean and remember the sights, sounds, and smells of this place...i know where i am going in just a little while there will not be any ocean air...the st. lawrence river will have to suffice for now and for that i am thankful that water will still abound. i want to be happy...to dream of lofts and a time where time will slow down, even though i know that "time doesn't slow down for those who dream," there are moments in life that seem still and quiet, alone and intimate, nearly as if i were the only one on the planet...it is for these moments that i long for...

beer and computers

me and lydia...i'm in san luis obispo...travelling again...had firestone fries today...they tasted the same, but i'm not quite sure as good as my memories were starting to become...hmm...ok...hehe...bianca bought us a 40...

city lights

went for a drive...the city is beautiful at night and makes me wonder why i've stayed away from this city for so long. my heart is partly filled with moments of nostalgia and that puts a slight choke in my throat. i need to spend more time here to overlay and overlap the memories of oh-so-long ago. missed a phone call with news of a party and pictures posted...will soon go to sleep and tomorrow find myself at a wedding reception...a strange feeling to see family friends who are younger than me beginning their families and lives of coupleship. anyhow, i am tired now and for some reason cannot wait to put my head upon my pillow---feeling a little melancholy tonight.

things behind glass

cosmologies, husband & wife, buildings in blue, kaleidoscopes, modular men, orchids, chocalate, an olivetti typewriter, inkwells, stamp presses, bloodied papier-mache heads, gondola tails, glass blowing men, and patient travellers

going thru old pictures is the best...it gives you glimpses and hints at feelings and moments that could potentially be forgotten if it were not for the place/setting/time captured within that magical little box...the potential of forgetting creates an opportunity for me to work on the potentials of remembering...

for sitting