best of the 4th

tennis in the noon heat

cold black cherry soda

cool shower after

a WHOLE pint of chocolate ice cream

corn on the cob and grilled bratwurst

watching fireworks from the 11th floor

Saturday

PMS sure can make me cranky!

Things I'm not allowed to say

Sometimes I step away when someone's talking to me. I retreat somewhere inside. I'm not listening. Then hours later, as I'm walking around, staring at the bright city skyline, I think of the cruelty of life. That eventually, you're really not allowed to be yourself. You have to step into a role to do what needs to be done and hide yourself away inside that persona. Or you will perish. So to that my inner-self says Fuck You.

Even though it's not a word I'm allowed to say.

Day 181: Custom furniture coming to a tour stop near you!

Day 181: Custom furniture coming to a tour stop near you!
Originally uploaded by Threadless 365

Now why haven't I done this before???

Dinner

I made french onion soup from scratch today. And I thanked my parents for my food processor. BEST GIFT EVER. It's also the first time I've ever made french onion soup. I do it completely veggie - I'm not fond of beef broth. It's yummy. I also made a fab whole wheat and shrimp red curry and paired it with a glass of white wine. To make it more bohemian I'm eating in my bed using a cookie sheet as a serving tray.

I have two drawings to do that are stuck in my head. There's a story behind them, but the images need to be laid out first. I sketched one, but I'm thinking of working it out on my nice watercolor paper that is soo nice I'm afraid to use it. I just gotta bite the bullet!

mmm back to my soup.

iphone or backflip?

I found out yesterday, when I took my dad out for the evening, that I can now switch to a real cellphone. I've been living off a best buy phone - one of those go-phones - for the last few months when my cell phone died unexpectedly. For MONTHS I've been wanting an iphone, but haven't been able to switch. But then my dad did a "sell" on me for the phone my brother has - the Motorola Backflip. Now, I'm a total sucker for marketing and the iphone 4 video just makes it look awesome. Sold. But then there's the fact my brother researches things quite well and I trust his opinions on any tech stuff. Basically, if he were to tell me that the iphone is crap and I should buy this phone, I'd just do it. Forget research, just listen to Pete. Anywho, so since softball is canceled due to flooded fields, I'm "researching". yea.

a play

I saw a play today I've never seen before

And it spun ideas in my head and made me laugh and smile

It was wonderful and I needed some happy in my day

it was disconcerning seeing my name listed along with Dali and Matisse but I must admit there was a bit of a thrill in it too

I saw the most beautiful sunset of my life so far

silhouetted against the bursting-with-color backdrop was a slice of a building and the remains of lightning scattering in the background

but it was lonely after being in a room full of people