I Want This

So, I was reading swissmiss when this Ideapaint link caught my eye. It's a dry erase wall. A. Dry. Erase. Wall. You don't know this about me but I rarely come across a dry erase board that I don't want to write or draw on. Can you imagine if I had a whole wall of dry erase at my disposal?? This has now been added to my "when I have a home, I want to do this somewhere" list.

Link Time

Mailbox as Magnetic Entryway Organizer

5 Fantasy Beds

The Flow (Charts) Of Food and Decision Making

Jimmy Fallon has some fun with stock photos

This crazy woman made her own trellis fabric

I love Sundays

Texts From Last Night

Wait for it...

Last year's GAP holiday commercials are my favorite. They called them Gap Merry Mix It. The all cast rendition of Jingle Bells is my favorite. Enjoy...

Talk to the moose!

Big thanks to Caitlin for telling me about this. I love the blond girl around the 9 second mark.

"a Little, Small, Wee Bear, a Middle-sized Bear, and a Great, Huge Bear"

There's a new feature on here. It's over there. To the right. See it?

Check out my postings on Posterous. I mostly post random little things that are too long for Twitter and too short for this blog.

(There's a The Story of the Three Bears comparison to be made here. Go for it.)

Snow Heart

A Snow Heart For You :) xoxox
Originally uploaded by janoid

I saw this picture and had to share it. Enjoy.

Neat

I saw these Digital Day Counters on Shelterrific today and I think they are so neat! If you're tired of going low-fi and writing the date opened on one of those little round stickers then this is your solution.

Thanks for...

my parents who put up with and love me, no matter what

the rest of my family

my friends who listen to me and put up with all my shenanigans

my wonderful, funny, smart, supportive boyfriend

Google and Twitter and the whole of the internets

Crossroads

lipgloss

I'm 50% White (part iii)

Just what you've been waiting for... more whiteness!

#43 plays - Who doesn't like a good play? Or a bad one for that matter.

#44 public radio - It's local. It's people you know (well, could know, if you knew those kind of people) playing music you love. I also love the scheduling of the different kinds of music. Jazz in the evenings, swing on the weekends, classical during the day, a little NPR in between. And it's local. I'm a fan of things that are local.

#48 whole foods and grocery co-ops - This goes with the being a fan of things that are local.

#49 vintage - Recycling at its best.

#50 irony - People that drive their Hummers to grocery co-op are my favorite.

#51 living by the water - I grew up on a peninsula, I've been to the beach more than I can count, vacations are usually at the beach, my dad is a captain on a scallop boat, I am convinced there is salt water in my veins. I would love to live by the sea at some point in my life (not happening anytime soon, I know). The sound of the waves crashing, watching storms roll in, seagulls (oh, how I miss seagulls - there are no seagulls in Richmond, just stupid pigeons), going for walks on the beach and collecting seashells - heaven. This quote made me laugh: "Mountain views are also acceptable, but generally seen as a poor substitute." I suppose mountains have their own allure. Maybe, one day, I'll find out if that is true.

#53 dogs - How could you not like dogs? They are adorable and, unlike cats, they are just as happy to see you as you are to see them.

#54 kitchen gadgets - I am a sucker for kitchen gadgets. I try to control myself and stick to the Alton Brown rule of thumb: if it doesn't do at least three things, it isn't worth space in your kitchen.

New Moon is Almost Here!

Hilarious.

Throw on our bow-ties and we hit the town

All week everyone has been talking about this video but I'm just now getting around to watching it. It's hysterical! Watch it now. Don't wait.

I'm 50% White (part ii)

The whiteness continues.

#28 not having a tv - That's right, folks, I do not have a tv. It's like the 1930s up in my place. Want to know the news? I suggest you turn on the radio.

#35 the daily show/colbert report - Back when I did have a tv, I loved watching these two shows. If Jon or Steve didn't talk about it then it wasn't worth knowing.

#36 breakfast places - So here's the funny thing: I love to sleep late. Or all day. But if there's a good place to meet for breakfast then I have no problem waking up early. Meeting for breakfast at some great place is one of my favorite things. Well so long as I can nap when I get home.

#37 renovations - I rent an apartment so I don't do a lot on the renovation front. I like seeing other people renovate stuff and dream of renovating something of my own one day.

#39 netflix - I'm all for anything I can order on-line, while wearing my pajamas, and is then delivered to my mailbox. This also cuts back on the whole going to the video store for a specific movie/tv series and upon arriving finding out they do not in fact have it. That's irritating. Ordering the movie/tv series on-line (pajamas!) and having it delivered is not. (Unless of course your mailman is a complete idiot and always puts your movies in your neighbor's mailbox and then your neighbor doesn't bring them to you until she's finished watching it. There's always a downside.)

#40 apple products - "Plain and simple, white people don’t just like Apple, they love and need Apple to operate." Truer words, people, truer words.

#41 indie music - Don't you love listening to something that you know only a few select people are listening to? Don't you just feel like telling everyone "na-na-na-na-na, my music choices are better than yours! I'm listening to a band/artist you haven't even *heard* of yet!"?

#42 sushi - First of all, not all sushi contains raw fish. It vexes me so when I hear "I don't like raw fish so I don't eat sushi." Grrr. Pieces of raw fish are called sashimi (and is actually very tasty, even if you're not a big fan of fish). It's a whole other thing. Second of all, sushi is yummy and delicious. But beware of how much you eat because that rice will fill you up quicker then you can imagine. Third of all, pickled ginger and wasabi? Yes, please.

Don't worry, there's more whiteness to come...

You call that a holiday?!

Secret Society of List Addicts had a post today called Holidays That Should be Invented. This of course made me think of the holidays I think should be invented.

Here's my list:

Mulligan Day - Everyone should get one day where you can have as many do-overs as needed.

No Filter Day - All year you repress saying 80% of what pops into your head (or if you're me, 95%). On No Filter Day have at it and repress zero percent! (Note: This day should probably be followed up by Mulligan Day.)

Eh Day - This is the day where answering a question with "eh" is completely acceptable. No one can tell you "that's not really an answer" because on this day it totally *is* an answer.

Be Nice to Me Day - Ever had one of those days where you feel slightly cracked and like at any moment you're just going to scream at the top of your lungs and then break down crying if anyone else says one. more. thing. to. you.? Yeah, this is your day to stop the madness.

Sundries Holiday - Go do whatever you want. Why should other people tell you what you're celebrating? Take the day off from work and celebrate... whatever you want!

Shoes

My extended weekend was FABULOUS and I'm going to tell you all about it (and Jimmy!), but first! let's look at some shoes...









{source: Shoelust}

Shoes

I may not always wear fabulous shoes but that doesn't mean that I don't wish I did. Look at these...














Aren't they fabulous? Can't you just imagine wearing them with a great cable knit sweater dress? I can. Totally.

{source: decor8blog}

I'm 50% White

Have you seen the website Stuff White People Like? It's hysterically funny!

I went down the list to see just how white I am. Turns out I'm 50% white. Out of the 128 things listed (as of the date of this post), 64 apply to me.

• #5 farmers markets - I do love a good farmers' market. There's something about buying the thing from the guy (or girl) that grew the thing.


• #6 organic food - I always thought all food was organic, until I was told it wasn't.


• #8 Barack Obama - I voted for the man. I went to his inauguration. I genuinely like him.


• #9 making your feel bad about not going outside - Doesn't everyone want to breath fresh air and enjoy the sunshine, or the rain if that's your thing?


• #13 tea - I drink cups and cups and cups of tea on any given day.


• #15 yoga - Yoga is pretty great. It can be relaxing or it can be intense.


• #24 wine - A nice glass of wine can repair a broken day. A whole bottle will make you forget all about it.


• #27 marathons - There's something about training for a marathon that makes you feel productive.

more to come...

Desks

I've been thinking about getting a new, larger desk. Something like this maybe?
























I'd hate to get rid of my current desk (that I love, really I do) but what with going to school and all I've just outgrown it.

Or maybe I should get a dining room table and use it as my working space. I do love tulip tables and drool a little bit when I see one. IKEA has one for really cheap right now...















And then there's lucite. Oh how I love lucite furniture. The chairs! The tables! Oh my!
























{sources: the first desk and IKEA table and lucite chair and lucite desk}

Things That Made Me Right-Click

These are the things that made me right-click while perusing my Google Reader this a.m.

Hello, lovely, organized drop area

Hello, beautiful coffee table

Hello, cool paper art

{Sources: www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/organizing/ericas-organized-zones-091713; www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/inspiration/5-ways-to-use-pastels-successfully--091866; www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5458335}

The time comes when ...

You realize that you are on the internet, or just the computer sans the internet part, a helluva lot! So what better idea is there than to start a blog! Seriously. Ok hear me out on this. So I spend a lot of time on the internets. A lot. I don't even want to begin to calculate how much time. I'm interneting my life away over here.

I'm on the computer and internets during the day for legit work stuff (checking on case filings, MSPB appeals, searching Fed. R. Civ. P. with the ease of CTRL + F). When I get home I feel the need to answer the siren call and veg out on the internets (because I wasn't on the computer enough whislt at work). I'm on the computer for most of the day. There are bathroom breaks, that helps.

Sure I'm all caught up on Britney's day, I know my MySpace friends moods at that instant, I know who the musical guests are for all the late night shows (thank you Rolling Stone for your newsletters), I know the balance of my checking account (that's got to be one of the few remotely "grown up" interneting occurances of my day) and I've seen Natalie Dee's drawing of the day. But what does that really add up to? Not much people. Not much.

So here we are. Here we are. Indeed.