holidays/malaise

its the flaming 26th and i'm back at work already! it's been a pretty festive season and i can't wait until next year - next year is the year i get handmade!

also...i'm completely due for for a xmas abroad! maybe grenada?? or monaco??

over & done with

2011 is almost over! ugh! my brain is stuffed with thanksgiving leftovers - its impossible to think in a reasonable manner -buuuut....I'm ready to create my "get a happy life" plan anyway .

must achieve project completion (read: sublime happiness & fulfillment) by 2015!

cruel summer

my have a blast yearbook summer fantasies are officially over.

this summer has gone by so ridiculously fast in spurts and dripped along like molasses in others. its been mental! the first part of the summer was lush - seemed very promising, but it's been a bit of a drag really. i've had so much on my plate & the weather has been so gloomy :(


the summer concert series in the garden has kept me busy for 14 hours every Thursday and Saturday's have been disastrously busy in the garden - and now a new art installation and huge database conversion. eeeek! i miss part-time work! why is it that the grass is ALWAYS greener. ALWAYS! at least i got to go to the always amazing san francisco silent film festival and i've been getting in shape and deathly hallows part II was immense!

things helping me get through:


best.ever.yum.

electro-brilliance.


comfort food telly.

well, i finally did it!

i knew getting my wisdom teeth out would be mental.
why did i wait so long! i'm in agony. can't even drink hot tea :(


at least i took the whole week off from work (catching up on eastenders and sleep).

ps. pintos & cheese is the perfect post-oral surgery food. yum!

stay golden, ponyboy.

Isn't it weird when you have to do a double take when you see yourself in the mirror? Or you just have to stare at yourself because everything looks all out of sorts. Iona is right...why can't we start old and get younger?? Iona is genius ♥

Can't wait!

we meet again

my insomnia is back - like a ghost that just keeps haunting me. it's such a ridiculous part of my psychographic composition now that i'm not entirely sure if i don't actually need it in some way.

maybe a new bed...a new apartment...a new city...country...life.

think pink

recently i've been enjoying a pink renaissance.

absolutely inspired by my new benefit "bella bamba" blush & my vintage gooseberry pyrex refrigerator dishes.
love it!

days like this

i miss my best friend in london. i miss being in school. i miss being bone-y. i miss working in downtown san francisco (not that working at Cal, in Tilden no less, isn't lovely), i miss having a reason to visit my hometown. i miss having a fireplace. i miss having free time. i miss dance class.


i love the king's speech. i love my new coats. i love my new business cards. i love my new teapot. i love telling friend's embarrassing stories about myself (hopefully i make other feel less embarrassed and more amused by their own ridiculous missteps through my own silly & cringe-worthy shenanigans), i love finding new old bands, i love all my vintage pyrex finds.

don't put another dime in the jukebox

a bit maudlin...but true enough. actually not a bad thing really.

PS. there are no kindred spirits in my new workplace.
once i'm settled in it's going to be time to find a better fit elsewhere.
(why am i so capricious!!)