hi lizard.

Thursday pattern

animals with things on their heads

nice hats, you strange little animals.

American Apparel

What I want to know is how American Apparel found my mailing address.  I got this ad in the mail yesterday- addressed to me specifically.  And then for the model to be all bloody like that, and calling my boyfriend by his first name?  I just don't like any of it...

another blog

My friend Kristin came to LA for a conference a couple weekends ago, and it was great to see her.  When she wasn't at the conference we walked around a lot, cooked and ate lots of vegetables, drank wine, and talked. After she left I had the idea that we should use our crappy cellphones to send photos to each other every day.  I like the idea of being nostalgic for the look and feel of crappy cellphone photos.  I have a few old and outdated cellphones in a drawer of random electronics- maybe I'll work on some sort of project using their cameras?  In the meantime, here is the blog of Kristin & my photo correspondence so far:

www.littlemegapixel.com

marshmallow branches

I guess some of these are just mutations on the branches, though, since a marshmallow couldn't be threaded onto a branch like some of these are.  Perhaps they're marshmallow-shaped galls like the oak galls that I would find on branches in the woods when I was little.  Even though they were like infections in the tree I always thought they were so pretty...

flower in the pocket of my windbreaker

I found this flower out on a walk this morning, and tucked it into the pocket of my windbreaker.  I just remembered about it so got it out and put it under my digital microscope to take a look.  I have some work that I should be doing, which makes it a perfect time for using my microscope to check out little flowers...

zebra on my patio

I once did an internship with a rug weaver in Oberlin Ohio who taught me that any woven rug can be cleaned successfully using plain water and a little pressure.  I decided to clean this zebra print rug that I got from my sister-in-law so I draped it over two chairs on the back patio and sprayed it with the hose.  I left it to dry and when I came back later, having forgotten it was there, I honestly thought there was a zebra on the other side of the door.  It was just for a split second, and then I quickly figured out what was actually going on, but for that instant I believed a zebra had managed to find his way onto an enclosed patio in the middle of LA.  Hmmm...

grapes

I have been buying grapes lately, because they are a good start to a lot of the different juices I've been making in my Vitamix.  They are sweet and juicy and I throw them in with a half a pear, some kale, broccoli, pumpkin seeds, and pieces of mango for a pretty fantastic drink.  I love my Vitamix.  It is truly helping me take full advantage of the amazing produce available here in Southern California.  *sigh*

rabbit groceries

mother of pearl button

my work space

I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm really really messy when I do work.  I don't particularly like it- there's something so nice about a big clean desk and a lack of clutter and everything having its place...  But inevitably my desk becomes a big old cluttered mess.  Pliers, glue, scissors, electronics, fabric, receipts, charcoal, empty cups and glasses, sketchbooks, bills...  I do think it's worth noting that in this photo of my current work space you can find 3 decorative unicorns.  At least it has that going for it...

my fantasy football team

This past Monday, the day after the Superbowl, I asked my friend Ryan who had won.  He told me that it definitely wasn't my fantasy football team.  I'm surprised, since my fantasy football team is pretty strong;  A salamander, two dogs, a duckling, and Hulk Hogan.

police sketches

Am I crazy or does this police sketch that I took a photo of outside the Boulder Police station look a bit like Bill Murray?

I took a photo of this one too.  I'm not sure who it resembles, but it's pretty great...

bridge to nowhere

Today Chris and I hiked to the Bridge to Nowhere, a giant concrete bridge built in the 1930s that was originally meant to be part of a road through the San Gabriel Mountains.  In 1938 there was a flood that washed out the road, which left the bridge standing awkwardly in what feels like the middle of nowhere.  It's a 9 mile round trip hike up a river bed with lots of scrambling and river crossings.  We saw big-horned sheep, lots of amazing rocks, and when we got back to the parking lot as the sun was setting we saw a guy getting pumped up for some evening solo hiking- the trunk of his car popped and some tinny hip-hop blasting as he laced up his shoes and stretched, sipping from something that looked like it was a McDonald's milkshake.  

Then we drove back to Culver City and ate at the Hare Krishna temple.  All in all, a good day...