happy girl.

i had thai today for the first time since i've been in colorado. it was better than i could have imagined. what's more, it was even good cold, for dinner. and that's something.

then we found a pretty incredible thrift store. leah and i each got polaroid cameras for under $4.

then i stood in line for 3 hours to vote. and it was worth every second (though i will readily admit how grateful i was for my ipod and bukowski).

it's 'roid week on flickr! perhaps the last ever? let's hope not.

check it out. fall in love.
join the force.
make me smile.

damaged goods.

a
dangerous
combination
of
teeth
and
dry
air.

cog.

so we spent my birthday weekend at 14,110 feet, 17˚F (10˚F wind chill), with 50 mph winds.

we took the train up to the pikes peak summit today. these are the only shots we took outside, looking down on colorado springs, and nearly all the way to kansas. it wasn't so much the thin air, cold air or wind that made us look like this. it was mostly the sand embedding itself in our skin. regardless, it was awesome.

today was sort of about hats.

look out, 'roid week. here we come.

three great things.

1. it snowed this week! (and i only got one crappy picture, below)
2. my birthday is this weekend. and my sister's too!
3. 'roid week starts monday!!!!!

(greatness is directly related to the number of exclamation points needed)


i watched the movie snowcake last night. it was pretty great, too. so i guess four great things, not three.

movie night

the wind that shakes the barley.

three day weekends

pro: THREE days.
con: bank account.

bleh.

i have a whole heap of things to get done today, none of which i've had any intention of doing since i woke up. time to get to it, i suppose.

i think (and sort of hope) this is my last long weekend, so im going to try to take advantage of it. without, you know, spending any money. at all.

warm coat day.

as per jessica's suggestion, i've started making a list of things that i'm not going to let myself fret over.

#1 being embarrassed.

(it covers a lot more than you might think: the downstairs neighbors hearing me jump rope, being more aggressive with strangers than i normally might be, hearing myself say "hook-on wieners" several times a day, taking stool samples to the vet, not being able to get my face to completely clear up, unintentional blushing, etc...)

we heart autumn.

another shot from our fall escapade last weekend.

it's a haiku written by john maeda, 2007.

one of my pendants made the front page of etsy tonight! yay!

leah and i went on a little road trip yesterday to deckers, co.
we have a love affair going on with bright yellow aspens.
fall is good here.
it's supposed to snow this weekend, i think.

it is often that i have irrational romantic fantasies.
it is rare that i act on them.

tonight was about bold moves, regardless of outcome or consequence.

not sleeping.
rawrg.

plus side: 3 day weekends are nice.

on migraines,
"...there was a sense that in the space behind his eyes a porcupine and a lobster were fighting to the death in front of a strobe light." -tom robbins, fierce invalids home from hot climates

she winked?

she winked! twice!

i'm sorry, lady, but that's ridiculous. and frankly, i find it a little insulting that she's continuing the "nucular" fiasco.

here's something.