beerandclothing

release the damn movie already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5mSIj7foWE

 

I heart Indy

and where I'll be May 22nd.  I might even have to camp out like a real Indy dork.

Repo

you know where I will be on April 25th.

Buy Local.

Check her out at www.ginadesantisceramics.com

utah

Last Saturday I flew to Utah for a training class.  Utah was more beautiful that I ever expected.  As we decended from the clouds the mountains were on my side of the plane and I just sat there with my mouth open.  As soon as I got my rental car I drove out to Saltair to see the Great Salt Lake.  So still, so flat. So quiet.  No one was around the marina as Feburary in Utah is not prime boating time.  I stood on the edge of the marsh lands looking out and as far as you could see was the lake and moutains.  Perfect. 

Drove around the city, saw the temple, tons of weddings happening, check out the info center about the building of the temple and the mormon religion.  Then I drove out to Park City.  Watched some people ski and snowboard and walked around a bit.  Drove up to Tremonton to visit and stay with a friend.  Soaked in a hot spring that evening.  Fabulous.  Hot Springs are awesome.  They smell minerally and feel great.  No aches after that.

The next morning I got up early and took a snowboard lesson.  I have never snowboarded, nor skied. i have skateboarded but that was like 15 years ago in my college days.  Park City sealed the deal.  I had been kicking around learning to snowboard while I was out there but wasn't sure if I'd kill myself by falling down a mountain or break something, miss my training class, and be royally screwed.  I decided to learn at Beaver Moutain in the Cache Canyon.  The class was me and a girl from San Diego who surfs.  She'd snowboarded before but wanted a refresher.  The pace for the absolute beginner class was sort of like my dad teaching me to ride a bike.  Take off training wheels...shove me off down the street.  I figured we'd used the surface mount lift for a bit, learn some basics, and at the end of the hour try the little hills.  Oh no.   After learning how to hobble to a lift with one foot strapped in, we were off for the moutain.  Now in Utah, the little green runs, might as well be double black diamond compared to Ohio runs.  The verticle drop of the Little Beaver run is much larger than Ohio ski runs.  Well at the end of a few runs, I could do J turns and falling leaf down the moutain. The toeside stuff totally escaped me and I mostly wound up falling down or flipping over.  What I hadn't taken into account was that asthmatic slug girl from practically sea-level Cleveland, was now doing something rather physical at about 7500 ft.  My ass was getting kicked.  At the end of the lesson my binding broke about halfway down and I had to ride the board with only one foot strapped in.  My instructor was pretty impressed that didn't phase me, he said a lot of regulars would ride down with out being strapped and would walk down.  I took that as an omen to stop for the day, get out of my soggy clothes, and regain breathing normally.  But now I am hooked and so want to do that again.  I found a board on craiglist I think I might call about.  I need something to get me out of bed in the winter.  Even if no one else I know does it. 

Later that afternoon I drove to Idaho.  Just because.  As I drove into Idaho, which is even more desolate that Utah I realized that I was the only person in the whole state that knew me or that I was there.  It was like I was completely alone.  Ah solitude.  It's awesome.  So if I ever fall of the grid and become a hermit, northern Utah or Idaho is were I will be. 

Tuesday night I went ice skating and determined once again I am a slug, but after about 30 minutes, I was able to skate like my old self.  I got used to the rental skates, regained my balance, and had a lot of fun. It would have been nice if they had run the zamboni over the ice because it was pretty chewed up and boucing a long on the ice wasn't helping.    I was feeling a little dorky since the average age at the rink was probably 14.  People my age were there with their kids and sat in the bleechers watching.  But then the Thompson Twins came on the music they were playing.  I had to laugh because that was so Winterhurst circa 86 when I spent most Friday night ice skating there.  But what they played next made me about fall over.  Stigmata. After a few more songs I realized they were playing the Fred station from XM radio and didn't have a DJ like they did at Winterhurst.  No Sun Always Shines on TV though, which is my favourite ice skating song.  After about an hour, the place cleared out and there were only about 10 people left on the ice for the final hour.  So I could practice skating backwards (which I finally got better at) and spins. 

The rest of the week was just class and killing time in Logan utah.  The mall, some snowboarding stores, taking pictures, eating at Sonic (cherry limeade!), surfing the internet (Hey Hampton inn, get WIFI in the rooms, corded internet isn't conducive to laying in bed surfing), and watching TV with commercials.  Sucks.

Thursday I drove back to Salt Lake and flew home on Friday.  4 airports, 3 planes later, I finally got back to Cleveland.  I like airports.  I like flying.  My single serving airplane friends were nice, no barking little purse dogs, no screaming children.  I don't hate Southwest airlines as much as I thought I did.  Although I got really sick of peanuts that day.  Ok I did get wheat thins on the Denver to Chicago leg.  But I swear if I see a little purple bag of peanuts, I might lose it. 

I am back for a bit then I am off to LA.  I think surfing lesson is in order for trip.   

myspace crap

since i don't like to do the bulletin thing here are some that i received, recycled into my lame attempt at having a blog.

Body:

Ok its family fued no using same answers!! 1.Name something you use in the shower? razor 2. Name something a football player wears under his uniform? pad 3. Name something people hate to find on their windshield. notes from stalker 4. Name something a man might buy before a date? flowers (yeah right!) 5. What's another word for blemish? pimple 6. Something you'd cook in the microwave. hot pocket 7. Name a piece of furniture people need help moving. couch 8 Name a reason a younger man might like an older woman. less needy 9. Name something a dog does that embarrasses its owner. jumps on visitors 10. Name a kind of test you cannot study for. blood 11. Name something a boy scout gets a badge for? cooking 12. Name a phrase with the word 'Home' in it? homemade 13. Name a sport where players loose teeth? boxing 14. Name something a teacher can do to ruin a student's day? popquiz 15. What is a way you can tell someone has been crying? red puffy eyes 16. Name something found at a Séance? candles 17. Name a bird you wouldn't want to eat? sparrow 18. Name something that gets folded? sheets 19. Name something a person wears even if it has a hole in it? undies 20. Name something that gets smaller the more you use it? pencil 21. Name someone that saves lives? paramedic 22. Name a profession that is most disrespected? telemarketer 23. Name a color a house should never be painted? pink (except for the french house on lake ave.) 24. Name a former President that most people would say is honest: abe lincoln? 25. Name something packrats have a hard time throwing out? old clothes 26. Name something that might annoy a gardener? cost of potting mix 27. Name a reason a man might send his wife flowers? birthday 28. Name a term used in football? hail mary 29. Name someone you wouldn't want to get a phone call from? anyone asking for $ 30. Name something a person wouldn't want living in their house? rats 31. Name a musician who goes by one name? Cher 32. Name something a woman would find in her boyfriend's apartment that would make her think he was cheating? panties that aren't hers 33. Name something you'd buy for more than a thousand dollars? car, house, hottub 34. Name something a teenage boy can do for hours at a time? mope 36. Name a reason why a woman might not want to kiss her boyfriend? he cheated 37. Name an animal many people are scared of? spiders 38. Name something you think would be difficult about being a waiter? crappy tips 39. Tell me something specific you should drink a lot of when you're sick? tea 40. Name something that has to warm up before you use it? bathtub 41. Name a popular Halloween costume? vampire 42. Name something that can kill a party? empty keg 43. Name a slang word for policeman? popo 44. Name the first item of clothing you take off after work? shoes 45. Name something Spain is famous for? toledo swords 46. Name something made of leather? pants 47. Name something a cowboy uses? horse 48. Name something you can buy at any drug store? drugs 49. Name a type of fly? bottle 50. Name a part of the body that gets bigger as we get older? waistline

1. Did you date someone from your school? yeah married him too.
2. Did you win anything in Senior's Who's Who? no
3. What kind of car did you drive? mercury lynx
4. It's Friday night...where r u at? my bedroom
5. Were you a party animal? not yet.
6. Were you considered a flirt? i highly doubt it.
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? none
8. Were you a nerd? probably.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled?  no i was too good.
10. Can you sing the fight song? parts of it.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Chuck
12. Where did you sit during lunch?at a table.
13.What was your school's full name? Lutheran High School West. 
14. School mascot? Longhorn
15. Homecoming court? what about it.  do i remember them? was I in it? no and no.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Hmm. I would just to piss people off.
17. What do you remember most about graduation? my golden noose.
18. Where did you go senior skip day? didn't partake
19. Have u gained some weight since then? yes.
20. Who was your Senior prom date? David
21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? long gone.
22. Who was your home room teacher? Mr. Felton?  I am not really sure.
23. Who will repost this? no body
24. Did you play any sports? tried my freshman year and realized i was more of an outcast.
25. Do you still talk to people from school? a select few.

P-cat

On Tuesday, our sweet Patches, better known at Patchie-Cat, passed away at home.  She was 17 years old.  She is survived by her beloved tolerated sister, Kitty. 

She was a great friend and confidant, nap partner, laundry snuggler, food and drink inspector, and alarm clock. 

David, Kitty, and I miss her terribly.  It’s much too quiet at home without her. 

a cat shaped hole in my heart

Patches
Originally uploaded by f1focus

RIP P-cat. I loved you so much.

not really "working"

I was thinking back to the post back in Feb where I listed my 5 traits that some $30 book told me I was good at.  It was actually pretty accurate but I might not have arrived at describing what I was good at, so well.  Soooo, what happened.  Did I read that book and do nothing...well sort of I laterally moved out of job I loated to a new job.  Same sandbox, different, totally different job. So needless to say...I really dig my new job.  I see no light at the end of the tunnel.  There is no tunnel.  It's all greener pastures.  Now I just have to figure out how to run the farm.

Stupid corporate goals.
Ride in corporate jet. 
Sit in corporate boardroom.  Check!
Get stock options.
get paid in stock.
Get a bonus.  managed this once...long time ago. Needs to happen again.  (secret...bonuses often have the taxes paid on them, woot woot!)
get business cards.  don't laugh I currently don't have any. 

and now since it's the end of the year and time for resolutions:
get out of debt...ok well I really don't mind debt. lets spin it to say find ways of increasing wealth.  And not more wait until I am 59 and 1/2 to get it kind of wealth.    Like some now, concrete type of wealth.
study more econ.
paint the house. (sometimes you need to start small)
find a way to hire a housekeeper.  Really I hate cleaning.  One should not partake in activites one hates. 
get a better haircolour.  I think it's time for professional help. 

really I blog!

I do blog...just not as much as I used to.  I have good intentions but you know...life or lack thereof...gets in the way?

I have however been posting to flickr more.  I just posted a ton of garden photos. This was my first year wintersowing and it went really well.   

I also posted more jewelry that i have made.  Good shows this year and I just applied for Bizzare Bazaar.  Got in last year so hopefully make the cut this year. 

1/2 day pto here i come.

one cannot have anymore of a craptastic day that i am having. 

so bad I decided to blog. that should give you all some idea of just how bad.  and a big shout out F-U to Paypal and 5/3 bank for being the biggest crop of morons yet. 

Ponder this dear readers.  If one has 20 dollars in an account with a debit card and one accidentally pays a $700 bill with this said debit card.  Do you think the bank should authorize it?  According to the bank yes, you have overdraft protection.  Ok, grant that but if overdraft protection comes from an account with less than $100 in it do you still authorize it?  According to 5/3 yes.  And when account owner calls and says...eh scratch that my bad...they say...uh there's nothing we can do.  When asked where are they getting that 600+ to pay they have no clue.  I love a bank that will write a check that my ass can't cash. 

Anway... here's Bridgets fun fashion quiz...

senseless clothing Quiz No XLSize 7
_______________________________

what are you wearing?

jeans.  tank.  shirt. sweater.  too pissed of to go into details.


how long have you been wearing it ?

well the sweater since 1994.

how often do you wash you clothes after a wear ?

works clothes ~2 wears unless i was a slob at lunch.
artclothes ~ weeks later


describe your work outfit ?

whatever that goes together and looks semi professional.

what do you wear working out ?

free tshirts and shorts


Your definition of "casual day" at your job ?


nice jeans and a jacket


do you wear hats on occasion ?

have been known to, yes.

colors you like to wear ?

OLIVE GREEN and BLACK

colors you look good in ?

see above

how do you feel about slippers ?

too hot.  unless i am in the basement.

shoes you prefer to wear ?

combat boots.  There is nothing more satifying than a great pair of combat boots.

clothing choices that make you ill ?

cloths that don't fit well. 

if you could be a spokesperson for a line , who & what ?

probably some strange belgian designer or issey miyake. 

top fashion disaster moment in your lifetime ?

i wore some stupid stuff in my life....


recent sock purchase includes ?

none recently. 


body jewelry of any type adorning your outfit ?

hidden.  not adorning.


favorite t-shirt ?

my cure shirt from 1989 that is most faded and worn


oldest article of clothing you still wear ?

i might have go with 5th grade socks.

best clothing invention during mankinD IS ?

boots.

might have to take in a horror flick...

holy crap. ogre is singing opera? in a horror flick? only in toronto...where I saw Paul Stanely as the Phantom.

hmmm Ogre as the Phanton?  that would be worth a road trip.

kentucky derby 2007

well it was a rager.  bus tour = drinks. lots of drinks.  infield = lots of drunk people.  it's definitely a good people watching event. 

yes i wore a hat.  have to show the infield a bit of style.

some video of just two of the highlights we caught.

oh yeah there was a horse race going on too.

gallery show with ME! tomorrow...

Art Exhibition:

Where: Level Three Gallery

3635 Perkins Ave

Cleveland, OH 44114

*minutes from downtown

**free parking available

Opening Reception: Friday, July 6 from 6-10 p.m.

Show dates: July 6- July 29

Gallery hours: by appointment.

Level Three Gallery presents “Objectify”, an exhibition focusing on fine craft created by Cleveland artists including Gina DeSantis, Lauralee Hutson, Ruth Sholtis-Furyes and Columbus glass artist Ken Beckett.  Represented in this exhibit are fine art objects both functional and decorative.  Rooted with environmental and natural influences, they each take a different perspective on color and design.

Lauralee Hutson is a graduate of Cleveland Institute of Art with a degree in metals and jewelry and a minor in enameling. Her work has been exhibited in museums on the west coast and has sold at the Smithsonian, Philadelphia Museum of Art and at the 2006 national conferences of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. In August of 2007 she will have two enameled pieces in an international exhibition sponsored by the Enamelist Society. Lauralee often takes inspiration from nature, sometimes abstracting it and sometimes creating realistic imagery in her jewelry and sculpture. Most recently she has embarked on a series that explores societies' perceptions of beauty, the values placed on it and how we increasingly over indulge in self absorption. Often her work uses the botanical world as metaphor for the human world.

Ruth Sholtis-Furyes is a Cleveland-based crafts artist who works in jewelry, metals and clay.  She creates functional jewelry from found glass often in vibrant colors juxtaposed with silver organic designs.  Her influences are rooted heavily in modern design with simple clean lines.  Ruth has shown her work locally at such shows as the Bizarre Bazaar.

Gina DeSantis is a graduate of Kent State University with a Master of Fine arts degree in ceramics.  She is co-owner of Level Three Gallery and is the ceramics instructor at Art House.  Her work contrasts heavy texturing with monochromatic, saturated color.  Currently her work focuses on multiple functional pieces combined and stacked to create a unified singular piece.  As a craftsperson she is intrigued by the process of “making” and its ever-evolving results.

For more information visit http://levelthreegallery.blogspot.com or contact Gina DeSantis at artzy_grl@yahoo.com, 440.785.5409,

Or Marlene Forst at 440.666.7834

it's my birthday and I'll do what I want to...

ah....felt a bit creakier this morning.  one year older.  well actually not until 11:24am.  I was a late riser even then. 

so far it's been a great bday.

ketchup on a filet at morton's.  ;-)  god that was wonderful.  i don't need to hear any bashing from steaksnobs who think ketchup shouldn't be served on a steak.  V steakhouse as in V for Jean George Vongerichten gave tamarind ketchup with their's.  Forever to be one of my favourite meals.

warm flat pop...no seriously.  i love warm flat pop.  takes more like the syrup.

skinny puppy in the lab/office (with a window to the outside...sort of!!)

a request from my new boss to go Borders for him.  shopping???!!! me???! (didn't need to go the article at the very capable CPL)

Keylime Jelly on my pb&j

more flashlights to play with than I can shake a stick at!

watering cacti...

Oh there's more funny web goodness here.

not growing old

yeah.... exactly.

summer reading...

ok I haven't read the book but I know for a fact that I will buy and probably re-read it a few times.  It's the book H and I should have written, but someone has chronicled the best teen mag ever, Sassy. 

How Sassy Changed My Life

In July 1988 H and I happened on Sassy in the corner Convenient store.  We were forever changed.  Finally a magazine that said hey...we know you don't like hair bands, aren't enamoured by the football team, aren't popular, but that's ok...you are way cooler and will do way more with your lives than they average teenybopper. 

I wish I had kept my back issues.  I found a few when moving.  Ah, Sassy.  You ruled. 

new gallery opening in the CLEVE

LAUNCH !

http://levelthreegallery.blogspot.com/

Art Exhibition: Level Three Gallery Grand Opening

Where: Level Three Gallery
3635 Perkins Ave
Cleveland, OH 44114
*minutes from downtown
**free parking available

Open: Friday, June 1st 6-10
And by appointment.


Level Three Gallery and Showroom, the newest art space in Cleveland is located at 3635 Perkins Ave. It is owned and curated by Marlene Forst and Gina DeSantis. The space is also home to their studios. It will house monthly exhibitions. The opening exhibit will include their work as well as the work of Bob Peck, Bridget Ginley, and Peter Krajcovic, and Richard Cihlar.

Marlene Forst has owned and managed Forst Gallery located at Great Northern Mall for the past 16 years. She is a graduate of Bowling Green University, majoring in art education and design. She works as an abstract painter and has received numerous commissions for clients in the Cleveland area.

Gina DeSantis works as a visual merchandiser and is an instructor for Art House, a Cleveland non-profit visual art organization. She earned her M.F.A. from Kent State University in ceramics and her B.A. in Studio Art from Cleveland State University. Her work includes functional ceramics and jewelry.

Although both artists work respectively in fine art and fine craft they hope to represent a balance between the often overlapping mediums. They both find inspiration in modern design and create art heavily saturated in color and texture.
Artist submissions are being reviewed for upcoming shows.
For more information regarding portfolio submission or gallery inquiries please contact Gina DeSantis at artzy_grl@yahoo.com.

blatenly stolen from erie.effusion who stole it from levelthreegallery.blogspot.com

coming up in the blog...

wild kentucky derby post

garden updates

stay tuned...don't miss it!

yea yanira!

I see the one of my favourite jewelry artists, Yanira Ramirez, has a webstore.  I met Yanira on a drive down the florida coast when I happened upon a craft show.  I drove across Florida the next time I was down there just to buy more of her jewelry.  It's great.  Modern, clean, distinctive.  Affordable.  Beautiful. 

If you are on the westcoast of Florida, check her out.  Or just buy online! 

no news is good news

usually.  except for the ecological footprint of a prius.  guess the scion is moving up on my list.  they are seriously cute.

so where have I been these past weeks? 

wintersowing all my seeds--- so far so good but it's really cold and that's probably a disadvantage this year.  i have sprouts but not much in the way of veggies. 

trying to save $ and become frugal---  like i bring my own lunch.  shop estate sales for gardening items and cleaning products (sick I know but hey where else can you score Sinch for like 25 cents, that's better than the dollar tree), is it making a difference?  None noticeable yet.  eating out less.  doesn't seem to be cheaper.  making food costs money and time.  i'd rather not eat.  pounds lost? negligeble.  free samples in the mail are fun.

so far...softener (Snuggle), soyjoy bars (3) I think they are good, D thought they were like cardboard.  I like the fact that they ingredients are plain english, some face creams.  too many to remember.  really like the stuff i get from the DHC catalogue.

getting a new job.  same sandbox.  different job.  yea!.  my current sand is getting pretty gross.  transition in a month or two.

getting ready for a season of craft sales---first up on in Grafton.  Will post more about that soon.

funerals.  getting sick of funerals.  comeon people stop dying already.  it's getting depressing.

free swag

i love free stuff.

i plan to live off of free samples for a while.  check my del.icio.us page for more places to find free samples and coupon codes. 

just signed up for beauty bucks at perfume emporium.  if you want to sign up, you get $10.00 in points to start for signing up, please use this referral code. Referral number - 186822

some trading sites i have found to unload your junk...

bookmooch

poshpoints

tagged again...

well atleast it gives me a blog update...

WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL ______________....

ANSWER each QUESTIONS USING EACH LINE
AFTER 'what's your ideal ----blankety blank----'

1. drink on the outside patio in better weather

grape martinis.  Too bad Grafton St. doesn't have a patio.

2. best color to paint the inside of your garage

looking at my garage...paint couldn't help.  I suppose bright white is nice.

3. shoes to wear to wind down after work

flipflops

4. the best bathroom reading material

esquire

5. dessert after hot sex

a snuggly nap after some ice cream

6. product in the shower

the foaming shower gel from Clarins that I have to buy in Canada.

7. outdoor winter sports activity

ew. winter.   i guess sledding but only on a warmsnow night when the sky is all pink.

8. smell of your sheets after washing

smells like sheets.

9. song to drive fast to work to

Caught or Icon--Velvet Acid Christ

10 . outfit to lounge around in

pajama bottoms and a tank top

11. plant to survive your office enviroment

nothing.  had to move it out to the hall for some light

12. munchie food to bring to work

trail mix

13. place to kiss your lover

earlobe

14. position in an excellent job you love

CEO and Creative Director of retrogrademotion a chain of gallery stores that has revolutionized home decor and fashion accessories.

15. vehicle to drive very fast too

vespa

16. dinner to eat on special occasion/birfday

filet

17. outfit to wear to a funeral

big hat and sunglasses.

18. astrological sign you get along with

libra

19. television show to watch home sick

the price is right

20. amount of time spent in a retail big box shopping

Target 1 hour.  IKEA 2 hours.  Walmart 0 seconds.

21. sound when you are trying to sleep

a light breeze and a babbling brook.

22. candy bar to munch; stressed at work

m & M peanuts or plain

23. place to meet that special someone

on a beach

24. situation where you really pulled it off

completing this quiz ?  no shit.  Have to agree on that.


i tag anyone bored enough to do it.

tag I am it...

i got tagged by the dowagerprincessofclevelandart B. Ginley  (I love calling her that, I wish someone would get saucy and call me something more creative than bitch) to expound on why I blog.

5 reasons.

1.  Blogging for me started out as a way to keep in touch with my friends in college.   We all started blogs about 2000 or so.  I liked reading about what they were up to, listening to, reading etc.  It's cheaper than phone calls and you can reach all of them at one time and they have the option of not reading if they don't want to.  It's a press release of sorts.

2.  I blog to bitch.  I am a pretty low maintainence friend.  I don't hound people to entertain me or listen to me rant and complain about my life, job, disatisfaction at most things.  I don't call my friends up to complain.  I think the majority of small talk is just people kibbutzing about nothing and complaining.  People don't know how to have a conversations about a topic anymore.  They just complain in a tennis game fashion.  I blog to piss and moan so I am free to talk about art, ideas, dreams, hopes, observations, hypotheses, and thoughts with anyone who'll listen.  Thanks for listening to me bitch.

3. I blog to share with you my readers all 3 of you, what I think is neat and cool.  I am marketing what I think is worthly of my mention.

4.  I blog so that you will think I am cool and buy some of my art or my friends art.  ;-) 

5. I blog because like Bridget said it's a sketchbook of sorts.  A collection of ideas influenced by the current location and time.  It's like my boxes of crap. my notebooks.  an assemblage without structure other than date of a verbal manifestation of what makes me, me.

I tag Matt. Andrew. Dean.

rare

Your Personality is Very Rare (ENTP)

Your personality type is optimistic, curious, enthusiastic, and open. Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 5% of all men. You are Extroverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

this week in my history

ah it's actually been a good week. a good week.  can't remember when one of those happened last.

highlights...

successfully threw a mug out of porcelain on the wheel.  the handbuilding with it is going so totally awesome.  i heart porcelain.  it's truly my clay.

the screenprints turned out fabulous! 

i hooked up my cuecat and became a thingambrarian.

water tasting

water tasting competitions.   kent oh won the silver metal for municipal drinking water?  wow.  way to go.  in BG you couldn't drink the water.  guess that's how I got started on bottled water snobbery.

2 waters that I tried in Chicago.

Flo---excellent.  crisp clean.  very refreshing. 

Voss---dull.  flat.  it's pretty pure.  i like a bit more mineral.  nice bottle though. 

now there's even a book for us nerds.

if it weren't for quizzes

i'd have nothing to blog.

went to Chicago this weekend.  It was fun.  Did some shopping.  Saw some art.  The end.

quiz

name
roxy carmichael

age
getting creeky

occupation
lab rat


destination
lap of luxury


residence
drafty shack

childhood ambition
obviously wasn't high enough


first pet
a golfish and a cat

favorite flower
snapdragons


first concert
duran duran


sport you play
bargain hunting


favorite breakfast cereal
1/2 sugar smacks and 1/2 corn puffs

haircolor
faded

do you own sandals
many


first 45 you bought
tide is high--blondie


what sneakers do you work out in
nike when i actually get to the gym

hair product of choice
currently this loreal texture gloss stuff. 


favorite childhood memory
making some boy's life hell


are you wearing socks
yes


last time you saw ALien Sex Fiend
never.  and that's just wrong. 

stuff on my radar...

A bar that serves waters from around the world.  Yum...for the water junkies like me. 

for the indiana jones decor

octopi