my favorite thing today.

You've gotta read the story.
{click here}

another. awesome. video.

Via Wired.com

Happy New Year!

{photo via tumblr}

Wow. Here we are almost a full week in to 2010.

Hard. to. believe.*
* how much things are going to change
* how much I've got to do
* how much worrying I've done
* how excited I am
Hard. to. believe.

It is also hard to believe the *BANG*
with which this new year, and this last quarter at UW, has begun.
On my way to French 202 on the first day of the quarter (Monday)
an oblivious stranger
did me the favor of jamming a heavy wooden door into my big right toe.
OUCH. Turns out, I have wimpy toes
(or else said stranger was the Hulk in disguise)
because the entirety of my toe nail + some turned DARK blueberry
and the tip, sides, and bottom of the end bruised black.

{my toe a few hours in. sadly, it got much worse.
See that normal looking skin at the tip?
it turned black by sundown Monday night.}

It hurt. BAD. And I cried.
24 hours later I broke down and went to Hall Health.
Upon arrive I received a few 5x7 glossies of my bones
and then had a hole drilled...err burned... through my toe nail.

But you know what?
I've got a feeling
2010 is going to be a good year!*

And, to start the year off right I've decided to de-clutter my desktop
(because de-cluttering my real desk is going to take more than an hour)
and make it pretty once again
(because I'm happier when my surroundings are colorful!).

{my computer. click it to enlarge!}

My philosopher thinks it is "silly"
but I LLLLOOOOOVEEEE customizing my computer.
What I didn't know until today
was how to customize all the various icons.
I'm so excited. Now, every time I open up an application
I can't help but smile.
{Those of you with macs should try it!!}

sending sunshine to an unsuspecting stranger...

How amazing is this?
Just imagine:
one special day in which everyone gets a handwritten note, just because.
I found out about this grâce à Cara.
Check out her blog for a clip from the BBC about these mysterious letters.

interesting article from the NYT

{This is really cool.}
I can only think of a few things that would make this better.
1. more of it.
2. a cooperative effort between Phillips and the guys from Cradle2Cradle
3. being involved in something similar myself

do you need a coffee break?

yes.
and, if possible, please make it nerdy.


I am soo taken with this packaging!

Have I mentioned that I love the dieline?
I do. I love the dieline almost as much as I love nerds!

I'd like some milk please.

{found at the dieline}

seriously.
best packaging for strawberry milk I've ever seen.
scratch that.
best packaging for milk I've ever seen.

Pssst!

I have a little secret to share...
I love tree houses and forts.
since I'm sort of afraid of the dark
and not super fond of bugs
I haven't told many people.

but when I'm in Barnes and Noble
by myself with a frappucino in hand
I like to head over to the photography and architecture section
and look at this book and all the others like it.

I dream of someday having a house
with a big, forest-like back yard
where I can build...or, err... have built
a really cool tree house/playhouse/fort.

There is a book I've come across in B&N a few times
with the absolute coolest playhouses ever...
that perhaps I'll share someday when I remember the name.

In the meantime, feast your eyes on this outdoor paradise in Bali.
It isn't exactly a tree house. But I loovvveee it just the same.

True Love... and Consumerism Galore. Eekk!

It is sick, I know. But I am endlessly amazed and in love with Etsy.
My wishlist just grows and grows and grows.

I try to fight it. I try keep the consumerism down.
And, I'm broke yo so I usually do.

But really. truly. Is this not amazing?
Ugg. I loovveeee the cell phone case too.

I especially like it since the camera I own would fit inside it
and I haven't been able to get a holga to call my own.

Then again... this case costs more than the beauty-full holgawood herself.

Maybe part of the reason I'm so into this little case is because
it reminds me of the felt-tabulous creations by Princess Lasertron.
I've been obsessing over her pins & corsages.

But they're soooo cool!

I really want one of these.












And one of these.










And maybe one of these.



Aren't these just the coolest things you've ever seen?

even though film is sooo expensive
and
even though photoshop can pretty much achieve the same effects...

I really want a toy camera.