End of May

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. William Somerset Maugham

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. Rosalia de Castro

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other. Norma Shearer

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Leo F. Buscaglia

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance. Bob Black

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.
St. Augustine

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
Vaclav Havel

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. Marie B Ray

Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.
William Least Heat-Moon

Mellow Yellow

just needed a little sunshine. .

Book Nerd

y'all know i love a good book.

You're the Man (imal)

my minnetonkas are hanging in there, one has been re-soled already. but it might be nice to have a back up. or a front runner. delightful handmade moccasins, by manimal.

Mouthful of Cavities

Mouthful of cavities
Your soul's a bowl of jokes
And everyday you remind me
How I'm desperately in need

See, I got a lot of fiends around
And they're peaking through nothing new
They see you
They see everything you do

See everything on the inside, out

Oh, please give me a little more
And I'll push away those baby blues
Cause one of these days this will die
So will me and so will you

I write a letter to a friend of mine
I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile

See I haven't seen him smile in a little while

Haven't seen him smile in a little while

But, I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughin' from the inside out
I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughing from the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside out

Blind Melon

Experience

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment- Fred Brooks

Awesome

these peeps got it made.

Show me what you're workin with

This is lovely. Sorry I have been M.I.A from the blogosphere. Maybe I will have more time later this week? Tired now and need to attempt an early rise tomorrow so I can spend some time with my cousin whos here from Australia and her curly-headed little girl. If we can watch Toy Story I will consider the day a great success.

Heartbreak Hotel

My poor little city is all wet.
Found these pics on facebook.
sigh.

This House

has my name written all over it. from black white and yellow.

Bad Dream

This week was bad news. Happy Birthday = kick in ass from world. ugh.

And last night I had a very elaborate dream about hanging out with people until i crashed and wounded myself and was limping around with a hurt knee. Not like that is very subtle but lets allow dreammoods.com to drive the point home. .

To dream that you are in a car crash, indicates that your beliefs, lifestyle, or goals are clashing with another's. It may also represent a shocking situation or painful experience. Alternatively, car crashes may forewarn of your dangerous or careless driving habits. To dream that you are limping, refers to a lack of balance in some relationship in your life. You feel that the relationship is one-sided. Perhaps you feel that you are giving more than you are getting back or vice-versa.

Some Kinda Love

Some kinds of love
Marguerita told Tom
Between thought and expression lies a lifetime
Situations arise because of the weather
and no kinds of love
are better than others
Some kinds of love
Margueirta told Tom
like a dirty French novel
the absured courts the vulgar
and some kinds of love
the possibilities are endless
and for me to miss one
would seem to be groundless
I heard what you said
Marguerita told Tom
And of course you're a bore
But at that you're not charmless
for a bore is a straight line
that finds a wealth in division
and some kinds of love
are mistaken for vision
Put jelly on your shoulder
Let us do what you fear most
That from which you recoil
but which still makes your eyes moist
Put jelly on your shoulder
lie down upon the carpet
between thought and expression
let us now kiss the culprit
I don't know just what it's all about
Put on your red pajamas and find out.
-Velvet Underground

Some Kinda Love

Bottom line. Kids just don't lay on the floor in the basement listening to their parents records enough anymore. That is the kind of foundation to build upon, I'm tellin ya.

in other news- 8 things or less

300th Post!!

and beginning of the pre-birthday weekend. lots to celebrate, eh?

Baker, Baker

Baker Baker
Baking a cake
Make me a day
Make me whole again
And I wonder
What's in a day
What's in you cake this time

I guess you heard
He's gone to LA
He says that beihnd my eyes I'm hiding
And he tells me I pushed him away
That my hearts been hard to find

Here there must be something
Here there must be something here here

Baker Baker can you explain
If truly his heart
Was made of icing
And I wonder
How mine could taste
Maybe we could change his mind

I know you're late
For you next parade
You came to make sure
That I'm not running
Well I ran from hime
In all kinds of ways
Guess it was his turn this time

Time thought I'd made friends with time
Thought we'd be flying
Maybe not this time

Baker Baker
Baking a cake
Make me a day
Make me whole again
And I wonder
If he's ok
If you see him say hi

Tori Amos

Spring Thing

Still

REALLY kicking myself for not ordering this bathing suit. I did get some new shorts today and a sweet T and a jacket. And you know what. I bought a headband too. My birthday is a week away so what the hay, right ..

Giving

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.
Jim Rohn

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Kahlil Gibran

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne Dyer

The giving of love is an education in itself.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
W. Clement Stone

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Charles de Gaulle

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu

Fantabulous

Koezelek Muzak

Summer Dress
Shock Me
Have you Forgotten

the light color in the room
the sunshine seeping in
doesn't mix with the black of
death's angel looming in
i've had enough of the
brutal beatings and name callings
to lose me to this bed
bruised internally
eternally
your praise little gifts you spent your money
and stuffed me with
didn't amount to anything
the attention i need is much more serious
a kind of weight you couldn't lift
even if your cheap career
depended on it
i need someone much more
mysterious
to be my miss
to be my mistress

Mistress
Carry Me Ohio Sun Kil Moon

So the warmer weather made me think of Summer Dress- I remember being 14 and listening to the Red House Painters. I spent a day downloading Mistress onto my imac from Napster. Just found out Mark Koezelek / Sun Kil Moon did an entire Modest Mouse cover album! holy balls.

Exit Does Not Exist
Dramamine
Ocean Breathes Salty

Globe Light

I just had the sudden urge to use ersatz in a sentence. .

Whats wrong?

Tea Time

I am in love.
With this kitchen and dining room. .

Moving Day

I just found some pictures I took last year when we were "spring cleaning"- rather, vacating our apartment after the cancer tornado hit. I documented well the items we were selling, and then put the camera down. Not sure why I didn't take at least one picture of my room, because it was adorable. Not sure why I didn't move the penguin out of the way. I was taking a picture of the rug.

Seems like the past 4 moves have been so abrupt there wasn't ever time to spruce up and notate the surroundings. Which is super depressing, since I rarely get to decorate anything (assholes). But once the boxes get picked up from the liquor store its all over. Once the Uhaul is rented its time to bust-ass. And the last time all I took was a backpack. Everything changes so quickly. Here I am in my blue room in SC with a pew and a hand-me down bed from a 7 year olds room. Who could have planned this? But I'm not bitter. Its pretty. (you'll see when I get a new camera for my birthday. ok?)

Shadow got this penguin from Anthropologie. One day we walked up the block to shop with hard earned Gap money- and he carried it home in his mouth.
(goodtimes)