Monthly Archives: September 2012

On the Farm in My Print Store

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Two new photos up in my Society6 print store!

This was a shot I took in one of my dad’s fields after shelling corn with him for a couple of hours and being attacked by two spiders in the combine. The country is awful. But pretty!

I couldn’t decide which I liked better, so I made one in brown:

Empty Field

And one in blue:

Empty Field

There’s free worldwide shipping through Sunday, so buy early and often! I also made these available as laptop skins and iPhone cases, which I think look pretty cool, if I do say so myself.

(Don’t think my blog is going to be all about promoting my jazz from now on, just mostly.)

Things That Are Classy

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This week in things that are classy:

• This morning on the bus, I saw a businessman in khakis, loafers, a button-down shirt, a tie, and a hoodie with little 69s all over it.

• This morning outside of my office, I saw a person sleeping on the sidewalk under a giant, fluffy, white down comforter. The smallest corner of a cardboard box peeked out from under the end, but otherwise, the thing flowed over the mound of person to make what looked like a bloated white belly. A suitcase stood nearby, clothes spilling out of it. I could only assume that a woman had kicked her boyfriend out of the house but sent him with the nice luggage and the biggest blanket to keep him comfortable until she decides to forgive him.

Old-Timer

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I don’t like it when I look at old pictures of my friends on Facebook and think, “Aww, she looks so good there.”

And then I asked myself, “Wait, why does she look so good there?”

And then I realize, “Oh, this picture was taken in 2007.”

It’s because she’s YOUNG. She looks good because she’s YOUNG.

Which means we’re old.

Long Weekend in Ohio

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I’m leaving tonight to spend the next four days in OHIO. My plans are as follows:

Tonight: arrive at the airport at 10 p.m. and get whisked away by my BFF, Tracey, to one of several fast food joints I don’t have access to in NYC. Steak ‘n Shake, Taco Bell, and Arby’s are strong contenders. Go back to her house, put on a shit-ton of gaudy of makeup, and go dancing with our friend Kim at Skully’s for Ladies 80s night, where I will want to hear The Cure, Tracey will want to hear anything she can play air saxophone or flute to, and Kim will rap along to every single lyric of every single 80s hiphop song. Arrive back at Tracey’s at 3 a.m., reeking of sweat and with “I’m Too Sexy” ringing in our ears.

Friday: hopefully spend the entire day stuck on Tracey’s couch, watching reruns of something like “Breaking Bad” or “The Killing”, stopping only to drive down the street in our pajamas to Dairy Queen. Revel in the fact that neither of us have kids and can therefore be totally selfish with our time. Drive down to our hometown for a photoshoot with our elementary school friend Stephanie and her family in the massive woodlands nearby. Say hi to my dad as he shells corn in a combine on one of our farms and possibly hitch a ride with him for a few rounds, reliving one of my favourite childhood memories. Go to Caffé DaVinci to relive another favourite memory, eating this, and then see our friends Erin and Jenn for a game of Cards Against Humanity, which makes Apples to Apples seem as dull as Go Fish.

Saturday: hang out with Tracey aaaaall day, then hang out with my family–including my little sister, who will be driving up from Kentucky–aaaaall night.

Sunday: possibly go to church with my family to see all of the people I used to see every Sunday for the first eighteen years of my life. Go to my great-aunt and -uncle’s sixtieth wedding anniversary, where I’ll play a pivotal role as punch bowl girl.

Monday: hang out with my great-aunt and -uncle aaaaall day, proving that I am the greatest faux-granddaughter and deserve all of the love and attention and homemade red velvet cake. Go back to NYC and nap.

Thoroughly Thorough

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Boy, I’ve been such a bad blogger lately. It seems like there’s more to write about than ever, but I never have the time to write it, and for a few weeks now, I’ve been wondering why. At first, I thought it might be because I’ve been chatting with Cassie nearly every day, all day. Then I thought it might be because I’ve been taking so many pictures and have really been loving the editing process. But then I realized that no, it’s just because I’m a freak who can’t be trusted with the Internet.

It hit me today, when I was trying to pick out matching earrings for my BFF, Tracey, and me. I’m going home for the Circleville Pumpkin Show next month and wanted to make a tradition of bringing pumpkin earrings for Tracey and me to wear on the maaaaany days we’ll go to eat carnival food. So I went to Etsy. And an hour and forty-five minutes later, I emerged with links to about twenty pairs that I like.

(The picture of last’s years earrings is incredibly creepy and 80s, don’t you think?)

Pumpkin Earrings

And it’s the same with anything Internet-related I do. My cousin’s wife announced recently that she’s selling Scentsy products now, and upon hearing this, I spent an entire day Googling what Scentsy is, whether they’re electric or candle-powered, and what the different kinds of wax tarts are. Then, when I actually decided to buy one, I looked at 90% of the Internet to make sure there wasn’t a non-Scentsy warmer I liked better. Then I checked Etsy to see what kinds of homemade tarts crafters are selling. And then I ultimately bought a Scentsy warmer and tarts, just like I should have done eight hours earlier.

When Clinique recently discontinued the T-Zone Shine Control gel-to-powder stuff I use to keep my nose not-shiny throughout the day, I swear I spent a week Googling replacements and asking for help from Kinard. I ended up at Sephora, where I got samples that didn’t work at all. And then I Googled some more and ended up putting Monistat Chafing Relief Powder-Gel on my face against all of my better sensibilities, but that didn’t work, either. And so I Googled some more and probably joined every makeup review site on the Internet in the process. I still didn’t find what I’m looking for at any of those, so you know I’m going to end up trying bull semen or frog urine or something as I reach farther and farther into the depths of the Internet for suggestions.

I’m not obsessive. I’m just thorough.