44. new questions.

 five words i never thought i'd need to string together:
"where is your manga section?"




streaming the new lykke li, writing about books.

43. dreaming.

42. get out.

good morning jc, there's a cockroach in your kitchen:

 

rude.

41. stamps.

 

much work to be done this weekend, but my brain is far away.

soft sounds and hot tea, for now.

40. thursday.

guest lecturer in AV preservation tonight: 7 minutes in, pictures of david brent and stephen colbert.
tonight will be a-ok.

39. structure.

 

i think i have been reading YA books for too many hours and days

(for school)

my brain is beginning to fold in on itself

i had a dream about eating lemon ices in my high school courtyard

(though in real life the doors were locked)

and finding new freckles on my shoulders at the end of summer vacation

38. glass coke bottles.

old-fashioned birthday party, last thursday night:

37. covers.

cover title:

actual title:

surprise!

36. westward expansion.

what lies in the shadow of the statue?

a museum.
(obviously)

animatronic history

one of them looked right at me
right at me!

tall tall grass

 

no. touching.

abe lincoln, necklace model, museum piece.

35. catenary.

stargate: STL

sunday was a beautiful day to travel the streets and skies.

for february, or any month.

ticket to ride.

gateway to the west!

your space pod awaits through door number three.

heart in the grass

 illinois is flat.

lovely.

34. there's a picture of a train on it.

33. circle of life.

master of the bus stop:

this snowperson has since met a timely end.

32. no showing off.

basement windows, buried alive.

i met with my writing adviser today for our weekly office chat.

he said that i write well, and then told me to stop.

31. coleridge.

"whatever is translatable in other and simpler words of the same language, without loss of sense or dignity, is bad."



clarity: a moral issue.


(as observed in style)

30. fake plastic trains.

 the game of trains and more trains

not pictured: guacamole

joel got to go to latvia.

roving folk, we are.

29. shiny sunday.

bangles from india, to match my sari.

suruchi's wedding is going to be a sparkle-fest.

28.

not feeling the blog life tonight.
i'll be back at some point.

27. "people like blood sausage too, people are morons."

i walked to the pharmacy and the streets felt like cake batter and sand dunes.
but the sun was out, the streets were near empty, and i had clean long underwear.

exploring:

 champaign public library.

that's typically a parking lot.

 i wasn't the only pedestrian strolling in the street.

anyone need a microwave?

radar.

 pretty.

 door duck didn't fly south.

26. snowtorious b.i.g.

on this icy, snowy, winter explosion of a day, i thought it'd be nice to present some nice indoor activities for you, my friends!
well, at least the boys:

 fun!

 those all sound neat!

 this is called a thaumatrope! 

i think i made one in grade school. 

it creates an illusion. whoa!

oh good, i was hoping for some example designs to start my crafting imagination!