Well, I got home Friday night, and I have sooo much to update about. But I'm still so jetlagged so I'm going to put it off for a while yet. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get around to it, but let's just leave it with this:
I had amazing adventures!
I explored new places, ate new things, heard new languages, learned about myself, got sunburnt, ate licorice a billion times, I went to Oxford, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, and Berlin.
I saw so many things and had so much fun!
Then I had to travel 18 hours (9 hour flight from berlin to new york, 3 hour layover, 6 hour flight from new york to LA) and finally reached home!
It feels nice to be home, have a fridge full of food, pleasant sunshine and heat without humidity, my own bed and room, and to be with friends and family after so long without them!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
The End Has No End
Ok, so maybe I stole the title of this post from a strokes song, but still, it seems fitting to the situation. I am leaving Paris tomorrow, and I cannot believe how fast this semester has gone by. It seems so surreal and weird that APA is over, mom's visit is over (well, they're leaving tomorrow also), Paris is over, France is over. Of course, the city and country continue to exist, but my time here is over. it's strange because the abstract, mental notion of time, the hours, the days, weeks and months, is certainly over, that i cannot contest. but, my sense of time, the piece of my life i had allocated to this experience, that does not feel done or over at all. i doubt it ever really will, it's similar to how i feel at the end of camp each summer but more exagerrated because i've been here for 5 months. It makes me nervous about graduating next year, even though that's still a year away! Normally I would say a year is a long time, but since the last 5 months took place in 3 hours, I'm not so sure anymore.
Anyways, I don't feel ready to leave, even though; a) i'm super excited for my grande voyage europeenne with amandatron, b) i do miss america and my family c) i was ready to let to academic semester fall peacefully into the night, ride off into the sunset, etc etc, actually i was pretty glad to kick this academic semester in the ass until it surrendered, defeated and wimpering, d) i'm really excited about being in LA for the little chunk of summer I will be there, and e) this was the most amazing experience and I'm so grateful i was able to have such a truly dream-like and wonderful opportunity.
Mom and Aunt Judy's visit has been mixed, to be honest. I think we all drove each other a little crazy, as Noah said, what happens when you put 3 breslers in to a 2 person apartment for 10 days? Add humidity to that equation and the answer you get is MADNESS! Not really, nothing insane happened, but first I was mad at my mom and then both my mom and i got fed up with my aunt. I was mad at my mom cause the morning my aunt got here, when my mom had already been here for 2 days, she told me my cats "had disappeared." We got these cats when I was 8, making them 13 years old, and they have been with my family as cherished pets for these last 13 years, except for recently they've been driving my parents insane with their nasty habit of peeing and shitting in random places around our house. Ok so I admit, this is disgusting and very bad of the cats, but a) i think they do it partially because they're old and incontinent, and b) partially because they can sense that my parents hate them/harbor resentment to them and want to punish my parents in some weird way. So, a few months ago, my parents told me they were going to start keeping the cats outdoors more, when they had always been indoor cats up till that point. I said ok as long as the cats always came home and were always fed and safe. Well, turns out, first Lucy ran away for a FEW WEEKS, then came back, then Fidget, my baby, my kitten, the one I picked out myself when i was 8 one summer day in the adoption fair at Petco because he was sitting in the water dish which I thought was funny, disappeared and did not come back. Then a little while later, like 10 days, Lucy ran away and also didn't come back. My mom says this to me in a nonchalent, these are the facts voice, no passion or emotion, it did not seem like she was affected at all. What's more this happened over a month ago, and she waited to tell me until she could tell me in person in Paris, then she decided to tell me in front of my aunt as we're having breakfast?!?!?!!! yeah, good plan mom, that'll lessen the blow that my beloved cats are gone, good thinking. Ugh!!! I asked her what they did to try to find them, and long story short, not much. No posters around the neighborhood, no midnight drives to see if they're around, they called the pound a few times and checked the lost animal registry. My brother said it seemed almost like they were glad, like their prayers had been answered and the stupid cats who shit on the floors were off their hands. Obviously I was incredibly incredibly upset, yelled at my mom about not doing more to find them, discussed everything with my brother to get his opinion, he agreed that our parents weren't proactive enough to find them, then i cried on skype to annie, sent a few passionate and angry and sad emails (ie hysteric rantings) to some people, and cried for most of the morning. It is so so so upsetting to me to think that they're gone, I can't stop wondering what kind of animal ripped them apart and ate them or what kind of car hit them in the road. It's just terrible! And I was SOOO looking forward to coming home and seeing them again, I have really missed them these last months. I feel very betrayed by my parents about this, I don't know why they thought elderly cats who had been indoor all their lives could suddenly transition to being outdoor cats, and i REALLY REALLY don't understand why they didn't do anything sooner, didn't put them back inside after lucy ran away the first time, and most importantly, why they didn't do more to try to find them once they were gone. Even if they were a bit glad to be rid of the burden, which i do have a problem with if they did feel that, they should have thought, gee our kids are super attached to these cats adn they will be crushed if the cats are never seen again, we should do more to try to get them back. you don't just shrug your shoulders and say oh well when your pets of 13 years run off, you do something about it and put in an honest effort. Obviously I'm still really angry, upset, and very very sad about the whole situation, but also it hasn't even really hit me because I haven't gone home to my house and seen it cat-less. It's a pretty traumatic way to lose a pet if you ask me, and I also lost a lot of respect for my parents.
I didn't continue to act mad at my mom because she's in Paris and I didn't want to ruin the visit, but I'm still deeply hurt. I didn't want to blog about it until now because it's still very fresh and raw and writing about it is upsetting. Makes it seem more real. Also, my aunt began getting on my nerves, taking the attention off how upset with my mom I was. Aunt Judy just has some quirks and personality traits that wore down my nerves, nothing noteworthy really, just a general lack of consideration because she lives alone and isn't used to thinking of others when for example, getting the groceries. When all you come home with is loquats, whole milk, stinky cheese and cheese danish, there will be a problem. And she is very set in her ways, likes to be right, enjoys feeling superior as the winner of an argument, and will continue to argue on ridiculous premises that she has zero knowledge base for even when she is being proved wrong by many many people/sources. (example, she STILL thinks that the euro is less than the dollar, after having it explained to her 10000 times and being in France for a week, she insists still that 20 euros is like 15 dollars, when really its more like 30 dollars.)
Anyways, despite those details and the news of my cats, my last week in paris has been fun, we've seen a lot, been to many museums, adn the weather hasn't been terrible, and i ate two different croque provencales from different places that were scrumptious, not to mention, we ate lots of good dinners out. we didn't see all i wanted to, but it was a good week nonetheless, and i bought a sundress for 20 euro!!
Anyways, I don't feel ready to leave, even though; a) i'm super excited for my grande voyage europeenne with amandatron, b) i do miss america and my family c) i was ready to let to academic semester fall peacefully into the night, ride off into the sunset, etc etc, actually i was pretty glad to kick this academic semester in the ass until it surrendered, defeated and wimpering, d) i'm really excited about being in LA for the little chunk of summer I will be there, and e) this was the most amazing experience and I'm so grateful i was able to have such a truly dream-like and wonderful opportunity.
Mom and Aunt Judy's visit has been mixed, to be honest. I think we all drove each other a little crazy, as Noah said, what happens when you put 3 breslers in to a 2 person apartment for 10 days? Add humidity to that equation and the answer you get is MADNESS! Not really, nothing insane happened, but first I was mad at my mom and then both my mom and i got fed up with my aunt. I was mad at my mom cause the morning my aunt got here, when my mom had already been here for 2 days, she told me my cats "had disappeared." We got these cats when I was 8, making them 13 years old, and they have been with my family as cherished pets for these last 13 years, except for recently they've been driving my parents insane with their nasty habit of peeing and shitting in random places around our house. Ok so I admit, this is disgusting and very bad of the cats, but a) i think they do it partially because they're old and incontinent, and b) partially because they can sense that my parents hate them/harbor resentment to them and want to punish my parents in some weird way. So, a few months ago, my parents told me they were going to start keeping the cats outdoors more, when they had always been indoor cats up till that point. I said ok as long as the cats always came home and were always fed and safe. Well, turns out, first Lucy ran away for a FEW WEEKS, then came back, then Fidget, my baby, my kitten, the one I picked out myself when i was 8 one summer day in the adoption fair at Petco because he was sitting in the water dish which I thought was funny, disappeared and did not come back. Then a little while later, like 10 days, Lucy ran away and also didn't come back. My mom says this to me in a nonchalent, these are the facts voice, no passion or emotion, it did not seem like she was affected at all. What's more this happened over a month ago, and she waited to tell me until she could tell me in person in Paris, then she decided to tell me in front of my aunt as we're having breakfast?!?!?!!! yeah, good plan mom, that'll lessen the blow that my beloved cats are gone, good thinking. Ugh!!! I asked her what they did to try to find them, and long story short, not much. No posters around the neighborhood, no midnight drives to see if they're around, they called the pound a few times and checked the lost animal registry. My brother said it seemed almost like they were glad, like their prayers had been answered and the stupid cats who shit on the floors were off their hands. Obviously I was incredibly incredibly upset, yelled at my mom about not doing more to find them, discussed everything with my brother to get his opinion, he agreed that our parents weren't proactive enough to find them, then i cried on skype to annie, sent a few passionate and angry and sad emails (ie hysteric rantings) to some people, and cried for most of the morning. It is so so so upsetting to me to think that they're gone, I can't stop wondering what kind of animal ripped them apart and ate them or what kind of car hit them in the road. It's just terrible! And I was SOOO looking forward to coming home and seeing them again, I have really missed them these last months. I feel very betrayed by my parents about this, I don't know why they thought elderly cats who had been indoor all their lives could suddenly transition to being outdoor cats, and i REALLY REALLY don't understand why they didn't do anything sooner, didn't put them back inside after lucy ran away the first time, and most importantly, why they didn't do more to try to find them once they were gone. Even if they were a bit glad to be rid of the burden, which i do have a problem with if they did feel that, they should have thought, gee our kids are super attached to these cats adn they will be crushed if the cats are never seen again, we should do more to try to get them back. you don't just shrug your shoulders and say oh well when your pets of 13 years run off, you do something about it and put in an honest effort. Obviously I'm still really angry, upset, and very very sad about the whole situation, but also it hasn't even really hit me because I haven't gone home to my house and seen it cat-less. It's a pretty traumatic way to lose a pet if you ask me, and I also lost a lot of respect for my parents.
I didn't continue to act mad at my mom because she's in Paris and I didn't want to ruin the visit, but I'm still deeply hurt. I didn't want to blog about it until now because it's still very fresh and raw and writing about it is upsetting. Makes it seem more real. Also, my aunt began getting on my nerves, taking the attention off how upset with my mom I was. Aunt Judy just has some quirks and personality traits that wore down my nerves, nothing noteworthy really, just a general lack of consideration because she lives alone and isn't used to thinking of others when for example, getting the groceries. When all you come home with is loquats, whole milk, stinky cheese and cheese danish, there will be a problem. And she is very set in her ways, likes to be right, enjoys feeling superior as the winner of an argument, and will continue to argue on ridiculous premises that she has zero knowledge base for even when she is being proved wrong by many many people/sources. (example, she STILL thinks that the euro is less than the dollar, after having it explained to her 10000 times and being in France for a week, she insists still that 20 euros is like 15 dollars, when really its more like 30 dollars.)
Anyways, despite those details and the news of my cats, my last week in paris has been fun, we've seen a lot, been to many museums, adn the weather hasn't been terrible, and i ate two different croque provencales from different places that were scrumptious, not to mention, we ate lots of good dinners out. we didn't see all i wanted to, but it was a good week nonetheless, and i bought a sundress for 20 euro!!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Momma is here!!! So exciting!
Tuesday I moved all my crap into Dani's apartment, which took 4 metro trips, and bruised up my shins and knees in the process, along with pulling a muscle in my upper arm and callusing my palms. Isn't moving swell? Then, two days later I did it again on Thursday into the place I'm staying with my mom (and aunt when she gets here). Oy! My hands still ache a little. My mom had to come one day later than planned because my dad had emergency surgery, which is so scary! But he's doing fine now, they gave him two weeks off and he already feels like he can work so he's "enjoying an impromptu vacation!" excuse me dad, but you had an organ removed from your body, i kinda doubt you're up and running at 100% 2 days later! It was a useless organ nevertheless, you can live without your gallbladder for sure and they've gotten smaller evolutionarily. I like to entertain the thought that I am evolutionary evolved because I don't have wisdom teeth, never will, as in they are not present in my body at all. Which is sweet! I could be the "mutation" gene that sets a new precedent in the gene pool! I better have like 100 kids then right? Hmm, maybe I don't like this idea as much anymore. I was also missing one adult tooth (I have a fake one!) so maybe I'm too evolved?
anyways, now my dad is doing fine, and my mom is here and we're having a great time! We had a bit of trouble finding each other in the airport, sort of a whose on first situation, but now we're just enjoying some wonderful parisian sunshine before it starts raining and cools off tomorrow. Today I'm going to take her to the Latin Quarter to see the Sorbonne, the place where I had my classes (the Sorbonne's Institut d'Art et Archaeologie), Blvd St Michel, Blvd St Germain, then we'll cross the bridge and go on to the ile de la cite and go to Notre Dame, then back over to the Jardin du Luxembourg, including a stop at the delicious ice cream vendor old man (the ice cream is delicious, the old man is, well, he's kinda crusty) for some lavender flavored deliciousness! Or fig flavored deliciousness! Or that pistachio was really good too, and the caramel.........oh crap.
Tuesday I moved all my crap into Dani's apartment, which took 4 metro trips, and bruised up my shins and knees in the process, along with pulling a muscle in my upper arm and callusing my palms. Isn't moving swell? Then, two days later I did it again on Thursday into the place I'm staying with my mom (and aunt when she gets here). Oy! My hands still ache a little. My mom had to come one day later than planned because my dad had emergency surgery, which is so scary! But he's doing fine now, they gave him two weeks off and he already feels like he can work so he's "enjoying an impromptu vacation!" excuse me dad, but you had an organ removed from your body, i kinda doubt you're up and running at 100% 2 days later! It was a useless organ nevertheless, you can live without your gallbladder for sure and they've gotten smaller evolutionarily. I like to entertain the thought that I am evolutionary evolved because I don't have wisdom teeth, never will, as in they are not present in my body at all. Which is sweet! I could be the "mutation" gene that sets a new precedent in the gene pool! I better have like 100 kids then right? Hmm, maybe I don't like this idea as much anymore. I was also missing one adult tooth (I have a fake one!) so maybe I'm too evolved?
anyways, now my dad is doing fine, and my mom is here and we're having a great time! We had a bit of trouble finding each other in the airport, sort of a whose on first situation, but now we're just enjoying some wonderful parisian sunshine before it starts raining and cools off tomorrow. Today I'm going to take her to the Latin Quarter to see the Sorbonne, the place where I had my classes (the Sorbonne's Institut d'Art et Archaeologie), Blvd St Michel, Blvd St Germain, then we'll cross the bridge and go on to the ile de la cite and go to Notre Dame, then back over to the Jardin du Luxembourg, including a stop at the delicious ice cream vendor old man (the ice cream is delicious, the old man is, well, he's kinda crusty) for some lavender flavored deliciousness! Or fig flavored deliciousness! Or that pistachio was really good too, and the caramel.........oh crap.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
All Packed
Well I finally finished packing up EVERYTHING!!! I have way way way too much stuff! I bought a new little suitcase at some point this semester before i went on my spring break trip to England, and even with that extra suitcase I still had to cram everything in, and use 2 plastic shopping bags, one of which contains only yarn! It's insane how much shit I have! Ay ay ay!
I've been trying to get presents for people, just little things to give when I get back this summer/restart school next fall. I won't mention what I'm getting my friends on the off-chance anyone reads this blog, but it's been challenging trying to find things. For my mom I got a ton of stuff cause it's also for mother's day, but I got her a mug and some nice tea, and i got my dad a mug and some expresso, for he is a grand coffee connaisseur. I got my brother one of our favorite childhood books in French, and some fancy chopsticks with a hokusai print on them. I still have to figure out the rest of extended family, if i want to get them anything, and finish figuring out what to get my friends, especially guy friends, since I can't just buy them nail polish or something. I mean, I think I could, but I think it would strike them pretty weird if Iwere to do that.
In a few minutes I'm going to leave the apt with my first trip of luggage, my first of 3! I have two ginormous suitcases, one smaller one, a small duffel bag, my giant bookbag crammed full of crap, and my two shopping bags, one of yarn and one of things I couldn't fit anywhere. And then I have 2 shoeboxes full of little things that I will grab later after I come back here for dinner. It's so weird to be moving out!!! I can't believe this semester is over! It seems like not long ago at all that I first arrived at the apartment and saw my cute little (ok, its fucking tiny) room and unpacked my mounds and mounds of clothing into a tiny tiny armoire. Ugh why do I have so much stufffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its toooo muchhh!!!!
I've been trying to get presents for people, just little things to give when I get back this summer/restart school next fall. I won't mention what I'm getting my friends on the off-chance anyone reads this blog, but it's been challenging trying to find things. For my mom I got a ton of stuff cause it's also for mother's day, but I got her a mug and some nice tea, and i got my dad a mug and some expresso, for he is a grand coffee connaisseur. I got my brother one of our favorite childhood books in French, and some fancy chopsticks with a hokusai print on them. I still have to figure out the rest of extended family, if i want to get them anything, and finish figuring out what to get my friends, especially guy friends, since I can't just buy them nail polish or something. I mean, I think I could, but I think it would strike them pretty weird if Iwere to do that.
In a few minutes I'm going to leave the apt with my first trip of luggage, my first of 3! I have two ginormous suitcases, one smaller one, a small duffel bag, my giant bookbag crammed full of crap, and my two shopping bags, one of yarn and one of things I couldn't fit anywhere. And then I have 2 shoeboxes full of little things that I will grab later after I come back here for dinner. It's so weird to be moving out!!! I can't believe this semester is over! It seems like not long ago at all that I first arrived at the apartment and saw my cute little (ok, its fucking tiny) room and unpacked my mounds and mounds of clothing into a tiny tiny armoire. Ugh why do I have so much stufffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its toooo muchhh!!!!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
In Denial
I cannot believe this semester has ended. It is utterly unbelieveable! I am in complete denial! It was a hard semester, for many reasons, but still I'm sad to see it go. On the one hand, I feel ready to leave France and just go home and chill with my family, go swimming, dip my feet in the pacific, eat tacos, burritos, papusas, enchiladas, tamales (hey im a southern california girl after all), spend time with my friends and family, and see my kitties! Being away from home for so long, and in a completely unfamiliar country where the language, culture, customs, and food were totally different (i've eaten eggs so many times now! vom vom vom) has been really tough but it's also been an amazing experience. When else in my life will i have the chance to do this again? Never! At least, not within the same context and with the same people. Nonetheless, it gets weary and you just miss home after a while, where people eat blackbeans and corn and you can go to a movie without needing subtitles.
However, this semester has been too amazing for words. I haven't blogged as much as I meant to/wish I had (whoops, another new years resolution inachieved) so i haven't really expressed it here, but really...this semester changed me. It sounds cheesy and dumb, but it's true. I met so many amazing people who now I can't imagine not having in my life, to the extent we're already planning reunions for the fall (thank god almost all of APA goes to school in either DC or Philly, reunions will be a snap!). Classes were hard but interesting, and I cannot believe I took 5 classes entirely in French in what was only my 6th semester studying the language! I'm proud of myself, but really I owe it to the amazing immersion program I was on. Speaking French on a daily basis with my host parents, taking classes at the Sorbonne and Pantheon-Sorbonne directly with other french university students, and really living in Paris, and not in a dorm or university campus, has been so impactful. It's really strange to think that it's all about to disappear, this fairytale land I've been living in since January. I have been so profoundly lucky that it makes me catch my breath.
I'm excited for my mom and aunt judy to come visit, i have missed my mom so much! and aunt judy, while she can get annoying and isn't the best at interpersonal relations, has gotten much more tolerable in recent years and hey, she became a vegetarian, so points for that! it'll be so fun to have them here tour them around my paris! i'm also super excited for my travels with amanda, even though they still feel so far away. I'll be in Paris with Mom and Aunt J till June 12, then leaving for Oxford, and hanging out till Amandatron finishes her semester around June 22 i think. Then off we go to Scandinavia! Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm, maybe Oslo, and then Prague and Vienna and maybe Budapest. I'm soooo stoked but it seems so unreal cause we still haven't planned anything (eeek!!!).
I still just can't comprehend how fast this semester has passed by, I don't want my amazing experience to end! Already so many APA friends are leaving or have left, and it seems like my belle vie a la francaise is unravelling at the seams. And tomorrow, Taylor leaves. I know I'll see her this summer when we're in LA and often next year, but it seems nonetheless that this will be a difficult goodbye. Only a few times in my life before now have I become sisters with someone so fast, and as with Annie and Hadas, I know Taylor is a best friend I'll always have in my life. It just feels like it won't be exactly the same as it was this semester, when i got to spend countless hours everyday with her! In her words, she is definitely in my tribe!
Gaahhhh I'm getting so emotional and waxing poetic to a computer screen, but really I just can't help it. One practical sidenote: I am still completely unpacked. Ummm quite a daunting task this will be. Thanks for a great semester, study abroad gods!
However, this semester has been too amazing for words. I haven't blogged as much as I meant to/wish I had (whoops, another new years resolution inachieved) so i haven't really expressed it here, but really...this semester changed me. It sounds cheesy and dumb, but it's true. I met so many amazing people who now I can't imagine not having in my life, to the extent we're already planning reunions for the fall (thank god almost all of APA goes to school in either DC or Philly, reunions will be a snap!). Classes were hard but interesting, and I cannot believe I took 5 classes entirely in French in what was only my 6th semester studying the language! I'm proud of myself, but really I owe it to the amazing immersion program I was on. Speaking French on a daily basis with my host parents, taking classes at the Sorbonne and Pantheon-Sorbonne directly with other french university students, and really living in Paris, and not in a dorm or university campus, has been so impactful. It's really strange to think that it's all about to disappear, this fairytale land I've been living in since January. I have been so profoundly lucky that it makes me catch my breath.
I'm excited for my mom and aunt judy to come visit, i have missed my mom so much! and aunt judy, while she can get annoying and isn't the best at interpersonal relations, has gotten much more tolerable in recent years and hey, she became a vegetarian, so points for that! it'll be so fun to have them here tour them around my paris! i'm also super excited for my travels with amanda, even though they still feel so far away. I'll be in Paris with Mom and Aunt J till June 12, then leaving for Oxford, and hanging out till Amandatron finishes her semester around June 22 i think. Then off we go to Scandinavia! Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm, maybe Oslo, and then Prague and Vienna and maybe Budapest. I'm soooo stoked but it seems so unreal cause we still haven't planned anything (eeek!!!).
I still just can't comprehend how fast this semester has passed by, I don't want my amazing experience to end! Already so many APA friends are leaving or have left, and it seems like my belle vie a la francaise is unravelling at the seams. And tomorrow, Taylor leaves. I know I'll see her this summer when we're in LA and often next year, but it seems nonetheless that this will be a difficult goodbye. Only a few times in my life before now have I become sisters with someone so fast, and as with Annie and Hadas, I know Taylor is a best friend I'll always have in my life. It just feels like it won't be exactly the same as it was this semester, when i got to spend countless hours everyday with her! In her words, she is definitely in my tribe!
Gaahhhh I'm getting so emotional and waxing poetic to a computer screen, but really I just can't help it. One practical sidenote: I am still completely unpacked. Ummm quite a daunting task this will be. Thanks for a great semester, study abroad gods!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Crochet Pineapple Progress
My work on the crochet pineapple tablecloth, which i thought would be really hard, is coming along really well and quickly! it's so easy! the pattern has a lot of repetition but enough changes to keep it interesting. i can't wait to make another one for my mom and maybe even another for my apartment in baltimore. i thought i would include some pics so you could finally see what i'm talking about with this whole pineapple business. i should be writing a paper, or asleep, but what ya gonna do? im oddly ambivalent and completely unmotivated this year for finals, im way too burnt out and apathetic to even care right now/the last few weeks. i need a break and i am kinda feeling ready to leave Paris. i love it here and i've been having the most amazing experience of my life, but it is a long time to be away from home and out of my comfort zone.
crochet crochet crochet! all i want to do all day is craft, it's kinda a problem when there are papers and 11 exams left to take. (Why I have 11 exams for 5 classes is just Satan's work/the french university system/ unfair. don't wanna talk about it) This is the first time I've ever put pictures on the blog so if it doesn't work right, then whoops my bad! (Clockwise from top left: 1. the tablecloth: a work in progress! it is splayed out on my bed, and it covers the width of my twin bed! so much bigger than i thought it would be at this point!, 2. a close up view of the pineapple pattern, 3. a piece of paper (my final exam schedule baarrghhhhhhffffffkkkk) on the tablecloth for scale, and 4. a broach/pin i bought at an adorable adorable store today full of the cutest things for crafting, home decor, randomness, and clothing (it was kinda like a smaller girlier version of Amsterdam's Kitsch Kitchen, my favorite place in the world.) and the best espadrille sandals ever that were super out of my price range.
crochet crochet crochet! all i want to do all day is craft, it's kinda a problem when there are papers and 11 exams left to take. (Why I have 11 exams for 5 classes is just Satan's work/the french university system/ unfair. don't wanna talk about it) This is the first time I've ever put pictures on the blog so if it doesn't work right, then whoops my bad! (Clockwise from top left: 1. the tablecloth: a work in progress! it is splayed out on my bed, and it covers the width of my twin bed! so much bigger than i thought it would be at this point!, 2. a close up view of the pineapple pattern, 3. a piece of paper (my final exam schedule baarrghhhhhhffffffkkkk) on the tablecloth for scale, and 4. a broach/pin i bought at an adorable adorable store today full of the cutest things for crafting, home decor, randomness, and clothing (it was kinda like a smaller girlier version of Amsterdam's Kitsch Kitchen, my favorite place in the world.) and the best espadrille sandals ever that were super out of my price range.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Current Book Wish List
1. Handmade Modern: mid century projects for your home by TODD OLDHAM
2. Creativity Inc.
3. the Design Sponge BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Scandinavian Needlecraft (just look at the cutest embroidered bird on the cover! http://www.amazon.com/Scandinavian-Needlecraft-Step-step-Projects/dp/1907030220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272389613&sr=1-1)
5. Kid Made Modern also by Mr. Oldhamm
6. Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY
I would also like this semester to end without me actually having to take finals and write papers, thank-you. I would also like more coffee.
2. Creativity Inc.
3. the Design Sponge BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Scandinavian Needlecraft (just look at the cutest embroidered bird on the cover! http://www.amazon.com/Scandinavian-Needlecraft-Step-step-Projects/dp/1907030220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272389613&sr=1-1)
5. Kid Made Modern also by Mr. Oldhamm
6. Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY
I would also like this semester to end without me actually having to take finals and write papers, thank-you. I would also like more coffee.
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