“And she hears singing?? What the hell? And then a little genie comes out. HAHA. The genie’s all, hey what’s up. Not sure what happens after…”

It’s a bit rough, obviously.

I created these little guys a while ago so I figured I better post ‘em now.

So, in high school I had a better-than-modest collection of four-leaf clovers. Finding my first was nothing short of magical, but the magic died a couple of years later when a new patch of clover grew, ALL with four leaves, directly next to the driveway of my parents’ house—I think because of some fertilizer. Some of the clovers were nearly two inches across, some had five leaves. I’ve lost my collection since moving out, and every time I go back home I forget to check for the patch. But I’m not not superstitious, you know, so I think I’ll start searching again.

So anyway, yesterday, I noticed something about two of my most favorite messy-pretty songs:

“Stars” by The Clean

and

“Rising of the Sun” by The Rabble

The names of the bands and the titles of those songs are total opposites. Weird, huh. Also weird: The Clean are from New Zealand, as well as another band called The Rabble, but not this Rabble, who came from Canada in the ’60s.

I thought it was interesting! But then I’m pretty boring.

Does anybody else do this? It’s decadent.

Winona Ryder
Laura Dern
Emily Deschanel
Penelope Cruz
Veronica Lake
Judy Collins
Princess Zelda

Pick your favorite!

I’d post photos, but I think we all know how different these six women and sprite are from each other. And while I can’t see myself in any of them, I’d say it’s Laura for the occasional horsiness, Emily for the deadpan voice, and Winona, Penelope, and the Princess for the brown eyes and impish squint. Veronica Lake happened when I had a photo of her in my Facebook profile, and as for a young Judy Collins, this is what my stepdad said just yesterday. I may be a princess, but I’ll never be as ethereal as Judy.

One of my resolutions for the new year is to start a new web project. I hesitate to use the word launch because it’s not a space shuttle, but in truth I’ve actually already started this thing. I don’t really want to describe it yet since the premise is really simple (like describing a dream, ugh), but it WILL require me to update with a new drawing once a week. Can I do it???

Don’t you trust it? (And then there’s Fairy Soap…)

Ivory soap images via Design History.

I’m not sure if it’s the “Pro-Epil Complex” or some malodorous side-effect of wild roses I don’t know about, but this Dove antiperspirant makes my armpits smell like a candied ham.

Also, I hate the lid.

Chris is doing the dishes after we’ve gone two days without doing them. “I’m not doing them all,” he says, and I say that’s okay, I’ll do some. A few minutes later, though, he’s still washing and the sink is nearly empty. “Stop it!” I exclaim, and he says, “I’m not doing them all.” I can tell he’s being cute, so I leave him to finish the dishes. He finishes, the sink is sparkling, and I tell him thank you. Then I go to make something to eat, and I see a single spoon in the sink. He sees me see the spoon and he says, “Told you.”