Sunday, February 27, 2005

Now That I Can Post Photos

Seriously, I'm like the slowest blogger ever, but check this out. It's Harry and me, being arty (Yeah, I know, all you tweens with LJ's, you've been taking photos like this and posting them to your blogs since you were seven or whatever, but I don't need your sass right now. Also, please get off my lawn. Unless you're going to pick up the dog poop that I keep forgetting about. Thanks!)

Who's My Cute Puppy?


Um, Harry is!

Perfect In So Many Ways

I love Matthew Sweet, but I always forget about him. I picked up his Japan-fan release last week and I'm totally in love again. Dig the Nara cover art!

Speaking of long-lost friends, the ever-rad Gail (I miss you!) put a new chickfactor online recently. It's full of all the good stuff, as usual, and if you dig extra-deep, you'll find my answers to some of her poll questions.

I finished The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll last week. Holy insane childhood. If Edith and the Bears were at all a part of your early reading, please read this and freak out. So good!

Why Didn't I Think Of That?

Yes, I post ferociously when I have a deadline breathing down my neck (like, um, now) so I thought I'd take a chance to point you to some of my recent discoveries on the interweb. Firstly, a hearty hurrah to all the great sites out there about shopping and shoes (also, the reason for the title of this post: Duh, Bex, duh): I heart you all! Manolo's Shoe Blog is basically the Best Blog Ever, while Shiny Shiny appeals to my techy-but-let's-make-it-pretty self. There's the no-nonsense Mighty Goods and In My Bag and, on a totally different tangent, but addictive nonetheless, the totally rad 5ives. Is it kosher to just quote one of the lists? This is definitely one that makes me laugh until I cry:

Five terrible fake Anne Geddes photo shoots

1. Infant slumbers in the sling of a powerful trebuchet
2. Three napping newborns, juggled by slightly larger fourth baby
3. Pile of sleeping babies, dressed as pirates, provide ballast for leaky catamaran
4. Preemie in miniature bifocals used as precious paperweight
5. Month-old twins nestle in a slowly warming crock pot


Slowly warming crock pot! Hee! Ryan and I like to mention this last one often; today, while I was dragging him around the mall (more to test his patience than anything else) we came across one of those in-mall photo studios, and there was a huge picture in the window of a tot in full Geddes-esque regalia: green diaper cover, with a sunflower-like headpiece thingie. Seriously, is there any kid who wouldn't wig out when that got perched on their head? But I digress: Ryan said, "Wouldn't it be awesome if Anne Geddes started taking pictures of adults dressed up as flowers and such?"

If by awesome, you mean Really Fucking Frightening...