Sniffle Snuffle

I have a MOST annoying cold.

I found some of these to be actually helpful:

SNIFFLES


The pinch your nose and walk around one was entirely new to me but I think it may have helped!
Unrelated to this article, Breathe Right Nose Strips are, as I've said before, a godsend.



In other news, I went Eastern Europe crazy today on Pinterest. +Swiss Alps and Wales, which we missed when we were there. 9 countries in 6 weeks was somethin' else! I've also been watching Dexter, which I started watching in 2006 when it came out, but I forgot about it. I forgot just how superb this show is!

Bulbo pls

I don't even know if I would think this funny if I had come across it on my own, but Deven showed this to me and he read it aloud, and it was funny.

Home was chaotic and wonderful, as always. New laptop! Huzzah!
And I'm so happy I was able to see everyone. From Tallmadge people to a friend home from Japan :)

Savannah was great, as well. We went to Leopold's again and Stephen and I shared a huge sundae. Overflowing wonderfulness.


Here's one of the instants that was taken whilst home:

<3<3<3
(drawings done by Deven on paper on a table at a cafe we went to for a poetry reading in Kent: Me in the corner with a heart in front of my eyes and Stephen on the other side. Smaller drawings by Eric, me, JC, and Stephen.)

Raw and Primal Yearnings

A machine that records your dreams and shows them in video form. And some Hawaiian shirts.

Rated G

El Ay

I went to LA & San Francisco & Monterey a few weeks ago. Most of the time was spent in LA, but we also went to SF&Monterey on the weekend. Pix:

(all taken by Stephen Vanderpool)

From first to last: James Dean statue at Griffith Observatory, Bixby Canyon Bridge around Big Sur, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and Stephen and I on some rocks at Venice Beach in LA.

Neither of us are in love with this particular fish eye lens--it's not the greatest, but fish eye is still fun!

And then a couple weeks later, LA came and took care of me.

I shall again be returnin' to Tallmadge for Christmas this year! New Years, however, may be spent in Savannah, GA with my little piece of LA :)

Michael Blaustein

He's the love child of David Tennant and James Franco, I think.

Visitation Hours

When I was home in December/January, my little lovelies and I worked on a short film. This is the end result (!)


Stephen's brother, Eric, directed this, and did a most wonderful job :)