Rule #32: Enjoy the Little Things

I think Jesse Eisenberg and I would get along just swimmingly. Zombieland, The Squid and the Whale and Adventureland? Need I say anything more?!

And now for the greatest introduction to a movie. Ever. (That is if you like blood and gore and/or Metallica):

Pixie

I think she is just the cutest thing ever.

Emma Watson for Marie Claire

To a Room with some Lace and Paper Flowers

...And You See Your Gypsy.

I realize it's a little strange to create a Stevie Nicks post while watching the Dolphins game but that's just the way I operate! Go 'Phins!

Coming Up For Air

Ever feel like you've spent a period of your life under water? For me, that would be these past few weeks. But I'm proud to report that I think I'm finally on my way back up!

Sink 2008 - Cornelius Völker  

via I'm Revolting

Current Life in Definitions

dis·tract·ed

/dɪˈstræktɪd/ Show Spell[dih-strak-tid] 

–adjective

1.

having the attention diverted

2.

rendered incapable of behaving, reacting, etc., in a normal manner, as by worry, remorse, or the like; irrational; disturbed.

 

hunt

 /hʌnt/ Show Spelled[huhnt]

–verb (used with object)

1.

to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.

2.

to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often fol. by down ): They hunted him down and hanged him.

3. to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find 

 

wait

 /weɪt/ Show Spelled[weyt]

–verb (used without object)

1.

to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often fol. by for, till,  or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.

 

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Heads Up

So I am in the process of packing up my home of the last 4 years and putting everything into storage so I can return to my hometown of Miami for a few months. The Etsy Boutique will remain open during this time but please expect some small delays for processing orders over the next few weeks. As always, please let me know if you have a strict deadline and I can always work with you to make it happen!

As for the picture above...this week's LOST was a real tear jerker, huh?

Love/Hate Relationship: Miami

As I come to grips with the reality of moving back to Miami at the same time as the Super-Bowl-spotlight shines bright on this place, I'm really glad to see articles like this that prove that I'm not the only one who feels this way. Some highlights:

"Keep in mind that Miami has the same traffic laws as the rest of the United States; the difference is that nobody here obeys them. The main expressways are Interstate 95 and the Palmetto; do not use these unless you are an experienced fighter pilot."

"To get to South Beach from the mainland, simply drive across any causeway to Miami Beach, then turn around and drive back to the mainland, because the last available parking space in Miami Beach was taken during the Clinton administration."

Modern Life

I'm certain that there are aspects of our modern, technologically advanced lives that exist only to make us feel worse about ourselves. As a complete voyeur and general nosy person, I have to say that Twitter is no good for me: it exists solely to show me all the fun things I'm missing out on. 

I guess these are the themes that Jim Lambie is exploring in his work in which he takes certain aspects of modern life and transforms them into sculptural installations such as "Plaza," above, inspired by milk leaking from a bag on the streets of Moscow:

The image of white liquid flowing out of red plastic stuck with Lambie, who essentially replaced the milk with paint and recreated the event seven times using different color combinations, a reference to the daily act of grocery shopping. When installed, the bags hover above the floor at a height similar to where they would be if one were carrying them full of food. The piece, based in reality, becomes abstract as liquid pours out of the bags in streams of color, down the baseboard to the floor.

Via VVORK

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Hope you enjoyed this pleasant fall day as much as I did!

<3 Bowie!

And the Story Began...

I returned home today from a little overnight trip to the Florida Keys (photos to come) for a friend's birthday celebration, and promptly passed out into a good, long nap. Now I'm wide awake perusing the internet at 2:00AM and catching up on my blog reading. I figured I should maybe catch up on some blogging (hate that word!) while I wait for the zzzzzzz to come:

This photo of the cutest couple ever is so perfect! via A Cup of Jo


If you haven't seen 500 Days of Summer yet, get out and do it NOW! (Summer and I might as well be the same person...dead on)


I completely forget where this photo came from, but I would kill for a studio/office that looks like this!


Again, a mysterious photo that appeared on my desktop - why is my hair taking so long to grow?! I need this haircut!