costumes

i'm working on my halloween costume this week and i'm really excited about it - i'll post some pictures next week after my sisters costume party. for now, i'll tie you over with me in a mustache.



btw... i received so many compliments on this it was a little scary! i guess i look good as a hairy dude!

fried fun

i went to the texas state fair twice this year - once for a group outing with my co-workers and again with neil and his co-workers. i haven't been to the fair since high school, and it was really fun to see all the weird fried food options. i don't know if these are new, but i certainly don't remember them being there before.

anyway, here is a sampling of what i saw: fried bacon, fried marshmallows, fried snickers, fried cheesecake, fried ice cream, fried peanut butter & jelly & banana sandwich, fried coke, fried cookie dough, fried moonpies, and fried green tomatoes to name a few.

the fried coke was a complete mystery to me and i was slightly dissapointed that it was only fried batter in some coke with whipped cream on top. dennis ordered one - here's a picture...



and a few more pictures here

dreamy

wishing i were back on the beach but enjoying sleeping in my own bed. it's still dark when i wake up for work. a lot of things are changing these days, but you just have to take it as it comes, i suppose. for now i'll just go along with it and see where it takes me. hope you all have a great weekend.

i'm back!

i'm back from san francisco and the russian river valley - somewhat refreshed, definitely relaxed and missing you, of course.

more updates this week, but for now, here's a photo of godzilla at the SFMOMA

new projects

neil is showing me how to stretch canvas - so we got to go the lumber store and use his power tools, fun! i'm not a great painter, or even a very good one, but i do have something in mind which should be easy enough for me and be fun to do.

neil getting the saw ready...



sawdust...


me in goggles because safety comes first...

up, up and away!

i was completely and pleasantly surprised tonight to happen onto the etsy front page and find one of my necklaces in the featured treasury! thank you proper candy for including me!

stunning photo by kate's eye

p.s. you can see a screen shot of all the front page excitement here
p.p.s. tia, i will reply to your tag tomorrow, i promise!
p.p.p.s if you're interested in seeing more of robot cat, i meant to link to another picture of him, so here it is

i'm back

i'm back from a fun weekend visiting my little sister for her graduation. she's taller than me... did you notice?

basil was really happy to see us when we got back... here he is posing as robot cat!



hope you had a great weekend! more blogging to come this week.

Strange Finds

This weekend my girlfriend and I found one of the strangest cologne bottles I've ever seen. We were at a local antique mall, and while I was purchasing a vintage necklace at the register, she found an odd bottle of cologne with Abraham Lincoln on the front.

It looked very distinguished, and since fate brought her to this amazing piece, she knew she had to purchase it. On the ride to the next place, we started naming which presidents we thought were the most sexy and drafting ideas for starting a presidential line of cologne.

I did some interneting (my new favorite made up word) and found some bottles on ebay and etsy... and there's even one of George Washington! Apparently Avon made these in 1970. I can't say it smelled very good. I think President Lincoln deserved a much sexier scent.... just look at that bone structure!