derdynerdy

ps

2010-12-15T17:42:00.001-07:00

i started a tumblr. it isn't very exciting and mostly has cat things on it, but yeah.

www.derdynerdy.tumblr.com

hopefully i will have internet soon and can get back to it. if anyone cares.

wish list

2010-12-15T17:32:00.005-07:00

here in no particular order is my christmas wish list. keep in mind that i would also be happy with snacks of all kinds.

also there are about 100 books in tabula rasa i would love, a nice fake fur coat, or a modcloth gift certificate!

i want this

2010-12-07T18:09:00.001-07:00

it is only ten dollars. it would be so cute in my purse and do such a good job holding my change!

www.urbanoutfitters.com

two weeks...

2010-08-08T18:37:00.003-06:00

...and i will be 27. hooray for birthdays! in case any of you were wondering what to get me, here is my list (in no particular order). keep in mind this is mostly for my family members. all i want from my friends is some company at lagoon. and hugs. and a bday crown to wear on the rollercoasters.

money. duh.

wizard people, dear reader
www.illegal-art.org/video/wizard.html

a couch
a semi nice one that i can take naps on please.

the new polaroid instant 300 + film
www.polaroid.com

a subscription to BUST magazine
www.bust.com

and you know i always appreciate a knick knack, or something to add to my jesus wall. or anything really.

ho.ma.gah.

2010-06-27T14:15:00.002-06:00

i passed maths!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

go.

2010-06-21T14:24:00.004-06:00

some very wonderful, very talented friends of mine started this festival last year. if you live in utah and enjoy all things film, please go to sloppy summer 2010. you will not be disappointed.

dear fellow netflix viewers

2010-06-05T16:27:00.003-06:00

is it really that hard to keep a dvd clean? it is only in your possession for what, two, three days? maybe a week tops? some of us have been waiting patiently for that dvd to come to our house, only to put it in our player and find that there is some crazy scratch or something gooey on it. then it won't play in my computer. then i get pissed. real pissed. imagine that you were at school from midnight until 7 am. you go home and you are so excited to watch futurama season four disc four. then your computer can't read it. rude. so rude. maybe stop kicking it around the dirty floor in your sick ass house and don't let your dirty little kids touch it either.

geez.

round 2

2010-05-31T15:36:00.001-06:00

be there or be a jerk.

tomorrow!!!

2010-05-13T17:13:00.002-06:00

sunday may 2

2010-04-28T12:10:00.002-06:00

is the salty streets flea market!

if you live in salt lake or at least close by, you should come check it out.

Want Vintage for Value?
Want crafts unique as yourself?
Or are you looking for that special knick-knack to complete your life?

Salty Streets Flea Market has arrived for the 2010 summer season and we want you to come celebrate with us!

The Salty Streets Flea Market kicks off May 2nd 2010 at Kilby Court with amazing musical performances by DJ ChaseOne2, Birthquake, and Holy Water Buffalo.

Holy Water Buffalo - 3:00pm
Birthquake - 4:30pm
Dj sets all day by DJ ChaseOne2

We've been lucky enough to gather an array of amazing vendors which include:

Fresh
4th Street Music
All Occasions PhotoBooths
Live screen printing by SAMO Prints
Megan Philibin and Lauren Mack
Teresa Flowers
Whitney Shaw [Easy Keeper]
Ryan Perkins [Big Fun]
Claire Taylor
The Empowerment Project
Who Vintage
Sara Shaw Jewerly
Vintage Vein (Alison Isbell and Willard Cron)
Riktor
Rosewood Ash. [Arash Mafi and Elina Yakubov]
Mike Brown's infamous Leviathan Zines
MirandaRay Photography
Aj Souare
Randi Lile
The Chocolate Conspiracy
Mon.Lou.Lou.
Chris Swainston Photography
Michele Sanchez
Nails by Lori Lane
Hair Barbering by Whitney Inskeep
...scrumptious food, a kissing booth And MUCH MUCH MORE!

We will also be donating select proceeds towards The Empowerment Project.
-www.trivanifieldnotes.org
-www.empowermentprojectnow.org

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For decades, Northern Uganda has been plagued with civil wars, disease and severe poverty.

Thousands of destitute women and children are displaced without home or land.

Faced with food, shelter, school fees, and medical bills, these women are in dire straits; fighting every day simply for the survival of their families.

To help them in their fight, Empowerment Project: The Women and Children of Kaberamaido in partnership with Trivani Foundation, are matching the strength and ingenuity of mothers and widows by selling "paper bead" necklaces made by the women themselves.

Each necklace is made from magazine pages and demonstrates the creativity, vision, and fortitude the women of Kaberamaido must exercise daily to survive. By purchasing one of these necklaces, not only will you be empowering women to earn an income, but empowering choice. Through economic development, women can reclaim their agency, respect and dignity.

All proceeds of the necklaces and kissing booth will directly support the creation of micro-enterprise, more training opportunities, and microcredit loans enabling women to support themselves and their children.

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All vendor spots for our May market have filled up, but don't fret! There are still three more markets scheduled for June, August, and September! If you're interested in becoming a vendor please e-mail us at saltystreetproductions@gmail.com.

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Salty Street Productions was created by Karamea Puriri and Audrey Gallegos to showcase their love for events specializing in music, art, and fashion. But most importantly showcasing their love of Salt Lake City and the amazing community it has to offer.

saltystreetproductions@gmail.com
801.664.2755
435.862.6862

file this under: cat

2010-04-21T20:34:00.005-06:00

i know cats love boxes, but ronnie loves to file herself away. last night i bought these three drawer organizer things for my bathroom. i set them on my bed and when i came back in my room she had pushed the drawers out just enough to climb inside.

even a few months ago she was doing the same thing, see? climbing into this filing box.

for papa.

2010-04-20T23:27:00.004-06:00

Noise, by Pooh.

Oh, the butterflies are flying,
Now the winter days are dying,
And the primroses are trying
To be seen.

And the turtle-doves are cooing,
And the woods are up and doing,
For the violets are blue-ing
In the green.

Oh, the honey-bees are gumming
On their little wings, and humming
That the summer, which is coming
Will be fun.

And the cows are almost cooing,
And the turtle-doves are mooing,
Which is why a Pooh is poohing,
In the sun.

For the spring is really springing;
You can see a skylark singing,
And the blue-bells, which are ringing,
Can be heard.

And the cuckoo isn't cooing,
But he's cucking and he's ooing,
And a Pooh is simply poohing
Like a bird.

from The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne

when i was little, my dad would read us this book. this poem by pooh always made us laugh and laugh and laugh. and it still makes me laugh. and i can hear my dad reading it. and it makes me happy.

just some things.

2010-04-20T00:32:00.007-06:00

i love you spring! you sunburned my left arm, but that is ok. you also gave me a weird tan line on my back, but i can overlook that. i am just happy that the sun is back out and school is almost over!

i get to go to the zoo tomorrow, i will be sure to take a million photos. as usual.

ronnie is so adorable. i want to squeeze her all the time. i don't know how normal it is to be completely obsessed with your cat, and to always be telling your boyfriend to come look at the cute way she is resting on the bed, but i don't care. i love her.

i started harry potter arm. it is beautiful. jake miller at 11th street is doing it. jake fucking ROX. he is in my blog list so go look at his stuff. it is awesome. i will post one picture of it because i feel weird showing it. it is strange having people ask me if they can see my arm and asking why i got a harry potter tattoo and asking what a time turner is. read the books. duh. i cannot wait to add more to it! i love it oh so much.

and if you live in salt lake, and are in town on may 2, then you better be coming to the salty streets flea market at kilby court, or i will be way ticked off. i am going to be selling kick ass cat shirts and shorts and undies. and there are going to be a million other things to look at and snacks to eat and bands to listen to. look at the poster:

so everyone please come! it is only 2 dollars to get in, and it is going to be amazing.

i think that is it for now.

oh wait, we bought a wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

girl crush.

2010-04-20T00:18:00.002-06:00

boomer/sharon/athena/number eight/whatever

grace park is a babe.
i wish i could erase battlestar out of my brain so i could watch it again for the first time.

oh. my. god.

2010-04-11T00:11:00.001-06:00

thank you brian brown for sharing this beautiful beautiful video. i cannot believe this is real.
(ps if you are reading this from facebook, go to my blog to watch it. you will not be sorry)

girl crush.

2010-04-04T01:33:00.004-06:00

so word on the street is that clemence poesy is in salt lake right now. i want to see her. and get her autograph (i am a huge dork)
she is a babe.
and she has awesome style.
AND
she is FLEUR DELACOUR!!!

and here is ronnie with her fanny pack hanging on my arm. just because.

dear friends

2010-03-18T18:53:00.002-06:00

stop driving home when you have been drinking. you are being stupid and extremely selfish. you are putting yourself at risk every single time you do it. and you are also putting others at risk. how would you feel if you hit someone?
i am happy to pick you up. you know i rarely go out. please call me next time before you do something stupid.

hello

2010-03-17T14:43:00.001-06:00

i suddenly have 22 followers, and i think i know who half of them are.
it kind of freaks me out that strangers can just stumble upon my blog, how did they find me? and am i really interesting enough to follow?
weird.

sometimes...

2010-02-18T13:43:00.002-07:00

like today, i want to punch someone real hard. right on the mouth.

i am such a debbie downer lately, everything puts me in a bad mood. everything pushes me over the edge.
boo.

like today for example, i called my pharmacy to refill my insulin. i have BARELY enough to eat things today. just barely. so i call in and they tell me i am out of refills. strange, because last month they said the same thing. they faxed my doctor and he sent in the refill. the box my insulin came in said i had TEN REFILLS. i am not sure how it went from ten to zero, but whatever. my diabetes doctor is not practicing anymore. last month around the 24th i received a letter saying he was no longer seeing patients, and that all future appointments were cancelled. so now i have to find a new doctor. fucking awesome. i doubt anyone knows a good diabetes doctor. maybe megan facer?

anyway, i just wanted to whine some more on the internet so i hopefully don't freak out at trevor or start crying randomly.

this is how i feel right now.

2010-02-17T20:40:00.010-07:00

i feel crazy.

stupid winter. stupid SAD. i wish that it would hurry up and be spring already. i am so antsy for it to be sunny and somewhat pleasant again. i have early spring cleaning fever too. my life feels like it is in shambles right now, i want to deep clean and organize everything, sadly, i have little time to do this. maybe i will take a day off and get rid of a lot of the crap that is in my apartment.

i am suffering big time from seasonal affective disorder this winter. so is trevor. i started taking st john's wort and iron supplements a couple of days ago. hopefully that helps a bit. and vitamin D. i should get my lazy ass to the gym, that would probably help a lot too. but one thing at a time for now.

luckily trevor and i have each other and our little beast to keep us happy. she is amazing. except when chewing through chords. that is not so nice. she is getting so big, i want her to stay small. but at the same time i am excited to see just how monstrous she is will be. trevor and i both think she is going to be a giant cat.

dance you slaves.

2010-02-07T16:07:00.003-07:00

dance for our amusement.

happy bday papa.

ha!

2010-01-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

#131 Conan O’Brien
January 13, 2010 by clander
The recent news that Conan O’Brien will be replaced by Jay Leno has caused white people to erupt with rage and hostility. You might even expect them to lash out and do something about it like take to the streets or write a letter to NBC to voice their dissatisfaction with the network. But no, white people will solve this problem the way that they solved the election crisis in Iran – through Facebook and Twitter status updates. In 2009, millions of white people took 35 seconds to turn their twitter profiles green, and consequently sent a very powerful message to the leaders of Iran. Their message was that they wanted their friends to know that they would stop at nothing to ensure freedom and democracy for the Iranian people. Thanks in large part to that effort Iran is now completely democratic. With that issue settled, white people are launching a similar campaign for Conan that is sure to have similar results.

It is not hard to understand why white people love Conan O’Brien, he embodies so many of the things they already like before he even opens his mouth: Ivy League Schools, Red Hair, the Boston Red Sox, Self Deprecating Humor, The Simpsons, and Bad Memories of High School (likely, but not confirmed). Seeing him on television five nights a week is a comforting reminder of community to the white people who still have televisions.

But if your plan is to try to use Conan O’Brien as a way to get white people to become more interested you, then it is imperative that you understand a few key rules. Firstly, all white people love “the masturbating bear,” if you don’t know what this is, do not worry. Just state your love for the character, and the white person you are talking to will simply fill in the rest. Secondly, all white people believe that Andy Richter never should have left the show. And finally, you should do your best to develop a “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog” impression. All white people already have one, so you might as well try to fit in. Complete these steps and watch your friendship with white people become considerably smoother.

Now, the biggest and most important thing to remember is to never, under any circumstances bring up a Conan O’Brien sketch or joke that has taken place in the last three years. You will be met with only blank stares. For you see, while white people will fiercely support Conan O’Brien in any public forum, they always fail to support him in the only way that actually helps – by watching his show.

Note: Under no circumstances should you ever mention that you prefer Jay Leno. This might cause white people to think you have the same taste in humor as the wrong kind of white people, or worse, their parents.

Stuff White People Like supports Conan O’Brien.

from:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

oh, coco

2010-01-18T00:04:00.005-07:00

i <3 you

image from:
http://www.sirmikeofmitchell.com/imwithcoco/

here is a sampling of some favorite conan memories

so i could not find a lot of my favorites, the george w interviews, cat accountants, the arnold interview with something about baby bottle, evil puppy, gwyneth paltrow "secrets", sexy manatee, and so on and so on.

i have a kitty!

2010-01-15T23:48:00.005-07:00

this is my baby. her name is ronnie the bear, after ron weasly in brad neely's version : wizard people, dear reader. which, if you haven't heard or seen yet, you are missing out.
i have been looking for a kitten for a while now. and she is perfect. it was love at first sight. she is so sweet and snuggly and playful. all in one.
the humane society says she is around 2 months old, but i think she is closer to 3. maybe 2.5 ish.
she likes to give little kitten kisses, and look at herself in the mirror. she is not very good at jumping on the bed yet, but i am sure she will have it down in no time. and she plays with her tail. presh.
but she has been farting a lot. ha ha that better stop as it is neither ladylike or pleasant to be around. right now she is exploring my apartment and playing with everything in sight. i love her.

i tried to find a video to upload, but they all seem to have been disabled. anyway, click the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-5oaLKtAlE

so

2010-01-14T14:56:00.002-07:00

i started a book club blog. if anyone wants in, send me your email and i will add you as an author!

www.librolibrolibro.blogspot.com

i want

2010-01-06T13:49:00.001-07:00

to be part of a book club.
who belongs to one?

or should i start my own?

pouty time.

2009-12-30T18:21:00.004-07:00

here is my pouty list for today:
i didn't get my kitten
it is freezing in my apartment
there is no door to my back room, making the apartment much colder
i left my window insulation stuff at trevors studio
i cannot have a kitten until the 5th
my tv converter box did not come with one of the chords i need
the antenna is in the other room, so the converter box won't even work unless i move the tv

so i am just going to sit at the computer and eat oreos with peanut butter instead.

hmmff.

it's christmas. it's christmas time.

2009-12-24T17:21:00.001-07:00

aahhh.
sorry, but it just isn't christmas without gunther!

bless you recyclops, and your cold robot heart.

2009-11-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

i moved!

2009-10-18T19:56:00.001-06:00

finally! i am no longer crashing at trevors every single night. and now i can say that i don't live at my mommas house. i have my own apartment, and you all should stop by and bring me a housewarming gift. or beers. or whatever, just come by and see me!

honk-shoooo

2009-10-08T20:52:00.002-06:00

i am just writing this because i have not posted anything new for over a week. my life right now is full of school related activities. i have been working on print things like crazy. this semester i am working on three chicken shaped intaglio plates. they are a pain in the ass to cut out and file, but i think they will be really cool when they are all done. i need to work on my drawings more for sam. he let me borrow his plastic turkey named leroy. i need to get some drawings of him soon! also bookbinding is taking up SO much time, it is crazy. this week we are making boxes. i hope i don't eff it up like i did my first book.
today i had to present to a lot of people in the fine arts department for funding to go to the international southern graphics council conference. whew! i had to write up a proposal and figure out a budget and everything. i felt so grown up doing it. today we just had to go in and see if the board had any questions. a friend told me we did get funding, but not as much as last year. that is pretty disappointing seeing as there are the same number of students attending as there were last time. but it wasn't my fault, there were 19 different groups requesting money this year, and i am sure the budget isn't as big as it has been in the past. oh well, at least we got something!
i have been house sitting for my friend erin and watching a million dvds. she and jake have a gigantic dvd collection. they are in disneyland for their anniversary. i hope they are having the best time ever, and that they bought mickey ears. i better get a postcard too.
this month at the gallery stroll i will have a print at signed and numbered. i was able to get into the print exchange for this month. it is a halloween theme, and my print is jolene, of course. but she has three heads and is drooling. if you are in town you should go check it out! this will be my first time showing anything at gallery stroll.
AND! i am moving out of my mommas house soon. i am looking at two apartments tomorrow, and making my decision tomorrow too. i am really excited to move out without a roommate. trevor of course will be my part time roomie. and maybe sometime in the near future i will have a kitty too, but we will just have to see.

ha! seriously?

2009-09-22T23:49:00.000-06:00

this is ridiculous. watch.

jolene print

2009-09-21T02:24:00.002-06:00

is done, kind of. i have 24 pieces of paper, and have printed on 6 of them. eff. it looks pretty good so far, i guess. i like it, but it is a print of my baby. it is a two plate print, one red and one blue. the assignment was we had to print on quarter sheets, so 11x15. i think the copper is 4x6 or something. i honestly cannot remember, i am exhausted. anyway, this picture sucks because i took it with my cell phone. but here is jolene!

where in the world do you think you're going-o-ing-o-ing?

2009-09-16T14:38:00.001-06:00

to the fair!!!!!!!!

boo hoo.

2009-09-10T23:21:00.002-06:00

this is a total sympathy post. i just want everyone to feel sorry for me and bring me ice cream because i am sad and i miss my boyfriend. my favorite flavor is the private selection brand black raspberry and chocolate chunk, which as far as i know is only sold at smiths marketplace.

and they call it puppy loooooooove

2009-09-08T23:24:00.002-06:00

this puppy, who has yet to be named, is SO CUTE! i got to snuggle her at megan and brittanys house tonight. fran and brittany and me took her out and watched her run around the yard and jump down and up the stairs about a million times. it was too cute. we got her to walk all the way up the big staircase too. i love her.

close close close call

2009-08-25T00:42:00.000-06:00

tonight trevor called me to let me know that there were three raccoons in the coop, because the effing door was open, and that the chickens were all really freaking out. jordan had called him saying the chickens were all flying around the yard yelling really loud, and we needed to make sure they were ok. i borrowed the pathfinder and drove down to his studio so fast, and we pulled into the alley and turned the car towards the coop. sirius and esther were walking around the yard. i picked up esther and took her into the bathroom. jordan said he didn't know where jolene was. my heart dropped, i was so freaked out but i didn't want to think the worst had happened. we looked around the yard a little bit, and then trevor found her in the coop. she didn't look good, she was barely moving. i started crying and told him i couldn't look at her, that he had to do it. so he put his hand in and scooped her out of the nesting box. she slowly started moving and walking around. i took her inside too, and then sirius came in. i fed them some cheese and some bread to make them feel better, and maybe calm them down a little bit. i just sat on the floor and talked to them and told them they were all ok now. they ate all the cheese then squished together in the corner. i went out to talk to jordan, and he said he was inside the house, and he heard some noise in the backyard. it was already dark, so he knew something was wrong. they never make noise at night. ever. so jordan went out with the flood light and saw all three flying around the yard making so much noise. he walked over to the coop, and saw three pairs of glowing eyes. the raccoons were making noises like some giant creature coughing up a hairball. jordan started to get nervous, because they are mean little things. and three of them all crammed in the coop together would be so scary! they ran out of the coop and got back over the fence, and he said one tried to grab sirius through the chain link. he threw a log at the fence to scare them off, and esther decided to fly up onto the fence. sirius was running around the yard, and jolene was cowering in a corner. i am so grateful that jordan was home, i don't want to think about what would have happened if he had not been there. i am so glad they are all ok, probably really stressed out and scared, but otherwise ok. i hate raccoons. i want to call animal control tomorrow and see if there is anything they can do. there are so many pets in the neighborhood, and i would hate for something to happen to any of them.

owwwwww

2009-08-20T16:49:00.004-06:00

1. Wii-arm
This happens when you over-play the Nintendo Wii.

Your arm begins to ache, and somewhat burn slightly... Using your arm for any kind of quick movements, or outstretching of the arm generates pain.
You get Wii-arm by playing WiiSports for 14 hours non-stop - Then trying to play Baseball, and finding out that you hit the floor in pain when you swing.
get this def on a mug
nintendo wii arm pain medical condition wii arm
by Sam Rees Dec 27, 2006 share this

i want this.

2009-08-19T01:28:00.002-06:00

please!!!

bambi

2009-08-17T16:17:00.002-06:00

this song is always in my head. i love bambi. ha ha ha ha that sounds so dorky. just watch the video.

baby jolene

2009-08-17T15:54:00.003-06:00

so school starts in one week, and i am trying to get everything ready for a brand new semester of printing. i started thinking about what i want to do for the miniprint this year, it was hard because i didn't think i could ever out do "hoot cakes". i wanted to stick to the owl theme, but then i got to thinking about jolene. she is the perfect subject, she loves to have her picture taken and she is the friendliest out of all the chickens. so i took a bunch of photos but i am not sure which one i should draw from.

what do you think?

these are my four choices:
one

two

three

four

shark week night

2009-08-14T20:25:00.001-06:00

last wednesday, august 5th, meggy and i had a shark week party. it was awesome. it was me, megan, trevor, and meg. meg came over in a fish outfit.
we made tuna sandwiches on cut out bread.
we served swedish fish and goldfish crackers.
we baked sugar cookies cut out in shapes of hands, whales, angel fish, and sharks.
trevor painted a wine bottle so we could all enjoy a glass of shark bite merlot.

hooray shark week!

good egg

2009-08-14T18:27:00.005-06:00

sirius or esther laid the very first egg sometime today!!! we think it was sirius because it was in the middle nesting box, and there was a black feather in with it. brice found it today when he was checking to see if they had enough food. it is tiny and brown, and so cute! i can't wait to see if any of the ladies lay another one tonight!

first things first

2009-08-04T21:03:00.010-06:00

it is only 14 days until my bday! (from today, august 8. not august 4...)
here are some things i would like:

free people blooming cirrus headband
@nordstrom
$28

circolo nesting tables
@pottery barn teen
$299

j brand 812 mid-rise pencil leg in ink
@jbrandjeans.com
$158

i want a wii! i want to play the new zelda SOOOO bad.

i know i will probably get nothing on this list, because i am poor and so is everyone else i know. but it is fun to pretend i am going to get all these things.

and she's buying a stairway to...

2009-07-29T01:40:00.002-06:00

stardom!
why have i never seen any of these before? youtube stairway to stardom. they are all pretty wonderful

ps if i ever have lipstick on my teeth like that, please for the love of jesus, tell me.

catch up.

2009-07-25T18:04:00.010-06:00

BEWARE! this post is real long and stuff.

trevor has been after me to update the blog. i have been super lazy lately, i blame the heat. anyway, here is what has been happening over the few weeks.

on the fourth of july, megan, jade, spencer, trevor and i went up to our friend ernestos house behind the capitol building to watch the fireworks. we could kind of see the bees stadium fireworks through the trees, but not really. the highlight of this part of the night was watching hiram creep out on meggy.

trevor and i went to dinner before the house party. he had never been to shanghai, and it was pretty much the only thing open that day. i got this great fortune after. i have been wasting my time printing apparently.

on july 15 harry potter and the half blood prince came out. everyone who knows me knows i LOVE harry potter, sometimes more than life itself. i always get so hyped up to see the movies and i am always so incredibly disappointed with them. i have a hard time separating myself from the books, and remembering that it is impossible to include everything from the books in a two hour movie. but still, all that being said, i went into this one with no expectations. i tried to just watch the movie and forget about the book. but it was still so shitty! so so so so so shitty. it was honestly one of the most boring movies i have ever seen. the previews tricked me. bah. anyway i don't want to talk about it anymore because everyone close to me is sick of hearing about it i am sure.
alex, sable, trevor and i made t shirts for the premier. i hated mine, it wasn't how i imagined it, but whatever. i made sables shirt, i don't have a picture of it, but it had slytherins locket on it. it was a real thing of beauty. alex made a snake nailed to a door, and trevor, oh man his kicked so much ass.

also i made brooms for everyone who rode bikes down to the movie.

i found my long lost twin sister at the black keys show at gallivan.
ps i am never going to another show there. it is completely miserable.

then trevor had his art show the next night, and me being a stupid girlfriend, i didn't take any pictures. i am a bad girlfriend. birthquake played behind model citizen and it was a real hot and fun time.
then saturday night there was a benefit show at urban lounge for the salt lake city film festival, and brice played in his other band, mammoth. i was mesmerized by the lights, and also by shanes drumming. also brice had a robot singing voice.

backyard, here i come.

2009-07-05T14:44:00.003-06:00

armed with all the necessary supplies, and my blue and white sailor stripe bikini, i am ready to roast.

harry, harry potter

2009-06-26T20:06:00.003-06:00

so one day when i decide to pop out some babies, one is definitely going to be named harry. and of course it is after harry potter. duh.
but for now i only love one harry. the hp. tickets were purchased today, i cannot wait.

only a few things in life really get me excited, and harry potter is one of them. i cannot fucking wait to see this movie, the previews look pretty sweet. if this one sucks, i am going to be so disappointed. at least until the next two come out. i always get really excited when i see the previews, then the movie ends up blowing big time and i just talk shit about it forever, then re read the books and think they should have a potter nerd directing these things. then the new previews come along and i get excited all over again. ha ha i have nothing to look forward to now that the books are done. this sounds sad, but it is true. very true.

i love you hp.

two months

2009-06-22T01:39:00.002-06:00

until my bday. you can buy this for me if you want to, and lets be honest. you know you do.

go to:
www.adultswim.com and click on shop.
do it.

this is what i did today.

2009-06-21T21:20:00.004-06:00

clickit

drip drip drop

2009-06-13T15:48:00.008-06:00

the storm today was absolutely incredible. i have never seen rain like that, and the thunder was so loud and constant and beautiful. i wish my camera could have done it justice.

this is the piece of sandstone we found on the side of the house while digging up the old sidewalk. it looks like we have our own mini moat.

this is the rock again.

this is the dirt river from the moat, leaking out onto the sidewalk.

mm hmm.

2009-06-09T21:14:00.003-06:00

this is kind of where my head is at right now.

no.

2009-06-05T00:54:00.003-06:00

equals

before and after

2009-05-27T18:28:00.004-06:00

so for the past few weeks i have been walking around looking like an abandoned animal. my hair was out of control. i was too nervous to trim my bangs by myself once they went past my eyes. luckily i have jessica cook. and now i can see! huzzah!

i am making a two year old face in the second picture. oh well.

click here for jessica:

donut induced dreams

2009-05-19T16:00:00.003-06:00

i ate a donut this morning because my blood sugar was a bit low, then i decided to go back to sleep for a bit. while i was napping i had the craziest dream about mexico, ghosts, jesus, magic, and of course, harry potter.
i was in mexico with my sister and her friend jackie, and we were going to meet trevor and brice and some guy i have never seen. we stopped into this weird tattoo shop slash restaurant because it was raining really hard and it was really cold. the people inside seemed to think we were ghost catchers, so they started to tell us about this mean ghost that lived there that liked to dress up as jesus. so we went into the haunted room and there he was, pretend ghost jesus. so he starts throwing all these crazy spells at us, and me being the huge potter nerd that i am start throwing them back. then he conjured up a marilyn monroe ghost, not sure why, but anyway i totally expelliarmused pretend jesus ghosts wand because i know way more spells than he does.
i love you harry potter!

chills. super serious chills.
i cannot wait!!!!!!

we must praise him.

2009-05-12T15:57:00.001-06:00

raptor jesus died for your sins.

it really is out of this world

2009-04-27T21:04:00.001-06:00

no more!!!

2009-04-24T14:45:00.003-06:00

i hate finals. they make my brain feel like this:

aaah spring.

2009-04-22T22:47:00.002-06:00

i love the how the weather is changing. with each warm day i feel better and better. i don't care that i have allergies or that my bangs hold my sweat.

i am warm.
flowers are popping up and blooming.
birds are chirping.
i can make happy spring mix cds.
i can wear sandals.
i can wear tank tops.
i can watch the chickies in the yard with trevor.
i can get a sunburn.
everything is green and pretty.
i am happy.
i am twitterpated.

oh deer.

2009-04-20T18:34:00.002-06:00

last night i had a dream about a hurt deer in my backyard. and i cried and cried and cried in my dream. then the deer tried to break into my house and attack me.
what does this mean?

also i had a dream that my mouse would scroll down again. it is so moody, it will only scroll up somedays, and down others. stupid mouse.

puddin.

2009-04-15T16:25:00.002-06:00

so i usually about every month or every two months i get a new snack obsession. lately it has been chocolate pudding in a graham cracker pie crust.
oh my lord. i love it.
i don't know if it is because i grew up in utah, and jello is served all the time, or if it is just because pudding pie is delicious. but either way i love it to death. and honestly it is one of the easiest desserts to make. all you do is make a crust with graham crackers and melted butter and pour the pudding into the crust. that is it!
i love you pudding!

sorry danielle. i know you hate it.

babies

2009-04-14T09:29:00.003-06:00

so the babies all have names now. from left to right we have
sirius black okubo
esther pat benatar dopp
and my little one, baby jolene littlefoot mack

of course i am most in love with jolene, she is the smallest and in my opinion, the most adorable. but the other girls (hopefully esther is a girl, we won't know for a few weeks. cross your fingers that she doesn't start to crow!) are sweet too. sirius does not like to be alone, she chirps SO loud if you leave her alone in the box. esther is kind of like the momma. jolene and sirius like to nestle under her wings. maybe it is because she is the biggest. esther is also the most calm, and she will sit on trevors shoulder and be totally happy. she is good at flying too, which is kind of scary because she might fly out of the box one day. who knows. jolene is really brave outside and likes to run away from the other girls really fast to check things out, just not for too long.
i can't wait for them to keep growing and for their personalities to develop more. and i can't wait for the fresh eggs!!!

bock chick bock chick

2009-04-11T20:40:00.003-06:00

um, i have a chicken. a little baby chicken. her name is baby jolene littlefoot, and she currently resides in trevors kitchen. when she is bigger she will move out into the backyard and live in the chicken coop that was built last weekend.
she is so cute and small and golden. i hope she grows up to be a redhead though, so she will really fit her name. but i guess if she stays golden she will look like dolly.

i'm a fish yo.

2009-04-09T20:43:00.002-06:00

blaaaaaaaaa

2009-04-08T23:12:00.002-06:00

i am going to barf.
thank you movie popcorn!

"and now," cried max, "let the wild rumpus start!"

2009-04-02T18:42:00.001-06:00

wednesday

2009-04-01T12:17:00.001-06:00

is now headband day.

it feels real good to be home.

2009-03-31T10:59:00.002-06:00

so even though i had a blast in chicago, i am really happy to be home! especially to this guy...

my cat was really nice to me today, that made me really happy. and i got waffles and serious snuggle time last night, which also made me really happy.

i will post more about the trip later. i think. who knows.

for now michael mack, reed mack, and lauren mack are going to toasters. presh.

i heart

2009-03-19T10:11:00.000-06:00

so i had seen these professor brothers cartoons before, and i thoroughly enjoyed them.

brad neely

washington

then this week trevor and i were hulu-ing and watched a movie called we are wizards. of course i had to see it, because it was about harry potter and wizard rock. it featured harry and the potters, some geeks who started fan sites that would talk about the books, some other bands that started because of harry and the potters...it was awesome.
THEN
brad neelys part comes on, and turns out he was real into the potter movies. so what he did was watch them on mute and record his own version of the story. you can watch some clips of it on youtube, and there is a site you can download the entire recording and sync it with the movie. it is awesome. so awesome.

i miss my sippy.

2009-03-12T16:13:00.000-06:00

i am soaring

2009-03-12T14:12:00.001-06:00

i am roaring...
aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

meow meow meow

2009-03-11T10:30:00.001-06:00

yay face paint!

who needs a life?

2009-03-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

certainly not me.

here is my paper chain i made counting down the days until i leave for chicago.
i get to see my hannah and go to the sgc conference!
hooray!
14 days to go.

this is where i live

2009-03-03T23:07:00.000-07:00

someone told me to update my blog. so here are some pictures of my room.
pretty cool, i know.

this is dana skully. she looks really good in my orange shades.

this is the cat brian brown stole from california. now it lives on my computer.

this is my bulletin board. my favorite parts are the fair button pin, my first grey hair, the crossroads parking validation, and the note from my mom with the hilarious sticker.

this is laser jesus. thank you kelly!

this is my poodle lamp.

this is my desk and my exercise ball chair. you know, for my abs of steel. god my desk is messy...well my whole room is.

this is my closet. and my horse key holder thing. and my two sombreros.

and this is my favorite thing in my room besides my bed, which i will not show because all my laundry is on it.
here is my shrine! it hangs right above my bed. i love it.

she came in through the kitchen window...

2009-02-25T00:51:00.001-07:00

after a fun night of delicious mexican food, gallery strolling, watching my friends get jumped, breaking out in hives, and too many drinks at the bar, i came home the next morning to find i had been locked out of the house.
i had to go get the ladder out of the car port and crawl in through the kitchen window.
i had my camera with me so i thought i would document it...this was not really the best idea seeing as i almost fell off the ladder, then a few moments later almost fell into the sink.

i felt like a real true cat burglar.
i think i am turning this adventure into a print of some sort...

a very merry unbirthday to me!

2009-02-22T20:20:00.000-07:00

to me!

i am 25.5 years old.
give me a present.

ha!

2009-02-17T18:04:00.000-07:00

ever since megan went blond, i have been thinking about when i had platinum hair. i found these pictures. i look like a ghost!

i also found this picture of eric. i love it.

this is all i have

2009-02-17T01:21:00.000-07:00

so valentines was a good time. i went to see friday the 13th. there were a lot of boobs, and there was a lot of blood, so it was great. later on i was very drunk at urban. i danced with some good friends, and i met some new people too. i ended the night with a pizza that was delivered surprisingly fast. i really wanted a tostada, but pizza was easier to come by. this are the only pictures i have of the night, besides the worst picture of all time that danielle took of me where you can see my scales, my adult acne, and my fat face.

just a preview

2009-02-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

of the romance that is coming saturday night!!!

memories...

2009-02-12T13:09:00.000-07:00

alex mack and i took a look through one of the boxes my mom has in the basement of everything we have made over the years. there was this really great journal i did in elementary school in mrs hannigs class.
these were our favorites.

and yes, i really made the person in the wheelchair grey. not sure why, but i did.

happy birthday miss james!!!

2009-02-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

happy birthday erin!
i think that when i save up enough pennies i will buy us a nice box of wine, for old times sake. then we can celebrate your birthday in style.
like this...

i love you happy bday!!!

ants in my pants

2009-02-07T18:05:00.000-07:00

i spent pretty much all day making this guy. my fingers hurt, but i think it was worth it. isn't he cute???

buon compleanno!!!

2009-02-06T11:22:00.001-07:00

today is my papa and uncle daves birthday.
i love my dad. he is smart and funny and great.

my dad shares with me a love of standard poodles, making fun of people, buttshelves, dark chocolate, and PBR. he is the man who showed me DEVO, took me on my first trip to italy, and gave me to kill a mockingbird.

happy birthday papa.
here is some DEVO.

i have a problem.

2009-02-06T10:41:00.000-07:00

1. VOCD
"Volume Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder"
Function: Noun

A psychoneurotic disorder in which the television viewer is beset with obsessions or compulsions or both to adjust the volume on the television to a "perfect" number, such as 15, 20, 25, etc. and suffers extreme anxiety or depression through failure to adjust the volume or witnessing an "imperfect" number (9, 16, 31).

choo choo choose me

2009-02-05T16:51:00.000-07:00

to be your valentine DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want a valentine. i usually hate valentines day, but this year i want one. i want this for valentines day too, it smells wonderful.

and if my valentine could find me a cat like this, they would definitely get some sweet valentines day action.

braids!

2009-02-04T01:02:00.000-07:00

lately i am obsessed with french braids. they are so pretty. i want to wear one every day. if only my hair were just a little bit longer...

one day.

they even look great on guys...

oh mindy.

2009-02-04T00:37:00.000-07:00

you came and you gave without flaking,
but i sent you bengay,
oh andy, you kissed me and stopped me from something,
and i...

anyway. this weekend a lovely lady named mindy came into my life. my uncle found her at the sundance catalog store, in the back room where all the broken things are. she has no antlers, so maybe they thought she was broken too. he brought her home and she lived in sages room for a while, until sage got creeped out by her one too many times. now she is mine, and she is living in my bathroom. soon i will be making her some lovely antlers, and she will probably end up in some of my prints this semester.

say it ain't so!

2009-02-03T16:38:00.000-07:00

i forgot it was groundhog day yesterday, and that stupid little rat said there would be six more weeks of winter.
i hate groundhog day.
but i love bill murray.

chomp.

2009-01-19T20:30:00.000-07:00

this year i have been lucky enough to have three dog bites. THREE!

first was my new years bite...i got up to pee and got my after midnight kiss, and when i sat back down to play more would you rather, dog #1 decides to bite my arm. he didnt break the skin but i had a really ugly bruise for a whole entire week. good thing i was drunk when it happened or i would have been very upset. i dont think you can really see the bruise in these pictures...oh well.

then a week and a half ago i was babysitting nick and hannah, my most favorite little kids besides deacon, and their dog frodo bit my thumb when i was putting him in his kennel. this time there was blood. i had to change my band aid three times because it was bleeding so much! i am babysitting again this friday, he better be on his best behavior this time. or maybe i should wear protective hand wear.

the third was sam. i dont have a picture.
if you own a dog, tell it to be nice to me because i love it and i dont want it to bite me.

bees michael! bees!!!

2009-01-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

friday night i had a hot date with the one and only ms. james.
erin and i used to be roomies at melrose place. i have missed her over the last couple of years. we recently went to lunch and rekindled our friendship. we also spent new years eve together drinking while our dates played call of duty and the dog bit my arm.
anywhoo, i love her guts and on friday night we baked a cake. a bee cake. it is so cute!!! i have been doing a lot of baking this week.

here is the bee cake in the before stage

here it is being frosted

and here it is after. so cute.

and only the day before i made these wonderful cupcakes. i thought they looked like elephant seals. the boy i made them for didn't know what an elephant seal looked like. can you see the resemblance?

birthday celebrations

2009-01-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

last weekend we had a girls night out for emilees bday. we started the night out at desert edge, then moved on the megans house for beers (and in my case, way too much whiskey), then headed out to the w for a wonderful night of dancing, taking my shoes off on the dancefloor. "losing" my id and debit card, paper cuts on my boobs from shoving my money into my bra, getting lost, megan crying, and lots of other fun things.

these are the only pictures i have, until emilee gives me a link to her blog, where i am sure she has more.

2008

2009-01-08T17:17:00.001-07:00

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
hmm...i got a tattoo on my ass.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i think that every year i say that i won't make any resolutions, so that way i won't feel like a failure when i don't do what i said i would do...yeah.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
not this year.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no.

5. What countries did you visit?
USA USA USA

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
more time to sleep in.

7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
08/22 because i turned 25, and 10/31 because i saw a pink bunny, and 12/18 because i did something amazing.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finishing fall semester

9. What was your biggest failure?
not really finishing fall semester

10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
lots of cat scratches and bruises and i scarred my back. thanks a lot clyde.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my new glasses

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
mine and megans, for making incredible bad decisions all year round.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
that girl at w who started lifting her shirt up and masturbating on the dancefloor. well her friends behavior was appalling. she should have taken her home.

14. Where did most of your money go?
snacks.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
my new phone and my ipod shuffle

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
TI - whatever you like hahaha

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier. much much much more.
thinner or fatter? thinner...stupid school.
richer or poorer? poorer. unemployment does that to you.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
danced more and chewed more jolt gum.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
i shouldn't have been so god damned lazy.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i already spent it with the fam.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
uh, with myself. yes.

22. How many one-night stands?
hahaha none! at least that i can remember.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
man vs wild

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
uh...no. no hate in 08

25. What was the best book you read?
child of god, mccarthy

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
hannah montana. for reals.

27. What did you want and get?
coffee.

28. What did you want and not get?
money

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
wall e. duh.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
i turned 25, and i got to eat delicious cake.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
a print assistant.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
ha...dirty lazy art student?

33. What kept you sane?
booze

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
viggo mortensen, anderson cooper, and mike rowe. mmmm.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
sarah palin made me want to stab myself in the eyeballs.

36. Who did you miss?
papa c, my stepbrothers, juh puh, and my sippy.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
my sweaty sister sweaty memileeeee

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
never forget your headphones when you go into the print shop, otherwise you might have to listen to god awful techno all night long.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
i cant think of one.

thankssss

2009-01-03T15:49:00.000-07:00

to amy and anna for walking my drunk ass home last night. and for singing mary poppins with me and pretending to be mr burns.
and buying me nachos.

it really wasn't in my head!

2009-01-03T15:30:00.001-07:00

so today started out pretty much like any other day. i woke up and showered and i was eating my breakfast when my mom said i should go down in the basement and see if i could smell anything. so me and jeff went down and it smelled like gas. so they called qwestar, and they said we had to leave. awesome. so we go get coffee, put peaches out on the porch, and just hang out in the car until the guy comes over. so it turns out that our sweet furnace is not set up properly, so the ventilation is all fucked. so it is just blowing exhaust out when it is on. it has probably been doing this for years and years and years but no one noticed because the house was so drafty until like 3 weeks ago when my parents FINALLY had the house insulated. so who knows how long we have been huffing furnace exhaust. my brain is so pissed at me, and this is probably a big reason why i am feeling tired all the time. so now we cant run the furnace until someone comes to fix it, and tomorrow it is supposed to be like 5 degrees or some shit like that.
who wants to let me sleep over???

i made this yesterday.

2008-12-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

and i have enough fabric left over to make some sort of summery dress. i wish it was warm outside...

december 26, 2008

2008-12-27T17:08:00.000-07:00

last night my dad made delicious hot and sour soup, and all us kids were over. it has been a long time since the smith and mack kids have all been together, so of course we had to take a picture. none of us look good in every shot though, so there are a few up so everyone will be happy.

and then there is this evil picture of peaches from a few years back. click on it. it is a nice one.

it is christmas time

2008-12-24T16:15:00.001-07:00

today i went to a christmas eve brunch and had a few too many mimosas, followed by a to go cup of wine. i am tired now and would like a nap. instead i am going to sit down with my new (to me) issue of BUST and eat some pizza.

tra la la

feliz navviiiiblaaaaaah

2008-12-23T21:57:00.000-07:00

every year we watch pee wee's christmas special. this has always been my favorite part. i love you pee wee, and charo.

cuchi cuchi!

maybe next year...

2008-12-23T15:41:00.001-07:00

i think megan should either make a calendar, or this should be her christmas card.

freeeeeeeeeeedom!!!!!!!

2008-12-18T15:41:00.000-07:00

to celebrate school being over, i am spending my weekend baking and cooking.
i am making this today. i cannot wait.

yummmmmmmm!!!

3/4 ounces dried porcini mushrooms (1 cup)
6 cups tepid water plus 2 cups hot water, divided
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 stick unsalted butter
2 celery ribs, finely chopped
1 medium carrot, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 1/2 pounds white mushrooms, sliced or quartered
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons finely chopped dill

preparation

Soak porcini in 2 cups hot water 15 minutes.

Cook onion in butter with 1 teaspoon salt in a heavy medium pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add celery, carrot, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.

Transfer porcini with a slotted spoon to pot and strain soaking liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into a large glass measure. Add white mushrooms to pot with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring, until mushrooms are tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, remaining 6 cups water, and porcini-soaking liquid. Simmer, partially covered, 30 minutes.

Purée 1 cup vegetables and 1 cup liquid in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), then return to pot. Stir in parsley, dill, and salt to taste.