I have a confession to make. I have not even started on the postcards.

I am writing this to make me accountable and feel a little guilty.

They're coming! Really! I *will* finish them. Unlike the sheepish picture on the right that still has the tentative pencil sheep...

In the meantime, how are you?

xo

Amsterdam *is not* a big city, but this week I managed to make it a very winding place with lots of places to get lost since I was trusting in my "innate" sense of direction. I managed to get lost both going to and coming back from my Dutch classes. Yep. 35 minute bike rides took an hour each way.

Going to the lessons, I was quite flustered and kept mixing up my rights and lefts as I was given instructions (thank god for cellphones and patient men) repeatedly. Took me a total of three (or was it four?) phone calls before I finally made it to my destination out of breath and flustered.

Going home after the lessons, however, was lovely. Yes, I did get lost. But knew approximately which direction to go (east) and so my lostness was sort of fun. I ended up finding all kinds of wonderful neighborhoods I've never been in before and will attempt to find my way back to in the future. (Good luck with that.) I liked being a little lost. It was a mini-adventure. :)

Next time I will bring a map. (I'm actually good with maps.)

So, tell me...

1. Do you get lost or does your sense of direction actually lead you in the right direction?
2. How do you feel when you are lost when you have time versus when you should really be somewhere?
3. Where's the best place you ever got lost?
4. How about on vacation?
5. Do you feel differently (better or worse) being lost with someone else or by yourself? (I prefer being lost by myself, since for some misguided reason when I am with someone else and lost I get really frustrated with them. Since it must be there fault. It can't possibly be my fault. I never get lost. Uh...)

As always, looking forward to hearing your answers... (Have I told you that you're awesome?)

Labels: getting to know you

I'm bored. So I'm willing giggles.

Not working yet.

Heard any good jokes lately?

The Tourists (2007) from Animalcolm on Vimeo.

"Another transient day at the beach...... In this animated short Malcolm Sutherland lovingly pokes fun at the transient yet timeless life of the beach tourist. Animated ink on paper, made in 2007."

We Have Band - You Came Out (Official Music Video) from We Have Band on Vimeo.

http://www.myspace.com/wehaveband

Shot over 2 days and stop frame animated from 4,816 still images without a single moment of video footage.

My Day, Yesterday from garrettmurray on Vimeo.

(I really love this last one. I want to do this too.)

Labels: animalcolm, garrettmurray, other people's stuff, we have a band

Interesting facts about Pythagoras from Wikipedia.

"The Pythagorean code restricted the diet of its followers, prohibiting the consumption or even touching of any sort of bean. The reason is unclear: perhaps the flatulence they cause, perhaps as protection from potential favism, perhaps because they resemble the genitalia, but most likely for magico-religious reasons, such as the belief that beans and human beings were created from the same material.

Most stories of Pythagoras' murder revolve around his aversion to beans. According to legend, enemies of the Pythagoreans set fire to Pythagoras' house, sending the elderly man running toward a bean field, where he halted, declaring that he would rather die than enter the field - whereupon his pursuers slit his throat."

See... yeah. I don't even know how to process this information.

Not that I really need to.

I eat beans. Proudly and loudly.

So after many months of postponing, I finally went to the hair dresser.

I'm a "member" on this site that lets me try different hair styles before my hair is actually cut. Very entertaining. But frequently the happiness of just trying the hair styles on the website satisfies me enough that I don't actually get my hair cut.


Yep. It's cheaper that way. It's hair fantasy land. And just to reinforce the illusion, I use a really good, slightly over exposed photo of myself that makes me look about ten years younger. Niiiice.

Thing is, it's much easier to choose this pretty hair that I don't have. My own hair is coarse, frizzy, poofy and unless tied back, a bit out of control. So it will never ever turn out like these pictures.

So today, I go equipped with a picture from the site. This one. I think it's somewhat realistic in terms of what my hair can do. Plus a little "cool" so, yay.

I'm liking it, in principal.

After one hour of cutting, thinning, statements like, "It's a bit shorter than you were hoping for, but I think you'll like it. . ." I ended up with soccer mom hair. Oh yea. Super poofy 80s hair. I paid and left shaking after muttering, "I really like it." (Why the hell I'd say that I have no idea. Because clearly I didn't.

Arriving home I rushed to the bathroom, plugged in my straightener, didn't even think of takingyou a fabulous picture of the horror. (Sorry about that. I would have made this whole story much better and more entertaining.

Now I have this. It's OK. I'm OK. I'm breathing. The bangs are not exactly whispy, but it is kind of cool. I think the hair dresser may have been a bit shocked by the immediate poof effect a blow drier has on my hair. Not her fault.

Does it look like the picture I brought: NO. Can it: erm... maybe not... It'll be ok. Give me a couple of days and a headband.

Labels: haircut trauma

I'm no videographer... so basically it's just a bunch of random scenes with a little music thrown on top. Will work harder on it next time... I promise. :)

hot summer from nice cream on Vimeo.

music: amanda jenssen, do you love me

Labels: random, waves

Red Rabbit from Egmont Mayer on Vimeo.

(thanks Eli!)

Labels: other people's stuff

Other people see wonderful things. :) Here are my favorites on flickr.



I love how other people's stuff tells me stories.

Thanks other people. :P

Labels: other people's stuff