and junk

P.S. - I Moved

2011-01-19T15:49:00.001-08:00

So where was I?
Well, its official. I no longer reside in the east coast. I moved to Oregon and I'm glad I did. I needed a change and what better than moving a couple thousand miles away. I can't say its been easy but I've enjoyed every moment of my new location. Well, I would be MUCH happier if I was actually living right within Portland OR, but it will happen...soon...
Now that things got a little more settled (I at least got a temporary job) I am now getting back to making things again. Hopefully now that things are settled, I will make more things. We'll see.

Where am I?

2010-10-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

I had a pending blog post that I never published. Why? Because I've been busy.
I know I know, if I could count the number of times I user the phrase "I've been busy" with my blog world, you would want to kick me in the shin.
I get it.
But I really have been busy.
More and more responsibility have been piled on me at work. While at home I've been getting ready to potentially move.
Where?
Well about 3,000 miles across the US.
Yup. If all works out (which is still going to be A LOT of work) I'll be saying goodbye to the east coast and saying hello to the west.
I can get freakishly superstitious but I also know its a bunch of crap. So I'm just going to say it.
I may be moving to Portland, OR. (see how I wrote "may be" that's me being superstitious and not wanting to jinx anything. I just can't let it go)

YAY!
You have no idea how excited I am.
I can't wait, even though I won't really have any friends there, other than the person I'm moving with. So... um... anyone out there in Portland want to befriend a 30 year old (oh yeah I turned 30 this year! EEP!) Asian with a good sense of humor?
Anyone?

Anyone?

Sigh.....

It will be hard, and I'll probably miss my friends, A LOT, but I'll make more. Right?
Right?
Anyone?
I'm only a little bit strange?

One productive thing I did that I can show you (that I'm also proud of) is my newly designed website!

YAY!

I haven't touched it since I put it up for others to see (which I was suppose to add more to it), but at least its out there.

And on a similar topic, I enjoyed the uselessness of Homer Simpsons website from the beginning. It reminds me of geocities where all you would do is put up clip art all over your website and called yourself a web designer.
(Honestly I'm not mocking, I did the same thing)

Anyway, enjoy!

um...

2010-08-19T10:23:00.001-07:00

yeah... err... uh... I have nothing

holy cats

2010-05-21T04:17:00.000-07:00

So I was in Etsy Find yesterday.

Did you miss me? I was there. Among some great sellers/artists, I was wedged inbetween Maid Of Clay's couples tattoo heart mug and Peoples Couture's chain mail body harness.

This is my first time in Etsy Finds so its kind of an exciting moment. Just like the first time I was on the front page. Its fun! However, this time, it led to many more sales. Which is fantastic! However now I'm going to be busy for the next couple of days. So if you don't hear from me, you don't have to worry. I'm fine.

On a new note, I have a new shirt design out in my store.

If you are wondering why my prices for some new shirts have gone up, I have switched over to alternative apparel tshirts. I decided to upgrade the shirts, since alternative apparel shirts tend to be soft and comfy.

bbbrraaaiinnss...

2010-05-12T06:48:00.001-07:00

If you pay zombies with brains, you can get them to be excellent employees.

speaking of

2010-05-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

the geek in me LOVES this!

Its not a canon lens. Its a canon lens travel mug.

No really!

And its mine, all mine!!!

bwwaaahahahahahaha

girl geek gear

2010-05-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

so I decided that since my obsession of geeky items can get out of control, I decided to share it with the world by creating a girl geek gear blog.
Since there isn't a lot of sites or blogs out there dedicated to girly geeky gear, I decided to make one.
http://girlgeekgear.blogspot.com/

Suggestions? Let me know!

cold brew iced coffee: Mocha Version

2010-04-13T07:12:00.000-07:00

Here is the recipe.
Of course things can always be tweaked.
I use the cold brew coffee recipe that is pretty much everywhere via the internet and the recipes are all basically identical. I grabbed the recipe from NY Times. I figured the site is fairly reputable (sarcasm).

Now remember, the cold brew coffee is less acidic. So if you like coffee that puts hair on your chest and kicks you in the gut, I don't recommend the cold brew (did you just have an image of a cup of coffee grow legs, run over and high kick some unsuspected person in the gut? Yeah, me neither). This is for people who don't want the acidity, and wants to drink a more Isaac Hayes kind of iced coffee (mellow & smooth).

The caffeine amount on this has been mixed on the internet. Some say this is more concentrated so it has more caffeine. Others say this doesn't have as much as a hot brewed coffee. Either way it still has caffeine, so be careful how much you drink of this.

The cold coffee recipe:
Yields 2 drinks

1/3 cups or 5 tablespoons of ground coffee (medium-coarse grind is best)
1 1/2 cups water (preferable at room temperature and filtered)

In a jar (preferable a glass one since plastics can absorb tastes and smells) stir together the coffee and water, cover and have it sitting out (at room temperature) for either 3-4 hours (for the impatient person like myself) or 12 hours (if you want more caffeine and also a little more acidity). Really the brew/sitting time is personal preference. However I wouldn't go over 12 hours? I accidentally had it sit for almost 20 (I forgot about it! Don't judge me!) and it had an odd kick to it that I didn't enjoy. Also don't brew it for less than 3 hours. Obviously any less than 3 hours is not enough time.

Once it has sat for your desired time, you need to filter out the grinds.
I use the coffee strainer from my coffee maker with a coffee filter in it to filter out the grinds. You can use other methods, but make sure you filter out the grinds. You want it smooth, not chalky or crunchy. Because trust me, if you don't filter out the grinds completely, it becomes chalky.
So coffee strainer with filter and slowly pour in a little at a time and allow the filtered coffee to strain in a new clean container. Once again, I recommend using glass since plastics tend to absorb tastes and smells. So if you end up using the plastic container that was used for coffee, for some juice, it might smell funny.

Now the coffee is done, its now time to make the Mocha.
Just a note, I would wait to put the iced coffee in the fridge. Its easier to mix the mocha syrup that we will make, into room temperature coffee, rather than cold refrigerated coffee.

Mocha Syrup:
Why Mocha Syrup? Well puny mortal, when you just put the coco mix in with the coffee and stir or shake thinking it will all dissolve, it doesn't. It ends up being kind of chewy, chalky and clumpy. So instead, making a syrup maintains the smooth consistency that I enjoy out of a nice cold cup of iced coffee.

Yields for 2 drinks

4 Tablespoons hot coco mix
3 Tablespoons water (boiled or not boiled, that is the question)
4 tablespoon soy creamer

I use a fairly straight forward ingredients, kind of hot coco mix. I avoid partially hydrogenated oils like the plague so I found a decent hot coco mix. I also used soy creamer because I don't like milk. But you, of course, can use regular creamer and whatever hot coco mix your heart desires.

Take the hot coco mix and water and you can do either of 2 things. You can mix the water and the hot coco mix together, then throw it in the microwave. Or you can take boiling water and mix with the hot coco. I will microwave because I'm being lazy. I microwave it for about 1 min. My microwave sucks so it may take a shorter time for you.

Once your hear your microwave beep, (or if your kettle starts to whistle) take out of the microwave and mix the water and coco mix. Make sure to mix the hot coco and water thoroughly. No chunks for you! I want to see that mixture smooth like a baby's bottom or smooth like silk or smooth like, well you know, syrup.

Add the mocha syrup and the creamer into the coffee.
Stir thoroughly. The syrup may start to harden a little and create little coco floaties. Don't worry, its ok and normal. Keep stirring and eventually it will all go away.
Once you no longer see chocolate floaties in the ice coffee, throw it in the fridge and enjoy when you want. Hell, enjoy it now. Drink the delicious coffee! What do you mean its 2AM and you'll be up all night? Whatever. JUST DRINK IT!

If you still get some tiny clumps from the chocolate, don't worry, you will not notice them while drinking the iced coffee.

Now you don't have to throw the creamer into the whole iced coffee batch. You can add it in the individual servings. I make it this way so I can enjoy it right out of the pitcher. Kind of like grabbing a Starbucks frappachino that are premade off the shelf at the local Walgreens or CVS.

Of course you don't have to add in the mocha to the whole batch either. You can make individual servings of the mocha syrup. But once again, my recipe, my rules, my blog, my way. If you don't like it, then tweak it. I won't get offended. I may cry a little but whatever. Go ahead. Make a 29 year old girl cry. See if I care.

If you do add the mocha to the whole batch, then make sure to stir it or shake (if the container allows you to) to mix up the coco, since it will settle to the bottom, before you pour yourself a glass.

For an added tip, you can make coffee ice cubes to prevent diluting your delicious drink of taste and caffeine. Using the cold brew iced coffee recipe, pour the completed cold brewed coffee into an ice cube tray (a spare one perhaps), throw it in the freezer (Note: Do NOT actually throw the tray in the freezer!) and use them in your drink (once they are frozen). I would recommend just using black coffee as the coffee ice cubes (no creamer, sugar or coco).

Also I don't know for sure how long the coffee left in the fridge will stay good for. I've heard anywhere between 2 days - 2 weeks.
I would not wait 2 weeks, but I tend to keep it in the fridge for 5 days before I decide it may no longer be good. But either way, fresher is always better so enjoy quickly, maybe not all at once. Unless you want to OD on coffee and caffeine and be up for days. But yeah, I don't recommend it. (Same principal for the ice cubes. I wouldn't have them sitting in your freezer for too long)

So if you made too much have a caffeine party. Invite some friends and make them drink your iced coffee. Even if they don't want to, guilt them into it until you get rid of the excess coffee.

Who would have known this blog would have been this long.
My apologies.
Are you still paying attention?
Really?

Amazing!

iced coffee

2010-04-13T05:53:00.000-07:00

So searching for the perfect cup of coffee, I stumbled upon a recipe for Cold Brew iced coffee. At first I thought it was load of crap, but apparently there are coffee connoisseur who swear by this and will ONLY DRINK cold brew iced coffee. Meaning it could be 100+ degrees outside but they would drink a hot coffee over a hot brewed iced coffee. Weird? Well, yeah they are nuts. Have an iced tea instead if you are going to be like that. Freaks.
Anyway, I decided to try the cold brew approach. Mainly because people said that cold brew coffee is less acidic. And lately my stomach has been very upset at me when I drink coffee, especially from places like Starbucks. The punch in the gut of the acidity is too much for me.
I followed the recipe online and right away taking a sip before adding anything else (sugar or cream) showed that it WAS less acidic. But I didn't want to just put sugar in it or make a simple syrup for it, so I choose to make it a mocha.
Wielding some hot coco mix and rice milk I tried but it was clumpy and grainy.
But I'm now trying again, this time I will melt the hot coco and use Silk Soy plain creamer. I'll be trying it tonight, if all goes well, I'll add in the recipe and I'll let you know the jittery results. If it goes bad, then you will never hear from me again.
Who am I kidding, I can't stop talking!
Plus you guys would miss me too much! I know I'm irresistible!

I hope it turns out well.

here...

2010-04-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

I decided to switch over tshirts to alternative apparel.
So out with the old in the new(ish).
Some of my designs will be gone forever (once they sell out).
But some will still continue to be around.

For example, I am keeping my geek and crossbones design because frankly, I love it too much to let it go.
I am working on some new designs that hopefully will do well enough so that they'll stick around for a while too.

In the mean time, I'm going to slowly start to introduce the new shirts or at least newish shirts.

The shirts I am using are new (meaning I haven't use alternative apparel in my shop previously) but the design has already existed.
Get it? Yeah? No? Maybe?

Well, either way, enjoy.
The alternative apparel shirts are super comfy and soft.

ideaz

2010-04-01T06:44:00.000-07:00

I've had ideaz floating around in my head.

Will probably be on the right front chest of a shirt.

Exclusively on a tote bag.
Maybe I'll make (professional) prints of this?
Granted I need to fix it before I do that.

anyway.....
that's it for now.

I feel naked...

2010-03-26T04:27:00.000-07:00

Its hard for me to believe that I got my first cell phone in 2002. I was 22. Especially when I see middle school and high school kids today carrying their cell phones with them. Most of my other friends had cell phones for a year (rarely 2) before I got my first, but they hardly used it. Everyone had landlines. So my friends only used it when calling long distance. Now, 16% of the population does not have a landline and its increasing.
Sales of landline phones are way down and I can safely say most of my friends don't have a landline.

Now you may be asking, why the crap are you talking about this and why is your titled "I feel naked..."
Well with the dependency of cell phones today, and the more uses cell phones have (texting, email, interweb, etc) when one forgets to bring their cell phone with them, well, the whole day is thrown off. So now here I am, without a cell phone, feeling lost and alone, oh and very naked. Plus I cannot go home and get it now.
Saying that I feel naked not only seems very appropriate to say, but also awkward, making it even better because, well, I like making a situation awkward.
So to avoid weird visuals, I'll give you this:

A sad iphone. Which is what my phone looks like right now because its not with me.
Either that or its happy that it gets a break for a day.
Doesn't the saying go "if you love them, let them go?" Maybe this day will allow me to love my cell phone even more than I did before.
*sniff sniff*
I know I'll love you more when we are reunited!

Please don't judge me...

Ms. Fix It

2010-03-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

I enjoy learning how to do things.
Most of the time I like to learn it with the help of my friend the World Wide Web. Sometimes the World Wide Web and I will have our disagreements or arguments, but we always make up. I can never stay mad at them.
Anyway, I taught myself or sometimes with the help of others (actual people, not the computer) how to do things. I have learned from watching my dad (he attempted to be a handy man sometimes successful and sometimes not) and watching my friends. I learned the inter workings of the computer through friends and my brother. So when it comes to calling up customer support for further assistance (when I cannot figure it out) it pisses me off when I tell them I have done everything they just told me to do, but they want me to do it AGAIN because they think I don't know. Grr... But this isn't about that (yet). Other things I learned, HTML, CSS and Flash. Nothing at an expert level or even advanced (and most Flash I have forgotten now), but enough to get by or expand on if I wanted to.
But learning all these things would just build up in me and then I NEED to know how it works. So I learn how to do it. I'll ask my friends who know about it, questions.

My need for knowing how either things work or knowing how to fix things has grown. I just recently learned how to fix an ipod. I researched it about 1-2 years ago because someone thought their ipod died. It ended up just needing an old fashion reset, but I learned how to replace the hard drive, thinking maybe it was that. So I learned how to do it. Step by step. It was fascinating to me. I sat on it because I didn't want to spend money on getting all the parts on fixing an ipod when there was a chance it wouldn't work. Well, the urge to do it was too much and I gave in.
I bought a used ipod video on ebay.
They said it wouldn't turn on.
They lied.
The audio didn't work.
At all!
Through headphones or the dock (which FYI, its VERY COMMON for Ipod 5G/Video!)
Plus, the guy clearly busted the front cover probably trying to fix it himself and failing. Miserably. (now I have to buy a new front cover too)
So what I originally thought was a battery or hard drive issue, turned out to be a logic board issue.
I learned how to do that, bought a new logic board, swapped it out and presto! It works. So now I have a used ipod 5G for cheaper than a refurbished one and roughly about the same price as a used one I can get off ebay.
I must say I'm proud of myself.
Now, I'm no expert, but I can always help and send you in the right direction if you decide to fix your ipod yourself.
Just let me know.

photoshop

2010-03-04T04:28:00.000-08:00

I'm still trying to learn.
Playing with textures.
I'm not impressed with this.
I should have played with this one a little more.
Oh well...

Change

2010-03-03T04:43:00.000-08:00

Change can be good.
Many people are afraid of change, which I don't blame them.
It is a scary thing.
I always admire people who can change things around in their life and continue to carry on in their life as if nothing happened.
Its been a while for me, but I think its time for some changes in my life.
I'm hoping it comes soon.
I also decided to make some changes in my etsy shop.
My changes haven't happened yet, but it will.
In the mean time I'm putting together a sale in order to make room for the changes that I want to make.
So check out my shop and enjoy.

I figured I should put up a picture relevant to what I am talking about.
They say its always good to have a picture up on a blog to make the blog entry stick out. So I searched and the best picture I figured was of a stencil artist's work (Meek).

Absent

2010-02-19T04:01:00.000-08:00

Absent is a word that reminds me of elementary school. Its a word that I don't regularly use, but it was used so often as a child, it just stuck.

I was absent the beginning of this week.
Frankly it was a blur.
I got the stomach flu, which I have never gotten before.
I was out. I mean really out. I pretty much slept the first two days I had it and I don't remember much of what happened.
I'm finally much MUCH better but I'm still not 100% better.
Certain foods make my stomach feel odd.

Its so sad because I've been saying my Valentine this year, was my toilet.

(I would hate to use this toilet. Every time I flush, I would take away all the fish's water.)

But needless to say, I'm back.

giveaway

2010-02-05T08:50:00.001-08:00

So remember in my last post I was going to giveaway some things.

Here is one.

Glass Slides.
No, not the electric slide. I can't giveaway a dance move.
But glass slides. They also include the images as well.
I originally bought these from Jasmine Sole when they were going out of business and getting rid of everything with full intention of doing something with them.
Well I didn't do anything with them.
But now I am selling my house and I need to get rid of things. So its the get rid of things giveaway.
(You will get 12 different slides)

Starting Today (2/5/10) until next week (2/12/10)

Leave your name and email address and I'll pick a random person.
Hopefully enough people will participate with this.
that means you.
Its free people!

sold?

2010-02-03T05:08:00.000-08:00

I've been busy.
Between my full time job, my personal life and etsy, I am typically busy.
But now that I have a pending sale on my home, I'm even busier.
If the loan goes through, I'm out of the home in March. In the mean time, I have to pack up EVERYTHING of mine. As well as get rid of a lot of stuff.
Most of the bigger furniture I can get rid of. Its the smaller stuff.
The good part for all of you? I'll most likely be giving the stuff away, which will probably benefit all of you readers(?) out there.

So watch out for giveaways that I'll have to get rid of my stuff.
It will be miscellaneous stuff so keep a look out.
I have some glass slides that I purchased from Jasmine Sole. I'll be giving some of those away.
I also have some of my art that I'll give away as well.
I'll also be doing some Moving Out sales.
Hopefully the sale of my home goes through. Which means you will all benefit from it.

In the mean time, I just want to say I'll miss my condo.
I loved it like it was my own home. Because it was. duh.

remember remember...

2010-02-01T06:29:00.000-08:00

Not the 5th of November.
Because its February 1st.
I never spelt February right as a child, which always made me feel dumb.
Well, there were many things that made me feel dumb.

But enough about me.

Here is my "heart sale" event.
From Feb 1 - 14 I have discounted my "hearted" items. I adjusted the price on the items in my etsy store.

your welcome.

its coming

2010-01-28T07:29:00.000-08:00

This is it.
Don't fret. Its coming soon.
Its not on all items but its on some.
The first of the month is the way to go.
Enjoy it while you can.
More details will come... soon.

trading

2010-01-26T05:55:00.000-08:00

I haven't really traded before.
Until now.
And my first experience was exciting and very worthwhile.
What's funny is that I've been looking for a new hat for a while but never found one.
Until now.
To my delight, Chelsea of birthdayeveryday.etsy.com hand knit a black hat, which looked awesome. Someone suggested how it would rock in red, like Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Which I agreed too that it would be awesome in red. So I voiced out how I would love one. She said she liked my Honorable Mention tee. So the wheels of trading started to turn.

I got it and I'm in love.

Including my pets who wanted to sniff it for hours.

I'll wear it all the time.
Maybe even when its not cold anymore.
Maybe when I'm inside.
Maybe I'll wear it as a night cap when I go to sleep.
But probably not.

better. badder. best

2010-01-13T04:05:00.000-08:00

What's better than an eye patch and Abe Lincoln?
Abe Lincoln wearing an eye patch.

What's better than Abe Lincoln wearing an eye patch?
NOTHING!

The End.

20 years

2010-01-04T05:54:00.000-08:00

Some of you may disagree, but with with 20 year behind them, the Simpsons are one of the "things that are awesome." At least to me.

Want proof? Who can say, they did not find the following things funny...

Dialogue between Homer and his brain:
homer: 20 dollars.....
brain: 20 dollars can get you more peanuts
homer: explain how!
brain: money can be exchanged for goods and services.
homer: woo hoo!

You pressed "you" referring to me. That is incorrect.
The correct answer is you.

Homer: No TV and no beer make Homer go... something... something....
Marge: Go Crazy?
Homer: Don't mind if I do!

This is not including all the Ralph quotes that always come up.
"I bent my wookie" or "they taste like burning!"

If you need more proof, well then, I don't know you.
Just kidding. I do.
Well kind of.
Unless I know you in real life. Not Internet life.

families

2009-12-29T06:04:00.000-08:00

a suggestion for "things that are awesome" was families.
And the time to talk about the awesomeness of families is right after the holidays.
Not all families are awesome, but sometimes they are.
Mine isn't too shabby.
I went over to my mom's new place to check it out and to also pick up some of my old stuff. Mostly books, but some other great gems here and there.
(I'll take more pictures of them and post them in the near future.)

Its awesome to see my mom, whom I haven't seen in a while.
Its awesome to find a picture I drew of a castle that I won 1st prize for in the 6th grade.
Its not awesome to be shown and shown to others, the awful/awkward pictures of me when I was younger.

who are you?

2009-12-21T09:28:00.000-08:00

So I'll be busy this week with holiday-ish stuff.
But I wanted to put out another "Things that are Awesome" for everyone to think about while I'm away. And when I say everyone, I mean the 2 people (counting myself) who are reading this. At least I think there is at least 1 other person reading this.

Anyway.... I just wanted to put out there that another Thing that is awesome, is you.
And who better than Abe Lincoln himself to reiterate that.

Thanks Abe. You are the best! oops. I mean... AWESOME! Just like the one reader! Thanks reader!

the 'stache

2009-12-15T09:24:00.001-08:00

This is the first installment of...

I couldn't go and make a Things that are Awesome list without having my first list be about the 'stache.
Now you may be thinking, "PFFT! You already blogged about facial hair loser!" But PFFT on you! I'll have different people on my list.
Now who's the loser?! Not I, LOSER!
Here are MORE examples of famous people who hold the power of the 'stache:

Gandhi

Ned Flanders (diddly)

The Village People (ignore the Native American)

Mario Mario (Yes, Mario's last name IS Mario)

Alex Trebek

Groucho Marx

The Swedish Chef

Here is Mario Mario showing us the different kinds of mustaches there are.

If you don't enjoy the fun/awesome-ness of the mustache, then clearly you are missing out.
For those of you with mustaches that have been looking for a good mustache institution, look no further.
http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/

You're welcome.

what?

2009-12-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

so wait a second.
Did I fall asleep for a couple of weeks?
How is it only 10 more days until christmas?
What happened?
The weirder part of all of this... other than 1 gift I need to get and 2 gifts I'm getting in the mail. I'm DONE with christmas shopping. I'm pretty amazed with myself. Usually I'm still running around trying to get gifts.
Not this time.

However, I have been busy.
Orders have been coming in quickly and cuddle time with my dog has been a high priority due to the cold weather.

ok.
So I just decided that I have neglected my blog.
So I am going to start posting things that I think are awesome.
Whether it be other items from etsy, words that I enjoy saying and/or hearing, TV shows, etc, I'm going to start.

Today, it will be cuddling with pets.
It is pretty awesome when they do it.
Did you not see the smile on my face?
Well, look again.

better than

2009-11-18T05:43:00.000-08:00

I was never athletic. I'm still not.
I never placed in anything, which always meant I was always placed in the "honorable mention" categories.
You know, the ribbon they give out to the rest of the kids that didn't place in 1st, 2nd or 3rd so that they feel better and can at least bring something home to your parents.

But now, I don't mind at all. Hell, I bask in the idea of being part of the honorable mention category. To me, its better than 1st.
This shirt is dedicated to all those honorable mention kids.

I heart nerds

2009-11-12T07:57:00.000-08:00

I love mythbusters. Reassuring everyone that I really an a nerd.
But nerds are in, right? RIGHT!?

Anyway, I learned a lot from Mythbusters. Now whether they can be 100% conclusive with their findings, I don't know, but its just so fun to watch.
Here are some things that I have learned:

- Pirates use the eye patch to be able to have a night adjusted eye.
(above possibility reassures that pirates were cool and smart)
- daddy long legs can bite through our skin, and their venom is not deadly
- When blown through a cannon, certain cheeses can be deadly.
- Beer before liquor not necessarily sicker
- room temperature beer + ice + salt = cold beer in 5 minutes
- I want their job
- a car with their windows down saves more on gas then turning on the AC
- etc

What would I have done without you mythbusters?
Gotten the same geeky information via the internet? BORING!
Watching then try to figure it out and in the process be nerds and/or make fools of yourself is so much better.

Thanks.
Love,
Jess

P.S - I LOVE those guys but not enough to eat my cat.
Don't know what I am talking about? Go here: http://www.mileysavefuzzy.com/

P.P.S - No that apparently is not a joke. She's as "serious as a heart attack"

P.P.P.S - yes, that is an actual quote.

pre halloween

2009-10-30T07:21:00.000-07:00

So happy halloween. Most likely I will not post again until after the halloween festivities.
So here is my last halloween photo.
I'll miss doing these. But maybe I'll still make scary/creepy pictures. We'll see.

2009-10-28T04:06:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy Halloween.
As a child I always dressed up. Typically because everyone else did, but I don't think I was excited about Halloween as a child as I am now. Something about the crazy costumes and makeup. The children screaming because they ate way too much candy and are on a sugar rush.
Plus I've been on this scary photo kick. I'm really enjoying it. On top of the fun-ness, I'm learning more on photoshop.
Fun and learning? you might be thinking, that's crazy. But its true.

hollows even

2009-10-23T04:37:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure how many more scary Halloween photos I'll do, but it was fun and I would like to do more. But I guess I'll settle with having at least one done.
Everyone should try it.

I'll do it again

2009-10-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

I have mentioned before that I'm a geek.
I really am.
I really like computers and working with them.
I like Star Wars, technology and wearing glasses. Granted I like wearing glasses because it helps me see things. Especially when driving so that I don't hit things.
Or people.

Here are other hints that I'm a geek:
- I read geekologie.com and gizmodo.com every day.
- I taught myself HTML because I wanted to know it
- I really wanted a spider man kids shirt that saw at Old Navy but it's meant for a little boy so it doesn't fit me right.
- I enjoy playing video games once in a while
- I made this shirt.

Enough said.

vt..

2009-10-15T04:20:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I drove up to Burlington, VT.
I ate, drank, and relaxed.
In 3 days I visited 3 breweries, ate at the Skinny Pancake (twice), and enjoyed some Ben and Jerry's ice cream (in 55 degree weather).

For those of you who never stepped foot in the state, Vermont has a lot of breweries. Also mountains and woods. But I'm sure more people care about the beer... ahem... So the 3 breweries I visited were Long Trail, Otter Creek and Magic Hat. Long Trail is more of a restaurant/bar than anything else but it was so packed we couldn't stay to enjoy the food. Otter Creek is small and they only have the occasional tour, but their Oktoberfest is delicious on tap. Magic Hat looks just like you think when looking at their label designs. They have a decent sized store and fairly frequent tours. Much beer was sampled.

Speaking of samples, I had many samples of Cabot cheese while I was there too. So much cheese, it was so good. I love cheese. I learned that Cabot cheddar is lactose free.

I love cheese.

P.S - the Skinny Pancake is a crepes place. Delicious. If you ever go to Burlington and like crepes, eat there! They serve breakfast and dinner too!

pets

2009-09-23T06:09:00.000-07:00

Having my cat and dog are really my first pets I have had.
I had a dog when I was younger but I was too young to understand what having a pet is all about.
I was not really mature enough to take care of a pet at that time. Frankly I'm not really that mature now, but in different ways (for examples you should follow me on twitter).
But now, I have a dog and a cat and I love them both and they seem to love me.
They still amaze me in how much they understand and express how they feel.

Recently, a co-worker has a 15 year old dog that has cancer. unfortunately they cannot perform any surgery so the dog is taking medicating and they are not sure how much longer the litte guy has. Its so upsetting to hear. It hurts more when I think about my dog going through that.
But I try not too. She's still young.
Don't think I forgot about my cat. I LOVE her too. she was around 4 years before my dog even existed.

...

2009-09-15T05:55:00.001-07:00

I suck as this.
I keep lying to you all (all 2 of you?)
I've been super busy.
But I have gotten some stuff done.
Such as some photos with my friend who was nice enough (and bribed with a free t-shirt) to model some of my shirts.

Enjoy.

action

2009-08-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

Where was I?
Sorry. For anyone who cares, I've been busy.
This summer has been busy.
I've been running around taking care of things which has put many things on hold.
Including most of my crafts. I've been able to do enough to get customer's orders done.
But I'm kind of back. I'm also kind of not because some big changes are in the works.
If everything works out, I'll be moving. But its going to take a LOT of work. A LOT of work I will not want to do. But it may mean others may benefit out of it. Such as selling things for fairly cheap or giving it away (if you are lucky).
I'm not going to hold my breath. It all depends on a lot of factors, but we'll see. I'm not being optimistic about it, but I"m not being pessimistic about it either.
The glass is neither half empty or full...
so what does that mean?
Beats me.

Here are some pictures of things I made. Once I get some other pictures up, I'll post more of them.

watching

2009-08-04T05:24:00.000-07:00

Recently, there are movies out there that I really want to see in the theatre.
This is unusual because I'm always up for just sitting at home waiting for the movie to come out on DVD rather than wasting $13.75 to watch it in a theatre with a whole bunch of strangers.
But these movies seem worth spending the money.

Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton doing Alice in Wonderland? Why didn't someone think of this to begin with? Who else but Tim Burton should be directing this trippy, crazy and weird story of Alice falling down a hole (and not getting killed), drinking stuff to make her small, eating something to make her big, hookah smoking caterpillars, a trippy cat that disappears except for this eerily floating gigantic smile, and a mad hatter who is.. well.... mad. Plus, Tim Burton stole my heart when I first saw Beattlejuice. It was all downhill from there.

Tron Legacy
Tron? The movie? Again!?
I loved this movie as a kid. The crazy state of the art special effects (at the time) and the premise that this video game expert gets sucked into a video game. Awesome. Now they have the "legacy?" I didn't know how I felt about it at first, but the trailer has me hooked.

Whip it
Ellen Page. Adorable. Drew Barrymore. Adorable.
A woman lead and a woman director? That's pretty awesome to me.
Maybe it looks like a predictable movie, but I'll see it.
People need to support women leads and women directors more often.
Besides, roller derby-ing? That rocks.

Where the Wild Things Are
Arcade Fire's song in the trailer already got my attention, let alone my favorite book turning into a movie? I had my doubts. But then I saw that Spike Jonzes was the director and I saw the trailer and I realized I NEED to see this or I MAY EXPLODE. Spike Jonzes is probably THE BEST person to direct this. Why?! Just think of his music videos (which I LOVED). He is a master at blurring fantasy with reality very VERY seamlessly. He's also directed such classic videos such as : Weezer's Buddy Holly, Beastie Boys Sabotage, Wax southern California (the guy who is on fire running in the whole video), Bjork its oh so quiet.
Do you not know any of these videos? WATCH THEM NOW!!!!
Ok so you are not good with music videos, how about the movie Being John Malkovich? A door that goes into the mind of John Malkovich where you can control him like he is your puppet?
Also, he got full 100% support from Maurice Sendak (author) and basically Sendak said, he couldn't think of anyone else better (which he got MANY offers over the years from other directors to make his book into a movie and rejected them all)
P.S - I know I already posted this trailer in my blog and said how much I wanted to see it, but I saw it among the other trailers above and I HAD to post it again. Thank me later.

I would add 500 days of Summer on here but I actually watched it already. I scored some free tickets for an advanced screening. What did I think of the movie, you may be wondering? I would pay to watch it again.

so who's coming with me?

P.P.S: Is it me or the boy who plays Max from Where the Wild Things Are (Max Records-yes I looked it up and Max is his name/stage name) looks like he could be a younger sibling of Ellen Page? No? Just me? Eh whatever.

squeeze

2009-07-16T08:16:00.000-07:00

Sometimes with my pets I get Lenny moments (from Grapes of Wrath) where I want to hug them and kiss them and squeeze them.
Maybe too much.
Sometimes I do hug my pets.
But then they look at me funny and run away from me.
How dare they judge me!
After everything I have done.

On another note, I'm going on vacation.
For all those people who are thinking, sweet, she'll be out of the house.
HA! I have a friend watching over the house and the cat.
Beat that!
Beat it!

Also, who is sick of all the Mike Jackson news?! Isn't there something more news worthy out there???????
Anyone?

Also also, when I come back I hope to get some new projects running for me to sell on etsy.
Let's hope they are worth the buy.
Plus, I need to get some stuff ready for consignment at a brick and mortar boutique that I'm going to participate in.

Buy my stuff!
I'm not subtle.

things that

2009-06-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

These are some things you needed to know about me.
1. I DID in fact get my iphone 3gs
2. I HAVE been busy since family is coming down for the weekend
3. I am a tech GEEK so my brain told me I MUST get a cell phone with a data plan
4. I MUST get the new Mew sampler EP
5. I WILL post up some pictures from Seattle
6. I LOVE cheese
7. My mind IS in the gutter

Remembering memories

2009-06-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

I watched empire records yesterday while making and eating dinner.
I loved that movie growing up in the 90's.
It made me want to work at a record store SOOOOOOOO bad!
Then I was sad because the music store industry is dying and if Empire Records really did exist, it would be struggling to stay alive.
Joe (the boss) would be stressed out much more than he already was.

Listening to the songs was nostalgic.
I also wanted one of those "stu-pid" pins that Deb made.
Which made me want to make a shirt that says that instead.
It probably wouldn't sell.
We'll see.
I also want to throw a 90's music party.
All 90's (early 90's preferable).
"Damn the man! Save the 90's!"

On a different note, I've been lagging on making my ideas come to life.
I have some, but I haven't been doing much about it.
I think I've just been lazy.
I did decide to continue making the Mr. T pillows because who doesn't want to give Mr. T a hug?
I would never pass up the opportunity.
Hugging Mr.T is like floating on a cloud.

P.S- the Gin Blossoms song "Til I hear it from you" has been stuck in my head since last night.

Happy multiple Birthdays

2009-06-22T06:29:00.000-07:00

There were many of my friends birthdays recently that were clustered all together.
So Happy Birthday to all my friends!
You know who you are.
And if your birthday just passed and I didn't wish you a Happy Birthday, then why aren't you my friend?

(above: Birthday gifts)

one of us

2009-06-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

so I gave in.
All those thousands of people....
They all have one.
They all play with it.
(no not that perv)
(ok, maybe)
I am talking about the iphone.
The Iphone 3GS to be specific.
After researching like CRAZY, the iphone was the best fit for me.
(That and I also get mad discounts)
So be jealous or judge me.
whatever, i'll still be the coolest kid in my house.
Ok, maybe not.
Because my dog and cat are pretty freakin' cool.

P.S - I'll post some picture of my seattle trip. hopefully soon?

jealous?

2009-05-26T08:06:00.000-07:00

Seeing Fever Ray in NYC in September!!
Jealous?
You should be.

naughty or nice

2009-05-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

White asparagus looks very naughty.
judge for yourself.

disturbing, no?
How about this?

enjoy!

need to

2009-05-12T09:29:00.000-07:00

you know what's a funny looking word is?
dreamt.
It just looks funny.
But don't make fun of it.
you'll hurt its feelings and make them cry.

On a different note, I made the tshirt with the woman's face.

I really like it.
I think I may have to go to forever 21 and get some vneck shirts to put the print on for myself.
If you want one in vneck and don't care too much about the quality of the shirt, shoot me a message.
In the mean time, crew neck it is.
And totes soon to come too.

where was I?

2009-05-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

I'm back.
Finally.
My neighbor's dog came and went.
My friends from Washington came and went.
I finally had some time to do some crafty things.
Which made me fairly busy.
Some of the items are going to be listed in my shop very soon.
In the mean time, I made this and got it listed:

I loved this and so I decided to turn it into a shirt.
The shirt will be popping up fairly soon.
Watch out for it.
I really like the way it turned out.

I also redid my website (I told you I would redo it soon).
I like this design a lot better than my old one.
www.nontrendy.com

I also went through my old pictures that I almost completely forgot about

If you want to see more photos go to my flickr

This past weekend was busy.
I went to Brooklyn and Manhattan to visit friends and then family.
I HAVE to come back to Brooklyn to spend a weekend, but the weekend was really about my mom. I haven't been around with my mom for mother's day in years.
It was fun even though she forgot that I was coming down to have dinner with her.
But at least it was a fun surprise for her.

forcing it

2009-05-04T06:27:00.000-07:00

So I'm a geek. I'll admit it.
And my geekiness will not allow me to ignore the fact that today is Star Wars Day.
This is the first time I have heard of it (so I'm not a good geek) so I used good old Wikipedia to help guide me. For those of you scratching your head in wonder and curiosity here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

Yup, a play on words.
My geekiness cannot avoid this pun either. Star Wars and a pun put together. Amazing.
I can already hear the Star Wars theme tune in my head.

I'm not going to change, thank you

2009-04-24T07:00:00.001-07:00

I want to talk about music right now.

camera obscura - I dig them.

Maudlin Career - I dig it (came out this week)

Other bands I am currently digging?
Fever Ray
(If you miss The Knife, you now have Fever Ray)

Passion Pit
(They are fun! I can't think of who they sound like. Maybe a little MGMT? help?)

Department of Eagles
Guy from Grizzly bear creating a mellow sound of department of eagles. Excellent on a rainy day.
Excellent, yet kind of oddly gory video.

I have concluded that the art of music videos is not as big as it use to be in the 90's. I grew up staying up late at night watching the creepy and well done music videos by such directors such as Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, and Chris Cunningham (late 90's early 2000).
Maybe the art of music videos is coming back but with MTV lacking actual music videos there is no audience. At least I have youtube. But not at work because they block it.

where am I?

2009-04-21T07:01:00.000-07:00

I'm busy.
Etsy and other parts of my life have been on hold due to taking care of a puppy.
I'll be back after Wednesday.
But even then I'll be busy.
Busy cleaning.
Friends from Washington are coming to stay for a week VERY SOON.
So I'll be fading in and out of existence until May.

P.S - I'll miss this little guy

bABE-tastic

2009-04-16T08:02:00.000-07:00

buy me

porter potty

2009-04-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

Pugs are the best.
They are so ugly they are adorable!

I'm dog sitting this little guy for a week.
I'm on day 2 and he's snorted his way into my heart.
The first night was quite a treat when he snored, loudly!
It was like my grandpa was sleeping in the room.
The next day he was playing tug-of-war with my dog and he was growling, but it sounded like he was trying to speak Hebrew and there's a Jewish man trapped inside his body.

man I love dogs!

fireworks in april

2009-04-15T08:55:00.000-07:00

So for lunch I was microwaving some left over green beans and noticed they were sparking up as though there was metal in them.
(they were in a pastic container)
I freaked out and looked it up online.
Apparently the build up of natural minerals in the green beans create the same metallic firework display you get when you microwave tin foil.

crazy green beans.
what next?
They are going to take over the world?
Not if my belly has anything to do with it.

what's in a name...

2009-04-09T04:00:00.000-07:00

So I was thinking the other day of band names.
I realized, there are a HELL OF A LOT of band names that have animals in them.
Or the word animal in them.
Don't know what I am talking about?

I'll name a few:
Animal collective
The animals
The super furry animals
Deerhoof
deerhunter
grizzly bear
minus the bear
panda bear
band of horses
cat power
Josie and the Pussycats
def leppard
dogs die in hot cars
that dog
snoop dog
modest mouse
porcupine tree
counting crows
the doves
The eels
white rabbits
echo and the bunnymen
unicorns

I know I missed some.

And to go with our animal theme, here is my dog's face.

And and to go along with our animals and names theme, the next dog I may or may not get, I want it to be male so I can name him, Marlon Brando.
I think it would be a great pet name, no?

I've got nothing

2009-04-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't written but that's only because I had nothing to write about.
Sorry.

Its been a fairly cold spring and today isn't much better.
The plus side is that when I wake up at 6AM, its actually kind of light outside and the birds are starting to chirp away.

I have some ideas for paintings that I am going to attempt and try to sell.
Basically it was some old stuff that I am realizing I can do something with them.

Also...
I decided to sell this

I also decided to make another set of these

I had 2 extra frames so I'm going to make and then put them up for sale.
Look out for them.

forgetful places, forgetful faces

2009-04-02T07:02:00.000-07:00

I realized that with pictures, I tend to neglect my cat.
Which is surprising, because she is such an easy model.
Plus my cat has an absolutely gorgeous orange coat.

If she was alive, she would act like a Hepburn.
So dignified and beautiful. Only with orange/redish hair.

lately she has been craving attention. She is usually never a lap cat, but lately she has been. Plus she has been greeting me every morning.
Its kind of nice actually.
But if I don't give her enough attention, she pukes.

I have lately been drawing lots of faces.
So I figured, I would make them into pin form.

I haven't listed them to sell yet. I'm focusing my store on clothing and tote bags.
I think I am going to start to sell pins solely on my website.
That is if I can get my sorry ass to sit down in front of a computer to get it done.

I also revamped my website.
There are a lot of things that need to be done on it and I'll probably end up changing the whole layout by next month.
But at least I have something new up.
www.nontrendy.com

adaptations

2009-03-27T04:45:00.000-07:00

I was REALLY skeptical when I heard that Where the Wild Things are was being adapted to a movie. I figured it was going to be lame so I had no hope that it was going to be good. Especially when this book is famous on its own.
I have also seen how some of my favorite childhood books have been turned into film and they lost a lot of its appeal on the big screen.

But then I saw the trailer and it changed my mind.
I am now enthralled to go and see this movie.

Plus I want that monster suit Max is wearing for Halloween.
Plus plus, Arcade Fire's song seems so chilling and perfect for this trailer.
Plus plus plus, Karen O and Carter Burwell are combining their powers to create the soundtrack.
Plus plus plus plus plus Spike Jonze is directing the film with a GREAT cast to back him up?!

yay!

walkin'

2009-03-26T06:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Christopher Walken,

So you may not actually want to run for president, but did you know you have a sleuth of followers that would give you their vote?
There are other celebrities that have gone into the political realm.
Look at Arnold Swarchenegger, Ronald Regan, and Jesse Ventura.
I think you have a fighting chance.

With much love,
Me.
Who's a geek.
whatever!

tough enough

2009-03-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

I printed this a while back ago but I never got around to taking the photo.
I'm not happy with the photo. My nose looks extra weird in it (pig-like).

Oh well.
I can get really low self esteem about myself.
I'm my own worst critic.
I've been feeling kind of "off" lately.
I'm not sure why, since there is nothing causing it.
I feel so negative.
And some people at work are starting to get to me.
I need positive things.
happy, funny things.

aahhh.... much better.

I also found out I am taking care of my neighbors little black puppy pug, Porter!
He's ADORABLE! He'll snort his way into my heart!

(That's not actually him)

I can't wait!

its too much

2009-03-19T08:38:00.001-07:00

Dear warm weather,

Where are you?
I can feel that you are so close, yet so far.
I miss you.
Hurry up already, so I can complain about how hot it is!

Best wishes
me.

p.s- tell humidity to stay away from me or else I'll have to get a restraining order.

bribary gets me nowhere

2009-03-18T05:59:00.000-07:00

So I heard today that the movie Heathers (1988) is going to become a musical.
I LOVE Heathers! Winona before her shoplifting days, and Christian Slater before his controversial days (alcohol and guns).
But I don't know how I feel about a musical...
I feel the same way about all the redone movies that the movie industry has been doing for the past couple of years.
(Amityville Horror, Bad News Bears, Oceans Eleven, Dawn of the Dead, etc etc)
Did you know that they have plans to also redo the movie Clue?!
mmm....

On a different note, a church today bribed me with a granola bar to check out their church.
I have still yet to eat the granola bar.

Christopher And Tia....

2009-03-13T04:20:00.000-07:00

wins the newborn shirt!!!
Congratulations!!

There might be some other goodies in there so watch out!

stewart-ness

2009-03-13T04:01:00.000-07:00

So I'm not a big fan of Martha Stewart.
There is something about her that disturbs me.
Maybe its the wholesomeness that she tries to portray.
Maybe its some of the tacky stuff she DOES make.
Maybe because she reconfirms the idea of being a housewife who needs to take care of the man.
Whatever, that doesn't really matter.
What matters is that even though I don't like Martha, I HAVE to give her props for being utterly successful with a paint line, kitchen ware, magazines, books, and probably a clothing line, a well watched TV show, and being well respected as a crafty person (which she can be). But she can then, go to jail, get out, get made fun of, go to interviews to discuss what happened, start her show up again with big guests, continue all her lines of stuff with her face plastered all over it, and have the public forget that she WENT TO JAIL!
Amazing!
I just felt like I am part of an infomercial trying to sell Martha.
Weird....

last days

2009-03-11T09:19:00.000-07:00

Today is the LAST DAY of my sale and as I promised, I have a surprise.
Its a 30% off sale!
Get stuff like this for 30% off. Today only.

sigh... on a different note, I wish it was spring.
I wake up thinking I'll be hearing birds outside my window, but then my dog starts to bark and what I assume is a fly landing somewhere outside about 100 feet away.

walkin'

2009-03-10T06:13:00.000-07:00

I love Christopher Walken.
He's awesome.
I made a brooch so others can show their appreciation too.
I need to make one for myself.

I also made Mona Lisa with laser eyes, because, well, why not?

Freebie!!
Don't forget to submit reasons why you deserve the newborn shirt!
You have until tomorrow!

Also tomorrow is the last day for my 20% off sale.
There might be a little surprise tomorrow since it will be the last day of the sale.
Check it out!

short thoughts & freebies

2009-03-06T06:56:00.000-08:00

Ok, remember when I said that I was going to get featured on a blog and I said you will have to tune in to see when it will be.
Its today.

awesome awesome!
I like the part "She's kind of a woman of few words, but she agreed to talk to us anyway."
If my friends read that, they will laugh because in real life, I am NOT a woman of few words!
Its more like "Jess, can I talk now?" or "Jess, shut up I don't care."
Did you know my real name is Jess?
Its kind of weird that I was very breif in that blog interview.
I think I was in a funk during that time.
Oh well.

oh other news, I have some new stuff that I haven't taken pictures of yet.
I can't wait to get them up and running.

Also, I made these cute newborn shirts.

I have one more newborn shirt left that I don't know what to do with.

So I am going to attempt to do my first give away!
(Its great as a gift or maybe for a baby shower coming up?)

So give me a reason why you deserve a newborn shirt with many different mustaches?
Any reason!
I don't care if you make up a rediculous story that doesn't make sense and is not true, or a real and serious story.
Just leave a comment and let me know.
Don't forget to leave me your email address.
You'll have until 3/11/09 and I'll choose the winner by 3/13/09.
If you are lucky, there will be other goodies in there for you.

broken minds

2009-03-04T06:49:00.001-08:00

My dog broke her thumbnail right down to the skin.
Most of it came off and I had to bring her to the vet to get the rest of it off.

She wasn't happy.

But she does have this absolutely adorable bandages that are pink with purple hearts.
She hates it but its funny to watch her walk alkwardly with it on.
I think she knows I'm laughing at her.

She's all ok though. Apparently its fairly common during the winter months.

On a completely different note, I decided to have a 20% off sale in my etsy shop.
Check it out.

Sigh... I always feel weird plugging my site.

lucky stars and snowy nights

2009-03-02T09:41:00.001-08:00

Its snowing a lot which made me decide to stay at home today.
So I'm still in my PJ's and its almost 1PM, but I don't care.

I was going to take my dog out to enjoy the snow, but as I'm looking out there right now, the snow is pretty much horizontal which I'm not sure I want to deal with.
Maybe later...

What I was really going to write about is my excitement.
I was at the local high school so I can let my dog run around freely, when I saw something in the distance.
I was thinking, looks like a camera.
I got closer and that's when I noticed it was a camera. A Holga 120N in fact.
At first I thought, oh it probably doesn't work.
But then I remembered that holgas are pretty much made out of plastic.
So I took it apart, cleaned it up, and let it dry out.
The shutter looks like it still works so I got a Holga for free.
I always wanted one, but I didn't want to dish out the money.
YAY!

I can't wait to play with it.

hard boiled eggs

2009-02-27T05:19:00.000-08:00

I LOVE cadbury eggs.
I love the fake sugary insides of the cadbury egg to make it look like the inside of an actual egg (yolk and all).
Amazingly enough, no hydrogenated oils either (I avoid those like the plague and you should too!).
So they are good for me... relatively...
Ok not really.
But whatever, a girl can dream.

I also love my animal masks.
I decided that I needed to revisit/redo some of my etsy pictures of my shirts, so I Incorporated the masks.
Check it out!

and this!

They are so great!

I love the fact that I got mentioned in the suchcoolstuff blog.
They interviewed The May of Teck Club and she mentioned my shop as one of her favs. You should check out her stuff. She is one of my favs too!

And because she mentioned me, I'll also be featured in the blog as well.
Look out for me.
I won't tell you when until the day I'm features so you'll have to stay tuned to my blog and their blog as well.

I love that I am getting a new bag from Moop.
Actually I got it from their site www.moopshop.com.
Its their duffel that they sold out of a while back ago and I was very upset. But they have it back on their main website and I got one!

Ok this is too long already.
I'm probably boring you.
I'll end it on that random note.
Besides, I need to get back to work.

high tide, full moon

2009-02-25T05:47:00.000-08:00

New shirt.

I have had this heart theme going on lately.
I'm usually not much of a heart person, which is weird.
But I'm liking it though.

And new ideas for a revamped website.
It hasn't been done yet.
I still have to finish up the design.
I hope it works out.
I'm actually designing it using adobe and then taking it from there.
I'm not much of a graphic design person so it'll be very VERY simple.

my brain doesn't want that

2009-02-24T04:31:00.000-08:00

So yesterday wasn't necessarily a bad day.
But it wasn't great either.
It first starts off with the bus I take to work breaking down.
Which then the next bus was jam packed with people.
Luckly I had a seat.
After work I get home and realize it was cold and my dog was shivering.
I go to turn up the heat to find out that its 55 degrees in the house and the heat was not turning on.

The pilot light was out.
And... I tried to light it up again and it wouldn't stay on.
So someone had to come and $150 later, it was all because of a $10 part.
So after being there for a half hour and leaving at 11PM, I finally went to bed with a looming bill headed my way.

on top of that, my dog was sick last night and threw up.
Since she was sick and shivering, I tried to keep her warm.
She looked kind of like this

and this

I was going to take some pictures of a shirt I made but with everything happening, I never had the chance to.

le sigh.

happy places, sad faces

2009-02-23T05:07:00.000-08:00

Went to a roller derby on Saturday which was fun.
I like seeing women go around and try to shove each other off their skates.
One woman who was sitting on a camping chair (in the audience), got a skate to the shin. She didn't even flinch. She was more worried about loosing her purple ball of yarn.

Yes she was knitting.
No I'm not kidding.

I wonder what she was knitting.

Anyway, while I was there, this was staring back at me.

Darth Vader tried his death grip on me but I'm much more badass.
Sorry, my geeky side of me got excited about seeing the Vader mask.

On another note... this weekend I spray painted those tacky gold frames I mentioned on my last posting and got them looking nice.
I then painted directly on the glass and didn't bother putting a back on the frames.
This is the result.

You can see more close up pictures on my flickr page.

May the force be with you.

seperation anxiety

2009-02-20T05:48:00.000-08:00

I found some old frames that I didn't really want to throw away.
So I decided to paint on the glass itself.

I have some more frames but I need to paint the frame itself because its a weird tacky gold color.

In the mean time, I have this one.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to do a trade or sell it.
Any thoughts?

This is the full stencil on a tote bag that can be purchased in my etsy store.

I'll be making shirts and stuff soon.

visitation rights

2009-02-20T05:22:00.000-08:00

Went to Boston the past weekend with some friends of mine.
It was fun. Its nice to go somewhere with people you have never gone with before.
We laughed.
We cried.
We danced.
We tangoed.
ok... maybe not.
But we did laugh a lot.
And occasionally break out into song.
I don't know why so don't ask.

We went to the garment district which was a lot of fun.
The pile of clothes is something I never expected.
And the man I caught, in a suit, talking on his cell phone, looking all important, standing on the $1.50/lb pile of clothes, created much humor for me.
He had no idea I took his photo.

I was afraid I was going to loose my dog in the pile of clothes so I didn't venture in.

My friend got a gnome mask. I wish we remembered wearing it in the car around Boston.

its fit for a queen

2009-02-17T04:35:00.000-08:00

So I went away this weekend to Boston with some friends.
It was a lot of fun but too short.
While I was distracted by my trip, things happened.
First on Friday I found out not one but 2 of my items were in the "related" section of a storque article.

Then on Monday I had my giraffe tshirt up on the front page of etsy!

I was wondering how that shirt had so many views in such a short period of time.

Then etsystalker.com contacted me to let me know that my tote bag was in their online exhibit regarding President's Day!!

I also made a new shirt!

whew!

Happy Birthday!!

2009-02-12T04:42:00.001-08:00

Today is Abe Lincoln's birthday. Did you know?
If you didn't, you do now.
I figured it was highly appropriate to mention his birthday due to the fact that I have made many things with his face all over it.

Here are some facts about Abe Lincoln to celebrate his Birthday.
Oh and Happy Birthday Abe!
you are awesome!
- He was 6ft 4inches tall
- He loved playing billiards
- He was the first president to have a beard
- He disliked harming or killing animals. Even for food
- He carried letters, bills and notes in his stovepipe hat (I knew it!)

get ready

2009-02-09T04:56:00.000-08:00

So guess what?!
I'm going to Seattle in June!!!!!!!

I'll be back wreaking havoc on the innocent people of Seattle.
Ok so I couldn't scare a mouse away.
Big deal.
But I'm going to be traveling back to Seattle!!!
This time I am hoping to go down to Oregon for a day.
I'm just so excited.
It makes me want to sing "I'm so excited" aloud.
Or scream.
Or run around with excitement.

In the mean time I'll show you me... in a mask... that I really want.
Because I find it absolutely humorous and a little scary.

enjoy!

All in moderation

2009-02-06T05:07:00.000-08:00

so I hit 100 views

I'm not sure why I had to comment on this, but I did.

onto other things...
I saw this little blurb on an airline website. They are talking about service animals and the restrictions with it.

Notice where it says "except monkeys?"
All I can think of is that I WANT A SERVICE MONKEY!!!
But not one that flings poo.
Just as Amy Winehouse says about rehab "no no no."
Only "no" on the poo flinging.

I was searching for poo pictures and I found this and I just HAD to use it.
Sorry Busy lovers.

Anyway, I have some new shirts.
Actually they aren't really "new".
They have been around. But I just printed them and models them.

Someone who purchased one of angel unicyclist shirts asked me if this was an original or a Banksy.
Unless Banksy has done this before and I didn't know about it, its an original.
I was sooooo flattered.
I definitly don't come near the caliber work or the creativity he has as well as his political and social voice behind all his work.
But it still made my day.
Thanks!

I got you abe

2009-02-04T05:19:00.000-08:00

I was making a shirt and I got the Sonny and Cher song "I got you babe" song stuck in my head.
I blame you Abe Lincoln.
Its ok though, you are still cool to me.

I know its true

2009-02-03T05:11:00.000-08:00

This month is Heart Health Month and so at work on Friday, people can wear jeans as long as they wear something red.
They said to wear a red tie or any other red apparel.
Which naturally made me think of Shaun of the Dead

But I can't really get away with wearing a tie to work.
I'm pretty sure I would get some strange looks if I did that.
But so I thought, I don't really have any red shirts, so what else can I wear that's red? And I do want to be able to wear jeans to work (who doesn't?!)
Well, here is my list of "things that I might be able to wear to work that is red," list.

1. my heart patch.
How appropriate would it be to come in with a red heart patch for a heart awareness function sponsored by the American Heart Association.

2. If not a red heart patch how about an eye patch? a red eye patch?

Ok... Ok... maybe not.

3. To go with the theme of pirates and red things, how about a red bandanna, like Johnny Depp wore in his Pirates of the Caribbean movies?

Ok so no pirates. I get it. You don't have to yell.

4. If I don't have a shirt how about red pants, like Buffy wore.

I can totally pull those off, right?
mmm... so I don't know about pleather either.

5. How about tights?

wait... but then no one can see them under my jeans.

6. How about red hats? Such as a fez?

7. Speaking of more red hats... how about the ones from the 80's band Devo?

8. Ok so maybe some more realistic ones.
Underwear.

Ok so no one would be able to see them unless I wear them, superman style.

granted I'll probably be sent home if I did this.

9. How about some red socks (not the red sox)

But um... just not with those shoes...

10. But speaking of shoes. This I would totally do. If someone wants to buy me these.

11. Or maybe something from the Gap Red line?

hmm... maybe I should just stick with my scarf.

something/nothing

2009-01-30T10:52:00.001-08:00

I enjoy some of my co-workers.

I had to call the help desk today and it didn't go over well.
This my co-workers response when he heard my conversation:

skullz ideaz

2009-01-28T14:13:00.000-08:00

Remember that skull picture and I said I had an idea for it?

Here it is.
Its something I made for myself.
Not for sale on Etsy.
Unless people are interested.
Then perhaps.

Jealous!?
Hellz yeah.
Smell you later!

yellow umbrellas

2009-01-28T06:50:00.000-08:00

So its snowing and crappy and i'm at work.
At first I had no plans on going out.
I was going to stay in, sleep for a while and then do nothing.
But then I felt bad calling out of work.
Damn concious!
Apparently this storm has killed 19 people?
Stretching from Texas to Maine with ice in between.

I'll be getting ice here soon.
Then I'll probably be yelling out "shit balls" again as I narrowly escape brusing my ass or better yet, knocking myself unconcious.

grumble grumble.
No one is here to talk to around me.
They all stayed home.

Here is the view earlier outside my window at work

The areas where there is no snow is due to the heated sidewalks.

My blog seems to be a downer today.
But I did wake up with a headache, snow on the ground, potential ice coming up ahead and now my back hurts.

Blarg!
grumble!
rabble!

maybe I should do some work.
But before I go, remember I was going to do other things with that Colt 45 stencil?
were you paying attention?
Do you really care?
Probably not but I'll show you anyway!

I think I do

2009-01-27T04:08:00.000-08:00

To make this clear, I was not one of those girls growing up thinking of the perfect wedding. I never was. Honestly I didn't think about getting married and having a family.
It never crossed my mind.
Not that I have anything problems with it.
I just never thought about stuff like that.

Now saying that, I was just thinking about weddings.
Weird, I know.
But I was.

I decided, I want to be married by Elvis with only a couple of the closest people there. That's it.
Casual and happy.
That's all I need.
That and an Elvis impersonator to seal the deal.
How sweet would that be?
To answer for you, VERY!

take it out

2009-01-26T06:39:00.000-08:00

2 weekends ago I was hanging out with my friends and they were drinking Colt 45.

Which then inspired me to make a stencil and do this for my etsy site:

Did you know, I LOVE moleskines!
Did you?
I bet you didn't.

I have something else in the works for this.
But that won't come until another time.
So stay tuned.
Or be a snot and don't.
That's cool too.

Also, to go completely off topic.
You know that saying "you learn something new everyday?"
Well, guess what I learned.
Obama is left handed.

The End.

you didn't want to know

2009-01-22T05:15:00.000-08:00

As a child I loved facial hair.
Not the long wizard kind.
Except for Merlin (the one from Sword in the Stone).
I think it was because a lot of humor revolved around his long beard.

But anyway...
I especially liked the scruff.
I remember, I would sit in my dad's lap and I would rub his 5 o'clock shadow until I fell asleep.

Good or bad, there is a lot of fascinations with a person's facial hair.
Sometimes its what makes or breaks a person.
I think a person becomes more famous with facial hair.
But sometimes facial hair doesn't help them.
Either way, I decided to compile a list of people and their famous facial hair.

Tom Selleck

Hit in the 80's for his short shorts and his bushy moustache.
He was a hottie then and became a hottie in Friends as Monica's boyfriend.
I also remember watching him on Conan O'Brien and having a mini adult massager (aka vibrator) put underneath his nose and nestled in his moustache.
Where is his famous moustache now, I wonder?

Dali.

Who can think of moustaches and NOT think of Dali?
He has a book of his moustache in different poses.
A great artist and a model moustache.
Brilliant

Oh Mr. T.

We loved you in the A-Team and... well... we still love you.
Your facial hair and your mohawk.

For the Love of Chuck Norris.

If you don't think Chuck is bad ass with his beard, then he will find you and punch you in the face.
True story.

Santa Freakin' Claus.

It's Santa Freakin' Claus.
Even for people who don't believe in Santa or celebrate Christmas at least knows who that jolly big guy who gives people presents.

Charlie Chaplin.

Hilarious and with a moustache to boot.
Too bad the moustache is ruined if you don't wear a top hat and a suit.

Hulk Hogan.

famous WWF (now WWE) wrestler.
Bleach blond handle bar moustache.
And has (had?) a reality TV show Hogan Knows Best, where a lot of people thought his daughter was hot.

Einstein.

A genius with a moustache and crazy hair.
e=mc2.
Remember that came from him. Or maybe from his moustache...

Oh there are so much more but I really can go on forever.
You might be wondering about other people who have famous facial hair.
Well, it is a bit controversial.
But there are the negatively famous people where their signature facial hair, which has barred that kind of facial hair for life.

Hitler.
um... nuf said.

Bin Ladin.
Once again.... no comment.

and this guy.

Why oh why, guy?

hmm.. makes me wonder...
would I look good with facial hair?

I believe we can all agree that the answer is YES!

what goes on in my mind

2009-01-21T08:12:00.001-08:00

So as I watched the inaugural parade (since I was at work and missed the inauguration), the announcer was talking about the 10 balls the Obama's had to go to which will then lead them to not get home until 3AM.

I thought, damn, I would want to go to my new home and check out the whole place.
Every. single. room.

Then I will want to have my first poo in the white house.

Its like you are christening the place as your own, no?

forgetful

2009-01-21T05:48:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I forget there is a whole other world around me.
Sometimes I forget that I work with people who didn't vote for Obama.
Sometimes I forget that I'm at work and I should be productive.
Sometimes I forget to be careful what I say around certain people
Sometimes I forget who I am.

One time as a child I forgot I was Asian.
I looked in the mirror and startled myself. Not because I didn't know there was a mirror at the top of the stairs (because I did know), but because the person staring back at me scared me.

sometimes ignorance really is bliss and I like to pretend that the world in my head is how the world really is.
Which means, I'm perfect, the world is open minded in every way, and tons of people are reading my blog right now.

What's your world like?
What do you sometimes forget?

P.S- I am working on some new stuff.
Wondering what it could possibly be?
Here's a hint of one of my ideas:

The answer is D

2009-01-16T04:46:00.000-08:00

So I went to the movies yesterday.
I got discounted tickets so i only paid $7.98. The sign said tickets normally go for $10.50 and I thought, damn that expensive.
Until I got to the theatres and saw that movie tickets were actually $13.25!
When did this happen?
Its been a long time since I have gone to the movie theatres.

But that isn't why I am here.
Ok I did want to bitch about the price.
I like to bitch about stuff.
whatever.
But I saw slumdog millionaire.
It was awesome.
I would write more, but I really don't want to go into detail on reviewing it.
judge for yourself and go see it.

That's all.

crap in my pants

2009-01-09T06:48:00.000-08:00

So I was at the grocery store the other day and I saw an ad on a cart, which I then proceeded to be scared and start hysterically laughing.
Why?
Because this is the face I see

How does this face make a welcoming advertisement?
How?!

I checked out their website and they have that same scary face on their site too. I'm hypnotized by the eyes. Its like a train wreck and you cannot look away.

eep!

buying a house in the woods

2009-01-06T04:48:00.000-08:00

So the other day I was thinking of Goldilocks and the 3 bears.
So the bears have a house in the woods, right?
Then I was thinking, the bears were able to apply for a mortgage to buy a house?
Bears!?
Maybe that's why our economy and the housing market is in the toilet.
We were giving away mortgages to bears.

Dumb banks.
Unless the bears were wearing excellent human disguises.
In that case... smart bears.
But still... dumb banks.
Where is their income verification?!
Bears don't make money!
Unless they sell honey or salmon.
Am I reading into this too much?

ice ice baby...

2009-01-05T04:55:00.000-08:00

So I woke up late this morning.
I am basically running around trying to get to work on time.
Little did I know that EVERYTHING is coating with a sheet of ice.
I take a step outside and almost fall on the concrete steps.
What is my first gut reaction when I almost fall?
To yell out "Shit Balls!"
Seriously brain!?
I have never used that term ever.
Not even in a joking manner.
But apparently my brain decided since I haven't used that term, now was a great time.
On top of that I yell it out quite loudly, with people walking by.
I felt like a fool but at least I didn't fall and crack my head open.
That would be much more embarrassing.

on a side note: this picture is from a coloring book. This man is clearly going to land on his head. What are we trying to teach our children? That its funny to see a man snap his neck on the ice?

On a completely different note... something I made.

blu

2009-01-02T08:32:00.000-08:00

This is AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Time stop and graffiti meet and have never looked better.

move over 2008

2009-01-02T05:35:00.000-08:00

A lot has happened within 2008 for myself let alone for the rest of the world.
However that is as reflective I will get about 2008.
I'll just say that I can't wait for my bonus and raise in 2009.
I hope I get one anyway.
Stupid horrible economy.

Now I have to get use to writing 2009.
It'll probably take me a whole month.

I celebrated the new year with my friends and abe lincoln.
Damn he's so popular and dreamy

Why do I have such a facination of abe lincoln?

Eve

2008-12-31T04:05:00.000-08:00

Remember, remember the 31st of December.
New Years Eve is today, just in case you missed it.
Even thought I made a resoultion to move my blog here, I'm not big on resoultions. I figure if I want to do something, I'll just do it.
But some people get into it due to starting the new year fresh and new.
I dig it.

I'm actually at work today.
Its New Years Eve and its suppose to snow about 6 inches today.
What will I be doing at work (because my mind is totally distracted and I don't want to do work)?

mmm... not a lot.

popularity

2008-12-30T05:44:00.000-08:00

What makes a person so popular?
I never have been.
You know who is popular?
Abe Lincoln.
Who would have thought.
Not I.

resolution

2008-12-29T05:04:00.000-08:00

With the Holidays now over I am thinking of new year resolutions.
What is it you may ask?
Loose some weight, quit smoking, try to find ways to obtain super powers?
No, not quite. However finding ways to obtain super powers would be cool.
I would want powers like Jean Gray from the X-Men.
But anyway, my actual new years resolution? Something that I know I can definitely achieve....
Moving my blog to this site.
Done and done.
Whew!
That was tough work but I got it.

what the crap?

2008-10-31T05:11:00.000-07:00

Halloween being today and all I decided to have my very own Scary list!!!!
Some people may not like it.
Well, I don't care.
Enjoy it.

Lets start off with the scary movies.

Exorcist was always a scary movie.
And Linda Blair/Regan was scary.

Flowers in the Attic.
This scared me, especially the grandmother played by Louise Fletcher.
I wouldn't want to be trapped up in an attic with a scary grandmother, and a mom that doesn't care.
Too bad Kristy Swanson didn't meet with Donald Sutherland yet and learn of her Buffy powers at that point.

Chucky
I hated this movie.
I couldn't watch it as a child. It was too scary.
And it holds true today!
I have yet to watch this movie.
Nor will I EVER!!!
So don't come over with it in hand.
I will knock it out of your hand and thrown it in the dumpster (I would say river, but I don't want to litter)

You know what's scarier than Chucky?
The Bride of Chucky.
REALLY!??
Now people were just trying WAY TOO HARD to make an extra dollar.
Might as well be holding up a sign on the street corner saying "Will make horrible HORRIBLE sequal to horror movie for money."

And what's scarier than Chucky?
Actual Porcelain dolls.
I'm not kidding.
I never owned one of these, nore will I EVER allow one of these in my home.
EVER!
Its the eyes!
Don't look directly in their eyes.

Speaking of scary dolls.

A Michael Jackson doll?
I might have pooped my pants.

Speaking of Michael Jackson.
Its not Michael Jackson and his infamous baby dangling.
Or the fact that he looks WAY TOO HAPPY about it.
Or the fact that he has to have the baby's face covered.
But its the fact he has kids!
Really?
That's just scary!

Next is not necessarily the person
(but he does scary me too), but it was something I noticed during the debates....
Yes, its MCCAINS SMILE!!!

Is that a mask somewhere for halloween?
Well, it should be.

Finally, last but not least,

There is a slim chance, she may, at some point, be president.
This sends shivers down my spine.
As a female, I am truely scared of this person.
(Before you go nuts on me, I am entitled to my own judgement. There are things you may not like about my opinion, and vice versa. So please be nice and tasteful).

So now that I may (or may not) have officially scared you, here is a picture you to help you forget the scary images above and help celebrate halloween, if you celebrate it anyway.

Happy Halloween!!!

on your toes

2008-10-28T06:34:00.000-07:00

I want to keep you on your toes.
Does anyone even read this blog?
Or think I will one day update it?
I guess you are right because I just did.
That is if you were thinking that.
If not, then ignore everything I just wrote.

Question, If Mr. T went back to school and became a doctor, would it be the same when we have to start calling him Dr. T?

I pity the foo' who doesn't use the proper title!

not really

2008-09-24T11:37:00.000-07:00

I don't usually post my blog here.
I instead use the following:

nontrendy.vox.com

or if I am feeling random and need to tag a link/picture for future reference

nontrendy.tumblr.com