FIDM Costume Design Show Premiere

Elaine invited me to this exhibit, which she helped put together. Every year FIDM holds an exhibition of costumes from the movies nominated for and Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design. All of the costumes were far more intricate and beautiful in …

book cover redesigns

m.s. corley has redesigned the covers of the harry potter and lemony snicket books to look like penguin classics. i love this style and wish these books with these covers actually existed. alas.

inauguration week

The first week of January I got a phone call from my mom, telling me that she and my grandma were going to send me to the inauguration and the Illinois State Society Inaugural Gala! Two weeks later I was on a plane meeting up with my mom, aunt, and cousin's family in …

at least once a week i agonize over this

this xkcd once again proves that randall munroe has some sort of direct link to my brain.

the robot uprising is nearly upon us

via pat, an awesomely terrifying video of a chair reassembling itself.

99%-opacity-man! 13th bullet bulletproof!

superuseless superpowers is a great blog that describes (and illustrates!) superheroes with lame powers. e.g.:

99% opacity

SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: Achieving 99% opacity, a.k.a. The Slightly Invisible Man.

This throwaway power lets you vanish into thin air as long as …

plinky

despite the questionable terms of service agreement, i signed up with plinky, once i looked over my blog and realized it's wanting for original content. however, plinky does not direct-post to moveable type blogs, so you'll have to hit up my tumblelog, miscellany to see …

kendo

ellen sent me this and...wow.

whale watching

A group of us headed down to Long Beach for whale watching and it was the perfect day for it: over 80 degrees in January and plenty of whales in the ocean.

battlestar galactica auction preview day

So much geeking out, so little time.

battlestarprops.com
Pasadena Convention Center

upgrade!

dude down the street changed his 'la cucaracha' car horn to the theme from 'the godfather'.

super jenga!

Game night started with Settlers of Catan, but then Cameron and I finally had some takers for Super Jenga, a hypothetical game we've been itching to try since we realized we both had Jenga. What if we put the two Jenga sets....together? Into ONE TOWER??

Turns out, …

food poisoning

second time in less than a year. wtf. good thing i don't have a job or i would've caused quite the scene, writhing on the floor in a cold sweat.

hedgehog stuck in toilet paper roll!

via buzzfeed

buenos aires day 11: belgrano

On our last day in Argentina I got up and packed, then ate an alfajor on the balcony and watched San Telmo wake up.

We hit Hipop

OMFG I'M GOING TO THE ILLINOIS INAUGURAL BALL IN DC!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! over christmas i found out that my cousin (who lives in DC) and her mom are going to the illinois inaugural ball. after considering a trip to DC to just be in the city for the inauguration, and then rejecting the idea due to lack of job, …

buenos aires day 10: congreso - san telmo market

We took a cab to Congreso to have lunch at a Peruvian restaurant recommended by a couple of our guide books. But of course, since it's Argentina, the restaurant wasn't going to open until an hour later than posted. So, we went to la Moncloa for licuados and coffee to …

heidi montag & spencer pratt

last night i was boarding my flight from jfk to lax, and i walked by them in first class. yes, spencer still has the terrible beard, but he's better looking in person. heidi is gorgeous, tiny, and has fantastic hair (though it's the fake-est color ever).

new year's eve in new york city

Kind of on a whim, I decided to come to New York City for New Year's since I'd never been before. I stayed with Travis at his place in Brooklyn. I spent my first afternoon wandering around SoHo, checking out the shops (and crazy packs of shoppers) while waiting for …

ficlets

since apparently ficlets is being shut down, i reprint here the one ficlet i managed to write. i had intended to write them regularly but inspiration was rare.

If Only It Were Pickles

"Does this smell OK to you?" Jack asked.

Sam recoiled. "I dunno what it's supposed …