It only took me about 3 months, but I've finally scanned the little photos I took with my darling little Fujifilm Cheki during my 6 week jaunt to Hawaii and California. These are my favorites out of the three packs' worth I took:
blue Hawaii....
my favorite home in SoCal, and my fab cousins who welcomed me in:
Another classic from ye olde archives. The silky smooth stylings of Mr.D-O double G.
In other news: my new macbook pro arrived this morning! Hmm, that didn't take long after I posted it in my wishlist. This bodes well for my dreams of new cameras and trips abroad...
My favorite redhead. The only celebrity I feel a genuine affection and attachment to. I once named a goldfish after him. His show has been making me laugh for literally half my life (over 15 years since I first started watching); even when I was living in Japan my awesome friend would tape the show and send videos to me so I could get my fix of his strange brand of humour. No matter how bad a day I'd had, there was always Late Night to give me something to smile about before going to sleep. I think, I hope, he will be back again soon in some format. Love you Coco!
What's that sound? Oh, it's my 14 yr old self rushing to press "record" as this song comes on the RADIO so I can add it to my MIX TAPE. Ah 20th century, you were a simpler time...
1. the Olympus Pen E-P1 -- the almost perfect camera. 2. a springtime visit to Vienna, the Austrian countryside, and other European locales in the vicinity 3. a fun, frothy, photo-happy picnic with the gals of Unravelling 4. a sparkly new macbook (this one, I think, is closest to manifesting)
I have written before about my love of a good remake, and this week the song in question is the iconic 80's Smiths tune, How Soon is Now, as interpreted by those t.A.T.u girls. I've long had a bad impression of the duo, but there is no getting around the fact that not only have they done justice to the original song, but they've brought even more to it.
I've been thinking a lot about this issue of reconciling the artist with the art itself -- where do you draw the line? In the case of t.A.T.u., I don't appreciate their history of obnoxious behaviour, but that doesn't stop me from loving and sharing their music. When it comes to Chris Brown, though, as much as I really, really like both of his newest singles, I would feel mighty uncomfortable promoting them here. Is it possible to look at the art on its own merit and appreciate it, no matter who created it? Food for thought.
Lena and Yulia's version:
And the original Smiths. Morrissey rocks some AWESOME moves you guys.
The idea for this list comes via yes and yes, and I think Sarah is right that it is all too easy to dwell on all the things that didn't happen during the year, when really, we should be giving ourselves a little more credit and feeling just a bit more gratitude for the good that came our way. So with a heart full of appreciation, I'd like to thank 2009 for:
Finally getting my cousins to make the cross-country trek for a visit here
Receiving so many hits in one day (over 11,000) in my 1000 Markets shop that the stat counter BROKE and the CEO himself emailed me to find out what was going on
