Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Arcade Fire
God. I am sorry to those of you who dislike Arcade Fire, but I can't stand it anymore. I really, really love them. They are extremely good. AND, they have a new album coming out soon, AND, they just started announcing tour dates. AAAAAHHHH I can't wait. Can you imagine? I've seen recordings of shows of theirs and they're ridiculous. Maaaaaaaaan. I'm going to go out on a limb right now and say they're in my top 3 bands. At least for the moment.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Christmas cookies
For the last couple of weeks I've been doing cookies. Here is a picture of about 3/4 of them.
It doesn't look like that many. But christ, it took forever. Here is one of my favorites up close. Those are chocolate curls or whatever they're called, which I used for antlers. You can't see them very well in the picture.
Here are some 3-D ones, which are made from a Williams-Sonoma thing that was way more expensive than I thought. Oh, well. A similar thing was used for these reindeer's antlers. (was that correct grammatical form?) Anyway, these are the things that took forever. GOD.
It doesn't look like that many. But christ, it took forever. Here is one of my favorites up close. Those are chocolate curls or whatever they're called, which I used for antlers. You can't see them very well in the picture.
Here are some 3-D ones, which are made from a Williams-Sonoma thing that was way more expensive than I thought. Oh, well. A similar thing was used for these reindeer's antlers. (was that correct grammatical form?) Anyway, these are the things that took forever. GOD.
Monday, December 18, 2006
A surprising yet totally true conclusion
I have suddenly settled on the type of shampoo I am going to use forever: Head and Shoulders. Weird, huh? Well, I have been trying different kinds for years and years and years and finally, just recently, I have really "craved" this kind. So, why not always use it? O-kay.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
God.
What a shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty day.
I don't even want to think. UGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
I don't even want to think. UGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Monday, December 11, 2006
Fine china
I have been obsessed with trying to figure out what to get for my family, and I am finally done, so I thought I would share some of it. Upon further thought I am concentrating on the china that I purchased. Beware: I am going to discuss cost. Sometimes it annoys me when I do that, but in this case it's an interesting piece of the story.
My mom and my grandma love crystal, especially the Swedish company of Orrefors. So I got my grandma this bowl:
It is absolutely beautiful. I mean, I enjoy Orrefors as much as the next Swedish gal, but usually I could take 'em or leave 'em. This one I LOVE. I think it's partially because it has a cuteness factor to it with the snowflake. But apart from that, I took it out and looked at it and really understood why it's such a renowned china company. It is a piece of perfection.
This is what I got for my mom:
Ok, so it's an ornament. However, it's a Waterford crystal ornament. I have overheard before that my mom really wanted one. These things are friggin' ridiculous. The one I really wanted to get was $65. I really should have, because I ended up getting 30% off for various reasons. This one was $55. There were a couple of cheaper ones and many much more expensive ones.
My mom and grandma have expensive taste. Haha. Last year I got them both Orrefors that was on sale. The pieces were only like $30 but they almost had heart attacks.
I like Wedgwood a lot mostly because it's English. I looked at the Wedgwood Christmas stuff and there was a Vera Wang thing that was really pretty. But way too much money. Plus, I am the one that likes Wedgwood, not anyone else. Here it is.
Otherwise, though, the ornaments were weird. I didn't like where they were going with them.
I also love how as I was going around my expense threshold went up. At first I saw the annual Swarovski ornament which was $40 and I immediately said it was way too much. Then this tree was $50, still too much. Yet I still was somehow ok with a $55 one. I think it was because I knew my mom wanted one and will really appreciate it. Those kinds of things are things I don't mind spending money on, I think.
My mom used to work in the china department at Dayton's/Marshall Field's/Macy's. So I have an "education" on china. She always used to have me go around and look and pick out a pattern I like of dishes and of glassware so that I could gradually obtain an acceptable number of place settings by the time I am married, or something. I had some that I kept going back to, but I don't know. No gradual obtaining ever happened.
This is such a piece of society that is hardly ever noticed. How interesting.
My mom and my grandma love crystal, especially the Swedish company of Orrefors. So I got my grandma this bowl:
It is absolutely beautiful. I mean, I enjoy Orrefors as much as the next Swedish gal, but usually I could take 'em or leave 'em. This one I LOVE. I think it's partially because it has a cuteness factor to it with the snowflake. But apart from that, I took it out and looked at it and really understood why it's such a renowned china company. It is a piece of perfection.
This is what I got for my mom:
Ok, so it's an ornament. However, it's a Waterford crystal ornament. I have overheard before that my mom really wanted one. These things are friggin' ridiculous. The one I really wanted to get was $65. I really should have, because I ended up getting 30% off for various reasons. This one was $55. There were a couple of cheaper ones and many much more expensive ones.
My mom and grandma have expensive taste. Haha. Last year I got them both Orrefors that was on sale. The pieces were only like $30 but they almost had heart attacks.
I like Wedgwood a lot mostly because it's English. I looked at the Wedgwood Christmas stuff and there was a Vera Wang thing that was really pretty. But way too much money. Plus, I am the one that likes Wedgwood, not anyone else. Here it is.
Otherwise, though, the ornaments were weird. I didn't like where they were going with them.
I also love how as I was going around my expense threshold went up. At first I saw the annual Swarovski ornament which was $40 and I immediately said it was way too much. Then this tree was $50, still too much. Yet I still was somehow ok with a $55 one. I think it was because I knew my mom wanted one and will really appreciate it. Those kinds of things are things I don't mind spending money on, I think.
My mom used to work in the china department at Dayton's/Marshall Field's/Macy's. So I have an "education" on china. She always used to have me go around and look and pick out a pattern I like of dishes and of glassware so that I could gradually obtain an acceptable number of place settings by the time I am married, or something. I had some that I kept going back to, but I don't know. No gradual obtaining ever happened.
This is such a piece of society that is hardly ever noticed. How interesting.
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