Christmas shopping/ideas

BPAL imps:
for megan -
mad hatter
alice
cheshire cat
shub-niggurath
jack
for me -
mouse's long and sad tale

5 X 7 photobooks
@ Shutterfly
@ Snapfish

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blog idea for baby blog:

mom & charlotte's playlist:
my only offer
meltdown
c-o-f-f-e-e
decemberists
gustafer yellowgold

next week - dad & charlotte's playlist

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on music:

"How can you take advice from a nihilist? You know? They don't even care if they are going to live the next day."

- the guy from Of Montreal on why punk rockers have an unsustainable point of view on selling out/making money from music

on criticism:

"I'm a sensitive guy...I can't even self-Google."

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look up Of Montreal packaging

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Mates of State - My Only Offer Lyrics

Bought a home we bartered right.
Two kids, Two car delight.
Posed pictures on the walls.
Small talk in the bedroom halls.

Can't make it home tonight.
Go to sleep but leave the light.
I pretend to make a call.
Loose talk into bedroom stalls.

Oh, oh, oh is my only offer.
Stifle copies of myself.
Oh, oh, oh, or someone else.

My friends they all agree.
Give in to our defeat.
In secret we believe,
We're nothing, nothing, nothing that we need.

Oh, oh, oh, is my only offer.
Stifle copies of myself.
Oh, oh, oh, or someone else.

I always wanted to be the face in front of me.
Debating a life sucked out the energy.
Build up a wall made ut of finer things.
Piled in high so we could barely see it.

Oh oh oh is my only offer.
Oh, oh, oh, my only offer.

Oh, oh, oh, my only offer.
Stifle copies of myself.
Oh, oh, oh, it's all I have to offer.

the Lauren ring on etsy.com

this little piggy etsy shop - cute sundresses

Hang Loose Baby etsy shop

cute baby smock by liziedoos on etsy

smock like the one Charlotte got - edee's shop on etsy

criss-cross top w/o buttons by BirdandBean

cherry reversible pinafore dress on etsy (StarDustPixies)

cute pinafore dress / blue gingham reversing to bluegreen flowers

I heard about a restaurant in LA on one of my podcasts - Animal. Do you remember that show that was on FoodTv briefly, something about Two Dudes Catering? It was about these two dudes who kinda flirt with comfort food and molecular gastronomy, and they were on Iron Chef America and also, like I said, had their own show. Apparently they have a restaurant as well as their catering business, and it specializes in "dude food." A vegan couldn't eat there, a vegetarian or a Muslim would also have a hard time.

Needless to say, as soon as I heard this I tried to find a menu online, but it looks like their website is still "coming soon." I did find a few reviews, though.

LA Times review
blogger review

Also on this podcast? Kombucha. Dude, I am so over kombucha. That's so...late 2007. See, and this guy they are interviewing makes it sound so appealing. And yet...and yet...no, the fermented smell is just too much for me. I've tried a couple different flavors of a couple different brands, and it still didn't work. Maybe I'll try it again.

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Valley Advocate article on The Free Harvest Supper

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Thanks, Gabe. That's a lot of good info to think about. I love buying books for people, and I especially like getting GOOD books. We live in Sunderland now, which has a small library with sparse hours - I haven't even been there, yet, but I'd like to go and get some books out.

more shopping for wedding

shoes from torrid
peep-toe, kitten heel
pointy toe

random torrid stuff
wing ring
coil ring
spanx cami
plum leggings (like those turquoise ones i had in middle school!)

shoe shopping

http://zapp.me/z7449658
http://zapp.me/z7449663
http://zapp.me/z7424177
http://zapp.me/z7492243
http://zapp.me/z7348098

trying to find shoes for my brother's wedding. would love lime green pointy toed heels in a wide width. not finding them. :( pointy toed black heels in a wide width are a good second choice.