Everything you need is already inside. Just do it. -bill bowerman (NIKE)

so absolutely grateful for dialogue with strangers---fills me right up.

may not be the same, but-

did i say it?

[this has been my life this week. that, and spreadsheets, data, office hours & freelance]
[this, this is a gem][don't you love these? i hate writing my name on envelopes.]

[and i want a new name anyway......]
[map wall; fixed!]
[paint design]


[be a sellout and read this trilogy.]

different, but distanced perfectly

renegade craft fair- last sunday

filled with all of my favorite things.

and it just feels good coming home

things i totally dig-

Putting my feet out the window of a car. All things car-related, most times.

The smell of coffee.

A washer and dryer in a hotel room.

A simultaneous strong handshake.

Bug’s Pontiac Vibe.

Saying the same thing as a sports commentator before they say it.

Lottery tickets.

Nailing a parallel parking spot on the first try.

New/Fresh sheets. Can’t beat em.

When I know all the buttons to speed through an automated telephone call.

Re-hashing random questions as you’re crossing any border.

When people I know quote lines from movies I’ve actually seen and all of the sudden remember.

When keys work to open up a taped package.

Sitting next to a babe on a plane.

Adrenaline.

Midwest Tours.

The instant I see Brittney or get into her car or one of us arrives at the destination, we don’t eve say anything, we just start laughing.

Getting home after driving for hours and mom has everything made.

My little brothers smile.

The way Jay Rose says “BENDER.”

Seeing fireworks off a dock.

When your pancakes turn out like the picture on the box.

Wearing white soccer socks.

Leaving the field with those soccer socks muddy and stained.

A great tumble on the field that didn’t even sting.

When the guy at the store brings you out 10 pairs of cleats.

When people at the store don’t ask me if I need help. I can handle shopping.

Realizing I’ve been holding my breath during a soccer match.

When someone says, “god you’re so European, why are you even here?”

When someone grumbles at US Soccer fans.

Rock-Paper-Scissors decision making.

Remembering what happened in a movie.

Waking up and realizing it’s Saturday.

Multi-tasking while brushing my teeth.

Smooth jazz.

The Three Paycheck Month.

Not having to change diapers.

The first shower after gritty camping.

When the rollercoaster drops.

How happy people are when something is designed or re-designed for them.

When someone says “God, I can’t get over your bed though..”

Handwritten things, mail through the post.

Building forts.

New socks.

Clothes coming out of the dryer.

Making it safely up a tree or old ladder.

Laying down in movie theatres.

Getting a really long scrabble word.

When the lights go out before the band goes on stage.

The face people make after they feel my muscles.

The praise from beating every boy I know at Nintendo.

Hearing live music just as you’re about to call it a night.

Seeing firefighters in their trucks.

for when you feel like a lady, but when you really don't feel like brushing your hair

re-vamped my space, photos to follow:







[mom,duh]

[tonight]
[best gift ever in the mail this week-appreciate the post so so so very very much]
[could anyone know me better?]
[ml]
[thank you so, so, so, very, very, very, much. miss you and ND]
[book i'm almost finished with- saw a review for it that says something about babygurl not being able to write one boring sentence. it is the truth. i'm reading it for each of the sentences.]
[mu+jw]
[letterpress print i recently snagged]
[saw this last night when we met a few folks that do screen-printing in house in pilsen >> i'm obsessed with this. it's all a joke between them that they stole, but i'm going to use the phrase for something else completely. they like it.]
[pilsen/art walk/friday night 1]
[2]
[3 - try it, make it, share it]
[TORONTO EXPO]




[market]
[had to be 12..per usual]

[niagra- what whaaaat]



some things to remember:

1. at first i was like, and then i was like.

2. it's like that instant in the optometrists office when the right lens clicks over, the letters on the chart start sharpening.

3. take it with a grain of salt.

4. what hurts so bad about youth isn't the actual butt whippings the world delivers. it's the stupid hopes playacting like certainties.

5. there are only the pursuing, the pursued, the busy & the tired.

6. figure out what it means to surrender.

7. electricity strikes when you're moving.

8. be grateful for things that work. i am. i'm grateful for things that are easy and work. not many things work, you know?

a quick note from gatsby:

"nevertheless, you did throw me over," said jordan suddenly. "you threw me over on the telephone but i don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me, and i felt a little dizzy for a while." we shook hands. "oh, and do you remember-" she added, "a conversation we had once about driving a car?" "why not exactly." "you said a bad driver was only save until they met another bad driver? well, i met another bad driver, didn't i? i thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. i thought it was your secret pride." "i'm thirty, i said. i'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor."

notes:

1. first u10 little dudes game today.

2. saw slash the other night live-i either want to be him or have him; either will do at this point.

go wear the world as a loose garment

&

be of good cheer