Don't Forget Your Floaties!

It's really really hot and humid today. I want to dive right into this ring from Swatch. I saw this in a magazine and was smitten!

It also reminded me of this gem:

Hockney's "A Bigger Splash"

And then of course I thought of this:

Hockney's "Neat Lawn"

Brilliant.

I want a pool and / or sprinkler.

Ducks about Ducks

Sorry for the skipped update! I was on a picnic with some ducks and friends.

Tons of vegan treats and lots of laughs.

Ya know.

For full update visit Jen's blog.

Hair Couture and Paranormal Dinner Parties

One of my dad's favorite movies of all time is "Beetlejuice".

He and I must have watched it one-thousand times while I was growing up.

The most famous scene of course is the dinner party performance of "the Banana Boat Song"

Since I was three, I've always been fascinated with the lady in green during this scene:



Her name is Adelle Lutz and she is half Japanese and half German.

It turns out she is also is a fashion designer and her clothing is weird and worth mentioning as well.
Adorable!

Paris is no Stranger to Controversy

"Be young and shutup"

Forty years ago one warm May, French students and workers took to the streets in protest!

Simply, students were sick of the conservative majority and being put down by the older generations.

Eventually things got pretty violent and as always, the police got REALLY violent and this lent some sympathy to the students.

And then since history repeats itself, France's government collapsed for the neuf-centième time, and a new one was put in place.

More or less exciting than the French Revolution!

So how will you celebrate?

Will you lock yourself up in your Parisian flat with your twin and newly befriended American for a little incestuous menage-a-trois and old timey movie references?


Or maybe center your advertising campaign for your high-end avant-garde couture line around it since, as Vice magazine says, "it went from funny to verboten to fashionable because it went from funny to verboten".

For example this:
Became this:


Either way,

"Je me souviens"
"I remember"

(Which is the slogan for Quebec, but hey, it works here too)

Where Can I Get More of this??

I found this old wrapping paper in my old backpack and I want more of it.


In other news, I had breakfast with my grandparents and their old people friend's and I would like to provide you with old people update:

-- Everything is expensive
-- What happened to penny candy?
-- "Why would you rather live in the city?"
-- Everything is getting stolen (especially by the P***** R*cans) [not my grandparents view]
-- "That Joy Behar is a loudmouth"

And other incoherent ramblings.

But I love my weekly visits!

Also, if you have a hankering for super delicious food (and have extra money to spare) come eat at BALASIA. 5 - 11. I'll be there serving delicacies with a smile.

Peculiar Porcelain

This following porcelain figurines made by Barnaby Barford are not your nana's precious moments.

Titled: "Come on Alan you little bitch"

Titled: "If my father could see me now..."

Titled: "Put that on YouTube"

Titled: "Dear Lord, for what we are about to receive make us truly thankful"

Titled: "Come on you lightweight, Down it!"

Titled: "Mary had a little lamb"

So there you have it. I think I have a new obsession!

Stay tuned for more bizarre figurines and for a really hilarious post about a nightclub in York, Pennsylvania.

Birth Daze Wishes

Things I would not mind having on my birthday:

A Case Study House. Or more realistically, the Taschen book about the case study houses.

Cola with lime. The drink featured above has rum in it which would be okay with me as well.

But I would prefer to have Steaz brand green tea cola since it does not have high fructose corn syrup in it.



Babs has been pushing this book all week and I would not mind reading it. **BONUS** features include jabs at Star Jones, who has been waiting for a moment to come up in the news and bam, here she is and I still dislike her.

A leather bomber or member's only jacket. Preferably second-hand so I won't feel entirely guilty about wearing leather. Plus Philly phasion icon and vegan Lacie Z sports one well.

A trip to Vegan Treats.

DD iced coffee sans cream and sugar but with coconut flavoring. Also, I hope you all got your free coffee yesterday. I wanted to go many times but momma wasn't having it.

My car to work again.

The Three P's (PBR, Peanut butter, and peeing) with phriends in Philly*.

So that's that I s'pose.

Replacing F's with a ph to make it related to Philadelphia will never get old.

Oh! Also, Allentown had a shout out in the season finale of The Office last night. It's where Jan has her Lamaze class. It's a rather long drive between Allentown and Scranton... oh well.

All I Do is Write Papers on Movies

This time it's for Spanish and it's a thriller from 1996.

Enjoy "Tesis"