As of late

I’ve been having the greatest time catching up and hanging out with family, old friends, meeting new friends, eating and drinking plenty.

Recent flickr favorites

1. an entrance, 2. 经典玛格丽特, 3. cheers, 4. Almost too good to eat……almost, 5. Untitled, 6. cafe c&a, 7. gold mine, 8. 捷克来的皮诺曹, 9. 사진 800, 10. Untitled, 11. elderberry spritzer, 12. M6 and the reporter, 13. Chattin, 14. Untitled, 15. Wish Magazine Beach Kitchen, 16. Wish Magazine Lake Canoe, 17. dinner at alicia’s- summer has started, 18. {film.334}, 19. strawberry bar, 20. Untitled, 21. sevilla, 22. Untitled, 23. Untitled, 24. fruit stall, 25. refreshments, 26. Awning, 27. Mid-Century La Petite Swedish Matches 1, 28. Untitled, 29. Untitled, 30. Untitled, 31. Untitled, 32. seagull., 33. man at the window, 34. Untitled, 35. Untitled, 36. Untitled

A grand gesture

When I decide to make some monumental change, like vowing to discard all things negative in my life, I want to make some grand gesture of it to mark a new chapter of my life, to experience that instant feeling of liberation and the optimism of a fresh, new beginning. And then afterwards I’d get ice cream or something.

It’s hard, though, knowing what you should do because it’s not necessarily something you want to do. I hate when there’s that emotional and intellectual disconnect, so my reluctance is making me wait a bit before I do anything grand and big, though I’m not quite sure what I’m waiting for.

Wanderlust

I just bought this on Etsy today and I can’t wait for it to arrive in the mail. I love brass and silver things.

Since becoming well again after a few days in bed, and after basically being sick this entire semester, and despite my recently acquired stress [bald] spot (sigh), I’m feeling pretty good. This is going to be a good summer.

Favorite things

One of my favorite things to do lately (to avoid writing papers and other school responsibilies) has been to pop by the local drug store and load up on girly fashion magazines.

When I entered college, I made a vow to stop reading them because I didn’t want to waste my time reading fluff. But now, I love them. Sure, they’re still pretty cheesy at times, but I love the covers, all of the photographs, the layouts, the photoshoots and the wacky clothes the models sometimes wear, I like reading the health and skincare tips, the celebrity interviews, the Dos and Don’ts, among other things. I think a lot of this stems from my absolute love of magazines.

At the moment I currently have about a dozen or more magazines (girly and cerebral) scattered about my room. I can’t get enough.

Recent Flickr favorites

1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. greenduck, 4. garden apt bath 2, 5. lorenzo’s, 6. .7409, 7. So long, 8. summer, 9. 사진 313, 10. Cupcakes = yum and great photo prop, 11. dresses, 12. case, 13. Untitled, 14. Untitled, 15. back to bed, 3am, 16. bench monday {with some cake, 17. little lamb, 18. making of the cascarones, 19. yellow tile, 20. red barn, 21. Untitled, 22. Untitled, 23. Untitled, 24. Untitled, 25. Untitled, 26. Untitled, 27. Untitled, 28. birthday activity, 29. 蛋糕并不致命，咖啡也很马虎, 30. C by House of Flour, 31. the philly salon, 32. kitchen 3, 33. Untitled, 34. Untitled, 35. The second lamp, 36. Sun (Yip 093)

Eyes on the pies

Patrons line up “like payday depositors” in a bank, waiting to drop a few nickels in a slot for favorites like baked beans and Salisbury steak, freshly made each day and kept in “post-officelike boxes.” This New York City Automat, described in the March 1942 National Geographic, was part of an East Coast chain that sold 72,000 pieces of pie a day. Inspired by German “waiterless restaurants,” Joseph V. Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first U.S. Automat in Philadelphia in 1902 and soon built an empire. But by the ’60s, other fast-food joints were luring customers; the last Manhattan outlet closed in 1991. Automats live on in Amsterdam and returned to New York in 2006 at an East Village locale. —Marc Silver

(From the Flashback Archive at ngm.com)

I’m a sucker for all this self-serve stuff. Especially when it involves pie. If I ever make it out to the East Coast, I will definitely make a visit to the East Village.

The end is near

Is it over yet?

I feel pretty good in general, but…

I really, really can’t wait for this semester to end. It started lousy, progressed sluggishly, and I believe it will end with a dull *plod*. Honestly, I didn’t accomplish some things I wanted to—the motivation just wasn’t there. So I’m looking forward to the summer with lots of baking, sun, music and lazying about (and getting my academic shit together, in terms of reading and research), and will hopefully start the fall semester on the right foot. Yeh.

Excerpts from my moleskine

From a year ago…

“I constantly wonder what he’s up to with an unhealthy amount of curiosity that I have for no one else at the moment.” (April 8, 2008)

St. Vincent

Weekendness

On Sunday I ditched my school work and spent most of the day with my siblings. The weather was gorgeous and we all agreed that it was nice to be outside, enjoying each other’s company. We should do it more often.

We went downtown and checked out the recent exhibits at the art museum. Their newest exhibit is the Andy Warhol exhibit (did you know he was born Andrew Warhola?).

Make your own Andy Warhol pop art.

Other exihibits:

I wasn’t able to take a lot of pictures because due to copyright issues they don’t allow photography of any kind. I had to be sneaky about taking these ones.

I’m glad a took a little time off, even if I had to catch up and stay up late later on. Being outside with company reduced the loneliness I’ve been feeling lately, which was nice. I wish I had more time to do these spontaneous outings.

Recent Flickr favorites