day twenty-four.

day twenty-three.

happy fedora friday.
here is a picture of my dinner:

anything goes burrito: garlic hummus, black beans, fresh salsa, seitan, and a sprinkling of nutritional yeast.

day twenty-two.

facebook ads: ever cohesive, ever accurate.

(Now I'm gonna be twenty-two, I say oh my and uh boo hoo.)

day twenty-one.

graffiti post:

lennon in chalk, west side of the union.

day twenty.

fringed leather: always in style.

day nineteen.

i started my adult popular lit class today. we're reading books in all genres: mystery, science fiction, fantasy, western, urban lit, romance, and literary non-fiction.
being forced to read something that isn't a pdf file for a class? oh, and you get to have a class book club- with snacks? yes, please.
i am starting with an audio book by kathy reichs (because i like the show "bones") and ursula le guin's the left hand of darkness.
one of the main goals of the course is to make us nonjudgmental of others' reading interests, which i think most of us recovering english majors desperately need.


i think i may actually get to sleep early tonight.

day eighteen.

my dad and his dad, 1961 or so.
this is the only picture i have of my dad in my apartment, because it is my favorite.
oh to pose in a buggy

day seventeen.

three days of classes down, and already a pile of reading.
marrying a lengthy pdf file tonight- a sleep reception will follow.

day sixteen.

*not actually sure this is a fedora, but i make the rules here.

day fifteen.

this is jc, coming to your live from an online class (so, my apartment, while i listen to course procedures and sip tea).
my professor just noted that, in regard to missing class sessions, "everyone has situations where they can't attend, because their computer was run over by a tricycle or something awful."


i made myself a workout chart for motivational purposes and posted it on the fridge.
i find that when i am somehow tangibly accountable to myself, i get more accomplished.
i also like stickers.

day fourteen.

please take a moment to show your support for illinois libraries!

http://www.saveillinoislibraries.com/

(image via flikr)

in related news, illinois is covered in ice.

i blame mr. freeze.

day thirteen.

day twelve.

green street graffiti, part two:

day eleven.

green street graffiti (with bonus, relevant, snow)

begging the age old question: which came first, the penguin or the bear?

day ten.

saturday in pictures:

waiting for the bus


there used to be a parking lot here. now: an alley where a red plastic cup has rented parking space #17.

oh, bookstore.

waiting at the terminal, for the bus.

backpack full o' bread. the co-op is my new favorite place to buy groceries. it is like vegan disneyland.

optimistic trash in the laundry room.



my camera case is a sock.

day nine.

greetings from my mailbox.
this level of enthusiasm for service makes me want to dry clean all of my clothing.
thank you, cover of "fistful of dollars," holiday edition.

oh yes, and it's fedora friday:

day eight.

my camera came in the mail today- i am officially no longer stuck in 1998.
going to watch my pal tim gunn at a friend's tonight.

day seven.

the first library science classroom at the u of i, circa 1900.
boy that's a lot of hair pins.

via gslis website

day six.

my reaction exactly.

in non-television related news, i made a burrito tonight and it reminded me of that show "rich girls," when ali didn't know how to make one and had a burrito breakdown. did i say non-television related? i meant highly so.

day five.

the(unframed) map of the U.S. that hangs above my bed fell on me sometime during the night and i woke up thinking it was a crunchy new blanket.

then i went to the grocery store and made friends with a snow bank.

day four.

via ontd

day three.

thank you, tv's mark suppelsa.




what i've learned:

2. putting too much sugar into muffins makes them cupcakes.

3. getting the last book of simpson's stamps at the post office makes you a winner.

day two.

FEDORA FRIDAY
in which fedoras are present, on fridays:




what i've learned so far:

1. when playing "Things...", "BJs" can be presumed as the best answer to roughly 85% of the cards.

day one.

homemade birthday - vegan chocolate cake with chocolate glaze.
the butterfly sprinkles were mostly for the benefit of my niece and nephew- aged nearly 2 and nearly 5.
i have officially outgrown the single box of candles.