when life gets boring...

...I do things to make it interesting.

Last week, I found myself brushing up on my American history by watching "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie." I miss my high school history classes. And it was nice to still have a little flicker somewhere in my head every time they showed the name of an atomic bomb test. [Did you know I used to know all of the names of those tests, where they were performed, what was being tested and what the results were? Crazy, right? Now I just have little flickers of that past knowledge.]

And a few nights ago? I straightened Ryan's hair. Because it was really long and well, I was bored.
He was all, "Hi. I'm Ryan. I'm in a band."
No he wasn't. I made that up. But that's what he was like in my head.
Mostly, he just looked like the Beeeeeibs.

And it was funny and made us laugh.

And sometimes I just make up games to play with Drake. Games like, "Blow on His Face Until He Growls and/or Lunges at Me" or "Make His Ears Go Foldy-Forward " or my personal favorite "Run", which consists of us chasing each other around downstairs.
He puts up with a lot.

Other times I lust over things I want, but will probably never buy because I 'm cheap know my money can be spent on much more meaningful things.

Dear Mom, Please find me a chair like this garage saling.

So, what do you do when you're bored?

my modcloth wishlist.

What? You haven't heard of ModCloth? You mean, you aren't as obsessed with vintage clothes as I am? C'mon guys. For those of you that haven't discovered the joy that is ModCloth, it's a fantastic website that sells vintage/retro/vintage-feeling clothes. And it's "run democratically"...so the people who shop there get to vote on potential inventory. Ingenious right?

So since I've learned that sometimes people like to give me stuff when I post it on my blog, I thought, DUH! I should post my wishlist and then maybe one day I'll open my door and I'll have a bunch of new clothes sitting on the stoop. What a wonderful world that would be, right?

So here is my ModCloth wishlist. In no particular order. Enjoy.

1. Bow wrap dress. I love bows. Like really really love bows. And turns out, so does the stylist for Emma Pillsbury. My love for her runs deep.

2. "Brilliant Business Plan in Indigo" Adorable, no? [If someone in this joint would ever hire me] I'd be the best dressed business woman you ever did see!

3. Craving Curry Skirt.

4. Dial Me Up Cardigan. You know what? Everytime I buy a cardigan (which is much more often than you would think, my wardrobe is just about 50% cardigans) I have to say, "Shake your party-cardy!"

5. Life of a Sparrow Dress. That Peter Pan collar...kills me.

6. Yacht to Trot Shorts. Except, these are too pricey for shorts, in my opinion. But still ridiculously cute.

6. Owl ring. Oh, you haven't heard? I've developed a mild obsession for owls. And I'm not really sure why. [Wait til you see my most recent thrifting treasure]

7. Take a Shine To Top.

8. Beach Blanket Bingo Bathing Suit. I've actually been eyeing this beauty for a looong time now. I have the hardest time finding bathing suits and still being modest, but I think this would certainly do the trick! And it's so adorable! I love it!

So yeah. If I had a lot of money, and had to spend it on myself, these are precisely the things I would buy.

And I'd probably go back to Retrospect and buy that record player I saw today. It was pretty fantastic and was dying to be in our home... trust me, I know these things.

victim of the trend.

I have fallen prey to the hipster trend of using plastic toy cameras.

Look at my new friend! Isn't it a beaut?

This is my Diana F+ camera. I've been wanting one for a while now. One of the blogs that I follow had a post that included a picture she took with her Diana Mini. I saw the picture, and it was like...well...I felt like this:

[(500) Days of Summer, anyone? I know I've mentioned this before, but seriously. That movie rocks. I think it's about time I watch it again. It's been a whole 3 months.]

Anyways, it was at that moment that I knew I wanted a Diana camera. But they're pretty pricey, so I knew it just wasn't in the cards for me. At least not for a while. (You know what? I hate that saying, "It wasn't in the cards." Very odd that my fingers so smoothly typed it out.)

It's been at least 6 months since I started wanting this camera. I have a confession. I would go into Urban Outfitters just to look at the Diana cameras. I think I even went there 3 times in one week. Pathetic? Maybe. In love? Most definitely. Kind of desperate and poor? Of course.

And then one day I came home, and Ryan had surprised me and used some of his birthday money that he had saved and bought me one!
[Boys can be nice sometimes]

Be ready for some future posts featuring my Diana photos :)

heroes.

Okay, so I know that I am like ridiculously behind on television shows. But we don't have cable. So deal with it.
My newest tv obsession? HEROES.
This show is awesome. Like...whoa. Really awesome. I only discovered it yesterday and I'm already on episode, well, I'm just gonna keep that to myself. [I did clean the oven/stove and made a fantastic dinner, so I have done other things besides watch tv]
Not only is the storyline great, but the show also has some little "bonuses" that make me love it that much more:
1. Mohinder.  

Mohinder. Mohinder. Mohinder. I love that name. I could say it over and over and over again. I might need to get a little pet and name him Mohinder.
[While looking for a picture of him, I think I may have seen some pictures that reveal part of the future storyline. Ahhhh! Dang it! It's like when I look ahead on the Netflix and read episode descriptions for future episodes, and then I know what's gonna happen and I wonder why I ever did that in the first place.]

2. Peter Petrelli. Another name I like to say over and over again. Peter Peterelli. Peter Peterelli. See? It's catchy! And not only do I like his name, but hi. It's Milo Ventimigilia (aka Jess from Gilmore Girls. Member? I'm a walking version of imdb.) And I like his hair.

Ahhh! I saw future pictures of Peter Petrelli too. I'm now reconsidering this post.
And also? Looking at that picture, I'm not sure why I like his hair so much. I promise it does look good on the show.

3. Jayma Mays has a short role on the show.
You know Emma Pillsbury? You know how I looooove her? Yeah, that's Jayma Mays.
AND she's a sweet little southerner on Heroes. Emma Pillsbury with an accent? Adorable.

You know what's funny? Her character on "Ugly Betty" was named Charlie AND she plays Charlie in "Heroes." I don't even think she looks like a Charlie. Hello people, it's Emma.

4. THE MUSIC. It's not your typical dramatic tv show music.

This one reminds me of Slumdog Millionaire. Which is only one of my all-time favorite movies. (Just listen to the beginning, not all 7 minutes of it.)

And this one? This one is just nice.

And now I'm abruptly ending this blog post, because so far on every search I've done to find pictures/videos, I've seen things that happen in future episodes and I'm not happy about it.
Moral of the story? Watch Heroes.

pottery

I've made a friend here in Philly. Her fiance is in the same program as Ryan. She's from Michigan as well. We have little dates every week and talk about how miserable we are and how nice it is to have a friend. It's fantastic. She's fantastic.

On a recent date, she mentioned that her and her beau were going to paint pottery and my jaw dropped. I've been wanting to paint pottery for a while now, but the closest place I could find was in Jersey. And there's no way I'm traveling to "dirty-jersey" to paint some dried clay. No way. But I was wrong, cause they found one on the South-East side of the city. She invited Ryan and I to join, so we made it a double date.


I had been talking all week about how I was going to paint an owl, so I lucked out when I found this little guy:

Ryan painted a hedgehog because it was inexpensive. Haha. What can we say? We're poor newlyweds!

And look how cute they turned out! (Well, pre-kilnage. I just made that word up.)