haunting

I just watched the Painted Veil for the first time last night and I thought it was a great film. One of my new favorites. The scenery alone (filmed in Guiling and Guangxi, China) was sublime. Add great acting from Edward Norton and Naomi Watts on top of that. I loved how well both of them played their roles, especially Edward Norton, my favorite line is where he says to Kitty,

I knew when I married you that you were selfish and spoiled. But I loved you. I knew you only married me to get as far away from your mother as possible. And I hoped that one day...there'd be something more.

I loved how throughout the movie you alternate between loving and hating the main characters, they are played with so much depth. The music is also beautiful, with piano pieces by Lang Lang and the prettiest French song, "A La Claire Fontaine".

cheeky new wallet

While I am still hoping that the police will somehow come upon my old and beloved wallet and return it to me, for practical purposes, I need a replacement. I found (and ordered) this great new wallet from Hobo on anthropologie at 1/2 off.

I also found this great purse which is currently on sale. Someone go buy it so I can see how cute it is in person! I felt like a new wallet should be my limit being students and all.

jeff koons - in chicago!

It wasn't too many posts ago that I was lamenting the fact that I didn't live in New York to see the Jeff Koons exhibit on their roof. Now Chicago has got our own exhibit going on with plenty of fun mirrored animals for people like me to enjoy.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

One of my favorite poets, who became the the first woman to win the pulitzer prize for poetry. Robert Frost viewed her as his most serious competitor. She entered what is considered her best work, the poem Renascence, in a poetry contest at the age of 20, and only placed fourth! Here's a snippet of the beginning:

RENASCENCE
And all I saw from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood.
Over these things I could not see:
These were the things that bounded me;
And I could touch them with my hand,
Almost, I thought, from where I stand.
And all at once things seemed so small
My breath came short, and scarce at all.
But, sure, the sky is big, I said;
Miles and miles above my head;
So here upon my back I’ll lie
And look my fill into the sky.
And so I looked, and, after all,
The sky was not so very tall.
The sky, I said, must somewhere stop,
And—sure enough!—I see the top!
The sky, I thought, is not so grand;
I ’most could touch it with my hand!
And reaching up my hand to try,
I screamed to feel it touch the sky.
I screamed, and—lo!—Infinity
Came down and settled over me;
Forced back my scream into my chest
Bent back my arm upon my breast

logo-rama

When I was an over-eager, future graphic design student at BYU, I had the ambitious idea of traveling up and down State street, offering to re-design all the horrendous logos I was seeing. Unfortunately, I never got into their program, and that never happened. But I think Brand New is pretty fun, they post the before and afters of the good bad and ugly logo re-designs out there. It's really fun to see the changes and read everyone's opinion, and there are some strong opinions out there. Here are some notables (old on left, new on right)...

I like this much better.

I really liked the old-school payless look better...there are way to many sans-serif fonts out there.

Did they do this before or after photoshop did the same thing with their logo?

I think this one is so much fun, like a gift being unwrapped. I'm sure they have some great interactive things on tv using this.

I love all the teeny animals.

This seems to be bucking the trend for sans-serif, and I like it.

The Art Gallery of Ontario, I like both so much!

goodbye my LOVE

I need a little pick me up this morning. My wallet got stolen by some stupid punk last night and I just spent all night calling credit card companies and speaking to those annoying atomated data entry phone services. Urgh!

Nothing cheers me up better than a few great quotes from a classic film.

Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!

Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.

We got no food, no jobs... our PET'S HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!

Petey? You sold my dead bird to a blind kid? Lloyd! Petey didn't even have a head!

Hey guys. Oh, big gulps huh? All right! Well, see ya later.

Husband? Wait a minute... what was all that 'one in a million' talk?

Harry: Ooh, look at the buns on that one...
Lloyd: Yeah, he must work out.

I love touching base

Yesterday one of my coworkers walked around the office handing out these hilarious stickers. I got the touching base one. Something about it makes me giggle every time I see it. I really have a love-hate relationship with office jargon. I LOVE it and think it's hilarious when someone else says something like, "let's circle back on that" but I HATE when I accidently find myself saying these things. What is your favorite office lingo?

father's day

if you want my bocce...

We have a Bocce ball league at work, and I don't mean to brag or anything...but our team, 'deboccery' is currently 3-1. I even almost bought this to practice over the weekend.

resto baby

I'm at the Land of Nod in thier bedding department. We're all reacting right now to the new restoration hardware baby bedding. For the most part, I think it's pretty boring and buttoned-up looking.
I do love the moses basket that fits into a stand.

Also, I don't think a home furnishings company should ever venture into clothing, you can almost tell from the pictures...the fit is going to be awful. Pottery Barn Kids made the same mistake and everything they made has been on super-sale ever since.

Andrew Bush

Andrew Bush rigged a camera to the passenger side of his vehicle and snapped photos of the other cars he pulled up next to on the streets of California through the 80's and 90's. I have always loved driving down the street, checking out what people in the cars next to you are doing, and so these photos were fun to check out. You can see an online collection here.
{via Ali Loves Curtis}

I want...I need....

...if only I could figure out how to end my pesky contract with verizon...

Jim's dream car

I'm so happy that it's finally come to this....
Instead of this...
...although me posting this picture will probably remind him of his long-lost love for the unimog!