i stumbled upon this website of strange and beautiful objects. here are a couple of my favorites.

disclaimer: sorry this post doesn't have a lot of my thoughts, etc., but you'll have to deal.

this daisy vase, hand-blown from a bic ballpoint pen. pretty, clean, simple lines, and recycled - who could ask for more in such an object?






















handmade pencil sea urchins - what else is there to say?















this twig bench is not only aesthetically beautiful, but is also environmentally friendly. it pretty much blows my mind.

forts

a post about fort spaces.
remember building forts out of blankets and pillows when you were kid? banging together a couple two by fours, shoving it between branches, and calling it a tree house?
where did those spaces go?

don't we need them now, with the stress of just living accumulating, more than ever?

i yearn for a space that i can just be in, and have it be my own and fill it with my memories and dreams and crayon drawings scrawled on the walls. why don't we have those spaces anymore?

i guess i'm just hoping for a place to get away from it all, especially the time. i hate dates and schedules and clocks and minutes and hours and day lights saving time and time zones and planned activities. what's the point of it all anyways? the more you watch time and try to hold on to it, the more it slips through your fingers.

when i was younger, time seemed so much longer than it is now.

reflection post

as i head in to the final quarter of this hellish school year, i have some reflections:
one no one ever has to put up with bullshit. it is your own fault if you are not strong enough to speak up against injustice. people have enough power within themselves to change their reality, but most people just like riding on everyone else's coat tails. so, listen up, world: only you can change the things you see need to change.

two take everything one day at a time. if that's too far ahead for you, if you don't feel you can go a day at a time, take it an hour and a half at a time. say to yourself, "i can survive anything for an hour and a half" because you can.

three define everything yourself. do not give in to social standards of 'beauty' and 'morality' because they may not be right for you, as a person. you only need to live up to your own standards, yeah? if you solely live up to other's standards, you will never be happy with yourself.

four life is too crazy, too unpredictable, too significant and insignificant to take too seriously.

sketch

SKETCH TIME!

food court musical

i always wondered why people in musicals randomly burst into song and what would happen if someone actually did that.

this video is most definitely worth watching, by the way.
discovered by stumbleupon.

CUPCAKE post

cupcakes and work spaces and indifference, oh my!

cupcakes: i made my first cupcakes without my mom's help for the first time ever. there was no occasion, but i just thought to myself, "i should totally make cupcakes on this lovely saturday afternoon" and i did. i have discovered through this experiment, that i absolutely love baking. i come from a line of bakers (well, at least on my dad's side - my great-grandfather and great-uncle) and really want to continue with this new found love.
I WANT TO HAVE A BAKERY WHEN I GROW UP! well, that and a liger, but that's a different story.

work spaces: i have finally set up a table in my room to store my sewing machine, sketchbooks, laptop, papers, random presents, research papers, etc. i work on a stool, with one leg placed on the end of the table so it's like i'm half-way into half-lotus and my calf doubles as a elbow rest (the only bad thing is that my leg falls asleep) and i am so excited that i actually have a stable surface to do shit on instead of using the floor. and i did, finally, after about a week of disgust and chills, have cleaned the bottom lip of the table that contained old cobwebs that had mingled with random fibers and dirt and dead spider bodies.
yummy.

indifference: i am becoming increasly indifferent to people (in general), the opinions of my teachers and "friends", messes, clothes, high school drama, writing (which sucks balls), and school in general. yes, most of these things should not be first and foremost in my mind, but it's annoying to not have any focus at all, as well as dreading the moment when i actually have to sit down and care about these things.

everything's alright though, how are you?