painsthee

Cardboard Mounted Deer

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:52:11 -0600

Cardboard Mounted Deer:

WANT.

Miss Piggy singing ‘Fuck the Pain Away” by...

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:06:35 -0500

Miss Piggy singing ‘Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches.

People, this is why YouTube was invented.

Far East Cafe

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:52:42 -0500

I had lunch at the new East Nashville Vietnamese place today, cleverly named Far East (ha ha). It was quite tasty—the fresh rolls were amazing, my Saigon Chicken was tasty and wholesome, and Todd’s Pork & Noodle bowl was also quite delicious (and huge).

I’m stoked they moved to the neighborhood, and glad it’s close enough to drop in for lunch while I’m at work, too.

Dear Amazon Marketplace Sellers:

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:27:10 -0500

I really, really want to buy from you, but when you don’t list an edition or publication date, I can’t get my textbook from you because I need a specific edition.

Please rectify this.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Stephanie

Re-reading Sandman

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:14:27 -0500

Re-reading Sandman:

An excellent article in which Teresa Nielsen Hayden revisits Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and exactly what it means and what its place is.

I would like this, please. Even though it would be better in...

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:26:26 -0500

I would like this, please.

Even though it would be better in black.

But I can deal with Navy. Honest.

via Anthropologie

Thanks for Nothing!!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:52:37 -0500

littleorphanammo:

fletter:

laureola:

ryanpurtill:

I started reading the bible a few months ago from the beginning. I was two thirds in, when some homeless guy on the subway yelled:

“Jesus died for your sins!”

WTF man! spoiler alert!!

I yelled back “Snape killed Dumbledore” …but he just looked confused…and dirty.

Awwweeesssommmeee.

Julie Delpy playing “Waltz for a Night” in Before...

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:07:21 -0500

Julie Delpy playing “Waltz for a Night” in Before Sunrise. Another huge favorite. Love love love every single thing about this film, and in particular this moment.

Nina Simone-Summertime Essential summertime listening.

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:19:19 -0500

Nina Simone-Summertime

Essential summertime listening.

I love this movie, and I want this lamp.

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:36:21 -0500

I love this movie, and I want this lamp.

"I would do anything Tim Burton wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark… I would do it."

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:34:17 -0500

“I would do anything Tim Burton wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark… I would do it.”

- Johnny Depp (via simko) (via byrdie)

What I've been considering today:

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:28:49 -0500

My summer has not quite been exactly what I was hoping.
But then at the same time, it has definitely had its pretty-wonderful moments.

I had all these plans. Things I would accomplish during my Summer Vacation, in the scant 3 months between semesters of grad school.

I have not signed up for yoga classes.
I have not even begun the photography project that has been brewing in the creative part of my brain that I have basically ignored for two years.
I have not emailed Charlie and told him the Chase story.
I have not learned to bake bread. (I kill yeasts. And have no patience.)
I have not learned to can things.
I did not put out a vegetable garden.
I still haven’t had the house to myself to make Zeb the dinner lit entirely by candlelight that I’ve been meaning to make him.
I haven’t made it to Boston, even though I’ve been trying since April.
I haven’t made the roadtrip to Austin that I’ve been planning.

But, at the same time, good things have definitely transpired.

Two of my very dear friends got married, and I got to help them out by doing the lighting for them.
Zeb and I went out of town for hiking and cooking and eating and explosives on the 4th of July with the same two friends.
I’ve been better about cooking at home and eating out less.
I reorganized my iTunes library.
My herb garden is kicking some ass, and I’ve gifted many friends with fresh herbs as a result.
Took a trip with mom to Chattanooga.
Zeb & I visited his parents.
We had our annual canoe trip for Ben’s birthday, and while all told it was an utter fiasco, there were still moments of delight.
I’ve painted all but the hallway in my house, thus eradicating the beige I loathed so much.
I’ve read a lot of books, and most of them were delightfully non-academic.
And I’ve spent a lot of unexpected, spontaneous time with friends. Which is nothing but goodness.

I was really considering that the other night. Oftentimes I feel so freaking busy, even right now when I’m not also juggling a full class load. But that busy-ness is dinner with friends, rousing games of Scene It, cooking for people I love. And that is never something to feel put upon about. I love my friends, and I love my boyfriend, and maybe I love that a summer can still be a beautiful thing even if it doesn’t exactly go as planned.

WANT. via www.cardboardsafari.com

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:41:13 -0500

WANT.

via www.cardboardsafari.com

List of things to do with my visiting friend this weekend during her first trip to Nashville:

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:13:05 -0500

Bookman/ Bookwoman

Fido

Patterson House

Parthenon

Bobbie’s Dairy Dip

McKays (she too loves books, you see)

Frist Center for the Arts

Drive her through downtown, play spot-the-cowboy-hats

see 500 Days of Summer

cook

drink

I had a weird dream about being in Paris and grappling with baguettes. Metaphor?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:16:37 -0500

I had a weird dream about being in Paris and grappling with baguettes.

Metaphor?

from Wildwood, New Jersey I must track down and see this movie....

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:27:59 -0500

from Wildwood, New Jersey

I must track down and see this movie. Damn you, netflix oversight!

byrdie: nevver: Film family portraits For Brooklyn who loves...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:37:05 -0500

byrdie:

nevver: Film family portraits

For Brooklyn who loves this flick

“You mean I’ll always be this color??”

"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I..."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:02:41 -0500

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.”

- Sylvia Plath

"When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn’t make the darkness go away. The bad things..."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:35:45 -0500

“When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn’t make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. “It’s all right” we whisper, “I’m here, I love you.” and we lie: “I’ll never leave you.” For just a moment or two the darkness doesn’t seem so bad.”

- Neil Gaiman

I know it’s weird, but to me, this is the perfect weather:...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:06:10 -0500

I know it’s weird, but to me, this is the perfect weather: rainy and cool, with a mopey-rock soundtrack.