the other day, i was looking up the origin of the phrase "long in the tooth" as i myself am feeling a little long in the tooth lately. i think i had a momentary obsession with the idea that the gums might recede and recede until the teeth just have nothing left to hold onto and fall out. gross thought, i know, but i'm the daughter of a former ( Read more... )

i just woke up thinking about "the cat and the hat comes back" and i wonder if the whole pink ink thing was inspired by when washing machines leave ink marks on your clothes instead of rendering them cleaner ( Read more... )

I have a hard time throwing away the trimmed edges of my paintings. there is something I love so much about the messy edge in contrast to perfect lines and patterns. trimmed edges were my inspiration for my web portfolio too (in need of an update, but at http://illustration.boygirlparty.com)

sometimes I think of taping them all together and ( Read more... )

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Yesterday my good friend Erin was clicking various links on the internets and happened upon a HILARIOUS photo of the two of us on a random person's flickr account. It was a polaroid someone found in a Harlem Globetrotters book in a thrift store (i'm guessing in NYC) it had 'mississippi' written on the back, although the photo itself was taken in ( Read more... )

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the homepage of livejournal suggested i write about my idea of a perfect sandwich, layer by layer. this is the part where i can share a funfact about me and sandwiches: when i was little, maybe 7 years old or so, i only liked to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. didn't have to be anything special about the bread, pb or jelly, i just really ( Read more... )

between this and my now ever-present backpack, i'm bringing back to school back.


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