Finally, some downtime. Had a night to myself tonight, so I spent some time cleaning up and revamping my studio to make it a bit more comfy. Created a window seat so I can stare outside, some new shelves, and lounged. It’s amazing how much stuff I’ve accumulated up here over the past seven months….before, it was as if I had nothing. Now there’s fabric and craft supplies bursting at the seams. I think my paint has been having babies when I’ve been looking the other way.

Listening to a lot of Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald and old 12-bar blues tonight. Perfect for staring out the window at the sky.

Happy weekend!

PS – Spooks still isn’t adopted. *pout*

note to self: when swimming in the dark, watch out for turtles.

hit up meech lake last night for a swim. it’s been a while….nice to get in the water after dark and float aimlessly around. I was always a pool swimmer growing up, and swimming in lakes was something I didn’t actually do until I was in my twenties. I always found them a little horror-inducing (with all of those turtles, water snakes, rock-bottoms, lake-grass) so I avoided. that tends to be my approach to a lot of things…..avoid avoid avoid avoid then dive right in and love it.

sometimes, that approach has much better results than what you might have anticipated.

today’s album playlist rundown:

neutral milk hotel: in the aeroplane over the sea
stars: set yourself on fire
justin clayton: tragic
metric: old world underground

two things: my summer is sorely lacking in quality time spent on docks. this old photo is exactly what I *should* be doing with my summer (well….maybe minus the long-ish hair). but I’m not. FIX.

also, i don’t actually have a lot to say….but some things.

1. between then and now I’ve gotten bitten by /something/ that’s left me itchy and bumpy. Annoying.
2. the new bridgehead is actually kind of nice, but the layout is different. also, the soft booth at the back has HUUUUUUGE tables. Too huge and tall. I feel like a little kid sitting with the grown-ups.
3. organic lemonade? Meh. Homemade lemonade? sweet.
4. my foot hurts. half of you will know why. the other half won’t care. but…for the record: ouch.
5. I’m starting to warm up to Madelaine Peyroux – why didn’t I like her before, you ask? I have.no.idea.
6. font hunt starts in new york tomorrow. so cool.
7. aisle of averages – these may be somewhat tweaked, but they’re so soothingly pretty I don’t care.
8. I want more restaurant service like this
9. My office chair has been broken for a week. Aeron seats? Unravel. :(
10. So I stole a new seat. It’s seat part is intact, but the back? Also, unraveled. Double boo.
11. I’m not yet reading the new harry potter. But soon.
12. Nouvelle Vague is garnering an extraordinary amount of listening time for me these days. The girls have these amazingly smooth and clean french-accent-tinged vocals, breathy and fine.
13. Seriously, whatever bit me while I was sleeping totally sucks. I am bumpy and itchy. Argh.