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TMI List Love

I'm participating in Abdpbt's List Love. I learned about it via Pauvre Plume. So here's my list. TMI: 25 things you don't need to know about me:

  1. When I was a kid, I was the neighborhood bully.
  2. Driving behind the wheel on the Bay Bridge freaks me out a LOT.
  3. My tomboy and girly girl personas duke it out daily while choosing clothes to wear in the mornings.
  4. In the 80's, I used to be a hairspray hair bear.
  5. At 14, I auditioned for Elite Modeling Agency. Tired of dumpster-diving, I bought the myth that models get clothes for free. Needless to say, nothing ever came out of that.
  6. I don't cook, but love to watch cooking shows.
  7. Cannot watch scary movies without detrimental mental side effects that could last for days.
  8. I enjoy cleaning my ears with Q-Tips. I do it for the eargasms.
  9. Gabriel Byrne is my favorite actor.
  10. Intelligent men really turn me on.
  11. I'm a happy dork with no social life.
  12. The word masturbate makes me laugh. Nasty jokes give me the giggles.
  13. I used to weigh 189 lbs.
  14. My eyes well up with tears every time I hear the Star Spangled Banner.
  15. I have a girl crush on Katy Perry.
  16. I also have a crush on Gavin Newsom.
  17. I had a massive crush on Edward Norton during my Fight Club obsession.
  18. Watched Top Gun 1000 times. My sisters and I used to rewind the blue tinted love scene again and again and again. We loved the wicked volley ball scene, too.
  19. I've had my fair share of *raving* back in the day.
  20. Cap'n Crunch was my initial inspiration for pursuing a CS degree. I met him at a rave.
  21. I've been pursuing my college degree for the last 15 years. Spring 2009 will be my last semester. Fucking finally. Though I have no regrets with CS, if I could do it all over again, I'd pursue art instead.
  22. I've read every self-help book.
  23. Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh literally saved my life, though I'm not religious. I'm not Christian, nor Catholic, nor any other religious denomination.
  24. I'm a big Woody Allen and Larry David fan.
  25. This guy is totally living out my twelve year old fantasy: the lucky bastard
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Once in a Blue Moon

It's 11 pm, Friday. It's been over a dozen hours since my final ended, and yet, as I type this, part of me can't believe that school is out for the semester. Don't get me wrong -- I'm happy and relieved that my final is behind me. For most semesters, I'm the first one out the door with thoughts like, "See ya... whenever... or never!". Not this time. A sadness lingers with the ending of this particular semester, an unusual feeling for me, really, one that only surfaces once in a blue moon.

Thank you Ezekiel, Mayra, and especially Ilkka. Seriously, I never imagined that learning physics could be so fun.



Dandy Dandelion Giveaway

Dandy Dandelion

These Dandy Dandelions are made mostly of vintage sequins from the 1920's - 1950's, the last of their kind, of intense colors no longer made. Some of the sequins were imported from Japan, some from France, others from Belgium. These vintage sequins represent an era forever gone.

Dandy Dandelion

I named them *dandelions* because their structure is similar to a dandelion flower. Dandy Dandelions are based on high density foam balls. Each sequin is attached with a stainless steel pin capped by beads.

Dandy Dandelion Logo These Dandy Dandelions were inspired by my aunt to who is the goddess at creating these things. The four that you see here were created lovingly and meticulously by yours truly. To make a long story short, the Dandy Dandelion venture was a grand idea that did not materialize. However, these prototypes are too pretty to keep hidden away, so I am sharing three of them with you.

If you like these Dandy Dandelions and want one, well, what do you have to do? Let's talk about resolutions. What are your top three? Add a comment to this post with your top 3 resolutions and your name will be entered in the giveaway. Three winners will be selected at random using Random.org's Random Integer Generator.

The first name drawn will receive Martha Stewart:

Dandy Dandelion

The second, Sunset at Ocean Beach:

Dandy Dandelion

And the third, Mojo:

Dandy Dandelion

Entries will be accepted until the evening of December 25th, at 8pm PST and the winners will be announced the following morning.

Good luck!

{ More Dandy Dandelion photos HERE. }



Shoe Review at Barking Dog Shoes!

Wear Around Mary Jane by Keen

I'm guest blogging at Barking Dog Shoes today -- go check it out!



Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Pens

Rudolph Glow Pens

I could not resist these Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer pens from Walgreens the other day. Their bodies light up a red freakish glow when you write. Just A D O R A B L E.

Rudolph Glow Pens
Rudolph Glow Pens