renewed interest

hello out there.

i find myself experiencing a renewed interest in the blogosphere. since i left my position at the library a year ago, I really haven’t played with the interweb at all. i have barely even read the blogs of close friends. but, i think i feel ready to jump back into the virtual world. i don't know why exactly. perhaps my interest is a response to the blogging example john paul has been setting. i suppose his blog should be enough to record the general goings-on round here, but i guess i have blog-envy.

earlier today, heather was telling about tumblelogs. having been away for a while, i am quite outside of the loop. i was looking at looking at marcel’s tumblelog and, while i find it interesting, i think i prefer the personal blog. i like the innocent glimpses into other people’s lives; i enjoy the way people blend their personal stories in with the things they find fascinating about the world.

anyway, it feels good to be here.

mcsweeny's sleep test

Find your own pose!

Pinching Koala and Tree Traits and Tendencies
Pinching Koala and Tree couples experience a kind of super symbiosis that other sorts of couples (especially vegan couples) only dream of. The harmony that comes from this kind of pairing would be revolting if it weren’t so inspirational, which is why Pinching Koalas and Trees are often surrounded by friends and would-be friends, and their schedules are often booked months in advance.

Comfort Zone
Pinching Koala and Tree is one of the Wind sleepers poses. Other Wind poses you might explore include Softserve Swirl and Fireman's Carry.

Note: Koalas make for excellent lawyers and flea market bargainers, thanks to their characteristic tenaciousness.

time vacuum

hi there. are you still with me? i feel very guilty for my shameful neglect of this blog, but i see from my links that i am not alone in this. distracted by life, are we all?

tonight i had high hopes of creating an excessive documentation of our recent trip to sxsw. here's the short version: it was excellent. we got into all the shows we wanted to see and had a great time.

details to come someday. soon, maybe? but, rather than create, i spent my time tonight lost in a spiral of reading the blogs of strangers. i somehow got sucked into looking at dollhouses. believe it or not, this was actually a direct tangent to work.



i stumbled into the fascinating green doll house project, through the bizarre world of new york hipster fathering. from the archived page i entered, at first i thought this blog was simply a catalog of items this man saw for sale on ebay; but, it isn't quite. it is super heavy on the commercial consumption of parenting. i find it very strange. from conversations with deb, and from the posts and comments on this blog, i am led to believe that the baby-as-fashionable-accessory mode of parenting dominates in nyc.

to prove that i might not be much better, i really like this linked knitting pattern: baby's first dna model by kimberly chapman

sin & redemption

sinandredemption
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

if you're in houston, don't miss aurora picture show's sin & redemption weekend. a/v geeks is back in town with films about our love of alcohol and its positive and negative effects tonight showing at st. arnold's brewery and Creepy Christian Cinema tomorrow at aurora.

valentine's day sugar crash

you let me down, mr. sugar.

poetic licence

john paul has finally found an outlet for his deepest, most private thoughts.

unexpected

check out number 72 on this list. and, it was one of the four items from the list featured in the npr interview.