$4.19 a gallon

Really? I mean, Really?

unphotographable

A friend of mine just sent me this website: Unphotographable

The picture I didn't take was Wednesday morning in North Philly as I drove to the PSPCA. My directions took me down 8th street towards Erie Avenue and on my left I passed a house with a vigil set up on the front steps with pictures and teddy bears and an assortment of real and fabric flowers. It was raining, and sad, and then I looked up and on the opposite corner was a deli-type store with a big stenciled sign advertising a sale on "Gravesite Markers: $3.o0" and in front was a selection of just the type of things set up on the porch of the house I had just passed.

The whole experience saddened me, and I'm not even sure I would have wanted to take the picture...but there it is, burned in my head.

Second Skin

Good friends of mine have been toiling away the last 2 years in the universe of internet gaming, all in the name of their first feature-length documentary: Second Skin. It's currently in the final round for SXSW, and they'll hear officially if they get in by Feb 5th. All appendages crossed.


They're talented kids. Kudos, boys.

City Hall Light Bright

Coming back from dinner on the town, took this while crossing the street. It's a popular shot, and I wanted to take it differently than you'd see it every other time...but sometimes the most obvious one really works.

Sunday, Perfect Sunday (in theory)

I was excited to wake up this morning and have my coffee while reading the Sunday paper, the 5 week subscription gifted to me this past Christmas, but when I went outside to pick it up it was the thinnest Sunday paper I'd ever felt. It like like Sunday News Lite. Confused, I made sure it was in fact the weekend paper before allowing myself to realize that someone had ripped me off. No Arts & Entertainment, no Image, no Currents, no coupons or comics. Bummer.
My Paper Thief was kind enough to leave me the front page though, Obama wins South Carolina! Maybe my thief is a Hillary fan, or a republican.
At least I have my coffee and half of last week's news.

Jack, being the super chill awesome kitten that he is, succumbed to Ray Charles for a quick dancing lesson while we waited for the pie to bake. He's just the greatest.

Here's me wrestling with the [homemade] pie dough...I think the flour war-paint adds to the authenticity of it all. Currently waiting for the pie to "settle" so we can eat it. Yum!

Thing-A-Day

Just signed up for Thing-A-Day 2008 (www.thing-a-day.com) and have already come up with some themes. I'm excited!

• Folded Paper/Paper Cutouts
• Fabric: little odd-shaped animals? Ornaments? Puppets?
  
• Cookies
• Cards
• Photo Calendar?