math is fun

Chris Ware
+
Andrew Bird
+
This American Life
=
THE AWESOME.

backseat ukulele

Ukulélé Sessions with Born Ruffians

celebrate with stacks and syrup

Why does no one dress up for occasions like Pancake Tuesday?



We should start a new tradition, no?

the secret is out

As I was buying a cute new shirt this afternoon, my conversation with the cashier went down like this:

Cashier: "Ooh, I like your rings!"

Me: "Thanks!"

Cashier: "Wait, what does that one say?"

Me: "Robot."

Cashier: "You're ... a GEEK!!!"

She blurted out the word "geek" so loud and excited, like she'd figured out my secret.

Which, I guess, she had.

My goal is to feel like be this.

(image by helmo)

random question...

Hello to Mattagami Heights.

I feel kinda weird asking this, but do I know you?

My stats show that I get a lot of visits from there. If you're in Mattagami Heights (or thereabouts) and you're reading this, could you drop me an email and let me know if I know you?

lionstigerspears
@gmail.com

Thanks.

today needs more ukuleles

Just like every other day in that respect.

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - "Oh, Paris!"


Phosphorescent - “Too Sick To Pray” & “At Death”

Katie Dill - "When The Sunshine Sings"

and after all, you're my wonder wall

like indiana jones, when he's not fighting off bad guys

In those moments just after finishing a project, I like to take stock of my environment. When I'm in making-mode, I tend to pile one project on top of another, so I can keep going instead of stopping to tidy up. So my desk (and often my floor, too) ends up being a mini archeological dig. Layers and layers of stuff that makes me happy.



Here's one thing what came out of this week's mess: a lil' owl to sit on the top of a friend's Christmas tree.





Hoot!

be my little beast

If my closet were as large as the internet, here's what I'd be wearing today.




Life is sweet. (Much like the oatmeal shortbread I just bought from my neighbourhood church's bake sale. Those ladies aren't afraid of butter.)

paint swatches subconsciously made me buy this sweater

lists and pies

Lists I am currently maintaining:

1. Items I look up on Wikipedia. (Latest: rhumb line.)
2. The number of emails in my inbox when I start work each day. (Currently it's at 665, down from 1193 a few weeks ago.)
3. Innocuous terms that annoy the heck outta me. (Witness: "Eco Bag".)

Speaking of which, Daytum is fantastic. There's something very compelling about tracking the mundane. I have yet to decide what exactly I'm going to track, but the power of the pie charts is there, beckoning. I can almost taste it.

sky light

Some days, after a long day's work, you walk outside and look up. Then your day starts again, for real this time.

I don't know what's going on up there, but I like it.

free science kit

I resisted.

love at first listen

I heard this song for the first time today and I love it.

"Natural" by Okay.

It's a creaky, beautiful song in two parts with a fantastic build.

I want you, I want you to be happy.

lost & found

While searching for another file on my laptop, I came across this sketch from a couple of years ago. It's yet another unfinished project I started, but I kind of like it incomplete and messed up like it is.

bats, birds and fur

Some days need theme songs; this is especially true of Saturdays. Recently, my weekend theme songs have featured bats, birds and fur.

The Saturday before last: "Fangs on Bats" by Tullycraft
Fangs on bats. Heavy metal heartbreak. Taking over the world.

Last Saturday: "I Saw the Light" by State Bird
I saw the light, yeah, it shined in my eyes, now I cannot look away. Clouds opened up and the sun came through, it was a glorious day.

This Saturday: "Furr" by Blizten Trapper
So I drove into the woods and wandering aimlessly about, till I heard my mother shouting through the fog. It turned out to be the howling of a dog. Or a wolf to be exact.

search for zen

Search stats are so interesting. Really. I like discovering what people are looking for - and what led them to me.

The stats feature on flickr is particularly fun (be sure to turn it on if you have a Pro account); they're like little stories about people out in weblandia.

Today I thought the referral search terms were being particularly poetic. It's almost a little haiku, minus all that 5/7/5 hoopla.

little gymnast
giant fan
wardrobe
foot tattoo

best songs to listen to on headphones while walking to work

1. "By Night into Paradise" by Chet
[download]

Horns: Yes
Tambourine: Yes
Falsetto: Yes

"In the spring, it's a drive; in the fall there is a mist that will just cover you in awe."

. . .

2. "Inside the Cinema" by Culture Reject
[download]

Horns: Yes
Hand claps: Yes
Xylophone: Yes

"I love that Bill Murray, man."

. . .

3. "Olive Hearts" by Bowerbirds
[download]

Hand claps: Yes
Tambourine: Yes
Accordion: Yes

"Our glasses clink, and our plastic swords stab our olive hearts."

. . .

4. "Forks And Knives (La Fête)" by Beirut
[video]

Horns: Yes
Violins: Yes
Accordion: Yes

"And of course my childhood, forks and knives and a hospital bed, where I turned my life over and over again."

. . .

P.S. The drawing's of one of the guys in Beirut, holding up his trumpet above his head and belting out the chorus to "Forks And Knives". Such a good show.

scannerlove

I finally have a scanner that works. Works! Although I love the colour purple, it's not always ideal to have bruise-like blotches across every picture. This is much better.



Getting this scanner fits in well with my horoscope this week, which says... oh wait, I can scan that, too.



Sounds good to me.