A Day In The Life Of...

...a windows-down sort of driver.

2009-08-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

The other day I rolled my car window down and it didn't roll back up. After my manly neighbors concluded something was broken inside the door (obvious??!!) it started raining and it didn't stop for weeks. Literally. Needless to say, instead of taking care of the fix immediately I put it off and drove someone else's car for a while. Then the sun came back out and I got back in my own car and realized that I could't listen to music, the wind whistling through my car on the freeway was much too loud. And what if someone over hear my choice of music? There is no way they would understand me listening to Taylor Swift and Ludacris intermittently.

It only took a day of driving with the window down for it to be my new favorite summer thing. At night I could hear the crickets chirping and during the day I just soaked in the smells of summer (bbq's, pools, hot sun). I have my window fixed now, but it is rarely rolled up when I am driving.

Now if only I can learn to accessorize like Grace Kelly I will really be ready to enjoy my afternoon drives.

Because we all know my car is plenty big enough to be a cruiser.

...Tom, Huck, Astrid, Frodo, Robin, Peter, Mary.

2009-06-19T16:15:00.001-07:00

With the summer well upon us I am turning back to my old favorites, the books I read every summer. What would summer reading be without Samuel Clemmons, Frances Burnett, and Paul Creswick to name a few. Lacking in Adventure, Thrill, Mystery, and Romance. And where would summer be without them? I don't want to know.
There is that old debate, do you read what you are; or are you who you are because of what you read? Okay, maybe it isn't that heated, and no one else has heard of this debate, but I assure you I contemplate the question all the time. Today I have decided...who cares?! Either way I love what I am reading and who I am. Examples of my personal purchases and outfit inspirations
follow:

gold accessories are very necessary.

loose casual shirts are an everyday wear.

Sailors are always put together.

You can take secret gardens with you. No need to hide.

Elves are all about color and hair.

Young girls, still growing up is sweet and innocent and sexy. The perfect mix.

Who can help but let their inner character play when they are reading such strong books?!

...a bridesmaid.

2009-05-02T22:01:00.000-07:00

Well, it was more than a day, but it was wonderful! Spending time with your good friends, looking back on great times, dancing the night away....what more can I say? OH I GUESS I SHOULD MENTION THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES!! Needless to say I was in my element.

...an Indian novel.

2009-04-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

Or, an indian novel reader. If I was really an Indian novel I would wax poetic about the simple things, rarely have what the west considers a happy ending, I would seem to never end and I would definitely be unavoidably un-meshed in the past.

Recent favorites,

A Suitable Boy, Seth Victram.
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry.

Influences,

...a poe fan.

2009-04-14T13:42:00.001-07:00

Something about spring reminds me of Mr Edgar Allen Poe. It might be the effervescent birds, the raw earth, the feeling of impending drastic change, or it might just be that I took the history of Poe in the spring. Either way, here are a few other things that have been reminding me of eap.

The locket is for sale on Etsy.com. It is a mermaid/pit and the pendulum locket.

...a wild child.

2009-01-26T19:46:00.001-08:00

Recently J. Crew has released it's spring inventory and I am in love.

I can't show you pictures, because it would be a breach of all sorts of things, but I will update this post with pictures as soon as possible of the tee shirt with silk puffy sleeves, the lime and grey printed skirt that has to be from the seventies, and the endless v nick tee shirts in fresh colors I plan on wearing everyday this summer with a silk scarf as a headband and my faded blue jeans.

Relaxation comes in an outfit, the lifestyle follows, and I have found my outfit of choice.

...a blunt cut.

2009-01-26T19:31:00.001-08:00

Last week I decided I needed a change. That is a lie. Three months ago I decided I needed a change. Last week I decided that a hair cut was the form that change would come in. Here was my inspiration.

And here is the result.

I love it.

...an absent sister.

2009-01-26T19:22:00.000-08:00

Today I miss my little sister Michelle more than ever, because it is the day before her birthday and she has been on my mind. Birthdays aren't a terribly big deal where we come from, so the little things we do get around to mean a lot. On birthday mornings there are no presents, rarely cheery greetings, and no sleeping in. What we do enjoy (lick the plate type) are more waffles than we can eat. Mom breaks out the strawberries and anything else in season and piles on the whipped cream. This isn't actually the unusual part; the thing we Farnsworth children look forward to the most is commanding the 'you are special' plate. It is the one time a year we have something to ourselves.

In lieu of a special plate (or the proper planning that might have delivered one on time) here is this birthday wish for my birthday sister,

I hope you feel special tomorrow! And that you have something all to yourself, wether it be a moment or a gift that arrives on time.

Love you Michelle.

...a country type reader.

2008-12-08T10:42:00.000-08:00

Spending time reading is an everyday thing for me still, despite my part time job, full time school and obsessive compulsive personality. Recently I have enjoyed and wanted to share A Glass Castle with everyone. It is one of those feel good inspiring books that is TRUE and also involves homeless people. I have also been read The Day No Pigs Would Die, which was interesting...and strange, The Ox-Bow Incident which is supposed to be an example of great western writing, and The Stranger, which is a French translation that really reminds me of Emmanuel Levinas, who was also French, so that was interesting. I just realized that all these books have a sort of countryside feel/setting. I think I am going to put on my Wrangler Xmas music and get my self to school, after finishing my chores (which thankfully don't involve animals or tromping through snow).

...a listener.

2008-11-26T13:24:00.000-08:00

I can't stay away from this music!

Leona Naess- Unnamed (This song makes me happy)

Gabe Dixon Band- Disappear

The Bird and The Bee- Come as You Were

Erin McCarley- Pony & Love, Save the Empty

Asa- No one knows

The Courteeners- That Kiss

Black Kids- No I Am Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend

Andrea Wasse- Cold Feet

Eisley- One Day I Slowly Floated Away

Band Of Horses- The Great Salt Lake

I hope you take them into your heart, as I have taken them into mine.

...Etta Place.

2008-11-18T11:55:00.001-08:00

"Facts regarding Etta are few. Eyewitnesses maintain she was the second woman to ride into the Butch and Sundance hideaway in southern Utah known as the Robbers Roost in the winter of 1896-97. She was allegedly 20 years old at the time. She was strikingly beautiful, an excellent horsewoman and an outstanding rifle shot. She was became Harry Longbaughs (the Sundance Kids) primary love interest, and went to South America with Sundance and Butch, returning to the U.S. three times during her tenure in Argentina and Bolivia."

-www.outlawwomen.com/

I have always loved Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (Biographies read: 3)

I have a feeling that Etta might be into some of the same things that have been on my mind recently. And also listen to "Criminal" by Fiona Apple non-stop. Criminal outfit:

...a procrastinator.

2008-11-18T08:49:00.001-08:00

We both know this is not new, not unusual, not unexpected. I have about a test a week this semester and so I am constantly procrastinating. One of my favorite ways to do this is to play Scrabble. Since my favorite Scrabble player is missing; the only option left to me is shopping on jcrew.com. It is a tough job but someone has to do it. In the last month I have procrastinated my way into:

Not a bad mix of winter apparel if I say so myself. Now all I have to resist are these beauties:

Oh, and ace my Nutrition exam. Wish me luck!