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Coincidentally, Valentines day fell on the same day as the Chinese New Year. Below are some pics I took during the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, Chicago. More photos after the jump.
Anja
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I need to find a better way to categorize my photos more efficiently. Sometimes I think, “I’m going to do it”. Then again there’s something wonderful about randomly clicking through my images and discovering photos that I’d forgotten I’d taken. While clicking through those photos, I re-discovered these images from the summer of ‘07. My friend Anja generously let me stay with her in her apartment that summer. It was blast. I slept on the futon and we made pancakes and pad thai. She took summer classes while I interned for a letterpress studio. On the first friday of every month, Anja drew portraits of people in the KC art district. Anja is colorful, imaginative and brilliant – probably one of the most original and creative people I know. Her apartment reflected her whimsical personality – kitchen utensils were nailed to the wall, vibrant lanterns hung from the ceiling and her extensive hat collection piled on the coat rack. It was all very…Anja.
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Anja eating breakfast
Over or Under?
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On my way to the train station, I came across this ad for Cottonelle’s Roll Poll campaign. The sign encourages people passing by to vote if they have the toilet paper roll over or under. I thought it was nice way to keep people entertained while waiting for the bus. Oh, and I voted over.
Kindness of a Stranger
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Today, when I returned to my car after going out with my sister, I was surprised to find a little enveloped tucked on the side of the window. It wasn’t there before and so I thought, “hmmm…I wonder who this is from”. This is what the envelope contained:
Front of envelope
Back of envelope
Front of card
Back of card
The note was from a stranger who possibly distributed cards with words of love and kindness randomly all over the parking lot. It’s not often that I come across a random act of kindness such as this. It was a surprise– an unexpected gesture that made me smile and feel very happy. When I do come across something like this, I’m reminded of how wonderful people are.
A simple way to organize.
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I’ve finally found a great simple tool to organize my day. I don’t know why I didn’t try this sooner.
Designed by Swissmiss and built by Fictive Kin, TeuxDeux is a simple browser app where you can create a list of things that you have to do. It’s intuitive and very effective. Try it.
In 2010 I will…
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Ah! Another year over and onto the next one. For me, January 1st always brings a feeling of anticipation and excitement. Will this year be awesome? What will I accomplish? Where will I be 365 days from now? Of course, it’s not fun to know the answers to those questions, but I’ve always thought that it’s good to set some goals for the new year (whether they’re big or small).
I’ve created a “Resolution Generator” – a collection of goals contributed by family and friends and from various sources on the world wide web. Clicking the “gimme more” button generates random goals from the overall collection.
If you’d like to contribute some of your goals, please feel free to message me. I’d love to hear from you!!
Baking + Making
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It’s been a while since I’ve baked aggressively, so I was really excited when my mom suggested that we make our gifts for the holiday season. We also thought it’d be nice to customize our labels – so I designed the packages for our homemade goods. It’s been fun looking through our cook books and deciding which recipes to take on.
Oh what fun.
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Today, I had a great time helping out with a class project for my sister’s 2nd grade class. We thought that it might be fun for the kids to make their own holiday cards. I pre-cut pop-out christmas tree cards and the kids then decorated them. It was so wonderful to see their enthusiasm and excitement for the project. They loved working with glitter. Below are their awesome creations.
