pseudo ethnic print

thursday june 10

• sweatshirt: dkny outlet
• navy [not black] tshirt: ck outlet
• skirt: forever 21
• teeny tiny heart necklace: jewelry dump from grammie
  

lolfrankers

lazr cat reduces need 4 mothballz

driving home today i was behind a gold [classy] bmw with the vanity plate [douchey] BARTLEBY. now i assume purely on possession of vanity plate and car color. the car could have been a gift and the driver a lover of great literary works. but my snap judgment already occurred.

anywho. i decided bartleby would be an awesome name for a cat! bartleby james, bee for short. a friend had [against lease/rental policy] a kitten named edward longshanks the third, but upon his welcoming into a new home, his name was changed to eddy. still an acceptable moniker for an adorable personable kitten. in short, names like "fluffers" "mittens" "boots" "simba" "midnight" and worst of all "kitty" just need to die. this animal is a member of your household. and while i do not condone pet cloning, $10,000 surgeries, or feeding your cat premium grade tuna when 2/3 of the world is starving, your cat deserves the dignity of a real name.

especially frank.

when the parents call to ask about the grandcat, i know for a fact they wouldn't care nearly as much if his name was "shadow". he may be of "the tank" origin, or old blue eyes, the classic rock station, or even jason statham in transporter 1-3. but he definitely is deserving of a human name and all of the silly stories we tell about him. and maybe even the cell phone pictures we show. yet... then again, maybe not.

and he's definitely not named after that creepy fucking rabbit in donnie darko.

green-out?

tuesday june 8

• tunic: muji
• tank top: h&m [technically thrifted from the sis]
• wilma flinstone necklace: h&m
• jeans: macys [they fit!]

wednesday june 9

• green dress: body central aka the slut store
• scarf: h&m
• jeggings: uniqlo [dark indigo not black]

i was questioned if i was aiming for the indian/sari look. that is a nice effect..but really i was attempting to camouflage the bulgy part of my dress. aka the stomachal area. and oh yea..the random grease stain on the left side. not on the left front of the dress.. on the left seam, at waist level. no idea what i was doing/cooking/eating/rolling in.

the cupcake corner

sometimes work requires so much of an individual. like driving an hour to count parked cars every half hour, reading a book in a park for the other 20 minutes of that half hour, with a light interspersing of... cupcakes?

well when the client requesting counts owns a cupcake store? its a tough job. but someone has to do it.

mini [slightly overpriced] cupcakes clockwise from top left: lemon coconut, carrot cake, lemon coconut, chocolate raspberry

not pictured: free dozen for the boss including the 3 flavors above, vanilla, chocolate chocolate, banana bread, red velvet, and... bacon. unfortunately kosher rules say no bacon cupcakes [butter] so it went to the other engineer in the office. who it turns out, doesnt like bacon cupcakes. the banana bread cupcake was pretty stellar and chocolate buttercream on top? yes please. the chocolate raspberry however, has raspberry jam [not jelly] in the cake part, which leaves a slightly gritty feel, not unlike eating a cupcake that has been dropped on the beach.

to avoid friday night traffic, i highly recommend the [also highly unkosher] short rib grilled cheese from grand lux, followed by a slice of peanut butter cheesecake.

garden results

AHHH APHIDS!!! WTF. i hate/am terrified of ladybugs for some unknown reason. not only was my previous apartment [2 addresses ago] infested with ladybugs from floor to ceiling in spring, i just have some unnatural fear of them. so to rid my garden of aphids... i used a stick and bashed away at the leaves...and then a medium pressure hose.

and it worked well enough to produce some snow peas! and no i didnt damage the plant. read-careful bashing.

my dill flowered. so i ripped off the pretty sprongy thing and trailed dill scent around the kitchen.

left bed: all plants bought pre-sprouted are thriving and the broccolini planted from seed is doing surprisingly well!

umm i believe this is a self-seeding heirloom tomato. i transplanted it from the corner of my garden where it popped out of nowhere a couple weeks ago.. and even though it seems to be 2 stems it is surviving!

the right bed: remaining daffodils almost ready for unceremonious ripping out and storage, heirloom tomatoes donated by neighbor bob are staked and ready to explode with deliciousness!

tomatoes from seed

cayenne peppers? ... i dont even like them. maybe i can pawn them off on the roommates and coworkers...

my eggplants are still growing!

basil all lined up neatly and not dead yet. give it time.