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outshine everyone

cecile is a finalist in the dentaburst outshine everyone commercial contest! please vote for her - 'afternoon random meeting' - you can vote once a day per browser. we helped matt win the heinz contest and i know we can...

this american life, live

just got back from the live screening of 'this american life' and it was so so good! the hangman and anagram pre-show animation (that replaced the typical pre-movie trivia slideshow) was funny and clever and the show itself was fantastic....

happy mother's day

my friend chris wrote and starred in this awesome mother's day video. ladies - he's single....

mmm...duck

last night pat and i met meghan and josh for dinner at the crepe vine in pasadena. it's meghan's favorite place to eat in that city and an excellent choice - the carnitas flatbread pizza was delicious and the duck...

iron man

...was awesome! it was so much fun and i must read the ultimates again. also? the incredible hulk? can't wait....

can someone recommend a good archival framing place?

click for notes on the art....

on laist!

my photo was featured today on laist!...

green porno

...um. this is too weird/good/disturbing to not post. isabella rossellini has written, produced, directed and starred in these green porno shorts and...well. they're really educational - they show how insects reproduce. uh...graphically. hilariously. ...did i mention graphically? the thing is...

"if only it were pickles"

my first attempt at a ficlet! ficlets are like exquisite corpses, but online and with people you don't know. some of them get pretty interesting - my favorite story so far starts here....

alpine countries vacation, day 5: salzburg, vienna

Finally, I'm starting to post photos from the Alpine trip again. My goal is to be done by the time the one-year anniversary rolls around. Only four months to go (oh crap only four months until i'm 27.) and...

i've become one of those SoCal wussies that can't take the cold

update: photos it's cold in san francisco. like, real cold. wasn't it just unbearably hot here? wha happen'd? when i got to this coffee shop (no free wifi at hotel) i was sweating from hauling my huge work laptop...

who is responsible for this

someone please explain to me why jake gyllenhaal is going to be the lead in the prince of persia movie. then explain to me why ben barnes (prince caspian in prince caspian) was not cast instead. and don't give me...

with or without you

indy 4

i liked it. the end. just kidding. ok it had problems - a couple of times i was taken out of the movie by how ridiculous things were getting or a line that was over the top, but overall? it...

did i mention my love affair with paper?

oh god i want this wood grain desk set from elum so so bad. WANT....

zuma beach

i managed to sunburn half of my stomach and one long strip down the back of my leg. but still, there are worse ways to spend a holiday then falling asleep on the beach, reading comics and eating scallops....

doot doot doot doot doo! yay!

i just saw a baskin-robbins commercial and how adorable is this - their tagline is 'yay!' and a chorus of little kids yell it. ADORABLE....

hiking at angeleno

meghan, watson and i went hiking and saw some cool trees, pretty waterfalls and a lot of people with soft spots for super-wiggly blond pups....