who's your favorite basketVOL?

mine's melvin goins! <3

lupe fiasco friday!

lupe fiasco - paris, tokyo

because RIP tokyo.

look at what's for sale on GILT!

a cute little puppy named "Polka Dot Gloves" for a bargain basement price if you ask me! Hurry, this deal won't last long!

hot new music the internet really wants you to love

this lady is called oh land. i was ignoring her for a while but the internet literally will not shut up about her. i just had joel listen and he agreed that she is instantly enjoyable. she's from denmark, which scores her some points in my book. anyway, 10 bucks this song shows up in the next three episodes of gossip girl.

she has an album out. take a listen and tell me what you think.

lupe fiasco friday!

lupe fiasco - sunshine

because the sun's coming out after a pretty good douching yesterday.

PANGAEA!

the earthquake's got me thinking about another one of my favorite natural phenomena, pAnGaEa!! liz didn't know what it was, so i just was explaining it to her. she still doesn't get it, jicyww. while i was sending her links, i stumbled across this diagram of the earth during the triassic period, when we were between pangaea and now-times.

the bottom half of the world was called gondwanaland, which i recognized as also the name of heidi the cross-eyed opossum's house! which is getting an UP! grade. check it out. she's going to be so happy there.

vols. for life.

this is how the vols roll. with 7 minutes in the game, we are up by 16 points. with 2 minutes left, we are tied. luckily last night we were able to win after stopping arkansas's comeback run. and tobias harris played great. high hopes for next season as he is just a freshman, but also high hopes for tonight, BECAUSE WE PLAY THE MOTHEREFFIN' GATORS. 7:30. most people say we're in the tourney, but a win would punch our ticket for sure. i'd rather be safe than sorry. so go get your orange and join kylie and me for the game. and the booze that will likely be involved.

art IS life.

UPDATE! read this. (also, i accidentally read the title as "brown beat".... gulp.)

remember snoop, the baltimore lady drug dealer on the wire? well she just got arrested for dealing drugs in baltimore I. R. L!

japan just got pwned.

while you were sleeping, the 5th biggest earthquake on record (8.9) struck off the coast of japan, causing buildings to sway in tokyo, and sent a tsunami right at them, which wiped out a lot. then! the tsunami set off across the pacific, heading right at hawaii! it was supposed to hit about 20 minutes ago, and luckily nothing bad happened. they just had a couple of little waves. so i guess that means california (and thomas wilhelm) are safe. at least from tsunamis.

anyway, shit is crazy.

pizzacat!

thx erin!

vote for ashley!

2Pz friend and fellow vol-chitect and designer, ashley browne, has entered the gilt groupe style competition, and she needs your vote. check out her style board and take just a few seconds of your precious, precious time to 'like' it, so she can come hang out with me and joel in nyc and drink fireflies for a few days.

gchatz w/ john

"great minds" edition

john: have you ever done a punch list for a project?

they're very strange to me
me: no i havent
john: the real reason for it is to verify that the work was done correctly, nothing is forgotten, broken, done more cheaply than specified, etc.
but then you also get to be a perfectionist
me: yes
john: like, if you don't like how the caulking looks in a bathroom, you can put that on the list, and then the contractor has to redo it to your satisfaction
me: it seems like it would be a real power trip
john: exactly
i just put on my list "paint on door hinges"
me: love that
john: and i remember it's like one drop
but i was like, get that drop off!
idk, it's silly
i doubt anyone will actually fix all this shit
me: right
john: excuse me! excuse me! there's a drop of paint on this hinge. feeyux it! what do you think this is? a bus stop? a homeless shelter?
me: ctm

then....at the same instant:
john: this is not a state run mental hospital, it's a professional office environment!
me: a home for the feeble-minded? you think only retards are going to inhabit this space? that must be what you think. you painted the hinges, ffs.
john: get it right!
me: omg!
john: we did it!

me: yeah!

architecture in helsinki - contact high

i guess they're finally going to put that album out in april.

kylie's idea of a housewarming gift for me

look what i just got in my email inbox.

amanda lear is an odd duck