New Hair

I know, I haven't been around. But there are big life changes taking place, I'll be back to tell you all about them! That and my internet is all wonky...so it doesn't always work.

Until all this is processed, please enjoy pictures of my new hair.

Mondays

Wow, the start of another week. It is amazing how fast it all goes by huh? I can't believe how fast it all goes, the days just flow into one another lately. It's not bad or good really, just is...startling.

The Man has a project coming up in about a week, and will have steady work for the rest of the year. I can't tell you how thrilled I am that he will have work, that the bills won't be such a worry. It has been really hard these last 2 months, both of us out of work. We have just barely scraped by each day, some days cause we didn't eat. And as much as that sucks, as hard as it has been, I have enjoyed every second. I spent each day, all day almost, with the man I love. A man I am so crazy about, that when it hit me he won't be here next week while I washed my hands in the bathroom I teared up! Tears! I came out of the bathroom and hugged him so tight, I'm gonna miss him being around. He was so flattered, he said "oh you really do love me!" of course I do silly. So very, very much.

So, now that I am done gushing, on to the wonderful, inspiring things taking up my mind space. I have a whole list of links that were supposed to be up on Friday, and photos, lots of stuff to talk about. I only have 45 minutes to do it in this post, so let's see how far I get!

Being so broke does amazing things to you, it has been a test of strength. I have learned so much! I am so thankful for food, I thank the goddess for each morsel that passes my lips. As a result I have become more creative in the kitchen (pictures soon), and am looking at a LOT of food porn. I have been craving everything on the planet it seems!

♥ Bakerella's pancakes make me drool...Want! Blueberries were on sale this week, so I may make these. They look SO worth it.

♥ Pioneer Women also made me drool this week. I am vegetarian, but there is a bunch of stuff on her 4th of July goodies list that made me salivate.

♥ As did Ezra Pound Cake, twice! I was gonna make these Cherry Fried Pies, but I had to save the cherries cause they were so pretty, I had to take pictures! Well, I have been very self-conscious about my photography for the last month...and a half...and the cherries sat, and sat, and then rotted and died and had to be thrown out. I think I am over the photography snag, I think I just have to make sure I don't care what other people think of me, cause I get hurt too easily that way...but the cherries still died, and so no pictures, no pie...for now.

♥ 4th of July weekend I was obsessed with Oreos, and Solstice weekend I was obsessed with Smores, it was total kismet that the folks at CakeSpy put the two together! Drool!
Yum!

And now I am all fooded out.

Here is a picture of a squashed bird on my street to change the subject:




I thought that dead birds were haunting me for awhile, I found them everywhere. I try to make sure to take a picture each time now, cause I'm gonna turn it into some freaky art exhibit.


♥ Awake at the Wheel is starting a great series on the health zapping side effects of blogging.

♥ Doe Deere is always a rainbow of amazing clothing choices, her bright way of dressing has inspired me lately to add more fantastic pieces to the way I dress. I used to dress in all kinds of fantastic things, I always loved to look as weird as possible. That changed in my early twenties, and I haven't thought about it till recently. Clothing really effects the way we feel, and the way we feel effects the way we act. So, you should dress in a manner that makes you feel good right? Well, what if the rest of the world doesn't like the way you dress? That can make it hard to want to look that way, and this creates all kinds of inner conflict. Here Ms. Deere talks about some of the things you can do to dress in your outlandish best and not let the masses get you down.

And that's all we have time for this post, I gotta go run around this great city of Angeles. Have a great day!

~Sydney

Cheap Eats

This was dinner one night last week, and it rocked.

It rocked hard.

The best part of course being I think it only cost about $1.25 for the meal! Score!



What you see pictured is Kraft Mac&Cheese (the 3 cheese flavor, which rocks), with fresh chopped garlic and pepper mixed into the sauce. Then chop some brocolli and throw that in, make some iced tea (tea bags, water, lemon) and your all set!

I did 2 cloves of garlic, and it was way overpowering. So, go with one.



Yum!

Goodbye Farrah!

Farrah Fawcett was laid to rest here in Los Angeles yesterday, after a service at Our Lady of Angeles church. The above photo currently has the highest rating of the week on my Flickr photo stream. I'm not sure why, the one next to it doesn't have the blurry blob on the left side...but whatever.

The Man and I went down there for a different project we're working on, and I snapped some quick pictures of the chaos on the street.



I am wasn't a big fan of Ms. Fawcett, she was a little before my time. But, she was an icon. Had a tough bout with cancer, and I hope the afterlife is kind to her. She was lovely, and will be missed by those that loved her. We left before the service was over, but saw it on the news last night. I thought it was touching that Ryan O'Neal went back for one last look at the casket before it drove away.

Love never dies.

~Sydney

Ca-razy

I worked last week, for the first time in 2 months...wow, it was weird. It was weird to be working again (although it's over now). It was weird to work my old hours (7am-3:30pm...Ick). And it was very weird to be there when the upstairs desk called into the basement I was working in at the old UCLA hospital, to tell us that Michael Jackson just died across the street and the police were blocking all traffic on that section of Westwood Blvd.

So weird in fact, I would call it surreal.

Michael Jackson is dead people!

I really didn't believe this when they said it in the stuffy little room I had spent the whole day counting stuff in. I still didn't believe it when they announced it on the radio as we drove past the hospital where the crowed was quickly forming, it was just not REAL.



Not because I was a huge fan mind you, I don't own a single Jackson album. But, because he was so ingrained into our culture...I didn't believe he would die. He was otherworldly, like some kind of elf. This was supported of course by the plastic surgeries, the privet Neverland Ranch, and the secret parties with boys more than half his age. He became some kind of enigma, you only saw him in little peeks and glimpses, so it was like he wasn't really there. He was there less lately, in the last few years, so it was even weirder that he popped up with a new tour and album only to keel over and die.

It seems sad, he seemed sad. Last night I caught the last part of "Living with Michael Jackson" and he seemed uncomfortable. Frustrated that the media didn't understand him, he kept trying to defend the parties and sleepovers. It must have really sucked to have been all warped by an abusive father and then have to be responsible for life in a world you never knew. I know most people think this was just the cover story, so he had an explanation for abusing children himself. But I'm not so sure he did, he seemed to be a big kid that didn't understand.

No matter what you thought of him, he changed the face of music, popular culture, and the way we dance. Life would not be the same without his influence.

Tari Pendet dari Bali Indonesia

Really large post, update, recap & faves.

(Photo, design by my boyfriend!)





So I have kinda ignored some of the things I said I was going to post about, and just kinda put up whatever was shiny. Oops! So the good thing about that is I have a big post with all kinds of things to talk about! Yey! More exclamation points!!!

Jeeze, where do i start?

I have to apologise for never writing about Austin, I don't know how it slipped my mind. I Yelped about it...but then never got the time to say anything here. I know, I suck.
I have a damn blog for Christs sakes, what else does one blog about if not a vacation? Well, to tell the truth, I have had a bit of a time getting myself to sit at the computer and do many creative things...I have been a little down. So it really helps to post about super positive things, that are really brief. Then I don't have to sit here as often, I sit here and look for a job...then I don't get any calls for the ones I applied for...Then I get sad and want to get stoned and watch Dexter....It's a damn vicious cycle I tell ya.

But I have worked on a lot of little things lately, and have cleaned and organized further, and am really feeling better about the way things are going. I have a weeks worth of work next week at UCLA, so that'll help. It's just the lack of operating funds that gets me down.

Let's talk about the fun stuff! I have pictures of lots of the stuff we have been up to, so let's start there:

Austin was beautiful!
this was taken at "Redbud" park, a stop on the way to our friends house from the airport. I hadn't seen such nature in a long time.


All the food was amazing, this a epic Veggie burger I had at Freddies our first night there. I still dream about it....


The next day we did a quick walk around the French Legation.


And then later went swimming at this natural swimming hole, Hamilton Pool. It was amazing, there is definitely nothing like this in L.A.!


We had to hike this awesome trail down to get there, this is on the way back up. It was breathtaking.



More wonderful food! Fried Avocado Tacos at Torchy's. I still dream about these too...


AND THESE!
I loved these deep friend cookie balls, rolled in like, cookie crumbs...with chopped almonds and coconut stuff, it was so so good!

We hung out in the yard a lot, our friend was really pregnant. So, we left the house mostly to eat and get quick looks at the city. It wasn't really a trip for tourism, we went to see our friends. I still have photos I could upload to the Flickr...wow I have been a slacker!


We mostly drank, smoked(except for the mom-to-be, I hope you got that Lone Star Amber! It was all worth it, you have a beautiful baby.) and shot the shit in the backyard. It was wonderful, I was so relaxed!




It was my sister Lesley's birthday on the 11th, I made her a card.


And a pair of earrings.

That all went into a box with a lotion, some chocolate lambs (from Easter...I forgot), some hand salve, and a book of happiness quotes. She, our dad and I went to lunch. It was nice, we have all been anti everything, so no pictures from lunch.

My amazing boyfriend has started making shirts with his own brilliant spin on the Obama, Hope design:

I love it, post a comment or email me if you are interested. Rates vary depending on style, I will have more info in the coming days.

♣ I have re listed 2 pairs of the vintage Levi's I am selling and also added a vintage 1960's blue "wiggle"dress with a very smart matching bolero jacket. All of that: Here.


I made CAKE! From a mix, I know. But who cares? It was good, made better by the apples that came from my Indo dance teachers tree.




It turned out damn good, I was so pleased. I know these photos suck, I was so tired by then...I gave up and ate cake.


Today was the best day! I have that job next week, and will be working from 7am till 3:30pm and will be waking at 5:30am to get there in time. This is quite a shock to the system cause, well, I've been a slacker lately. I have completely gone back to the nocturnal ways I was years ago and now normally stay up till 3am. So today (and all weekend) I am getting up at 5:30 and doing stuff!

Today we went to the beach and meditated, and wrote, and filmed stock footage, and had a really nice morning. It was so quiet, and peaceful, I did some yoga, I felt at ease and focused when I got home!

Although this has left me very tired since about 3 this afternoon, so I am going to bid you goodnight. I can't stand to sit at the desk any longer. Have a happy weekend!

~Sydney