things that are making me happy

i wouldn't call myself an animal person. and i'm hardly a cat person. but this video is sooo precious it made me smile and be ultimately happy for a good second or two.



what do you think?

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of all the places i have lived, i think my favorite apartment was my apartment in sac. it was fabulous. and cheap. and in an older, but totally well maintained building. it had a hallway, TONS of built-in storage (i couldnt even fill it all!) and a proper dining room with french doors. there was a swinging door into the kitchen. it was fantastic. the kitchen was super old, but i loved it. one of my favorite features was a farmhouse sink. it was so deep and ceramic and ... just perfect. loved loved loved it. this one is even better, though, because its modern. i like that, too. here are some others. what do you think about farmhouse sinks?

love that dirty water

so my siblings are coming to boston in september. i'm trying to find things for them to do while they're here. today there was a groupon-type thing for segways that we were gonna do, but of course, once i looked at it, it was in yarmouth. on the cape. not in boston. stupid.

so what things do you suggest we do? i'm trying to get them to buy tickets to a red sox game, and we're going to new york. duck tour? red trolley tour? swan boats? what sayst you?

while you ponder that, here is a cool video of time lapse of the boston logan airport. check it out.

things that are making me happy

here is a video that i am liking lately:



i found it on jezebel. check out that link, it has some good info.

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three words:

claw foot tub.

LOVE them. here is a classic one.

and i LOVE this idea - double bathtubs! soooo fun! i dont fully understand the spotlight on the tub, but...


and then i saw this... this was my thought process
cute tub. wait. tubs. tubs in a bedroom? with a couch? ah. must be a hotel.

and, indeed, it is a hotel. in london. those crazy brits.

thanks, at.

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apartment therapy has a whole bunch of posts on nooks lately. i didn't like a single one of their kitchen nooks because to me they were just benches IN the kitchen. not actually a nook. above is a PROPER nook that i love. hidden room - off the beaten path - crook in a wall. this one pleases me.

sweetest perfection

today is my birthday - zaz to me! in honor of my birthday, i thought i would talk about one of my flaws. stay with me here.

it never really occurred to me until recently that i have a gap in my teeth. i've always known that i have tiny teeth, and i joke that they haven't grown since 4th grade (which i think is actually true), but it never occurred to me that i was DIFFERENT until recently. (thanks to a stupid dentist for pointing that out - story for another day.) so when i saw this video, it made me smile at my own gapped-tooth smile.



from boingboing.

and even though this is a slightly dated article (from last fall), here is an article that i like talking about how fashion's hottest item is a gapped-tooth smile. i'm totally in style! since when has that ever happened?? (and i get that fashion changes quickly, so as i write this the gap may already be gone. sigh.) here is my favorite quote from that article:

Don't fret too much if your front teeth touch, though! According to the Journal, "other distinguishing characteristics in demand this season include tattoos, piercings, scars and even albino coloring." If you have perfect teeth, flawless skin, and pigmented coloring, you will never get laid.

here is a picture of me in all my flawed glory...
so here is a cheers to all the flaws i love in every one of you!

insomnie

2:47am.

awake.

sigh.

earlier this evening (or mon night, to be clear), i said to my mom "if i die in my sleep tonight, it was not on purpose." this was not meant to freak out her out, which it did. she said "why on earth would you say that??" very concerned. i explained "i took a claritin and 2 tylenol pms AND had a beer at dinner." i thought for sure it would potentially wreck my liver. she agreed "oh, you'll probably just sleep a lot." but noooooo. i wish i were asleep right now! i can't believe that i'm awake. was it the one beer? is my body super resistant to sleeping pills? is it allergies?? (which, btw are HORRIBLE. my nose has been itching all week. since when do i have allergies?? it must be new in my old age )

so it is tuesday morning. i thought for sure i would sleep all night. sunday evening, i logged on to work around midnight and start cranking out some important emails. it took me 4+ hours and i went to bed at 5am. i got up at 7:30 and headed to work. i wasn't tired at work and this week is very busy and bubbling at the office. lots going on so i was on the go all day. after work, higgi and i headed to boylston street to pick up a punch bowl and candy for.... you guessed it! my birthday party thursday evening. punch is definitely 80s. we're going to have some. woo hoo. i can't tell you the rest of the menu. thats just a tickler. i CAN tell you that i will be taking a half day on thursday and heading home to prepare for the party. i got out some fun stuff last night that i can use for decorations. should be good.

anyway... why am i awake???

i swear i just saw something out of the corner of my eye. i thought it was a centipede, which, btw, are EVERYWHERE in the south end. NOT PLEASED. i killed a MASSIVE one last night at about 3am. it felt good.

i've been watching airfares from bos to dtw for this summer to visit miss m. since i'm randomly awake, i checked them again and for some reason 1) they are SUPER expensive, despite dtw being a hub and 2) delta is not showing up on kayak right now. is that normal? what is going on right now? so weird.

ok, i need to attempt to go back to bed. 3:33am.

until the next time, here is a link my friend sent to me: http://whoisthecutest.com/.

[song by les nubians. because i can't sleep]

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right. so.... OBVIOUSLY i have to have this gorgeous toilet in my apartment. how pretty is it?? and it looks really clean! if they have those fancy japanese -style flushers/cleaners/disinfectanters, even better! or, actually, a must. found here. the other toilets they list are not that pretty. i don't get them. AND if i had this toilet, it would have to be against a black backdrop, perfectly lit the whole time. obviously.

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so really its more that i find this funny and hope you all enjoy it. and i can't really figure out how to embed these videos, so you'll have to click on the link and watch them yourself. sorry.

college humor

in addition, here is a cute video that i tried sending to my brother. i won't show where i got it since my brother is boycotting the site.



that's all for today.