kanye west is the most arrogant fellow around.

not in the productive way, either.

breakfast

i'm totally ready to not be sick.

why i don't have a job

i just found a typo in my resume.

now i know why no one wants me.

morning goodness.

my roomie made me the cutest birthday banner as a belated party decoration:



i got some eucalan knit wash in the mail and it smells great:



it's snowing and gloomy-pretty and i am glad to be back in my suitably grey city:



off to work work work work work work on things.

-papermoon

last day at home

well... i love chicago, but it sure seems odd to be headed back.

it's been nice to be here at home, seeing my enormous family and my puppy dog, eating meat (who knew... i currently enjoy it), watching movies on a big screen, and seeing friends who reside east of the west. last night maggie and katie and i watched 'the secret of roan inish' and i was PERFECT as usual. i haven't gotten that lovely, muted mood out of my system yet. i need to order that on dvd, stat. it's nice to have ample excuses to watch kids' movies.

sometimes chicago really pulls at me when i'm away, but it didn't this last month-and-some. i am sure that once i land that familiar feeling will hit me again, though, and i will wonder at how i wasn't dying to return. not to mention, i will get to see the lovely roomie once more.

it was a good thanksgiving, a great christmas and a good first few days of 2009. my family does what a good family should... they build me up. i will miss the activity and all the good debate!

off to treasure today!

-papermoon

awesome animation!

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

happy 2009

we had our family party as usual...

it was great!

we all continued the old tradition of wearing fancy clothes, eating hors d'ouvres for dinner, and putting up our glitzy decorations... and some homemade. i broke out the paper cut out garland we've used for three (?) years now (papa says it's time to laminate)


and maggie had the great idea of making fireworks in front of the fireplace.


some of my pictures act like evidence of the adults only punch in action...


-papermoon