in a barbie world

ok, i never was much of a barbie girl but apparently it's that plastic bimbo's 50th birthday so i figure with all the talk of barbie, somebody should pay tribute to the boys...and i happened to have just re-found my barbie fashion collection book showcasing fashion's finests from the years '68 to '74!
starting with ken, aka. john denver -
easy rider reincarnated...
a ken that somehow reminds me of brad pitt...
and sleazy gross ken...
(am i crazy or are his pants unzipped here?)

green mind

so not into giving a shit about st. patty's day but with a claiming to be part irish house guest in town (Quinn!), i was pleasantly surprised to find out Guinness is awesome.
chocolate with a touch of coffee, in an beverage that causes inebriation?!
bless me.
here's the nerdy way i spent the "holiday" -

tell me why i don't like mondays

started monday off with
the water getting unexpectedly shut off 2 seconds after I got out of the shower (luckily after!).

Middled the day with running out of gas on the way home from work.
(last time i filled up that gas station was running)
Ended the day with some late night food and fun at the Riviera and met the man behind The Art Snob – a devastatingly tasty beverage as well as devastatingly great artwork.

Make your own Art Snob –
Knob Creek bourbon whiskey (lots)
Ginger Ale (the best is Reed’s Extra Ginger Beer!)
Dash of bitters
Twist of orange

elfin army, nuff said.

iceland's hot! these days (and not just from global warming), which gives all of us a reason to believe in elves.
and yes i do believe.
at age 6 i SAW the head honcho elf himself go up our chimney and no stupid grownup spoilsports will ever convince me otherwise.
luckily Enid Blyton alway's had my back and she was awesome, grownup AND played a big role in my refusal to actually becoming like any of them : )

so next trip to iceland, be sure to check out
Icelandic Wonders, a museum dedicated to elves, trolls and the northern lights.
this National Geographic video explains it all a little better.
and whether you want to believe in elves or not, believe me that this was all just an excuse to post and re-watch Sigur Ros' Hoppipolla and Glosoli - the best two videos and songs ever made!


and connect-to-cut, if you want some international lifetime-my so called life type programming to stay entertained, here's Spangas, a posssibly icelandic gay coming of age tale but from the words i could interpret, it's german.

the twins look a little like a youthful adam & seth so i'm loving it.

pfffft!!!!!!

it's been an exhausting week so all i'm gonna say is... PFFFFTTTTTT!!!!!!

knee socks and poppycocks

being an exceedingly lazy girl when it comes to getting dressed, there's only one type of clothing i've ever really gotten behind.
socks, knee socks, tights and the like.
all the stuff in between takes too much effort and income,,,but i can usually afford a good pair of socks.
sooooo, here's a little lady in l.a. making my absolute (but kind of pricey) faves -
Hansel from Basel



incidentally, while looking up some of her most recent designs, i happened upon this $740 accessory that may be the grossest, most vilest piece of overpriced trendster shit i've ever seen -
another clear cut case where danish designers shouldn't ever rely on the navajos for inspiration because they'll miss the obvious homeless and/or crazy fat pseudo-arty housewife association the rest of us get.
(that being said, i really love some of the man socks and other designs this dude (Henrik Vibskov) creates but this blanket nullifies at least 40 of them)

someday we'll ditch the doublewide

and go for a .134514151345 wide!!!
and the most important rooms of all...the loo.
and the bedroom.
because everyone knows...home is wherever you wake up. or take a deuce.
this thing may not have really been built yet but i love the concept.
you can read more here.