you're not supposed to say no to a detective

I love this guy's dubbed "manly" voice.

on my mind

Natural history museum installations in progress.

"Apparently, dinosaur displays are not entirely the product of accumulated scientific data, of empirical truth. They are cultural artifacts, our “national psychic erector sets which we've put together in different ways depending on our mood.”"

Indeed.
Nutshell studies of unexplained death.

"Around the same time, she began work on the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death—a series of eighteen miniature crime-scene dioramas for student analysis. The Nutshells allowed Mrs. Lee to combine her lifelong love of dolls, dollhouses, and models with her passion for forensic medicine."

Fact I just learned via text message from a dear friend:
"Every night a man in his 50's with down syndrome hoses down Toontown."


I was creeping around Google Earth and this one neighborhood in California totally killed me - the pools, the cul-de-sac, and strawberry fields:

Some things are too perfect to be believed.

commence summer fun

my new favorite website

yvettesbridalformal.com

that accounts for the bleeding

yard sale

Today I went to visit some friends who were having a yard sale. They live in an interesting neighborhood and some real characters came by to look at stuff. Some super cute children also. This one guy drove his weird little motorbike all the way up the driveway and yelled over the idling engine instead of turning it off.
"Hey how much for your flops?" he called over at me (I was sitting in a chair and looked like I was running the place, I guess)
"Excuse me?" I asked.
He held up a pair of flip-flops. "How much for your flips?" he asked again.

Jesus, what kind of person can't just say "flip-flops"? Or, you know, "these shoes"?

He finally turned off the bike so he could complain about how his girlfriend was a bitch, even though he was buying her these goddamn flip-flops. Which were nice, you know? They were a dollar. And she was probably going yell at him because they were too big, because apparenly she is on her period like all the time.

Q: how cranky was I today?

A:

I've committed some pretty weird crimes

also: Carol Annnnnnnnnn!!!!

is it mean that the last thing reminded me to post this thing?

today I discovered a new kind of rabbit

idiots

I require the following items

finding your spot

flyer

this week in mild trespassing

what we talk about when we talk about cheerleader camp