It's official.

My longing for the iPhone has turned into full on lust. I just spent my lunch break learning about all the marvelous things this one tiny gadget would add to my life. If only I didn't have all those pesky other bills like rent, electricity, car payments...

With Valentine's, St. Patrick's, and my Birthday all coming up oh-so-soon...any secret benefactors in hiding out there?

"I like these cold, gray winter days.
Days like these let you savor a bad mood."

Bill Patterson

My what a big bow you have.

via Paste

bwahahahahahaha! love. it.

Today I've used far too many exclamation points.

But it's Inauguration Day!!
And Obama is now PRESIDENT!!
And it snowed in SC today!
Bright, soft, fat flakes!!
So how in the world can I not be excited?!?!!

I'm practically a walking exclamation point today.
And it feels goo-ooo-oo-ood....



(i spent a good amount of time gazing at the falling flakes today, and letting them fall lightly on my nose first thing this morning, but did not capture any pictures. luckily other people did. mmm mmm snow.)

you celebrate chaos.

i LOVE this movie.

This is what happens when I can't sleep.

This is my "Mosaic of Me," which I happily stumbled upon at the SCOOP. Want one do ya?

Answer the following 12 questions about yourself
(my answers are in parentheses after each question):

1. What is your first name? (erin)

2. What is your favorite food? (pasta)

3. What high school did you attend? (hanna)

4. What is your favorite color? (leaf green)

5. Who is your celebrity crush? (cary ann hearst)

6. Favorite drink? (coffee)

7. Dream vacation? (new zealand)

8. Favorite dessert? (chocolate)

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (happy)

10. What do you love most in life? (laughter)

11. One word to describe you? (learning)

12. Your Flickr name? (each good rain)

Type your answer to each of the above questions into Flickr's search. Using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite and copy and paste each of the URL’s into the Mosaic Maker.

This is going to seem like a great use of time when my alarm wakes me up a few hours from now...but so pretty, right?

photo creds:

1. THE OLD BOG ROAD (NO 3) (Mar 21, 2008 #424 EXPLORE) KILKENNY, IRELAND., 2. Shell pick 'n' mix, lightly arranged, 3. Hanna, 4. Against the Colors, 5. Day 123: Cary, 6. coffee & the city, 7. One of each, 8. there's nothing better than summer, 9. Perspective Matters (1483 unique and cool people count this photo as a favorite), 10. Laughter In The Rain, 11. Moon / Luna, 12. There are different wells within us. Some fill with each good rain, others are far, far too deep for that.

The disposal of a year.

Copying birthdays, throwing out old notes, reliving the year in 52 short flips. The shiny new 09 calendar seems to laugh at my worn and bulky 08 calendar as they lay side by side. But as the weeks pass from page to page, 08 begins to stand a little taller, realizing the crucial experience it has that the newcomer does not. 2009, so far, is all business, while 2008 may be bulky and worn, but is bulky with laughter, worn with emotion. A tough year, no doubt, but with beauty tucked in if you know where to look. And then, in late July, a simple scrawl claiming the weekend for "excitement!" I still can't quite remember what the excitement was, but in that moment I realize that despite our disagreements, power struggles, and disappointments in each other, 2008 and I had an alright run after all.

Oh 2009. I've got my coffeepot (resolve #1: no more diet coke), fancy new pens (resolve #2: keep writing writing writing), and a few jokes up my sleeve (resolve #3: stop taking everything so daggum seriously). Perhaps a bit of glamour will find its way in as well...