Yellow Watermelon

Yellow Watermelon
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I love yellow watermelon. It is slightly sweeter and crunchier than pink watermelon, but that could just be the one I got. Sometimes I get turned off watermelon if I pay a lot of money for one that tastes terrible. So far I am two for two this season. One pink; one yellow. I think you are guaranteed a tastier one if you buy one with seeds. These seem to only be available at Farmer's Markets. I don't like the idea of seedless fruit.

Barbazoo

Barbazoo "body warmer"
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

This probably has to been one of my best finds in Japantown. I was a huge Barbapapas fan when I was a kid. I think they were somewhat obscure even then. My sister and I found this "body warmer" (still don't actually know what it does" at the Japantown grocery store. They had a few other of the characters, but I choose Barbazoo because she was always my favourite.

More Bloomingdale's Success

I forgot to write about my new super buys are Bloomingdale's from a couple weeks ago. I got this crazy $250 marc by marc jacobs sweater for only $80. 

I also saved $100 off a Matt and Nat handbag I'd been wanting for awhile. Plus with all my purchases I received a $30 Bloomingdale's gift card. I may try to get this See by Chloe Tote this weekend. 

NOOKA!

I finally got a Nooka watch. I have wanted one of these for ages! I was able to get a great deal on Gilt. Check it out and join here. They also had my Matt+Nat bag there they day after I bought it at Bloomindale's.

Stop Motion Con't.

Thanks to Marie (my favourite cowl maker) , here's a video showing how the Deadline Stop Motion was made.

Stop Motion

This is a super cool stop-motion video.

Puma Factory Lo

Puma Factory Lo
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I had seen photos of these shoes online and couldn't really figure them out. When I saw them at the PUMA store a week or so ago, I decided I really needed them!

Marionettes

I have been equally fascinated and creeped out by marionettes. I'm pretty sure when I was a kid I really wanted one. "Being John Malkovich" probably had the best marionettes I had ever seen, but then again I really haven't seen any. I'm really not too sure what to think about these giant ones. 

Turk + Taylor

Turk + Taylor
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I have this thing for zip ups and hound dogs. I was at Capsule in Hayes Valley today... I mean the Union Design Fair (I can't remember the new name of this thing), and saw this great hoodie, so I had to get it! Overall, the fair was really good. I ran into some great people I knew and made a great contact with another bag maker. And of course I has some Frjtz's for lunch!

I love Marc Jacobs. I love Bloomingdale's.

I found the cutest marc jacobs' shoes at Bloomingdale's. I could actually buy them because I got them on sale! I saved $110! 

T.S. Spivet

This is probably the best book I have read in, well I can't even put a number on how many years. It's amazing. It's everything I've ever wanted in a novel: A quirky, cartographic genius of a boy on a grand adventure and lots of science. That's all I'm going to say. Read it. 

Mourning Doves 2009

Mourning Doves
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

My mourning dove returned to her nest this year. Last year she built one nest. So far this is her second clutch for this year. I think her first clutch completely failed and I found her dead baby on my porch. So far this clutch seems to be doing better.

Loose in the Mailunit

Loose in the Mailunit
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I know it's the 'in' thing to hate the USPS, but I've never felt that way. I've always been a huge fan of any mail service. I love everything about mail. Lately, while I was extremely exhausted I accidently put my rent cheque that was in an envelope only marked with my landlord's name in a USPS box. I didn't have an address on it because I only need to put my rent cheque in this box in my garage door. Anyways, I didn't actually realize this idiotic blunder until 24 h later! I madly phoned my bank to cancel the cheque. Turns out it cost $30 to cancel a cheque ($15 if you do it on the internet). Lame. I then remembered I had actually written three cheques that same day, luckily by examining the pen imprints on my next cheque I had cancelled the right one. I was still worried that someone was able to cash the cheque before I cancelled. This where, while I love the USPS, I don't always trust all their employees. My mailman wears jeans, doesn't organize the mail to my property so I have to look through three boxed to pick mine out, and I swear somedays he just takes the day off.
I received a surprise in my box on Saturday. A letter for me from a USPS department "Loose the the Mailunit" from an Oakland post office. Inside was a form letter about how they found an article of mine that was loose in the handling system and my cheque! Phew!

Boston

Boston Subway
Originally uploaded by theseawithin

I recently went to Hartford, New Haven, and Boston. My first trip to New England. I loved it. I especially loved Boston's especially ancient subway system. I wish I had a photo that better captured this.
Yale was an incredible campus and really made me want to go to grad school again. I kept my eye out for Blaire or some GG filming.
I also checked out Harvard and kept my eye out for E.O. Wilson, but no luck.

it was the hat, afterall

Last night, I saw Leonard Cohen live. This was probably one of the best concerts I had ever been to. It was also the most money I had ever paid for a concert and we were in the 2nd crappiest section. I don't see big acts a lot, but this was still pricey for a big act I think. 

Growing up, our tv was in the cold dark room in the basement. This room also housed numerous books shelves and the sound system for our house. This was a record player sound system, and get this, it was so hi-tech it even had a tape deck. While watching TV I would also look through my dad's record collection. I vaguely remember there being a lot a Beatles albums and stuff like Cream and the newest album being Thriller, which I kinda remember was actually my brother's. I always remember seeing Leonard Cohen's "Songs of" because of the album art on the back and the photograph of Cohen on the front which I probably thought resembled my dad. I didn't actually listen to that album until I was in junior high. My sister, who was in high school at the time, had a friend over who thought it was awesome we had that record, so we started listening to it. I've listened to him since. 

Anyways. The concert was amazing. He played for 3 hours. Not a fan of encores, I did appreciate that when he ran off stage (actually skipped) he only waited for about 10 seconds before running back on. He had some pretty classic dance moves too. He also did stop and say some pretty hilarious Leonard stuff such as 'I haven't been here for 14 years, when I was 60 and a kid with a crazy dream'. I wish I had brought a pen to write all the stuff down. 

Oh and if you can, rent the documentary "Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. Leonard Cohen".

Where the Wild Things Are

I'm usually jaded when I hear about such projects. Making a movie based on Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are"? Give me a break. But with Spike Jonze directing, Dave Eggers writing the screenplay, and The Arcade Fire providing the soundtrack, it has some serious potential. I will definitely be catching this in the theatre. Maybe this time I will actually be able to see it in 3D, unlike the Coraline fiasco. 

GoWinnipeg!GoMarcel!

Marcel Dzama directed a music video! Department of Eagles - No One Does it Like You

And here is a video about him directing the video:

Go Winnipeg! Go Marcel!

Bart Art

I am absolutely loving the new advertisements for BART at the stations. It's all by Mick Wiggins. I love seeing the California flora and fauna in a Bart Station.

New Book.

I haven't been able to put this book down. Read it. It is strange in so many ways, but fascinating and incredibly well written. I am always amazed by the ability of translators. 

Saturday Grey Day

Not only did I eat a lot of sweets yesterday, but I bought a pair of shoes and a marc jacobs' hoodie. Both items were grey.