hipster ABCs

i would have been much more into learning my letters as a 4 year old if my parents had used these cards instead of those boring traditional ones

it can't get better than this

tilt-shift photography AND the Olympics?!

ambivalence

Things that are making me sad this week:

1) the Olympics are over

2) i have to leave my family beach vacation early for a lame "how to be a good teacher" short course next week

3) M2 & i broke up. so depressing. 

Things that are making me happy this week:

1) it's my birthday!

2) i'm going to the beach! 

3) M2 & i broke up. such a relief. 

my olympic schedule

sometime between 7-9am: wake up. move to couch

awake-10am: watch the Today Show's coverage of the London games

10am-noon: craft projects and/or watch the Olympics (usually one sport on tv & another online simultaneously) 

noon: consider eating and/or watch the Olympics

1-4pm: work and/or watch the Olympics

4-5pm: nap and/or watch the Olympics

5-8pm: run, shower, eat dinner, talk to Boy about the Olympics

8pm-midnight: watch Bob Costas cover the Olympic highlights of all the events i already saw

at this point i don't really remember life before i watched TV 10 hours/day

jokes & fun with the RNC

did someone register me as a Republican as a joke? (if so, well played) i have no other explanation for me receiving some survey from the Republican National Committee asking what they should focus on in the upcoming presidential election. i found the questions mostly ridiculous and occasionally offensive. i chose to answer the one asking, "Are you planning on volunteering for your local Republican office in the upcoming election?" and then wrote "VIVA Obamacare!!" across the back. i also included this picture as a special present for the intern who got to open my envelope:

that lucky intern

update on bob costas's style

bob must have gotten a new stylist because his shirt-tie combos are vastly improved since Vancouver. he's also given up the pocket squares that never matched (too dressy for summer?). next on his list of new hires should be a new make-up artist. bob, we both know you are getting old & a little more wrinkly. just embrace it.