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Santa & I are Besties

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Santa came to the Credit Union last Tuesday. I was his little helper. I think next year I’ll dress up a little more festively. At the end of the day, my face was sore from smiling so much. So many cute kids, some not-so-cute kids, and some really chatty adults.  But you know what, it’s pretty amazing how happy Santa can make people. All in all, as Ice Cube says, “It was a good day.”

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In other holiday related news, I made this yesterday to bring some Christmas cheer to my building. I was inspired by Elsie Cake, but made mine a little different. It took me about 2 hours. I just half-double crocheted for 3 rows, and voila!

Thursday Inspiration: Just Be You

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I came back from lunch to find this on my monitor. Every now and then my lovely coworker will jot down an inspirational or thought-provoking message on a post-it and leave it with me. I really loved the one she left me today and wanted to share it. It is a quote from Jason Mraz’s blog Freshness Factor Five Thousand . In his post he ends this thought with “Just Be You.” I absolutely love it. Thank you, Katrina!

Where my mind took me today

So, as I sit here at my desk listening to LastFM, I often find myself discovering new bands that tickle my fancy. I also often find myself wandering off into music la-la-land and embarking on these really lame and random thoughts such as the following.

I decided to compile a list of band names that have something in common… the word “Club”.  Excited? I bet you are. Most of these are real bands, with a few fictional ones tossed in the mix. Why not.

Two Door Cinema Club

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Bombay Bicycle Club

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Featuring, Panda girl! Haha. So cute.

Tokoyo Police Club

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St. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

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New Young Pony Club

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They look like they’d be fun dance party buddies.

Culture Club

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S Club 7

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Don’t even act like you don’t know who this is… or that you didn’t watch this show while babysitting that bratty TV-dinner-eating 8 year old girl every weekend before you got a real job…

Mickey Mouse Club

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What’s up with the chef in the background. Creep City!

Can you think of any more? Do you think this was lame? Let me know! But be nice.

This is one of those posts

Well, actually, I should say: this is one of those rare posts where I don’t really have much to say. Or, rather, I have things to say, but there may or may not be a point. Comprende? Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Haha. It’s Friday, I’m kind of reaching that point of my day where I would normally take a stroll to Coffee Bean and order a nice ice blended drink, but in efforts to save a few bucks I am drinking water. It is fair to say, it is not working.

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Isn’t that freakin cute? Haha. I don’t know if I’d actually wear it, but I thought it was a neat etsy find from Destination Design.

In other non-news, I have been super busy lately, which is cool. I love being busy. But at the same time, I miss my free time. Mostly because I miss FILLING my free time with knitting. Speaking of knitting, I think brooklyntweed is amazing. Always inspiring. I want to make this:

Girasole

Yes that is a lace pattern. And yes that is a mother effing BLANKET. Do I have the patience for this? Probably not. Do I love it enough to try? Yes. We’ll see if I decide to give it a whirl. Or as Justin Bobby likes to say “Truth and time tells all.” Puahaha.

And that concludes this Friday late afternoon post that really didn’t serve a purpose. Off to Coffee Bean after all!

Holidays = Excuses to Make Stuff

Oh dear, oh dear. My trip to San Francisco this past weekend has resulted in super sleepy eyes every day this week.

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Photo by Chris Asuncion. Taken in Dolores Park, San Francisco, CA June 25, 2009

It was well worth it, but still, no bueno! Sleepy eyes and a sore throat to boot. What the heck. But, being the positive person that I am, I can say that the one (and possibly only) good thing about being so sleepy is how my sleepy state makes everything seem really funny. These spontaneous bouts of silliness I am experiencing are definitely helping me with a new blog project I am working on with a friend of mine. It’s going to be fun, informative, but mostly just ridiculous.

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Vintage 4th of July Palette from COLOURlovers

Hey! It’s a holiday weekend?  Yeah it is! You and I both know that crafters love nothing more than a good holiday. Holidays = excuses to make stuff. For realz. For the past few years I’ve been aching to dress up as Uncle Sam for the 4th of July. I just might attempt it this year. Last year I was let down by the always reliable Party City. No 4th of July decor WHATSOEVER. What’s up with that, Party City? I shouldn’t be going there anyway. Bad Tati!

But, don’t you love this color palette from COLOURlovers? I wish our flag was made using these colors. Sorry America! Please don’t stone me for my blasphemous opinions.  I really do love our country and our colors… but sometimes, we get a little too cheesy with our patriotism. This 4th of July, let’s be patriotic in a classy way. Eh? Yeah? We’ll see what happens.

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One of the three OC Ladies I will be seeing this weekend.
Kendra and I classily chugging mini bottles of wine at Traci and Patrick’s Wedding, April, 2009
Photo by Cathy Nguyen

I’m so excited for the 3-day weekend! Yes, I am excited to catch up on sleep, but also just to get things done… and post the results! I’ll be kicking this weekend off with dinner with a friend tonight (I am Maid of Honor in her wedding, so I’m excited to talk about her upcoming pre-wedding in Vegas and lots and lots of other wedding planning things). Two of my cousins are flying down from Alaska to visit the family, so I’ll be seeing them on Saturday, yay! And, Sunday I will be spending quality time with my Orange County ladies. Time in between will be spent between web projects and sewing projects. Ugh! I can’t wait for the weekend to begin! Happy Thursday everyone!