Blendable People [Art Post!]

I wanted to share. I found these on Flipboard. You can thank Rob for my obsession with Flipboard, too, while we're at it.

I want... to do this....



[dunno why the orange one got cropped :/ ... but you get the basic idea]



I just thought some of you may appreciate these as much as I did. I need to find a cool, colorful building and make myself a part of it (:

Stay tuned... and never say never ;)

xo | cmd

Disconnected Thoughts of Gratitude (:

Well , I just have to say... Christmas shopping........ gives me anxiety. Am I the only one?

Call me crazy, but there's just something about shopping all together that rubs me the wrong way. There are days that I wish I had more feminine tendencies [i.e., shopping, the urge to get manicures, reading Cosmo... or whatever it is that contains all that useless celebrity news, etc...]. I do enjoy a wide range of retail goods, don't get me wrong, but the process involved with acquiring them often just drives me crazier than I think it's worth. The good news? I'm just about finished completely with my Christmas shopping list, and that... is that. #endrant.

I'm home now.. vegging out to the newest Mumford & Sons album [Babel]. I highly recommend.

Speaking of music...... [thank you]


I saw this today and got a little weak.. I love this song and I so appreciated it as a dedication [I think?]. Nice little surpsie for the day (:

It's been a crazy hectic week, but completely worth every bit of hassle and fuss. According to the Mayans, the world is scheduled to end this Friday, so perhaps that's part of the reason everything seems so jumbled. Laney may have thwarted my half-hearted hopes of being swooped off the planet by reminding me that she's 100% Mayan and that her ancestors had other reasons for not finishing their calendar. THANKS A LOT, LANEY. Haha. I'm begging to differ, seeing as how the thermostat in my house is still being cantankerous in spite of Rob's efforts to fix it. It could just be that the house itself has it out for me, or it coouuuuld be that I'll wake up tomorrow to a swarm of zombies milling around on my front lawn. We'll see.

oh. my. catie. | january2013: stl!!

Welp, whatever the case may be, I still feel so indebted for all of it and for the little things that make it worthwhile. To top it off, Catie is coming to see me in January! I'm not sure STL is prepared for us. We're something of a uniquely inappropriate combination. Hahaha. Life is good.

How's that for pre-Christmas gratitude?

Happy Midweek, blogbots. (:

xo | cmd

Pitch Perfect [is OURS!]

Here's another one of those posts that's more silly than substance.

No.. Ya know what? This is my blog, so I can say whatever I want! Haha. [Envision me as a toddler, hands on hips with my nose in the air..... just kidding.]

Seriously though.

Ali and I have been discreetly counting down the days to the DVD release of Pitch Perfect. Call us nerds, but every once in a while, looking forward to something small is kind of fun. Especially when you go together on your lunch break and both buy the stinkin' thing.

And especially more.......... when you go watch it together after work over some pad thai and magners. Oh, and a Christmas tree on the side. Definitely cannot complain. Haha.

It's a weeknight, so I'm home now.. I can't say today was a bad day, no certainly was not! It's nice to have one of those plugged into the middle of what I can tell is going to be a very eventful week.

See you in the morning, world!

xo | cmd

Monday Art Post: Japanese Body Art

ART POST! 

ah!

So, Ali sent me this email today [I have no idea where she found it]. As we all know by now, I love funky and unconventional art, especially stuff that not just anyone could pull off. 

I'm not gonna talk a whole lot for this entry; this stuff is pretty flippin' cool on its own. 

Enjoy! 

Pretty amazing, right?? 

Well, I thought so. I couldn't even begin to do something that detailed. Haha. 

Happy Monday! 

xo | cmd

Remember, Life is Beautiful

What an incredible day this has been.


best friend. scottsdale arizona. rooftop @ izzy's.

I mean, thoroughly incredible.
I am in Phoenix, awaiting the arrival of a plane that will deliver me back to the midwest, just reflecting on the past four days. I'm in a state of raw gratitude.

Scottsdale has been my little bunker for the past couple of days; I've been on a mini vacation here with my best friend, Kalyn. It seems like I blinked and Thursday night turned into Sunday evening, but it was entirely worth it and I'm already looking forward to my next trip out.

peroni & fire. hi, sunday (:

Today started off with a trip in to Mojo [& a breakfast burrito, deeee-lish], then off to do some Christmas shopping for Kalyn's list before we headed back to Grayhawk to rendezvous with KP's friend and coworker, Jennette. She's probably the prettiest real-life human being I think I've ever seen. Sidenote. Haha.

Keifer works across the street from Grayhawk at Isabella's Kitchen (Izzy's), so we parked ourselves there for some Peroni, some food, and some live music by Ryan & Madison. This girl was only 12 years old, but I can tell she's got a future brewing. She's talented!

Of course, there was a fire pit and a random girl insistent on being a camera woman. Couple that with peroni refills and you've got a couple of best friends as happy as could be on a day that couldn't have been any more relaxing.  

cori. kalyn. jennette | izzy's - scottsdale, az

SO much so that we found ourselves doing back handsprings and triple planks in the middle of the golfcourse. Yeah, it was that good. Hahaha. Jennette joined in, too, at one point. There's not much bad to be said about a Sunday afternoon spent lounging by a firepit with good friends, live music, and spirited brew.

attempt #1 @ triple planking = unsuccessful.

ok. double plank then. we'll compromise.

These are the things that entertain us. In front of mountains, live music, and Christmas lighted wicker reindeer, there was us, doing this. We finally had a breakthrough:


attempt #3 : success!

Ahhhhhhhhhh. What. A. GREAT... trip this was.


I'll be home in a matter of hours.. we'll see if Rob can get that crazy diesel up to the parking garage at the airport in time to pick me up... otherwise it's gonna be a looooong walk home. Haha. So long, for now, Arizona. I'll be back in January some time for another visit, and I'll be sure to bring some extra company with me (:

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

xo | cmd

Simple Saturday

ahhh... good morning (:

We didn't do one stinkin' thing of worth today. We're in recovery mode, still, from last night. It wasn't that we did anything extravagant, more that we're just gettin' old and staying out so far past our bedtimes beats us up. Haha. I was grateful this morning for good coffee, the light breeze, and a sunny backyard surrounding the pool. Not a bad way to wake up, even if we're all a little groggy still.

Oh, and I had a little friend for most of the morning. Meet Cecil! 

'ello, little friend! | little fluffy blanket ninja

^ That's Becca and Justine's little puffball puppy.. I'm typically not sold on little dogs, but he's a sweetheart and dedicated himself to a mode of hospitality for pretty much my entire stay thus far.

Things we did today:
Breakfast.
Jam Session: Mumford & Sons, Avett Brothers, Florence & the Machine, Ray LaMontagne.
Nothing.
Errands : Get Kalyn's car, Urban Outfitters, Zumiez.
Lunch.
Nothing. + Nap.
Thai Food & Redbox.

I'm not at all bothered by our lack of adventuristic plans today. Sure, we soooorta perhaps thwarted a day of my visiting, but the fact is, it's been rainy here all day anyway, and to be honest, the simple change of scenery is enough for me at this point. I'm happy.

Wake us up in the mornin' time (:

xo | cmd

Scottsdale Friday | Happy Birthday Keifer!

I love .... my best friend.
[i also love backdated posts. womp womp womp]

Today was originally intentioned to be a hiking trip up Camelback. That didn't happen.

Instead, Kalyn and I ended up running around all over Scottsdale with Keifer in the early part of the day. We stopped at The Praying Monk, this killer little dive restaurant/bar for some late morning relaxing and some super-early celebrating of Keifer's birthday [HBD!!].



birthday rum apple pie? yes please
keifer & chris | happy birthday, keifer!

Once we were finished there, Kalyn and I dedicated ourselves to an afternoon at the five story mall in Scottsdale for a Christmas shopping/evening wear bonanza. It paid off.



love her. ♥

cori. kalyn. justine. becca | "it's go time"

It was a real roommate outing for Kalyn, Becca and Justine; I was just there to visit and enjoy the entire experience, too. Needless to say, it was a blast.  

Stop 1 : Lodge.

hang loose, & shout out to all the ohio people we met tonight.. in arizona!

Stop 2 : El Hefe.

cori & cody! | cincinnati pride!

Stop 3 [final destination] : Smash Boxx

ok, so yes, we were running on a hang loose theme for most of the night..
... plus i stole some guy's hat... and glasses. antics....

keifer. kalyn. cori. | happy friday!!

Then the fun kicked in.... I'll spare a lot of the details along the way, but the gist of it equated to us not being able to hunt down a valet employee to retrieve Kalyn's keys at the end of the night, so it was by cab that we finally made it home. We'll deal witih Kalyn's car when the sun gets back up.

Til then... whoa. Happy Friday. Happy birthday, Keifer. 
&& Happy ME. I've needed this.
See you in the morning!

xo | cmd