some call them jumpers.

When I showed this to my friends, they were like what the hell is this? Though, to be fair, that is the reaction my friends have to most things I force them to watch.

So what the hell is this? It's a funny little video from the clothing company Pringle of Scotland that is totally weird yet oddly endearing. David Shrigley, an English artist, does the animation and infuses the clip with his irreverent and completely (at least in my eyes) British humor.

Long live Gerald!

a whatyamacallit.

SPRING BREAK! Woooo! It's true, I'm on spring break. Finally. It feels like it has been forever since I last had a break.

The only problem is that I have work that needs to be done before I go away. Where is this mystery destination to which you are traveling you ask? Well I'll tell you...on Friday. Keep the suspense going a little while longer. I know that you are just dying to know.

Anyways it is great to be back in Rhode Island, I missed my crazy state. And now that I'm here after being gone for a while I notice all these things that are changing. Like how my local grocery store has changed from their fancy personalized Clements Marketplace bags to "Thank you for shopping with us!" bags. I am not feeling it. Half the fun of going there is getting a snazzy purple Easter grocery bag or a festive orange one for Halloween. It is just a disgrace. (Wow, my town needs a town center or something.)

Last night some friends came over and we found this blanket that my grandparents got me. Or at least we thought it was a blanket. It turned out to be...

A giant blanket with a deer on the back! WHAAAAT? BUT WAIT, there's more...

IT HAS SLEEVES! Like a reverse snuggie. It is, as my friend deemed it, a "hunting kimono". Beautifully modeled by my friend Sophie.

Basically my grandparents are awesome.

a night out with the girls.

I'm back at Wellesley! Yay! I feel so much smarter already. I swear if I hadn't been writing in this blog I would have had complete mental atrophy. Anyways, since we all had separately decided that we wanted to get off campus this semester we took the bus into Cambridge for the evening. The "we" in that sentence was Nat (who I visited in Miami), Camylle, Mayrah, and me. Though we are perhaps better known by our exotic and accentedalter-egos: Svetlana, Ariana, Jaqueline, and Emma.

Once we got off the bus in Harvard Square we decided to hit up TeaLuxe because the presence of chider (a combination of hot cider and chai tea) had been suggested. On the way to the tea shop we may or may not have stopped in the cupcake shop next door and picked up sweet cake and cookies n' cream cupcakes (we did).

Yum.

Ariana & Jaqueline, what cuties.

These are cool Brazilian bracelets that Nat brought for us. You make wishes on them and when they break they come true.

All bundled up and ready for the cold.

Anyways today is the first day of classes so I may or may not be posting (or alive) tonight.

sympathy for the devil.

Wow, I feel like I haven't done this in ages, though it has only been a couple of days. To be fair I have traveled to a different state, climate, and seemingly, season. I am now on my last leg of this journey, livin' it up in Miami. Not really. But I am in Miami visiting my fellow Wellesley woman Nathalie. And it is awesome. It feels like a strange mix of summer and school.

We went to the beach yesterday (The beach! In January!) and tanned. Well, tanned would be the wrong word. More like sat out in the sun, sweating, trying to get a little color while not looking like a lobster. Mission kind of accomplished. It is a good thing we did that the first day though because we have spent the second half of yesterday and the better half of today sitting on the couch watching Dexter. Which is so good. Seriously that show is quickly becoming one of my favorites, though it doesn't help with my sleep patterns. Also Netflix instawatch only goes until season 2 so I could be going through some serious withdrawl soon. Watch out.

One thing I really love about the show, besides the fact that I am watching it in the dark in Miami (sarcasm), is that it is so morally ambiguous. You totally want Dexter to be good, but is what he is doing good? Is it the best alternative? What does it mean about us that we are sympathizing with him. Oh god I'm turning into my brother. Or worse, my dad. But this stuff is really interesting, pretentious postulating or not.

Anyways, that's it for me tonight. Off to sleep (I hope)!

Night.

happy new year!

So. It's 2011. Which is kinda crazy. I mean, what?! I feel like not that long ago it was 2000. You know, the good old days when Carson Daly would do the countdown to the ball dropping. None of this Snooki in a hamster ball business (which I have no idea if that happened or not I just heard something along a similar track, and was like no).

Anyways, enough reminiscing.

My night was good. Very chill. I feel like it is hard to have fun on New Year's Eve because there are such high expectations ingrained in us. You probably don't have an awesome NYE that you have to live up to but you feel like you do. Which sucks. But one way to combat it is to go super lazy, like me.

I spent the night at my friend Mary's house. We hung out and made mexican food, because, you know, we wanted to do the traditional NYE meal...or we just love mexican food.

...yeah we made a ton of guacamole. Which was pretty good. Except it had a little too much lime juice. And parsley. And while I was cutting the peppers my fingers decided to freak out and start burning. I suspect my new guitar playing is the cause, but really, ouch.

We also made salsa. Which I would have preferred a bit spicier, but that's okay. It was remarkably fresh, which you don't realize how much you miss until you make your own salsa. We proceeded to make awesome quesadillas and, randomly enough, chocolate mousse.

The after-dinner entertainment consisted of It's Complicated and The Office. I'm pretty sure I'm in love with John Krasinski/Jim Halpert. Seriously. And then we watched the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice, which I've seen so many times but always strikes me as completely gorgeous.

Our friend Rachel came over about half-way through the night to make it three.

I decided to go all festive and pink for my accessories. That's right. My nails are pink and sparkly. Go big or go home. And that thing I'm holding in my fingers is a flying pig earring. My mom got them for me for my birthday and they are absolutely amazing.

Overall it was a great night and I'm so happy I just stayed in and hung out. Hope your NYE was a blast and here's to a great 2011!