doodles

I actually sat down and messed around with some watercolors in my sketchbook. It's so fun. I wish I could paint and ride my bike and listen to records and that is all. In the meantime, a little doodle:

My life moves in one direction: Forward.

Yourself: Imaginative
Your hair: Curly
Your Mother: Kind
Your Father: Handsome
Your Favorite Item: My records
Your dream last night: Walking across bridges in Germany (?!)
Your Favorite Drink: Grape juice
Your Dream Car: Vespa
Your Dream Home: In France
The Room You Are In: the office
Your fear: Death of people I love
Where you Want to be in Ten Years? An artist/designer with a studio of her own
Who you hung out with last night: my doggies
What You're Not: Concise
Muffins: Blueberry
One of Your Wish List Items: Pushing Daisies season 2 DVDs
The Last Thing You Did: Ate lunch
What You Are Wearing: Jeans and a white shirt
Your favorite weather: Temperate
Your Favorite Book: The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Last thing you ate: Enchiladas
Your Life: Moving forward
Your mood: Sleepy
Your Best Friend: Intelligent
What are you thinking about right now: Art school in France
Your car: Charcoal gray
What are you doing at the moment: This meme
Your summer: Cycling and swimming
Relationship status: Single
What is on your TV: Usually old movies or cartoons
What is the weather like: Warm and rainy
When is the last time you laughed: An hour ago maybe

summer reading

A few titles i'm digging into lately and that so far I find good enough to recommend:
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man
Seven Ages of Paris
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
60 Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong

And I'm going to finish up:
Basque History of the World, Peeling the Onion and In Defense of Food

awesomeness in web comic form

kate beaton's hark! a vagrant comic blog is so funny! yay history. she's great! (and canadian).

a terrible day in january

and yet i feel like it's summertime. strange...

postal service! *sigh*

mad men + creative fans = this

i saw these on ffffound! most excellent...