Since I don't have photos of my own 4th of July holiday,

which consisted of poolside lounging, rib-eating, and dancing with the Ecuadorian family who lives behind Mario's house at their pig roast. Why do I not have pictures of these amazing adventures? Because Yes.

So look at this post from From Me To You instead! It seriously made my night (that and the cake batter ice cream I just had) and I can't even tell you how flustered I am to know that this event happened the weekend I arrived here in Connecticut, really close to where it happened in Manhattan. It just gets my giggly goat. Giggly. Goat.  

I hope you enjoy the rest of the photos as much as I did,

because they reminded me how pretty life can be sometimes.

Spent two days in Greeneville with the boyfriend,

and we were so proud after making a successful at-home dinner date of shish kabobs, local new potatoes, and cream corn. 

Fancy eclairs and bear claws from Peggy Ann's Bakery for dessert. :)  

And now, back at home, I have a new workspace for my blogging and art-ing! 

Also, wish me a big hunk of good luck for tomorrow morning- I have a job interview at a Greek restaurant! I need a job really bad, so send me some good vibes!

He captured the essence of flying.

I've been trusted by my future room-mate with the delicious task of decorating our dorm. 

And now that I'm actually thinking about it,

my original plan doesn't seem quite right...

I had wanted to do some sort of mustard-yellow with a nice, thick grey,

but now that just seems really sombre and a bit too trendy to actually be comfortable.

Then mom reminded me of my old dream of having a chalkboard wall,

and then I remembered of my plot to paint vintage picture frames a deep, azure blue and hang them on said chalkboard wall.

I'm totally sticking to that, because chalkboard=chalk notes, and an awesome cool chalkboard wall=awesome cool chalkboard wall full of awesome chalk notes. That just seems like too much awesome to give up. 

Of course, ours will look much cleaner. This is the aftermath of a babysitting session.

So anyway, I'm scouring design blogs for inspiration,

or, rather a funneling of inspiration because I have too much in my head for one room!

I'll probably be asking you all for input....

and if you have any suggestions or pictures I'd love, please send them!

I know this dress isn't my usual style,

but we would have sooo much fun together!

So would me and these tights,
which I have named the coolest tights in the world.

sardines

I also had a bunch of awesome other pictures that somehow got lost in translation, much to my dismay. I really, really want to find particularly two of them again....

Wanna see some pictures from my trip to Louisville?
It was waaaay fun!

I spent the first evening watching Much Ado About Nothing in the park with Kelsey and Craig (Who so graciously was my host and tour guide all weekend), two of my favorite gingers. The play was awesome mostly because it was Bollywood themed!! 

Then Craig and I crashed Lebowskifest (That's right!) to find our dear friend Cameron.


But we also found Jesus:


and some other people who we didn't know (neither of us have seen or remember the movie) but who looked important.
So we got our pictures taken with them.





This is Cameron, who we promptly whisked away to Craig's hilariously hospitable grandmother's house.

Na-na fed us way too much food, and beat us way to hard at every card game we played.
She was seriously awesome.


Then we went to the Speed Art Museum, where we met up with Taylor,
one of the most beautiful girls I know.

Here's Cameron shielding us from unsavory nudity in some classical art.

There's a section in the museum where visitors share what they think about certain pieces of art. I especially appreciated these wise words.

Yes. I, too, think it potato's.

Modern Art. Seriously. There were, like, ten of these framed. And they weren't done by a cat or something, which would make them impressive.

Here's Taylor with Craig and Cameron. Aren't my friends pretty?

There's a pretty funny story about this picture. We were sitting at Qdoba eating our burritos at the window, and these three ladies walked by and started cracking up and waving at us really big, making these crazy gestures. We had no idea what was going on!
One of them ran inside the restaurant and started explaining, "I"m so sorry! We were walking by and we thought you all were a poster or something! You all look like an advertisement! You all had these big smiles, eatin' your food all cute- you all are so cute! I'm so sorry this is so funny- you all looked like an advertisement- so cute!!"
Needless to say we all felt awesome.
I might send this picture to Qdoba.

Also Cameron bought a leather jacket. 

Which, like, made him 14x cooler.

Me and Taylor and Craig went to the park :)

This is Mitchell, who housed me the second night, made me eggs for breakfast, and preformed some crazy massage voodoo on my neck and head (it's an acting exercise) and temporarily paralyzed me on his living room floor. I've never slept better!

I really miss my GSA friends :(

They're my favorite people.

Mom and I suddenly decided to go on Craigslist and find some kitties. We've been looking for a good cat for a few weeks, and we drove up the road a while until we found this pile of beautiful, friendly, sweet-as-sugar kittens!!
It's been an absolutely adorable day.

Here they are at home with me. They like to nap on my computer desk :)

I want to name them Basil and Gatsby, but Ben thinks those are stupid.
I think those names match perfectly.
But I'm kinda a weirdo.
What would YOU all name these kitties? Maybe your input will help change Ben's mind...

I have some cuddling to do. See you later.
love, rudi

It makes me excited about life, and it makes me dance while I shave my legs. 

Hope it does the same for you :)

Dear Ice Cream:

Just wonderin'.

Sprinkles by her, words from my heart.

So, was just looking at some pictures on
my parents were awesome...

...people can just be so cool.

I hope I end up as awesome as all these guys.
I hope you end up that way too.

love,rudi