Saturday, January 1, 2011

frogs


I brought these to a friend's house about a week ago, thinking they were cupcakes and we'd have them over tea. I was terribly mistaken. I’m not sure what they are or what they're meant for, but they are made of solid buttercream, with a very thin wafer of cake at the very bottom. It was a very amusing experience. We are dastardly ones, and we conspired to trick her poor husband into consuming one... and filmed it.

I resolve to be less naughty this year. Or not.

Friday, December 17, 2010

kindred spirits

"Because," he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you-- especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly."
--Chapter XXIII, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë


My favourite quote from the book ♥

In one of my second year English literature courses, I was taught to read this book as a story of a woman's oppression and looming entrapment in patriarchy, and I believed that for years until I re-read this book this year. In the time that has passed between readings, I’ve grown, matured, and discovered real love. Under that light, the book reads much differently, and I can identify with much of what Jane feels. To me (and I don't care what my English profs would say about it), this is a story of growth, of perseverance, and definitely of love. It’s perhaps more lucrative to be cynical and force jaded readings into this novel, but I don't believe that was Brontë's intention.

The imagery of this quote is breathtakingly beautiful.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

shutterbug


Self-strung (not technically "handmade") necklace from materials at this lovely store in tokyo. Super simple and inexpensive!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

jellyfish

"Hanging, swaying, pulsing, the most vulnerable and insubstantial creature, [the jellyfish] has for its defence the violence and power of the whole ocean, to which it has entrusted its going and its will."

--Ursula Le Guin, Lathe of Heaven

Friday, November 5, 2010

birnel


Birnel on whole-grain knäckerbrot (crispbread)

I came across Birnel in switzerland. It's a golden syrup made from the concentrated juice of pears. I was happy to find that it's all natural--it has only one ingredient: pear juice. It's light and has a fruity tanginess to it, and tastes excellent on my morning toast or as a sweetener.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

t-shirts



two of my favourite graphic tees from japan-- the top one is from hanjiro (gorgeously designed second-hand store... i absolutely adore it), and the bottom one is one of the 2008 halloween series from uniqlo (once in a blue moon there's something there that i like).

that pink t-shirt seriously rocks