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5 objets d'art: May Daze

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This is my new reading spot. Private alpine meadow with vineyard ...mountains flowers trees...














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Piñata Anatomy by Minneapolis artist Carmichael Lynch. (via colossal).












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Read this funny satire I wrote about one of the first novels ever written, Samuel Richardson's Pamela.

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NO YES NO... YES.

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It's not often that you're trolling the old blogosphere and come across a comment that is this super kind and inspiring. This was posted on the jealous curator, and it comes from artist Elizabeth Mayville (and Ira Glass, of course!)

This is definitely something I must keep in mind while mired in the writing process of my *first ever* dissertation chapter...exciting/daunting!

little fox/swiss alps

trampolines are dangerous all by themselves

they don't need help from your stupidity

So I'm going for a run, decide to take a new route, and discover this *funhouse of death*. Remember, parents (!) and kids, backyard tramps are always-already unsafe. And as for my little gymnasts: if you hurt yourself on your backyard tramp and have to miss training you will be able to sense the intensity of displeasure all the way from Germany...  be safe this summer! 

Below are some pics from the same house... their treehouse looks haunted.

happiness is.. getting snacks from the kitchen while wearing only socks

that I wish was a castle, but is sadly small, new and modern in the style de la Ikea

*note: I forgot to capitalize from

readyforlanguageschooltostartagainalready

5 objets d'art: recents

When I was a gymnastics coach in Calgary, I coached
this super smart, super talented lil' chickadee.
This is her cat. Thanks, Facebook, for keeping us connected.

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In the first case, I wrote a (funny) post about the serious topic of cats, academics, and questions of comfort for the NASSR Graduate Student Caucus Blog. Cats are comfortable because they refuse to be otherwise...why aren't you?

(Okay. Let's just pause and take note of the fact that the "NASSR Graduate Student Caucus Blog" NEEDS A NAME CHANGE, STAT. It's too long. And the word "caucus" is unsavoury. Someone re-brand this puppy!)

But yes, my post. You should read it. And not just because I reference James Harriet, Derrida, Althusser and Christopher Hitchens, but because it utilizes YELLING TYPING and italics.






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The Blind Hem is this amazing style site that publishes everything from fiction to D.I.Y.s, and happily breathes life into previously published works.

They are currently running my piece on How Fashion Blogs Create a Competitive Market of Taste.
                     

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I started making some fun postcards because I think €0.75 for a stamp is more than enough. Plus, they reflect the things I'm up to and the personality of whomever I plan on sending each particular card.

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I went to Zurich for the day! With Ester! It was an excellent adventure, very expensive, but Ester and I had a great time just wandering around, checking out some books at the library, and especially visiting the art gallery.

Since Zurich has recently become the most expensive city in the world, I kept spending to a minimum in the following ways: ate a five ounce block of Swiss cheese for lunch (€3.45) and was not hungry for the next seven hours. Went to the Zurich Kunsthaus *for free* because I am a student and it was a Wednesday night.

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One more week until I move into my new digs! (And get to check out my neighbour's studio-gallery...)

fröhliche Osterzeit

except for this picture to be accurate it would show me battling snow as I bicycle home from Easter mass. Fr-r-r-r-öliche Ostern!