tattoo dreaming

In the summer of 2009, I went to Chicago with some friends, and 3 of us (the soon to be Food Blog Mafia!) got tattoos together. It was my first tattoo... I wanted something food related that I would never get sick of. Garlic. Kelly got a sweet Bon Appetit one, and Kelli got the Latin phrase "Saspere Aude."





I still love my tattoo, and can't wait to get another one. I have one planned for the top of my foot, which I hope to get early next year. And I probably won't stop there. Apparently the things are addicting. Here are some tattoo ideas that I am pretty in love with.

I will most definitely get more food ink. I love perusing the Food Tattoo group on Flickr. Here are some of my faves:




Also, check out this slide show of St. Louis Chefs and cooks and their tatts, and this food tattoo post on Chef's Blade, with an appearance by yours truly!

A literary tattoo would be great:



But what would I do? Maybe a Carl Sandburg quote, as he was born in the same town my dad was born in, Galesburg, IL. I loved some of the quotes they had engraved on stepping stones at his boyhood home:





I have collections of things I find beautiful. Like Kokeshi dolls. I would so totally get a kokeshi tattoo.


I also collect owl stuff. There's a whole Owl tattoo website!! Man, I heart the internet:







A pretty, designery typographical tattoo is also a strong consideration, to reflect my career and love for all things pretty.





In the movie Tokyo!, one of the trilogy features a girl who has emotion buttons tattooed on her. I find this to be a crazy beautiful concept. "I pushed it." the man says, with his thumb on her "Love" button. *sob*

signs of the season... mid fall

I was feeling lazy today, but I didn't want to just zone out to the tv or my beloved internet. So I went for a walk, and did what my friend Julie calls a"Hipster Photoshoot." Using my camera and it's various photo apps (mostly Hipstamatic, to keep with my hipster theme), I kept my eyes open for signs of this particular part of the season. After Halloween, before Thanksgiving and Christmas... the air is just starting to get cold, the leaves are in various states of death and color. Holiday decorations are starting to go up, signaling that winter is near, yet traces of early autumn are still present. It's a gorgeous time of year. Not too cold, not too hot... the most vibrant colors of nature intermingle with the most stark and gray. Gorgeous.




Black-eyed Susans and Roses still cling on to life amidst decay.


The pool, closed for more than a month, is surrounded by trees shedding their leaves.



One lone ghostie haunting the neighborhood... the rest went home after Halloween. And, can you see the "leaf ghost"?





Literal signs of the season... hunting, parties, Christmas bus trips.



Fallen leaves, fallen signs.





Leaves turn so many pretty colors. I even found some crazy white ones!



The hardware store is stocked with firewood. Meanwhile, people find...erm... other ways to warm up.








Some holiday decorations are up. The creepy santa and the tree with Elmo & teletubby "ornaments" are the same house.

Past photo theme posts:

Leaves
Fire Hydrants
Orange
Emo Toys
Reflections
Butterflies!
Winter
Yellow

Happy Birthday, Noodles!

You guyses! The cutest most fluffiest kitty cat ever is 1 year old as of sometime in October (don't know an exact date... he was a rescue kitteh). Happy Birthday, Noodles Meriwether Tolle!! Such a good, silly boy! Here are some of my favorite photos of the lil' guy.


EmoCat

He sleeps funny.


Cue "Green Eyes" by Coldplay. *Melt*



Cat in a bag? Portable cat!


I love this photo so much... wanna nuzzle that muzzle!



Noodles in his basket. He spent so much time in it when he was a little kitty, and continued to try and squeeze in after he had outgrown it!




Mama spends too much time on the computer. This worried baby Noodles.


Arm cuddles!!!


Who knew ear hairs could be so adorable?!


Bowl of Noodles! How could I resist such a shot? Pho real.







When these celebrity look-a-like memes were everywhere, I made fake one for Mr. Noodles. I think the resemblances are striking!! :p