7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Though I wasn’t actually “tagged” for this post, I saw my editor at Apartment Therapy do “7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me” on his blog, and felt it’d be a nice way for me to get back into blogging on this site of mine. Hilariously, I’m doing this after a day of work to unwind. Yes, I’m taking a break from blogging all day, to blog.
1) I’m incredibly proud of my Cajun heritage. I love all of it: the food, the music, the accents, the festivals, the culture—yes, I even own up to the dumb stereotypes that are sometimes true. I always thought I’d end up living in one of my favorite places in the world: New Orleans, but now that I’ve fallen in love with Austin all that has changed. I’m still a Cajun girl at heart.
2) I never had a Polaroid camera, but always wanted one. It seems silly; why didn’t I just ever buy one? I don’t know; it just never happened. Now, with them being gone forever (maybe not?) I have a weird obsession with using free online photo conversions and turning all my photos into “Polaroids.”
3) I have severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. No, not like “oh so you’re a neat freak or something” more like sometimes I’m late to meetings because I have to spend an hour an a half checking to make sure everything is unplugged, all appliances are turned off, and jiggling the door handle to make sure it’s locked overandoverandoverandover again. I should probably take something for it—or at the very least get sustained professional help, but the benefits of it aren’t something to laugh about: I never leave anything important at home, I never forget to set my alarm, and the chances of my apartment catching on fire are so slim they should practically give me my renter’s insurance for free.
4) As per one of my tweets today, I’m incredibly hard on myself. I expect perfection, because I believe in reaching to be the best person you can be. You could say I’m obsessed with becoming the best person I can be. I did something rather bold this year: I threw out my 3 page (typed, I’m not kidding) New Year’s Resolution list I had planned for 2010 and traded in for just one: Take it easy on myself.
5) Since I was child I’ve only ever wanted to be three things: a writer; an archeologist (specifically Egyptologist) and interesting. Somehow, I ended up with an interior design degree, but it’s okay, I like design and it has led me to a wealth of opportunities in the writing field. So, writing’s going alright, hopefully interesting will soon follow, and if I could just get scheduled on a dig I’d be set.
6) The passive voice is written often by me. (So much and so naturally that I’m not 100% sure that my clever attempt to be funny in this one is actually working).
7) If I were given the news that I had a month to live, I’d immediately go travel the world. This ultimate desire gets pushed away by the natural workaholic in myself (honestly, I love working) but also due to the fact that I don’t actually travel very well.
1 comment January 19, 2010
(Mini) Pie
Yesterday was the three year anniversary of my boyfriend Chris and myself. Since we both love food, our gifts to each other usually involve edible things. I decided to make some of these mini pie pops that I saw on Luxaire not too long ago. Chris loves lots of different flavors, so I thought this would be the perfect thing to experiment. I had never made pie, or anything close, before. A visit to the Luxaire site will show you that there aren’t directions, so much as just photos. I decided to make my fillings from stratch. Somehow, through all of that, they came out divine. Proof they are easy as…pie.
Add comment October 19, 2009
Updated the words page again…
Whoo hoo! A short piece I wrote about the fabulous architect and world-changer Eva Schone made it into the most recent issue of Austin local magazine Tribeza (the October 2009 issue). Check it out: Exposed: Eva Schone (page 23).
Add comment October 6, 2009
Writing Page Updated!
I’ve been pimping out my “Words” section, adding new articles I’ve written, new places I’ve been doing the writing at, as well as adding some favorite posts. Check it out if you get the chance! Words.
Add comment August 8, 2009
Purple, Yellow and Gray
1 comment July 8, 2009
Afghans, please.
I love, love, (one more) love afghans and quilts. This inspiring photo collection was put together over at Desire to Inspire.
Add comment July 7, 2009
What I do…
No doubt you’ve surfed onto this blog from some other page, probably to look at awesome and cool design-y things (of which there are plenty). But while you’re here, be sure to check out everything else I do. See, I run an interior design consulting business, I’m a writer, I make really cool things and I do a lot of affordable pet sitting on the side. So before you get sucked into all the gorgeous photos I post each day, take a minute to peruse the tabs above this quick post. If you have any questions, send me a tweet or an email!
::we now return you to your regularly scheduled blog posts::
Add comment July 3, 2009
