her own eyes http://her-own-eyes.org/ "A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes." - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing en Copyright 2010 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:23:44 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification netflix ships on saturdays! i am taking a 5 hr, 47 min train ride on tuesday, leaving before the mail comes. so if i wanted a dvd to watch on the train, i'd need it to arrive in monday's mail.

unfortunately by friday (yesterday) i still hadn't mailed back the netflix movie i had out. friday morning i did a little research to see if there was any way possible to mail it friday and get a new one by monday.

netflix says: "We receive rental returns Monday through Friday (and Saturday in some areas)."

hm, that's nice, but is my area one of those areas? a little further research, and the verdict was unclear.

well, folks, i'll tell you. this morning i got an email saying that my movie had been received and just now i got the email saying that my movie had been shipped. (!!)

me + the stepford wives (1975) (i picked the longest movie in my queue) + amtrak = new bff

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/netflix-ships-o.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/netflix-ships-o.html Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:23:44 -0500 more things i ate (lauren.)

tuesday: pasta with pesto sauce + garlic bread. i used this recipe for the pesto sauce and chopped everything by hand(!). it was delicious, if i do say so myself. oh, and i substituted romano for parmesan on recommendation of the internet.

wednesday: aloo matar. my all-time favorite indian dish, as laid out in this recipe. the recipe isn't perfect (calls for onions and turmeric, but doesn't list either in the ingredients list), but it did the job. also i dropped a BUNCH of frozen peas on the floor. i'm still waiting for my big break as endearingly clumsy romantic comedy star. i would be great.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/more-things-i-a.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/more-things-i-a.html Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:18:28 -0500 what i ate for dinner this week monday: kidney beans + corn + sweet onion + spanish rice from a box + sour cream (5 minute meals)

tuesday: lentils + rice (recipezaar) + sweet potato for dessert

FACT. lentils are great.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/what-i-ate-for-.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/12/what-i-ate-for-.html Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:14:17 -0500 arts & crafts: jewelry display edition alternate title: notes from my ongoing battle with white walls.

inspired by this blog post, i decided to make my own jewelry displays, so i headed down to the local goodwill and scooped up three picture frames and a purple blanket for a grand total of ~$18.

i popped the glass out of the frames and replaced it with rectangles i had cut from the $5 blanket (it was double-sided, so i had two flowery patterns to choose from!). i put the thing back together, added some pushpins ($1 at the hardware store downstairs), et voilà. now my jewelry is on display! plus i did it all for less than twenty bucks.

credit goes to linda may for having made a good portion of my jewelry (all but one of the necklaces i have hanging up). i apologize for having taken these pictures with my iphone, but i am a modern (read: lazy) woman.














]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/11/arts-crafts-jewelry-display-edition.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/11/arts-crafts-jewelry-display-edition.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:38:29 -0500 THE CROSS-GENRE COVER POST!! hello. my name is k8 and i love cross-genre covers. especially when a female singer takes a pop song and slows it down. (i think alanis morissette first brought this phenomenon into my life with her inspired cover of "my humps.")

thanks to twitter, the other day i discovered t.v. carpio's take on "i want to hold your hand." i liked this so much it even convinced me to watch across the universe afterward, which i may or may not regret having done.

when trying to listen to beyoncé herself sing "crazy in love" a few days ago (thanks, spotify!), i came across the antony and the johnsons version. not my favorite, but deserves mention (i love the original so much!). listening to it prompted me to tell tyler about how much i love cross-genre covers, and he introduced me to yael naim's "toxic". in honor of my current guest's (LAUREN!!) affinity for britney spears, it's simply a must-have on my list of cross-genre covers that i think you ought to listen to.

this next one has the dubious distinction of having been featured on gossip girl, but i'll include it anyway. anya marina - whatever you like. (another tyler find. :-*)

AND i absolutely love-love-love imogen heap's "thriller". i listened to this a lot around halloween.

honorable mention goes to jonathan coulton's "baby got back" because sometimes i miss junior high school. (okay not really.) la face with the oakland booty.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/11/the-cross-genre-cover-post.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/11/the-cross-genre-cover-post.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:22 -0500 daily dose of consumerism this isn't like me, but i think you all should know. i saw this backpack yesterday and it was love at first sight.

north face hotshot se

after some internet research i discovered that it is the hotshot se in "rage blue aster / pop pink" by north face. as of now our love is unconsummated ($120 for a backpack?!). but it's really more of a pure, abstinent kind of love anyway. respect and admiration from afar.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/10/daily-dose-of-consumerism.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/10/daily-dose-of-consumerism.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:24:37 -0500 in case you missed my brief brush with fame

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/10/in-case-you-missed-my-brief-brush-with-fame.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/10/in-case-you-missed-my-brief-brush-with-fame.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:35:39 -0500 arts & crafts in the new apartment
"hi, i'm pretty much the only counter space in the kitchen. i'm not even a real counter, just painted wood. i'm stained with coffee thanks to a certain somebody."



i decided to turn the counter into an art project with the help of a 2006 calendar featuring the art of ken done. [my freshman advisor gave it to me for christmas because i said i liked 'bright colors.']



et voilà! the finished product all taped together and laminated.



and here it is in action with the original coffee-stain producer.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/09/arts-crafts-in.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/09/arts-crafts-in.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:50:59 -0500 extreme room makeover 2009
seriously just a small fraction of what was on my floor.



i love flowers. had peonies for a week, then replaced them with sunflowers.



took down pictures of johnny depp and elijah wood (yes i know) and about a million of those double sided adhesive pads (which was no easy feat). replaced with art from junior high, plus art from laura (framed).



my younger sister and my much much younger (1947) oma. both photoshopped by oma.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/06/extreme-room-ma.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/06/extreme-room-ma.html Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:46:31 -0500 well, i graduated who would have thought?

here is a picture of me looking blurry, tired, out of it, and not the focus of this picture:

check out my way-too-wide robes. am i graduating, or a football player?

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/06/well-i-graduate.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/06/well-i-graduate.html Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:29:26 -0500 4.301 project

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/03/4301-project.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/03/4301-project.html Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:47:44 -0500 my you are beautiful stickers finally came!!

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/02/my-you-are-beau.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/02/my-you-are-beau.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:03:31 -0500 lesson learned do not keep wine glasses in the sink. EVER. not even for a second.

but as my great grandmother would have said, wine glass makers have to work too.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/02/lesson-learned.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/02/lesson-learned.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:49:25 -0500 And then what sustains our relationship is I'm extremely happy with her, and part of it has to do with the fact that she is at once completely familiar to me, so that I can be myself and she knows me very well and I trust her completely, but at the same time she is also a complete mystery to me in some ways. And there are times when we are lying in bed and I look over and sort of have a start. Because I realize here is this other person who is separate and different and has different memories and backgrounds and thoughts and feelings. It's that tension between familiarity and mystery that makes for something strong, because, even as you build a life of trust and comfort and mutual support, you retain some sense of surprise or wonder about the other person.

-- Barack Obama

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/01/and-then-what-s.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2009/01/and-then-what-s.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:23:17 -0500 andré owes me $4.15 this is the SECOND time he's chewed through my headphones cable.

i ordered a replacement and i dearly hope that it arrives before my six-hour train ride home on saturday.

]]> http://her-own-eyes.org/2008/12/andre-owes-me-4.html http://her-own-eyes.org/2008/12/andre-owes-me-4.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:31:10 -0500