i love these cuties:

animal illustrations by lev tokmakov, via a journey round my skull.

i turned twenty-four:

and, for no logical reason, the number terrifies me. in order to (hopefully) alleviate some of the anxiety i feel about life-rushing-by-me-too-quickly and not-taking-advantage-of-my-relative-youth-and-leisure-time, i have compiled a list of twenty-four things to do before i turn twenty-five:

1. fill up a notebook with words
2. volunteer somewhere
3. finish writing unfinished essays
4. finish reading unfinished books
5. canoe on town lake
6. leave the country
7. use more film
8. find "my scent"
9. pay special visits to each of my grandparents
10. hike
11. pick peaches
12. practice french
13. speak spanish
14. spend a saturday morning at the farmers market
15. get out my sewing machine and finish some of those oft-dreamed-up-but-never-accomplished projects
16. keep up with my 5-year diary
17. wake up earlier
18. drive out west
19. keep up with a podcast
20. do something daring (karaoke? cliff-jumping?)
21. read more nonfiction
22. grow something from seed (successfully)
23. improve my vocabulary
24. walk and bike more

bedside still life:

one good consequence of an iced coffee at 6:45 p.m.: the eradication of my long-neglected mending pile.

vladimir nabokov:

sartorially smart AND preternaturally talented. seriously, brilliant is an embarrassing understatement. 

i'm currently absorbed in the gift. yesterday, while working a crossword, "a course for some polyglots to be" was one of the clues; a few hours later, i read this on page 126 of the novel: "--he was no polyglot." today, nabokov is featured on nerd boyfriend.

wtf:

why didn't anyone tell me that yann tiersen was playing in austin last night? and at the mohawk, no less! i almost flew all the way to mexico city to see him a few years ago. i am kicking myself now. ugh.

celeb look-alikes:

when i was in high school, i sometimes got kirsten dunst and cameron diaz. recently, on those celebrity look-alike websites, i end up with results like these, which are really funny and slightly embarrassing. but at OSMF this weekend, i was twice told that i looked like a young laura dern, and a few times compared to a young meryl streep. i don't really see it myself, but i just did some research, and i certainly don't mind the comparisons.

double-like:

i've been listening to edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros quite a bit lately. their music puts me in a good mood. favorites: "40 day dream" and "home."

i just came across these photos of the two babes in the band at coachella:

they're so adorable! now i double-like them. 

i'm a lucky girl:

evidence:

i've been unbearably grumpy this afternoon, and bradley is preparing homemade pizza for dinner while i drink wine and catch up on the internets. sweet boy.

update: OH! and he's baking a loaf of banana bread!

embarrassingly into collages lately:

inga birgisdóttir

anthony zinonos

want:

necklaces from the vamoose.

vintage blouse from clever nettle.

browsing:

lots of affordable prints, like this one by ricardo vazquez, at the urban outfitters print shop.