Jason Segel + Swell Season

Sister sister.

So Jess has been visiting for the last week...and needless to say we have traversed Los Angeles, hung out in Berkeley and at Treasure Island, been on multiple adventures in Hollywood, gone thrift shopping, eating, eating and more eating...we fit in so much in a relatively short amount of time. One of my favorite things we did was on Sunday. This is one of my ideal days, consisting of...

1. Bay Cities Deli's "Godmother" sub. And oh my God, it is a mother.

2. The Getty - specifically, I really enjoyed the Irving Penn special exhibit they have on display right now. This is the first time all of his 252 photographs of his "Small Trades" Collection have been together in a single exhibit. It was just a cool reminder of just how many professions do exist, and kind of takes you back to a different era when different jobs existed. I felt like a kid sort of, when you have the most wild ideas (vs. when you get to college and decide to be "practical") about what you want to be when you grow up. For example, I wanted to be a firefighter for the longest time. At least five years. Here is of my faves...old school scuba:
Other faves I couldn't find pictures of online were the "cheese man," a smiling man from Paris with a "fromage" tub as well as the "female dancer" (NAOMI, she had tassels) and "female acrobat" (who was still smiling in a leotard at at least age 55).

But anyway, this combination of activities, combined with a Hotel Cafe Greg Laswell show FOLLOWED by finally seeing Where the Wild Things Are, made for a fabulous Sunday.
Doesn't her hair look amazing there? Pretty long locks.
Such beautiful gardens at the Getty, Jess took some amazing macro flower pictures that I can't wait to get my hands on. Much better than my pathetic iPhone pics. I'm so lazy, I should just carry my camera.

I'll have to get more pictures of my adventures with the clone and post a few later. Now back to real life/work.

LOLs

You know when you're reading something really funny, and you're laughing out loud even though it's awkward and you shouldn't be? [read Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea and you will truly understand]

Well, I read this POST by the hilariously funny and sardonic writers of 2birds1blog and couldn't help but awkwardly giggle and snort simultaneously at my computer screen[s] for 10 minutes.

Without further ado. 10 points if you accidentally snort.

The 20 Male Poses of Facebook

My Segway / Friday Fascination

Friday at last...I hope you're going to have a weekend filled with rays of sunshine, perhaps a couple drinks (I'm having Pimm's made by roommate/bartender Jackie!)...maybe a movie (or Trueblood TV epidsodes) or two...

In keeping with my long-standing segway fascination, enjoy this clip by the Onion :)

In The Know: Do You Remember Life Before The Segway?

[flickr.com]
Whatever Happened to the Segway?

Creative Analogies 101: Rap and US International Relations

Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate

This Slate article was great! An article on the parallels between the hegemon vs. smaller powers in rap [i.e. Jay-Z the "great power" vs. other smaller challengers like The Game] compared to the United States' position in international relations. I loved that class. Sounds like a stretch but...it wasn't really.


In a line of [slightly] less intellectual thought... :)

Monday inspiration.

I was introduced (through i am a greedy girl) to this amazing website / band. Still not sure about the band [Orba Squara] yet but their website is just incredible and really creative. They recently chronicled a band road trip across the US, and their way of documenting the trip is just amazing. I wish my next road trip could be documented the way theirs was.

Fantastic.

Short [WO]MAN Syndrome?

http://www.slate.com/id/2221843/

Additionally:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/2009/06/30/cosmetic-leg-breaking.aspx

I read this article on my fav Slate blog, Human Nature, and, as a person who is even shorter than the woman in the article, I find her arguments as to why she needed such extreme leg stretching surgery extremely thin and weak. Is she that insecure and does she have that much self-loathing that she must let society dictate how tall she should be?

And, as far as being taken seriously - professionally in particular - I too consider this and am quite aware of it as a 5'0" fresh college grad who wishes to prove herself. But, being extremely short encourages you to be that much more conscious of your professionalism, dress, work ethic, attitude, etc. and to ensure that your work is just that much more indicative of your intelligence and competence. Furthermore, your height is an intimate part of your identity if you are short, just as it is if you are extremely tall - while I get irritated when I can't reach the bowl in cupboard or a tall person is bearing down on me by standing too close and making me uncomfortable, my short stature is a integral part of who I am.

This woman did not go get her legs excruciatingly lengthened because the pressures of society were bearing down on her - rather, she does not have an adequate self-image that comes from within herself and her negative self-image alone. Society loves petite women! Look at Reese Witherspoon, the Olsen twins...I know these are actresses and it's different than the professional world but still, petite women are not somehow culturally banned from being successful.

This woman needs to take a good hard look in the mirror and address the fact that her desire to become taller - going to ridiculously extreme lengths to get there - came from within, not from society. Throw on a pair of heels and embrace your own unique person and personality.



Ps. Kitten pics and apartment project photos to come soon!