Making Something from Nothing

toronto-pictures:

The shadow of the tower

nevver:

Extinguishing Yourself

ihatemusic1943:

The models who were used in Grant Wood’s American Gothic standing by the painting

(Source: topofobia)

condenasttraveler:

Loving Luang Prabang

(Source: condenasttraveler.com)

Givers lead singers. Great show.

Kopecky Family Band

Saw the Kopecky Family Band, they were great and are coming back to SLC later this month. They are playing with the Dave Matthews Band Caravan tomorrow.. wish it caravan-ed down to SLC

Going here in 2 weeks. San Fran & Northern Cal bound.

(via skeletales)

Beirut : Payne’s Bay

As simple as this song is, it’s incredibly beautiful. Wonderful. 

topographe:

a list of things to remember

Salvador Dali : Portrait of my dead brother

One of the best nights in my life. 

I saw this idea on my friends blog a while back. Yesterday while cleaning the house, sheets, and my purse I decided to give it a try. I found that A.) I have the best intentions on wearing jewelry throughout the day.. as long as I can, but I can’t follow through. B.) Holy crap, I’ve got a lot of crap - but I need it ALL. 

Here goes..

1. Current read - always in there. Right now, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” by Jonathan Safran Foer. Awesome so far.
2. Sketch Book
3. Necklace that has a clasp that gets itchy - the majority of the time it goes back in the purse.
4. Arizona Drivers License that will expire in 2050. So glad I have insanely black hair in it.  … (don’t worry, I explain the rest of the cards pictured here, for some reason I just decided to number these weirdly)
5. Eye Glass Cleaner
6. Glasses & Case
7. Eraser & Pencil Lead… Awesome Pencil that goes with them? MIA.
8. Pen
9. Sams Club Card, Cafe Rio, Smiths Card, Maverick cards.
10. 80GB Classic IPod. Has served me fantastically since April 2008.
11. Temple Recommend - Toronto Temple on the cover (of course.)
12. Hair Ties - Surprised I don’t have more in there.
13. Mini Aspirin bottle. Necessary to have after “Completely Insane Summer Sunburn of 2011”
14. A Missionary address card who served in Scotland in the 70’s. I found this in an old bag I bought at the DI. It has the Articles of Faith on the back so it’s got a nice lil’ spot in my wallet.
15. USB Flash Drive
16. Rings. Always want to wear them, but they always go back in the bag like 2 hours after leaving the house (if not as soon as I get in the car because I’m annoyed with them hitting the steering wheel.) 
17. Bike lock code key ring. Codes on the back. But You ain’t gonna see that.
18. New bracelet I bought this week. Notice that it’s in the purse, not on my wrist. 
19. Part of my ceramic octopus that I made in ceramics class ‘08. Part of the tentacle broke off when I moved from Phoenix to Idaho in Oct ‘10. It’s been in my purse ever since to remind myself to buy super glue & fix it. Now I can because I finally bought super glue yesterday!
20. A bracelet I bought on the mission for super cheap. I always think I will wear it & that I should wear it, I think I’ve worn it maybe five times. 5 Times in 3 and a half years and I still think I’m going to wear it more.
21. My phone that I bought off KSL when my real phone broke. Yeah, yeah, make fun of me all you want.  Then check on your fancy phone how much money I’m saving.
22. Sunglasses & case. My first paycheck after I moved to Phoenix, I bought these lil guys. Putting them on was my way of raising my fist to the psycho heat.
23.  Wallet from the thrift store. I don’t remember the last time I bought a wallet that wasn’t from the thrift store.
24. Keys. This one has my house key on it. Way too often I grab the wrong set in the morning (it doesn’t have a house key) & then I’m locked out until one of the roomies comes home. This happens wayyy too often for a 26 year old. 
25. Cash??  Who has that? I do. I’ve got 1 bill. 1 coin. Weird.
26. Mini-mirror. 
27. Body Shop Hemp hand lotion that I’ve been trying to fight the addiction from for 6 years. SIX YEARS. You’ll never see my purse without this. And the lip gloss too, but I don’t go through that as fast.
28. Debit Card (with a picture of a drawing on it - the guy who drew it, went seriously out of his way just to give it to me), Credit Card (with a picture of toronto), Red Cross Donation Card (Blood type: A Positive) & Voter ID Card (registered AZ voter)
29. Guitar picks
30. Hair clips
31. Nail Polish. You never know when you might get bored to do them, or fix a nick on them. 
32. IPad (real reason why I don’t need an IPhancy Phone.)
33. Not Pictured: the little bag of peanuts that spilled in my purse otherwise, thats it!