sexy sexy

I'm saving my pennies for this baby: the MacBook Pro. Sigh. If anyone wants to buy this for me, I promise to do your freelance writing and design projects forever-ever.

february goal update

Man, February went fast. Here's a quick update on how well I've managed to keep my goals:
1. Join a book club. Done! I haven't actually gone yet, because it's once a month (the first Monday), but I am reading the book. I'm only 70 pages in so far (400 to go! By Monday night!) but so far it's got me hooked. It's called Shadows of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
2. Organize the storage room. Not even started. It's 99% my husband's stuff, and I'm frankly kind of scared of potential spiders. I'm going to commission his help in the next couple weeks.
3. Get a new hairstyle and makeup. Done!

March's goals are:
1. Get my birthday list, calendar and address book completely up-to-date.
2. Read 5 books.
3. Try kickboxing or spinning class.
4. Make a complicated desert.

rooms i *heart*

I love browsing Flickr pools, especially Holly Becker's (Decor8) Rooms I *Heart* pool. Some of these rooms are a bit minimalist or shabby chic for my taste, but there's so much inspiration there. Here are my favorites today:

i used to do stuff.

Back in college, I used to do a lot of creative things with my free time (summer break, Christmas Break, Spring Break... seriously, had I realized real life would offer so little free time, I'd have appreciated it more. Or gone to Grad school). Anyway, one thing I tried for a while was publishing a zine. Remember those? I think I published about 5 issues... the first 3 of which were really lame... I did get better. Anyway, I used to give them to friends, people in my writing classes I knew pretty well, roommates, what have you.

The other day I was cleaning out my craft room and found some of the layouts I did (basically the actual pages glued together, or the pre-photocopied final book. They looked like this:

Do people still make these? Or does everyone just blog now? I'd give anything to have some time these days.