Peanut buttery cuteness!

These are adorable, and seem pretty easy to make. I'll have to give this recipe a go the next time I have a hankering for some cookies!

Oh joy, it's June

I've finally started photographing again! Hooray for you all because now (hopefully) I will ramble less and just "show" more. Without further ado, some June happenings in the life of me...

I spent a couple hours mountain biking two weeks ago, and I found "Minne" the Lake Creature. She has her own website! I'm hoping to get back out on my bike again soon, but there's been too much rain lately. 

I mentioned in my last post that my room was being painted. Behold the transformation!

Spent a lovely afternoon sipping iced coffee, listening to music, and carefully cleaning my favorite "recreational vehicle"...

...had the privilege of spending a different afternoon with Millie, a dear friend and ex-roommate visiting from England...

...and yesterday, the boyfriend and I saw Cirque du Soleil's "Ovo" show! It was INCREDIBLE, even from the "cheap seats" (that weren't actually that cheap)! My sense of wonder has been renewed, and I really appreciate the performing artists that remind us of the beauty in the world and in what human bodies are capable of. *Sigh* For a one-minute glimpse of the show, you can check out the trailer on YouTube. Below is the stage as it was set before the show actually began, in a photo that I suppose I wasn't really supposed to be taking...

Last, but not least, some greeting cards I made recently. I'm considering starting up an Etsy account to sell my cards online (every little bit of income helps), but waiting to see what happens over the next few weeks in terms of my other jobs and my motivation to continue making cards like this.

Sweet dreams of a perfectly furnished room

My bedroom is getting painted tomorrow!
I'm envisioning a grey and blue color scheme, open to black/white and green accents. I've been looking for some decorating inspiration (thanks, Google images!), and this is one of my favorite images so far.

Hello, summer.

After spending all of last week out of town (and in a car almost the entire time), I knew I'd have a lot of work waiting for me when I came back home. I wanted to make today really productive, to kick off the week by plowing through my to-do list.

But I woke up this morning and the productivity bug just didn't bite. Instead I spent most of today trying to get as much sunshine and fresh Minneapolis air as possible. Who could blame me after logging nearly fifty hours in a car in the past seven days!?! I spent hours on my bike, went for a little afternoon walk, and the time I spent catching up on emails was near a window with the sun streaming in.

I'm so happy to be back in cyclist-friendly Minneapolis, and I welcome summer with open arms... but only for as long as I can balance in that position before placing my hands back on the handlebars. Hooray!

"Today"

I've always been intrigued by projects, like this one from Jonathan Harris, which involve taking a photo or sketching something every day, and still hope to try it for myself (probably for a month rather than a year, though). I really appreciate his comments in this video about the sort of inner tension that is created when you find yourself focused more on documenting your life than on taking time to process it and "live" it.

Wonder-ful Coffee Mug

As if I needed another reason to love Paper Source.

Seventeen and a half

Coincidentally, I am moved to write my semester countdown blog post at the same time I was last semester, with 17.5 hours of class left. In fact, there are only 17.5 hours of class left in my entire MCAD career! Next semester or this summer I will complete an externship (full-time internship) and then I can graduate in December. Woot, woot!

My Media 2 instructor introduced our class to Processing yesterday. I may have geeked out a little. Here are screenshots of some very simple things I put together during class... all in code!