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Hi, I'm Heather. I used to have a blog until I discovered that I really liked the tumblr format. I like a lot of things. Topping that list are writing, reading, video games, music, photography, tea, and my friends, not necessarily in that order.

I suspect that this is going to devolve into me posting youtube videos well after they were cool on the internet, but I'm okay with that.

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I am so behind on the internet/pop culture/life, but I just saw this and YOU THINK A LOT OF MEN CAN’T HANDLE THE REGALNESS OF AN UP-DO?!

So, really, if you’re not watching Conan’s show you obviously should be.

EVERY TIME THAT YOU GET THE FEELING ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK THAT SOMEONE IS SNEAKING UP ON YOU WITH A RAZOR BLADE, YOU GOTTA TURN AROUND AND PUNCH ‘EM IN THE FACE. OH YEAH. EVEN IF THEY GOT A GLOCK. EVEN IF THEY GOT A GLOCK, YOU GOTTA GET INSIDE AND MOVE THE ANGLE OUT THE WAY AND PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE JUST LIKE THEY DO IN ISRAEL.

I don’t know why it has taken this long for Reggie Watts to come into my life, but now that he’s here I don’t want him to leave.

Addicted

Ally gave me a heads up on this album. It’s Girl Talk | All Day, and it is SO FUCKING GOOD, Y’ALL. You really need to give it a download, because, oh, what’s that? It’s FREE. [And in a completely legal sort of way.]

Do it. Enjoy. Thank Ally.

Top Gear USA Remix: Take 1

As the motherland continues to gank off the creativity of British television, I caught the beginning of an episode of Top Gear America today. Immediate reaction is as follows.

1. Very dry.

2. Trying a bit too hard.

3. Cheap imitation.

All in all, not impressive. The hosts all lack the natural charisma possessed by Clarkson, Mays, and Hammond and seem too afraid to take the mick out of one another and, indeed, themselves.

Maybe this is something that will come with time, but I suspect that this may suffer from the U.S. epidemic of wanting to seem “cool.” Top Gear BBC soars on a well formulated balance of solid information, wit, and an absolute lack of hesitation on the part of the hosts to look like fools. Steve Carell and Tina Fey have made careers based on similar trifectas.

To be fair, it’s very possible that what the show needs in order to settle into itself is simply time. For now, though, the obvious jokes and wincingly bad stabs at wacky humor made me quite certain I’ll be sticking with the BBC.

No clue why I felt compelled to post a small rant about Top Gear, but there we are. If you’re going to try and mimic something that good, you’d better know what you’re doing.

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Favorite Photo of the Moment My friend Ally’s parents somewhat recently bought a beach house out in Delaware. Not too long ago, she, Annie, Jon and I went out to spend a weekend there. Most of that weekend was spent goofing around, watching movies, drinking wine, and playing the ridiculousness that is Catchphrase. During part of it, though, in an effort to take advantage of the nice fall weather, we went out to walk around The Community’s nature conservatory. [I call it The Community because it’s gated and seems like the kind of thing that should be capitalized.] The “nature conservatory” consists of a branched linear path that goes maybe a quarter to half a mile in either direction from its entrance. It’s very pretty out there, and the path is dotted with lookouts and walkways. At the end of one of the forks, there is a run-down pier that you have to climb down part of a caved-in path to reach. A couple of the slats of wood have broken and fallen into the water, giving it an abandoned sort of feeling. At the end of the pier were three benches and a rather picturesque view, which we spent a good hour or so appreciating while they patiently waited for me to grow tired of snapping pictures. Clouds were coating the sky, which provided a wonderfully soft, diffused light. Above are three of my favorite shots from the day; one each of Ally, Annie, and Jon, respectively. As the Big Move grows closer and I find myself paying more attention to things I have grown accustomed to having around and therefore taken for granted to varying extents [things like seasons, snow, and knowing certain areas of this region like the back of my hand] I realize that among those are my friends. So, I’m very glad that I have little moments like these, when my friends are accommodating and I can silently savor their laughter, the cadences of their speech, their reactions, and all the little things from the habits I have grown accustomed to, to the things I never noticed or that I’ve never seem them do before. It makes me even gladder that I could attempt to, as adequately as I am able, capture some of their brilliance so that I can reflect upon these little moments when we’re a country apart. Reflect, and remember that this day was a very good day indeed.

Favorite Photo of the Moment

My friend Ally’s parents somewhat recently bought a beach house out in Delaware. Not too long ago, she, Annie, Jon and I went out to spend a weekend there.

Most of that weekend was spent goofing around, watching movies, drinking wine, and playing the ridiculousness that is Catchphrase. During part of it, though, in an effort to take advantage of the nice fall weather, we went out to walk around The Community’s nature conservatory. [I call it The Community because it’s gated and seems like the kind of thing that should be capitalized.]

The “nature conservatory” consists of a branched linear path that goes maybe a quarter to half a mile in either direction from its entrance. It’s very pretty out there, and the path is dotted with lookouts and walkways. At the end of one of the forks, there is a run-down pier that you have to climb down part of a caved-in path to reach. A couple of the slats of wood have broken and fallen into the water, giving it an abandoned sort of feeling. At the end of the pier were three benches and a rather picturesque view, which we spent a good hour or so appreciating while they patiently waited for me to grow tired of snapping pictures.

Clouds were coating the sky, which provided a wonderfully soft, diffused light. Above are three of my favorite shots from the day; one each of Ally, Annie, and Jon, respectively.

As the Big Move grows closer and I find myself paying more attention to things I have grown accustomed to having around and therefore taken for granted to varying extents [things like seasons, snow, and knowing certain areas of this region like the back of my hand] I realize that among those are my friends. So, I’m very glad that I have little moments like these, when my friends are accommodating and I can silently savor their laughter, the cadences of their speech, their reactions, and all the little things from the habits I have grown accustomed to, to the things I never noticed or that I’ve never seem them do before.

It makes me even gladder that I could attempt to, as adequately as I am able, capture some of their brilliance so that I can reflect upon these little moments when we’re a country apart. Reflect, and remember that this day was a very good day indeed.

listening to "Alexi Murdoch - Wait"

Perfect for: thunderstorms, sunshowers, light filtering through breeze ridden trees, transportation commutes, lonely beaches, contemplation, today.

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Favorite Photo of the Moment “The best quality tea must havecreases like the leathern boots of Tartar horsemen,curl like the dewlap of a might bullock,unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine,gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr,and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly swept by rain.” -Lu Yu [D. 804] Chinese Sage, Hermit Taken at the Tea Cellar in Washington D.C.

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“The best quality tea must have
creases like the leathern boots of Tartar horsemen,
curl like the dewlap of a might bullock,
unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine,
gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr,
and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly swept by rain.”

-Lu Yu [D. 804] Chinese Sage, Hermit

Taken at the Tea Cellar in Washington D.C.

Why I Love Avatar: Reason No. 473

“What would Uncle say? …Sometimes, clouds have two sides - a dark and light. And a silver lining in between. It’s like a silver sandwich! So…when life seems hard…take a bite out of the silver sandwich!”

“Maybe we haven’t failed after all!”

“That’s the spirit! I can’t believe that worked. I didn’t even know what I was saying.”

“No, what you said made no sense at all.”

[Season 3, The Boiling Rock]

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