words to live by...

think different.

japan

as some of you know, japan has a special place in my heart.  when i was about 6, yuki and yoshi moved in across the street.  yuki was lee's age and yoshi was my age.  they lived in the states for only a few years but remain lifelong friends of our family.

my friend jody, myself and yuki is on the right.  waiting for the bus.

yoshi waiting at the bus stop.

yuki lived with my family for a year during her senior year of high school.  my sister then lived in japan for 4 years.  my mom, sister and i traveled to japan for yuki's wedding.  i've been twice and want to go back.  there is also hideki and his family.  so many people to worry about...

i love japan.

the recent tragedies going on there are heartbreaking.  earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, radiation, etc.  it's awful.

it's hard feeling helpless in the states.

i've donated to the red cross and so can you by texting REDCROSS to 90999.  It will automatically add $10 to your cell phone bill.  for more info, go here.

i also love what w + k are doing.  they designed a print to raise funds for japan and it can be yours for only $25.

buy it here.

beautiful day...

to love...

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."- C.S. Lewis

dorothy parker

i've been reading some dorothy parker again.


i love her.  always have.


she has the best quotes ever.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone."

one of my faves:

"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it." 

and this one too:

"I like to have a martini,  Two at the very most.   After three I'm under the table,  after four I'm under my host." 

wet dogs and rain boots

that is what my life has become....

it's days like today that i really miss los angeles.

big time.

and the california dilemma continues...

vote.

tomorrow is november 2nd and that means one thing - VOTE.

i did.

i voted early through the mail because that is how oregon does it.

of course i got a follow up letter saying that my signature didn't match from when i signed up so I had to send in a new one.

but i voted.

i have never understood people's ambivalence to voting.  

we are damn lucky to have the right to vote so use it.

if you're not registered, do so.  it takes seconds.

think on this...