a new obsession.

zooey deschanel.







while engaged in my couch potato adventures tonight, i've decided that i love her.  she's 29 and super young and fresh.  this is inspiring to me as i turn 26 and feel 32.  it's sad to watch the female icons get younger and younger.  like hannah montana's great and everything, but i can't dress or act like her.

it's hard for a 20-something to find a stylish and fresh role model. we want someone super fashionable and fun, but WOMANLY, not girly. i kinda like scarlett johansson. she's a year older than me and she's pretty down.

but i dunno, i saw that new "cotton: the fabric of our lives commercial" with zooey and fell in love. watch it!



yeah, she was annoying in the happening, but that whole movie was annoying. so i've decided to try her on and check her out for awhile. and wear more cotton, apparently.

and trim my bangs.

the taste of spring.

easter weekend has been lovely. i'm glad my night's not completely over.

just lots of quality time with kyle, unsolved mysteries marathons (oh yeah), and extra snuggling.  extra snuggling because our furnace broke, so its been like 58 degrees in the house.  it took about two days to figure out what was going on, and then a whole day of having the furnace repairman working downstairs.  he got it up to a toasty 74 right now (ahhhh), but only because it will be off again all day tomorrow while he replaces the entire furnace.  until he got the furnace working around 3pm, there was lots of snuggling with the kitties under blankets.  it feels so good to have the house warm, however, that i still haven't stopped snuggling.  me and gus have been couch potatoes all day/night.

so i went to the grocery store on saturday and bought a TON of food.  i've been inspired to cook more lately, and i love when that happens, because it's probably better for kyle and i and cheaper.  and so saturday night i made a huge delicious pan of lasagna!  i made cinnamon apples for dessert and today i made blueberry muffins.  see how much fun i have when i don't have to work!?

since i'm still feeling in the mood to cook, i'm about to make some campanelle alfredo with tiny shrimp and garlic.  the plan is to have a lot of scrumptious leftovers this week!

easter sunday was unconventionally fun and wonderful.  we drove in to adam's house in lake zurich, and then he drove us into the city, where a big group of us had tickets to see RENT.  now rent is exciting enough on it's own, but it was especially exciting because we got to see adam pascal and anthony rapp LIVE!!!  for theater buffs, this was a huge deal.  for those that are clueless, these were the two guys to originate the roles of roger and mark when rent opened on broadway and were also the two guys in the movie version.  it was really surreal and inspiring to hear their voices singing that music live.  i mean i grew up on their voices, and here they were on a stage in front of me, my ears hearing their voices belt and sing over the rocking music that i know so well.  it was a very cool experience.  after the show it was dinner at ed debevic's, which was fine and not too annoying.  it was quite a fun easter!

other than that, i just feel ready for school to be over.  i am so focused on the future - the summery future i should say.  my mind wants to concentrate on patio furniture, road trip plans, new warm-weather clothes, and summer ales.

oh, 51 days, hurry.  i feel like i'm trapped.  nothing but routine, routine, routine.  i know that the summery feeling will come a little early when the really warm weather hits in late may.  that's when i turn school nights into backyard barbecues or parties in the park.  but it still feels like ages until then.  i'm trying to find the motivation i need to get through mid-May, but there's not much.  just a lot of work clothes, willy wonka rehearsals, and feeling sleepy.

i am READY to be rejuvinated!

15 days until my birthday.  here are the links to my wishlists - there's something for everyone's budget ::wink wink::!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=sv_cm_gft_3

https://www.forever21.com/customerservice/showwishlist.asp?target=wishlist