lists

Lists are fun. Who doesn't love lists? When I was a vulnerable high schooler whose blogging (YES, I had a blog...and it was kickass! Someone even *almost* proposed to me on it. He was creepy. A creepy hippie. My blog persona was "barefoothippy," so maybe that's what attracted him to me. But enough about my love life.) consisted mainly of attempts to impress boys, I utilized the clever List blog post to great effect (if I do say so myself...but enough about my love life.). Given that it is almost reading week, and the grinding stress of the school year is about to culminate in one huge, obnoxious, pus-filled TO-DO LIST...here's two quick lists to brighten your day and keep you from jumping over that (very tantalizing) ledge. 

good things. 

• House of Sushi and Noodles in Belmont - it's like eating art. 
• The "Like I Love You" music video (Justin Timberlake). Can we all pause for a minute and drool over those closeups of Justin? This may be the only time in history that the phrases "sensual" and "white boy" are both appropriate. 
• The Exorcist. Just watched it, haven't really slept since...
• The Christian Dior Extreme Python sandals that Carrie wears in four scenes in the upcoming Sex & the City movie. I don't even like Sex & the City - but those shoes are so sexy!
• gofugyourself.com          - unfailingly funny. 

sketchy things. 

• Howard Stern as Fartman. I was clueless to this graphic and disturbing segment of US History until a TV at Blomquist enlightened me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Zq2HzJH6s
• Cafe Mud. I want to like it. I really do. But every time I try to study there, it's just me and that creepy owner who refuses my credit card. It's dark. It's smoky. There are labels on the walls that say "Art By So & So" but there is no art. The worst part is when you walk in the door and the owner just pops up from behind the counter where he's been shooting up/feeling small children/drinking blood lattes with Satan...the imagination runs wild. 
• People who order complicated Starbucks drinks. Don't pretend like you can taste the difference between 2 pumps of vanilla and 1 & 1/2 pumps. 
• People who go into other coffee shops and ask for a "venti" or a "grande." Leave poor struggling small-coffee-shop-owners a fragment of their pride, please! (Unless you're at Cafe Mud - then just focus on getting out alive). 
• Magazines promising thousands of dollars for the first picture of Miley Cyrus kissing in public. It's fun to be a pedophile, NOT. 

It's beginning to feel a lot like...may?

I was willing to give Evanston the benefit of the doubt this winter. I'm from Chicago and tried my best not to complain. A frigid winter? That's nothing new. So what if it was ten weeks of lip numbing wind and lake-effect snow. But now that it's almost June and we're still in school, much to my dismay, I was really hoping for a jump in the temperature. I figure, there has to be at least one month's worth of solid good weather here on the North Shore right?

But while I wait for that day to come when the mercury climbs above 80 degrees, I do have to say that my favorite thing about this chilly spring has been .... sweater weather. Usually something I look forward to in the fall, the ability to wear cute cardigans without overheating in the Chicago humidity or freezing in the rain and snow. And this spring, it has been the perfect temp to leave that old Northface in the closet in exchange for a lighter-weight option.


Like this sweater from Forever21. Perfect for laying over tanks with skinny jeans and those fun new t-shape sandals.


Or this sweater from Gap. Come June when maybe it scorches to *gasp* 70, pair with a big necklace , shorts and booties and you're good to go in this unseasonably cool weather.






Or this option from Urban Outfitters. This has pretty much become my uniform. This oversized sweater + leggings + norbucks = me on any given weekday. Hopefully, it'll be warm enough to order a frappuchino soon.

Table the Label, and Wear Your Own Name

A classic bit of 80's fashion advice -- featuring Mr. T. Yeah, it's true.


"She's a real hot dog."

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Booze News

Boba booze!

"Ms. Lo combines green tea-infused simple syrup with milk and a shot of vodka, yielding a familiar flavor — think of a green tea frappuccino at Starbucks and you’re in the right neighborhood — edged with the keenness of the vodka."

Perfect for BYOB at Cozy Noodles.

[NYT]

Hello Kitty named Tourism Ambassador of Japan

Finally!

[MSNBC]