Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Ron Weasley!

I was recently tagged in a Facebook Note by a new friend here in Chicago (yes I am branching out and opening myself up to the possibility of making new friends...it is my Spring-Time resolution, since I don't believe in New Years Resolutions). It was a note about classic books that apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books on the list. I have read quite a few more...but Harry Potter alone would put me at 7!!!

My love for Harry Potter is a bit silly I suppose...being that I am 27 and count the series as my favorite book (because I like to think of it as one LOOOONNNNGGGG book). Or the fact that when Book 7 came out I was at the Borders on Michigan Ave. dressed as a Hogwarts School girl...

But I digress...so what had me thinking about all this (other than the fact that I am usually always thinking of Harry...) are the fantastic covers that artist M.S. Corley created...if you wanted to get me a gift...one of these prints would totally be boss!

Blitzen Trapper

I am in desperate need of new music...lucky for me Pandora came through...

And wouldn't you know it...they are playing two shows tonight...BOTH SOLD OUT! Blerg....

I'm In Love With The Morton Salt Girl...

When I think about what I would ultimately like to look like...I think this pretty much sums it up...

And perhaps when I grow up...I can look like Betty Crocker...
(Image courtesy of Susan Marks)

Those Bangles....

Mondays can go and you-know-what themselves...that is what I am thinking today....

DAKOTA!

It is very nice to see a young girl in Hollywood actually look like a young girl. Too often I think these girls cake on the make-up and borrow their mom's push-up bras....Dear Dakota Fanning...she has done it right. She looks 15 and yet still looks stylish!

Hey It Was A Book First...

So I am not going to lie...I really want to see this....

Three Inches...

After many, many, many months of neglecting my hair I made an appointment with the Aveda Institute (home of the $16 hair cut!)...granted it is a school and I am always a bit nervous about this...I figured "hey its just hair right?". So at 8:30 on a Saturday morning I went from this...

To THIS...

I kind of feel like a 12 year-old with the new hair and new glasses. But last night Ben told me I looked like Amelie...So I am going to say the haircut was a success!

The Robots Are Out To Get Me....

As a blogger I would say that having a working computer is pretty key (that and a strong internet signal)...well my friends I have neither.

So this is a bit dramatic and my computer looks nothing like this one...but you get the point...broken

Poor Gertie (yes I named my computer) is in need of repair. However those money-grubbers over at the Apple store want to charge me anywhere from $150 to $300 to fix her and well I just can't afford that right now. Why you might be asking? Well because in the same week my phone decided to stop working as well. Yes I have had the same beast for the past six years and it was bound to happen, but seriously...both in the span of 14 days? It just seems unfair....So now I must wait until I get my income tax return and hopefully this will purchased to solve all my problems (well at least my techy problems right?????).....

It Girls....

An It girl or It-girl is a charming, sex young woman who receives intense media coverage unrelated or disproportional to personal achievements. The reign of an "It girl" is usually temporary; some of the rising It girls will either become fully-fledged celebrities or their popularity will fade. The term "It boy", much less frequently used, is the male equivalent.

The Original....

Clara Bow

Now...

Cory Kennedy
I prefer Clara....