bitches, it's leap day.

heylo all,

today is leap day. we only have one of these every four years. they're pretty special. and happy birthday to all your folks who were born on this day! how old are you?

i like the occasional sonic youth song, but they are not my favorite by any means. no, sir. tonight has been a stars night.

i watched penelope tonight, and it was CUTE. if you're in the mood for some cute, i recommend that you go watch that.

my glasses broke and i am very upset about it. they are only a little over a year old. have you ever heard of glasses dying before they hit at least two years? yeah, me neither.

with an impending trip to the nearest lenscrafters location,

uncle wiggily

Wilbaer , I love you.

Hi

Since I am such a fan of visual media, here are some visual aids.

WILBAER AKA " THE CUTEST ANIMAL OF ALL TIME"
Wilbaer was recently born in Germany ,
obviously its adorable or otherwise it wouldn't pose in baskets.
3.1 Phillip Lim Helen Fringe Sandals,
that I would like to enjoy on my feet.



Teeny pictures of the new Hermes ads,
I think the imagery is so beautiful.
The painted elephants are amazing.

Awesome colored sunglasses!! Yay!! Spring!!


This is sooo cute. It's a fast food themed backpack!!

Santogold and M.I.A , I wish we were friends.




Visual media ended.

On another note, I'm happy Prince Harry is alive. With him living, there is still a chance of us breeding to continue the red-headed race. We are a dying breed Harry, I need to get on board for the project. England hates gingers (see here) , I'm surprised Harry hasn't been taken out already. They don't even sell red-head Pantene at Sainbury's ( or Waitrose, or Boots).









Prince Harry

+









me

= many glorious redheads to re-populate the globe.




Sincerely Your Pen Pal,
Pippi


photos courtesy of fredflare, google, teamsugar.

Hot Chip -

This is an oldie but a goodie, enjoy !

I SAID NOT TA DAYYYYYYYY

Yeah, I'm knee deep in work I have no interest in doing. So I waste time surfing the interweb and getting mad at worthless things. For example, if anyone has any Hot Chip tickets for either Nyc or Boston I would gladly take them off your hands and then we could be friends forever. My friendship is priceless, you can only barter for my affection. So make your trade offer and I will glance over them and make a grand selection.
Here are some more tidbits of internet that caught my eye:
What I wish my life was: as portrayed by Agyness Deyn and Josh Hubbard of The Paddingtons ( who are rather enjoyable by my standards, I saw them perform an acoustic set and it was pretty glorious).
What my life really is: as portrayed by hedgehog with head stuck in paper towel roll.


ta ta for now sucka mcs,
Pippi


Photos courtesy of rollingstone and cuteoverload.

midweek update

i've been living on pepto-bismol caplets (that eloise was kind enough to pick up for me) and saltine crackers. i think i'm going to kick the nasty habit today.

the devil never sleeps by iron&wine makes me want to dance in a big, green, grassy, daffodil-and- sunflower-filled field. so does the i feel it all by feist. well, a lot of songs nurture this little desire of mine, but lately, these two especially.

la vie en rose is sitting on my desk waiting to be watched. it's in its nice little netflix envelope calling my name, but i'm telling it to wait till friday afternoon. it'll be a nice end to the week, no?

my professors are all really great and super cool. i've known this all along, but it was very evident today. 

my heart flutters a bit whenever m.ward (especially with zooey deschanel) plays on my itunes. i feel a new phase coming on.

craving a big, fat chipotle burrito,

uncle wiggily

Stevie Sighting

Stevie Wonder has been seen!! Further proving how amazing he is, he attended Elton John's Oscar Party and you know he was pissed. I wonder if in some magical universe him and Elton have piano battle royales and maybe one special day I'll be invited to witness it. Elton John looks like he was following my old family motto of being the drunkest one at your own party, nicely done Elton.


Since I'm truly addicted to pictures of animals being insane, I shall leave you with a few of my recent favorites......

This one is my favorite, it is a piglet that was adopted by a weiner dog family. He looks very suspicious of his family members.



Well enjoy sirs and madames
Pippi


Photos courtesy of cuteoverload, bestweekever, and icanhascheezburger.

too much food

again, i end a day feeling uncomfortably full. i don't eat much throughout the day but for a granola bar and the occasional apple. then when dinnertime rolls around, i'm pretty hungry. then i overeat and feel too full.

this is a problem that i must address. it's actually getting to be kind of a serious concern of mine.

with furrowed brows,

uncle wiggily

Lee Miller

I just wanted to show pictures taken by Lee Miller. Lee Miller worked for Vogue during World War II, which showed her fashion and war photography. Before the war, she was a student of Man Ray and together they developed solarization. She was also friends with many surrealists and Pablo Picasso. Miller was the person who came to Picasso once Paris had been liberated and told him the war was ended. After World War II she became less involved in photography and became more reclusive. One of her final editorials had her famous artist friends doing basic labor at her farm. I saw her exhibition at the V&A in London and here is a small sampling of her work.
Fashion:
World War IILee Miller with Pablo Picasso after the liberation of Paris.
Others
Photos courtesy of Lee Miller and Columbia

wasted weekends

at the beginning of every weekend, i have a to-do list a mile long. i feel very determined and confident that there will be a check mark by every item by the time sunday night rolls around. this, however, never is the case. 

i very much enjoy to spend countless minutes on aim with old friends, especially when my dear friend ims me to tell me that she had a dream we made out and then watched the o.c. season 1 on dvd (which was the best season). i was good, she said. arrested development usually takes up too much of my time, but when i am presented with a choice between the bluths and ps222 reading, i will usually sway toward the michael and co. i will neglect my lab report for my national geographic magazine, which is infinitely cooler than any lab experiment my handsome professor could ask me to conduct. 

too many things distract me. my desk is a haven of things i love too much more than school work. perhaps when i am done with general education courses and i'm taking courses i am actually interested it, things will be different. until then, perhaps i will study in the basement. it's boring, quiet, just the right amount of creepy, and a little smelly - conditions most conducive to hard work.

just a bit behind,

uncle wiggily

Adventure Time

RHOMBUS!

The History Channel is Awesome

Soooooo.... they are running the history of the joke right now and it is some good stuff. Its basically just an excuse for the History Channel to run a bunch of comedians telling jokes and its glorious. I wish there were clips of it I could post , but I can find no such snip-its, so you'll have to imagine the greatness or hunt it down eventually. I haven't seen my obsession on the screen yet , Mr. Zach Galifianakis. I hope he magically appears with his beard. I would nest in his beard and live off the small drips of beer that would fall into it, because that's the only thing I've ever seen him consume.

In other unrelated issues, I watched the Spirit Awards tonight and Juno basically won all the biggies, except Best Director. I went to the London premiere of Juno in October. I like Juno , but I don't think its as "mind-blowing" and amazing as everyone keeps claiming it to be. I like all the actors. Diablo Cody seemed cool at the premiere and I enjoyed her writing. I think Jason Reitman is talented as a director. Something about the film didn't strike me that hard though. I have nothing bad to say about it . It just seems like anyone could have written that screenplay and most critics are treating it like it was some divine intervention that brought all the elements together to create it.

enough of random ranting,
pippi


Photos courtesy of zachgalifianakis

one thing

few have mastered the art of writing the short story as beautifully as mister j.d. salinger. his words absolutely break my heart. i read his stories over and over again and every time my whole body is overwhelmed with emotion. his words, his characters, his style - beauty really is the only word that can describe.

if you are a stranger to any of salinger's works (or have only read catcher in the rye), you must must must go to your nearest bookstore (chain, independent, or otherwise), get cozy in your bed, and devote yourself to a night of salinger. you'll love it, i'm just sure of it.

be kind to each other.

-uncle wiggily

Why I'll never be as cool as Stevie Wonder

There are a lot of reasons as to why this will never be. The main reason being I have full vision. I, in no way want to lose my vision, but Stevie Wonder due to his blindness is the coolest person on planet Earth. For the following reasons:
1.) He can wear whatever he wants and no one is allowed to judge. I wish more than anything I had this amazing ability. I would leave the house in my rhinestone/spandex/feather wet dream every morning and if anyone judged me , they would have to deal with the guilt of making fun of a blind person for being incredibly awesome.
2.) He is an amazing gifted pianist.--> on this note, I cannot play anything well, one of these things being a piano. Even with my vision, I suck at life.
3.) He brings the soul like nobody's business.--> I wish I could sound soulful. When I open my mouth , however, it sounds like a 1,000 starving cats meow-screaming for Friskies aka death banshee calls.

This is only a small glance into the reasons why I will never be a Internationally Acclaimed musician, this specifically being Stevie Wonder.

p.s --> It was crap when Will Smith left him on stage at the VMAs a couple year a go. You know Stevie Wonder didn't want to be there anyway and he had to put up with that crap of being left on stage with his piano. Will Smith needs to get his life in checkkkk.

In other news, the initial line up for the All Points West Festival was announced. For three days of music, I would except more bands. The price is discouraging also ( $258). I'll probably end up going anyway considering its a short trip and Radiohead is headlining two nights ( and Kings of Leon, CSS, Animal Collective, Chromeo, Sia , and more).

Off to venture into this insane abyss called Boston,

Pippi