Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts

it's over?

Author: lilisokey
I can't believe 4 months have passed and I am back in America. It's so strange to me to be here and I think readjusting to life back in the states is going to take some time. Le sigh. Anyways, I wanted to give a brief review of my final days in Athens.


I finished my finals on Tuesday, and had the rest of the week to explore my city and spend time with the friends I had made in my program/Greek friends. Sakina and I decided to check out what was formerly the Gas Works of Gazi. It was a really neat area, in terms of architecture and use of space. Apparently they use the buildings now to hold conferences for architecture. We went in the later afternoon, around 4, just when the colors in the sky were beginning to change and the sun fade. It was so peaceful just sitting there, recounting all the experiences we had while abroad. I felt extremely fortunate to have met Sakina and be able to create such a wonderful friendship. I'm currently experiencing Sakina Mou withdrawals.
the clouds are always incredible.

graffiti <3

gas works.

create into a cafe.


sat at the top of these stairs.






The rest of the week included last minute shopping, a concert wednesday at one of our favorite bars and lovely dinners at some wonderful tavernas. It was nice to end things in a relaxed manner instead of coming directly off stressful finals. Our last nights we said our good-byes to our favorite bar/club owners in the Gaz Gaz. Our favorite bar owner, George, at Soho sent us off well and it was sad to have to leave. I had created such beautiful relationships with the people of the city and country that I felt as though I was really leaving home. 
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Help Japan

Author: lilisokey

The news about the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on the 11th is devastating. I sort of feel like I'm just one person, what can I do to help?

Of course you can donate to the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, and other major organizations (go here for links to these organizations' and others' efforts). You can also support Japan through art.

The print shown above, "Help Japan" by W+K Studios, was designed by Max Erdenberger and printed by Steve Denekas and Walker Cahall. All of the proceeds from the print will go to Japan.

Print spotted on Design Crush.
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A Barney-ism.

Author: lilisokey
Today I woke up feeling like this:

I've been staving off a cold for a week now and the cold snap that has arrived (along with all the buckets of rain) hasn't helped me want to crawl out from under the covers anytime soon.

But enough with the whining! It's fall after all - beautiful leaves, fun things to do, cooler weather! - so I dug up a "Barney-ism" to give me a proper kick in the a$# for this Monday.

Wait for it:


Thanks, Barn.

I'm off being awesome (ha). See ya in a bit.

Photo 1 from High Street Market, photo 2 from Design Crush via ffffound.
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Stolen scooter

Author: lilisokey

Friends, my scooter was stolen today (while we weren't home) from in front of our condo building - despite the three locks that were intertwined through the brakes/front wheel and attached to the metal railing of our building's front stairs. I've filed a police report but there are no guarantees that they'll ever find it; scooters are a hot item (especially in the summertime) and very easy to lift/hotwire (although I had hoped all those locks were a deterrent). Who knew they'd be able to take the scooter - locks, cover, helmet and all - in one fell swoop in broad daylight?

I've sent out a tweet about it to the webiverse and asked others to retweet (this is that tweet), just to get the info out and around town. Another scooter similar to mine was stolen from our neighborhood (one court over) last night and the police found it this evening. Some people a few neighborhoods away saw some guys trying to hotwire a scooter, thought it seemed odd and called the cops, so they were able to retrieve it safe and sound.

I'm kind of hoping to luck into a similar scenario if I get the word out around Annapolis and people know to look out for my impossible-to-miss, custom-painted baby blue scooter, but I don't think I'm that lucky of a person. I'm not sure they'll ever find mine. I don't know whether to resign to the fact that it's likely gone forever in case that's the truth or to hold out hope that they'll find it. I don't want to jinx myself or get my hopes up... I'm just sad in general right now (and out a ride to work - since parking downtown is prohibitively expensive, vs. parking your scooter in your office for free).

Sorry to be such a debbie-downer, but I wanted to share A) what's going on and B) why I might not get posts in today (working, searching, kickball semi-finals, checking in with police, etc.). If you could send good juju my way it'd be much appreciated. Thanks all.
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Breaking the rules

Author: lilisokey

Photo by Cass Bird for Paper magazine, via Aubrey Road

I once read - on another, much more established, very popular blog - that one of the most boring things to do on a blog is to apologize for not posting consistently. Oh and posting about what you ate or are currently eating is supposed to be a no-no as well (but I routinely break that because, hey, I want to know what you're eating too! Feel free to share, b-t-dubs).

Well, I'm going to break that apology rule right now and just say: My Bad. Between work, traveling, baby showers, friends, family, kickball, life - blah blah blah - I got busy. Aren't we all though?

But anyway, the point is that I'm BACK. Didja miss me? :)

Real posts to come shortly...
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St. Patty's Day recovery

Author: lilisokey

Photo via Frangipane

What is it with this week? It's been so beautiful out (hooray for spring!) but I've been getting a slow start every day. I blame it on the plethora of friends currently on vacation/laid off/recently broken up/in town for two-days only, combined with good cheer from the weather and recent holidays, equaling us being out too late several days in a row. We're recovering from St. Pat's last night, and poor B is sick with a wicked bad cold. Doing my best to pull it together...

Be back a little later today with some new posts. And repeat after me: it's almost Friday, it's almost Friday...
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ChatRoulette: terrifying technology?

Author: lilisokey

Have you all heard of Chatroulette? I'm kind of freaked out by the whole thing. Like speed-dating taken to a whole new level of randomness, you leave it up to Chatroulette to randomly select who your chat partner will be, from anywhere around the world, and within seconds you're videochatting with a total stranger. Beware though, it's likely you'll get "nexted" - meaning your chat partner will take one look at you and click "next" before you even get a chance to say hello - at least a few times.

The sheer fact that the number of Chatroulette users has grown from 300 in December 2009 to 10,000 by the beginning of Feb. 2010 speaks to its addiction/trend factor (plus its terrifyingness, in my opinion [yes, I know that's not a real word]).

Although these twin guys seem to have found each other...

For all you need to know about Chatroulette, just watch this video from Casey Neistat (which is very funny) or read the New Yorker article about the site.



I don't know, I haven't been that bored in a while. I'd rather spend my free time doing something else, or at least talking to my actual friends, not just random people. What do you think? Have you tried it out yet? If so, were you "nexted"?

Disclaimer: I didn't think this needed stating since it's pretty obvious, but just in case you need it spelled out for you, Chatroulette is not appropriate for children (in my opinion, at least). With any kind of unedited platform like Chatroulette, there is bound to be a plethora of weirdos and pervs trolling the site, so be forewarned for your child or yourself if you plan to give it a look.

I mean, this guy is pretty tame compared to what (or who) I've heard is on there:

All screenshots from BuzzFeed.
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Back from Philly on a gray day

Author: lilisokey
I'm back from the City of Brotherly Love and happy to be in my pretty little city (Annapolis). I'm feeling good today, but I know not everyone might be since it's pretty gross out this morning. Are you having a rough morning because it's Wednesday and because it's supposed to be gray, rainy and even sleet today? Well, don't feel too bad, I'm sure tomorrow will be better. But just in case you need some consolation, here's a little something for ya:

Card by crackeddesigns on Etsy, via Lovely Happenings

To you I say:
Sorry things are in the crapper.

Ha! (And sorry for the laaame sense of humor.) :)

But really, no, no, things are not in the crapper, despite the weather and it only being Wednesday. It'll be Friday soon enough (woohoo!) and sunny once again. I hope your day is a good one...and if not, I'll be back here in a bit with lots of ridiculous things to distract you either way.

Cheers!
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Snowy Monday morning and Unhappy Hipsters

Author: lilisokey
Morning, y'all! (Wow, can't believe I just used "y'all" so breezily and without thought. I've been in the pseudo-South for too long...)

How was your weekend? I know it's another Monday morn - bleck - but at least this one is sunny and bright, thanks to the most recent dumping of snow in the Northeast (or semi-South, as we are here in MD). Can you believe we had another snow storm here? Mother Nature is really showing us what's up this winter. At least it'll be pretty for another day or two.

So, even though it's Monday, at least we have some things to be happy about. Besides our recent dusting of snow, it's also February now (can you believe it?), which means Valentine's Day, President's Day, my birthday and Annapolis Restaurant Week all in one month - what more could you want? :)

Let's continue to get this Monday morning started off on a fun note, shall we? If you haven't been to Unhappy Hipsters yet, go go go. It's hilarious. It's basically just a tumblr site of random photos, but the clever captions pertaining to our era's angsty hipsters puts it totally over the top into super funny territory.

Side note: Val, this so reminds me of your skinny-jeans-wearing, rocking-a-handkerchief-"for when I ride my bike" donning, messy-haired-by-night, high-paid-oil-exec-by-day boys in Phila! Doesn't it just scream them? And Sam/Jamie, living in Hampden, you should be able to relate. :)

Here's a recent posting:

"Maybe naming him Rimbaud wasn't such a good idea."
(Photo from Dwell, February 2009)

So, laugh at the unhappiness of hipsters here. Go now!
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Happy little cottage and bloggy check-in

Author: lilisokey
Good morning and happy hump day! How is your week going so far?

I noticed I haven't been getting as many comments as usual lately - and I looove hearing from you all - so I wanted to check in and see what you're thinking. Are you still liking this little blog? Anything you're missing? Anything you want to see in particular? I'd love to post some stuff that makes you all happy, so let me know your thoughts, even if you only have a moment. Pretty please?

In the meantime, on this so-far-sunny Wednesday, how cute is this cheery little house?


Photo from Sanctuary Home

If it has a garden in the backyard, I'm sold!

Hope to hear from you today...sometimes it's lonely out here in the blogosphere... :)

More posts to come today. See you back here soon?
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Sad Friday, new Monday (alternately titled "farewell, Conan!")

Author: lilisokey

We all love Fridays (and I love weekends even more so!), but I just realized that this past Friday was a bittersweet one, as it was Conan O'Brien's last show. I didn't get to see his finale, but evidently he was touching and poignant. Here is a quote from Coco's farewell speech; it sounds like it was lovely:

I know I slip into cynicism pretty easily, so in Conan's honor, starting today, in this new week, I'm going to try to be more cognisant of that and keep it in check a bit more. How about you? Are you a cynic like me? Are you going to miss Conan?

(Quote found on Old Sweet Song)
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Weird fact #832: World helium shortage

Author: lilisokey
This absolutely knocked me over the head when I read it on Party Perfect the other day - did you know that there is a worldwide helium shortage?? According to an article from USA Today, the world could be out of helium in as few as eight years. So that means my (as yet to exist) children might never see a balloon freely floating or be able to inhale helium from balloon and talk in a weird chipmunk voice?

And think of how the wedding industry would feel. No more of any of this creativity:

(Coolest wedding "atmosphere" ever by London landscape architecture firm Gustafson Porter, via Apartment Therapy)

Or this:

(Awesome engagement photo session from Laura Ivanova)

Or beauties like this:

("Eglingham Hall with Balloons" by Tim Walker)

Is this really going to happen? A world without floating balloons would be a little less happy, don't you think?
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