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Joss Whedon It’s no surprise that I love Joss, and now that he’s come rocketing back into my life, it’s only appropriate that he earn a spot in TILT. I’ve been watching my Buffy DVD’s lately, specifically Season 3, and it just amazes me everything that Joss is able to come up with. I’ve also, in all my nerd glory, been reading the Buffy: Season 8 comic books – which, I’m not a comic-booky kinda gal, but they are pretty good! And then of course, there is Dr. Horrible. Act II came out last night and I’m getting pretty sad that there is only one act left. I wish it would go on forever!

Myspace People often joke about how lame Myspace and that, although they have one, Myspace is so stupid and silly. But you know what? I’m here to say that I LIKE MYSPACE. The site has revolutionized that way you can keep in touch with your friends. I mean, let’s say you’re having a party. Instead of having to call everyone, or send out invitations or whatever, you can just post a bulletin on Myspace! Let’s say you have lots of friends from Northern Kentucky, who’s phones always seem to be getting shut off, and you need to get in contact with them…Myspace them! Or you have a funny picture or video that you MUST share with everyone you’ve ever met….Myspace!

That’s Punny! I love themed blogs, especially this one that I recently stumbled upon. Basically, it’s a blog where people send in pictures of ads, store names, product names – anything that invokes the use of the literary glory that is the pun. I love puns. I am guilty of using them for a cheap (often fake) laugh on more than one occasion. So this blog is obviously a goldmine for someone like me. Check it out at http://thatspunny.blogspot.com/ and get ready to laugh at the things that people come up with!

DEWmocracy The most recent ad campaign released by Mountain Dew where we get to choose the new flavor. Apparently they were released in stores in May but I didn’t catch wind of this until now. So far I’ve only tried the Supernova flavor, which is strawberry, melon, lime and ginseng flavored. It’s GOOD, I really love it. But next I’m going to try Voltage, which I’m pretty sure is going to change my life. You know, not in the literal sense. I pretty much love anything that even hints at being blue raspberry flavored, so, it should be great.

Dream Blonde from L’Oreal My not-so-recent decision to go blonde has been quite the journey. After three home-bleach processes, a box of cheap blonde ash-toned dye, and hacking off most of my now dead hay-like hair, I have finally found a product that I love. My roots have been growing in, and while other people denied how trashy it was getting, the mirror told the truth. I was surprised to see how dark my natural hair has become! So I went to the store, and finally settled on Dream Blonde in the shade of “Lightest Blonde.” It came out like a dream! It did not turn my roots orange and it gave my hair a nice, lighter, healthier look. Thank you L’Oreal!!

Gala Darling’s “50 Things To Do Before Summer Ends Earlier this week, Gala Darling posted this list over at The Icing. It is such a good list of things to do, most of which I vow to complete before the summer is over. They are easy things, and most of them are little pleasures that can make you feel so much better. Like, lying in bed on a sunny morning with the windows open and loud music playing, i a tourist attraction in your own city, having a bike ride with your best friend, skinny-dipping, keeping a secret, etc. You can find the list here. You should do it too!

“When one door closes, another one opens.” This is so true. Sometimes it’s really, really hard to close a door if you know you’ll never be able to open it again. And sometimes it’s really hard to open a door because you don’t know what is behind it. It could be something scary! But…a part of you knows when it’s a good idea to close a door and open a new one. I feel like I am on the verge of closing a door and opening a big new one. And what is behind it is one part scary, lots of parts exciting. We’ll see what happens.

Krista! I try to avoid putting people from my actual life on TILT because if I put one person, everyone else would be like “Why not me? Why don’t you love ME on Thursdays?” But, I’m using a loophole on this one because Krista has been in Austria for what seems like 100 years (okay it was like, 5 weeks. But that’s a long time!) and now she is finally home! Krista and I, who have been best friends since sophomore year of high school, not only were torn apart by college, but are also now going on TWO summers where we hardly see each other. The good thing is I don’t feel like we have grown apart at ALL, and that my lovely readers, is true friendship, something worthy of TILT.

Little People No, I don’t have a midget fetish. This is a “tiny street art project” from Europe. It is honestly one of the most charming things I have ever come across in my life. It’s these tiny hand painted people set up to look like a real life scene. There is a picture of the actual scene set up and then a picture of the area where it is set up, so you see how tiny they really are. It’s amazing and so very beautiful. Definitely worth checking out here.

Zach Braff I know that Zach Braff is a little weird looking, although I can’t pinpoint exactly what it is about him…I think his lower lip might be too big. Anyway, doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I love him! I love Garden State, I love Scrubs, and I love The Last Kiss (although, not as much as the other two). But what i love most about Zach Braff is that not only does he act well, not only did he write and direct an amazing movie (GS), but he also has one of the best tastes in music I have ever witnessed! I think he has a real true talent for all things entertainment.

Flight Of The Conchords I kept hearing such great things about this duo and their show on HBO and how funny it was but I kept forgetting to check it out. Also contributing to this is the fact that I am so overwhelmed by how many irrational TV channels we have that I only watch OnDemand because there are less choices. And what did I find? Flight Of The Conchords. It’s about these two guys from New Zealand that are in a “rock band” and their manager and all the hi-jinx that they get into. I watched all the episodes that were available (which was only the second half of Season One) and it is HYSTERICAL. I love it. One of the funniest shows I have seen in awhile. Next on my list to check out because people won’t stop raving about it: Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

Penelope Bat I love finding a blog that I truly enjoy reading, which is very rare. Basically the blogs listed over on the right hand side of this window are the only blogs I regularly read. But I found a new one! Penelope Bat’s blog is called Cocoa and it’s very charming and also similar to Gala Darling. What made me fall in love with her blog was her post about Alice In Wonderland style. How charming! Definitely a blog that I will be regularly reading. Check it out: Penelopebat.com

Lovey lovey!
Ponz

things i love thursday

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Soft Pastels Every couple months I try out a new art project to see if I’m any good at it. I have an art kit filled with different mediums which makes this easy. Lately, I’ve been doing pastels and I really like it! I’m actually semi-satisfied with how things are coming out. I’ve even been drawing people which I don’t ever do. Today I went to Michael’s and got some brand new oil pastels and a brand new sketch pad. Hopefully I’ll be able to upload a couple of pictures once I get some good ones done. Just FYI, I definitely like oil pastels as opposed to the more chalky ones.

Foreign Films So admittedly, I started watching foreign films to appear more cultured, or maybe I just wanted to BE more cultured. Semantics, doesn’t matter. Point is, I have grown to LOVE foreign films. Especially anything starring Gael Garcia Bernal. I haven’t watched a lot of French films but I’ve watched several Spanish films and I love them. I definitely need to watch more. Also, I feel that foreign films are totally not awkward about sex and nudity. Which is good because I feel like Americans are really awkward about that sort of thing and over-dramatize it.

Chinese Food Chinese food is one of those foods that I would absolutely would not and could not eat every day or even more than once a week. But it’s also one of those foods that when a craving for it is satisfied…it is SO GOOD. After work the other day I got a nice lunch of Kung Pao chicken and white rice and it was totally delightful. Plus, it was enough food that it last for three full left over meals and it was only $6! Good AND cheap. I love it.

Priscilla Ahn I saw her on Jay Leno or something the other night and I was so intrigued because she was just this totally chill girl with a guitar and a harmonica. She has a nice soothing voice and I like her music, so that’s pretty much what I’ve been listening to lately. She’s apparently friends with Cary Brothers which is cool because I like him. You may remember him from the Garden State soundtrack. Zach Braff loves him. And he loves Priscilla Ahn. And so do I.

Echinacea I think that I have put echinacea on TILT before but here’s the deal. I started taking echinacea awhile ago, and I never got sick (it’s supposed to build your immune system and protect you from illness). Well, over Christmas break, I left my Echinacea at the 16th House and just never got around to buying anymore. Well, when I stopped taking Echinacea, I got the flu TWICE and I got mono! So needless to say, I just bought some more and I stoked to be healthy again.

Swimming Our pool is officially open and filled and ready to go! The past few days I have been in the pool all day, mostly floating around and reading. But when that gets boring, I put away the book and the float and I start doing laps. I think swimming is the greatest thing ever because I have SO much fun doing it, and it’s totally exercise! But you can’t tell it’s exercise because it’s so fun. Which is the best kind. The bad thing is, it totally works your leg muscles which I really don’t need any more of.

Interior Decorating Moving back into my parents house, I realized how much I hate my bedroom. I’ve had the same leopard bedspread since nineteen dickity six, the walls are grossly green, and the furniture is all old and ugly, from the desk to the TV stand to the reclining Lay-Z-Boy in the corner. So I’ve been reading a lot of design articles and looking at a lot of stuff to get for my room so that when I have money, I can redo the place. I have 2 themes in mind: I either want to do one half of the room City and one half Beach, or do a room inspired by Carrie Bradshaw. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Showtime Series I love any series that Showtime comes out with. Queer As Folk, obviously. Weeds, I have an irrational obsession with Nancy Botwin. I just watched the premiere of Still Single with Eric Schaeffer and I loved it. I started watching The Secret Diaries Of A Call Girl when it premiered and it is good so far. I love Californication and can’t wait for the new season. My next project is to watch the first two seasons of the Tudors, which I started doing awhile ago but abandoned. Showtime, FTW!

Oral Fixations After watching Weeds almost constantly to catch up for the past couple days, I am completely developing an oral fixation. Nancy Botwin ALWAYS has something in her mouth, usually a straw or a lollipop. I think I’ve always had a semi-oral fixation (insert Katelin making jokes about the Blow Queen), but now it is surfacing due to my extreme desire to BE Nancy Botwin.

Being Barefoot I do love shoes, really. The thing is, I love a great going-out shoe, I love heels and wedges and boots. But I hate sneakers, and usually, if I must wear shoes, I’ll wear flip flops. But more often than not, I find myself barefoot. I will go anywhere possible barefoot. Obviously I can’t go into stores (I even got yelled at by the woman at Kimmy’s) but…anywhere allowed, I will do it. I love the feeling, I love feeling just completely natural and running around freely. This is all weird because I hate feet, a lot. Hmm.

Oversized Bags Here’s the thing. I love ridiculously oversized bags. The thing is, I don’t really carry lots of things with me. In fact, I find myself carrying unnecessary things just so that my bag can seem fuller. I’ll carry around my journal, a book to read, my planner, my wallet, my pills, lotions, makeup…all these things just to run to the store. But I love gigantic bags. I recently got a crossover bag from Target and, while I feel somewhat like a hippie with my crossover bag and pony beads, I love it and I love how big it is.

Pretty Little Mistakes Remember when we were little and they had those Choose Your Own Adventure books, which were always so fun? Well this is a Choose Your Own Adventure for adults! It’s so good and fun. Like, you can become a meth addict, or have an affair with the dean of the school you teach at only to have her murder you, or you can catch your boyfriend in bed with someone else or move to Paris or…there are tons of storylines! It’s a forever book, you can always make a new story. I love it. Definitely pick it up.

Loves it,
Pontius