tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172391902024-03-14T01:29:02.306-05:00SINNEMOTAcorriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.comBlogger480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-62303453781477888882016-07-08T13:04:00.002-05:002016-07-08T13:04:30.284-05:002016 Summer Plans<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>May 1- MayDay Parade</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May</span> 20-22- Art-A-Whirl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 21- Little Free Library Festival</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">June 4-5- <a href="http://www.grandave.com/grand-old-days" target="_blank">Grand Old Days</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">June 5- Open Streets Lyndale Ave, Lyn-Lake Festival</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">June 11-12- <a href="http://2016.northernspark.org/" target="_blank">Northern Spark</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><strong>June 14-21- South Carolina trip</strong></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br />June 23-25- <a href="http://www.hotsummerjazz.com/" target="_blank">Twin Cities Jazz Festival</a><br /><strike>June 25- Jourdan Myers at Lake Harriet bandshell, 7:30pm</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">June 25-26- PRIDE Festival</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">June 26?- <a href="http://www.mnfoodtruckfair.com/uptown/" target="_blank">Uptown Food Truck Fair</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 9- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/249369285440981/" target="_blank">Midtown Global Market Music Festival</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 10- Open Streets downtown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 17- <a href="http://www.bastilledayblockparty.com/" target="_blank">Bastille Day Block party</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 18- Vicky Emerson at Nicollet Island, 7pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 21- Matt Hannah at Minnehaha Park, 7pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 22-23- <a href="http://www.lowertownbluesfestival.com/index.html" target="_blank">Lowertown Blues Festival</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">July 23- <a href="http://art%20car%20parade/" target="_blank">Art Car Parade</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">July 24 - US Bank stadium tour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">July 24- Open Streets East Lake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">July 30-31- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RedHotArt/" target="_blank">Red Hot Art</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Powderhorn, Loring, and Uptown art fairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">August 7- Open Streets Northeast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">August 8- Walker Music & Movies, The Pines and Hairspray</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">August 18- Music in Mears, Rogue Valley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">August 21- Open Streets Franklin<br />August 23- The Paper Days at Father Hennepin Park, 7pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">August 26- Mill City Five at Minnehaha Park, 7pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">September 10- Open Streets West Broadway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">September 18- Open Streets Nicollet</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">October 1- Open Streets U of M</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Northeast Nightmarket</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">river rats shows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">food truck fairs- uptown, st paul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Aquatennial parade and stuff</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">walker free first Saturdays</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Fridays at 5pm- family Fridays at midtown global market</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every Saturday- Mill City Farmers Market</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Normandale Japanese gardens</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Fort Snelling park</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-74872805945434673872015-07-23T09:57:00.002-05:002015-07-23T09:57:48.518-05:00Cat Flight<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J_8mdH20qTQ" width="459"></iframe><br />corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-33707740694800900642015-06-19T12:29:00.000-05:002015-09-09T08:52:35.338-05:002015 Summer Plans <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I doubt we'll make it to much this summer, but this is a tradition and helps me get excited for warmer weather, so here we go.<br /><br /><br /><strong>May 3: May Day Parade</strong><br /><strong>May 15-17: Art-A-Whirl</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">May 16: Van Stee at Bauhaus, 6pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">May 17: Romantica at Anchor, 6pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 7: Cactus Blossoms at Grand Old Day, 12:30pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 13-14: Northern Spark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 16: Celebrate NE Parade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>June 20-21: Stone Arch Festival</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>June 20: </strong><a href="http://www.hamline.edu/education/cgee/solstice-river.html" target="_blank"><strong>Summer Solstice performance</strong></a><strong> 5pm</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 23: Northeast Nightmarket at Bauhaus, 6pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 27 & 28: PRIDE festival<br />June 28: PRIDE Parade, Uptown Food Truck Fair</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 4: <a href="http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2015/free-first-saturday-fantastic-fourth" target="_blank">Walker free first Saturday,</a> concert at 11am, bike parade at 12pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 5: Mpls Pops Orchestra at Lake Harriet Bandshell, 5:30pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 12: <a href="http://www.bastilledayblockparty.com/" target="_blank">Bastille Day Block Party</a>, Open Streets Northeast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 19: <a href="http://midtownglobalmarket.org/component/mtree/july/145-midtown-global-music-festival" target="_blank">Midtown Global Music Festival</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 21: Northeast Nightmarket at Bauhaus, 6pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 23: River Rats show, 6pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>July 25-26: </strong><a href="http://redhotart.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Red Hot Art</strong></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 25: St. Paul Food Truck Fair, <a href="http://www.artcarparade.com/" target="_blank">Art Car Parade</a>, Midtown Phillips Festival, Aquatennial Fireworks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 1: Walker free first Saturday, Mpls Art Lending Library, 12-4pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 2: Open Streets East Lake St</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 8-9: Powderhorn, Uptown, and Loring Art Fairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 9: MIA Birthday Block Party, 11am-5pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 12: <a href="http://www.walkerart.org/internet-cat-video-festival" target="_blank">Internet Cat Video Festival</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>August 16: Open Streets Franklin Ave</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 18: Northeast Nightmarket at Bauhaus, 6pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>August 23: Open Streets Downtown</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 11: John Mark Nelson cd release at First Ave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 12: Open Streets University Ave, Monarch Festival at Lake Nokomis, Art Shanties at MIA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 20: Open Streets Nicollet Ave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 26: Open Streets Lowry Ave</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anytime:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Caponi Art Park</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.normandale.edu/community/japanese-garden" target="_blank">Normandale Japanese garden</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Fort Snelling Park</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-47317427643903314772015-04-22T13:58:00.000-05:002015-04-22T13:59:39.547-05:00When I first see you<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sufjan's tumblr is super random and bizarre, but nestled among the Donny Hathaway videos and People covers of Nancy Kerrigan are tiny gems like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, if you are overdue for a very long, sad, ugly cry, make sure to pick up Carrie & Lowell today! </span></div>
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corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-59057276981090592452015-02-09T12:32:00.001-06:002015-02-09T12:32:18.484-06:00life with child<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Every time I think that I've got this thing locked down, something [...] happens and keeps me in check. First kids get so much love and attention, but they certainly become a victim of first time parenting, right?</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>And don’t get me started on ‘common sense’. You can convince yourself that every theory/method of parenting is common sense if you want to. It’s common sense to make him eat as much as he can so he sleeps through the night, but it’s also common sense to just give him the food and he’ll eat as much as his body wants. It’s common sense to go in and comfort your child in the middle of the night when they are crying, but it’s also common sense that if you do that every time they will start to expect it and cry just for the comfort. I can go on for 15 pages about this.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Here’s the thing: the first year of motherhood is ONE big dichotomy- a total emotional whack, actually. I feel powerful because I DID THAT and every day I continue to do that. BUT I feel powerless because I am tied emotionally to him at all times and I feel like I can’t make my own decisions any more. I feel beautiful because when people are in love they are more beautiful, and my smile is so broad and genuine. But I feel ugly because my body isn’t exactly up to par and I went ‘mom’ real fast. I feel like I nail it because there are days when the home-baked frittatas are received with a huge YUM, and naps are totally effortless. And yet I miss it constantly because, I mean… so many reasons - he’s still drinking bottles at night, he only has like 2 play dates a week, his ‘brushing of the teeth’ is a total joke, etc. You name it, I feel like I’m missing it. I feel so grateful and like the luckiest person on the planet, while at the same time feeling like a total martyr; as if I do everything. I don’t. Brian is a serious 50/50 parent but it doesn’t negate that weight on my body. I feel so much pressure and I feel so tired all the time, but so does Brian. It’s easy to feel like a martyr when you are a parent, no matter how much of the work you are doing. </em></span><br />
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<a href="http://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/a-monday-morning-charlie-update/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emily Henderson, on her 14 month old</span></a>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-56511161311546944522015-01-28T15:49:00.000-06:002015-02-09T15:10:30.996-06:00oh, lemurs.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when I saw the thumbnail of this photo, I was like, "dang that is one chill tarantula."</span></div>
corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-27184606133069720522014-08-01T14:42:00.001-05:002015-02-09T15:11:18.516-06:002014 Drink of the Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for obvious reasons. we'll be back to the real stuff next summer...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">past DoTS: <a href="http://sinnemota.blogspot.com/2013/08/2013-drink-of-summer.html" target="_blank">2013</a>, <a href="http://sinnemota.blogspot.com/2012/07/drink-of-summer.html" target="_blank">2012, 2011, 2010</a></span></div>
<br />corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-80764952938108986352014-08-01T12:23:00.000-05:002015-02-09T15:11:09.948-06:00Bub's world<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Internet cats are silly and ridiculous, but what do you do if one accidentally happens to you? I have long been impressed with the way Mike Bridavsky has handled his cat's accidental celebrity and success. <a href="http://www.spin.com/featured/lil-bub-indie-cat-mike-bridavsky/" target="_blank">this article from SPIN</a> delves into his philosophy behind Lil Bub's business decisions and celebrates the independent/DIY nature of Bub's realm, not to mention their philanthropic efforts. also, photos of the cutest cat on the planet.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-18081975850319699312014-06-13T13:28:00.000-05:002014-08-08T10:32:22.152-05:00Summer plans 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This summer feels so much busier than previous ones, so I doubt we will make it to many events (especially after July). But I do like having a list of everything that sounds interesting at our disposal, so here we go... Summer 2014!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>May 4: May Day Parade</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>May 10: Harriet Brewing food truck rally</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">May 22-September 1: Walker Mini-Golf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />June 12: Farewell Milwaukee at Mears Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 13: Cactus Blossoms at Water Power Park for Stone Arch Festival, 9pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 14-15: <strong>Northern Spark (music line-up </strong><a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/04/northern_spark_2014_music.php" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>, Greycoats show </strong><a href="http://2014.northernspark.org/project/greycoats" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>),</strong> Stone Arch Bridge Festival, BoneYard festival, Green Line launch festivals at Target Field and Union Depot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 21: <a href="http://www.hamline.edu/education/cgee/solstice-river.html" target="_blank">Summer Solstice performance</a> at Stone Arch bridge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 28: Rachel Kurtz playing at <a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/04/twin_cities_pride_2014_music_lineup.php" target="_blank">PRIDE fest</a>, <strong>John Mark Nelson </strong><a href="http://www.thecedar.org/events/2014/06/28/john-mark-nelson" target="_blank"><strong>CD release at the Cedar</strong></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">June 29: <a href="http://www.tcpride.org/ai1ec_event/ashley-rukes-glbt-pride-parade/?instance_id=" target="_blank">PRIDE Parade</a>, <a href="http://www.mnfoodtruckfair.com/#about" target="_blank">MN Food Truck Fair</a>, <strong>Matt hosting </strong><a href="http://www.astercafe.com/event/cuff-improvisational-jazz-7/" target="_blank"><strong>Off the Cuff</strong></a><strong> at the Aster Cafe</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 4: fireworks downtown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 5: Walker free first Saturday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 11-12: Jurassic Park at the Riverview, 11:30pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 11-13: <a href="http://bearandthebarrel.com/" target="_blank"><strong>The Bear and the Barrel</strong></a><strong> w/special guest Greycoats</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 13: Bastille Day block party</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 19: <a href="http://midtownglobalmarket.org/component/mtree/july/145-midtown-global-music-festival" target="_blank">Midtown Global Music Festival</a> 12-8pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 20: Lake Calhoun beach bash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 23: Torchlight Parade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 24: the Bakken Museum free admission and open until 8pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 26: <strong>Art Car Parade</strong><strong>, 6pm</strong>, Aquatennial fireworks, 10pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 26-27: <strong>Red Hot Art</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 27: Open Streets Central Ave</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">July 3, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23: <a href="http://www.tcriverrats.com/?q=schedule" target="_blank">TC River Rats</a> waterski shows</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 2-3: <strong>Powderhorn</strong>, Loring, and Uptown Art Fairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 2: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1518709155011812/" target="_blank">ReSpark</a>, 9pm-12am</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 7: <strong>Cactus Blossoms at Mears Park</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 9: Pizza Luce block party</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 14: <a href="http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2014/internet-cat-video-festival-2014" target="_blank">Internet Cat Video Festival</a>, Greycoats and Chris Koza at Mears Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 17: <a href="http://openstreetsmpls.com/" target="_blank">Open Streets</a> Franklin Ave</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">August 21-Sept 1: MN State Fair (Monroe Crossing Aug 25-26)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 14: Open Street Nicollet Ave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">September 20: Open Streets Lowry Ave</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">all summer: <a href="http://www.mplsmusicandmovies.com/" target="_blank">Music and Movies in the Park!</a></span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-81068248975257121712014-03-27T10:14:00.000-05:002014-03-27T10:14:21.268-05:00Inoculation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>A little bit of fear in a safe place is like being inoculated. It gives you something you can go through and be sure that you’ll come out the other end. It teaches you to be brave.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil Gaiman, <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2014/03/21/neil-gaiman-tells-ghost-stories-late-in-the-night-at-ted2014/" target="_blank">on writing scary stories for children</a></span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-83849916167520053682014-01-24T11:59:00.000-06:002014-01-24T11:59:31.116-06:00Animals in the news<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Porrick the pig was abandoned by her owner, so </span><a href="http://allcreatures.tumblr.com/post/74379900908/locals-in-shorncliffe-near-folkestone-kent-took" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the townspeople pitched in</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to take care of her. look at that little shelter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an abandoned Soviet ship filled with starving rats </span><a href="http://gawker.com/abandoned-cruise-ship-full-of-starving-rats-headed-for-1507439976?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been set adrift</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Canada and is expected to crash into the British Isles soon. I guess Canada isn't always the good guy.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-78637826572563307372014-01-08T10:55:00.000-06:002014-01-08T10:55:15.761-06:00Ordinary Love<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">am i the only one who thought U2 was covering Sade? and was a little disappointed to find out that wasn't the case? (side note- if you've never seen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcWHZc8s2I" target="_blank">the video</a> for No Ordinary Love, please go watch it right now. Sade as a sparkly emo mermaid.... i've said too much.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyway, i was pretty skeptical of OMGNEWU2SONGWATCHVIDEONOW. i was a huge fan as a teenager and college student. that's the time in your life to be earnest and idealistic, and early U2 serves up the perfect soundtrack for wanting to save the world, and believing that God would really do it. but like all those first bands we fall in love with, they age and become grown ups and usually the music suffers. (side note #2- i heard a few of <a href="http://sinnemota.blogspot.com/2012/04/pearl-jam-twenty.html" target="_blank">Pearl Jam's</a> new songs on the radio, and realized that they are to teenagers today what the Rolling Stones were to me- a previously kick-ass band who are now all like 50 and their new stuff is lame and very much trying too hard. this realization made me feel so sad. and so OLD.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyway, i took a chance on the U2 song and i quite liked it. apparently it's part of the soundtrack for the new movie about Nelson Mandela, who they befriended years ago and obviously take much inspiration from. the video is cool too. i like the typography, despite all the jump cuts. anyway, take a listen and see what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am super interested in animal psychology, so once I read about this one on the NPR website, I knew I had to add it to my library queue. my love of elephants sparked this interest; they are one of the most emotionally/mentally evolved creatures on the planet. they have memories that last decades, they are very social and gregarious, they are capable of creating art (really) and yes, something happens to them when their fellow elephants die. as the author concludes, it's impossible to definitively prove that animals grieve. but she loads the book with anecdote after anecdote of animals and their dramatic behavior changes when a companion dies. elephants, dogs, cats, ducks, primates, dolphins... she has a story for each about an instance where a family member dies and the behavior that is displayed can only be described as grief. mothers refusing to abandon their stillborn babies, elephants circling & protecting the carcasses of their friends, cats lapsing into "depression" when a longtime companion fails to return from the vet. on and on. it reminds me a lot of <a href="http://sinnemota.blogspot.com/2012/10/love-life-and-elephants.html" target="_blank">Daphne Sheldrick's story</a> of saving & rearing orphaned elephants, many of whom display classic PTSD symptoms from witnessing their family's slaughter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">continuing my Introduction to Graphic Novels 101, I checked out Habibi, by the same guy who wrote <a href="http://sinnemota.blogspot.com/2013/03/blankets.html" target="_blank">Blankets</a>. this book is bananas. the illustrations seriously left me speechless. so intricate, with beautiful interplay between Arabic calligraphy and traditional Middle Eastern patterns. I have a bad habit of breezing by illustrations within a book, but each page gave me pause, if nothing else just to attempt to calculate the time each one took. the story has so much going on, but at the center are 2 child slaves, and older girl and younger boy, who become their own little family amidst the tragedy and injustice each one encounters throughout their life. it's a wild ride, and pretty disturbing at times (lots of mature content like rape/abuse), but in the end it's a really beautiful and expertly crafted story. Here are a couple pages early in the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">and now for something completely different! the true story of Leitzel, the most famous trapeze artist in the world. she was born in 1892 into the circus life and traveled Europe in many small struggling circuses until she made her big break with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus. she was a favorite among the crowds and male suitors, and lived a short but colorful life. it's an interesting biography that weaves her story into the larger picture of cricus history and early American history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">another awesome graphic novel that takes place in the Middle East. this one's about the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, told from the perspective of the author who was a little girl at the time. her parents were liberals and the revolution and ensuing war with Iraq affected many of their family members and friends. the illustrations are much more simple than Habibi but still evocative. I haven't read Part 2 yet, but it's on my list. here's an excerpt below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">after Chris Kluwe grabbed the attention of The Internet last year, it was inevitable that someone would offer him a book deal. he's intelligent, forthright, scathing, witty, and he has a LOT of ideas to share. and he doesn't really care what you think. I loved his Deadspin letter and subsequent blog posts for the Pioneer Press, I enjoy following him on Twitter (until the talk turns to gaming), so I figured I would see what he has to say in a long format. turns out, it's a collection of 2-5 page essays on... pretty much whatever he wants. lots of science-fiction-heavy rants about the future, a little football talk, a self-written eulogy, it's pretty much all over the place. I like that the publishers gave him free reign, even if a lot of it isn't my jam. it was a fun jaunt!</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-24031797029114899822013-10-04T12:21:00.000-05:002013-10-04T12:21:01.134-05:00Banksy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love him or hate him, you have to admit some of his pieces are genius. these 2 pieces are new to me but my favorites from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/graffiti-artist-banksy-slideshow/" target="_blank">this slide show</a>, and you can see a ton more on his <a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/" target="_blank">website</a>.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-49967670372654302062013-08-22T16:07:00.000-05:002013-08-22T16:07:16.414-05:00Wild<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">did you like Eat, Pray, Love? did you hate it? did you, like me, love the book, hate the movie, and then realize that everything you hated about the movie was kinda in the book too?<br /><br />regardless of how you felt about EPL, you will like Wild. it is the book EPL should have been. very similar "Woman in Crisis Abandons Life to go on a Physical/Spiritual/Mental Quest" story, but this crisis is a little more genuine (poverty, abusive/absent father, mother dies early from cancer) and the quest is a little more respectable (hiking the punishing Pacific Crest Trail solo), not that the two ladies' experiences should even be compared, that's kind of a shitty thing to do. oh well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've never stepped foot on the PCT, but I have hiked parts of the Appalachian Trail, its East Coast counterpart, so I was already a little familiar with the culture- trail registers, trail names, re-stocking at small towns along the way, etc. I was a little wary of an entire memoir about hiking solo, but Strayed did a great job of weaving the stories from her broken past into the trail narrative. and not only that, the trail writing was really good. vivid, suspenseful, funny. I found myself wanting to Google her route as I read, to see what she saw and further explore her surroundings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">as with EPL, Strayed embarked on the journey to Heal Herself- from her past and more pressingly, from her mother's death. it does happen, but not in the epic "tears on mountaintops" way she imagined, of course. it's a subtle transformation that she weaves into the story with a couple cathartic moments at the end, making me tear up just like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/books/wild-by-cheryl-strayed-a-walkabout-of-reinvention.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank">this NY Times reviewer</a>. overall, a great read. highly recommend.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-67315444601361413962013-08-08T12:48:00.002-05:002013-08-08T12:48:56.196-05:002013 Drink of the Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know what you're thinking.... it's well into August and she's just now declaring her drink of the summer?? think of all those hot nights suffered without a signature drink to keep one happy and cool. never fear, the DoTS was established as soon as the snow stopped falling- so, May- it's just taken a while to make it internet official. but first, a re-cap:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010- whiskey sour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011- gin & tonic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012- red wine sangria</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this year's distinct claim goes to the deliciously spicy Dark & Stormy. I first had one last July at a friend's wedding, but it wasn't until this year that I decided to start mixing them at home. i'm super lazy, so it's just Gosling's dark spiced rum, Gosling's ginger beer, 3 ice cubes, and a squeeze of lime. perfect for hammock laying and book reading, or whatever lazy summer activity you're prone to indulge in.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-65708210377473117282013-08-02T15:36:00.000-05:002013-08-02T15:36:00.150-05:00Sky Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that is some seriously impressive use of negative space. these are by French artist Thomas Lamadieu, seen </span><a href="http://honestlywtf.com/art/sky-art/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. his website is </span><a href="http://tlamadieu.wix.com/roots-art#!skyart/ck0q"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here.</span></a>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-53864689315662419172013-07-31T10:15:00.000-05:002013-07-31T10:39:38.837-05:00Swamplandia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">why did it take me so long to read this book? I've been aware of it since it came out in 2011; there was much praise and gushing over it, inclusion in almost every "best of 2011" reading list, and a hold queue at the library that was months long. honestly, I think it was the subject matter... I often a hard time with books/movies that portray Southern poverty. it can very easily veer into unrealistic romanticism that feels unauthentic at best, and exploitation at worst. (</span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beasts of the Southern Wild</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> gave me a similar icky feeling.) but after seeing so many recommendations over the years, I finally decided to give it a try, and i'm so glad I did- this book is amazing. the setting is a swampy Florida that seems effortlessly conjured up, but it's obvious there were hours upon hours of research and familiarity with the land (and the government's disastrous mismanagement of it) and the culture. and yes, ultimately it's a sad story about the downfall of a poor family's business and livelihood, but Karen Russell's writing is so rich, and each member of the Bigtree family is so dynamic, you really just get swept up into the story. it accomplishes the very rare feat of being a total page turner- each family member's fate hangs in the balance of each chapter, and also being quite deep- metaphors abound if you care to take the time to unpack them. all in all, a really great modern Southern Gothic story that <em>should have</em> won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (seriously, A Visit from the Goon Squad wins the year before, and this year you'd rather not give out a prize than award it to Karen Russell? so wrong.)</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-44220699468807367712013-07-12T11:06:00.001-05:002013-07-12T11:06:35.854-05:00Easy summer reads<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She wrote A Visit from the Goon Squad, so i'm guessing that's why I put this one on my list so many moons ago. after a traumatic episode in their childhood, two cousins reconnect as adults to renovate a castle in Eastern Europe. but the castle, and cousin Howard's plans, both prove to be more than they seem.... it was a great summer read, not super challenging but definitely enjoyable, with a ramped-up ending that delivers a nice plot twist and unexpected ending. 2 thumbs up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next is a classic example of what my mother calls a "dead body book." the main character kills a man and buries him in his backyard. a year later, a yard service crew unearths 2 bodies on his property... neither of which are the man he killed. pretty good premise, right? it was a decent read, a solid effort for a first novel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next up, Swamplandia!</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-27067083085633663542013-07-01T14:55:00.000-05:002013-07-01T14:55:00.771-05:00Brussels sprouts and eggs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is less of a recipe and more of a public service announcement. i just want everyone to know that fried eggs taste delicious on top of roasted brussels sprouts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it's Titus' head.</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-88899504261162587112013-06-25T14:40:00.000-05:002013-06-25T14:40:00.552-05:00catching up on books i have read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">despite my reading drought this winter, I did manage to finish a few books, and then plowed through a couple more while on vacation last week. here's a quick re-cap of what I have read over the past few months...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was so good. a detailed, insightful biography on L Ron Hubbard and how Scientology even came to exist, its Hollywood influence (not as much dirt as I would've liked, but a decent amount) and crazy dysfunction/abuses (members locked away for years in what is basically indentured servant hood). it's long but well worth it. and there are photos here and there, this one was obviously my favorite:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next was Pulphead, by John Jeremiah Sullivan. it's a collection of various essays he's had published in magazines, on the most random and enjoyable of subjects. Axl Rose. prehistoric cave drawings in the Southeastern United States. an outsider's portrayal of Christian music festivals. securing an interview with Bunny Wailer, the last surviving member of Bob Marley's band, in Jamaica. each one stands on its own but you'll want to read them all. (even the one on the 18th/19th century naturalist)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this was one of two books i read on our cruise. There are many Dogtowns, but this one happens to be an abandoned 18th century settlement on Massachusetts' Cape Ann. the author was drawn to it by seeing paintings of the unusually boulder-y landscape, but then discovered that the history of the area was even more intriguing. it got its name from the Revolutionary War widows who got dogs as protection after their soldier husbands failed to return home. its always melancholy aura was punctuated by a random murder in the 80's that split the town on what to do with the land whose last owners had been dead 200 years. the author injects a little too much of herself into the story, but the book is compelling enough to overlook that misstep.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wow, is this the only fiction i've read recently? i guess so. book #2 of the cruise. a quick, easy read about small town conflict and the dysfunctional characters perpetrating it. the quickly growing Fundamentalist church disapproves of the high school's sex ed teacher and seeks to oust her. one of the churches' members happens to be the teacher's daughter's soccer coach, and a post-game confrontation leads to growing conflict and attraction between the two. a decent summer read. and hopefully there will be more to come....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so far this year, working on the backyard has been in spurts. winter lasted forever, with snow still on the ground well into May. as a result, everything we planted last year was realllllly slow to come up and i worried that i had lost a lot of plants. turns out, the only casualties were the global arborvitae, a rhododendron, and one of the 6 ostrich ferns. i had a couple days off in May that happened to have glorious weather, so i took full advantage and spent most of my time getting the yard up to par and adding some new perennials. these pictures were taken yesterday, after cleaning up after a few really bad storms.</span></div>
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corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17239190.post-326523495148674732013-06-24T12:28:00.000-05:002013-06-24T12:28:00.804-05:00the biggest rubber ducky in the entire world<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...is currently floating in a harbor in Hong Kong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or at least it was in May, when I </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/06/181596873/photo-the-six-story-rubber-ducky-thats-charming-hong-kong" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first saw photos</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of this amazing sculpture. the artist is Florentijn Hofman, and according to his website, "The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them." he also </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/may/02/giant-rubber-duck-hong-kong-video" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">commented</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that "the duck represents the union of people, saying 'we're one family and all the waters in the world is our global bathtub'". so far the ducky has been to Japan, France, Brazil, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium. I think it would look quite in any of our harbors... Duluth perhaps?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">(the <a href="http://www.florentijnhofman.nl/dev/projects.php" target="_blank">artist's website</a> is full of other really cool large scale projects... worth a look)</span>corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367572377536700343noreply@blogger.com0