I'm 30. I'm an artist. I'm a geek. I like interesting foods. I love randomness. I'm in Indianapolis, but Chicago-born. I'm marrying Harold in April 2010! :)
What a day. Lazy and tired again. The house has been purchased. Happy birthday, Yolanda! from pea, and Hutch Carpenter's pics of vintage mini arcade games. - http://kamilah.posterous.com/what-a-...
So close! Soon this will be ours! The last steps are now in motion. I know this looks like a thousand other suburban houses. The difference is, this is *our* suburban house. Plus, it really is pretty neat on the inside. Pics soon, when we officially have the keys!
Never thought I'd be in Carmel... Used to be so annoyed with that place. Jealous really... So, if you can't beat them, join them, I guess. Especially in the Indianapolis area.
- Kamilah Gill
Thank you, everyone. Now we're waiting for conditions to clear underwriting and get sent to the title company... Anyone have anything to say about this bit of the process? I guess once these mysterious underwriters get done with us, we will finally officially and totally have the home loan.
- Kamilah Gill
Have my room ready. I got you on the cookies.
- Derrick
Awesome I can't wait to see some pictures of the inside!
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Andrea, those pics you liked earlier show a little bit of the interior. We'll probably get better pics once more stuff is moved in, and maybe during whatever housewarming activities we end up doing.
- Kamilah Gill
Sorry I should have said some MORE pics, couldn't see too much from the ones earlier but the kitchen looks cute! I love seeing houses when they are all empty and then when they are filled with someone's things.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I think our walls are also the same/similar color as the ones in the house too. Hopefully I do not seem like a crazy person right now.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Nope, no more crazy than usual, Andrea ;) (j/k)
- Kamilah Gill
I AM A CRAZY PERSON WHAT IS THE PANTONE COLOR OF YOUR WALLSSSSSSSS
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Rochelle's new haircut; an awesome combination of food and geography; and Frances Bean Cobain. Really rough because I'm tired and I had to hurry to get to bed on time. - http://kamilah.posterous.com/rochell...
Looking very nice, Rochelle. I hope I'll get another chance soon to give your portrait the full treatment. As for Frances Bean Cobain... 1, 2, 3, everyone feel really, really OLD. That's Kurt Cobain's baby. O_o ...
- Kamilah Gill
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yeah Mahmood she keeps a notebook or sketchbook and she documents the moods/people with her excellent sketches :) and we the ffers love her and her artwork for it
- ffcode
ffcode is right, Mahmood. This is a Moleskine sketchbook. You're welcome, Rochelle. As I said, I'd like to have a chance to get a better likeness when I'm not in as much of a rush.
- Kamilah Gill
is that where the Wendy's use to be a while back?
- Harold
I guess the KFC that is just down the road will be closed up in a few months....
- Harold
Yeah, I think that's where Wendy's was at one point. Most recently it was some kind of Mexican restaurant. For those of you in Indianapolis, this one is on W. Washington St. just before it turns into US 40. This is only the 3rd one I've found in the city. The other two are on the west and east ends of 38th St., way off of my usual beaten paths. Looks like a dinner solution a couple times a month and maybe lunch every once in a while. Finally a decent restaurant near work!
- Kamilah Gill
This tune is just indescribably awesome to me. It's fusion jazz. Speaking of which, Medeski, Martin & Wood is in town at the Vogue tonight, and I didn't even know it until I drove past there earlier this evening. D'oh! Another time...
- Kamilah Gill
have you checked the library site to see if it is available there?
- Harold
Have I checked?? I have it on hold already! :P :) Plus, Look Inside on Amazon has already confirmed for me that this is a must-have. It picks up where 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die left off, and it gives information about how to actually *obtain* the foods and a few tips about what else to do besides eat if you go to a particular place. Not that I'm likely to make it to all of them, but you know how I love books of lists like this. It's a weakness, I guess.
- Kamilah Gill
"The lighter syrups are generally products of the earlier part of the season and are more subtle in flavor. Early season syrups accompany pancakes, waffles or crepes. Darker syrups, from later in the season, are more full-bodied and potent. These syrups are used as a spice to flavor different foods, both savory and sweet. Both varieties of Birch Syrup have bold, piquant flavors similar to sorghum or horehound candy."
- Kamilah Gill
from Bookmarklet
I had horehound candy at the Hotel Del in San Diego. It's... different. A little licorice-y.
- Kamilah Gill
Birch won't taste like horehound. I've had birch beer before and that tasted a lot like rootbeer.
- Spidra Webster
The Aromatic Spice Plantations of Goa. They sure make this sound good. I'd love to see some spice source plants. These are in Goa, which is on the western coast of India, south of Mumbai. - http://www.indiamarks.com/guide...
"Siberia, where Russians waited in long lines to buy food with ration cards not long ago, is the improbable epicenter of a huge mall boom. As retail businesses shrink in the United States, provincial Russian towns like this one have become targets of retailers and shopping center developers from around the world. Malls in this area are even poaching managers from as far away as California."
- Kamilah Gill
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Damn, that's sad. What's going to happen after they bust? I expect it's a Walmart-like pattern of heavy expansion, then closing stores.
- Spidra Webster
Poor Rahsheen had his sleeping space corrupted by a roach. :( This was my first time ever in life drawing Storm Troopers. The helmets have big "bags" under the eyes, I noticed. ...
- Kamilah Gill
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What are these weird circles in South Dakota? (I know, crop circles, ha, ha. No, really. What are they?) I tried a search for "*" and it didn't turn up any clues. Harold and I saw similar circles somewhere out west during our flights between Indiana and California this March. UPDATE: These are the results of center pivot irrigation.
My friend, Spooky Mulder, has a different theory...
- Andrew Terry
Extreme Snails with Scaly Feet. Not just scaly feet, *magnetic* scaly feet! The scales are iron-based. This is the only organism known to create body structures from iron. Discovered in 2001 living around hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/article...
Sounds a little like some kind of real-life Pokemon to me. Seriously, though, this is really cool. I wonder what else is out there that we haven't discovered yet? This is why humans need to quit just wantonly destroying stuff.
- Kamilah Gill
thanks for sharing that! very cool looking. I've read articles saying that we haven't even begun to figure out whats down at the depths of the oceans
- Sir Shuping
Very welcome! :) I *love* stuff like this.
- Kamilah Gill
I cheated a little bit, though I think I'm going to do this again in the future. Tad was today's random selection, but he had no images in his Best of Day. So I cheated and picked a picture that was visible on the first page of his feed instead. Worked out fine. Also, giant kelp is so much fun to draw, I almost want to post it every day so I can draw it over and over (not really, but almost).
- Kamilah Gill
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Tastes distinct from other fruits I've had before... I might need to try more fruits so I can describe it better. It's kind of tangy and a little spicy (as in gingery). A nice flavor. I couldn't find it anywhere in Indiana. Again, thanks so much, Spidra! :)
- Kamilah Gill
I have never heard of Feijoa before! Hmmm very interesting.
- aden (and junk)
"A spotted gray trigger fish was just big enough to fit inside a caulking tube, and became highly protective of its tiny habitat, snapping at approaching fish. Researchers removed the tube from the garbage patch in September and placed it in an aquarium for observation."
- Kamilah Gill
from Bookmarklet
I borrowed this book from the library. There's a different book that I think I will buy later, but this one is also very good. I want to get better acquainted with the blank blue spaces on the map.
- Kamilah Gill
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Blasts from the past: Me as a toddler feeding dandelions to my mom about 30 years ago, and Creep by TLC from Yolanda's Pandora feed. - http://kamilah.posterous.com/blasts-...
I have decided to do something a little different with the daily sketches to make it more fun and fair for all of my FF friends. Now each set of sketches will come from three sources instead of two: my own Best of Day, Best of Day from my Home Feed, and Best of Day from a randomly selected person that I'm subscribed to. In order to keep things from getting too overwhelming for myself, I'll sometimes choose to note a text Best of Day and draw only two total images instead of three, which is what I did today. Anyway, the main purpose is to keep things mixed-up and more interesting for everyone.
- Kamilah Gill
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Glad you're enjoying it, aden. I like virtually following other people's little journeys, too. I've really gotten into this mobile blogging stuff. I can't wait to get a Blackberry next year with a much more powerful camera.
- Kamilah Gill
Hmmm I might have to start doing that! Virtual journeying, that is a fun idea. :) (and your camera takes much better pictures than mine)
- aden (and junk)