The little things: our new ice system.

We have struggled with how to keep enough ice in the fridge for awhile. We both love our drinks like our Vogue editors: cold and colorful. We make what equates to screwdrivers minus the vodka at home all the time, requiring a lot of ice.

We found these at the Container store. They are sealed (ish), stack and were cheap. We bought 4 and ALWAYS have ice now. I'm so happy I could make myself a cranberry and seltzer.

Next step: Putting a visual cue on the fridge to make sure the empty ones are refilled. See, the key to this system is to refill all at once, because it takes 30 seconds. Doing them one at a time has NO advantage. You have to empty all of them out into the larger bin, then refill. Some would balk at that, demanding a commitment to the individual refill. Those people don't live in New York or have a Wii or have a cat who likes to wrestle for hours on end like me. I like short, powerful bursts of focused work. It makes things more tolerable.

That, my friends, is my ice system.

Media Update: The Pinker Tones and more

Music: Totally addicted to the song "Sonido Total" from the album The Million Color Revolution by The Pinker Tones. They are out of Barcelona. They make me shake my booty all day long.

Games: Started up "Animal Crossing" Fucking Bob wanted me to deliver a picture book to Mitzi WAYYY to many times, so I dug up holes in his front yard and sent him a letter telling him he was an old queen with no taste. No response. Also almost finished the Potato Salad level in Cooking Mama on the DS. I can't get the potato peeling down, no matter how hard I try.

Websites: Boingboing is my continued favorite this week.

New Idea #3: Just start drawing.

Actually, I did some work on an illustrator tutorial, which helped me create the nut on this page.

Drawing Nuts and Bolts


I really like this kind of drawing. Reducing detail and geometric shapes adding to others. It feels honest. Or simple. Or like a little puzzle. Or whatever you want to call it. If I were to get stuck in a rut, this would be it and I'd totally deal fine with it. Actually sounds kinda awesome.

So many blogs die so young from lack of interest. Please don't let this happen to me.