House hunting

theselby.comEverything about these five things I found on The Selby makes me crave a space to call my own:
1. living room
2. bathroom
3. kitchen*
*i'll also take that man
4. inspiration wall
5. bedroom

let me just add, i'd love some stairs
oh, and a magazine shelf, too

First Lady

I adore these five things about Michelle Obama:

1. She rarely stops holding Barack's hand.
2. She wears flats* on the first day in office.
*i also love that dress!!
3. She accessorizes with brooches.
4. She's a mama*.
*who dresses her children well.
5. She went to Princeton and Harvard.

Common sense

These five things fulfilled my senses today:

1. Taste/ Pabst Blue Ribbon.

2. Smell/ fav. hand cream.
3. Sight/ sweet bridesmaid dresses*

*not a dress, and found via rocknrollbride.

4. Touch(ed my heart)/ Do What You Do lyrics.

5. Hearing/ Winter by The Dodos.

Florence is really on my heart right now... hence the picture.

Convo

I had conversations about these five things today:
1. Microfinancing.
2. Orchestra Baobab and Buena Vista Social Club being on the same label.
3. Why I want to live in an old house.
4. Brownsville, Texas*
* Unbeknownst to me, there is such a place. Two friends brought it up today. Weird.
5. Miracle Fortress.

Listen and learn

These five things are worth sharing (including that playlist):
1. I gawked at these photos long and hard.
2. This is my friend Tim's deal.
3. What's your favorite color?
4. Thom Yorke likes these songs.
5. Urban development.

Paperback

These five things ended up on my desk:
1. Defining Visual Rhetorics/Charles Hill.
*I got this off the shelf after a discussion with City Councilman Chris Woodhull about the spaces in which we live.
2. To Do List/Sasha Cagen.*
*My 2007 Christmas present from my friend Tripp.
3. On the Road/Jack Kerouac.
4. The Sirens of Titan/Kurt Vonnegut*
*I borrowed this from my friend Brittany. I really need to return it.
5. Life and Holiness/Thomas Merton.

j'adore npr

These five things convinced me to sign-up for the npr music newsletter:

1. Bon Iver on 'Blood Bank.'

2. Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time.'

3. Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dead At 60.

4. The best African music* of 2008.
*and check this out.

5. La Rocca: Americana, by way of Ireland.