at the end of the day.

three days into september!  the past three days have been fantastic... moving and beginning to settle into my new amazing/adorable/perfect house.  so, because of the moving i don't have anything exciting to blog about... other than how much i love my house.

oh, and i just got a new 16G ipod touch - love!  the first year that the touch came out i got one for christmas and fell in love with it... five months later, after doing laundry, i pulled my clothes out of the dryer and found my touch in three pieces... when i showed it to my dad he responded by saying "didn't you see the warning?" - above my parent's washer is a sign that reads CAUTION CHECK ALL POCKETS FOR IPODS. yup, missed that one.  this time nothing bad will happen to my ipod.

love, keiko.

dope.

instead of doing something productive (example: complete things off my many to-do lists) i hit the urban outfitters website and made myself a short "wishlist" (i managed to stay away from the clothes/shoes section of the website).  here are some of my faves!

  (so recycle this note/who needs trees?)

 artists series sticky notes.

 i love these!

 i love jellyfish, i need jellyfish art.

also on my wishlist: ipod boom box, fisheye camera, lomo diana dreamer camera, jewelry box, key hook, shelves.

love keiko.

ummm.

at first i wanted this blog to be kind of impersonal, just about things i think are dope/ things that i hate.  but right now i am incredibly bored, and have nothing better to do except this lamo survey thing (i selected only some questions to answer, and then had nowhere to post it, i try to keep my facebook minimal - no notes... so i am putting it here), maybe you will feel like you know me better.

1. So, what did you do all day?: worked, ate at earls for really cheap (free $5 gift card, and kids chicken tenders), watched the greys finale (and maybe cried a little), "twittered".
2. What is the most expensive thing you've bought recently? my most recent expensive purchase was two months ago, my digital slr.  my actual last purchase was super cheap, 3 pairs of flipflops for $10.
3. Last concert (or show) you attended: bloc party.
4. Describe your favorite artical of clothing: at the moment, i would say my white "boyfriend" style button up shirt.
6. Last video game played: SCRABBLE ON DS.
10. What was the last board game you played?: scrabble
11. Who won?: definitely me.
14. Last movie you watched at home: Notorious, with kaur, so expect some sort of review sometime soonish.
16. What was the last thing you created: i am working on a painting for a friend, of a jellyfish takeover.  but since that is incomplete - "blake and taryn's infinite playlist volume I" for a friend, with a super cute case an everything.
17. Are you reading any books right now?: bloodletting and other miraculous cures, no one belongs here more than you, and shortcomings.  well, i finished shortcomings, but i figured i would include it since it was on my list of books to read.
18. Do you remember your favorite book from childhood?: one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish - still have most of that book memorized.  (also: every robert munsch book)
30. Last new artist that you listened to and really liked: tender forever, i believe was the last new band i started listening to.
31. Last new one you hated: kings of leon.  ok, i dont actually hate them, but i just cant seem to get into them, at all.  but, ive only ever heard one song, so yeah.
41. What was the last free thing you've gotten?: free $5 gift cards for earls.

not exciting, but it'll have to do.

love keiko.

moneyyyyy$$$

every couple of weeks i get an itch to spend money, a really intense one.  and then i feel really anxious until i go shopping.  it's really annoying, and kind of a big waste of money (not actually, because i usually do get things  that i really, really want/need).  or sometimes i get an idea of something i want to purchase, and then i become obsessed, and then i HAVE to buy it.  anyway, this post is just about things that i want/have recently purchased.

1.  Dslr camera.  so far, not a smart purchase... i lost the battery charger, so i haven't really had a chance to use it (i;m sure once i get my hands on that charger i'll be loving it).  this one, i got the idea in my head that i wanted to get into photography... and then over a week that idea grew and took over my life! all i did was research entry-level dslrs.  so i found a pretty great deal and went ahead and bought it.  i felt really good after buying it - my student line of credit didn't feel quite so good.  

2.  a new pair of chuck taylor's (not hightops).  i bought these today.  my last pair lasted me five years (!!) and really could go for a while more (i did go about two years without wearing them at all), but the girl sitting next to me in my "rocks for jocks" final had a nice pair of just classic black and white ones that had that were at that perfect point of being worn in- and i HAD to get a pair.

3.  a new bag.  my nice simple, black leather lucky brand bag's stitching is starting to pull out.  and i don't really like my michael corr's one anymore (and my mom's been using it for the past couple months).  so i did some looking around for an affordable one.. and found a pretty cool one from urban outfitters (for only $60!!!).  this one (my sister is buying it for me tomorrow):

4.  right now, i am trying to fight the temptation to buy some sweet t-shirts online.  i am going to wait a do a separate post on this one brand that i am pretty stoked on right now.  but it would make me really happy if someone would by this shirt from eestorey.com (emily storey=awesome):

5.  this one isn't really something i bought... but i went to see monsters vs. aliens in imax!! for only $2 more you can upgrade the normal 3D one to the totally awesome imax experience!  i loved this! the movie was cute, funny, and the voices were really well casted (seth rogen as bob? YES).  the only downside was that the imax glasses were a pain to wear over my real glasses (i don't have nay trouble with the cheapo normal 3d ones they have now).  

love keiko.

live @ the apple store.

i wish that every apple store was like this:

 (Ste-Catherine in Montreal)

that way every apple store would host "________, live at the apple store."  Coming up at the montreal apple store is peter bjorn and john, the bell orchestre, and not long ago metric played there.  not my fave bands, but all are pretty decent (i used to be a HUGE metric fan back in high school) (i tried to google who else has played there, and failed).  i love apple, and i love live music, so together it can only equal greatness.

love keiko

p.s.  why does calgary have to have a shitty mall apple store?

whhhat

this freaks me out a little bit/intrigues me.  it's a kid robot that was developed a while ago and has been learning and and gaining social skills like a human baby/child.  it has learned how to read facial expressions and can interact with people - it's even learning how to walk, and they hope that eventually it'll learn how to talk.

love keiko

um. tampon USB.

This is weird:

Also, go watch the Katie Couric interview with Lil Wayne, I like it.

love keiko

iphone+cupcake

i really want an iphone, but i would settle for someone baking me iphone themed cupcakes.

love keiko.