Experiment: Diorama

There's a large subset of people I know who've had a terrible time giving up their childhood. They're paralyzed at the thought of having full time "adult" jobs. Responsibility. See adulthood as some lesser, unfun land of death and debt and taxes. Not seeing the liberty in it all. Call me naive, but I love the liberty of adulthood. I love that I can still enjoy the things I did when I was young, and in addition I can afford to do things that are even more fun, like go to Dave & Busters. HAHHAH. I love that joke. You can still make dioramas. Dioramas never get old. Still total fun. And so empowering to make a miniature world. The characters are bound by your laws, your...

Experiment: Scouting

Guess who's the new Cub Scout Den Leader!It's like someone just knew how khaki-crazed I am. A premonition.I need some help though. The Wolves just won't really listen to me. 8 year-old boys! Delightfully strange creatures! How do I get them to be obedient?I feel mislea...

Experiment: 30 Day Purge

No sweat.I got rid of so much stuff in the last 30 days. Motorola pagerDora the Explorer pillowcase set (unopened)Pretty Together by Sloan (CD)photos of Tory L.a knockoff Chanel bagA bunch of ticketmaster stubs I'd been keeping for TEN YEARS including Live, Remy Zero, Travis, JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMPlike 2 years worth of Wired and J.Crew catalogsa few dozen wedding announcements I've been holding onto for some reason, including hers - they were sitting in a giant bird's nest. Incredible. I guess I feel bad about throwing away photographs.Motorola bluetooth earclip. Used once.9 pairs of soccer socks (kept 3)Doc Martins sandals circa 1999 (not the exact model, but close)2 pairs...