Erin's Photo Blog

Mush, Hipsters, Mush!

erin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:35:19 +0000

Last weekend Ko and I went to check out the teams at the Urban Iditarod.

Here was a weird animal-themed team. I especially liked the squid lady.

This guy knows that it’s always important to limber up before a race.

Ugh, mimes. Mimes scare me, as they do most people, I feel.

Then there was the Confederate team, keeping it classy, haha. Mullet ラブ ♥

Finally, the Leopard Snuggie team. Awesomely tacky, no?

We only stayed long enough to watch the start of the race (is it still a race if nobody’s trying to finish first, though?), which pretty much consisted of everyone yelling and ambling off in the same general direction. I think there were a bunch of stops along their route where they would all stop and drink beer *shrug* That’s why I love San Francisco—there are always a bunch of free, interesting things to go do or watch on the weekend. It’s a vast improvement over Salem, let me tell you!

Unintentional Souvenir

erin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:11:39 +0000

Found this in my library book just now. It’s from LADURÉE in Paris.

We leave pieces of ourselves in unexpected places, it seems.

Life is Like

erin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:43:35 +0000

Because Ko is in Hawaii right now, I decided to work on Valentine’s Day.

Ah, I hate that I have to wear my hair up at work. I look so weird!

Of course it was crazy busy, and all of the boxes had to be hand-packed!

They turn out so pretty, though, so it’s worth it. Anything for love, haha ♥

Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day! Ooh, and Chinese New Year, too!

Baby Meow Meow

erin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:28:51 +0000

So, after finishing the macarons, we walked to this neat community garden ↓

And as we were looking around, this guy sauntered up to us. Pretty, huh?

He was friendly and had a cute squeaky voice (thus, “Baby Meow Meow”).

Here’s Ko petting him hesitantly with just one finger, haha.

Stretch and scratch! I wish Kuu could wear down her claws like this :/

I wanted to take him home, but I bet he’s happier free. Take care, BMM!

Remember Me?

erin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:23:45 +0000

So, hey! I had another post all lined up after the one about the macarons but then a few things happened. First, I GOT A JOB!!! It’s just a part time thing, but on the upside a large part of my training so far has involved eating chocolate. Also my bosses and coworkers are really cool ♥ It’s just left me a lot less free time recently, and when I do have free time I kind of just feel like passing out, haha.

Anyway, the second thing that happened more recently was that I got food poisoning, ew. I got really sick from some bad miso and was ill/feverish/weak for a few days, but thankfully I’m all better now. So, yeah, I’m gonna go publish that other post I mentioned earlier. It’s going to be about a cat. I like to call him Baby Meow Meow ♪

Macarons de La Boulangerie

erin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:12:51 +0000

After passing La Boulange countless times, Ko and I finally decided to stop in.

We bought a few flavors of macarons and then went to the park to eat them.

Now that I think about it, these might have been my first macarons ever…

The lemon and passion fruit ones were my and Ko’s favorites, respectively.

Hmm, btw does anyone know if my title is correct? フランス語できないよ（汗）

Anyway, I’m glad we got a chance to go out. It’s been raining like crazy for the past week or two, and rain like that always makes me glum. Luckily it’s let up recently (which is why we got to go out), but I hear that the good weather might only be temporary. In other news, I’ve gone on a few job interviews and am trying to stay positive. Keeping my momentum going is going to be really important, I think. I don’t want to get all wound-down again like I did last year.

頑張って続きますよ～♪

Where’d You Get Them Peepers?

erin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:46:20 +0000

My color contacts came yesterday, and I couldn’t wait to wear them.
I went with this silly ulzzang pose to hide my just-woke-up face （-＿- ；）

Anyway, onto the review: they’re Beaucon Shimmer lenses I bought from a website called Honey Color. I’d been looking for gray lenses that weren’t too light for my skin tone, didn’t have a huge diameter, and looked natural overall (i.e with decent color gradation, natural looking-limbal ring, etc) and I think these fit the bill nicely. I won’t wear these every day, but they’ll be fun for the weekends and occasions!

Pan Pita

erin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:58:40 +0000

I picked up this cool doodad on one of my recent trips to Ichibankan.

It makes sandwiches with crimped edges, like Uncrustables.

Now all I need is bigger bread. I’m very excited to use it （* ＾ー＾）

Cream Pot Honolulu

erin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:56:26 +0000

This morning my mom took me out to breakfast at Cream Pot in Waikiki ♥

Cute, huh? The whole place felt like something out of a Miyazaki movie!

Anyway, I had a maguro eggs benedict, which was fantastically yummy :D

Afterward we went to see It’s Complicated, which was cute and un-corny.

Sigh, I’m going to miss this place…

Be Kind to Me, 2010

erin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:38:19 +0000

Today I went, as I do every year, to see the “first” sunrise.

It was beautiful, as always, and very hopeful-feeling.

There was also this girl who spent 5 minutes primping in front of our car D:

Anyway, it’s been forever since I’ve updated. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, it’s just, you know… hard. Everything seems hard lately, as would be painfully obvious to you if you followed my Twitter, haha. I’ve come up with a 2-month plan to get my life kick-started this year, though, so hopefully I won’t be throwing many more pity parties. Thanks to all of you (especially Mai ♥) who have encouraged and supported me. I really appreciate it, and hope that I can reciprocate some day.

Happy new year, all!

P.S. I’ve given up on So Much Sand: Part 3, haha. Long story short, we finally made it to the beach, ate lunch (mushy Subway sandwiches and lukewarm bottled water never tasted so good) and finally dragged ourselves back to the car. It was exhausting, and we got sand everywhere, but it was wonderful. I would highly recommend visiting the dunes if you’re ever in that part of Oregon.