Changed my haircolor

Dinner and Movie

Yay, a standard dinner and movie night which is oh-so-rare for me. :p Going to the Rustic Kitchen for dinner tonight and then off to see the movie, No Reservations. I hope it's good... I'll keep you all posted. I like cooking, so it should be fun to watch.

Summer Pudding Ice Cream

So, one of the new things I've discovered in recent years is summer pudding ice cream. What is summer pudding you ask? I have no idea, so from wikipedia: Summer Pudding or Summer Fruit Pudding is a British dessert made of sliced white bread layered in a deep bowl with stewed or macerated berries. Well, the summer pudding ice cream I've had only seems to have the berries or other fruit, and is quite tasty. The berries taste like they were soaked in alcohol--which might be why I like it so much.

Other strange yet yummy flavors that I love?... Cake batter! Yeah, of course I like the regular vanilla, chocolate, coffee, butter pecan... but of all of the strange homemade ice cream stand flavors, I'm very much into summer pudding and cake batter. :)

Backwards Compatibility

Ok, this is going to be a completely different tangent than my fun/fashion posts, and I'm going to talk about backwards compatibility. Why is backwards compatibility so hard? Is it that people do things SOOOO wrong the first time, that they have to rewrite everything? Even so, you can simply use the same language practices to give the same interfaces that people expected. It shouldn't be a separate item to "design for backwards compatibility" -- it should always happen!

Baby pics! :P

I've uploaded some of my baby pictures in my Brandy Baby web album.

Pink shoes

Today I'm wearing my pink shoes with the white wedges! :) The rest of the outfit is a pink cap sleeve gauzy top that matches, and denim capris. My parents didn't say I looked like a Chinese country girl or anything today, and my mom even said my top was cute! My dad said it was "not bad" -- which, I'll just choose to take as a compliment. Gotta love my parents. :)

Yeah, my dad should criticize my fashion considering he bought two red hardware "handy-strap" things at the dollar store for $1.50 each to make suspenders! Let's count the things that were wrong:
(1) he wanted suspenders
(2) he was making suspenders
(3) they were red
(4) made out of dollar-store who-knows-what (they had handles on them... which he cut off).
List goes on and on. :)
He was going to attach them to his pants using safety pins... I gave him the ones that you use for cloth diapers. :) Then, he was sewing the back... I suggested that he just use duct tape--and he said that was a dumb idea. HAHA. Then, it turned out he didn't need safety pins because he was just going to loop the suspenders through a belt that he would wear too. So, yah... end up wearing a belt WITH red supenders. OMG. Anyways, I might just go to Lowes and buy him some suspenders for $10.

More albums uploaded...

I've uploaded more albums! Particularly around my travels... Amsterdam 2003 & 2005, Montreal 2005, and London 2004. Check it out in my Pictures link.

Shoes and Necklaces...

So, did some damage recently on lots of shoes and necklaces... I guess I better shop for more stuff in between! :) You can see more in the Shopping Gallery--like the necklaces I got! :)

My favorites are the pink shoes with the white wedge heel. The best deal must be the Tahari brown sandals that I got at 80% off for $16.

Jewelry

So, a little synopsis on the latest jewelry things I have been looking into.

Always a favorite of mine, is Ben Amun Jewelry, specifically in the "Dream Catcher" style. A couple things that appeal to me are hand crocheted earrings and this necklace. There used to be a greater selection on Bluefly, and hopefully it'll come back soon.

Miss Sixty Jewelry is new, but I don't really like any of it. Something cute from tokidoki or tarina tarantino appeals to me more.

Another interesting "new" gemstone is the Rose de France, which is essentially a light lavender colored amethyst. Still undecided about what the value is, but something like this rose de France ring is nice. I am on the search for a gemstone ring, but not sure what to get after my awesome pink tourmaline ring, which is kind of like this one.

Of course, any Chanel necklace would make my day. Or, I can scrap it all together and just shop at Tiffany's. :)

Yay, day off.

Yay, I have the day off today, and am taking the time to decompress and do some errands or things that I usually don't have time to do. Parents (who are visiting for a couple more weeks) are out with the uncle, so I have the whole house to myself. I feel like I'm a mini-photography-lab organizing our many family pictures and then printing some out for albums for my mom to take home. Fun fun, it is pretty cool to go through so many memories and events. I've also uploaded some of my own pictures, and will be adding more (mostly my travels).

Anyways, it's a great sunny day and very relaxing for me. I actually get to watch tv that I want to watch, wheee!! :) Hope this weekend is nice as well.

No to WoW, Yes to Startup

Some, random news--I've quit World of Warcraft! It's been over two weeks now of no WoW, and I don't really miss it. Though, I do miss playing with some of my friends (both RL friends and ones I met on WoW). Maybe after the summer I will go back to playing WoW, but probably less than I have before--maybe just to hop on and do stuff with friends here and there.

I've decided to get involved part-time in a startup! I can't tell anyone what it's about yet, but the idea is really cool. More importantly I'm excited about working with the people on the project. I'm ready to work hard, have fun, and hopefully, succeed! If any of you guys got a survey from me... it's related to that, so please fill it out! :)

I also recently took a trip to Philly and Washington DC with my family. We saw lots of sites in hot weather, but all in all, it was pretty enjoyable and we took lots of pictures. :)

New discoveries

Hmm... some new stuff!
Tokidoki: Momabella necklace

Tarina Tarantino: Hello Kitty Ring, Hello Kitty Pendant, And the best one ever...!!! ... I Hate You