Butler 4

Last November my dad started asking me what I wanted for Christmas and Friday night I told him. It's this navy blazer by Rogues Gallery. I know it was a bit late for a Christmas present - but I wanted to wait for the perfect time to use this smooth stone and when I saw this chambray line jacket at the Barney's warehouse sale it was time to sling a text to dad calling in the chit.
Regal buttons no?
Workable cuffs. Nice detail Rogue Galleries.
Nice fit too. The arms are long and the body is cut a little shorter. Fitted on at the waist and along the shoulder, with a rolling shoulder. In summation - made for a stylish skinny tall man. In summation of summation - the navy blazer I've been looking for.

As you have been hoping the story does not end there. Turns out that when I texted my dad about this navy blazer he had just returned from Nordstrom's Rack having purchased a NAVY BLAZER. In his own words he said, "I was confused when I got your text because I'm old now and my brain took a while to figure out what was going on." He replied that he would accept this purchase as a suitable Christmas present for '09 (clarification was needed if it was for '09 or '10.)

One last loose thread that you all are dying to have sewn up. I got the coat for 90% off. Barney's Warehouse Sale - you've done it again.

I know I've posted this picture from Slovenian before, but it seems fitting these days. It says "Today Greece, Tomorrow the rest of Europe".

Right before Christmas there was a big snow storm. So I pulled out my sewing machine and whipped together a little bag.
Then I put it all together in a little editorial shot.

This is what Fried Rice looks like when I follow the recipe found on the NY Times website.
It was super tasty and I highly recommend it. Above Hillary is putting the finishing touches on the vegetable that she brought with her. Hillary sure knows how to bring a dark green vegetable that compliments NY Times Fried Rice.
Best part - the egg makes the most euphonious sound as it is fried in peanut oil sunny side up and then placed on top of the rice. The rice is mixed with chopped leeks. I didn't know what a leek was so I had to ask the grocer. Then I didn't know how to cut a leek so some nice lady on youtube showed me how (thanks nice lady).

I love the sound of a typewriter typing. I love increasing my vocabulary. I also love note cards. Imagine the love discovered by combining these three disciplines.
Mr. Clark was emphatically instructed to insure the removal of all personal property upon vacating the premises at Lincoln Pl during his hopeful yet doomed relocation from Brooklyn to Orem. With all this required - he did a bang up job. However, some personal items remained upon my habitation of his old apartment. Among them: two pool cues, various church manuals, assortment of pens, pencils, & other miscellaneous art supplies and one 12x9x6 box from St. Louis Business Forms, Inc. of Fenton, Missouri originally purchased by Climate Source, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah filled with 4000 white continuous 6x3 index cards for computer printout.

The pool cues have been kept on the premises for protection from potential intruders. The church manuals have be turned over to those that can best utilize them. The pens, pencils, and other miscellaneous art supplies have been enlisted in various fashion up-start ventures. Finally, the continuous cards for computer printout (A.K.A 6x3 white index card) have been employed to more efficiently "learn me some new words".

Below is my homage to Jack Kerouac's 120ft teletype paper that he wrote On The Road with.

Would you like a tour?

First we start out with:
Later on we run into the unpleasant topic of:
Deeper in the roll we come across a real shrill:

*editor's note: cacophony is a lovely sounding word despite the fact that it is use to express something sounding unlovely.

Moving along we happen upon:
I hope you took time to notice the beauty of the type in the above picture. The uneven inking of each letter. The unique texture of each word. The type feels imbued with sincerity. It's nonuniform uniformity gives it a greater sense of legitimacy. For example - if you got two identical letters in the mail, one was typed and one was printed, which would you be drawn too read first?

Finally we finish with:
Isn't typing and vocabulary mixed with continuous cards for computer printout fun?