pillow talk

i love summer because i love to make things. so this is pillow project #1.

materials: 21 in square and 25x21 rectangle of ikea cotton canvas, spare button, trusty sewing machine

TADAAAAA!


i couldnt figure out how to hide the stiches on the flap, but whatevs



and i figured out how my machine stiches button holes AFTER doing this by hand. but it was still fun.


canvas birds are so much better than red velvet cushion in the last post about this couch.


yapp thats all.
next time: sewing lessons with CONNIE :)

you dont wanna fight me, in my extra small white tee

THESE are the kids I get to spend 9 hours with everyday. some are the most precious little specks of angel dust and others are just trouble. but I'm finding that kids generally respect my authority! who woulda thought! being called teacher jojo and miss jojo is a bit strange though, considering i dont feel that much older than some of them.
in other news, friends have not been going so smoothly. when did things get so bad?

summer things

saw plenty of maxi's at Alice's Summething this weekend. Although Gavin Rossdale was complete failure by starting out with heavy metal, Matt Nathanson completely compensated.

last hurrah!

C and I are excited to finish finals and freshmen year!!! goodbye beautiful Broxton Avenue! goodbye pricey boutiques called Skyla and fobby ones with no names! goodbye SoCal skater/hipster stores called Active! goodbye cheap Diddy Reese cookies! goodbye homeless men who don't want your food, but want your money!



this might be an outfit pic





you look good from this angle C.



j: how hip do you feel just being in this store right now?
c: hipper now that we're not the only ones in it.



LABBIT?


Coming home on Saturday and I could not be more excited. I just hope its not too weird seeing old friends after such a long time apart. Summer consists of: kids camp wooot!, Asian American History at city college SKDFHLSKDJFSC,counseling at BAAYF camp, hopefully a job, exploring SF, guiding tours of SF, thrifting SF, playing with frensies, and LOTS of asian food. play with me!!!

life goes on!

On Wednesday night, my closet collapsed after adding Carter's water boiler to my shelf. My mom took the opportunity to clean out all her shoulder-paddy 80s dresses. Gross MOST of that stuff has to go. Then i got to organize my closet stuff into a rainbow! yay go SF

Friday, I took the kids to the freaking Alameda County Fair. 100 degrees with ponies, rides, cotton candy, prize winning jams and quilts. aughsadf gross. I'm so glad we dont have this here. At least the kids were fun.

My favorite, Diego. Such a badass.

Friday afternoon, Sean taught me how to skip rocks. :)
had dinner at kikis with Emily, Fifi, Sean. desert at park chow.
star gazing at big rec. scared by drunk guys smashing bottles and homeless men on bikes
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS GOIN?" mhmmmmm
icecream at Em's
camping in her attic

pretty good day overall! except for the sprained foot and stolen bike.