2 minutes unwasted.

watch. please. i found it by accident when i searched, "men and pinky rings" on youtube so i could continue contributing humorously to a facebook thread i'd been tagged in. (see, i even explained).

but our dear barbara here... well, she had about 40 views until i found this thing.
watch for a good belly laugh. if you don't even giggle, we could never be friends.



xo,
cw

today...

.... i showered and blow dried my hair, did a little french braid to the side + a low side ponytail and put in some anthropologie earrings, all for a Massachusetts driver's license picture.  my previous 2 license photos are so terrible i have been questioned on numerous occasions if it is indeed me. (this always makes me feel better). i have lived here 19 months without a MA license, managed to register my car in MA, but seriously need to get one. after getting extremely lost driving to a DMV out in a [ what ended up ghetto ] suburb to avoid city traffic... i found out they were closed. in fact, all branches are closed on saturdays. cool.

.... i teared up at a Keeping Up With the Kardashains episode. embarrassment i thought i'd share.

.... i bought a vacuum for the first time in my life. i found myself considering a dyson for 1.2 seconds and then came to, realizing i do NOT need something so pricy. i was thinking how the commercials, all inclusive of that fancy accent + the way "suction" rolls off that man's tongue... probably work on a lot of suckers. (no offense if you have a dyson. if i wasn't stealing 10ish packets of sugar in the raw each time i leave a coffee shop to save some change, i'd probably have a dyson too).

.... i love fall but want to hang onto summer a little while longer. i'm currently doing that via tangerine toe nail polish and pretty much nothing else. hmmm.

just thought i'd say hi :)
xo,
cw

p.s. remembering how blessed we are to live in this country, especially today. reminded to hold our loved one's close, to see the bigger picture, and to treat other's with respect - regardless of how different we see the world. i remember writing my blog around this time last year.... it's crazy how fast time flies.

The 33 Wait.

" The world has always been ready to care about someone locked inside the earth. The empathetic fear is primal and timeless. The technology of telling us about the anguish has changed, but the essence of why we can't turn away has not. "


This is one of the most moving articles i've read regarding the 33 miners trapped in the San Jose Mine in Chile. While it's nearly impossible to read without tearing up, the voice it's written in sheds light on the connective threads that link the world in a beautiful way. Despite the daunting circumstances surrounding these 33 men right now, the writer sheds light on the silent stillness as the entire world channels massive amounts of innate hope and belief that all 33 will come out alive.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/05/greene.chile.miners/index.html?hpt=C2#fbid=baB6vWOG_4m&wom=false


xo,
cw

the wilderness downtown --- flippin genius.

ummm, hold the phone everybody, and listen carefully. Arcade Fire's amazingness is married to the chill-inducing brilliance of this customizable experience, allowing us to plug in our address and run through our old wilderness....



in this case the wilderness being your old neighborhood thanks to google street view.

so i seriously had flash backs of that thin, slippery coat of algae on the tunnel  sewer floors we weren't supposed to be in, the jelly shoes that covered our little feet as we waded through murky creek water, and the garage sale purchased schwinn bikes we'd ride up to fox mill giant.  megan usually had orange tictac stains around her mouth, maybe combined with "chap's lip", as she'd refer to it to my mom and beth would be in her adidas navy blue gazelle sneaks and lanzera shorts.  little whitney, 100% muscle, smelled of "no more tangles" b/c she was usually just freshly showered after an intense session at her gym-for-crazy-good-gymnasts and em and i would roll down our driveway in yearly chosen glasses - mine peach framed and, if her's weren't in her pocket,  a nice magenta tint... but both of us with chlorine stained hair.


i love childhood. and neighborhoods. and best friends from these two things who are still your best friends. and i love this amazingness from Arcade Fire and modern day technology that took me right back.

i am not a techie. not at all. i know nothing about "plug-ins" and "compatibility" or even "save as" vs. "run" when installing a program. but this worked on my macbook. so please try to get this to work on whatever you're watching. [ i believe it involves installing google chrome. but come on - google = trust and chrome = a cool word ] .

i hyperlinked it twice, and it's at the bottom. please click. puh-leeeze.

xo,

cw


http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/