new music video from Brave

I'm liking this song Break Me Down by Brave!

eczema outbreak

While in California, the wind and dry air contributed to an outbreak of eczema on my cheeks - dry, red, irritated hard patches.  I tried a few things but half a week of Vaseline (using it to remove sunblock, etc.) helped my skin back to normal.


Make sure to moisturize and protect your skin carefully!  I'd gotten used to the higher humidity in Japan and didn't take my regular skin lotions with me to California.

silver sandals

I ordered 7 shoes from zappos.com, but these shoes at David's Bridal fit the best.

pearl earrings

I ordered these clip-on pearl earrings in ivory from Etsy.  They're lovely!  Delicate, simple, and pretty.  Oh, and comfortable on the ears.  Etsy is great - I ordered 2 other sets of earrings from other sellers, all for a total of $30.  All 3 sellers were very prompt about delivery.  It's a great way to find unique things at a reasonable price.

pizza as a standard

For Americans...
You know your refrigerator is small if you put a pizza box inside and you can't close the door on it.

Kamakura pasta

Fresh fettuccine, ham and grilled bamboo shoots.

Music, and talking to the interwebz

New Brandy music! Excellent. Can't wait for her album.

Nas's new single is pretty nice. I don't really remember a lot of the rap songs out there, but Nas lingers in my head.

Now that I have a "smartphone," I spend a bit more time on email, but I'm still behind. Still, it's handy to have appointments and task lists centralized and synchronized automatically.

I would post more pictures, but the camera on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus really is crap. I should have gone with the Sharp phone.