life’s a whirlwind

lately time has been passing SO quickly. i don’t even know where it goes anymore.

in a way it’s awesome because i know that my life is climaxing to something amazing and much larger than myself & my tiny bubble.  on the other hand, though, it’s sad…because the good times are flying by so incredibly fast. i feel like i might miss something important everytime i blink.

all of that to say, that this summer has been amazing so far!  destin, fl was a blast!  i didn’t take my camera for fear of sand getting in the nooks and crannies and ruining it…so i don’t have any pics yet – they are all on lissa & patti’s cameras.  i’ll post as i get them.

friday night i caught up with some good friends..love Sarah & Amy.

and of course Andy.

and spent some much needed QT with my roommate….

after dinner, we went to see Bruno.  WARNING…it’s disgusting! …i’m not talking Jackass disgusting.  i actually felt like I needed to bathe in holy water when i left the theater. Yep, that bad!

Saturday i spent all day baking, designing, and building a cake with a couple of girlies from work for our Threadcakes entry.  this is the shirt that inspired our cake.  it’s called “the morning after.”  clever, right?

and this is our cake
(preface to picture: don’t laugh! the AC ended up going out in our work space which made the frosting, fondant, and everything else hard to work with. AND it made us hot and ready to get it over with)….

so it wasn’t as big of a disaster as we thought it would be, but it DEFINITELY didn’t turn out the way we had hoped. this is also a picture from my cell phone – my camera battery died that morning, so i couldn’t use it.    Saturday we had a girls dinner & movie night and saw The Proposal – cute, but really predictable.  oh and i had my first gelato! deeeelish!

sunday amy & i made a little breakfast, watched some friends, went to the pool & volunteered at the CARES team ice cream social
this is me and John at the ice cream social (John’s my favorite baby in the world…)

isn’t he adorable?  he reminds me of Tommy from the Rugrats. sooo cute!  he’s going to be quite the ladies man, too!
annd, that’s a wrap. it was a great weekend, but went by way too fast. i hope all you are having a good monday!

love,
Whit

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Have I mentioned that I can’t wait for the movie 500 Days of Summer to be released???  Yep. So excited!  I’ve always wanted to play house at IKEA…I think it would kind of lessen the pain of actually being there.

today…

i am 0ver
hearing about MJ’s funeral (nothing personal – just bigger things happening in the world)

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i am thankful for
baked cookie scented candles,
new music finds,
sushi bento boxes with mochi ice cream (deeelish!),
& sunny skies.

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i am ready for
emily’s birthday celebration tonight,
sleeping in this weekend,
& future events that just can’t happen yet, but i know will.

i don’t get it.

how does Nickelback make #17 on myspace’s most played music???   sigh.

the sea is just a wetter version of the sky

A week from now I’ll be on the beautiful sandy beaches of Destin, Florida.

Lissa and I are taking a road trip (!!!!!!!).
First long road trip of the summer.
Soaking up the sun, burying feet in the sand,
para-sailing, snorkeling,
taking a much needed vaca!

I think I’ll send off a message in a bottle while I’m there.  I’ve always wanted to do that.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,
Whit

post-it note stop motion

i wish i was creative enough, or had the time and patience to do something in stop motion. this video is incredible and must have taken forever!!!! 

 

wow!

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in other news, click here to find out how you can donate to the ASPCA…..and click HERE to sign your name to the petition to help stop animal cruelty.

Love you all,
Whit.Bit

Wednesday Ponderings

Does coffee really stunt your growth?  I was introduced to the dark beverage by my Papa when I was a wee one…  I took to it immediately and have been an addict ever since.  Maybe that explains why I’m only 5′0″….?

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Why does it seem like ice cream always wants me to eat it???
Particularly the mint chocolate chip kind….just screams my name until I finally say “ok, ok, you win.”

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Why are The New Frontiers soooOOooo good? And why did they break up?
….hurts my heart, really.

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What if Summer didn’t exist? And all we had was Winter & Fall?  And Spring was just a small tease of what gloriousness we could have if Summer existed.

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What if I don’t use the talents I’ve been given,
and one day get to the pearly gates just to find out that I’ve disappointed God?

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Who, at the Jelly Belly factory, thought a popcorn flavored jelly bean was a good idea?!?

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What if the world was like a puzzle, and someone came down with their fist and smashed it to pieces…then put it back together the wrong way?  Would we be able to find the people we were friends with before the tragedy? …Or would we go on never seeing them again?

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Did the owl ever find out how many licks it really takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop?

Hmmmm,
Whit!

One ticket to Wonderland, please?

I’ve never been so excited for a fairy tale to come to life
than I am about Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland.

Funny thing is that I’ve never even seen the old Disney tale.
Something has always intrigued me, though,
so I’ve done my fair share of research.
I love how it holds so much more meaning than
what you would think.

And I love the way Tim Burton dreams up scenes and characters,
and brings out dark tones.

Really, these pictures say it all (courtesy of USA Today)….

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter

Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen

Anne Hathaway as The White Queen

Mia Wasikowska as Alice (LOVE everything about this picture)

And my favorite picture of all…!!!

“It’s kind of a mixture of some distorted live action and animation.  I can’t relate it to anything because I’m not sure what to relate it to.  It’s kind of new territory for me.”
– Tim Burton

The movie releases in Spring 2010!

Salt water [apparently] puts hair on your chest

All morning “Sea Lion Woman” rang through my head…

“Sea lion woman
She drink coffee
Sean lion woman
She drink tea”

Being a sea lion woman seemed so intriguing.
Mermaids are so early 90’s…back in the Little Mermaid days.
“I want to be a sea lion woman,” I think.
“I know! I’ll draw one!”

………and suddenly my dreams of being a sea lion woman-creature
with long flowing hair and girlish fins
turned into a hairy chested, crooked smiling nightmare.

This, my friends, is why I was never a drawer and never, ever will be.

Maybe being Ariel wouldn’t be so bad.

Threadcakes!

As most of you know, I love baking and decorating cakes, cupcakes, and all kinds of good stuff.  Working in the web design industry lends itself to meeting, interacting with, and befriending many creative people (I love that!).  So with my passion for baking, and a co-worker’s (Michelle) passion for being a creative, OCD perfectionist (it’s ok, she admits it), we have decided to enter the Threadcakes contest!!!!

What is it, you ask?  Threadless (amazing online t-shirt shop that you should know about) has joined forces with Chris Cardinal and developed a fun baking contest.

The premise is simple: Bake & decorate your favorite Threadless shirt design into an amazing cake!  Then, submit entry and potentially win awesome prizes!

Michelle and I have already chosen our design, but I’m not going to give it away until the masterpiece is complete.  Let’s just say it has to do with weight lifting mice.    We decided that it’s a win-win…..even if our cake turns out like crap.  We could bake an awesome cake and win cool prizes (including a 12 month membership to Threadless AND a Charm City Prize Pack)….or we could fail miserably and submit our creation to cakewrecks.  Either way, our work will be published.  And our co-workers will love us because they’ll get to eat the cake.  See??  Everyone wins!!

I’m uber excited about this and plan to fill you guys in on all the delicious cakey details, pictures, and video as it unfolds.

Kisses,
Whit