the cheeky greeky.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE. So honest. So witty. So romantic.

Favorite quotes include:

“I knew then. I knew the way you know about a good melon.” -old woman being interviewed, referring to when she met her husband.

“It is so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.”

“Harry: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
Sally: Which one am I?
Harry: You’re the worst kind. You’re high maintenance but you think you’re low maintenance.”

On these kinds of gray, rainy days where I could literally close my eyes and go to sleep at any moment, I daydream in class about being surrounded by utmost comfort. A place where there will be no judgment for relaxing my body and mind and burrowing inside something secure and trustworthy and warm.

“I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells.” [psalm 26: 8]

I have come into the knowledge that the house of the Lord is much like the one I have described above. A place where you can come as you are. A place where after you’ve faced the cruelness of this broken world and the inadequacy of your own self, you can cuddle up, so to speak, in something much bigger than any of that. It’s so good to know that He is comforter [2 cor. 1:3] and a hiding place [ps. 32:7].

“Blessed are those you choose and bring to live in your courts. We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.” [ps. 63:4]

He is home.

via design*sponge.

things that were in my dream last night:

a giant bear with the voice of liam neeson.

a phoenix with glowing eyes.

the phoenix turned into a giant eagle.

oh, and did I mention Jon Hamm was there and he wanted to be my boyfriend? (sorry, adam)…his evil clone got torn apart by the phoenix-eagle. And then the good one was left for me…probably thinking of ways that we could soon make sweet love. But then I woke up. So lame.

interiors photographed by rachael smith.

I’ve been wanting to watch this show for a long time. My dad and I just began watching it from season one yesterday. I am already feeling the pull! So far, it is brilliant.

Here are three reasons why you should watch Fringe:

1) J.J. Abrams is the producer. Other film/television he has produced: LOST, Alias, Star Trek (the 2009 film).

2) It’s the lovechild of the X-files and LOST.

3) Joshua Jackson is really really goodlooking.

all images courtesy of desiretoinspire.

My sister and I were talking today about how much we loved white and silver christmas accents. After seeing these pictures, my love affair only deepened.

What do you think?

my father always said, “early to bed and
early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise.”

it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our house
and we were up at dawn to the smell of
coffee, frying bacon and scrambled
eggs.

my father followed this general routine
for a lifetime and died young, broke,
and, I think, not too
wise.

taking note, I rejected his advice and it
became, for me, late to bed and late
to rise.

now, I’m not saying that I’ve conquered
the world but I’ve avoided
numberless early traffic jams, bypassed some
common pitfalls
and have met some strange, wonderful
people

one of whom
was
myself—someone my father
never
knew.

[charles bukowski]