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[ Pics Taken on a Cell Phone ] 
[ Lawn Poet ] Indeed, the subject of this pic is bad poetry/ranting...set up on a lawn. If you squint, you can make out the words "Congress," "peace," and "Bush" on the second-from-the-left piece of plywood. I honestly have no idea what the person's political stance is. Random crazy or 'legitimate" poet? You decide. 
[ Lady Liberty On the Corner ] Right. So this is what it's come down to. A very short lady who is (forgive me), in all probability, not even American is dressed as Lady Liberty and handing out coupons for a local sub shop. Please excuse me while I hurt myself. 
[ "Cheese N Stuff" ]"Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?" - from Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat" Indeed. There's something very poetic about that proclamation. "Cheese N Stuff" = Truth. The funny thing is, that's not even the name of the deli. It's just a random bit of truth stuck to its door. Yup, snuggled right between a skateboard shop and a Dairy Queen. My friend and I had just finished watching another friend get her nipples pierced...but that's a different picture, soon to come. 
[ For the World's Tiniest Rave ]The World's Tiniest Glow Sticks, purchased from a dispenser at Big!Lots. They're only about half the length of my pointer finger, and double the width of a toothpick. Click the second pic to see Mulder and Scully action figures boldy rave where no FBI agent has raved before. 
 [ Charlie Chaplin Clock ]I found this at that tabernacle of tacky, the Indoor Swapmart. Charlie's legs count the seconds, which is what makes it so devastatingly terrific. It is now my favorite possession, despite the fact that it constantly struggles to keep the correct time. 
[ Avatar High ]Note: These are large pics! I absolutely love the Sims-ish game Avatar High at The-N.com 1st pic: 'Jack Sparrow' loooooves 'Frodo Baggins'. The game decided this, not I. 2nd pic: Aw. They're going out. 3rd pic: Everyone loves 'CaptainJack Sparrow'. Even 'Dr. Quinn.' 4th pic: 'Will Turner' is going to the prom with *gasp* 'Jack Sparrow!' 5th pic: 'CaptainJack' is the mack daddy. Heh. All my little sims are flunking out of high school.  [ Martini Grab ] Ah, yes. My friend and I had just finished climbing a mountain (Actually a hill, but who's counting?) when we found this graffiti. Shadow posing is fun, especially when dehydrated.  [ "Serenity Coach" ] Driving home from school one day, this marvel of an automobile was ahead of me. In case you can't tell, it's a bright purple (sparkly) hearse. On the back is painted a Grim Reaper and the window decals (where the Fourth of July bunting is sparse) read: Serenity Coach Tours. God, I love my city.  [ A Gift of Johnny, Savvy? ] My friend loves Johnny Depp. So, for her birthday, I decided to give him to her. More Johnny-ness exists inside of the bags, but I decided not to photograph them. This one picture is enough, trust me.  [ Bride of Franken-Lays ]I was juggling my cell phone and half of an English muffin when I saw this cardboard display in the store. Needless to say, I nearly dropped everything. I just have one question: Who the *hell* decided that having Frankenstein and his Bride pimp out Pepsi products was a good idea? For shame, Pespi Corp. For shame.  [ "Free Peanut!" ] Now, this pic was *not* taken with my cell phone, but on my digital camera. (Can you spot the reflection? If you can't, you need better glasses.) The story goes: During a road trip, I picked up a package of peanuts to put in my bottle of Coke. (Has anyone besides my family learned to do this? The person I was traveling with thought it was repulsive. I just think it's tasty.) After I thought I emptied the bag, I discovered that I had one left, so I rolled down the window to set it on the slender rubber ledge outside. To my amazement, it never fell off and my friend said that I should offer it to the good people of San Diego. So I wrote out a little sign (accidentally writing "peanut" in the plural) and the rest is, as they say, history. Though, in the end, we never did unload that peanut.   [ So Very 70's Purse ]
Isn't it great? I took these pics in the thrift store (The purse is resting atop a horrifyingly misshapen green backpack, by the way) thinking that there wasn't a chance in hell I'd buy it. Right. My shopping companion, paragon of good taste that she is, even thought it was "cute". At first glance, I thought it was hideous, but mesmerizing all the same. Look at shape! The undefinable glory of its brass trim! The kitschy clear handle! The hand-painted owls, for cripes sake! And *look*. It even has my initial on it. Lovingly crafted, I must say.  [ Art, dammit. ]
I was at the local coffeeshop last week with a friend, when I was struck by boredom. Having nothing better to do, I started winding a straw wrapper around my finger. My friend looked up just then and asked, "What the hell are you doing?" I replied, "Making art. See?" She suggested that I make a sign, distinguishing it as such. So I did. After tweaking the "art" a little, we ended up leaving it on the table, along with a sign next to the salt shaker proclaiming it to be "Not Art."  [ "Terribly beautiful" ]
Man. There are some days when poetry just springs out from nowhere. Case in point: While at the dollar store, I found a whole stack of kickass sturdy metal pencil boxes from Korea. I think that perhaps they made a beeline to the dollar store because of their 'Engrish' sayings, and not for any lack of cuteness or functionality. I happened to find this one's message "terribly beautiful", though I didn't buy it in the end. I might pick it up yet, though, because off to the left of the pic (on the other side of the box), there were two very strange and incongruous dinosaurs (you can see a part of the horn on the left!). 
 [ "Mr. Croak" ]
Ah. The one I *did* buy. Delightful colors, bastardized Sanrio characters, and another crazy sort-of-English saying. The text says: "Personal vision of paradise you hold, we hope that it is full of flowers." I hope so, too. |
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