The Adventures of Sally Tomato, Cosmonaut

I need clothes. People think that I own soooooooo many clothes, being a "cosmo" and all. But, really, I don't have that many. Most of what I have are for sleeping and/or excercising in. (Ooh... I could use another pair of soccer socks...)

I need more funky every day clothes and stuff to wear to work. I'm graduating in April and (despite owning not sneakers) I have nothing to wear for interviews.

What I'm really concerned about is my current lack of t-shirts and sweaters. Gift certificates to H&M, UrbanOutfitters, and Anthropologie (cuz $25 or whatever is going to go so far at Anthro) might be nice too.

In searching for shirts online, I found a great one from Hanes. Hate this colour though.

Also from Hanes Her Way: fabulous panties. Now I am not a fancy panty kind of girl. I can't handle all those bows and ribbons, beads and buttons on Victoria's Secret undies. However, I do need some seamless panties, so I don't get lines in work pants and skirts. Whoever gets me the shirt above can buy the panties too and save on shipping.

I have found some awesome tees online. The new Ruby Clothing site is up. http://www.rubyclothing.com

Ruby Clothing is designed by local artist Kelly Allen, who just won Art Battle. There's a completely unflattering picture of me modeling on her shirts located here: http://www.rubyclothing.com/collection/cowboy2.html How about those tan lines...?

Anyways, as purchasing a tank top for Christmas is senseless, I am asking for this really cute hoodie and black tee.

I found some really cool t-shirts, accessories, etc. by following links from the Blame Clothing site. This shirt from Art Star in Philadelphia is cute. I really like their embroidered stuff, too. Though that stuff is so easy to make, I can't justify spending money on it.

As a grand finale, the boots of my dreams: Materia Prima. Black. Tall. Great brand, I have a pair that I got onsale at Nordstrom Rack. Now I'm addicted to the fit and - short of selling my car to pay for them - have no hope of owning another pair.

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Tent City Terrors vs. Tuscon, originally uploaded by bfly081.

For those of you that don't know what roller derby actually is here's a cute little interactive link.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/roller-derby4.htm

There's also a good history of derby on the same site.

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i would also like a tea ball. i suppose this isn't technically an appliance... i've been getting into tea recently. i still have some loose tea from germany and all i've been using a wire meshy thing, which isn't really cutting it. i need to infuse, man... now ordinarily i don't like this kind but this white enameled one is quite attractive.

i also like this kind...

sometimes i find this kind a little hard to work with. it's too hard to get the tea in and then your fighting with that little clasp. a total frustration...

basically, what i need is an infuser not a strainer that sits over the cup.

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Unfortunately, no one that reads my blog is likely to buy me anything but whatever.

Everything on my list is relatively cheap. I really want a blender. If not the $100 Kitchen Aid blender in pink for breast cancer awareness then I want one from the 70s. I found a few cute ones on ebay, as well as this amusing book of blender recipes.

In addition to the blender, I would also like hand mixer. Again, I'd prefer an old one to a new one. As long as it has a good motor.

I love fried foods. Salty Puerto Rican snacks like tostones and mofongo are meant to be deep fried. I found this lovely little number on ebay as well.

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Jewish Museum, Berlin, originally uploaded by bfly081.

i was reading a blog geos sent me and was reminded of the work of daniel liebeskind and how much i love the symbolism and metaphor of architecture.

take the wide circular spaces of churches like haggia sophia, for example. they draw the eyes and soul of the worshipper ever upward, speaking to the transcendant nature of spirituality.

the jewish museum is in some ways similar to a place of worship. it is about remembering a death, venerating life, and the struggle to contextualize an event of immense gravity.

the architecture of this building lends itself to all manner of interpretation. what i find most impressive is the sense of disconnect that this building manages to convey while still existing as a whole (i.e., not deconstructed) form.

speaking of deconstructed forms, how about libeskind's website...?

http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/

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