Just 'cause

Here's my version of the Flickr Meme everyone's doing...

a. type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search

b. using only the first page, pick an image.

c. copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

What is your first name? Daphne
What is your favorite food? Greek salads
What high school did you attend? Burlingame High School
What is your favorite color? green
Who is your celebrity crush? Edward Norton
Favorite drink? Bloody Mary
Dream vacation? Greece
Favorite dessert? Ice Cream mochis
What do you want to be when you grow up? a world traveler
What do you love most in life? my quiet thoughts
One word to describe you. questioning
Your Flickr name. Jean C'est Quoi

1. Daphne odora, 2. Greek salad, 3. Burlingame High School (BHS), 4. Green Tea Sunset, 5. I LIKE MYSELF!, 6. bloody_mary_glass_3667.jpg, 7. OIA, handmade houses, 8. kitty's strawberry mochi ice cream treat (i), 9. Balancing on the rooftop of Europe, 10. The Pool, 11. Mirror On The Lake Revamp, 12. Sur les ponts de Paris

Bag Tag

I was bag tagged a month ago by the awesome Shayna. I absolutely love sharing the mundane details of my life with you- that's why this blog exists! So here goes. Here's what can be found in my bag:





The fine print, clockwise:
- Kenneth Cole distressed black leather biker-chic bag
- Blue mesh coin purse with sequins, a gift from my sister maybe 8 years ago
- Le Sportsac makeup bag
- pocket tissue
- Elizabeth Arden blush and shadow kit in pinks and browns
- MAC concealer
- MAC Studio Fix powder foundation
- Lush Flying Fox fragrance balm
- Bourgois lip gloss
- MAC lip glass in Nymphette
- Moisturizing Chap Stick
- Burt's Bees Fig lip gloss
- random Korean cartoon drawstring bag with Ibuprofen inside
- 80's Esprit hunter's plaid scarf, originally my aunt's
- Marc by Marc Jacobs fingerless gauntlets, birthday gift from friend S
- BAM movie stub
- useless for texting/game playing/dialing Motorola RAZR
- my knitted hat
- thrifted lavender suede wallet from Goodwill in Portland, OR

I tag anyone who's interested!

27

Today I am 27. Hurray! Since work is insane this week, I'll be holding off on celebrating until the weekend. But to keep ALL my 4 blog readers happy in the mean time, I am posting the Birthday Meme!



The instructions:

1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)

3 events:
38 BCE- Octavian marries Livia Drusilla
1605- First publication of Don Quixote
1929- Popeye the Sailor Man first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip

birthdays (I couldn't resist adding a few more)
1706- Benjamin Franklin, American statesman
1899- Al Capone, American gangster
1928- Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist
1931- James Earl Jones, American actor
1942- Muhammad Ali, American boxer
1949- Andy Kaufman, American comedian
1954- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist
1962- Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
1971- Kid Rock, American singer
1975- Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor
1980- Zooey Deschanel, American actress

1 death:
1933- Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artists and designer

1 holiday:
In Ancient Latvia, Zirgu Diena is observed....


Also, just for shits and giggles, here are some great Etsy finds I may or may not be treating myself to:

- pretty obi belt
- another great mug
- little kisslock pouch
- suspicious looking gnome and a cool key fob
- little leather wallet for my metro card
- gorgeous hand dyed fabric