Online scrapbook of sorts. Email me at: snazzified at gmail dot comTumblr (3.0; @snazzified)http://snazzified.tumblr.com/<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktldymFWEP1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2009/10/lucky-cat-candy-packet.html" target="_blank">TheDieline.com: Package Design: Lucky Cat Candy Packet</a></p> <p>I want these gumballs!!!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255081055http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255081055Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:37:34 -0500<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlbpxceax1qz6ekoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It was a crazy fun and event-filled weekend but I still managed to finish Philip Roth’s (short) novel, <i>The Humbling</i>. I usually enjoy Roth, but I have to say that this one didn’t quite meet my expectations. It revolves around an aging actor who has lost his confidence. Beyond that I’m not sure what the rest of the book was really supposed to be about. Perhaps I wasn’t in the right mindset for this book (or perhaps I was too hungover to understand)…</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255018316http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255018316Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:49:09 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlbkjj5wl1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Card given to me at my surprise bachelorette party.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255013937http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/255013937Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:45:51 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfo7qh7RZ1qz6ekoo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=4774&cat=370" target="_blank">fredflare.com | Jaws shower curtain</a></p> <p>I don’t think I’ll have to try too hard to convince Jack that this belongs in our future bathroom.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251299518http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251299518Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:25 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c38W5YQ5PdQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c38W5YQ5PdQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>My friend Kate posted this on Facebook and I immediately fell in love.</p> <p>Precious!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251250258http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251250258Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:28 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfln4Bs6h1qz6ekoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Orhan Pamuk’s <i>The Museum of Innocence</i> has taken up quite a bit of my time, but I did finish all 532 pages of it so I suppose that means it was worth it. Pamuk is a Nobel Prize winner, but I had never heard of him so I figured I’d give this novel a shot. It deals with themes of love/desire/obsession, as well as the modernization of Turkey. Knowing very little about Turkey, I found this to be a very informative book that also left me wanting to learn more. I don’t want to give the plot away, but I will say that I will be going back and reading other works by Pamuk soon.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251248951http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251248951Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:52 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfligSWwI1qz6ekoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Did you think I had stopped reading? Ha. Well, I did take a minor break for my birthday weekend (I am now a proud owner of 25 years!), but I am back in full force and there is a stack of books awaiting my devouring.</p> <p>A while ago, my mom picked up <i>Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point</i>, by Elizabeth D. Samet for me since I’ve been trying to book-educate myself on the military. It has been sitting on my bookshelf for months, but I finally decided to read it.</p> <p>It wasn’t my favorite. It also proved to me that professors of English aren’t necessarily good writers. There wasn’t much of a thread to follow through the chapters, and at times it felt very disjointed and like a random jumble of thoughts related to West Point, literature, students, and tidbits from her personal life. Some were interesting, others just dragged on.</p> <p>I did, however, enjoy how she instilled a love for literature in some of her students. Some may think a knowledge of literary greats is irrelevant for those headed to war, but I think our soldiers should be well-read, if only to learn how to be more critical thinkers and to open their minds to the experiences and narratives of others. A more thoughtful solider, in my humble opinion, is a more responsible soldier. But then again, what do I know?</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251246481http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251246481Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:04 -0500“Alas, everything is dying…”<br/><br/> - <em>Alice, after I commented on how great the weather was and how it felt like spring. B*tch had to go and bring me down. Nah, I’m kidding. I love ya, Slice!</em>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251241164http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/251241164Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:06 -0500<p>I’m not really sure why there is a proposal sitting at the top of my Dashboard, but the corny side of me really, really enjoyed it. I guess I’m getting in the mood, seeing as my own wedding is in less than 50 days.</p> <p>*eep*</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/249067987http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/249067987Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:54:11 -0500“It smells like she pooped and then the poop died a slow death.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alice, after discovering poop in a potted plant at work, courtesy of our boss’s cat…</em>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/246828852http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/246828852Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:15:36 -0500<p>Seeing Stephen Lynch tonight!!! Thanks Maggie for an awesome early birthday present!!!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/241998087http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/241998087Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:24 -0500<a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/swine-dandy-what-if-we-did-as-much-to-prevent-rape-as-we-do-to-prevent-h1n1">Swine & Dandy: What if we did as much to prevent rape as we do to prevent H1N1? | Bitch Magazine</a>: <p>Good question.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239769487http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239769487Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:19 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksxb2yMKYP1qz6ekoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.firebox.com/product/2520/Humunga-Stache?itc=190&src_t=nwt&src_id=271&via=sum" target="_blank">Humunga Stache - buy at Firebox.com</a></p> <p>If I had a dog, I would definitely buy this ball!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239766937http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239766937Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:32:57 -0500<a href="http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-12-lesser-known-ruins-of-the-world/">12 Lesser Known Ruins of the World</a>: <p>I want to visit all of these!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239755715http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/239755715Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22:49 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnps3SNMc1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last and…um, probably least, I completed Leslie Morgan Steiner’s <i>Crazy Love</i>, a true story about Steiner’s abusive first marriage. I say it was my least favorite of the bunch because it just didn’t read well, but not because the story was “bad.” I fully respect Steiner’s right to tell her story, and a horrifying story it is! I commend her on her mission, which is to expose (re-expose? pound home the message?) that abusive relationships don’t just happen to poor, uneducated non-White people.</p> <p>Steiner grew up very wealthy, is Harvard-educated, and even received her MBA while living through a nightmarish marriage. Under the writing (which I personally didn’t like) is a message many people need to hear: it can happen to any one of us. And it is.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234276736http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234276736Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:14:27 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnox2OE0R1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I by no means think Dan Brown is a literary giant or genius or anything like that. But, the man sure does write a perfect cloudy, lazy post-Halloween Sunday novel. I actually finished all 509 pages of <i>The Lost Symbol</i> last Sunday!</p> <p>I don’t want to give anything away since I know how crazy Dan Brown fans can be, but I’ll say that I didn’t like it as much as the others. Maybe because it was based in the U.S., or maybe because by now his stories seem predictable. I totally called one of the twists at the end, and I’m usually the last one to figure these types of things out. I’m sure people will still enjoy it, though!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234260611http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234260611Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:55:50 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnopaep4O1qz6ekoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>With hopes of understanding sister bonds and relationships, I picked up Deborah Tannen’s <i>You were Always Mom’s Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives</i>. After completing it, I was no more enlightened than before. I’m not sure that anyone would be. The entire book felt a little obvious, like the points she made about communication between sisters and rivalries and all that seemed like basic stuff. I’m no expert on sisters whatsoever (I only have a younger brother), so perhaps people with sisters will relate to this book better.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234257020http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234257020Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:51:10 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnoj6vzOo1qz6ekoo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Being sick has really been a downer, but in the precious hours after taking Advil, the fever breaks and I get a welcome respite from the fever. How did I spend those precious moments? Attempting to read. I picked up and put down several (they just weren’t very appetizing) but managed to finish a few that I had started pre-swine flu including <i>Why Cant U Teach Me 2 Read?: Three Students and a Mayor Put Our Schools to the Test</i>, by Beth Fertig.</p> <p>This non-fiction piece follows three New York City young adults, Yamilka, Alejandro, and Antonio, as they struggle to learn the basics of reading and arithmatic. All three have some level of learning disability, and managed to reach their early 20s without being able to read. Can you imagine passing through each grade, or being shuffled from one school to another, only to reach adulthood without the crucial skill of reading? I can’t.</p> <p>Through an explanation of Mayor Bloomberg’s educational overhaul, as well as of the structure of the NYC schooling systems, Fertig does not provide answers, but an idea as to how this could have happened. She also helps explain the additional difficulties faced by students with a variety of learning disabilities. Reading came easily to me because I had the support of my family, my schools, and no learning disabilities to combat. But this is certainly not the case for everyone, and this book opened my eyes to the many challenges facing new readers.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234253976http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234253976Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:00 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnn2c2HxL1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A bouquet of vitamin C from my lovely fiancée!</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234228390http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234228390Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:29 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnalfVqxR1qz6ekoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is what I’ve looked like all week, except when I was sweating buckets with fever. Otherwise it has been me and my blanket.</p>http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234035460http://snazzified.tumblr.com/post/234035460Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:46:24 -0500