this is the end...

of the year, that is. i guess i better make this post count!

the picture to the left is of these little toys that i LOVED when i was a little kid. i don't remember what i named them, but i loved them SOOO much. i snagged them on Christmas at my mom's house. there is this great big bag of toys that used to be mine that all of the neices and nephews love to play with when they go over to "mom-mom's." my little adorable 2-year old neice was playing with these 2 little guys and i was like, !!!!!!! i totally took them home with me. they originally came with this amusement park thing that had all the rides on different pieces, and the pieces connected together any way you wanted. there was a crank, and when you turned the crank, all the gears would work together and the rides would move. pretty flippin' sweet.

but, more often than not, i would play with those guys in my parents' bookcase that was filled with encyclopedias. i would make furniture for them out of clay and they lived in this labrynth-type house made from stacking the encyclopedias all crazy. ahhh, memories...

anyway:

the 100 most annying things of 2005. mondo retro is not on the list.

worst sin?

i want this shirt!

kottke.org's best links of the year.

wow, i can't believe that we're actually at the point of offering space tours someday.

and here's a pic of chris robinson and kate hudson shopping. i am posting this because i shall be ringing in the new year with him tomorrow night!!! well, him and like 20,000 other people or so. wheeeeeeeeeee!