oh, the weather outside is frightful.

so, we got over a foot of snow since yesterday and it's still coming down. all day yesterday i was sick. i drifted in and out of consciousness while a "gimme a break" marathon droned in the background. if that's not hell, people, i don't know what is.

today was suposed to be my monthly kids art activity at the museum, but it's canceled. that's a shame, as it was going to be a keith haring-inspired project. there has been a big brou-ha-ha regarding the haring exhibit (which opens next week). keith grew up 5 minutes from where i grew up (he was from kutztown, i was from fleetwood), and he is one the only significant artists to come out of this area. the only other people of interest i can think of is john updike and steve from "blue's clues." anyway, the county commissioner decided to get his name in the paper by saying that the city should not publicly hang a huge piece of the statue of liberty that keith did with hundreds of school children, due to other "obscene" pieces keith has done. he said that the thumb of the statue of liberty looked like a penis. what a flippin' idiot. the community, which is very conservative and not very progressive as a whole, was OUTRAGED by this guy's comments, and i am so glad. the exhibit's opening is next saturday, and i'm going, so i will be sure to report any craziness, should there be any.

UPDATE: here are some other famous people that have hailed from this area. i'll include places that are easily within driving distance: bam margera is from west chester, pink and justin guarini are from doylestown, jonathan frakes is from bethlehem, christine taylor is from emmaus, carson from "queer eye" and lee iacocca are from allentown, the old guy from "my big fat greek wedding" and kelly mcgillis live in the reading outskirts, which is where i live. blah. philly obviously has churned out the most talent. my faves: r. crumb, chuck barris, larry fine, norman fell, jayne mansfield, jack klugman, seth green, and tina fey (well, she's technically from upper darby). more boring people are kevin bacon, bill cosby, princess grace of monaco, m. knight shyamalan, and danny bonaduce. john mellencamp owns a farm in virginville, which is next to fleetwood (his wife is from the area). WOW.

you can also see the old-skool-a-riffic dorney park before they remodeled it in "hairspray." i've been to dorney park about 60 zillion times. although the rollercoasters are way better now, the vibe is just NOT the same. booo!


ok, moving on...you know you've really made it when you're either a clue in the tv guide crossword or you're a breakfast cereal. although i wish they would've made edward scissorhands cereal...little scissors, snowflakes, paper dolls, avon products...ahhhhh... (link via boing boing)

nacho libre official site.

sculptural robots made from found objects.

check out ricky boscarino!! his house, his jewelry, everything!

a diary written from prison.