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- black and white polka dots
  
  Posted at 4:14 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 21, 2013
  
  It is officially spring, according to the calendar, and according to a ground hog a few weeks ago, it should be getting warmer? I had a heated discussion with my sister about the ground hog thing, is there one specific ground hog that must see it’s shadow?
  
  What do they do with him for the rest of the year? What if he gets eaten by a fox, and it can’t be determined if he saw his shadow or not, are we doomed to winter weather forever? And also, where is he? And how does anyone really know if he saw his shadow since he obviously can’t tell anyone?
  
  These are the things I wonder about. Anyway, the point is, I want it to be spring. Actually, I want it to be so hot out that all anybody can do is lay around in their underwear wishing it was winter, but I’ll take what I can get.
  
  It’s still pretty cold and dark here in the mornings, and it’s been raining. I am really tired all the time lately, and I can. not. get. out. of. bed, and I think it’s because of the weather. Luckily, I got myself a cute new umbrella to keep me dry, if not warm. Hopefully it will fare better than my last one which got crushed in a bus door on Haight St. when the Giants won the World Series.
  
  Shirt, H&M(Similar)/ Jeans, Charlotte Russe/ Shoes, Madden Girl/ Bracelet and Watch, Michael Kors/ Umbrella, H&M
  
  Posted in fashion | 0 Comments
- unphotographable
  
  Posted at 9:26 am by jasminedesirees, on March 20, 2013
  
  It is estimated that there have been about 3.8 trillion pictures taken, ever.
  
  In the world we live in today, if you don’t have a picture, it didn’t happen. But sometimes, for whatever reason, you can’t take a picture. Maybe your phone is dead, maybe you don’t have a camera, maybe it’s an inappropriate time to take pictures, or maybe, for whatever reason, taking a picture of a moment might put you in danger in some way.
  
  So I was delighted to come across this site a few weeks ago, unphotographable. The creator of the website, Michael David Murphy, posts short descriptions of scenes that were for one reason or another, unphotographable, but were still important enough that somebody would like to remember them.
  
  Some of the posts are so detailed and descriptive that you can actually watch the scene unfold in your head. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then maybe a thousand words is just as good as a picture.
  
  Here are some examples:
  
  “This is a picture I did not take of a woman with a baby in her arms and a burping towel on her shoulder, walking up to the side of a vacant, foreclosed home in the middle of a neighborhood hit hard by mortgage fraud, looking up and down the street before turning-on the outdoor spigot at the corner of the house to take a drink with a cupped hand, and then, after wetting the towel, she began to carefully wash her newborn’s feet.”
  
  “This is a picture I did not take of a man in Atlanta wearing a yellow Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” t-shirt while selling drugs beneath the freeway, half a mile down the street from the house where Dr. King was born.”
  
  Posted in art, life | 1 Comment
- birthday roundup
  
  Posted at 4:10 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 19, 2013
  
  Friday was my birthday, as you probably know by now. I had such a wonderful day. I woke up to presents and kisses from Derek, had supermarket birthday cake for breakfast, and then went to work where I had cards, peanuts m&m’s, chocolate croissant, and macaroons waiting for me.
  
  I went out to lunch with a group of my wonderful coworkers and had the best margarita of my life, followed by cupcakes in the afternoon.
  
  Derek picked me up after work and we went to little Italy, to an Italian restaurant called Firenze, where I had seriously amazing ravioli. After supper we got cappuccino’s and wandered around North Beach, and stopped at an adorable little candy shop.
  
  On the way home, we stopped on Treasure Island to see the new light exhibit that is up on the Bay Bridge. It was pretty neat, but I think you can see it better from the city side, so I’ll have to check it out on Thursday when my parents come to town.
  
  I had such a wonderful day, thanks to everyone who celebrated with me.
  
  all things birthday
  
  sometimes you have to wear a sombrero
  
  Posted in chocolate, holidays, life | 0 Comments
- favourites
  
  Posted at 4:37 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 18, 2013
  
  Here are a few things that are making me happy right now, birthday edition.
  
  Oh, The Places You Will Go.. always applicable, no matter your age.
  
  Reminds me of Sunday nights in Waianae.
  
  I’ve eaten a lot of cake in my day. Some good, some white cake (not my fave) and some cheesecake. OK a lot of cheesecake… but still to this day, one of my favourite cakes is just the plain old slab chocolate from the grocery store.
  
  You know the one, with the icing 2 inches thick and so sweet that it might make you sick if if weren’t simultaneously fulfilling every dream and desire of your heart… I’m sorry, what were we talking about?
  
  Oh yeah. Anyways, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a cake big enough that you can sneak into the kitchen for a few bites every couple of minutes for days afterwards… yeah its definitely a favourite. For life.
  
  I usually like white icing better but this was the last piece and I had to fight a little girl for it. Beggars can’t be choosers.
  
  This video. David Mitchell’s Soapbox is hilarious, and this video brightens my day and brings joy into my heart. I hope you like it, but if not, I couldn’t care less.
  
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- twenty six
  
  Posted at 3:33 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 15, 2013
  
  Happy Birthday to me.
  
  It’s strange to me that I am 26, I still feel like I am 12 most of the time, and honestly I haven’t changed that much since I was. But time keeps passing even when you don’t notice it, and it’s pretty crazy to me to look back now at my life, especially since I graduated high school.
  
  I’ve met so many incredible people, and had so many wonderful experiences, I am truly grateful for all of it. If you had told me at 12 that I would have had the opportunity to do so many of the things I’ve done, I wouldn’t have believed you, but I would have hoped you were right.
  
  Highlights from this last year, for me were:
  
  – Finally being able to get a job in the U.S., and finding one that I like with wonderful co-workers was definitely a bonus.
  – My mom and Ry coming out to visit us and see our new house in June
  – Getting married in July, and getting to see all of my favourite people in one place, at the same time
  – Running my first solo-half marathon in October
  – Our road trip down the coast to Carmel for Derek’s birthday
  – Taking Derek back to Canada with me to see my home town in November
  – Mexico with my family for Christmas
  – Hawaii with my mom and sister in January
  – A road trip to L.A. with Derek in February
  
  This year I am looking forward to:
  
  – My parents coming out to visit in a couple of weeks, this will be the first time my Dad has been able to come
  – Hawaii in May for Derek’s graduation
  – My best friend moving to Oregon, so I can stalk her on long weekends
  – Fourth of July weekend in Montana with my older sister and her beautiful babies
  – A September long weekend wedding
  – The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in September with my momma and sisters, go Team Ta-Tas!
  
  And lots more.
  
  If you were thinking of getting me something for my birthday, but you weren’t able to get in touch with Charlie Hunnam, you could sponsor me for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, here.
  
  yes.
  
  Posted in life, thoughts | 0 Comments | Tagged avon walk for breast cancer, birthday, life
- six word memoirs
  
  Posted at 7:02 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 14, 2013
  
  “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”- Blaise Pascal.
  
  It is actually much harder to write something in a few words, than it is if you are given all the words in the world. If you only have a few words, each one is that much more important, because there is a lot more room for misunderstanding or misconstrual.
  
  A few months ago, I read Not Quite What I Was Planning, a collection of 6 words memoirs inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” I think back to it every so often, trying to decide what my 6 word memoir would say, but it’s very hard to commit to something like that, it feels so final.
  
  Although, really, your 6 word memoir would just be a snapshot of that time in your life, and would change in the future certainly, and could change almost as soon as it was written, because even if your experiences haven’t changed, your perspective might have.
  
  So as of right now, this minute, my six word memoir is: Learn, travel, try; always missing something.
  
  See more 6 word memoirs at Smith Magazine.com- Six word memoirs.
  
  Check out true stories told in one sentence here.
  
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- freshly baked
  
  Posted at 4:48 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 13, 2013
  
  I get very attached to the characters in books. Like to an alarming degree. Sometimes I feel that I know them better than I know people in real life, and they can be very influential on me and my choices.
  
  I’ve never made bread before in my life, but I’m reading The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, in which the main character, Sage, is a baker, and it’s really getting to me. I spend an inordinate amount of time online researching bread recipes, and happily daydreaming about making Challah bread, which I’m fairly certain I’ve never even seen in real life. That’s how you know when writing is good, when it is so descriptive and consuming that you actually start to believe you possess the qualities of the character you are inhabiting.
  
  I truly, at this moment, believe that the only thing coming between me and my unassailable destiny of being the greatest bread maker that ever lived, is that fact that I’ve never tried to make bread.
  
  So, I decided to try it.
  
  I decided to use this recipe, it is called Best Bread Ever, and I mean, I’m obviously not going to settle for anything less than that.
  
  ingredients
  
  my kitchen smelled amazing as soon as I started mixing the ingredients
  
  I loved how soft it was after it finished rising
  
  my 10 pm supper
  
  This bread was soooo good, I will definitely be making it again. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, if you’re me) the rising and baking took longer than I thought, so by the time supper was ready, Derek was already in bed and I had no choice but to eat my freshly baked bread and delicious cheese by myself.
  
  Posted in recipes | 0 Comments
- starry night
  
  Posted at 3:31 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 12, 2013
  
  This weekend I took a painting class in Oakland. Basically, each class has a famous painting that the teacher shows you how to recreate. I’ve always wished I was more visually artistic but I’ve never been able to draw, I have it on pretty good authority that my dogs always look like cows.
  
  The class was actually really fun, it was nice to do something different, and I promised myself I would try to take more classes this year. What I didn’t expect what that it was actually really peaceful and relaxing, I thought it would be stressful trying to do a good job, but since the likelihood of me actually recreating a Van Gogh painting perfectly was very small, it was just a fun activity.
  
  I would love to do more painting in the future.
  
  My colours
  
  blank canvas
  
  half way finished
  
  done!
  
  the instructor’s recreation. ours are basically the same, right?
  
  Posted in life | 0 Comments
- cobalt
  
  Posted at 4:26 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 11, 2013
  
  I fell in love with all of the colours in Mexico over Christmas, and have spent not an insignificant amount of time since then trying to incorporate this beautiful blue colour into my every day life.
  
  Before
  
  $1.25 per clay pot
  
  $2.99 for a sample sized paint from Home Depot
  
  Yes, I still have blue paint on my arm
  
  Done
  
  Add some pot hanging hooks
  
  and some herbs (oregano, basil, rosemary)
  
  and get ready to feel guilty that you don’t cook more.
  
  Posted in DIY | 0 Comments
- lovely
  
  Posted at 5:49 pm by jasminedesirees, on March 8, 2013
  
  Just a few images that are making me happy right now, links for all of them can be found on my Loveliness Pinterest board here.
  
  This one deserves it’s own space. Alice in Wonderland.
  
  All the best people are.
  
  Posted in inspiration, loveliness | 0 Comments
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