current inspiration

shut up

someone tell me how and where I can get this exact basket put on the front of my bike. not fair, mary kate olsen. not fair.

new camera! new camera!

I just ordered this:

can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!!!

summer style: jean shorts

The heat of summer is setting in and I have been feeling the need to update my summer wardrobe with some new pieces. I've been loving the super tiny cut-off jean shorts that Nicole Richie has been wearing recently but after searching thrift stores only to find ill-fitting vintage denim, trying urban outfitters pre-made cut offs, and even considering a pair of $160 shorts from Citizens of Humanity, I finally found a perfect (and cheap!) solution. I bought a pair of distressed jeans that were a few sizes too big and cut them off little by little until they were just short enough. they still need to be worn in to get the fraying perfect but I am quite pleased with my creation nonetheless!

Introductions

Sarah Peck: Winnetka, Illinois

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Endless amounts of pizza sent to my door on a daily basis.

2. What is your greatest fear? Dying

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Sensitivity

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Cruelty

5. Which living person do you most admire? Staunton Peck (brother)
6. What is your greatest extravagance? Clothing

7. What is your current state of mind? Content
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Moderation. I drink tea excessively, and it does nothing but good.

9. On what occasion do you lie? I exaggerate. A lot

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance? My uneven eyes

11. Which living person do you most despise? Sheryl Crow
12. What is the quality you most like in a man? Confidence
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Abbreviations

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life? I love a lot of people.

16. When and where are you happiest? With people that I love when I have nothing to worry about

17. Which talent would you most like to have? I wish I was bilingual

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wish I didn’t get flustered easily
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Getting into UNC
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A whale
21. Where would you most like to live? India
22. What is your most treasured possession? Pokey

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Loneliness
24. What is your favorite occupation? Actress

25. What is your most marked characteristic?

26. What do you most value in your friends? Kindness

27. Who are your favorite writers?  Emily Dickinson and my mom
28. Who is your hero of fiction? Dumbledore

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with? Queen Charlotte (George III wife)
30. Who are your heroes in real life? My friends
31. What are your favorite names?  Kyle and Lily
32. What is it that you most dislike? Fake people
33. What is your greatest regret? I try not to
34. How would you like to die? When I am ready to

35. What is your motto? Put it in perspective, and deal.

charleston

went to charleston this weekend to see alex and celebrate sarah gerson's b-day. we enjoyed the beautiful weather and had so, so, so much fun. take me baaaaack!

land camera

Some shots from a little excursion today... if anyone knows what could be causing the dark shadow at the top, let me know. I can't figure it out.

portraits and proust

So after a brief sabbatical, I present you with the first of a new post series I am beginning called "Introductions." Each Monday, I will post a portrait of one of my friends along with their responses to the Proust Questionnaire--a survey intended to reveal elemental aspects of an individual's personality. Here it goes!

Allow me to introduce myself...

Sally Symons: Winston-Salem, NC

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Living in a place that I love, surrounded by friends and family, doing the work that I love and allows me to be creative every day

2. What is your greatest fear? Living through the deaths of people I love

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Selfishness

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Obsession with status, people who are starved for attention and not genuine

5. Which living person do you most admire? My little sister, Anne

6. What is your greatest extravagance? Polaroid film, good wine, books, clothes... my entire life is my greatest extravagance

7. What is your current state of mind? Ambitious, ready for whatever’s next

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Chastity?

9. On what occasion do you lie? In a bar, preferably one in a foreign country, when someone is trying to start conversation with me, the lies just tend to come rolling out. And sometimes in French.

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance? Bad skin

11. Which living person do you most despise? Hatred is a waste of time

12. What is the quality you most like in a man? Honesty, sense of humor, kindness

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Intelligence, wit

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Get a grip on your life, woman.”

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life? Language, books... those are the whats

16. When and where are you happiest? Sitting outside drinking wine or coffee with friends and laughing until my stomach hurts

17. Which talent would you most like to have? The ability to play an instrument

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My impatience

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Academic success, working my way through the creative writing program

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A cute fluffy dog

21. Where would you most like to live? Paris, in a great old, beautifully decorated house

22. What is your most treasured possession? My dog, my blankie, the ring my grandmother gave me for high school graduation

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Living in regret

24. What is your favorite occupation? creative maniac

25. What is your most marked characteristic? Delighting in organization

26. What do you most value in your friends? Humor, kindness

27. Who are your favorite writers? Jack Kerouac, William Faulkner, JD Salinger, Joyce Carol Oates, Ernest Hemingway, David Sedaris, etc.

28. Who is your hero of fiction? Caddy Compson, Sal Paradise

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with? Sylvia Plath, maybe not the suicide part, though

30. Who are your heroes in real life? My grandmother and grandfather

31. What are your favorite names?  Unique ones, just as long as they aren’t double names or family names that should never be used as first names… i.e. I will never have a daughter named ‘Winbourne’

32. What is it that you most dislike? Bad manners

33. What is your greatest regret? Having wasted time worrying or wishing for things

34. How would you like to die? Content

35. What is your motto? Check the facts but trust your instincts