AmieStreet.com, an independent music store, just compiled their Best of 2008 music list, which includes artists like Mercury Rev, King Khan & the Shrines, Girl Talk, and Sigur Ros. And just in time for the holidays, they are having a sale with 50% off of any music purchased from their store. You better [...]
December 22, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Amie Street, Best of 2008, Christmas, holiday seasons, Jean, music, promotion, sales . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment
A few nights ago, while out drinking with some friends and acquaintances, I was having a conversation with one of them about kindred spirits. In my lifetime so far, I have had only met one. When you meet a kindred spirit, you instantly know, love, and care for them, even if they are in your [...]
December 21, 2008
Categories: Narrative, Raves & Rants, life . Tags: friends, friendships, instant connections, Jean, kindred spirits, life, love, plato, plato's symposium, platonic love, ralph waldo emerson, relationships, romantic love, soulmates, zeus . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment
Happy Spring everyone! This post will be short and sweet because I am a bit lazy. Below are little tidbits of news I found interesting this week.
Blythe Theater was updated with a new stop-motion animation of the Petite Blythe Francoise Femme, who was actually released in December 2007. I know I’m a [...]
March 22, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: amanda visell, blythe, buffy the vampire slayer, Jean, rosario dawson, short & sweet, the kids in the hall, youtube . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment
Get the Brad Pitt reference? I am sooo funny! Yes, I like to laugh at my bad jokes because I am an adult child. Part of what makes me an oxymoron is Blythe dolls. I collect the big-headed, wide-eyed dolls, and I am not ashamed to admit it! Well, this month, the official Blythe website [...]
March 5, 2008
Categories: Dolls, Japan, Toys . Tags: blythe, Blythe dolls, Brad Pitt, designer dolls, Dolls, Heart of Montmartre, imminent, Japanese, Japanese dolls, Jean, Mabel May, Natasha Moore, RBL, SBL, Takara, Toys . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment
In October, I went to see Monica Van den Dool’s exhibit, Specters: Ceramic Narrative Tableaux, at the L. H. Horton, Jr. Gallery in Stockton, California. Rarely do I go to such high brow places like art galleries. Normally, I enjoy quiet nights at home picking food out of my adult [...]
November 14, 2007
Categories: Art, Art Exhibitions . Tags: art exhibits, ceramic, ceramic sculptures, Fine Art, Jean, L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, Monica Van den Dool, San Joaquin Delta College, sculptures, Specters, Stockton California . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment
It took a long while, but I finally got to order myself an Una Moof, and a redheaded one at that (pictured, right)! Ginger dolls are usually the ones that captivate my heart. When I first came across these odd little Una creatures, that was exactly what I thought they were—odd. Their charm eventually [...]
November 12, 2007
Categories: Dolls, Japan, Toys . Tags: cuna moof, designer dolls, Dolls, fashion dolls, Japan, Jean, moof, Toys, una moof, Una Week, wonky eyes, Yukiyo Shoji . Author: Jean . Comments: Leave a Comment