friday funday.

Three words: Boulder. Creek. Fest. I am so excited for this weekend.  {image source}


Speaking of excited, these sports should be in the Olympics this summer.

I definitely laughed out loud at this. 414 represent!

Last week I was anticipating the solar eclipse. National Geographic always gets the best pictures.

I probably watched this dance video 10x straight when I first found it.

Beards keep men warm in the winter. With this hat I could actually know what that feels like.

Freddie Wong is the best amateur filmmaker I've seen. His latest project: Video Game High School.

I love dresses, that's no secret so I occasionally gambol through gala photo galleries.

Male CEOs with daughters pay female employees more than those without.

I've been searching for books for the kiddos when I stumbled on this list of the top 100.

the color run.

The Color Run (aka The Happiest 5K on the Planet) came to Milwaukee this year and I was SO JEALOUS that my sister and her friends got to participate. The Denver one is taking place this Saturday but it's all sold out (and before I even knew about it!). I'll still ask them to come to Boulder.

fake prom.

After the breakfast event (and after downing lots of orange juice), we got on the subject of prom. As a European, Amélie has never been to prom and we jumped at our chance to simulate the awkward experience all of us Americans had: Prom pictures :)

The boys picked her up and so obviously the girls wanted to try as well but in front of the tractor (which Adam insisted was quite normal at his high school prom... oh Missouri).

awkward.

During our fundraising breakfast (yeah - I woke up at 5am that day) I took a picture of all of my coworkers showing their best awkward faces. The ever fantastic Amelie (above) inspired the shoot :)

I work with some pretty awesome people - luckily seven other ACs are staying a second year :)

nicholas.

Meet Nicholas. He is a labradoodle and now #1 on my list of dogs to have. I will name him Yeti.


friday funday.

Four day weekend - woop woop! {Image source.}


Abraham Lincoln submitted a patent for Facebook?!
 
Working in the population I do, I've wondered this many a time.

Learning this. Slowly.

So excited for the solar eclipse, I can barely wait!

Whoa whoa whoa. 90% of Asian schoolchildren are nearsighted?!

I want long mermaid hair with mermaid braids.

The coolest temporary tattoos.
 
This guy does a cover a week and his voice is not what I expected.

Oh my gosh, this grilled cheese looks divine :)

You must be living under a rock if you didn't hear about this. 'Bout time.

I just really enjoyed this geeky post.

A story about cookies well worth reading!

And I'll end with a little neuroscience for you.

sketchbook.

This weekend I rediscovered my sketchbook which had reluctantly been collecting some dust these last few weeks. I figured I'd share some snippets. 

ryan class.

The two weeks I've been working with the 2nd and 3rd graders. They are the first group of kiddos I feel like I'm actually getting to know and it's been so great it's hard to explain why.

Yeah, it's been awesome.

weekend.

1. Mysterious flower next to a friend's lawn
2. Boulder weather this weekend and the view from L's backyard
3. Living in a headwrap lately
4. The windstorm left tree debris everywhere
5. A friend had a Zydeco breakfast birthday celebration and some angel brought Lucile's beignets
6. Days spent playing Catan
7. Chama
8. Sunday morning comic readin'

Not pictured: A perfect double date with E&E.