I love Outkast. There’s not many albums that I can listen to every song & then repeat, but I can do that will all of their albums. As for their solo stuff, I’ve always been way more into Andre’s work & I absolutely love him. Then Big Boi went and released Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son of Chico Dusty and I just can’t get over it. It’s been on repeat while I’m working for days now. My words cannot do it justice, so I will share my two favorites with ya.

Big Boi – Fo Yo Sorrows. I thought this was my favorite but then I heard…

Big Boi – Tangerine. Best workout song ever! So, so good.

What albums are you guys getting into lately? I love hearing new music!

Wake up & stare at the ceiling for a moment.

Pepper patiently waits to go outside.

Toss the covers away & get up.

Check out my hair & put my contacts in.

Pep’s not so patient anymore.

Pep does his early mornin’ thang. It rained last night & the grass isn’t crunchy this morning!

Kiki’s being awfully nice this morning & I think I know why.

I feed Pepper & myself as well.

I make us some smoothies & take my vitamins. I hardly ever remember to take them though :/

Greg doesn’t want to be in my day, so I take a photo of his roller coaster picture that’s hanging on the fridge. haha.

Shower time.

Put make-up on & get ready.

Music for the drive to work.

Start the walk to work.

Get to work & it’s looking super creepy. I call my grandma since I didn’t on the walk over.

Lots of posters to print today. I make those & feel like I am exporting jpgs for hours.

Now I get to laminate them all!

Head to the Starbucks on campus and get an iced coffee.

Time for lunch. We wait around & talk while waiting on our ride to get there.

Go to McAlister’s for lunch. I get a huge ice water that freezes me.

Put my calories from lunch into thedailyplate.com. Aw haaale, might as well have another cookie. haha.

Have some water & work on more posters.

I take a break & decide to walk around campus for a few minutes. The last photo is of our library which I had to show you guys. I think it is the neatest building!

I walk over to visit my co-worker’s who have a table set up for freshman orientation.

I get there & see a stretcher. Turns out a student passed out because she hadn’t eaten in TWO DAYS. What da hale.

After all that craziness we mess around with some monkey hands. We have an orientation mascot called Jam Monkey and the hands for the costume are so creepy! ugh.

I drive home & let someone out of jail.

Let him out to play.

Eat some cantaloupe & make sure he’s not causing any trouble. Nope, just being a creep & staring at the neighbor’s house.

Go work out & when I get back make some brown rice.

Take a super quick shower to get the gym germs off & then heat up some veggies to go with the rice.

It doesn’t look like much, but it’s so good.

Realize I need to buy a new oven mitt :[ & turn on the light in the living room.

Watch an episode of Losing It while I eat.

Give the bathroom a quick cleaning.

Pep lays on the couch with me while I read for a bit.

It gets late so I turn off the light & head to bed. Goodnight!

• 18 Cool Inventions From the Past has some really neat photos. I love the early GPS.

• The color so composition of these photographs by Matthias Heidrich are beautiful.

• Even though I am terrified of them, I do enjoy the zombify blog for all things zombie related.

• I love book covers & there are 45 gorgeous ones here.

These “lawn chairs” get the job done. Designed by artist Lisette Spee in collaboration with architect Tim Van Den Burg, the playful seats are part of a series of lounge chairs created for public spaces in Valkenberg Park in Breda, Netherlands.

I wake up beautiful with gorgeous hair.

I let Pepper out to do his thing, which usually takes twenty minutes.

Pack Greg a lunch. I haven’t been to the grocery store in awhile so he gets two peanut butter sandwiches, leftover pizza, chips & salsa & an orange. haha.

Pepper comes back in & wants to know where his breakfast is. I try & get a photo of Kiki, our cat, but she’s moving around too fast.

Greg takes vitamins & is off to work.

I make coffee. I can’t really get goin’ without it.

Pack my bag for work. I take my laptop, so it’s easier to carry a backpack.

I get in the shower & wash the grodiness away.

I am so pale & burn so easily, so I have to put sunscreen on every day.

I put some coffee in my mug & hit the road.

I have to park pretty far away from where I work. I always call my grandma on the walk. Everyone calls her Nanny though.

I finally make it to the office. It is so hot outside, but nice & cool in here.

Take a photo so you won’t think I look like that first picture up there all day long. haha.

Our server broke, so the IT guy come down to work on it.

I get super hungry, so I head to this building to get some fruit.

Lookin’ stormy.

I get back to the office & read my horoscope, of course.

While I eat fruit. yum!

I enter it into my daily plate. I’ve been trying to eat better, so this helps me see what all I eat in a day & if I’m getting enough protein.

Then it’s time to work!

Soon it is time for lunch, so I make the trek over to meet one of our interns.

She’s working on our meal plan sign-up table, so I wait while she answers some parent’s questions.

Lunch! A salad with lots of mushrooms & a potato mixed with guacamole. So good.

Back to the office to work some more.

Read a site about the most sinister logos. It’s pretty interesting.

One of my co-workers comes back with a soy javachip frappuccino for me! I drink it as I walk to my car to head home.

Finally got to my car & made it home!

I take Pepper out since he’s been in his crate all day. He immediately heads for his favorite tree.

Then I go brush my teeth. I always have to brush them when I get home from work.

I sit on the couch for a bit & wait for Greg to get home.

He gets home & we talk for a bit. Then I go to the gym for my favorite class. It is very similar to Body Pump & a lot of fun.

I got a card that says if I take the class 16 times in two months, I get a free t-shirt. Well hot damn!

I’m back & super sweaty.

I mix some yogurt & blackberries together for a lil’ snack.

Then I take a super quick shower.

I decide that I want some popcorn as well, so I unload the dishwasher & clean up while it’s popping.

Alright! I eat all of this & bum around on the internet.

Now it’s this time.

I do a lil’ tweezin’.

Get coffee ready to go for tomorrow.

Lay down on the couch, put on some Gilmore Girls.

Pepper says goodnight :]

Gemma Correll creates some of the cutest illustrations, but I am especially into these letters. They are too much! The cuteness and colors are so good. You definitely need to take a look at her Flickr stream. In addition to a portfolio of her work, she also gives a tour of her studio space & it’s always fun to see another creative person’s work space.

You can view her adorable etsy shop here & her official website.

• I absolutely love this street art. How clever!

• Matter Printed is all about judging things by their cover. This site features some great magazine covers for you to look through. There are some great designs here.

• I love ghost stories, weird happenings & unexplained events, so 10 Japanese ghost towns is right up my alley. Speaking of freaky deaky shit, I can’t get enough of ONTD creepy.

How crazy is this bridge? I can’t believe how close the bottom part is to the water! Here’s the info on it:

In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you’re building a bridge between the two, you’ve got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.

You can download a dust jacket template from icoeye and create icons out of your books live. I really love seeing the books and crazy & mismatched on a bookshelf, but this would be neat for a small group of books.

• If you’re being ridiculous (not in a good way), all you need to say to yourself is shhhh! Learn how to STFU & get it together! I’ve used this a couple of times this week & it really does snap you right out of your crazy thoughts before you act like a fool.

• Bonzai Aphrodite has rounded up the best vegan bbq recipes! Everything sounds & look so good, especially her barbecued miso corn. YUM.

• How amazing are these Mardi Gras costume and float designs?!

I hope everyone has a great weekend & share what you’re lovin’ this week in the comments!

The morning light in the bathroom is so nice. I feel the most productive from about 6-10am just because the light and summer weather is so perfect!

Haha, he is just the cutest little thing ever. He is such a twerp though.. always getting into something and barking non-stop. I was having major problems with him pulling while on his leash and barking at other dogs while on walks, but after using the gentle leader he has completely stopped.

I cannot recommend it enough! It doesn’t choke, but makes it if they get ahead of you they have to turn their to look at you. Every time his eyes meet mine I can tell he hates me a lil’ bit, but that’s okay. Haha. At least he’s behaving better while out at the park.

This apartment rental company has the best logo. I always love walking to work & seeing their logo sprayed onto trashcans. It’s just so different and stands out beautifully among all the other rental companies on campus. It’s funny how a nice logo can bring such instant cheer to my morning! :]

I love these paintings by Minjae Lee (aka Greno), an artist based in South Korea. I think what makes these is the collage look combined with hand drawn details. I didn’t realize they were all paintings until I read more about them. Lovely work! It definitely motivates me to try out some hand drawn/collage styles in my designs at work.

You can download quite a few of his pieces in larger formats here at wallpaperart.org to use as your desktop background.
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I talked with co-workers, drank coffee & took photos while waiting on the fire trucks to arrive. I love the old buildings on campus. They are so gorgeous & also a bit spooky since some aren’t really used/don’t have many people in them. This building in an old dorm.

Someone burned something cooking waaay up there. It happened on the floor with the open windows.

After work, I went with Greg to the bar in the Sunsphere. The bar was closing for good the next day so we wanted to go one more time. The view up there is so incredible and I will miss having drinks up there every now and then.

After that, we took a walk around the convention center trying to find the world’s largest rubik’s cube. It isn’t there anymore, but we did find this bear!

The walk to the parking garage was nice. It was beautiful out!

We then went to Taco Bell & tore up some crunchy tacos with beans instead of meat! So good. I love how they let you substitute like that & don’t look at you crazy. I went to Burger King once and ordered a veggie burger & the guy pretended to be puking for like two minutes straight. Total creep!

I then ended the weekend by purchasing the most amazing pint glass ever to add to Greg’s collection.

Dr. Dre – Nothin’ But A G Thang

Margie Joseph – Never Can You Be

Mick Luter – How We’re Raised

Lyn Collins – Put It On the Line

Marlena Shaw – California Soul