Some Mood Music....

Let me just slip into something a little more comfortable, and put on some mood music.

My friend just introduced me to what I find to be the best thing in the free music universe since Pandora.

www.stereomood.com is genius.

Interestingly arranged are a multitude of moods (and even activities) that link you up to playlists. No need to make your own playlists on iTunes and scrounging for what may be a limited selection of songs for your "OCD Flipping Out" playlist...now you can just click on "cleaning", and all is well.

I've always had the complex of whether or not I should write in complete silence, or to some alternative Arcade Fire-ish renditions. Fear no more, liberals with your MacBooks in Starbucks, stereomood.com offers a "writing" playlist.

Some tags that were noteworthy are "Alseep on my feet", "Driving Route 66", and "Let's Knit"!

I assure you they have a wide arrange with "Drunk", "Pump up the Volume", and "Beach Party".

I feel like I might just be way behind the music scene...but I've really enjoyed the site, and I hope to let others know the glory that is stereomood.com!!

Nails: This Is Real Life, Guys...

A proper opossum pedicure-- I know right, me too, finally instructions on how to give a opsossum a pedicure. You can all sleep well tonight.


If you are stressed out about what to paint your nails with, don't worry. Have a grape. Or, wear the OPI Hong Kong Collection.

OPI Hong Kong nail polish collection

I love color nomenclature. It's one of my very favorite pastimes. I've told a select few friends that next to being a professional writer, professor, and tap dancer extraordinaire, I'd consider naming polish colors for OPI to be my dream job.

Color definitely has an instantaneous affect on people. The visceral reaction that I get from color has always interested me, and I am trying to learn more about color theory to understand it. But what's even better about color-- are the puns that come with them!

My favorites?

"Bling Dynasty". Why? Because it's the marriage between urban hue and irony with a Chinese allusion.

While "Pearl of Wisdom" is a pretty sheen, the viscosity of the paint does not coat the nail thoroughly.

But my favorite color coupled with a hilarious name is "A Good Man-darian is Hard to Find". Punned after one of my favorite short stories by Flannery O'Connor, this vibrant orange is as fresh and memorable as the citrus counterpart!