Crystal Madrilejos

In response to my post on the adaptiveness, hilarity and absurdity of the “There are two types of people in the world” sayings we received the following contributions from readers:

There are three types of people in the world, those who can count, and those who can’t. (Hilarious)

There are two types of people in the world, us, and the terrorists. (Hilarious II)

-a.

A couple months ago Andrew and I went for a walk in the fields behind our house. Just across the creek that runs about 100 feet beyond our fence, there was a large Black Walnut tree that I noticed was leaning precariously.

A few weeks ago it fell! Andrew’s dad and brother have an office right next to our house and his brother heard it fall but wasn’t sure at the time what it was he was hearing. Just a loud cracking, crashing sound.

I know things like this happen all the time, but for some reason it makes me sad. Ever since it fell there has been a ton of bird activity around it. I’m not sure why.

–c.

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I just listened to Regina Spektor‘s new album Far in its entirety on NPR and I think it’s lovely and wonderful and really really amazing. I’ve been a fan of Regina for awhile and am fortunate to have seen her when she was playing a tiny stage in the back room of The Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village. That’s when I fell in love with her music.

Not that she isn’t still amazing on the big stage. I was worried when her first major label debut Begin to Hope came out because I was used to hearing just her and a piano and, for me, that was enough. I was worried that heavy production would drown out the quirkiness and personality of her songs and singing style, but I ended up really liking the album. But still, when I want to hear her like I remember her years ago at the open mic at Sidewalk I throw on Songs or Soviet Kitsch. It seems that Far is a nod to those day, a lot of piano and prominent vocals which may be why I like it so much.

Plus, it has “Dance Anthem of the 80s”. You can’t beat that.

–c.

Good lighting always puts me in a good mood.

–c.

Our peonies began blooming a few weeks ago.

Lucky for us, we got a couple before they were all gone.

–c.

Thanks to everyone who helped make our one-year anniversary even more special!

-c+a

If you haven’t heard of Swoops, you should check out this site.
This Bird is Pissed.

My brother TJ took the above screengrab from a video of an attack. The dude in the foreground is laughing at another dude that just got dive bombed. Little does he know, he’s next.

Watch the video below.

oh! p.s. in response to Andrew’s last post, I must not be civilized. Someone must have eaten my yogurt yesterday :P
–c.

I think this saying is one of my favorites. I tend to say them to myself quite often. Just today I realized that I said two of them, which prompted this post. They were:

There are two types of people in the world, people who love the unusually long intro to The Cure’s “The Kiss,” and people who don’t. (For the record, I love it.)

There are two types of people in the world, people who completely tear off and throw away the protective tin foil cover under the lid on things such as yogurt and ricotta cheese, and people who simply peel it back and put the plastic lid back over it when they’re done. (For the record, I tear it off and throw it away, like civilized people do.)

–a.

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[Graphics via GOOD Magazine]

If you are like me and a total sucker for info graphics maybe you’ve already checked out GOOD Magazine’s Transparency, “graphical explorations of the data that surrounds us.” Holy fantastic-ness. If you have many minutes to immerse yourself, please do click here.

–c.

Last weekend we transplanted all our starts into the ground. We’re now crossing our fingers that they make it!

Here they are hardening off on the porch before going into the ground. Wish them luck!

–c.