Questions I am asked often lately, that I decided should get their own post.

1. What nail polish are you wearing?

I recently ordered two polishes from butter LONDON. I’d been wanting to for quite some time now, but Mackenzie’s post about how great it was sealed the deal. I ordered Jaffa – a bright coral and Tea With The Queen – a medium beige-y pink. Both are excellent, go on nice and smooth, and last long. They’re pricey, but worth a fun splurge. The packaging is great too. I think they’d make a great gift for a polish-obsessed friend.

2. How was Bossypants?????!!!!

You guys are stupendously interested in my thoughts on Bossypants. I get it. Tina is one of our heroes and y’all want it to live up to your expectations! I liked it, I did. It was funny, and the chapter on her dad killed me, I loved the parts about Lorne Michaels, and I LOVED how she gave shout-outs to the 30 Rock writers and what her favorites jokes were they wrote for the show. How great is that? But. (Oh no, a but!) I didn’t think it was that amazing, and it took me roughly 30 minutes to even recall what parts of the book I liked just now. It didn’t need or attempt to be life changing, but it’s already exited my mind completely. I also am ever so slightly bummed at the way Tina makes fun of herself all the time, as if she is this frumpy old mom. This is a very tiny issue I have with 30 Rock and her Liz Lemon character that occasionally gets old for me. I mean, she’s not your standard Hollywood definition of beauty, but girl is a knockout! But even still, I love her to pieces, and I do recommend it as a read, especially if you’re in need of a lighter, easy read.

3. How is no shampoo going?

While I know that it’s going to take more than the nearly three weeks I’ve given it, I admit that I’m feeling slightly defeated. My hair feels GROSS. I even switched from Dr. Bronners to baking soda as it was making my hair feel like straw and that made it worse and now it’s incredibly greasy. I added a white vinegar + water rinse before everything and that did nothing. So I recently bought some dry shampoo so I can actually wear my hair down, as I have been rocking braids in every way possible for at least a week now. My hair is incredibly thick and gets greasy fast, so maybe I just need more time. I’m not giving up yet! The encouragement is helping.

PS. If you’re in London, don’t forget that the opening for Other People’s Houses is tonight at 6! Right now, as you read this, I am in London, probably so jet lag that Anabela thinks I’m mildly mentally challenged.

You guys send me the best music lately:

Reader Katie sent me this crazy town awesome video that a collective she’s part of, Sirocco Research Labs, made for the band Megafun. There’s so much going on it warrants a few watches!

I meant to post this video that another Katie sent me (I swear I didn’t mean for this post to have a Katie theme) after seeing my post about home. It’s from Seattle band The Head And The Heart and I like to watch it at least once a week. It’s so, so beautiful. They won’t let me embed the video here (boo), so promise me you’ll take the extra finger clicking effort to watch it on vimeo.

And lastly, reader Sarah sent me this AMAZING Herman Dune video featuring John Hamm and a puppet. You may have seen it by now, but I had not, and it’s a must see for the adorableness and great song.

ps. The new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues, is out now! Get it if you haven’t, you won’t be disappointed.

Click to see possibly more info on flickr!

Hey look, guys, we left the house this weekend! Amazing. I didn’t take the best photos because I was preoccupied with doing things for once. My mom and I lived up to the promise of shopping til we dropped, in the 85+ degree weather, and on Sunday Will and I went downtown to the Geffen to see the Art In The Streets show, which was surprisingly good for how skeptical we both were. Seeing Margaret Kilgallen’s work in person? Be still, my heart. We ate ramen and then went home and laid on the beach til the drum circle was decidedly too obnoxious to handle. I made a crappy little video of the boardwalk, as I don’t think some people quite get what it’s like right outside my door. (I didn’t upload it in time to wait for vimeo processing, sorry for the horrendous flickr video quality!) All in all, a very satisfying weekend.

I leave for London in two! days! But fear not, I have a couple posts scheduled and a guest blogger on Friday handling Friday Bits. I’m going to set an obnoxious auto reply on my email because I really want to avoid touching the internet while I’m gone. I need a little break!

P.S. How about them brand spakin’ new sponsors over yonder? I’m so lucky to have such wonderful people supporting me, and I’m happy to support them as well.