maybe we are all tomatoes

I'm turning 31, and here's my I-want list. Just because lists are fun. And I've been doing it for at least TEN years running, according to livejournal. So here we go! If I had a million dollars, I'd buy...

A thorough housecleaning, top to bottom, floors scrubbed, carpets shampooed, every nook and corner dusted. Mostly because Henry is crawling and it's gross to see our house's filth on his shirt.
Clothes and accessories. I'm still wearing a lot of my maternity clothes and I need to clean out my closet. Hand-me-downs do just fine.
My one wide belt is worn and crummy, so I'd like a wide, nonleather belt. Like this or this or this
Gift certificates to Bistro Tallulah, Finder's Keepers, Dickinson's Delights, Raul's, Downtown City Tavern, UnCorked
Tickets to ATF shows, especially Avenue Q (Think Cory's getting me this)
Tickets to the Upright Citizens Brigade at the Wood
A photoshoot with PJN Photography for Henry's birthday
A custom bag from Laura Neadle (artistaneadle@yahoo.com)
A raised bed wildflower patch out back by the trees
Raspberry bushes that aren't dead
Flowers that come back every year without having to do anything like the tiger lilies and irises
A tune up for our Electrolux vacuum (or a newer model Electrolux)
A ladder for Henry's room
A big fireproof safe
A Rebel SLR (yeah right)!
An iPhone 5
A shoe organizer rack like this
A team of people to build walls and shelves and organize my studio
The vanity in our bedroom to be sanded down to the bare wood and refinished
A fixed pellet stove
New windows in the living room
A rain barrel
Someone to keep me company while I clean my closet out. And maybe some closet-organizing things
Massage gift certificates. Terri White or Mindy Ryzuk
New applicators for my eyeshadows

mostly just for fun, but a little bit for cory and maybe erika.

- this purse
- a purse by laura neadle, but i don't see one online i like. so maybe a custom one.
- gift certificates to: sensibiliteas, finders keepers, buttondown gallery, sushi thai garden, candy thief, xanadu beads, victoria's secret for a new bra, amazon.com, red fox books, other restaurants i should try but haven't yet. especially clothes. i need new clothes.
- soy candles and lots of 'em. i like these smells: cotton blossom/linen/laundry, apple, lime, waterlily, light melon, citrusy scents, peppermint. best if they're by the adirondack chandler.
- my birthday party to be awesome
- good books
- mix cds made just for me
- utrecht acrylic paints
- floating canvases
- new inks especially hot pink, bright blue and purple. and shiny ones.
- i still want this bag but she doesn't make them any more
- this is cool
- omg i just found out they make sims for mac!!!!!! i want it sooo bad. but i would never do anything productive ever again.
- an ipad
- a clean closet
- a picnic table
- a walkway in the backyard
- a raised bed wildflower patch under the trees
- more flowers
- pretty, low-maintenance house plants
- a fixed pellet stove
- new windows for the living room
- clear plastic storage bins for the stuff mom wants to clean out of her house and put in mine (ancient kate relics)
- a weekend of complaint-free garage saling
- cash money
- a clean shower. ours is nasty. mostly because i take off my glasses to shower and don't know the true nastiness of it all.
- someone to refinish the vanity we have in our room. it needs a sanding and staining or something.
- gift certificates to americanframe.com
- someone to clean my studio and organize my stuff
- someone to download and back up all my flickr, facebook and livejournal data

After watching this slideshow by the New York Times critiquing presidential candidates' logos, I noticed something.




Who were they trying to appeal to?

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