((little fat notebook)) » photo blog http://maryqin.com when inspiration won't wait Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hospital love http://maryqin.com/2012/02/6789/ http://maryqin.com/2012/02/6789/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:53:29 +0000 laelene http://maryqin.com/?p=6789 Aww, there’s a hospital in downtown LA that lit up its lights in the shape of hearts.

hospital with lights lit up in shape of heart

lights in windows of hospital lit up into heart shape

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bruising on knee and thigh area turned purple

An update on my bruising. Much more purple now... Looks like South America and Australia to me!

missy the cat stretches out while lounging on the bed

Missy was really enjoying herself on my bed.

molly the cat sleeping curled up in a tight ball on the chair

Molly got as perfectly circular as she possibly could. I've got to say, she did a pretty good job!

missy the cat enjoys lovesac pillowsac in doorway

I took a break before stuffing my LoveSac PillowSac through my doorway, so Missy decided she'd enjoy it first.

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yellow image of robot man imprinted on sidewalk

In case you forget what a crosswalk is for?

three-wheeler made by mercedes

I never knew they had branded three-wheelers! This guy's riding in style, isn't he?

they were doing renovation on the arts & industries building of the smithsonian institute in washington dc

A building under renovation.

large cluster of balloons floating high into the sky

Up, up and away!

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first burt's bees goodie bag i got, with shea butter hand repair cream, pomegranate line-smoothing eye cream, burt's bees wallet, res-q ointment, peony lip shimmer, face towel, lemon butter cuticle cream, pink blossom tinted lip balm, watermelon lip shimmer, beeswax lip balm, aloe body lotion, royal jelly eye creme, and royal jelly day creme

I ordered a grab bag from Burt's Bees, which was supposed to include 14 random items. When I received this and found it wasn't quite complete, I emailed them to complain.

second burt's bees goodie bag i got, with shea butter body lotion, weather-proofing lip balm, sweet pink lip shine, burt's bees wallet, res-q ointment, caramel lip shimmer, face towel, lemon butter cuticle cream, pink blossom tinted lip balm, watermelon lip shimmer, baby bee dusting powder, milk & honey body lotion, and royal jelly day creme

I didn't hear back for a long time, but suddenly got an email saying my items were re-shipping for free! So I got another bag, with some repeat items, but also many new ones. :)

bare minerals items ordered from sephora, including deep cleansing foam, purely nourishing moisturizer, mineral veil, face brush, blemish therapy, and blemish brush

I also treated myself to a kit of skincare products from Bare Minerals.

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poolside water footprints

Panda and I compared footprints by the pool. Guess which belongs to me!

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night view of the los angeles coast from airplane large piece of art by artist james dupree on display at portland aiport coca cola napkin with polar bear image view of the pacific ocean near japan from plane window origami cranes that get progressively smaller bowl of ramen at narita airport in tokyo japan view of seoul at night from airplane a bird nest is easy to spot in the starkness of winter hot pot table with items ready to be thrown in fish-shaped cake cutter and chocolate cake with red candles nice hotel room in wuxi china inside of auditorium at lingshan in front the buddha as a baby, in back the buddha as an adult on the mountaintop juneyao airplane's seat view of the ocean from our new place at shenzhou peninsula view of shenzhou peninsula golf course, clubhouse, and golf carts cool rock formation just off the coast of shenshou golf course looking back at shenzhou golf course clubhouse mystery fruit for breakfast at shenzhou four points red hibiscus flower view of beach at shimei bay many umbrellas made of straw with beach chairs to lounge on shimei bay nine mile housing development showroom master bedroom exterior of the new shimei bay nine mile homes buying fruit from the street vendors chinese police car parked on side of road golden coconut on left and regular coconut on right brand new white leather sofa circular bathtub in bathroom flanked by toilet and standing shower alarm clock that doubles as external speakers for ipod/iphone green and black moth entrance to tianya haijiao in sanya hainan china bushes grown to look like elephants looking south from the southernmost part of china tianya haijiao tourist spot in sanya little fish swimming in the ocean water parasailing out at tianya haijiao in sanya hainan china man climbing tree to bring down bundle of coconuts sign saying declined to take pictures interior of chunyuan seafood square crab with red and white dot on back that looks painted on the turnaround below our building large group of buddhist nuns line up for plane a sliver of blue sky shows between two layers of clouds outside airplane lunch on hainan airlines flight came in a colorful box view of waves coming in to shore from airplane a view of a tall temple from airplane flying overhead fake apple store in jieshou china lake in park in beijing frozen over flags mark the area where ice is broken away so fish can come up for air light snow in beijing covering the airport on a delta flight each seat had usb ports for charging personal tv screen shows previous button commands like light on/off and call attendant plane getting sprayed by de-icing fluid before takeoff view of mountains through thick fog view of sailboats in the harbor near seattle's sea-tac airport large basin filled with water surrounded by snowy mountains view of marina del rey from airplane view of another plane approaching lax for landing from airplane my suitcase unloaded from aircraft my favorite wonton hefen noodle soup from sam woo's

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black oversized piggy bank with white dollar signs

A cute piggy bank that I can now use to save up a fund.

mini water cooler for desktop use repurposed as piggy bank

I'd been using this toy water cooler to save up change, but now I can actually use it for water!

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a spirited display of hanukkah candles atop a car on the freeway

They were certainly getting into the spirit!

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very large squash on the vine for so long it started to rot

I wanted to see just how large this squash could get, but then it went past its prime. Good thing this kind is good for loofahs when dried out!

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