Tiergarten | January 9, 2010 | Comments (4)

I love this song by Rufus Wainwright. It’s beautiful. It takes a few listens to full bloom, so to speak. My favorite line is I have suffered shipwreck against your dark brown eyes. So gorgeous. So true.

Here at the homestead we are eagerly awaiting a lovely guest, who arrives today and stays with us for a few days. Of course, I decided it would be a good time to clean my room (my side of the room, rather) and will somebody please explain to me why I can’t get through a single square foot without discovering 84,000 abandoned projects?

Exhibit A: At last I found my seam ripper and attacked a few tentative repurposing prospects that had accumulated into a dusty pile in the corner (all but one went straight into the trash). In addition to the abandoned projects, there’s a kind of freaky domino effect that overtakes me and I’ll also decide it’s a fine time to begin a new project.

Exhibit B: For instance, the drill battery has been charging because WHERE WILL I HANG ALL OF MY FUR STOLES? (the surface of the dresser cannot be properly cleared until there is a place to put them, obviously). I remembered the awesome panel of hooks that M brought home from Target months ago and thought, if I just move my scarves from where they are hanging (the awesome silver antler hooks) to the new one (which is why the drill is charging), I can relocate my fur stoles and collars to the old one. Genius! It’s perfect! It’s ridiculous. I am ridiculous, but I suppose I get brownie points for enthusiasm and innovation.

Exhibit C: On the upside, I somehow posted and sold three pieces of furniture doing nothing but taking up room and collecting dust on Craigslist in under four hours. That’s kind of a record. Good riddance to stuff I don’t need and have no use for!

On that note, I must return to the above-mentioned tasks. It’s exciting! I’m still basking in the glow of the co-tomboy post from yesterday, though. So many new readers! So much love via tweets! Dreamy, dreamy, dreamy.


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SBJ @ 10:00 AM

Comments (4)

  • kelly alice.

    did you know that tiergarten is zoo in german, but literally means animal garden? so cute! the song is very pretty too.

    xo

  • SBJ

    Clearly, I retained exactly 0% of three years of high school German. Hilare. It is really cute, though. If only the flowers on the skirt were toucans or tigers! OR PONIES.

  • http://www.canihelpyousir.com G

    But wait, what about the knit cap? Where did you get that? Unless you mentioned it and I didn’t catch it …

    Also, I’ve learned not to question the methods to a femme’s project madness. I just trust that it all gets done somehow!

  • bangmaster

    There was a period of time when most of my wardrobe was from ESPRIT. I’m glad it lives on in your closet. And in France.