Tenth Musee

It’s about that time again — the time of year where bloggers far and wide bare their bazooms for breast cancer.  Kathy and I have participated, donated and supported Boobiethon since 2003 and we’re proud to do it again this year.

I can’t remember if I submitted a photo last year or not… but I will this year, though I don’t know what the motif will be. I tend to go with the sort of arty boudoir kind of thing.  You don’t need to see every freckle, do you?

It’s funny how after all these years of looking at headless blogger boobies, I do recognize some. I’ve never seen 99% of these women topless with their heads on, but I can still pick out certain bloggers like I’m choosing chocolates from the See’s box.

But, let me be clear, that’s only because I’ve participated every year and actually know those bloggers’ boobs, either in real life or because they told me it was them in the photo. And sometimes I don’t recognize the blogger, but do recognize the boobs from years past.

Otherwise, the Boobiethon is totally anonymous and very tasteful.  Photo submissions are usually covered, either by some sort of prop, hands or a bra or, for the more adventurous, there’s a bare gallery that requires a $50 minimum donation by viewers in order to gain access.  Men edit men’s photos, women edit women’s and for the love of all that is holy, if you don’t want people to know who you are, do not include photos with your face in it.  It will be edited out before it goes online, but remember that someone will need to do that and that someone will see your face. So, no faces. NO FACES.  And men? No junk. Seriously.

The lovely and talented Mel is in charge now and has been for the last couple years.  She’s totally kicking ass at it and has put forth a lot of effort and time to this cause, so your participation is encouraged and welcomed.  Right now, she’s accepting pre-launch submissions of photos, so get your racks ready and snap a few!

The 8th Annual Blogger Boobiethon starts on October 1st and runs through October 7th.  Submissions are accepted now and monetary donations will be accepted starting October 1st.  Both men and women are encouraged so submit their headless, faceless and junkless photos of their breasts.  Themed shots, prop shots and bra shots are welcomed — use your creativity! — and survivor submissions are greatly encouraged for the Survivor Gallery, which is the reason for this whole thing.

All proceeds, except a portion set aside for the Bloggers Helping Bloggers, goes to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  Last year $9300 was raised — let’s make it at least $10k in 2009.  In the last seven years, bloggers have raised over $50,000 for breast cancer research and awareness, so take off your bras, get out your cameras and show us your boobs!

Since our last episode of Neighbors Who Suck, I have moved.  I loved my view and I will miss it, but after much soul (and apartment) searching, I found a place and gave my notice. I just couldn’t take one more midnight wildebeast dance party or one more liason with the snatch banshee next door.

My last place was probably one of the “coolest” placed I’d ever lived, in terms of hipness. For the most part, I’d lived in larger complexes that were fairly organized, well-maintained and suburban (though I did my fair share of couch surfing and car sleeping in my late teens and 20’s).  The last place was an old vintage building that I loved so much and the area was close to downtown and had a beautiful view.  It was a “cool” place to live, in terms of the area of town.

When GFI lived upstairs, it was fun — we had a good time and socialized fairly regularly, though we were always sensitive to the other’s need for space. But when she moved, aside from the view, there was really no reason to stay.  Now that I have Lulu, I needed a bit more space and I started to feel my stuff closing in on me.  Plus, with all the turnover in the building, the other tenants, newer tenants, live a “younger” lifestyle than I do (late nights, lots of noise, unpredictable schedules, Miller Lite for chrissake). Not that I’m old, but I’m certainly not twenty-four anymore and we were all just a little too close for comfort. read more >

I’m just playing with the Wordpress app for the iPhone I got today. Yay!

Already nabbed Tweetie (love it), a bunch of work-related apps and Facebook, etc. Any favorite apps I should try?

I wish I could say I’m taking a vacation, but alas, that probably won’t happen until the Fall or Winter, given my current waiting list. In the meantime, though, I can smell like I’m on vacation.

A couple weeks ago, Kathy told me about this new product line she loves called 100% Pure.  She got some samples or something to review on Lovely Safemama and gushed about how great it was so I had to order some of my own.  Kathy likes the pink grapefruit scent (which suits her, really — she’s totally a Spring/Summer) but I’m more of a vanilla, musk, spice kind of girl (more of a Fall/Winter).  Yet another in a long line of ying-yang things about us.

I checked out their different products and decided, based on Kathy’s recommendation, to try a scrub and the body cream.  I’m not really one for heavy creams or body butter — it’s a little too much for me, but this came in a pump bottle, so I figured I’d give it a go.  I chose both Tahiti scrub and Tahiti body cream for my scent.

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I got the sweetest gift from one of my clients yesterday in the mail.  Gena of Make Some Lemonade asked me a few weeks ago what my favorite colors were, but then I kind of forgot about it.  Well, lo and behold, the postman delivered a box to me last night and inside was this adorable bag!  Gena made it herself and let me tell you… it’s really well constructed.  You know how you go see homemade bags at craft booths or whatever and they always feel a little chintzy and well… homemade?  This feels like something I might buy in a boutique.  If she hasn’t thought about setting up a store on Etsy, she really should because this bag is fabulous.

It will be really great to use when going shopping or to the beach or the zoo… whenever I need to carry more than my usual amount of stuff.  And the bright colors and mixed patterns are so fun.  Really good choices!  The inside is totally different, too… aqua and green patterned.  Love, love. It’s even got pockets inside for smaller items.

It makes me feel so good to know that a client loved their website enough to create something uniquely for me in return.  It’s things like this that remind me why I love my job so much and why I enjoy putting the little extra details on designs for my clients.  They deserve a beautiful website, but it’s always wonderful to be appreciated.  Thank you, Gena!

This nicely sums up the next 5 days.  I can’t wait until Kathy gets here!  It’s officially our vacation, but I know we’re going to end up talking shop at some point.  We have too many ideas we want to dish about and when we only see each other once a year on average, we’ll take any opportunity we can get.

It’s first and foremost time off, but it’s a lot easier to talk shop with a side of margaritas, don’t you think?