it's tuesday. This is what I'm thinking about:

Narwhals. They think they know what the tooth is for now!! (which i know thanks to my housemate)

golem. He was a Hebrew figure that Tolkien actually pulled from. Smart guy.

encouragement.

Christmas lights. I want to be completely enveloped in Christmas lights. I love them. But, since that might get hot and poke-y, I'm just going to hang some up tonight. And, as much as I love Hawai'i's Christmas lights because they're so different (blooming flowers and jumping dolphins and Santa is barefoot!)--nothing compares to Chicago at Christmastime. I'm so excited to go downtown and look at the lights and be all cold and it's going to be GREAT!

Cute:


Christmas: