Underwater portrait
Originally uploaded by lisabeebe.

I'm underwater

I posted a bunch of underwater photos on flickr including some sexy bikini shots. Well not really. But there is one where I'm squashed up weirdly and my stomach muscles look like part of an alien.

Five minute craft project

A long time ago I had this brilliant idea that I should buy yards and yards of supersoft bright-colored fleece and sew myself a large robot-shaped pillow so I could hang out on the couch and not feel like I was watching TV alone. I bought all the fleece and stuffing, but then I got busy with other stuff and my sewing machine broke, so I still don't have a giant robot pillow. But this morning I realized I could use a tiny piece of the fleece to make a case for my glamorous new L.A. sunglasses. (They were cheap, but I still don't want want them to get all scratchy if I accidentally toss my keys into the same part of my bag.)

I've been working like crazy lately so this is all the creativity I've had time for. Someday I'll fix my sewing machine and make the big fluffy robot, and I'll finally order digital cable, and he and I will hang out all the time and catch up on Degrassi: The Next Generation. We will cry at the good parts and he'll get all soggy from my human tears and I'll get all furry from his stuffed robot tears, which probably look a lot like the lint that comes off of new fleece.

Self-portrait in a statue

Reflection
Originally uploaded by lisabeebe.

In the top part of this metal statue, you can see me taking the picture.

And here's a cropped version of just the part with me in it. I look shorter and far more muscular than I am in reality. Check out those calves!

Update: The statue is located behind the convention center in San Diego. More photos from Comic-Con are on fingerbear's blog.

Spacetastic bathing suit
I'm on the email list for a company called Newport News. Their clothes are kinda cheapy, but they sometimes sell jumpsuits, and I love jumpsuits. They don't have any cool ones in tall sizes at the moment, but the latest newsletter included this awesome bathing suit. I'm so tempted to buy it. I already have a bunch of bathing suits, but none of them have pockets. or a zipper.

A little painting of a girly bot that I made a while ago

"If my mathematical skills don't impress you, I bet my short skirt will."

Song in my head

"Lottery Winners on Acid" by The Crimea

I heard it on Little Radio earlier today, probably because the band is playing in LA this week. But tickets are $33, because the Crimea are opening for Billy Corgan. Since I really only want to hear one song, that's kinda pricey.

If you go to this page and click on 02 in the Flash player, you can hear it for free.

A few lyrics:

If she get a black eye
I want a black eye
If she get a splinter
I want a splinter too

If she get arrested
I want arrested
If she go tripping,
I go falling over

We walk through the streets like
lottery winners on acid
Everything she say,
I was thinking anyway

For some reason, that's just perfect for my mood today. And, no -- I'm not on drugs.

Guess what came in the mail?

When I opened the door, the mailman said, "Here's your hula hoop." I guess wrapping it in brown paper is the easiest way to ship one, because otherwise it would need a giant box.

I'm excited, because soon I will have the best stomach muscles in America. Well, probably not. But maybe the best stomach muscles in my building.

I can only get myself to exercise by doing things that are fun (like swimming), so I'm hoping hula hooping will fall into that category.

I probably won't try this anytime soon, though. Especially since I have a pretty small apartment, and way too many magazines lying around. Normal hooping seems dangerous enough (when I tried it last night in my little living room, I kept knocking things off the coffee table). So no flames for me.

Best online store ever
I just found this site called the Lipmedic International Lip Balm Boutique that sells over 500 kinds of lip balm, including a whole giant page of petroleum-free kinds and another page of organic and vegan ones. I am so excited I'm having trouble breathing.

I mean, I've been known to carry up to 23 lip products around with me at a time (though usually, it's closer to 5 or 7). Lipmedic has sparkly ones and flavored ones and foreign ones and ones that come in cute little tins. I MUST FIGHT THE URGE TO SPEND MY CAR MONEY AND BUY THEM ALL.