OMGZ Give Me Suitcase Furniture Now

And I'm not talking about the kind with rollers.

Gone are the days of hard-topped, square-shaped, leather-handled briefcase-style suitcases.  You know, the kind you might wear with a bowler hat, some white gloves, or a weird smattering of lace across your face.  The kind of suitcase you held in one hand, while puffing a pipe in the other saying, "Now, look here, see!"

Now it's all nylon and rollers, and people who can't seem to take responsibility for 30 pounds of their shit dragging behind them.  (That's you, guy running over my foot.)

But wait! These sexy traveling vestiges are back! Back and better than ever.

This brilliant idea comes from Recreate, a furniture design brand started by Katie Thompson in 2009.  Everything they make comes from recycled bits of awesomeness past, i.e. this old scale-turned-clock:

So brillz, I can't take it.

Ok, that's it. Go buy.


PS - this is all procrastination from talking about New York Fashion Week. 2much2handle.com.

PPS- let's buy the domain 2much2handle.com right now

While scouring the internetz for fun things to do at San Francisco's famous tourist trap, Pier 39, I came upon a pretty awesome pearl in the rough.

The Pearl Factory is a jewelry store unlike any other. For $15, you get to pick out your very own clam and the staff will murder it for you, revealing a lovely little pearl! You can then get it attached to a pendant or a ring or something like that for more money. There are three different locations in San Francisco alone, so I think I'm going to have to convince boyfriend to take me there and buy me a clam.

It's Been a While...

So the daily clam got a little un-daily.  Bringing it back!

By the way, this thing was priced at 20 British pounds in 2007.  That's just downright absurd.

How Have I Not Seen These Yet?

Grist has called it "stunning satire." Playboy said it's "one of the most thought-provoking games we've seen in years." And since those are basically the only two sources I trust... sold! 

Folks, I'm talking about a set of hilariously sick and twisted games from British gaming start-up, TerrorBull Games.

You can buy actual board games from their site, like War on Terror (no explanation needed) and Crunch, in which you play a fat cat bank CEO trying secure a posh retirement.

But, since we're more like emaciated alley cats trying to secure a bottle of jack while still keeping on the electric, let's go for the free printable games instead! 

Seriously, go click on the pictures and download these PDFs now.

Oh, and uh, game night anyone? I mean, it's only right that we compare these to Class Struggle.

In Honor of the Coming of Fall....

A bunch of ridiculous books about pumpkins. 

The scary thing here is all the "Users who bought It's Pumpkin Time! also bought I Like Pumpkins" messages on Amazon.  If your kid is that into pumpkins, it's not time to buy him multiple pumpkin books. It's time to sign up for gymnastics camp.  Pumpkins should not be your number one interest.  And definitely not the way you get drunk. (Although I would be more than willing to drink pumpkin moonshine, if that exists.)

Go Out and Buy This Right Now

Mascara is not normally one of the things that gets me all excited. For the most part, I'm usually just annoyed that I have to shell out $10 every three months for some crap that DOES NOT give me eyelashes as long as my arms, contrary to what Drew Barrymore keeps telling me. When LashBlast came along, I settled, finally finding a mascara that was decent enough.

That is, until Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express came along. Ridiculous name aside, this is the best mascara I have ever used in my life. While I do own quite a few high-end beauty products, I never spend the extra money on mascara since I have to buy new ones so often anyway. The real reason I bought Falsies in the first place is because it was on sale, and I'm cheap. For about $7, I'm pretty sure I've found a magic potion that makes me look like twiggy.

Since not all us can be blessed with eyelashes made of angel wings like Erika, I would highly recommend that every one of you go the nearest drug store and buy this immediately.

OMG You're So Jellz of My Pen Palz

Hey, guys! Remember that time Mayssa lived on the other side of the planet?

She sent me the most ballin' good letter from Australia; I'm not even scared about blasting out my address to the world. (Or about proselytizing my love for Lisa Frank.)

Look at the back!

Attention to detail everywhere.  You can't even imagine what's inside.