The world is but a canvas to the imagination

Does ramen go bad? I mean, I’m sure it does…but it’s just dried noodles in a bag. How bad can they get?

For some reason, I was craving ramen a little while ago. I can honestly say I have never in my life had a craving for ramen noodles…and taking into consideration the fact that I practically survived off of them freshman year of college, I was pretty sure I would never want to look at ramen again. Anyway, I scoured our cupboards in search of something to satisfy my craving, and much to my surprise I found some!

So I ate them.

Then I realized that they were probably the left over ramen from my freshman year of college that have just been sitting behind the food we ACTUALLY eat for the last…uh…6 years.

So…does ramen go bad?

Perforated Snap Case from incase

I do not need a new iPhone case. However, I really like this new addition to the incase lineup, and I feel like I just might have to add it to my order next month when I pick up the new laptop and subsequent goodies. Besides, my current incase is looking a little worn. Justification, no?

hono-lulu:

ION, I’ve just added some names to my baby name list:

(well, Peyton was already listed, but it’s now listed under either/or gender)

Carson

Palmer

I like Palmer. What’s a middle name for Palmer?

I really like Peyton. One of my old coworker’s had a daughter named Peyton. She was adorable and spunky. Very fitting.

This is fall

Eight years ago I fell in love in this very spot. Sipping chocolate milkshakes on creaky swings…learning about broken bones, favorite songs, dreams and aspirations. We frequented this spot almost daily throughout that first summer…and I found myself gravitating there alone after we said our goodbyes. It has always been a place that grounds me, takes me back to the beginning. I get lost in thoughts of how far I’ve come, and while I know my life has taken me exactly where I need to be…I always find it hard to fight back tears of nostalgia. This place is bittersweet.

One month ago I received a phone call from a friend 2,000 miles away. The boy from the swings had broken the heart of the girl he broke my heart for. In the same exact way. I found myself heartbroken again. I had learned everything about myself from the end of that relationship. He had learned nothing.

I snapped this photo a few days after that phone call, as I sat on those swings contemplating my boundaries. In the end I did what my friend had called to ask of me - I reached out to her and offered my support. We have plans to meet soon.

Life is funny

This was our Christmas tree last year. All silver and red…and ours. We picked it out the week after Thanksgiving in the middle of a snowstorm. There was something inherently romantic about the frozen fingers, wind-burned cheeks, and snowflakes caught on eyelashes. Decorating the tree amidst Christmas movies, hot chocolate topped with marshmallows, and pharmacology studying felt so…perfect.

I don’t have my own Christmas tree this year, and the ornaments and lights that adorned last year’s tree are tucked away in a box in my basement. I wonder if I will ever pull them out again, or if they will remain stored away…forever ours.

John Mayer

I’m glad I never purchased those Hunter’s I wanted, because the originals have nothing on these Festival Lace-up Wellingtons.

cocoshaynel:

<3

gettting a knock off of youuuu :)

Ok Frankster…or any of you fashionista’s out there. WHO are these?

Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia) (via justbesplendid)

January 2010 will mark the four-year anniversary of Apple’s first Intel-based Mac, the MacBook Pro. With Snow Leopard officially dropping support for PowerPC Macs and the next version of iLife and iWork likely to do the same, a perfect storm is brewing where Apple can begin to really push OS X to maximize the potential of the Intel hardware it supports. 2010 looks to be a big year in terms of hardware updates from Apple; here’s our roundup of predictions on what’s to come.

MacBook Pro

Just like where it started four years ago with the first Intel Mac, the biggest and most exciting updates will happen to the MacBook Pro. The good news? With the classic MacBook seeing updates recently that peg its specs a little too close for comfort with its older brother, the new MacBook Pro update should arrive sooner rather than later.

In terms of processors, I predict Apple will adopt the mobile variant of the Core i5 and Core i7 quad-core processors currently found in the latest iMacs. Though these mobile variants, also referred to by their codename Arrandale, only feature two cores, they also come laden with Intel’s better-than-previously-integrated-but-not-quite-as-good-as-a-standalone graphics chipset. Rumor has it that Apple isn’t a fan of this implementation (as right it shouldn’t be, desiring a dedicated professional graphics card for its high-end portable). How this will shake out is still a mystery.

For the past three years, Apple has followed a steady trend of doubling both the entry-level amount of RAM and the maximum RAM that its high end portables can support. It’s a great tactic on Apple’s part as it combats only incremental performance gains with every new processor release. 2010 should be no different, with standard models of MacBook Pros shipping with 8GB of RAM with a ceiling of 16GB.

The big news for the MacBook Pros will be the inclusion of the first Blu-ray drive. It’s been a long time coming but Apple is ready to go for it and ready to do it right. Blu-ray Superdrives will be available as an option (if not standard) on the 15” and 17” MacBook Pros.

Taking advantage of the brilliant resolution of Blu-ray, the 15” MacBook Pro will also feature a gorgeous 1920 x 1080 resolution display, packing the same number of pixels as the new 21.5-inch iMac and the current 17” MacBook Pro. Of course, this also means the 17” will get a display bump as well. 2560 x 1440 seems like a bit of a stretch, but one can always hope, right?

In regards to storage, I predict we’ll see MacBook Pros starting with 500GB hard drives on the low-end 13” model and maxing out at 1TB or 1.5TB hard drives on the high-end 17” model. Before the year is out, the high-end models might even have an option for a 2TB drive.

Blu-ray and a 1TB hard drive. Yes please.