The fantastic DIY magazine ReadyMade just launched a blog, and I’ll be posting there every Tuesday. In other news, Bryan sent in a description of our engagement for the February edition of the magazine. We’re under the subtitle “The Pyromaniacs.” Go see.

As you may know, I rarely do this stuff. For some reason, it makes me feel cagey. But Heather so rarely asks for anything. When she does, you kind of have to do what she says. So, this is for you, sweets.

Four jobs I’ve had:

Bead store clerk

Silkscreen shop owner

Dance instructor

Volunteer coordinator, Kerry Campaign, DNC

Four Movies I can watch over and over:

Amelie

Godfather II

Gilda

Say Anything

Four Places I’ve Lived:

California my whole life, except for a month each in:

Costa Rica

London

Boston

Four TV shows I love:

Veronica Mars

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I Shouldn’t Be Alive

Myth Busters

Four places I’ve vacationed:

Jamaica

Malaysia

The Phillipines

Australia

Four of my favorite dishes:

Steak

Lemon blueberry pancakes

Fried potatoes with bacon and wilted spinach

Cr�me Brulee

Four sites I visit daily:

Defective Yeti

Dooce

Finslippy

CNN

Four places I would rather be right now:

On the Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk

In a dark room with a Christmas tree that has white, blinking lights.

Tucking in to breakfast at Zazie.

Swimming.

Four bloggers I’m tagging/slightly alienating:

Bryan who has to love me by law.

Sarah deserves a healthy prompting.

Andrea who is good at introspection.

Lori who is always game.

Products I want, but can’t find.

- Evany had an idea for a bracelet that looks like an ID bracelet, but has a window where the inscription would ordinarily be. The window would be perfectly sized to fit a cookie fortune, and you’d just slide in your favorite one.

- Old-school bunny slippers that are cute, but Martha Stewart cute, not Precious Moments cute. Like these, only with eyes and a nose, and in a size that fits real people.

-A large jewelry box that has a modernist, sleek exterior, maybe it’s even lacquered on the outside, but when you open it, a little ballerina pops up and begins rotating to a music box rendition of “Son of a Preacher Man.” Also, it is lined in quilted pink silk.

-Open containers aren�t a big deal, smoking pot isn�t really a problem, no one gets upset about prostituion. Is anything actually illegal here?

-Violence.

-Parking.

Salvor Kiosk is a store that�s entirely stocked by the merchants� travels. Right now, everything in the store is from Japan, but from the end of February to the end of May, it will contain only objects from Sweden.

Their about page says, �We opened Salvor Kiosk to offer an antidote to over-design. We consider the objects we stock to be humble, straight forward and beautiful for their simplicity and directness. Often they are traditional goods that have been developed over generations or anonymous design found in general stores, DIYs and kiosks: products designed not around one personality but the result of local aesthetics and needs. Their beauty is sometimes hard to see in today�s over-saturated / over-hyped market; our motivation to start Salvor Kiosk was to shed some light on their quiet perfection.�

Neat, huh? I thought so too.