5 days left in turkey and im in i dont give fuck mode

its kind of nice.

good things about philadelphia.

1. everything.
(thats not exactly true, i just really miss my city right about now. see you at 10:18am on august 23rd. can not wait.)

should we stay or should we go?

time magazine presents the story of an 18 year old afghan girl that had her nose and ears cut off for running away from abusive in-laws. this didn’t happen while the taliban was ruling the country but just recently. her story and the stories of others like her beg the question what will happen in the country when the US leaves? are we still useful there and are things still getting better? i don’t know but i know that US presence in afghanistan did nothing to prevent the brutality suffered by the girl on the cover of this week’s issue of the magazine.

he is my lobster

i do like lobster, but that doesnt mean that im going to eat one unless it looks like this.

happy to be messy

stupid people need stupid warnings.

1. Child-size Superman and Batman costumes come with this warning label: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly."

2. A clothes iron comes with this caution: "Warning: Never iron clothes on the body." Ouch!

3. The instructions for a medical thermometer advise: "Do not use orally after using rectally."

4. The side of a Slush Puppy cup warns: "This ice may be cold." The only thing dumber than this would be a disclaimer stating: "No puppies were harmed in the making of this product."

5. The box of a 500-piece puzzle reads: "Some assembly required."

6. A Power Puff Girls costume discourages: "You cannot save the world!"

7. A box of PMS relief tablets has this advice: "Warning: Do not use if you have prostate problems."

8. Cans of Easy Cheese contain this instruction: "For best results, remove cap."

9. A warning label on a nighttime sleep-aid reads: "Warning: May cause drowsiness."

10. Cans of self-defense pepper spray caution: "May irritate eyes."

11. Both boys and girls should read the label on the Harry Potter toy broom: "This broom does not actually fly."

please dont eat meat

kthx.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!

love this girl. zonguldak, turkey

if only.

sad that im missing shark week : - (

orlando, florida in 13 days.

for better or for worse.

found magazine!!! loves it.

sunset in zonguldak, turkey

this is the only good thing that happened while i was there.

making life and death situations stylish.

temp cat. you are loved.

you wont last forever...but you will always be loved.





p.s. nice headband rachel.

thats my girl

post rejects - better than the original.

luv this blog soo much times 15.

green is the color of the day.

always, always cute.

irony.

if doctors do it, then it cant be wrong.

i would like a cigarette right about now. kthx.

i need this notebook.

because its so, so, so cool.

my mood right now:

i am keeping calm, waiting out my last 26 days in istanbul and buying a lot of stuff.

i hate transformers

these toys really suck. they especially suck when you dont want to play with them but have to because the 3 1/2 year old kid that they belong to cant figure them out. hello, they are for ages 8 and up, it says it on the box.

i prefer lime...

we now have a puppy

well, my turkish family has a puppy. i dont have anything. however, i get to play with it and pretend that its mine for the next 27 days. oh, his name is oscar and he is really, really cute.

urgent news:

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

america is having a creativity crisis.

no shit.

i fell in love today....

twice

cute shit from the mall.

kathryn, bukle and gizem. love love love. cute cute cute.

my mood right now:

goodbye rachel's dad's apartment

so many good memories. i will miss you. especially the elevator sign that i made.



'photography by joshua p. rubinsky'

istanbul is cool but if i could be anywhere it would be....

PHILADELPHIA.



screenprint from my 2-d foundations class.

turkish chillers part II (in the strawberry fields)

turkish chillers

i dont know these people but they were nice enough to let me take their photos. i wish that i could be a more discrete tourist.

13 year old girls love photoshoots

luckily, i have a good camera

lolz

lolz lolzzzzzzz

dat young blue mosque

this was one of the better things ive seen in my life. i suggest that you see it too.

i disagree.

however, i thought that this was funny.

this is my temp fam.

bukle, ufuk, doguhan and nihan. they are good people.

i miss weed.

did i mention that the food is really good?

oh, i did.

amy winehouse is ma gurl.

i dont care what anyone says...she looks better and better each year.

in 32 days i am going to disney world

wouldnt it be more fun it all of the characters looked like this?

(also, im going to disney with my turkish family. it was not my idea)