i think it's about time to close up shop, here

i have an already embarassing number of self-centered blogs wafting through the ether as it is.

but this was my first one, and it's been around for about four years now, and i think i'll just lay it to rest like a little graveyard memento to my quarter-life crisis.

glad that that era is slowly struggling to a surrender.

and on that note, i'm delighted and grateful to say that i am happier than i've ever been.

a special thanks to me, myself, I, the internet, and my one or two readers.

see ya on the other kazillion 'heidi hough' sites!

the best clothing site on the planet

to the exclusion of all actual designers etc; i mean, that is, if you're looking for a collection that's potentially acquirable

regarding love, or The Land of Windows

'There's a Window.' His voice falls heavy like the period on an ultimatum.

Isn't a window meant to let the light in? Can't we look through it and enjoy the view before (and if) we open it and fly out into the great Kantian beyond ...?

And if not, where, exactly, do windows go on this alleged departure, and can I come too?

And while I'm at The Land of the Windows, maybe someone can please tell me What It All Means? And also, Why am I Here and Where am I Going and most importantly, what's with the whole 'Everything means Nothing and Nothing means Everything' oxymoronic Murphy's Law thing, and can we make it stop because it's kind of annoying?

Thanks, whomever.

Video of the Year - Bjork's Wanderlust

just because...

it's the holidays. i'm going home from work. and rockstar degeneracy and nature make me hot. cut to 3:22 for the moment that says it all.

old people are all the rage

THIS IS AWESOME and as it should be.

more on hot oldness here.

just in time for the new year, a horoscope that truly resonates

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "My deepest emotional wound has also been the source of in exhaustible blessings." I'm not going to tell you why that statement is true for me -- it's way too personal -- but I assure you that it's one of the fundamental facts about my destiny. Could you make a similar assertion, Virgo? Is it possible to interpret your life in such a waythat you could see how a painful experience you suffered in the past has also given you tremendous insight, inspiration, and vitality? Two thousand nine will be an excellent year to make that leap of understanding. And the time around the solstice -- right now! -- is a perfect moment to get started.