I dreamed a dream...

Relatable?

We have all been in this little monkey's position. Don't lie, lol.

If you believe...

"Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before."

--Unknown

The frog will turn into the prince!!! I hope! We all hope! I bought this card six months ago and just sent it last week, to a very deserving best friend in need of hope (remember, everyone: credendo vides--by believing, one sees). It's a gorgeous little letterpress card, expensive, but adorable. And completely uplifting--because according to this card, life can turn out like a Disney movie!! :)

Sometimes, you just want to fly.

I find that certain things give me inexplicable joy. I don't understand it, and I don't understand why these certain things do this to me, but it's just this intense feeling of happiness--complete with goosebumps and sighs and even sometimes tears pricking my eyes (which is very cliché, I understand, but I can't be held responsible for the actions of my tear ducts!) Usually, it's the most random thing, too--a newspaper article, a book cover, the way someone's dressed on the street. And one of those things that makes me really, intensely happiness and contented with life is this card:

Does this not make you want to fly? As a child, I was extremely whimsical and imaginative (and still am) and so I feel like this card typifies all my childhood fantasies. I definitely at one point or another believed not only that I would one day be friends with a unicorn, but that I could fly. Apparently, it's possible, according to Quint Buchholz, the artist behind this card (the image is called "Ausflug", and I have no idea what that means, but does it really matter?!?!). If you like this one, you should definitely check out the site of the company that makes these cards--there's plenty more whimsical and romantic cards where this one came from. I hope you too can find a card that makes you want to weep with happiness!

Ok, so I know Where The Wild Things Are is not card related, but it's just another one of those things from which I experience inexplicable joy. (Sorry it's kind of cut off, by the way--I am technically challenged and can't fix it, but you can always go here and see it in it's full size and glory!) The first time I saw this trailer, I literally almost cried. I was with my best friend in the movie theatre, and she said to me, "Are you serious?" All I could do was blubber back at her, "Doesn't it make you want to go on an adventure?". You should definitely watch it--I hope you get some goosebumps too. :P

I wish I was ...

... anywhere but here! I am in Ohio. Yesterday it was 7 degrees celsius--IN SEPTEMBER?!?! Today it was a more bearable 11, but still. It seems a little ridiculous to me, as a native west-coaster and lover of temperate rains and relatively warm winters. And so I find myself dreaming of elsewhere (the romance of Paris, the exoticism of Beijing, the ruggedness of Uluru, the blissfully mild weather of Vancouver, Canada!) on dreary days like this, and naturally, when things get depressingly dark and cold, I go card shopping (is there a happier activity on the planet?). I haven't bought anything new recently (sad, but true) but here I just have some cards I've gotten in the past that make you want to jump up and go somewhere else. Enjoy. And take care to daydream.

Yea, yea, it's a postcard. But it's an awesome postcard that makes you really jealous when you pry it from your mailbox with shivering hands in the dead of winter, wishing desperately to be anywhere else. I mean, as I've said before, England is absolutely awesome--bleary English weather or not, how can you pass up the sheer oldness of it?
Sadly, I have never been to Paris (although I have studied French for 15 years. Crazy, right?). I have been to Estonia (I know, I know, where and what is Estonia?! It's a pretty awesome little country next to Russia. Very cute.) but never to Paris, the city of light! My friend sent me this, and as she has never been either, we vowed to go together one day! Just a little reminder of our wondrous future plans. (Think "We'll always have Paris", Casablanca style. Wouldn't that be just divine at this moment?)

Now, this is ultimate jump-up-and-go-somewhere-awesome card. It's basically saying to you, the minute you open it--where would you like to go? About what city would you prefer to fantasize today? Perhaps you'd like to sail to Stockholm (a lovely Swedish man at the helm, of course), or if that's not to your liking, you could always go indoor skiing in Dubai, or if all else fails, just some good old broadway-ing in New York, New York? Sigh. Too bad I have school. ;)