Rebecca Black, The Beatles, Tyler, and Youtube

First of all, I've been waiting all week to post this:

These lyrics are eerily similar -- coincidence? I think yes. But it still amuses me.

Second of all, "you know what today is?" Tyler's birthday!

This is one of my favorite pictures of him as a little kid (besides the one of him on the floor as a baby when the camera angle caused him to ask his parents years later why they trapped him in a hole). It was taken in Rocky Point and the photo timing couldn't be any better.

In honor of Tyler, here is a silly youtube video.

Have a great day, babe!

Disney and Dali

After showing Tyler my new favorite tumblr, we started doing a little googling to try and figure out why Walt Disney and Salvador Dali were hanging out and being awesome together. Dali is one of our favorite artists and we were delighted to discover that these men were collaborating and creating a short film.

According to the sources we read (thank you, wikipedia), the story boarding had been mostly completed but the project got dropped after eight months due to some financial concerns. When Disney started working on Fantasia 2000, they decided to finish what had been started. The short "Destino" is apparently on special editions of Fantasia 2000, but you can also watch it on youtube!

Again, according to what we read, it is a love story between the mythological character of Chronos (personification of time) and a mortal woman. (Chronos is apparently quite different from Cronus.) It is a pleasure to watch and Dora Luz's voice is enchanting.

I can't believe that it has been three years since our visit to the Salvador Dali museum in Figueres, Spain.

Like the book says, "Everyone should consider the museum as a work of art in itself." It was an incredible place that I would love to visit again someday.

Sadly, Tyler's book about the museum got lost somewhere between the train ride back to Zaragoza and the plane ride back to Arizona. :(

The girl who read to the boy about the boy who lived.

Tonight, Tyler and I started reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone together. I was ecstatic that he actually suggested it, and it wasn't until the second chapter that we realized that I was even wearing my Harry Potter pajama shirt -- I am a serious nerd.

Pictures that cheer me up.

Well, that was random.

Cue Star Wars theme...

Does your boyfriend shave with a lightsaber?

Yeah, I didn't think so...

What is it with us and Star Wars all of a sudden?

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Happy Birthday Tyler!
I made these cupcakes today for the birthday boy since they're his favorite cartoon character.
Great success. :) Love you babe.

My Favorite Valentine

Happy Valetine's Day!

kate spade valentines - randi brookman harris & evan sklar

Happy Mother's Day!

I made this video for my mom tonight. I heard this song today and it just fits so well with how I feel about my mom. :) Hope you love it, Mama!

Happy Mother's Day! from Katrina Anderson on Vimeo.

Love

Today we celebrated Arlene's life and legacy of family and love. It was a beautiful ceremony and we got to spend a lot of important time with family.

Tonight I'm heading to Berkeley for Valentine's Day weekend to keep spending time with one very special person that I consider my family.

Also, this is inspiring work.

We love you, Arlene.

I'm finding that I can't express myself as well as I wish I could right now. My Aunt Arlene died very early this morning. My mom wrote a beautiful post for her.

New Laptop Heaven

I bought a laptop yesterday at Costco and oh my goodness do I love my webcam.

I talked with Tyler for at least two hours on it & I was in heaven.

I decided to not be mad that I spent the last four and a half years attempting to keep a long distance relationship going without this wonderful magnificent technology. I probably would never have gotten anything done. :) Now, I am perfectly happy to embrace this live chat awesomeness.

It's just crazy.

We spent half the time just staring at each other

and marveling at all the funny special effects you can make.

It was so fun.

Anyway, I went through our other computers around the house to upload all of my pictures, music, videos, documents and everything onto my new beautiful laptop and I ran across a gem that I would like to share. It's from Tyler's trip to Japan two summers ago where a bunch of guys started dancing to these guys playing music in mall or subway station - whatever that place is. Just one of those places that you wish you could go to while you're daydreaming in class.

I'm really excited about all of my classes this semester - especially all of the reading for French literature and African American Literature. Also, I'm really looking forward to my education classes so that I can really learn about what I'm going to be doing every day in the classroom. I can't wait to get started.