This week’s forecasts warned of a major winter storm. It was a reminder that sensationalized weather coverage is back in full force. Anything that can be exaggerated and oversimplified seems to generate clicks. Sorting through that noise is exhausting, but after some digging I found a few level-headed forecasts calling for ice—and they turned out to be right.
We got a quarter inch to half an inch of ice on most things — and of course that means I get to take some photos.
As a side effect to going to a class at the High, we found ourselves at the fashion exhibit for Victor+Rolf at the high. The mix of glittering fabrics, burlap, and tulle formed fawning and visceral reactions. Some fits were on the nose social criticism and a few fell more into the abstract spaces of expression. I enjoyed the exhibit much more than I thought I would, not being much of a fashion-head. One of the pieces reminded me of the transformation sequence in Sailor Moon – and the light when some of these dresses — I’m obsessed!
See the collection
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I feel like I say this every year, but it still rings true: another year has passed, and it felt like it absolutely flew by. But when I stopped to think about the individual moments that made up the whole year, I feel like it was really rich and actually quite long. I always wanted to do a recap post for the previous year, but I usually wind up not doing it because of laziness, mostly. But also because it just takes forever to get through all the content from 12 months prior. But I do like the fact that we celebrate the close of every year with people we love. Sometimes I do it with some family, and sometimes I do it with some friends, but I’ve never had a year where I didn’t close it out with a lot of people I have a lot of love for. I am so immensely grateful for that simple fact.
This year I had a party for friends and we had an absolute blast!
I love having a little Photo Booth for us to have fun with.
See what came out of the booth!
01/03/25 Edit: we just finished the Ghost of Yotei game. Can I say that I totally loved it but I am so genuinely sad?It was such a good story and I really loved the characters and I loved the plotline. The characters were all complex including the enemies. Difficult fights had meaningful consequences. Ugh, what a good game, I’m so sad it’s over. I would give this 5 stars and an extra star if that was a possibility. Excuse me now I have to ruminate on the implications of revenge and reasons to live for the next two weeks.
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I am currently in the middle of playing Ghost of Yotei – a RPG where you follow the story of a woman seeking revenge in Japan. She is labeled an onyro – a vengeful ghost. I won’t give up too much of the story but like its predecessor, I really enjoy the scenery. Camera mode allows you to collect stills as you play!
see the screengrabs
It had been a while since I’ve been to the Garden Lights in Atlanta and we chose to go this year! We made a whole day of it starting at the Silver Skillet, an old Atlanta diner that’s been around forever. From there we went to the Georgia Tech campus to walk around.We stopped at the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts before heading to Dad’s which is a really cool retro bar here. There’s a mishmash of walking around and coffee shops in there as well. I don’t even remember where I stopped but here are a few photos from our day out in Atlanta.
see our day out shots
On Sunday we decided to get out and enjoy the last warm day we have here in Atlanta. I had never been to the Center for Puppetry Arts. So we got tickets to go see the Jim Henson exhibit and I really enjoyed it! I saw so many puppets from my childhood — many from very impactful films. I saw puppets from The Dark Crystal, and Sesame Street, and of course a pivotal movie in my youth development which was Labyrinth. All the background information about how puppets are created gave me new respect for the amount of detail and material science as well as general geometry you have to be amazing at to pull this off effectively. They had a whole section on international puppets so it was cool to see some really nice ones from India, Korea, Japan, and several other Southeast Asian nations.
See the puppets
My little cousin turned 18 this week! Wild. Since it’s around Christmas, we all get together for the holidays! Sometimes I think it might be annoying to have a holiday birthday but also as I’ve gotten older — I notice many of my friends come back from their lives back to their hometown for the holidays and how nice is it that in the future Rima will see more of her longtime friends around for the holidays?
See the photos
Merriest Christmas from us to you!
We took these pictures last minute on Christmas morning with a tripod and a prayer!! I have been slacking on taking photos of life in general and moments like this but honestly it all came down to accessibility — once I had my new Mac, I feel like most of the speed bumps are gone and the joy in editing photography, coding and posting content is back!
I also took some photos of my cats being real cute around the tree.
see the xmas kitties