Good evening,

We slightly redesigned the front page here. No more Photo of the Day. Should you happen to miss the daily photo please visit my 2005 calendar at www.BlondeIsland.us . There are a lot of non-blondes there- for some reason I just liked the sound of "Blonde Island." Maybe that was because it sounds like a tropical and sunny place where women would be running around in scanty apparel. We've had record rainfall here in L.A. these past few months. Both the building I moved out of and my new residence have needed new roofs. I just had to look up "roof" just now in the dictionary to see if "rooves" was the plural form of "roof." You'd think I'd be pretty well-acquainted with roofing terminology after calling 600 different contractors to see if I could get one to show up, but I guess I'm not.

In any case, I started building www.BlondeIsland.us when I was living with a wet carpet, damaged futon, and a tarp over this building. At the time it seemed fitting to include an inspirational quotation with each photo so that tradition lives on.


-- XXOO Tanya