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My Name is Jenny and I am a Serial Subscriber

I subscribe to over 500 sites via Google Reader (sadly, if your site doesn't have an RSS feed, it's likely that I'll never visit it again unless it is spectacular) and I always have a heck of a time trying to "weed" through my feeds in an effort to lessen the number of posts/articles I have to read each day. And yes, I must read ALL of them because I'm anal like that. Unfortunately, as many feeds as I "unsubscribe" each week, my "subscribe" number is always higher. How can I resist when there are sites like ZooBorns (which my friend Jillian introduced via Twitter earlier this week and started a "zOMG so cute!" frenzy)...

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Fallingwater Animation

I have always had a soft spot for architecture. I mean, who hasn't seriously considered becoming an architect after reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead? And as cliché as it sounds, Frank Lloyd Wright has always been my favorite architect and Fallingwater my favorite residential building. Visiting Fallingwater has been on my to-do list for over a decade. Unfortunately, the 6+ hour drive to western Pennsylvania is too daunting for this lazy geek. Perhaps we can make a weekend trip of it years down the road, with kids screaming in the back seat, "Are we there yet?!!" For now, I can almost feel like I'm there...

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