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the topps are top:

April 27, 2012

Welcome to my new favorite documentary.

Prior to watching The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, my top documentary was the brilliant Sketches of Frank Gehry.

Do yourself a favor and run to your local video store (if you're lucky enough to have one) or stream it tonight on Netflix.

What's so special about the Topps?

They are hilarious and their energy is electric. They also don't shy away from changing the world. Oh, and they yodel.

I need you to trust me on that last one. ;)

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : Movies

update:

April 21, 2012

I was once an onion,
mining my layers to uncover myself.

I liked being an onion.
I liked the implication of depth and discovery.

But I'm not an onion.

Onions get smaller when their layers are shed.
That's not me.

The deeper I go, the bigger I get.

I'm a freaking galaxy.
#mwahahahaha

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : How I See It

mission accomplished:

April 15, 2012

Ten years ago today, T$ and I paid off the mortgage on our old condo and have been debt free ever since. A few days later we called Dave Ramsey's radio show and thanked him for helping us make this happen.

For all those who say it cannot be done, you are mistaken.

It's not easy or quick but it sure is g.l.o.r.i.o.u.s. when you get there.

Thanks again, Dave.

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : Illustrations

perspective:

April 14, 2012

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : Illustrations

esch a sketch:

April 14, 2012

Romney communications director Eric Fehrnstrom's comparison of the fall presidential campaign to shaking an Etch A Sketch was an image I could not resist. Click here to read A.V. Crofts coverage for UW Election Eye.

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : Illustrations

tax dollars at work:

February 20, 2012

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : Illustrations

new year, new yorker:

February 5, 2012

I decided to address my nasty habit of reading articles and magazines without actually reading them by committing to The New Yorker for one month. I read this issue of the text-heavy magazine cover to cover only because my friend's Velcro annotations pulled me into articles that I'm certain to have skipped.

I bought my next issue at JFK a few days later on my way to Arizona then another for my flight home. Now I chomp for the next issue and impatiently wait for my one-year subscription to kick in.

It took a while but I've finally grown into The New Yorker and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Happy birthday to me.

Posted by Jessica Esch. Posted In : How I See It

things I'm still not used to:

December 31, 2011

Eating all of the scrambled eggs.
Turning lights off when we leave.
Not needing to come home.
Being in for the night at 6 p.m.
Picking up food I've dropped.
Eating the whole bowl of popcorn.
Sleeping in.
Walking by Fetch with no reason to enter.
The big gaping hole in my heart.