Hello again, patient Project 365 friends! The end of May zipped so quickly that I fell far behind with these posts. I kept snapping every day, though, so I have something to show for my long absence.

Down the leftmost column:

• a mass of shopping carts at IKEA;
• fun blurbs that Lonesome's Pizza tucks inside their pizza boxes;
• my Second Life avatar playing with a virtual pet cat;
• a non-virtual kitten that I got to snuggle thanks to new friends;
• my kombucha-in-progress.

Down the middle column:

• a couple of ducks who were strolling across my front yard when Courtney dropped me off at home;
• a surreptitious snap from an evening of music videos aired on MTV in the year 1986 as part of an event called Rerun Theater at the Hollywood (but I dearly wish I had taken a better pic because that frame looks vaguely naughty);
• a particularly artful and delicious sushi roll at Yama;
• homemade cashew cheese, which tastes much better than it sounds.

And down the right column:

• a bevy of WordPress stickers at Saturday's WP birthday picnic in Laurelhurst Park;
• my Midori Traveler's Notebook across from Alberto's laptop during our Sunday coworking session at Heart;
• my wonderful Zen cat savoring the sunshine;
• a ladybird atop one of the backyard grape leaves.

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Writing from: my study, currently in chaos as I am reviewing every single book I own in order to decide which ones I will keep. Traumatic. Listening to: episodes of “30 Rock” in the background for comic relief.

The Girl in the Video: original interviews with icons of 1980s MTV

Recently I posted a link to Marc T. Nobleman’s “The Girl in the Video” series in which he interviews women who starred in ‘80s music videos. I neglected to note that he is still searching for three of them. Since I know many folks who are either excellent researchers or ‘80s music lovers (or both), I thought I’d help out.

These requests are taken directly from Marc’s site, and are of tweetable length so you can copy and paste them:

• Real research question: if you know the Annie Hubbard who was in 1984 Night Ranger video “Sister Christian,” pls contact @MarcTNobleman
• Real research question: if you know the woman—even just her name—in 1986 Cinderella video “Shake Me,” pls contact @MarcTNobleman
• Real research question: if you know woman—even just her name—in ‘87 Richard Marx video “Should’ve Known Better,” pls contact @MarcTNobleman

My favourite from his series is the essay from Wendy Frazier who starred in ZZ Top’s “Legs” video. That video is seared into my brain. If I could draw, I could storyboard the whole thing from memory.