Annoyingly Cool and I'm Jealous

Ok, so this is cool and I'm jealous! Here I am, researching ideas for websites because I'm going to make one for my sister, and, although I personally need another blog like I need another hole in the head, I'm also looking for an idea for a blog, or a site, or something about Reiki since I'm going to be teaching classes soon and it seemed like something I should be doing... plus it keeps me off that silly Vampire Wars game on Facebook.

And what happens? I find this really cute little website called The Hermitage. The art is interesting, the content is intriguing, and check this out! It's my Vardo Van, it's my great fantasy of running away from home and having a cool life!! Only someone else is living it! Two someone elses actually!

Neat huh? But wait... there's more! Remember when I wanted to be Rima the Birdgirl? Well, guess what her name is... yeah! Rima! And she's an artist! Check this out - it's the header she made for her blog... way cooler than the header I have for mine... especially since I have no header just a dumb cartoon picture that I didn't even draw myself even though I'm theoretically an artist.



Oh... and she made this really really neat video too! And I really like it! Some small consolation can be found in that she didn't write the music and is not the singer of the song.

And then there's this animated children's story that her husband? partner? made, which I also like, and also it gives me ideas about art - and makes me wish I had all the time in the world to just get creative and do cool stuff. And also makes me jealous because she has someone to fix flat tires and chop firewood, drive the Vardo, and make neat animated videos... while I... well... I guess my son in law counts as someone who would fix a flat tire but as for the rest of it? Nobody.. Nada.. Zilch.

Orla Wren - The Fish And The Doll from Tui on Vimeo.

But wait... there's still more! This little video uses images from her childhood, and I wonder if she grew up well whereas I grew up badly or if she grew up as badly as I did only managed to do it in a "weller" way than I have been able to... and yes, the video itself is kind of wierd, but I like wierd, and it's cool, and yes, I'm jealous.

Orla Wren - The First Born Daughter Of Water from Tui on Vimeo.

My Vardo Van!

See?
It's do-able!

A person can make, and live in a Vardo Van! Cool, huh? I'm almost convinced that I could do something like this all by myself. Now, all I have to find is an old van... and Voila!

Another Vardo Van Idea

With the price of gas going up and up and up, it occured to me that it might be a good idea to do some research into what kind of gas mileage I could expect to get if I turned a van into a vardo. So I went on a search for the largest, most fuel efficient van available. I wanted something that wasn't too big and clunky to drive, something I could stand up in, and something big enough to actually live in. And here it is:



This is the 2008 Dodge Sprinter. It gets 20 mpg, which is pretty good for a big cargo van. I found a nice little review of it at Allpar. Here are some more pictures.

The Vardo Van

At work the other day, my friend Daniel and I were talking about my greatest idea yet. Daniel thinks I should go for it, and has been supporting me by visualizing that I can actually pull it off in a good way. We got to talking about what the Vardo Van might look like, which sent me on an image search for vans made into vardos. This is what I found:





I do do think the van should be a deep rich color instead of white, and that being said, isn't it cute? I love how scrumptiously luxurious the interior is. I wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets. I wonder how much something like that would cost.