i’m deborah. i have lived in nyc for seven years. illustration and writing motivate me. i love toys, karaoke, cheese, dressing like i’m from the 40s, good grammar, and homemade scrapbooks. (all sketches and drawings are original and owned by me.) i over think nearly everything. contact: deborahjsabat [at] hotmail [dot] comTumblr (3.0; @beautyzealot)http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnfm9q7B51qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW - ‘happy thanksgiving!’ edition.</p> <p>p.s. i totally made that turkey while volunteering at a new york cares ‘bedtime stories’ event with elementary school kids.  good times.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/257349410http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/257349410Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnf55KSfE1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>new moon.</p> <p>(and no, i haven’t seen it.  yet.)</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/257035528http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/257035528Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500<p>“you need to take the bullet by the horns.”</p> <p>-my friend’s sister</p> <p>this is one of my new favorites.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/255694788http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/255694788Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:59 -0500<p>last night my friends and i had our annual pre-thanksgiving potluck dinner.  the following may or may not have resulted:</p> <p>1. an overwhelming amount of food and wine</p> <p>2. crazy late night karaoke</p> <p>3. a *killer* headache</p> <p>4. a great time</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/253221718http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/253221718Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:37:27 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kte6p59f2Y1qa6qlro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://humachine.us/post/250822072/adopt-a-bee-today-via-fuckyeahbees">nikography</a>:<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33512582&ref=sr_gallery_13&&ga_search_query=bee&ga_search_type=&ga_page=2&order=&includes%5B%5D=tags&includes%5B%5D=title"> adopt a bee</a> today!<br/>via <a href="http://fuckyeahbees.tumblr.com/post/250478570/adopt-a-bee-today">fuckyeahbees</a></p> <p>oh. my. god.</p> <p>NEED THIS.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/250838310http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/250838310Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:43:19 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktcc0sUEdn1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>there was a book signing at moma with this one today, supposedly open to members only.  so what did i do? i borrowed my friend’s member card, claimed a doctor’s appointment during work, and arrived at the museum 45 mins before said event.  and what did i arrive to?  the news that the signing was over capacity, that people had waited from the wee hours of the morning, in order to get one of 300 un-advertised tickets which were handed out (and exhausted) by two hours before the event’s start time.  harumph.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/249301125http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/249301125Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:17:00 -0500<p>so one of my company’s ‘brand ambassadors’ just came to the office this morning.  all of us lemmings were encouraged to stand around the lobby for half an hour, to await her arrival.  today’s glamorous guest was none other than halle berry, who was so beatiful that she looked like a walking advertisement for airbrushing.</p> <p>though i didn’t squeal with excitement like a lot of the girls here, you can definitely count me among the gawking lemmings, thank you very much.  and i got to shake her hand.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/247354583http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/247354583Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6tm5JpJA1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>mr. fox was, indeed, fantastic.  (and i would like those figures, please.)</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/245694867http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/245694867Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500<p>last night i left the west village at 1am to head home (which normally takes only 25 minutes, given it’s only about 4 miles north).  here’s the actual equation of my trip:</p> <p>20 minute wait for train + local service only (no express) + loud teenage tourists + train creeping along the tracks + no service to my station + 15 minute walk in the pouring rain to get back down to the stop by my apartment = 1 hour commute.  (= amazing.)</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/243729795http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/243729795Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:20:00 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kszcl0Bdy31qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>mine games.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/241572593http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/241572593Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksyaf3WWPE1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>can’t wait.  so who’s seeing this with me?</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/240342493http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/240342493Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:16:15 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksuxcnzGZU1qz500ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ianbroyles.tumblr.com/post/238317143/deborah-outside-of-art-bar-love-the-light-leak">ianbroyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/">deborah</a> outside of <a href="http://maps.google.com/places/us/10014/new-york/8th-ave/52/-art-bar">art bar</a>. (love the light leak on this one)</p> </blockquote> <p>digging the blurry coat look.  thanks, ian!</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/239249442http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/239249442Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:25:41 -0500<p>beware, new yorkers - the news on wpix (channel 11) features not only the worst wardrobes ever seen on anchors, but also the most amazing (botched) understatements imaginable.  on my first viewing of this station’s news, i got to hear one anchor say something about a terrorist possibly having “a beef with america.”</p> <p>this may be like one of those car wrecks that you simply cannot look away from.  maybe.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/238787249http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/238787249Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:36:01 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrbzqvCZo1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>okay, so i might need to go see this again.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/236274161http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/236274161Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:07:02 -0500<p>the gossip grapevine (at work) is a thick one.  it needs to be broken.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/234193271http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/234193271Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:36 -0500<p>“it’s a compromise we’ve all got to win and pick in here.”</p> <p>-my former boss</p> <p>i can’t even begin to fathom what she was getting at here.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/233097780http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/233097780Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjxb7mxVU1qz9cs3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>just looked up “tired” in google images and this was image number two.  amazing.</p> <p>also in the first page of results?  tires.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/232158991http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/232158991Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:06:00 -0500<p>okay, so the constant meetings at work have got to stop.  i seriously don’t understand how anyone ever gets any work done, when we’re never at our desks.  now that i’ve been technically tranferred to be under the ‘marketing’ umbrella, i’m sitting in conference rooms more than ever before.</p> <p>i think we should be allowed to drink during meetings.  at least then they’d have the potential to be slightly interesting.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/232002980http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/232002980Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:11 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksf4rgohXm1qz9cs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>dear everyone,</p> <p>happy halloween!</p> <p>love, marionette.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/229537996http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/229537996Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:59:40 -0400<p>me: today is a really long monday.</p> <p>co-worker: <i>every</i> day here is a really long monday.</p> <p>me:  touche.</p>http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/225958722http://beautyzealot.tumblr.com/post/225958722Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:08 -0400