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[Dec. 11th, 2007|05:40 pm] |
here's what you need to do:
-netflix "the believer"
-netflix "half nelson"
(if you don't have netflix, there's nothing i can do for you. you need to get with it)
-FALL IN LOVE WITH RYAN GOSLING. i promise. it's not hard. he plays a neo-nazi and a heroin addict and i STILL was head over heels crazy for him. forget the notebook- i can forgive him for that. and so should you. |
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| rutland is for luvahs |
[Nov. 5th, 2007|04:41 pm] |
moved to vermont! right now i'm at the library sucking up all their free internet and i'm really kinda bored. i don't know anyone and it just sucks. i drove around for four and a half hours today and realized that vermont is pretty fantastic- i just wish that someone where here with me to enjoy it too... but! pieg will be here soon! and i start work in a little while too.
i hate being glum. whatever. the house that i'm living in is pretty amazing. the only thing i'm bummed about is the no internet thing. but i'm a block away from the library so today i just walked down with my laptop. that might suck in the winter but we'll see.
i'll try and post some pictures later. i got one while i was driving of a guy with a dead deer strapped to his car. it wasn't covered or anything, just roped on up there. it was weird. |
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| bread is king |
[Oct. 31st, 2007|09:37 pm] |
please. pleasepleaseplease. download michael showalter's "sandwich commandments" off itunes. seriously.
"let me ask you a question: does grapefruit go with bologna? YES."
you'll thank me later- i promise. |
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| life changing things |
[Oct. 29th, 2007|09:08 pm] |
-moving to vermont.
-snowboarding EVERYDAY.
-starting a club called "guys are douchebags".
-becoming cultured.
-visiting montreal and simons.
-eating lots of dairy.
-watching the monster squad.
-snowboarding.
-having saki bombs at sushi yoshi.
-reading "life in a medieval city".
-taking roadtrips.
-smoking in a snowstorm.
-drinking. a lot.
-snowboarding.
-crocheting small animals.
-wearing hot boots.
-snowboarding.
-hanging out with pieg in our victorian house.
-looking into grad schools?
-aaaaaand snowboarding. |
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| busy!! |
[May. 16th, 2007|07:07 pm] |
just got back from the northwest- what a fantabulous trip! highlights:
-crater lake- they still had like 20 ft. of snow in some places. i'm seriously not even slightly embellishing that. and the water was so blue it was ridiculous.
-the oregon coast. like the amalfi only less dirty and less populated.
-JAMBA JUICE. who needs an energy boost? cause i think i do.
-red light vintage store. where you can get cowboy boots, 50's shift dresses, and elvis costumes all at once. it really made me sad for the garment district and i need to go there sooooon.
-the seattle underground tour. generally not a fan of guided tours, but this one was worth it. nifty tidbit: prostitutes were officially called "seamstresses" in seattle. our guide told us that there were certainly a lot of sewing circles around town. hilarious!
-the redwoods. it's remarkable how big these damn trees were.
-bend, oregon. i had a marionberry scone that was to die for, and the waitress at the brewery we had dinner at gave us half off our dinner for no real reason other than her being fantastically awesome. i think ben and i could move there if it weren't in the middle of a desert basically.
-SEEING THE HOUSE THAT MIKEY AND BRAND LIVED IN IN THE GOONIES. when we got to astoria, i knew i had to see some goonies stuff. ben and i went to the tourist information center, and i felt a little silly asking about goonies landmarks but apparently, i was like the 20th person to ask that day. we had to park across the street and down the hill from the house because it's privately owned and i don't really blame them for not wanting goonies freaks to knock on their door every day. but you could definately tell from the porch and the attic and you could see the other house that data swung in from and ahh! it was great. a little piece of childhood in real life. we also saw the jail where the fratellis escaped from and godfather's pizza (where chunk apparently ate his weight). it was fantastic. i was sad, however, because there was never a restaurant. they built it for the movie in one of the surrounding state parks and tore the building down after the movie was done. whatever. i was in goonie territory.
man, now i feel like watching the goonies. |
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| coughing up a lung is always fun |
[Apr. 11th, 2007|08:41 am] |
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spent last weekend at killington. not only did i get to snowboard for three days, i also had a fantastic time with some cool kids. highlights:
-the saki bomb shelter at sushi yoshi's. sake bombs abound.
-family feud game from 1978. who knew that being a robber was an actual occupation?
-GOOD ANSWER!! GOOD ANSWER!!! (appropriate applauding ensues).
-jenga- we were so close to being pros.
-bear mountain superquad can kiss my ass.
my vacation ended with me having a cold but that's ok. it just means that i can read my book about the black plague (seriously very very interesting) and cross stitch some more and finish watching colonial house.
nothing else to say except! i could use some fat boys pretty darn soon. pieg? you in?? |
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| sealab |
[Feb. 21st, 2007|05:26 pm] |
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i have the next two days off. it'll feel like a mini vacation! i have things to do but i'm hoping to make time to see pan's labrynth. i may have to go by myself cause i don't think anyone would want to see it with me but that's ok. i'll just slink down in the back.
i have some days off in april and i'm toying with the idea of going to paris for a weekend. paris! for just a weekend! how splurge-y does that sound?? if anyone asked me what i was doing for the weekend i'd say all casually, "oh, you know, flying to paris. but just for the weekend." man. how exciting! now i just need someone to come with me....any takers?? anyone willing to just thrown down a couple hundred dollars and do it? huh??
i think i'm going to beale st for dinner. i haven't been in awhile. cornbread awaits! |
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[Feb. 17th, 2007|01:41 pm] |
ben got me a one piece snow suit for my birthday. it has a belt (quite unnessicary but hot nonetheless) and fur on the hood. i'm excited about it. can't wait to use it!
warren is snuggled in my lap. car hair everywhere. car? cat. whatever. |
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| puppy dog nose |
[Feb. 13th, 2007|01:13 pm] |
| [ | you should listen to |
| | "in a big country"- big country | ] |
i have prune fingers right now. do you know how angry this makes me???
the westminster dog show is going on in new york. i'd love to go and cheer on my favorite breeds. and make cheesy signs saying something like "frenchies are for me!!"
we are supposed to have a snowstorm tomorrow. bring it. it's really not fair that upstate new york has 12 feet. that's twice the size of my dad!! i mean, only good can come out of snow like that. let's see:
-burrowing in like a fox for (days? weeks??)- reading and watching movies and drinking bailey's and coffee and being lazy around a fire. come on!
-getting out of work. i mean do they really expect you to dig yourself out of 12 feet of snow?? that's as good of an excuse as any. ("well, see, i can't really find the exact location of my car so i don't think i'll be able to make it in today.")
-do i have to talk about how amazing the mountains would be? i think you know what i mean.
-it's a damn good story! you'll look back on the event and go "hot damn how did i survive that shit? what a hoot!"
it's valentines day tomorrow. i've already eaten one bag of sweetart hearts. i'll have to buy more so i can have enough to last me until they come out with easter chicks and bunnies. so much for cutting sugar out of my diet. damn you sweetarts. |
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| i am an arms dealer |
[Feb. 9th, 2007|07:38 pm] |
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oh my what do i even say here? well, let's see, i've been:
*snowboarding (madly in love with the travs)
*working (currently hating everyone that bitches at me at boa)
*cross-stitching (ps. you must visit mysticstitch.com)
*drinking too much wine (oops)
*getting angry at my hair but still trying to grow it out (reminder: must not watch amelie)
*falling in love with fall out boy (dammit! i never wanted to like them, but i love their new song! whatever. i'm allowed a few guilty pleasures, right?)
*saving money (for a trip! to seattle!!!)
*reading (about marie antoinette and dracula. not together)
*planning to escape the evil clutches of bath (if ben gets his shit together)
etc
etc
etc
i'm too impatient to actually write anything else. or maybe i just don't have anything clever to say.
who wants to go cross stitch and watch a dvd about the ku klux klan?
that would be me.
we'll never sleep, god knows we'll try, the hospital is closed... |
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| i hate r.e.m.......still. |
[Nov. 19th, 2006|01:35 am] |
go and see borat. please? i was crying i was laughing so hard. i can't even begin to explain. gypsy tears? hand parties? not jokes? hoes and peeps? it's all there.
what else? dinner party a little while ago. ace ventura lines, winewinewine, eating mass amounts of food, after dinner bowling (sans socks- not recommended), panty names, etc etc.
i thought i had more to say. maybe later. now for wine at the wine bar! in heather's new car with that new car smell! sounds good to me. |
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| the crane wife |
[Nov. 6th, 2006|10:30 pm] |
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went to boston on friday night. ben and i went down after work, checked into our hotel in waltham, and then drove to cambridge to tt's to see the elected. the hotel was actually a score. $70, with breakfast! and it wasn't ghetto either, which i was worried about. you know there weren't like random hairs everywhere which grosses me out to no end. anyway, the show didn't start until late so ben and i kinda just hung out at the bar. at one point i see blake come up behind ben and order a red bull and my eyes get real wide and ben turns around and says, "you know, you're the man." and blake says something like, "no, you're the man." it was like a 10 second conversation but we were all giddy when he left. i wanted to be like, "so, can you hook me up with jenny?" but i didn't. maybe next time.
margot and the nuclear so-and-so's opened and i liked them enough to buy their cd. they had a whole lotta trumpet going on, which i dug. and they had really cute shirts for sale. and one of the guitarists looked like a really hairy chewy, which was funny.
the elected only played for 45 minutes and didn't do an encore. which is fine, you know, cause i'm sort of against the whole encore thing to begin with. but when you're so used to it, and a band plays for a only a little while and then doesn't do one, you're a bit bummed out. and i was. i wanted to be like, "blake, i know encores are lame and everything, but can't you just come out and play british columbia? please??" whatever. ben and i had a good time.
oh yes, and this deserves a mention: some kid with a mohawk at the show had sideburns that went all the way up his head and met up with the mohawk. i wanted to tell him that this is no way to wear your hair, but he also looked like he could crush me with his pinkie and i thought it best to just snicker at him from afar. some people.
saturday in boston was okay. it took ben and i 45 minutes to find a parking spot, and then we had to contend with the thousands of other people walking around newbury st. after about three hours we were beyond ready to leave. it's so funny- how did i live there for so long? i'm so glad i don't have to deal with any of that city stuff. admittedly, i miss h+m. and steve madden. but that's ok. the cons surely outweigh the pros.
what's up for the rest of the week??
-gym at some point.
-eebs crew dinner?
-workworkwork.
-crocheting projects (a frog for a newborn! awww)
-sex with the queen (which, btw, i love. it's so interesting. seriously, buy it. i'm a fan.)
-mls cup next sunday. anyone want to have a little revs fest?? pieg?? |
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| damn rain |
[Oct. 28th, 2006|05:22 pm] |
steph and i had planned on seeing the footie playoff game in foxboro today. of course a fall weather noreaster decided to come through and ruin our good time. i mean, we could have been tough and stuck it out, but driving 6 hours in the rain, sitting in the rain for 2, and being miserable really isn't the best of ideas. plus, i probably would have had prune fingers. and that's not okay.
bonfire last night. my jacket smells like a campfire, but also vaguely of ramen noodles. (i'm just as confused as you are.) anyway, chai with whipped cream, stars, and heather spilling coffee in her hair made for a good night. and i was in bed early.
i'm missing out on halloween stuff. that's ok with me. i never like the last minute scrambling that always seems to accompany this holiday. and i'm never very creative with my costumes. the only thing i really love about this time of year are the specials they have on the history channel about dracula, the amityville house, and the salem witch trials. the vlad the impaler programs are the best and make me really want to go to romania. and it's not all expensive and touristy like western europe. i can't wait to make enough money to do all these things: machu picchu, romanian castles, prague, and budapest. reminder: must save more money.
i got a promotion and a raise at work. and, since my promotion was supposed to happen at the beginning of september, they are retro-ing my pay. so in addition to our quarterly payouts and my new wage, i will get a chunk of money that i was supposed to be earning for a couple of months. this means i can spend lots of money next weekend in boston, right? oh anthropologie here i come. wait, didn't i just try and remind myself to save money?? *sigh*... |
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| the phone it has been ringing, ringing off the hook |
[Oct. 24th, 2006|12:32 am] |
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i wish my friends and i had wine tasting parties that went a little something like this:
"...It is a little, shy wine like a gazelle."
"Like a leprechaun."
"Dappled, in a tapestry meadow."
"Like a flute by still water."
"...And this is a wise old wine."
"A prophet in a cave."
"...And this is a necklace of pearls on a white neck."
"Like a swan."
"Like the last unicorn."
And we would leave the golden candlelight of the dining-room for the starlight outside and sit on the edge of the fountain, cooling our hands in the water and listening drunkenly to its spalsh and gurgle over the rocks.
"Ought we to be drunk every night?" Sebastian asked one morning.
"Yes, I think so."
"I think so too."
-Brideshead Revisited
i love that this book is filled with weird humor throughout. i find myself going "oh evelyn, you're so clever."
a few exciting things coming about:
-revs playoff game with pieg. where face painting, chanting, and symbolic scarf wearing will be the norm. i think we've really got to go all out on this one as it might be the last game we see of the season. perhaps we'll get an in with the rowdy drum players?? ohh but i'm so bad at making friends.
-a boston trip with ben. we're going to see the elected at tt the bear's. i'm pretty excited about seeing weird little blake again, with his cheesy fringe leather vest and feathered cap. i will also be dragging ben to the steve madden store...and h+m...and jasmine sola...shhhhh. ohh he'll be excited about me getting a hot pair of boots- whatevs.
-sunday river opens in appox. 18 days. bring it! i've got a whole season's pass to use here. let's get some snow, ok?
-cold weather = perfect opportunity to wear my cowboy boots again. ben has to patch them up a bit, but what do you expect for $5 at the salvation army??
-rice pudding. i mean, do i have to explain anything here? seriously.
i think i've done enough blabbering for one night.
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| steady as she goes |
[Sep. 27th, 2006|06:38 pm] |
wow. it's been awhile. this is the first chance i've had to sit down and check email and stuff for awhile. so i thought i'd pop in, say hello, that sort of thing. and now that i'm here i can't really think of anything to say.
except!
-pieg and i are going to another revs game. score! who's excited to see twellman? um me. yeah.
-i just bought five books online. i really need to stop doing this. now i have like a million books to read. whatever. it was a deal. here they are:
*never let me go. a book by the author of remains of the day. i think. i saw the words 'english boarding school' and had to have it.
*fever pitch. again, this goes along with my footie obsession. i've had an urge to read this since the world cup ended and i think i paid like 7 bucks for it.
*the fountainhead. i should have read this in high school i think. but didn't. it was 2 dollars. how could i pass it up?
*sex with the queen. oh man. sexual exploits of monarchies! kathy at work thought this one would be 'juicy.' i agree.
*the people's history of the united states. pieg and i loathed this book back in the day. i think we can both appreciate it a little more now. or maybe it was just the mrs cohen connection that just dragged us down.
-i think i'm in love with sufjan stevens. seven swans is fantastic. just buy it already, won't you?
-i'm in the mood for good country drives lately. durham. south paris. apple picking, sweaters, homemade donuts. okkervil river and cat power. apples apples apples. days and scenes that look like they belong in sleepy hollow. man i love fall.
tonight: cider. annies mac and cheese? america's next top model, project runway, and crocheting. i'm so busy! |
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| saul bellow |
[Aug. 3rd, 2006|08:29 pm] |
what to say? a very crazy and sad and strange couple of weeks have gone by.
first. canada with ben. observations?
-it smells like farm animals- everywhere. i'm not lying. if i wasn't in the country sucking down cow-poo air, i was in the city running into horse and buggies everywhere. it was like ben and i couldn't escape the foulness. it didn't help that it was pretty warm out and cities smell bad when it's warm anyway.
-everything in the canadian countryside was built in the 50s and 60s. all the houses were ranch-style houses with fake brick on the front face, a car port, and bay windows. i felt like i was stepping back in time.
-the french-canadians like their hondas- pimped, to be exact. ben and i definately saw our share of spoilers and rims.
-foreign grocery stores always amaze me so ben and i set out like an hour to go rome the canadian iga. we bought crazy amounts of beer and chips- not that we were looking for those things, but they had the coolest variety. like doritos? they have a flavor called 'dill-icious.' pickle flavor doritos!!!! called 'dill-icious'!!!! i was more than amused. ohh those crazy northerners.
-ben and i stayed in the same hotel that i did when i took a french trip in high school (remember sarah?!!? i stayed there again! i tried to get ben to go to that fondue place we went to but he wasn't impressed. i thought it was damn good fondue.)
-the montmorency falls. i went here on that same trip, and it was cold and rainy the day we went. but ben and i got a spectacular day. there are bridges and observation towers everywhere, it's really cool. the fact that it's bigger than niagra falls is pretty bad ass in itself.
-on the drive back, we probably experienced some of the craziest weather ever. in the afternoon the storm clouds moved through, and there was an insane downpour, and towards the end of it, while it was still raining, the sun came out in full force. ben and i couldn't see a damn thing because of the rain and the sun. then! a rainbow and a lightning bolt in the same instant. we were seeing three rainbows at once. it's times like those when i wish i had a digital camera. bah.
so anyway, the vacation was a success. we hiked around a bit too- went to angel falls and smalls falls. i think it was a waterfall kinda week.
last few days have been hard. makes you realize how fantastic your friends are and how vulnerable everything is. despite the circumstances, it was good to see old friends and make some new ones. tears, bocci, jello shots, waaaay too much food and miller lite, sunburns, impromptu slip and slides, celebratory jagerbombs, and, unfortunately, the blue and the white.
i think i'm going to make a teddy bear for a friend. yep. i think so. |
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| vacation! |
[Jul. 21st, 2006|05:03 pm] |
i'm on vacation! which seems funny, since i just started my job a couple of months ago. but i wanted a week in the summer, and if i don't use it by the end of the year i lose it. so! canada it is. hopefully everything will go well...
another ben meltdown. again, not my fault. how can someone lie about things for the whole time you've known them? apparently, ben can. still soooo pissed it's unbelievable. this cannot keep happening...
boston on tuesday. it was so ridiculously hot. even the texans were complaining. fun few days. pf changs, cask and flagon, tom collins, 3am hunt for food in chinatown (slightly dangerous), cheers, h+m (as always), aldo shoes for $10 (!!), trip to the airport, walk around the common, dinner with marg, time spent with the cutest pug pup ever, and a sleepy ride home.
i have tomorrow off!! it's a miracle!! ohh, what to do? |
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| i kissed you on the face, i kissed you on the playground |
[Jul. 14th, 2006|07:27 pm] |
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| [ | you should listen to |
| | new sufjan | ] |
last night!
my cousin from texas is up with two of her friends for the weekend. took them out last night- much good times. beale st. mojitos, sunset beach trip, roadhouse open mic, tom collins, dancin it up at riverside, random cumby's curbside hangout, cousin bonding, etc etc. i think they had a good time- at least i really hope they did. their ability to get free drinks out of random guys amazes me. boston will be fun!
tomorrow! beach day! even though i'll be working til 12, that's ok. i'm going to run home, grab my stuff, and head out. so! everyone should go to small point. bring beers. get sunned and wasted. sounds like a plan to me.
tonight? i think a lazy night is in order. toe nail painting, lounging, and perhaps the germany footie game i never got a chance to watch.
plansplansplans. |
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| i remember the regulators and warren g |
[Jul. 11th, 2006|07:18 pm] |
| [ | you should listen to |
| | "sweet summer night on hammer hill"- jens lekman | ] |
my day off today was productive.
bead store: i love this place. and i'm generally not creative enough to do anything spectacular, but that's ok. i just grab a couple things here and there, smack an earring on them and call it good. four pairs of sweet earrings for $15 is a steal. love it.
bull moose: i just happen to see on vh1 this morning that thom yorke and sufjan stevens both had cd releases today. since when does vh1 give me the know-how about that kind of stuff?! feeling a tad out of touch here...
wal-mart: this was nothing too fantastic, even though i did get a ton of yogurt and bubbley water. but as i was going in and coming out of the store, there was a huge thunderstorm. of course, me with no umbrella or raincoat, i got completely soaked. i kept worrying about my really really really pale pink skirt getting all wet and see-through. cause that would have been embarressing. seriously.
download "a sweet summer night on hammer hill" by jens lekman. it's so cute. and it gives a shout out to "the regulators." you can't go wrong.
there's this new show on vh1 called something like 'the world series of pop culture.' i watched for a little while last night and it was pretty cool. they had a category about british pop. ha!
oo! jeopardy is almost on! man, i must be in some sort of trivia mood. |
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| they make twellman bobbleheads?!? |
[Jul. 10th, 2006|05:05 pm] |
| [ | mood = |
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so i've been extremely super crazy busy these past couple of weeks. i get one day off a week (MAYBE) and then i'm usually off somewhere doing something. so! much to catch up on. here we go.
*world cup. i don't think people realize the seriousness of this event. i freaking live for this. pieg and i had every intention of going to germany and being hooligans for a month, but as always, funds were an extreme issue and i'm not sure if either of us felt like climbing deep into the oblivions of debt. i'm sad because 2010 will be in south africa and who wants to go to south africa? umm not me. i'm not cut out for hot desert like conditions. i'm already worried about the milder climate english boys- will they be able to survive in that kind of heat?! oh my. pieg knows of these concerns. so we're obsessive geeks- i can deal with that.
anyway, my heart was slightly broken when germany lost to the italians. i think it's worse because from the end of world cup 2002, i assumed germany would win. home advantage, sweet team, etc etc. and it feels lame being so upset about a sport, and also completely lamenting it's passing. and don't ask me why i have such a connection to germany (in more ways than footie), but i was honestly upset. it's crazy. i think it's hard because i never get to see any games. think about diehard sox fans not getting to see any games, only looking up outcomes online. it's annoying. i'm thinking about absolutely splurging to a) get tivo and b)try and get the footie channel back. this may include buying an expensive sports package, but it may just need to happen. this is what jobs are for, right? to support habits? that's what i thought.
and although the french lost and the world cup ended yesterday, it was not all tears and frowns. pieg and i bought tickets to a revolution game. eeeeeeeee!!!! they are cheap and right behind the home bench. so at least now i have something footie related to look forward to.
enough footie talk...
*work. work has been absolutely crazy. i was hired for 20 hours and i'm usually clocking in around 40. by the fall, they are going to make me into the teller supervisor person, which is pretty exciting. so i'm learning all that and still getting used to everything else. it's been busy, too, with the fourth and all. there were days when it was just two or three of us, so busy that we didn't have time to sit and have lunch or pee or anything. this won't last tho. everyone says that once fall hits, you can go hours without having any customers. i think that's ok with me- people can be absolutely insane sometimes, it kills me.
*ben and i have had a few little trips over the past couple of weeks. rockland for wasses. appleton ridge car mishaps. pink moons and sandy toes. the frug, country yellow teeth, maine islands, and cemetery row playing. bridgeton and lovell. picnics in newry. five minute power walks by the fort. lots of footie dates. mexican food and bull moose. sweaters and sunburns. i love telling him, "see? you wouldn't be having such a good time if you had broken up with me." i think i'm allowed to give him a hard time about that every once in awhile. he deserves it.
*concert planning. for quite some time, i've had this little tour in mind. i would love to see a scandinavian music tour go around during the summer. ok, so we've got: the cardigans, the envelopes, love is all, sondre lerche, jens lekman, kings of convenience, and the shout out louds (am i forgetting anyone?) although- do you really need anyone else?? i think it would be great. i could make some sort of cheeky t-shirt ('i'm cute because i'm swedish', perhaps?) and i could bring some kristal sodas and hard tak and mundel muesslar and just rock out, you know? and jens could sing "happy birthday little lisa" to me and everyone could talk about llapland, ikea, and the goodness of ligonberries. and maybe the swedes and the norweigans would have a little tift, but i think they could get over it. it would just be a good time. oh well. maybe one day.
*for future planning. vacation. quebec. angel falls. picnic lunches. salvation army skirts. drunken cousin visits. rallies. boston trips. cemetery hunting. maybe even the beach (!!) |
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