Besties On Ice

Let's go to Taj Mahal and eat lobster in Italy...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:00 -0700

Let's go to Taj Mahal and eat lobster in Italy...:

Thank you, Howlie Pants, for introducing me to the amazingness that is Leoncie.

I truly have no idea what I just witnessed, but here’s a brief description from Leoncie’s youtube page:

LEONCIE is an Incredible Singer Songwriter, Musician, Producer and a Super Entertainer.
Leoncie’s Original music is a lovely range of aggressive and yet sensual melodies that touch your soul.

So there you have it.

Why does my cake look more like a huge piece of cornbread than a cake? Hmm… :/

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:08:45 -0700

Why does my cake look more like a huge piece of cornbread than a cake? Hmm… :/

Gettin' my bake on.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:17:00 -0700

I’m about to put my apron on and bake this banana cake from scratch for boyfriend’s (belated) birthday celebration tonight. Only instead of caramel walnut because of a certain someone’s aversion to nuts, it’s going to be frosted with chocolate icing and will look more like this. It’s going to be all sorts of delicious.

I’ll go ahead and say it…I’m kind of an awesome girlfriend.

(www.marriedtothesea.com) Taking the boyfriend to the Magic...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:21:00 -0700

(www.marriedtothesea.com)

Taking the boyfriend to the Magic Castle tonight for some belated birthday fun! Yay for cheesy magic shows!

It's the simple things...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:08:11 -0700

Mangoes were 3 for 99 cents at Ralph’s, and I had a mini Weeds marathon with my boy.

Today was a good day.

irrationalblog: I made it 3 days without having to report to...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:05:37 -0700

irrationalblog:

I made it 3 days without having to report to Jury Duty, but they pegged me for tomorrow. I don’t want to do my “civic duty.” I don’t want to sit in a room all day listening to my iPod, reading and trying to eavesdrop on other peoples conversations. If I get put on a jury, I am going to be seriously pissed.

Dan, tell them that you’re a racist cop.

…It worked for me.

"You know what? You’re an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it’s gonna keep making..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:04:44 -0700

“You know what? You’re an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it’s gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.”

- Harriet the Spy (via jackieheartsb)

Sarah Howell = Mastermind, squared.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:05:52 -0700

Sarah: listen
Sarah: i just came up with the best idea ever
Sarah: we need to get married. not to each other, but to men. and then we have children and fulfill very serious but opposing stereotypes. and then we should go on wife swap.
me: OMG
me: YOU ARE A GENIUS
Sarah: and then we'll put on wigs and go on trading spouses.

Headline on the home page of CNN.com: "Is Marriage Really Just for White People?"

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:52:18 -0700

…Seriously?

Post, post mortification.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:36 -0700

I just realized there’s a link to my blog on my facebook page. With my luck, Winegardner will click on the link and read my gushy post about him. (But let’s be honest, a best-selling author has way more important things to do than read former students’ blogs.)

It kind of reminds me of the time Vikki told Karen Kilgariff that I’d said I wanted her to be my Mr. Miagi. True, but still entirely mortifying.

You know what's badass?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:00 -0700

(I’ll tell you)

…Receiving a facebook friend request from your old professor, who is also the head of the creative writing dept. at FSU/the author of the Godfather sequels.

Besides being a kickass writer (guys, read The Godfather Returns; everyone, read That’s True of Everybody), he ran one of my favorite workshops during my time at FSU. I even went to his office hours just to “shoot the shit,” and he was tickled by the way I’d put it, and told me that he’d never had a student come by without an ulterior motive of changing a grade, etc.

He held our final class at The Warehouse, a pool hall/bar housed in, well, an old warehouse. We drank pitchers of beer and discussed stories and it was pretty much the perfect last class of my college career. Seriously, the dude’s a badass.

Not too shabby.

The entire time we were in the Grand Canyon and white water rafting on the Colorado River, all I...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:01 -0700

The entire time we were in the Grand Canyon and white water rafting on the Colorado River, all I could think was, “I really want to play Oregon Trail.”

That game was bad ass.

"Whether you choose love or fame, you’ll be able to handle either or both."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18:48 -0700

“Whether you choose love or fame, you’ll be able to handle either or both.”

- my fortune from a fortune cookie i opened today just because.

glog: Hey Nancy Needles! P.S. Ma’am, no shirt…no...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:19:17 -0700

glog:

Hey Nancy Needles!

P.S. Ma’am, no shirt…no service.

Nancy Needles looks like she’s giving a house tour. I see what you mean about her looking like a 40s ‘quin (what we cool folks call ‘mannequins’). I’m setting her up with this chap asap.

"Thanks for coming! We were waiting for you guys. Here’s what you missed - I appeared in an..."

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:22 -0700

“Thanks for coming! We were waiting for you guys. Here’s what you missed - I appeared in an empty box on a motorcycle. Then, a duck wandered out here, and I made him disappear. That just about brings you up to speed…”

- David Copperfield, to a couple who arrived late and were sitting in the front row.

I'll make this short.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:00 -0700

Met my parents in Vegas yesterday; stepmom’s here on business, I’m here to hang out with dad until we head to the Grand Canyon on Thursday. Explored the strip yesterday, played a dollar on quarter slots at each casino we went to; won $41.75 on one. Staying at Treasure Island; sadly, nothing remotely piratey about it.

Saw David Copperfield last night. Was in 2nd row. Was victim of repeated creepy eye-contact (and I’m not even a blonde!). David Copperfield - there is nothing magical about using GHB to make a girl “disappear” and “reappear” in your home in the Bahamas. That’s a roofie, not an illusion.

Went to the Hoover Dam today. Dad suggested we get matching tattoos of the Hoover Dam with today’s date below it.

Driving back to the strip, saw a drive-thru wedding chapel. No words to describe the awesomeness.

Mimicking my niece. Babies - they’re so silly!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:53:34 -0700

Mimicking my niece. Babies - they’re so silly!

Perfection, asleep.

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:53:00 -0700

Perfection, asleep.

"Trust plus love. There’s nothing like it."

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:31:52 -0700

“Trust plus love. There’s nothing like it.”

- My Mom (via allisonweiss)

Why Shlomit is every (frat) boy's dream girl.

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:30:00 -0700

Shlomit: when i finally get exclusive with someone, it'll be because of their innate desire to dress up in theme for no reason.
Shlomit: and obviously for the sex.
Shlomit: clearly i have high standards.