true love poisons

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-04-14T14:42:00.002-06:00

oh wait i'm a bit late

fred flare

2008-12-11T14:51:00.004-06:00

this journal reminded me of third grade when i got in trouble for drawing too much in my daily journal and not writing enough.

this perfume made me smile.

sneaky

2008-12-11T13:58:00.002-06:00

when i was little i was never one to go poking around for hidden presents in closets or my parent's room. instead i tried peeking inside my mom's purse, looking for a receipt that might read "SUPER AMAZING UNICORN...... $100,000,000"

except for that one time my sister convinced me to check the garage for bikes.
there were three.

amazing overload

2008-11-07T13:34:00.002-06:00

modcloth has a million things i adore, but the little prince flats killed me.

fiction

2008-11-02T19:15:00.002-06:00

i like to create stories in my head for people that i meet or just see walking about. i ran into our new neighbor and i couldn't help but create his life in all of five seconds...

he is a recent divorcee
he's balding
he has a thing for schoolgirls in knee socks
he's going to have a hard time getting used to all the gays
he would've chosen another place, but his wife is taking everything he's got
...because he was cheating on her with an 18-year-old
he likes monday night football
when he was a little boy he wanted to be an astronaut
he now believes the first walk on the moon was a lie, but he would never admit it publicly
he's going to "experiment" with some of the boys here
he actually found the apartment while driving around one night trying to get a quick peek of naked guy
he'll consider coming out, but he'll think of the kids and reconsider
he drinks bud light
he'll be annoyed by our ruckus
he'll regret bringing the dog to the tiny apartment
he plans on moving once the lease is up

regrets

2008-10-10T15:42:00.000-06:00

i never got ally's sugar cookie recipe

food photos

2008-10-10T13:35:00.005-06:00

i made a german chocolate cake for an office birthday but couldn't stand to cover it in that gooey gloppy sticky coconut mess. so instead i iced it in ganache, covered the sides in toasted coconut, and topped it with "german chocolate strawberries."

it was a fun, quick cake and i got some pretty pictures out of it.
a++

let's lighten it up!

2008-10-06T11:37:00.004-06:00

this tote over at uppercase makes me smile. plain, simple, perfect.

i would like to punch something

2008-10-06T10:10:00.002-06:00

life feels pretty shitty right now. myla won't stop peeing at the bottom of the stairs, no matter how many times i clean it or spray it. the new job fell through; they laid off so many people as a quick fix (i had orientation saturday, got laid off wednesday). the Old Job offered me a new job with them. i accepted, but i'm not 100% on it. there are people and things i don't completely agree with there, but i'll be working more one-on-one with one of my favorite people. the house is an out-of-control mess. i wish there was a bailout on student loans, i feel pretty hopeless on that one. i need to do laundry, but i need kenton and his car for that. i miss being able to get things done, feeling like i accomplished anything.
i need to go clean some cat pee now...

gettin' laid...

2008-10-01T16:29:00.001-06:00

off.

san francisco

2008-09-26T18:28:00.002-06:00

in general, it was a good trip. the weather was lovely, i always love a night when a coat is required; bonus points for warming my hands inside a loved one's jacket.
i finally got to see CSS! i listened to goldfrapp from a ferris wheel! i saw a fun mother & daughter + daughter's friends dancing and drinking to hot chip! foals blew out some speakers (or something?)! the treasure island music festival was tops, i know so many people would break my face if they found out i skipped justice, but i had to get to the free tilly show! so. about that tilly show... that's where i finally decided what i hate about san francisco: everyone's always fucked up. honestly, i don't really care what you put in your body, just leave me alone when you do it.

girl that wouldn't stop touching me when kenton was replenishing my drink?
back the fuck off, don't you have some glowsticks to twirl or something?

retro-classy dragqueens that left with the fratholes?
please stop your spastic drugged up dancing on my feet. also, you're (much, much) taller than me. could you please not block me?

highschoolers timing all the highs and lows?
just shut the fuck up already and chillax. just go with it, seriously.

anyway, tilly was fun and i got some fun photos...

that lady is my hero.

other than all that madness, we had a fancy brunch with some truly amazing cheese and then some beach fun in half moon bay. also, two trips to tartine. and some wandering around, and an amazing beer night at tornado (i think that's what it was called). oh yeah! and we squeezed in some rare device time. all in all, a good trip. we just should've planned a little more (gridskipper!).

here i am...

2008-09-14T15:30:00.003-06:00

we spent hurricane night at poison girl with friends and drove home at about 3 or 3:30 am (eye, what eye?) with some friends who had ridden their bikes (and you thought we were dumb/crazy) earlier in the night. after about 30 seconds in the car, i started to regret ever leaving the bar. the streets were pitch black, branches were flying everywhere, and there might have been one glass too much whiskey in a certain boyfriend. a short drive later we were home safe with our hurricane guest (and gusts), staying up almost all night just watching from the front porch. the winds and rain were mezmerizing, it was definitely an exciting eventful night. we're lucky we didn't suffer any damage, just scared kitties peeing on the stairs and two pairs of leather boots. tomorrow i go back to work downtown and we still tentatively leave town friday for san francisco. power's going to be out at home for a while, but the lucky boyfriend has a functioning office.

slight change in plans

2008-09-08T20:42:00.002-06:00

san francisco, next weekend!
very excited.

last night

2008-09-07T20:45:00.003-06:00

...was pretty perfect.
summer is doing that houston tease where it feels like it's actually winding down at dusk, there's warm air but a cool breeze that feels all too perfect for bike riding.
later in the evening we were going to check out a new bar, singing along with the really high, fast, fun parts of the new of montreal and kissing at the red lights. when we got to the bar it looked all wrong (valet??) so we kept driving, still singing and trying to decide where to go.
on a whim we drove down west gray to check out the midnight movie which turned out to be 'a clockwork orange.' as soon as kenton found out i'd never seen it, he found a parking space. we drank a few beers in the lounge and people watched from the elevated section, wishing there were more bald heads to look at.
at 2:30 am when the movie was out, that oddly refreshing warm breezy air was still there and it was back to of montreal in the car.
a short one-song drive later we got in the house and i was so happy to be with my absolute best friend who happens to be a very good kisser.

i've always said autumn makes me fall in love, but this little prelude to the fall is making me pretty happy (at least after dusk)

news

2008-09-04T16:53:00.003-06:00

i had a birthday.
i got new shoes.
i finally bought the mega charley harper book.
i got a new job, despite the previous grievances.
i've been taking lots of fisheye and holga photos.
elisabeth hasselbeck is killing me.

rainy daze

2008-08-21T17:24:00.003-06:00

this is how i show my love

2008-08-20T12:55:00.001-06:00

world's best mac & cheese? i think i'll let someone else be the judge of that...

i would like the kitty cat room please

2008-07-28T14:13:00.004-06:00

ace hotel, where all your dreams come true.

so tell me whatcha want

2008-07-28T14:00:00.001-06:00

...whatcha really, really want?

sometimes he eats my face

2008-07-28T12:13:00.002-06:00

that's a really sad attempt at a "con"

2008-07-24T17:04:00.002-06:00

from kenton:
Ten Things You Should Know About Scooters, a con:

10. Are still perceived as “wimpy.” Unfortunately scooters still have the stigma of being “wimpy” compared to motorcycles and many men find them emasculating.

soon soon soon i'll be a member of the wimp's club! exciting!

yikes! ikes!

2008-07-24T16:53:00.003-06:00

built by wendy has some mighty nice markdowns.
so many t-shirts i've lusted after for far too long (willy wonka, gene and gilda, sat, gradient, boo and scout, bloody faced boys, marathon, all you can be) are finally at a reasonable price. i could definitely see my pretty dress up every day wardrobe suddenly changing into shorts and t-shirt all day every day.

what about "why i left"?

2008-07-13T17:53:00.003-06:00

saw some buzz about this lecture online. even just the title is indicative of why i came to hate that world. everyone assumes (knows?) it's all men calling the shots, that there are only a handful of successful female chefs. sure, we have alice waters, monica pope, etc but in the "real" culinary world there is always room for another dick, but hardly a woman. i thought things would change when i moved to the small-times, but then "things got weird," to borrow a line from a friend. it wasn't an entirely sexist situation, but i can't help but think it partially was. my last chef was a strong, often brash lady and i loved that. apparently the owners didn't. i loved that she didn't fuck around, she said what she wanted, she did things the way she wanted, and she did it all 100%. in a word, she was amazing. i looked up to her, she knew how to turn the charm on when a customer walked in and she knew how to chew me out for fucking something up. she took control like i'd seen all those men do before, and eventually that's why "things got weird" and why she lost her job. i looked up to her and admired not only her talent, but her personality too. what was so remarkable about everything was that she wasn't even years older than i was, we were the same age. it's one thing to see a woman far older and wiser than you so accomplished, but to see your peer like that? i just wish things could've turned out better. i'm not sure what she's up to now, but i hope it's something amazing and i hope one day i can call her up with my own amazing news.
for now? this is not what i wanted. i try to make the most of things, but it's getting tough. i need a fucking plan.

sorry, can't talk- too busy dying

2008-07-07T21:50:00.002-06:00

guess who woke up at 5 am this morning for BOOT CAMP! fuck yes. it was pretty dark and remarkably humid out this morning. we were trying to find where the group meets and for a while it felt like when my mom dressed my sisters up for their first day of school, had a happy wholesome breakfast, and took lots of cutsey smiley photos with backpacks and pigtails only to drive up to an empty parking lot and learn they were a day early. we eventually found the group, but they were in the middle of a warm-up run we'd just missed (darn). luckily, there was MORE running later on, during which kenton almost threw up. somehow he managed to keep it down. i started to feel sick during running too then i decided "fuck this, i'm walking." day one is done and i'm looking forward to the next four weeks, i really love whining about how my body's falling apart all day (i bet everyone i work with enjoys it too).
5 am forever, woooooo!

have i mentioned the beardathon?

2008-06-20T18:15:00.003-06:00

this man is in a beard-off. he will be growing that mess out till november. beards4obama. no shaving till obama is president. plus, there's a $500 bet that his will be bigger than this guy's. pfft. whatever. sucker.

tshirt

BEARDS4OBAMA.

early birthday?

2008-06-20T16:41:00.004-06:00

i really want this purse. we used to have it in orange at work and then we flew out of it before i could even think about spending way too much money on it, thankfully. now i saw this one AND i saw the 20% decor8 discount. all of this adds up to trouble. i keep looking at it then closing the tab, then reopening it. NO, STOP LOOKING. at least if it was august i could be like, hey you! it's your birthday month! but nope, it's just "hey, it's june! nothing ever happens in june" shopping. i'll pass for now, but it makes me sad inside.
the flowers remind me of mario.

get. shit. done.

2008-06-20T10:05:00.004-06:00

even though we've been living here for two years, we're finally getting some serious shit done. i'm definitely going to earn my making a house a home merit badge.
this weekend: organize the fucking shoes, clean the closet, and get some kitchen paint going! it will definitely be "direct green". and we have to do all sorts of other house stuff too because monday morning electricians are coming out to tear shit up. they'll be going into the attic through our closet, cutting off the power for about 12 hours, adding new and amazing outlets, adding a LIGHT to the CLOSET (what a novel idea, right?!), adding an additional light to the bathroom (the cave, as i like to call it), adding another lightswitch to the bathroom so we're no longer at risk of shocking ourselves when getting out of the shower (who knew!), and breaking the light fixture in the bathroom so we can get a new and better looking one. WOO!
and oh yeah, saturday night is all about getting strong drinks at the museum.
GO TEAM WHITNEY.

renovations

2008-06-17T19:27:00.003-06:00

i'm considering getting these anthropologie reading glasses turned into prescription glasses.

i want to replace our nasty futon with this bit of target loveliness.

i want to paint the living room and the kitchen.

and oh yeah, i'm spelling "fuck" in these super girly letters.

fun times?

2008-06-13T11:17:00.002-06:00

this could either become the best thing we've done, or the worst thing we've done. either way, i want to find out!

regrets

2008-06-10T16:04:00.004-06:00

forget poor relationship choices, my greatest regret in my life so far has been buying these rachel comey shoes and then returning them. i miss them. i've tried tracking them down, countless times, only to be painfully disappointed. they definitely fall into my "so ugly i love them" category. i think what happened was i listened to all the people that told me they were hideous. i now know they're amazing and everyone around me is tasteless and wrong. i never should've let them get away...

sore subject

2008-06-03T10:37:00.002-06:00

if you really want to get under my skin, just start this conversation with me...

Buttercream Icing

I asked about their buttercream icing.

Crave's co-owner said that buttercream is the base for most of their icings. It's just whipped butter mixed with powdered sugar. Flavorings like chocolate might be added to the mixture, but icing flavors will always start with their standard buttercream.

Yay.

They get it.

Some commercial bakers make their buttercream icing with shortening.
Buttercream icing made with solid vegetable shortening, is, well, not buttercream.

haunting, i tell you

2008-05-29T23:51:00.005-06:00

i've loved this necklace forever, i just might buy it with some holiday/ overtime pay. it is perfect and would make me super happy.

new glasses please!

2008-05-29T10:37:00.003-06:00

This says "unions", not "unicorns"?
I'm a little disappointed now.

girlfest

2008-05-19T21:09:00.002-06:00

just finished the gossip girl season finale. i am ultra disappointed. it blew chunks all over my high expectations. just two weeks ago it was the greatest show on earth, what happened? they switched up all the couples the way they "should" be and the great harriet the spy mystery was over in the first five minutes. where's the scandal people??
in other news, i watched five or six episodes of sex and the city today, i shit you not. i'm not exactly proud of this, but i had the day off and they just put satc back on hbo on demand. i only have till 6/29 to watch all twenty episodes!
i think the only thing to make up for the great gossip girl let-down of 2008 is the amazingness that is the sex and the city movie.
yeah, i just officially got my vagina badge. so what.

ps-i fucking hate vanessa.

no tent fires, no (almost) puking

2008-05-09T11:09:00.003-06:00

the lineup is out, and somehow i missed the email. i'm sure i'm pretty late on this, but oh well. i'm pretty sure i have to go again this year. at first i wasn't too taken by the lineup, then the dealbreaker hit me: CSS, fuck yes. my mini lineup:

beck
conor oberst
band of horses
vampire weekend
jenny lewis
stars
css
del the funky homosapien
mgmt

explain to me

2008-05-09T09:57:00.002-06:00

...how it is that i work with girls ranging from 18 to 30 (ish) and none of them watch THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH?! omfg, ladies. some of them had never even heard of it. seriously.

you don't have to be such an asshole

2008-05-02T10:28:00.001-06:00

i really want to see the virgins, i just don't want to take part in this retardedness

his & herzzz

2008-04-29T17:48:00.002-06:00

unstoppable work stations!
kenton has the super awesome desk, i have a new kitchen-aid and a lovely little cake turntable. let's make stuff!
despite all my whining, i like this house. i know i'll miss it one day.

fought it so long

2008-04-04T23:01:00.004-06:00

Kenton and I are twitterfolk now. So what.

In other news, remember that time I was dead to flickr? Yeah, that was cool how iPhoto always crashed on me. But soon I'll be back! I set up a super awesome dual work station in the bedroom and eventually I'll have five months of photos up on the innernette.

Also in other news, alicialynette.org and kentonue.org are the wave of the future. I want mine done a-str, but I'm relying on the lovebug. Hopefully he can get that shit going soon and we can moveon.org

As for now, I'm going to get back to my wine and recall the days of pocketlint.net

Smoking

2008-04-04T09:13:00.002-06:00

The best part of quitting smoking:

pocket space

The worst part:

boredom

brunch ideas

2008-03-18T14:51:00.002-06:00

"donut muffins," otherwise known as snickerdoodle cupcakes in this house
jello oranges
salmon, dill, cream cheese quiche (too bad i can't link to that ripped out recipe living in my purse)
lemon tarts (lemon curd with no cornstarch!)
lox and bagels (all kenton asked for)
mimosas (of course)

most of it seems pretty easy to prepare ahead of time, i just have to decide what to make now. and stop getting distracted by new options of course...

team whitney needs this

2008-03-18T09:39:00.002-06:00

diy magazine box!

in here, it's always friday

2008-03-17T17:45:00.006-06:00

"We called it the Friday Night Special," Pedersen said. The "intense" escapades, he said, usually began with a "couple of drinks" at a local T.G.I. Friday's and culminated in "a hard-core consensual sex orgy" between the three of them at McGreevey's Woodbridge condo.

i love to start my wild sex nights with an ultimate mango berry daiquiri, don't you? the TGI friday's drink menu reads like a really excited teenager that's getting wasted for the first time, over and over again: ULTIMATE mango mai tai, ULTIMATE mango berry margarita, ULTIMATE electric lemonade, ULTIMATE hawaiian volcano, ULTIMATE yellow tail sangria, and oh yeah, appletinis too. but for some reason they are not the ULTIMATE appletini. maybe those are only at chili's.

A WORLD OF CHANGE

2008-03-07T13:38:00.002-06:00

Right now the whole word is flipped upside down and insane.

I no longer drive a Hyundai but a Honda, thats right after 6 years of loyal service (except that time when you flaked out as we were leaving austin, asshole), the Hyundai has been retired, well not so much retired as sold to a random dude on craigslist.

I had just watched the curb where Larry becomes a car salesman for a day, so it was almost inspiring to find myself in that situation the following day.

Oh the sales pitches, new clutch, fresh tires, peppy ride, more fun than an automatic, iPod adapter and the car is equipped with the latest in audiophile technophonics, including the commercial free high definition HD radio*
.

_{*HD radio is neither high definition nor commercial free, please contact your local HD authority for more details}

Also, after talking with the Aleeshster, before the big day, we decided that you can't just say you are getting rid of this car because you want a better one, you need a wholesome, aww, story to really push this thing into cold hard cash.

So what else? "Got a baby coming, gotta have a 4 door for the car seat". Oh yeah, and boy did he buy into that. He is a family man himself, got three kids. Exchanged awesome comments like "I hope it gets easier than the first one", "It sure is expensive", "Oh we don't want to know what it is", and my favorite moment "So when is she due?", "Ohh geez, um, I always have a hard time.. September!"

All in all it was super successful, I bought a Honda Fit later that day (after I had sold my car), that could be a whole other post on its own, but I really should be doing something more productive than this, and I wanted to note that Alicia (that other poster person, you might not remember her), had her wisdom teeth pulled out this morning and kept them! They look absolutely awesome, deep root motherfuckers, that is why she is such a fighter. Post the pictures!

obsession

2008-02-26T14:11:00.002-06:00

a few months ago i started buying bird stuff and i haven't really been able to stop. it wasn't even all the trendy sparrow stuff everywhere, it was just random prints and figures, plus the felted bird i made. but i always come back and visit this picture. i really want it. i hope the $200 ones don't sell out. ever.

20x200

we are going to rock this shit

2008-02-22T12:05:00.002-06:00

sushi party!
and we are not the only ones excited i see.
yum!

color me freaked the fuck out

2008-02-20T12:59:00.002-06:00

yes, it's natural, it's beautiful, it's wonderful... but it has always terrified me just a teensy.

this is where babies come from. in france.

somehow the soothing french made it better, but babies are still freaky.

stop the press

2008-02-20T10:24:00.002-06:00

i'm linking to oprah.
kenton set a quit date, march 31. (is this all just an april fool's joke?) people talk about how it's like losing a friend when you quit, but does anyone ever talk about losing a friend of a friend? we wake up in the morning and instead of a snooze button, i have the time it takes kenton to smoke a cigarette to drag myself out of bed. i feel like kenton's smoking is very much a part of my life too. sometimes an obnoxious part, but a part.
it's not all obnoxious though. there's something so inherently sexy about the post-sex smoke. i have countless memories of kenton collapsing beside me in the dark then seeing his face suddenly glow from the lighting of a match or lighter. just as quickly, it would fade away and i'd be left with the soft, steady glow of a parliament light. there's something comforting about laying on kenton's chest, his arm around me, just listening to the tiny noise of his smoking. he's so calm and at peace with those cigarettes and it makes me happy to see him that satisfied.
but not all cigarettes can be as happy as the post-sex. there's also the stressed out smoke break. having a fight? just walk outside and smoke it away! i can't say we fight much, but when we do... well, i do get frustrated when he just walks away from me but i have to admit it's probably for the best. it gives both of us a moment to really stop, shut the fuck up, and think. there is a part of me that's dreading the stress that will come with quitting, and that part wishes there was a rehab for smoking. i hate being away from kenton for long periods of time, but i know how irritable he can get. there's also work stress. i wonder how many faces, and spirits, he's capable of breaking.
there are so many different types of smoke breaks. now that there's the smoking ban, the smoke break has been changed into much more of an event. at the bar or a concert, it's where you can meet some of the best (or worst) people. i can't imagine what we'll do in between drinks or sets without a smoke break. can we take hula hoop breaks?

however much i'll miss it, i really hope he does quit. he's still very young (despite his opinion that 25 is "old"), healthy, and stubborn (for better or worse). i want him to have a plan, i want to help however i can (can i?). while he has talked about using chantix, i really hope he doesn't. i personally can identify a little too much with this song. chemicals are a tricky thing, i'm not exactly looking forward to his withdrawl and i don't want him to introduce anything new and screwy to his system.

oh parliament lights, what will i do without you?
another thing: can we still keep the cool stand-up antique ashtray?

head's up 7 up

2008-02-14T17:44:00.005-06:00

so fucking cute!

2008-02-10T18:39:00.001-06:00

bang

ouch.

2008-02-10T18:07:00.000-06:00

i've got a lovely patch of white coming through my soft pink gums. that little spot of white is pushing all of his little teeth buddies around, slowly but surely. it's nice waking up in pain everyday. i love tasting blood.
i need to start getting my goodbyes in order; march 7, these fuckers are comin' out.

stirs something up

2008-02-06T18:51:00.000-06:00

it makes me want to kiss you and bite you and wrap my legs around you and squeeze you tight, but mostly just be happy with you. you are my best friend and this is part of our soundtrack. let's drink wine and fall asleep. but first, let's pet the myla.

natch.

options

2008-01-18T10:16:00.000-06:00

first
3.26-portland
3.28-seattle
4.4-chicago
4.11-ny (with superdrag??)

and foremost
2.21-24 New York, NY
2.28-29 San Francisco, CA
3.6-7 Seattle, WA
3.14-16 Chicago, IL

i guess technically magnetic fields is first, but oh well.
let's all go to nada surf and make out and fall in love! DEAL!

the innernette!

2008-01-17T11:29:00.001-06:00

tv in the morning

2008-01-14T07:42:00.000-06:00

i want a cash-only doctor.

also i'd like to take this opportunity to thank current for always being a good excuse not to go to work. Is it bad that I'm learning? NO!

Al Gore, you can consider yourself forgiven over the whole global warming sickness.

fucking hott

2008-01-11T16:46:00.001-06:00

i could see this wacking you in the face during sex and i'd wind up distracted, but other than that this necklace is amazing. it will change my life. really.
rare device

bugs on your ears

2008-01-11T16:39:00.001-06:00

i would like to stick these in my ears, if only they weren't gold. i just might have to make an exception.
dolce vita

get me away from here I'm dying

2008-01-06T13:12:00.000-06:00

I keep thinking there might be a sliver of hope for Houston. There's not. And I've discovered hell on earth: la strada. I've heard way too many shitty dance remixes of shitty dance songs, my waffles are soggy, everyone's a midtown asshole, and I want to shoot my face off. Why didn't we go to mi Luna? Whyyyyyy

christmas?

2007-12-14T13:15:00.000-06:00

it's almost time and it hardly feels like it. it's kind of depressing, but whatever. there has been nasty hot muggy weather almost every day. how can i wrap presents and decorate in shorts and a tank? i can't. i found something new to add to my list of things i wish i could do for christmas but know i can't: fabric garland. maybe if i didn't have to make a million cookies this weekend, maybe.
in reality i know we'd go to joann's to get fabric but we'd get distracted by the chuck e cheese across the street and wind up playing skeeball all day. i know us way too well.

my mouth understands

2007-12-10T17:11:00.001-06:00

but where are the protruding wisdom teeth?

rare device

pretty tiny perfect

2007-12-05T19:36:00.000-06:00

little things are the best

my future

2007-11-19T22:17:00.000-06:00

i love prints and things and stuff so much, i'm destined to have a home like amy sedaris one day.

add it to the list

2007-11-19T21:38:00.001-06:00

keep calm

wish listin

2007-11-19T15:55:00.000-06:00

i've loved you a long time
just so darn cute
ironic!

this conversation happens everyday

2007-11-19T15:30:00.000-06:00

customer: oh, i love your necklace! did you get it here?
me: no, it's from a website called small things designs, don't forget the plurals
c: oh, i'll have to remember that.
m: yeah, i have two of her necklaces. they're custom made to order so it takes a while to get it, but they're great. i got a really little one for my birthday, plus this ring from my boyfriend.
c: he has good taste.
m: yup, would you like your receipt in the bag?
c: sure.
m: thanks! have a great day.

seattle! seattle! seattle!

2007-11-19T12:33:00.000-06:00

does it work like beetlejuice? because i really want to be back. i was walking to the bus last tuesday, the day after we got back, and i was filled with a heavy feeling of not quite unhappiness, but just not belonging, not wanting to be here anymore. it was hot and humid out, i wanted my coat and scarf back. i wanted pedestrian's right of way. i wanted free drinks.
seattle was pretty great, needless to say. the public transportation was awesome, much better than when we were in the rental car. a ten minute trip to fremont took over an hour because we were having so much fun going up all the hills. i never really realized just how flat houston is till we were as high as we could go. or maybe it hit me at the end of every night when we were walking uphill back to the hotel. regardless, it was awesome. there were people out, walking, being awesome. no cars needed, they're just occassionally helpful.
and now, here i am, days before thanksgiving, wearing shorts. what the hell houston? are you trying to break up with me?

fuck yeah

2007-11-14T23:33:00.000-06:00

cut chemist and dj shadow at la zona rosa.
i would say "we came to party" but that seems to be taken.
i hope little brother is ready to grow up, just a little.
this show will be awesome. we weren't able to take andrew to rjd2 but he better make it to this. one day he'll be sitting at the bar with his friends. they'll all be reminiscing about their first shitty show, and how awesome they thought it was at the time. his will be this one and it will rock all their stupid faces off.
january 18, i love you.

that's right we came to party

2007-10-31T13:18:00.000-06:00

Well we hit a new high Monday, we became party crashers.

Well not so much crashers as uninvited guests. As we watched Halloween on the porch at Brasil's and imbibed (I totally learned that word from a vocab book in 7th grade) a bottle of wine, I couldn't help but notice the excellent music and general commotion going on next door. As the movie finished and the bottle shrank it became apparent to me that we had to see what was going on. I mean c'mon this is Houston, not some interesting city where people are noisy on a Monday.

So since we aren't you know, assholes, we went to the corner store first. Alicia spotted a six pack of Shiner Kolsh and then we were there.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (thanks b3lla)
After about 10 minutes of awkward standing we actually ended up talking to a few people, met the birthdayee and got to request/enjoy some good tunes (all vinyl, mm).

Long story short crashing parties is fun, safe and educational.

"anything's probable...

2007-10-25T20:22:00.000-06:00

that's what my parents taught me"

i want to work here

2007-10-14T15:17:00.000-06:00

so this is a bit work related which isn't my style but I think it can be universally appreciated

I have this nice little bug in my SVG rendering code that renders all curves like little flagella floating around in the depths of the elevator shafts. I can just imagine walking through the halls trying to avoid being taken in as nutrients for the office beast.

life just got a little funnier

2007-10-13T23:18:00.000-06:00

anyway. so i've been thinking about that aweful moving, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. ive been thinking about the company in the movie that erases a loved one from your live.

i really want that.

i cry everyday. i think about you every minute. my heart races everytime i check my email (hoping you write me), when i look out the bakery (hoping you visit), when i look at my phone (hoping you txt or call me). its really hard and i cannot handle it.

i wish a company like that really existed. i need to erase you from my mind. i need to erase any memories of you. i need to distant myself from anything that will remind me of you. i need you out of my heart. i need you out of my life in order to live a happy and healthy life.

i hope you understand. im sorry.

but, unfortunately, a company like that does not exist. nothing even remotely to it exists. so my next best choice is to get in an accident. get into a coma. wake up and not remember anything. not remember you.

why did you have to hurt me so much?
why couldn't you love me?

i love you so much

i don't care about my pay cut.
this shit is priceless.

not even god understands

2007-10-12T13:38:00.000-06:00

So I was watching a commercial for some reason and saw this

At the same moment that helpful footnote is on they are explaining how veramyst works. It is brilliant!

Apparently I am not the only person to notice this

fucking creeeeepy

2007-10-10T09:42:00.000-06:00

sometimes people ask me if i regret leaving my job. i always say the say same thing: absofuckinglutely not. the only thing i regret is not telling the loser calling himself a pastry chef that he is a fucking weirdo pervert. i know we've focused on the pervert part, but today let's focus on the weirdo. today i stumbled across the weirdo's blog. wow. it's nothing but "fuck you, i fucking love you, oh why the fuck do i love you? fuck you" posts. oh, and also "why don't we fuck?" umm, crazy! but why read my interpretation when i can just copy...

we hug. we kiss. we hold hands. we hang out late. we do everything a couple would do but fuck.

im very sexually frustrated. you lead me on. i think we can, i think we should, i really want to. but when i try, you turn me down. you turn me on. you lead me on. you even asked me if i wanted to do it.

isn't that why he has flickr though?

i am suffering from depression, anxiety and codependence.

you are a sad, sad excuse for a man.

if i were him, you would be fucking me already.
if i were him, you would be happy already.
if i were him. you would be loving me already.
if i were him. you would be fucking me already.

but im not him.
i'm better than him.

so why the fuck dont you want me?

wow, that's fucking poetry right there!

i wish you still liked me like that.

i do so much for you.
i love you so much.
im the sweetest boy you will ever meet.
i wish you still liked me like that.

someday.
ill be gone and you will regret this.
you have me. you'll have me for a long time.
but one day, ill leave.

youll be left alone like puff the magic dragon.
its sad.

i love you.

seriously? the sweetest boy? maybe she wants to date someone not so much like a 13 year old girl. these posts really feel like they came from a little diary covered in purple unicorns with a gold lock on the cover.
and pink pages.

i dont want to see you anymore.
i dont want to talk to you anymore.
i wish i could stop thinking about you.
i wish i could stop loving you.
i wish i could hate you.

oh jesus, just go put on some fucking eyeliner already and start a fucking emo acoustic band and write the worst song anyone's ever heard. you are exhausting.

i hope she gets a restraining order!

2007-09-30T14:44:00.001-06:00

but still, where did the lighter fluid come from?

festival guidelines

2007-09-19T22:15:00.000-06:00

if you're going to take your shirt off and stand right fucking next to people in a packed crowd, please make sure your back is not covered in zits and fuzz.
if you're going to be a big sweatball and walk back and forth between thousands of people please make sure you thoroughly wash an dry your clothes. if you don't take proper care you smell overwhelmingly like mildew. DRY YOUR FUCKING CLOTHES ASSHOLE.
if you're going to have a dance party (of one) please make sure your stupid sweaty elbows are clear from my face. i have glasses dickwad.
if you have to girl pee, don't.
if you're ron paul, give away free ICE COLD water right by the festival entrance. thanks ron paul!
if you're going to bitch about all the "new shit" the band is playing, at least know the "old shit."
if you're lcd soundsystem, fucking rock out. thanks lcd soundsystem!
if you're really hot, go to the misting fans. "this feels like love!"
if you're the gotan project, complete my life.
if you're in the fucking way when my boyfriend's about to puke, move the hell away.
if you're going to lie down while you wait for the show to start, move your fucking blanket when the show starts. it's just stupid to bitch about people stepping on your space when things get going. five people could fit in your "personal space."
if you're bringing your two year old daughter to the front row, put some ear plugs in her! seriously people, i'm all for sharing awesomeness with the kids, but she was miserable and that's just wacky.
if you're going to acl, run into me twice. what are the odds?!

want it?

2007-09-19T22:14:00.000-06:00

need it.

life plans based on trademarks

2007-09-18T14:54:00.000-06:00

so i work at this company, lets call it eyeOffice, then it turns out there is an eOffice. Which provides desk space for rent in London.

WOAH

imagine, if only we could combine the power of e with i, that would certainly, == FUCKING AWESOMNESS

time to pack up the bags!

oh fuck yes.

2007-09-17T18:55:00.000-06:00

exxxcitement.

overheard in austin

2007-09-17T16:36:00.000-06:00

have you heard that new band the fray?
he's not mean, he's eccentric
i don't feel good, i need to get out of here

the last was said by kenton, at acl. he was a strange pale green, in a sea of people packed in like sardines waiting for the arcade fire. we had been waiting almost at least two hours in the sun, the air was thick and sweaty. we had such a great spot! i managed to get him out and maybe one minute later the show started.

i love you dearest!
really!

dallas style

2007-09-07T18:28:00.000-06:00

since alicia has been the main blogger for a bit, i thought i'd step in here and tell the world what is on my mind

BIG HAIR!!!

This shouldn't come as a surprise to those in the know, but big hair is here to stay folks. Trust me, while all the kids play with their flat irons they don't know what the fuck is going on.

PS: blogspot, I know more about html than you do so quit screwing up my layout

PSS: Oh and I know that i am an asshole for hotlinking images, but luckily our "reader base" is equivalent to the "fan base" for Flight of the Conchords, so no worries

just 'cause i feel like being a jerk

2007-09-06T12:02:00.000-06:00

my former boss' flickr group list:

NEW Geek girls are sexy
18 and up
Food Porn
Chocohol!cs
world confectionery
Cake, have it and eat it too!
Houston
Drunken Photography
Dessert
YummY YummY
drunken party pictures
GIRLSGONEWILD
Alcohol Related
The Ex Gallery
Food food food!
Katamari Damacy
Foodgasm
Innovative Food
Loving Couple
Professional looking food photography
partygirls
Cute Punk Girls
NEW 700 Hoboes
NEW College Students Nude
Naughty Girl Fun
NEW Breast of the Month
Chocolate Dreams
Nude Females
BI_GIRLS_GONE_WILD
Suicide Girls
Naked Behind Towell
NEW Assignment: Houston (#17 Metro Rail)
naughty girls
The Post A Nude Photo Of Yourself Freedom Group
NEW fuck me
NEW GLOBAL VILLAGE.
Drunk women up to no good
A Food Photography Experience!
Sexy Panties and Bras
CHAIR
NEW Teen Group Thong Bra and Lingerie
Naked Fun in College
Dogs, Dogs, and More Dogs...
Whomework - Hand-Bras
*Very Special Food Photography*(3 per day max)
Clothed then naked!
NEW Naughty girl
Cubist Face
Whomework - Pretty Pink Panties
Gastrobation
verrines
Funny Cat's
caviar and roe
gynos
Post your Cock or Pussy Pics
NEW pussy...pussy...pussy
HAIRY TEEN PUSSIES
NEW TEENS WITH SHAVED PUSSIES
I'm using "ROAD TRIP"
sluts, whores and tramps
Fashion-Photography-Models-of the world
JOJOCANFUCK
Couples
beautiful faces
hot teen girls
lovely and amazing vintage inspired
Beautiful Asses
Before & After (Adult)
Back Dimples
FF&BE - fantastic faces & beautiful eyes
Kalissa Smoke And The Nudes
NEW Envy of Flickr! Invited (and Envied) Images Only
Scallops
Beautiful Young Adults Men+Women (18-30 years old)
Booty is in the Eyes of the Beholda
Cookbook Recipes
NEW Every Picture Tells An Adult Story - 18+ Please
Dare to Bare
my unemployed boyfriend

he is a really creepy quiet loser. he never said anything to me, never greeted me in any way, never apologized when he showed up over 5 hours late, rarely said when he was leaving... just a silent weirdo.

after i got back from colorado he was all giddy and excited to tell me about his penis cake. over the weekend he had to make a penis cake, with splooge and everything. he brought up pictures immediately. that was the most animated i'd ever seen him, and the longest conversation we ever had (if you can call it that).

i'm not a prude, but i just find him unsettlingly creepy. his (ex)girlfriend seemed pretty cool, definitely cooler than he is. and he has over 350 contacts, pretty much for jerking off variety from what i can tell. i just think he's a porn freak and customers better watch their buttercream.

covet

2007-09-04T16:29:00.000-06:00

overheard shopping the other day: "oh wow, this is perfect. this is the kind of thing you dream about till you get it..."

i've been obsessed with these shoes ever since i first saw them. ob.sessed. pair that with my One True Love, and i'm in wish list heaven.

new job

2007-09-03T17:29:00.000-06:00

i got a job today, about time. i can't even count how many times i thought "too broke to buy a stick of gum." i don't like to talk money, but things were getting rough. i start tomorrow and soon enough it's time for acl.

cheers

2007-08-30T12:22:00.001-06:00

this is pretty much my favorite person ever.
we spent my birthday playing ski-ball, fake basketball, a little mario kart, and being generally awesome.
though i don't smoke, i adore tiny things. like coffee and cigarettes. teeny tiny!
a very fun birthday, with a way too delicious dinner, and not enough play dough.

generally bitchy

2007-08-27T17:02:00.000-06:00

i need a haircut.
my bangs are way too long.
i hate being home.
i hate the internet.
not really, just uverse.
it's pretty cool seeing only 45 seconds of an hour long show.

arrested development makes my day only slightly better.

opinion

2007-08-27T16:53:00.000-06:00

jessica alba is NOT HOT

this that and the other

2007-08-26T18:57:00.000-06:00

it's so embarrassing but i cannot stop watching the fashionista diaries. it is seriously terrible and cheesy, but oh so wonderful for just those reasons. i wish i could talk trash about nicole with someone. seriously, when nicole quit, those leopard print leggings? i loved the socialite that was a total dickwad to bridget and called her "monkey." but enough.
i've applied for some more jobs, there is one i really want. it would be fun and a departure from my norm, and i think that freaks my mom out. i have a feeling that no matter what job i take she'll be disappointed. kenton and i are trying to figure out a "bigger plan" and for now that means taking a temporary job, and i'd like this one in particular because it seems fun and the best in the bunch. mystery!
the "bigger plan" terrifies me.
a cat is sneezing in the bedroom, it's pretty much the most adorable noise i've ever heard and she did it four times. kitty allergies!
my birthday is tuesday and this is my big wish: house, please clean yourself. thanks magic!
ever since i got back from san antonio i've been pretty bummed out at home all day. i want a job. i miss target shopping and buying dinner and having something to do. plus, having money to pay some bills. that little ol thing... birthday magic, get on that too. i really hope temporary dream job works out. i need to find something to wear.

san antonio

2007-08-24T10:16:00.000-06:00

last wednesday andrew, my dad, and i took off to san antonio. my grandfather had been sick for a while, but it had suddenly been getting worse since the big anniversary party. my dad had been going to see him on the weekends, but this time he asked the two of us to come along.
we got there on a very stormy day, the city was flooding. we got to the house at about 5:30 am, and went into the bedroom to say hello to my grandfather. he was sleeping so andrew and i were in and out, then crashed in the tv room. we woke up a few hours later and it was still dark and stormy out. the whole house was so dreary, it definitely was not the house i spent my childhood summers in. i'm used to that house having seven granddaughters running around, plus that one grandson. there was always something going on there, someone to talk to or tease, always someone laughing or yelling.
once we dragged ourselves off the couch, we went into the bedroom again. he still wasn't very responsive, but we said hi again anyway. shortly after that, we were sent out of the room.
back to the tv room! we watched some movies, ate some lunch, watched some more movies and didn't see my grandfather again till dinnertime. he was at the dining table, my grandmother was giving him something pale and creamy. he looked so miserable. andrew and i are very similar in that we don't know what to do in uncomfortable situations. some of my cousins were there, carrying on like normal. one of them came in and started chatting away immediately to my grandfather. he was unresponsive, but she went on and on anyway. is that what we're supposed to do? it didn't feel right. soon after dinner he went to bed and andrew and i hung around till it was time to go over to my other grandparents' where we were staying the night.

friday morning my grandmother came into the room andrew and i were staying in and told us my dad had called and said we had to go over to his parents' house immediately, his dad had gotten much worse.
he passed away at about 12:20 pm, in his room, surrounded by family.
my grandmother loved him so much, and i never saw it as much as i did that day. they had such a special relationship and i still can't imagine her without him. their lives weren't always perfect, but they never pretended it was. they were as real as they could be.
my grandmother held onto his hand as long as she could, she really really loved him.

this is where things started getting uncomfortable and frustrating for me. they hadn't even come to take the body, but people were coming to the door. just leave this family alone for a bit, please. i understand people going to the house to give condolences, but just wait a bit. and of course they all bring food. but this is san antonio, so it's 98% mexican food, with 2% barbecue. how much rice and beans does a grieving family need? and in such large quantities! when my mom got into town on saturday she and my dad went to the store to stock up on gladware, i think they should've gotten the foodsaver or some garbage bags.

monday was the rosary and the church was full, people were standing in the back even. what made me sad was seeing all these people go by my grandmother and they would hug her and talk to her and i could picture him right by her. i saw him in church, stopping someone they knew so he could introduce us to them. "hey! these are my granddaughters!" and he always put andrew by himself "this is my grandson." as the only boy out of eight grandkids, he got that special attention. i just saw him, one hand on one of our shoulders, the other reaching out to this person he wanted us to meet. and there was my grandmother, right by his side. they were almost always together. he was such a friendly personable man, it was hard to see him in the past year. his whole presence changed. that booming voice that had no problem putting one of us girls back in line, gone. that dominating body and walk, gone.

tuesday was the funeral and the church was packed. i couldn't believe all the people that had come. so many people knew and respected him. there were people all the way up in the choir lofts, people standing in the back again. it was amazing to me. he really mattered to so many people, and it was good for my grandmother to see them all i think. the funeral procession to the cemetery seemed like it would never end.

his death didn't come as a surprise to anyone, but it was still sad. towards the end he was in terrible pain, always uncomfortable. it's wonderful that he's not anymore, but it's surreal knowing he's gone. my grandmother is an incredibly strong woman and she seems to have a plan for her future. i just hope my crazy aunt doesn't ruin everything, but that's a whole other story.

fuck you at&t

2007-08-13T02:04:00.000-06:00

have I ever mentioned i hate monopolies? because they lead to bullshit like me waiting 13 hours for a fucking tech to come out and repair the offices screwed up internet.

helllooo an internet company without reliable internet is not functioning. the worst part is we don't even have att we have time warner but because att owns every single fucking wire in the us we have to work with att.

but enough about that, it is time to kill some time and bust out some blog entries!

THE E11ANOIRE SAGA

Some people call me the cat whisperer. Those people are correct, I am in fact incredibly amazing.

As you might have read on the open letter alicia posted, e11anoire used to be petrified by the massive orbital litter behemoth. Thanks to my excellent fatherhood skills I have removed these fears.

Here is a ordered numeric list of things I did to make this happen

Moved the cat food bowls next to the litter box to remove the fear of being close to the litter robot

Moved the bucket e11anoire was peeing in next to the litter box

Had multiple petting sessions next to the litter box

Many deep and emotional talks discussing the need for proper waste disposal

Made telepathic communication with said cat and removed inner demons from her soul

¡VIVA CUBA!

I watched Fidel Castro the PBS special.

It was awesome.

Ask alicia all about it, oh wait, no scratch that, ask her about the 10 minutes she was awake for, I'm sure she will have exciting commentary

FACE YOUR ICEY DEATH

alicia made excellent ice cream today. chocolate and mint, I know you blog readers are like, "yo homey I can get that from blue bell and shit", and I respond "you don't know shit until you had mint that actually tastes like a plant instead of a menthol cigarette"

this book doesn't have any answers!

2007-08-12T15:05:00.000-06:00

I have to say I was crazy surprised with how much I liked the Simpsons movie.

Now I know what you are thinking, just how drunk were you? And I'll reply, get out of my bidness.

This won't be an in-depth review but basically I really think The Simpsons hasn't been funny in oh 5 years, but the movie just seemed to remind me of the hay day of the series.

Also thanks to ten dollars in tokens I reaffirmed my position as air hockey champion of the universe, on the other hand Alicia firmly cemented her position on the WNBA All Star games thanks to her XTRME hoop fever skills.

free love on the gothic highway

2007-08-12T14:52:00.000-06:00

This is quite exciting to me

For some reason I just get great joy out of this font. You know, "Highway Gothic" isn't a bad font by any means, and as the article goes into just makes you think of road trips and ice cream and worlds largest ______.

But this clear view, it has a delicious sweet flavor to it. Lickable, yes. Perhaps even fondlable. It stays true to the original, just perfected. I just love looking at it. I want to make it my default font forever and hug it and have all websites use it. So that is why for my birthday the massive "true love poisons" fan base needs to chip in and buy it for me.

dear e11anoire:

2007-08-08T12:02:00.000-06:00

did you know that as soon as i get out of the shower the first place i dry is my face? did you know that today my towel smelled like cat pee? did you know you've turned me into a paranoid cat pee super-smeller?
just two days ago we were 3/4 of the way to the gym and i almost hyperventilated in the car trying to figure out where "THAT SMELL" was coming from. was it my sports bra? i just threw it on before we left, did i leave it on the floor, on a chair, somewhere e11anoire could've peed on it? in a sniffing panic i tried to pinpoint it but it turned out to be a false alarm.
sometimes coffee smells like pee. i am always on pee alert.

e11anoire, i don't understand. your daddy just got an amazing new litter-orb for you and the other kitties. the old one was gross, falling apart, and stinking up the kitchen. we even let you guys have double the litter box for a while there, you know, for transition. i know how this can be hard for you. have you seen the demo, e11a? it's the only self-cleaning litter box that REALLY WORKS. really. trust me, it won't swallow you whole. there's a seven minute countdown after you exit, you're safe!

it's getting really old chasing you around the house making sure you're not about to shit on our stuff. you've really lost my trust, and it's going to take a lot to gain it back. just yesterday we came home from the gym to find your puke-resembling poo on the floor. oh yes, plus that nice big puddle of piss. did you do that as soon as we locked the door? i think we're going to have to start faking you out when we leave, like strict parents do when they have to make sure the kids don't have boys hidden in the closet or a party 2 minutes after leaving the house. i'll shut the door, wait outside, and run back in so fast your little butt will vacuum that poop right back up and off my shoes.

the other day you walked right up to me and started crying in my face. you never do this. i knew what was happening. you started looking all around in a kitty panic, trying to find The Spot. you drunkenly swayed into the kitchen and started half-crouching, half-walking RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. i didn't know what to do. i yelled at you, "SERIOUSLY?! you're two feet away from the litter-box!!" you were gone, you started losing your semi-solid deep dark moss green shit everywhere. when i was done cleaning your mighty green goo there was a stain on the caulk between the tiles.
while that was the grossest, whether it's because i saw it dropping from your ass all over the kitchen floor, or because of the wretched baby poo smell, or because half of it was so runny and wound up smearing while i tried to clean it, i'm sure it wasn't the last time. you've made me compromise me kitty-business values. i truly appreciated it those times last week when instead of ruining an entire load of laundry, you just went in the mop bucket. really, e11anoire, from the bottom of my heart: that was considerate, and thank you. i've been cleaning a lot lately and i understand you're having to get creative with where to pee and poo. the bucket was genius. please, if we slip up and leave a t-shirt or boxers or a single sock on the floor, please please please don't take it as an invitation. it's not. if you must go somewhere that is not the litter-orb, keep it in the bucket. and please don't make me watch.

this kind of behavior will not do little cat. i can't even use the "i'm not mad, i'm just disappointed" line on you. i am furious. do you know how much pine-sol i've been through? how much murphy's oil? the pledge "just pour it on" floor cleaner is almost empty.
and your shit is looking increasingly not right. oh what you're doing to your little bowels and bladder. this is not healthy. please. give the litter robot a chance. it can be your new best friend if you try.

makes me think of grandma

2007-08-03T17:44:00.001-06:00

she collects pigs, although hers are a bit cuter than this. if this one was in her collection, it would steal the place of the 1/2" miniature pig as my favorite.

so this is love

2007-08-03T16:08:00.000-06:00

hey hey you you
i don't like your handbag
hey hey you you
i think you could do better

and ps: if i could wear this all autumn i'd be the happiest girl ever. cold weather is key when falling in love, thus my favorite time of year.

true confessions

2007-08-03T10:38:00.000-06:00

i once called in sick to work pretending to be very distraught about a break up, but really i was just way too high to function.
funlavy was fun.

nick jr is color blind

2007-08-01T15:54:00.000-06:00

there's no brown in the dora the explorer watercolor-coloring book set

to do

2007-07-27T11:59:00.000-06:00

Fri., August 31 - Arthur Yoria @ Rudyard's
Fri., September 21 - Bloc Party/Deerhoof/J versus K @ Warehouse Live
Sat., September 22 - The Sea & Cake @ Warehouse Live
Tues., September 25 - Interpol/Liars @ Verizon Wireless Theater
yikes!
Tues., September 25 - Pinback @ Numbers
Fri., October 5 - Rilo Kiley @ Warehouse Live
Thurs., November 1 - Spoon/The New Pornographers/Emma Pollock @ Warehouse Live
Fri., November 2 - Of Montreal/Grand Buffet/MGMT @ Numbers

i hereby live for november.

my personal quest

2007-07-27T10:59:00.000-06:00

once a very very long time ago i bought a bunch of stuff at the walgreens around the corner from my house, including this awesome new product called brush-ups. i was so excited, it was actually thanksgiving and i was psyched to use them after some deep-fried turkey and mashed potatoes. this was when i was living with kenton as roommates at dunlavy and my parents were coming over from san antonio to cook and his dad was coming in from spring and it was going to be a good ol' family fun holiday. so i had this bag full of drugstore goodies and somehow in the chaos that was "let's all clean up before they get here" my idiot ex-boyfriend threw out this bag with about $50+ worth of walgreens fun in it, including my brush-ups! ever since then i've looked long and hard at drugstores for these but i guess houston isn't down with the on-the-go oral care. i know they are easy to find online, but it only strikes me to buy them when kenton and i are playing with all the clearance lubes, perfumes, and deodorant right next to the gay pride greeting cards.

well i'm happy someone out there is enjoying them. keep them away from loser boys though.

one day brush-ups, one day...

quarter life crisis

2007-07-23T10:45:00.000-06:00

i love anthony bourdain.
What is a “chef”? A chef is a cook who leads. A chef is someone who knows how to cook and who can also run a kitchen. Leadership skills are required. Management skills. The ability to execute a vision with consistency. Doing these things means that you are constantly making decisions large and small.

i understand this, why can't other people?
i just might be having my quarter life crisis. i love pastry but i don't want to fight with idiots for everything i have and do. i don't want to be copying recipes from magazines. i don't want to always be trying to make someone happy who will never be 100%.*
i want to do things small-scale, and my way.
i love italian buttercream and citrus curd with no thickeners and that's that.

i understand "that's business" but maybe i don't like business so much anymore.

dreams of a better life

2007-07-22T14:04:00.000-06:00

last night i found my calling, and it wasn't gay line dancing.

it is being a door guy! yes i think i finally discovered what I've been missing all my life. Computers are rad, it is true, but asking for id is rader.

no really, i think i'd have the best night of my life, if I had cancer and the make a wish foundation came to me i'd be like 'door guy for a night!' and then i'd cough meekly