Friday, April 30, 2010

frivolous


Hey, everyone!  Everyone!  I can pull my hair back into a ponytail!  A very short ponytail, to be sure, with several unintentional wisps around my face, but it is happening – my hair is getting long again!

I have a contingent of friends who tell Shon (not me – they tell SHON) that they want me to grow my hair out.  And then, of course, Shon tells me.  “This person said this, this person said that.” Well, every time I hear that, I am so tempted to run right out and chop all of my hair off again.  I have resisted this rebellious impulse, however, and now I can get my hair out of my face.  So I’ve got that going for me.  And I am still daydreaming about braids and twists and buns.  Pretty soon.

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Yesterday I was so excited to learn that The Swell Season are coming to Buffalo this summer!  I need to get me a ticket, maybe next week.  I just love it when good concerts are so near my house.  And that will be a good concert.

And it reminds me that I still have to get my music off of Shon’s computer.  I have The Swell Season’s album, but I’ve been craving the Frames, and the Once soundtrack.  And the Black Keys.  And Girl in a Coma.  Hmmm, maybe this weekend.

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I am REALLY EXCITED about the Artists and Models party tomorrow night – Buffalo has such an awesome art scene.  I’ve been on the fringes of it for years, in different areas and capacities, and I’ve barely scratched the surface.  The Artists and Models party didn’t happen last year, and I missed it so. 

Outfits.  Art.  Events.  Drinks.  I’m all over it.

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Wow.  What a frivolous little entry.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Things are heating up

Things are heating up!

Well, OK, it's raining today, BUT awesome summer plans are solidifying. Artists and Models is coming up! Rufus Wainwright is going to be performing at Rockin’ at the Knox! Crowded House is going to be at Buffalo Rocks the Harbor! And then there’s the thought of all of the birthdays this summer (my mom is going to be turning 60 in August, holy crap!).

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So. My car passed inspection last week, and then I enjoyed some vacation time with my family. The weather didn’t cooperate fully, so it was mostly a time for indoor activities. Like killing zombies.

OK, I am obsessed with Left 4 Dead. And Left 4 Dead 2. Sometimes I’ll be doing something totally unrelated to zombies, and the music for the Tank will pop into my head (and I actually do look around for a Tank, just in case the music popping into my head is portentous).



Or I’ll decide that I need to imitate the Witch sobbing, but I can’t do it as well as Owen does.



(When I searched for images of the Witch, I found more than one picture in which Zoey was kissing the Witch. That’s kind of funny, actually.)

The other day, I was heading toward a training class located in a cinderblock building, and I was suddenly thinking about the elevator shaft in the “No Mercy” campaign.

And then there's my crush on Nick from Left 4 Dead 2.

(His white suit wouldn't be so dirty if he weren't fighting zombies.  He'd probably still have a 5-o'clock shadow all the time, though.)


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I think I’m teething. If I remember correctly, I have one wisdom tooth that hasn’t emerged all the way, and I think it’s going for it now. There’s been a little bit of blood (nothing like the mouthfuls of blood I’d have in high school when the other three teeth came out – EW), a little bit of rawness in the gum. I thought I was a little long in the tooth for teething (you see what I did there?), but apparently wisdom teeth can pop out any old time.

Yeah, I need to visit the dentist. So that’s what’s going on with me.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Random snippets of dreams I've had

Yes, I keep dream journals - here are some snippets for your pleasure:

"On the basement floor, there was a big window. Through it, we saw this huge robot. Antique furniture would come down a chute near the elevator, and the robot would put the furniture away into storage. I saw this huge, gorgeous old dresser come down the chute and hit the ground really hard. The whole frame of the thing jerked all around, and I thought it would break. But the robot picked it up and put it away. I said, 'That robot could be dangerous.'"

"A friend of mine was cashing winning lotto tickets, but it wasn't numbers, it was fruit. This girl won, but my friend didn't know the combination of fruit, so she gave the woman a bra and a pair of pants."

"I saw four crows pecking at a seagull, trying to kill it. I thought that the killer might be disguised as the seagull - I saw a flash of a young girl's face in profile, with black hair, all imprinted on the seagull. I started kicking the seagull, and it started running at my legs, attacking me."

"One guy had several babies with him, he told me to watch myself around them because they were dangerous. I picked one up - she had serpent eyes and long, blood-red vampire teeth. Suddenly she turned into a large dog, and she started attacking me. I kept back-handing her, kicking her, and she kept hiding. She started changing from a dog to a grown woman. I was still beating on her... Then the evil girl and I were friends, and when she was in dog form, I was teaching her to go for the throat and the eyes."

"She came along on roller blades, and I wouldn't let her by. She was yelling, 'DEFENSE! DEFENSE!'"

"I just missed him on the way down, so I jumped again, and while I was in the air, I was trying to figure out how to fight a cat who was taller than me sitting down. But when I landed, he was sitting in the back of a pick-up truck, going toward town, looking furious."

"A four-year-old in a big bunny suit was solemnly picking up haphazardly colored eggs off of the ground. There was no one else around, so I started pointing out where eggs were. They were tiny, like robin eggs."

"I accidentally kicked over our set of bleachers, and Buffy (who had been giggling and yelling, 'I'm the Slayer! I'm the Slayer!') decided that she needed to fix it. But I just kicked the bleachers off of the ground - no one fell off of the bleachers."

"I think I asked if he was leaving, and he asked what I would do about it. I was a She-Ra type, so I picked him up and slammed him against the nearest wall. He was surprised but pleased. Then we started mock-fighting, throwing each other around, and in the process we both managed to lose our clothing."

"Rebecca had the Sight, and she could see important symbols on some things. When she got to their apartment door, she saw a vision of herself, radiant with jewels and a crown. A voice said to me, 'When women like her see themselves like that, it always comes to be.'"

"Someone said I smelled like burnt food."

"Snape had been sleeping with all of the women in his massive apartment complex, and it was like he was enchanting them or drugging them - they weren't doing it of their own free will."

"I had been set up on a blind date, and me and my date were surprised to find that we were both women (neither of us lesbians). But we decided to go to dinner anyway - and for some reason I was paying. My 'date' was tall, big but not fat, really pretty with long, brown hair, a red satin dress. She looked really high-maintenance."

"The army people arrived, and I took the opportunity to sneak off to another building, where I broke into the vending machine and started eating brownies shaped like Spongebob Squarepants."

"We went into one room where all of these tough women were beating each other up - I guess they were 'bonding.' One especially tough woman kept eyeing me, and I wanted to beat her up, but I didn't know if it was kosher or not."

...Wow, I have a lot of dreams recorded. Perhaps I'll continue this at another time.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

lots and lots of

You know what I don’t understand? Chocolate in an orange shape. OK, I guess if it’s orange chocolate it makes sense and is kind of cute, even though I don’t like orange chocolate (but I guess everything isn’t about me, that’s what my sister keeps saying). Anyway, the particular chocolate I saw at work wasn’t orange-flavored. It had almonds in it. It was not in any way orange-related, so why the orange shape, with all of the pieces pressed to look like orange slices? I don’t get it.

It is a lovely, rainy day, and like all lovely, rainy days, it makes me want to be at home, reading and sipping tea. Hmm, maybe I should skip the gym later and do that instead… yeah, I think I convinced myself. Hey, I went to the gym last night, so don’t you judge me! My legs and hips are still kind of sore, which is odd because I worked on my arms mostly. Besides, I like my outfit, and I want to wear it until I change into pajamas before bed. Wow, I can make up a million excuses for not going to the gym.

I called to make an appointment for my car’s inspection. None of the Check Engine lights are on, and the car is running fine, so hopefully (omigod, fingers crossed) it won’t be anything too terrible. Well, I do have to get the muffler reattached to the undercarriage – it has been waving at people, coming unhinged for an embarrassingly long time. I kept thinking, oh, please make it until April! And so, of course, the muffler fell down and started dragging on the ground last weekend, when I was 5 miles away from my mom’s house. My brother came out and rigged the muffler up with a wire clothes hanger, and now my car is even more classy.

Now I’m going to worry slightly about all of the things that could be wrong with my car, from now until Wednesday morning. Maybe the worry will be alleviated by the fact that I have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off next week! The kids will be on Spring Break, and my sister took the 12th through the 20th off, so we are going to have some fun. Well, lots of fun. Lots and lots of fun. And maybe some hijinks involving blue wine coolers and hoppy beers and lots of zombie-killing and Trailer Park Boys.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

blue wine coolers

Ir was, like, 80 degrees out today. I don't think I'm exaggerating, but I am too lazy and fuzzy in the head to look it up on some sort of informational website. Besides, the point of me bringing up how warm it is is that I GOT A FRICKIN' SUNBURN, ALREADY. WEARING SPF 70.

SPF 70.

Every single year, I diligently apply sunscreen (various formulations, various SPFs) from early spring to late fall, and every year I end up with sunburn and then the most uneven tan ever. It starts already. Sigh.

Other than my frustration with the sun's effect on my skin, it has been a good weekend. I'm down with my family for our rather agnostic Easter, and today Nicky and mom and I did all of the shopping for our feast tomorrow. I was heading toward the beer aisle, and I found myself drawn not to my usual hoppy brews but to... Bartles & James wine coolers. Seriously. Blue ones. Blue Hawaiian, to be exact. And they certainly are refreshing.

It has been a great weekend, and tomorrow will be filled with ham and potatoes and corn and Watson's Chocolate. And the Trailer Park Boys.

Have I talked here about the Trailer Park Boys yet? I know that I've told several of my friends to check out this hilarious show. My sister Nicky introduced me to the show, which just started playing on DirecTV last summer, and I just bought all 7 season last week, so that's what I've been doing. Watching an awesome faux-reality show about three lovable criminals in a Canadian trailer park.