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Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The Wet Look is In.

Today I came home to something WAY scary.

As I came around the curve to my house, there were fire trucks and police cars and ambulances and news vans.

I saw this and my heart almost stopped. It skipped two beats at least. Too many things ran through my mind. I had just talked to D less than an hour ago, who knows what could have happened between then and now. Well, my imagination knew and none of it was good.

Luckily, there are, like, a billion short cut roads, so I just took one and went around the drama. But while I did that, I broke my number one driving rule and pulled out my cell phone to call D. I mean, I had to make sure she was okay, right?

She answered and was fine and I told her to meet me outside in thirty seconds. Two seconds after I pulled up, Medders pulled into the driveway. We all stood in the driveway, kinda peeking around the bend to try to figure out what was going on.

Our next door neighbor came bustling out, full of news and information. Apparently one of our across the street neighbors houses went up in flames. He said it took only fifteen minutes for the almost the entire thing to get ruined.

Ack. Ack. Ack.

So sad for the neighbors, but so glad it wasn’t us.

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Paging Mrs. Lolliwoo

I did not make all the right choices.

My best friend ever from when I was growing up said something to me the other day that really made me stop and think.

“You and I grew apart b/c you made all the right choices and I made all the wrong choices.”

We made different choices, certainly, but I don’t think that either of us were right or wrong. There are plenty of things that I have done that were not right at all.

Regardless, I am sure that he is right that it was the choices we made were those that helped us to grow apart. While I wouldn’t change any of the choices that I made, I would like to still be close with my BFF.

We started out as trumpet rivals. My mom has a “legendary” story that she likes to tell everyone about the first time I cursed. It was the day that we played our scales and a certain piece of music to determine our chair rankings in band. Yes, I know, I was a geek.

On all the other days, I easily beat my friend, we will call him Biggie. But! On that day, he was victorious. I was MAD. I was so mad, that when I got home, I threw open the door, dropped my trumpet case and exclaimed, “That damn Biggie BEAT ME!!”

Then I picked up my trumpet and went up to my room to practice until I was confident that this wouldn’t happen again.

This friendship lasted through a lot of stuff. Middle school, high school, love, coming out of the closet, birth, death, everything that makes a good movie.

But all good movies have an end and this one came soon after my family moved to Florida. Biggie came to visit me one time, but after that we kinda drifted.  It wasn’t anyone’s fault, it just happened.

Enter facebook.

One of the things I was looking forward to most when I joined facebook was finding Biggie. I have been on facebook for about three years now, with no luck. In December, he finally found me! YAY!

So, while it is not exactly like we picked up where we left off, at least I know he is ok and maybe we won’t lose each other again.

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Be Italian

I have a new girl crush.

And the odd thing about this girl crush? It is someone I vehemently hated before.

But then this weekend, I saw Nine. And I fell in love or lust or something.

On the other hand, I am embarassed with my big new girl crush. I mean, it’s FERGIE.

But look at this:

I knew she could sing, but her dancing! Uh-may-zing. One of the single best song and dance of awesomeness numbers I have ever seen in a movie musical. I wanted to be in Nine, just so I could play the part of Fergie as Saraghina.

Apparently, she put on, like, 17 pounds for this movie. And they all went to the right places.

Look!

So, that is my confession this week. I have a girl crush on Fergie. Even if she did pee on herself a few years ago.

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Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Goofy Goober

This dry weather is KILLING me.

I don’t mind the cold so much. I get to wear cute sweaters and …pants. Okay, I hate wearing pants, but my sweaters are cute and warm, oh so warm. They would be cue with a skirt, though! HMm, I should get some tights. Not danci tights but thick winter-y worki ones.

But about this dry weather. Yeah, I don’t like it. It makes my voice sound like the third verse of that “Ain’t Got No Home” song by Clarence Frogman Jones. You know it, the one where he sings normal first and then all high and then, by the last verse, he is all scratchy, like a frog. That’s me, the third verse, the frog.

And not only content to be frog like, my body has rebelled further in this dry weather to make me Spongebob-like. Not happy, cavorting under-the-sea Sponge-bob, but scary on-land kitchen-Spongebob.

I feel like my eyes are going to pop out of my head!! They are so dry and horrible looking, I am embarrassed to walk around. I find myself sneaking into the bathroom, just to put warm compresses over my arid eyes. It only helps temporarily.

Oddly, I don’t remember EVER have these problems before. What makes this cold snap different? Global Warming? Is this what Florida is like when it’s cold?

Whatever it is, make it stop and let me wear skirts again.

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Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Pancakes… pancakes, Marty.

I smell like pancakes. Well, not pancakes exactly, but the delicious pure maple syrup that goes on top. I am not weirded out or surprised by it. I planned it that way.

My armpits

See? I heard about this stuff called Fenugreek on the radio one day. Supposedly this radio chick was taking it and she didn’t need to use deodorant anymore, cause she naturally smelled like brown sugar or maple syrup or yummy or whatever. Then I heard about it the next day and the day after that and then another day.

I was intrigued, but not intrigued enough to actually go out and buy some. So, I did what I do with anything I am mildly curious about and I googled it. Ok, well, it turns out that this stuff is mainly used to aid in lactation for breastfeeding mothers. I am a mother, but seeing as D is 14, I no longer breastfeed.

Then I read that Fenugreek also has one billion other positive health benefits, like lowering cholesterol and keeping blood sugar levels down and other positive lady-y stuff.

So one day I happened to have a doctor hanging out at my house and I asked him about it. He only knew about the lactating thing, but said if it was safe for new moms it would be safe for me, so go ahead and try it! Granted, this doctor smokes electric cigarettes in ridiculous amounts, but still goes outside and smokes old fashioned ones. So, not the healthiest of doctors.

Whatever, he was a doctor, so I took his advice and went to my local hippie store to buy some Fenugreek. I started taking it about two weeks ago and didn’t notice anything immediately.

THEN! Dance started back up and I sweated for the first time in weeks. Damned if I didn’t smell like pancakes.

I think I’ll keep wearing deodorant for now though.

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