Saturday, July 26, 2008

Friday, July 25, 2008

Serah, Guest Bloggah!


Here is a guest blog post from my dear old friend Serah.


The pressure.

In line at the coffee shop this morning (12 oz americano, cream, no sugar) I overheard Hipster Barista telling Asian Tourist Woman that summer is Portland’s biggest talent and the only thing that makes the winters tolerable is knowing that summer may come. And I thought, that’s odd - Hipster Barista never talks to anyone. What makes this lady so special? And the weather, really?

We were going to go backpacking this weekend but Curtis the Dog has a bum leg (he’s nine, you know) so we cancelled at the last minute. I hate that he’s getting old and lumpy. so now we have this whole weekend ahead and no plans, which I like, but also no money, which I don’t like. DINK’s - we really know how to spend some dollars. Plus it’s aaron’s birthday tomorrow. I’m getting him meat. this achieves two things: 1) he really likes meat and always wants some dry-aged shit that costs more than it should so he’ll be happy and 2) I get to eat it too so I’ll be happy. self-serving gifts are where’s its at. and maybe we’ll go to dinner here: http://www.selgris.net/dinner.php

Things that are pissing me off today include:
  • my uterus
  • this story in the paper:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216958107293800.xml&coll=7

Seriously, read it. The cop shot the hell out of this guy.
yeah, he was crazy, but he was also unarmed and about a buck-oh-five. Note
that the cop is a trained cage fighter. Note also that 2 weeks after the
shooting the cop was arrested for diddling a teenager and is now in jail.

Total crap.

As an aside, we were just in Silverton over the weekend for a good friend’s wedding and we saw the roadside memorial to this guy. He looks kinda like the guy who starred in Into the Wild (Emile something-of-other?). It was kinda heartbreaking. As a further aside, Silverton is a really cute little town and I found the most fabulous pair of shoes there. and they’re silver! I wore them to the wedding.

Who knew I had so much to say?

I’d like to take this opportunity to dedicate this blog post to my dog, Curtis. He’s a good boy.
I’m out.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Who does her think her is...

Making you wait -- making you SUFFER! making you (gasp) go. with. out.

The nerve!

The stones! The gravitas!

(the jet lag.)

whoo boy is that jet leg an ass kicker, yowzer. We got home from Seattle Saturday morning, but my whole clock (and maggie's too) got all out of whack. When I look back on Saturday and Sunday, I remember feeling like I just had to go to sleep. Had to.

Monday morning was no picnic either. Maggie was equally disinterested in getting out of bed and going off to start her day, and I had left her in the van while dropping her things off at day care. (Her tears and fussing all the way down our hill, plus her screaming and pulling away from me when I tried to get her out of the car told me I would need to carry her in. No fun.) While dropping off her lunch downstairs I ended up stubbing my toe really badly and began to cry immediately. So both Maggie and I were bawling at drop off on Monday and I remained on the verge of tears pretty much all day that day.

Tuesday was better, and Wednesday was even smoother, so we are on our way. When I picked up Maggie yesterday she was laughing and laughing with two of her girlfriends, which was fun to see. I think the thing that kicked the jetlag for me was being forced to stay awake that Monday. I just had to stay awake. Had to. Not being able to give in to my internal body clock helped me over the hump and now it feels like 2:20pm, eastern standard time.

I hope it is not too hot this weekend in New Hampshire because my house is a nasty pit of clutter and confusion and it brings me down to be there. I would enjoy having time and desire to clean it up and will require my fellow housemates help out. Especially I'd like to get our bedrooms clean, plus the bathrooms. NASTY!

I have pictures and stories and videos from our wonderful trip to Seattle, but must return to that which I am paid to contemplate during this time of my day. More later. I have also taken a dear loyal readers offer to heart and as soon as she gets me the text, we will have our first guest blogger post! I can't wait either.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Big Eyes






Monday, July 07, 2008

Sunday, July 06, 2008