Car Park

It's only 90 seconds...enjoy...

Squirrel!

I would watch the movie "Up" again just for this moment.

Dog Crate

Think the dog will fit?

Happy Towel Day!

Fun at work

I am having a blue day at work.  So my coworker Jennifer calls me and sends me this.

We somehow end up talking about flesh-eating bacteria.  So I send her this:

Day gets a little brighter.

Wig-tastic Mothers Day

At one point on Mothers Day this year, we were waiting at the table for Mom to return from running upstairs to get something and decided to play with the wigs that she was giving away (my mother doesn't wear a wig but bought a few at one point as she thought she would need one).  I saved the best picture for last.

I think this one makes me look a little like my friend Carmen.

Old Mother Hubbard hair.

Justin Bieber hair.

Pat looks good as a blonde!

Looks almost natural!

Todd decided not to participate.

Mom's surprised look...especially when she saw....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  YES!

Darwinfish

I am slightly obsessed by what I call darwinfish decals on the back of cars.  I'd forgotten I'd taken this pic of a car in the library parking lot.  

Fishys!  Also, I wonder how they got away with that license plate.

I have a decal on the back of my car...do you know what it is?  (hint - it's not a fish).

Free Comic Book Day

Did you celebrate?  Here is my haul.  The books on the left were from this years Free Comic Book Day.  The books on the right are free ones that the store was offering.  We were allowed 5 of each (T gave me some of his).  So excited to dig in!

It's like candy for my brain.

Where's Wall-E?

Click for full size.  From http://www.hopewellstudios.com/images/stories/geekings/whereswalle1450.jpg.
How many Robots can you recognize?

I Saw the Space Shuttle!

Here's my fuzzy picture of it!  Click on pic to make bigger.

Time Machine

Cupcake

Finally got my cookie monster cupcake last week.  It was a bit smushed when I got home.  This is about what it looked like though.

And this is what I looked like after eating it.

HEE HEE.

Sunscreen

This song came up on my iTunes.  Still great advice.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Princess Vader.  Awesome Halloween Costume.

Entertain Me Updates

What I'm reading:
I've been on a dry spell with reading.  I had read and liked the dystopian  Enclave by Ann Aguirre and have been trying to read her other books but just couldn't get into them.  Started Pirate King by Laurie R King yesterday and have been thoroughly enjoying it.  It's the 11th book in her Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell series.  I highly recommend the series - start with The Beekeeper's Apprentice.  Next up is a fantasy series Kim has lent me then I have gotten several freebies on Kindle to catch up on.  Just checked my library to-be-read list - 16 books!  Better start reading!

What I'm listening to:
Amazon has sucked me with a lot of MP3 sales.  I love their MP3s and they work on all my players.  Latest one to suck me in is the Ting Tings. This morning, Sugarland's Stuck Like Glue had me dancing in my chair.  Hot Chelle Rae's Tonight Tonight was the song of the summer for me.  And I finally got a good version of one of my favorite songs ever Blind Melon's No Rain.

What I'm watching:
First off, I am SO GLAD that Netflix decided not to go with Qwikster.  Still, I think I'll delete my streaming option soon as I don't use it very much.  I'm trying to clear out what I currently have on account, so I've been bingeing (how on earth do you properly spell that?) on BBC miniseries (quite liked North & South) and Doc Martin.  On TV I'm liking the new show Revenge, but it needs a little more humor. On the Internet, The Guild is doing a great comic-con season.  No movies recently, and wow, there aren't that many upcoming that I'm interested in.  I'll might go see the new Twilight movie, and maybe the Sherlock Holmes or Mission Impossible sequels.  I also kinda sorta wanna see the new Three Musketeers movie.  War Horse is the only movie that may get me in the theater, but it looks to be a quiet movie, so may be better to wait for DVD.

Eddie From Ohio concert with Kim

A couple weeks ago Kim and I went to Wolf Trap to see Eddie From Ohio (who are confusingly, actually from Virginia).  It was nice and cool which was a big change from when we saw them at Wolf Trap last year which happened to be the hottest day in Virginia in history (or at least that's what I remembered the radio saying).  We both wore pigtails and it felt kind of like being in college again.  Except now we are old and have pet peeves which involved Kim shushing people talking during the opening act (Martin Sexton) and me thinking of creative ways of destroying the cell phones of everyone who kept texting around me (they finally settled down after the 3rd song).  

Kim & I waiting for people to arrive to the EFO concert

Overall it was a pretty good concert, though they did more of their old stuff this time and so I knew less songs.  My favorite is still "Old Dominion" which I've linked to a performance of below.  You also get a taste of what their banter is like, which is equally fun.  Enjoy!

My Current Desktop Background

I know EXACTLY where on the trail this is - do you remember?

Goofin' around during Natural Disasters

I've stayed in my apartment all alone most of this week due to earthquakes and hurricanes 

(I survived both!  So did almost everyone else!).  

That has led to a lot of cleaning and goofin' around with my camera phone when bored.  

Forgot I had this on my phone...I totally want this car decal.  

Me wondering what I look like with my eyes closed.

I like how it looks like my window is one big sun catcher.

This is much harder than it looks.

My homemade standing desk.  Just disassembled it.  Need to get something firmer under the keyboard next time.

Pink toes!

My hair after a long day of cleaning.

Me realizing the cleaning is over for the day!  And I still have Oreos!

Locke & Key

Fascinating comic book.  Would have loved to see it become a tv series (pilot wasn't picked up).  Trailer for pilot is below.

Creepy, isn't it?  YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

Baseball magic?

Can you do this?  Is it real?