Just because I love these commercials so much, and I know Jenna will never watch them unless I put them somewhere easy for her to find. :)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Davids + Risky Business = Amazingness
The Bookcase
Before:
So I finally got my great, new, wonderful, fantastic, tall, but most importantly STABLE bookcase. We Ikea'd yesterday (yes, Jenna, I can make even proper nouns into verbs because I'm an English major, and we get to control those kinds of things), and I got my long anticipated bookcase in the greatest color, birch. I wasn't going to get birch, because it was a whopping $20 extra just because it was pretty (darn Ikea), but nearly everyone said I should go for it if it was the one I liked. Too bad I also like saving money in the forms of $20. Too bad also that they were out of stock of the cheaper one, so I had no choice but to get the pretty one that I wanted to begin with. Yesterday I skipped out on Youth Venture (don't worry, I heard it was slow there anyway) so we could put it up immediately. Aaron (Metro to you camp folks) helped Jenna and I and we had so much FUN doing all the steps, each of which were the most fun step according to Aaron, who is a teacher and apparently thinks he has to say things like that to keep up enthusiasm. ("They'll clap at anything if you say it like that." - Someone name that quote!) Except I didn't need it any more exciting because it was already my BOOKCASE, which I have been very excited about for awhile, because I'm the nerdiest of all nerds, and this is just one proof among many that this is the case.
And then we had it up, and Aaron mounted it to the wall for extra stability, and it was amazing. ("I saw it. I saw it, and it was amazing." - Another great quote!) And then came the best part: putting my things into it! Let me tell you, there is nothing as satisfying as plotting out space between shelves, stacking and restackng, and then discovering new things that I now have room to store on my NEW BOOKCASE (!).
After:
May 24, 2008
I love bright things against white walls. And focused blurred pictures. But you probably already know that part.May 23, 2008
This was my Friday night. A heater and my boots. In late May. It was very cozy, but it felt so wrong. Until I ventured out into the cold rainy night to go pick up some prints I'd forgotten at Costco, and I slipped my feet into those warm babies. Kind of made me miss wearing them the last few months. But I still want the hot weather to come back. Now. Preferable before June.
I've got a bookcase, I've got a bookcase,
I've got a bookcase, hey, hey, hey, hey!
(More on that later. I was just excited about it right now.)
(More on that later. I was just excited about it right now.)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Seriously. I've never watched American Idol until six weeks ago. I'm not one of those crazy addict people. But this is just awesome.
Okay, so apparently not blogging for more than five days creates a rush to blog, blog, BLOG!
Here we are in real time. Brittany, Ryan, and I, possibly the only ones in America (who care) who don't know which David has won American Idol. I think it's going to be little David, and here's why: the teenage girls love David Archuletta. The 20 somethings love David Cook. And really it all comes down to who loves to use their cell phones more, so my money's on the kid.
I personally don't have a favorite, but my cohorts are voting (and have voted, every week in fact, cuz they're slight nerds) Cook. I think both have amazing voices, and it was going to come down to figuring out who I would like to see in concert (if we go see them in July) more. This was when I thought the winner didn't get to go on tour with the others, which I've been saying for the past weeks stinks for the winner, because I'd want to be on the fun tour, and nobody's bothered to correct me until tonight that, in fact, the winner gets to go too. So. Turns out I don't really care who wins, because they're both going to get record deals, so really, what does it matter that David Cook will come in second because teeny boppers have faster texting fingers than the twenty-three-year-olds?
And a couple of real-time pictures:
Brittany and Ryan watching with rapt attention-
A self-portrait. This is actually how I look most of the time, with my hair flung over one shoulder and my computer burning my lap. (Speaking of that, I should move it to the floor so it can circulate.)
And, here's David "Babyface" Archuletta rocking my socks off.
Wait, I take that back. My socks have just been rocked so far off that I can't even find them. We almost missed it, but when Brittany suddenly asks, while Ryan isfast forwarding through the commericals, "Wait. Was that David Cook playing guitar in his underwear?" we have to rewind to see.
And. It. Was.
David Cook, in the most amazing Guitar Hero commerical EVER. I'm posting it as soon as I can safely go to youtube without being spoiled of the results. He's seriously rocking it in a button-down shirt, plastic guitar, and socks. Nothin' else.
Oh, wait! There's little David in his own commercial! Rocking around the living room in his button-up shirt and boxers! Could American Idol get any stinking cuter?
Here we are in real time. Brittany, Ryan, and I, possibly the only ones in America (who care) who don't know which David has won American Idol. I think it's going to be little David, and here's why: the teenage girls love David Archuletta. The 20 somethings love David Cook. And really it all comes down to who loves to use their cell phones more, so my money's on the kid.
I personally don't have a favorite, but my cohorts are voting (and have voted, every week in fact, cuz they're slight nerds) Cook. I think both have amazing voices, and it was going to come down to figuring out who I would like to see in concert (if we go see them in July) more. This was when I thought the winner didn't get to go on tour with the others, which I've been saying for the past weeks stinks for the winner, because I'd want to be on the fun tour, and nobody's bothered to correct me until tonight that, in fact, the winner gets to go too. So. Turns out I don't really care who wins, because they're both going to get record deals, so really, what does it matter that David Cook will come in second because teeny boppers have faster texting fingers than the twenty-three-year-olds?
And a couple of real-time pictures:
Brittany and Ryan watching with rapt attention-
A self-portrait. This is actually how I look most of the time, with my hair flung over one shoulder and my computer burning my lap. (Speaking of that, I should move it to the floor so it can circulate.)And, here's David "Babyface" Archuletta rocking my socks off.Wait, I take that back. My socks have just been rocked so far off that I can't even find them. We almost missed it, but when Brittany suddenly asks, while Ryan isfast forwarding through the commericals, "Wait. Was that David Cook playing guitar in his underwear?" we have to rewind to see. And. It. Was.
David Cook, in the most amazing Guitar Hero commerical EVER. I'm posting it as soon as I can safely go to youtube without being spoiled of the results. He's seriously rocking it in a button-down shirt, plastic guitar, and socks. Nothin' else.
Oh, wait! There's little David in his own commercial! Rocking around the living room in his button-up shirt and boxers! Could American Idol get any stinking cuter?
Cooking! Me!
Tonight, you lucky dogs, we have two special treats. One, a special Wednesday night edition of the Brittany and Ryan School of Cooking. We are learning how to make a chef's salad tonight. And the second treat, since chef's salad is so simple any monkey could do it, I am getting my first brush with hands-on experience. (Cheers from the studio audience.) Thank you, thank you.
(So if the forthcoming pictures seem a little self-centric, it's only because I was the official food handler tonight, and Brittany got to be the photographer.)
Remember: always wash your hands when preparing food. We learned that (among other things) from the Benny video at camp
3) Stop for a coke. (This is hard work.)
4) Chop turkey into whatever shapes you can get them in.
How to make croissants:
1) Bust Pillsbury carton.
3) Oven-ate those suckers.
(So if the forthcoming pictures seem a little self-centric, it's only because I was the official food handler tonight, and Brittany got to be the photographer.)
Remember: always wash your hands when preparing food. We learned that (among other things) from the Benny video at camp
How to make a chef's salad:
1) Boil eggs
2) Chop cheese into 1/4 in cubes.
1) Boil eggs
2) Chop cheese into 1/4 in cubes.
3) Stop for a coke. (This is hard work.)
4) Chop turkey into whatever shapes you can get them in.5) Combine, and shake well.
How to make croissants:
1) Bust Pillsbury carton.
2) Roll dough. (This is an example of a perfectly rolled croissant, FYI.)
3) Oven-ate those suckers.
And the happy family (minus one).
May 19, 2008
So apparently this is just a good month for me, scrapbooking-wise. I made it in the magazine, and then on Monday, five minutes after I put up a few pages I'd made with this great new kit I got, look what I found on Erin Lincoln's blog? Oh, yeah. That's me. And Brittany, Ryan, and Andy. The Officers, in the 'O'. 'O' for Officers.
May 17, 2008
Two pictures of the day for Saturday. They represent the two fun things I did today, while pushing through my sniffles, sneezes, and headache by way of Tylenol Allergy (highly recommended for a cold by the way).
Our frisbee golf wrist bands.
And this one, from our Balboa Park picture excursion because I just love it. I had to hold the camera slightly over my head so I couldn't see how the picture was coming out, but I was very pleased with the results.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Recent Updates
Sick.
Went to bed early.
Played frisbee golf.
Photo shoot in Balboa Park.
Organization catch-up.
Going to bed early again.
More later.
Went to bed early.
Played frisbee golf.
Photo shoot in Balboa Park.
Organization catch-up.
Going to bed early again.
More later.
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