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MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Taylor
We celebrated Taylor’s 27th birthday a few weeks ago with a fun dinner at his workplace, Smith. His co-workers actually came out and sang to him and it was really sweet and hilarious. They were so cute. Afterwards we met friends at Twilight Exit and it got pretty hoppin’ for a Monday night.
I think the biggest hit of the night were our coordinated outfits. Taylor planned it all and it was pretty awesome that the rainbow worked out.
Happy Birthday, Taylor! Here’s your haiku:
salty, summer air
reading stories on blankets
desert animals
I love you!
Posted in B-days!, Best Friends, Haiku, Just for Fun
Back in the Swing of Things
As I approached October 5th of this year, I felt a huge sense of sadness, relief and even excitement. The one-year anniversary of my mom’s passing obviously made me sad, but I also felt relieved to have survived this last year as it has been the most difficult year of my life. The “new normal” isn’t so strange and the ground beneath my feet finally feels like it’s starting to stabilize once again.
I recently returned from a trip to Utah which turned out to be a great experience. There wasn’t anything new for me to adjust to. I visited my family, attended a wedding, drank Diet Pepsi with Monica, chatted with Christy over sandwich prices and boys, and placed flowers on my mom’s headstone in Centerville Cemetery. The “new normal” finally feels normal, and I’m excited about that.
This last year, I needed to grieve, mourn, be “blah” and do whatever I wanted. But I’ve decided that I’m going to challenge myself this year, push myself a little harder to take better care of my health, my relationships, and my life in general.
So, back to blogging!
Isn’t this cute?
Posted in Family, Journal, Miscellaneous
I Believe
I finally stepped up and bought the soundtrack to The Book of Mormon and it has been entertaining me for a while. I also really loved this clip from the Tony Awards, of Andrew Rannells singing “I Believe.”
Pretty awesome.
Goretti
mild, Friday mornings
we sip chilled Bloody Marys
in company mugs
Happy Birthday, Goretti! One month late isn’t so bad! I love you!
Image ©2011 Lindsay Borden
Posted in B-days!, Best Friends, Haiku
Heidi
neon tennis ball
bouncing down Coit Tower steps
dodging fat children
Happy (belated) Birthday, Heidi!
Helen Mirren
I can’t get over how sexy this old portrait of Helen Mirren is; I had to post it.
Talk about a knock out!
Posted in Foxy Ladies
Alfie and the Ferry
I wanted to post these adorable pics of Alfie on the recent Ferry excursion we took him on to Bainbridge Island and back. I know I’m ridiculous.
Just after these photos, he shat on the deck. Cleaning carrot diarrhea off cement is tricky. You can quote me on that.
Posted in Alfie, Cute Animals
BESTIE x BESTIE 3.01 and 3.02
These may get a little old for some of you, but I love it. I mostly love the idea of these two friends getting wasted, being ridiculous and making videos about it. If anything it makes me want to do it with a few of my besties. Especially Taylor. What’s not to love?
Jenny’s helium voice kills me, and “Who Cares About Las Vegas?” is the best!
Posted in Best Friends, Bestie x Bestie, So Funny
Raccoon Memories
Today, for some odd reason, I’m remembering the time Thom, Chang Ling, and I ended up at the emergency room until 5:00 AM because of a baby raccoon that attacked us inside of Chang Ling’s car. Before running off, the critter bit Thom a number of times and we had to wait in the ER for the doctors to show up with Thom’s shots. haha. Good memory.
Ahh, raccoons.
Posted in Cute Animals, Journal, So Funny
Chris
early spring morning
partly cloudy with a chance
of chicken shit scoops
Happy (belated) Birthday, Chris! I love you!
Tabloid
I recently watched Tabloid and the experience is one I won’t soon forget. This Errol Morris documentary tells the story of a former Miss Wyoming named Joyce McKinney who was arrested in 1977 for kidnapping and raping a Mormon missionary in England. Who would NOT want to watch this movie with a premise like that?! The story became a huge tabloid sensation and this film presents it in such a fascinating, hysterical way.
Check it out soon!
Wonderful Terrible Being
Julia filmed and edited Jacob in this recording of Jacob’s classic Wonderful Terrible Being. How come some people are so awesome? Jacob and Julia make me feel pretty lucky. I love you guys!
Posted in Best Friends, Music
A Million Years
Check out Alexander’s video for A Million Years. It is cheerful, sweet, and creative. I love it.
Posted in Foxy Hunks, Music
Daphne
Lovely song/music video by Lia Ices, perfect for this rainy Monday.
Also, this one.
Posted in Music
Megan & Jurd
Two of my favorite people in the world, Megan and Jared, will be getting married a year from today! Since the traditional 1-year wedding anniversary gift is paper I thought it’d be fun to brainstorm some -1-year gift ideas. But it has to be worse than paper.
1. Wicker Furniture
2. Lane Bryant giftcard
3. Cigarettes
4. Vibram FiveFingers shoes
5. Diarrhea
6. Jäger
7. Fingernails
8. CrossFit subscription
9. PC laptop
10. Sheer underwear
what else?
I love Megan and Jurd as though they were my family. They are two of the most genuine, loving, wonderful people I know. Megan is so wise and wonderful to talk to. She’s one of my closest friends and I hope she always will be. Jurd is a lucky feller, and he is her match in every way I can imagine. I love him like a brother and I couldn’t be happier for Megan that she’s found such a hunka quality man.
I love you guys!
How cute are they?
Posted in Best Friends, Special Moments, Weddings
Erin
red-haired miracle,
a secretarial dress
flowing down Denny
Happy Birthday, Erin! I love you the most!
Mykonos
I really love this music video of Fleet Foxes Mykonos produced by Grandchildren.
Talk about eye candy!
Mary and Max
I’ve been meaning to blog about this movie for a long time. A few weeks ago I watched Mary and Max, a 2009 animated film by Australian writer/director Adam Elliot and I thoroughly loved it.
Mary is a lonely, bullied little girl living in Melbourne, and Max is an equally lonely, anxiety-ridden, forty-four-year old man living in New York. The movie follows their random introduction as pen-pals and the development of their tender, lifelong friendship.
This tender movie often brought tears to my eyes and it was so cute. Check it out when you need to have a cry. It is so sweet.
Posted in Movies
Miles & Ellie
I still have a long list of people I need to write birthday greetings about. Two of which are my favorite stinkers, Miles and Ellie. My niece and nephew turned seven a few weeks ago and I had to give them a huge shout out because they are two of my favorite people on earth.
Happy Birthday, kids! Your Uncle Jas loves you!
…and gauging from this photo, he needs botox.
Anna
sunburned and sleepy
you smash a huge black widow
and fart up my butt
Happy Birthday, Anna!! Aren’t you closer to my age? I’m 33.
I still love this ancient photo of Anna with Christy and me, cerca 2004.
Emily
Hoh Rainforest hikes
draping moss on misty trees
dodging a large pest
Happy (belated) Birthday, Emily K Allen! I ♥ YOU!
South Bank Show: Dusty Springfield
I just came across this lovely 2006 documentary segment on one of my favorite singers, Dusty Springfield, aka The White Queen of Soul, aka Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien.
I honestly don’t think anyone has ever had a voice as buttery as Dusty’s. She epitomizes sultry singing with her smooth, androgynous voice and incredible range. Elton John even said, “I think she is the greatest white singer that there ever has been.” Nice.
Watch this when you can. I love it.
Young Campbells
I think this family portrait was taken in either 1981 or 1982. It makes me smile so much my cheeks hurt.
If I had a special power I think it would be the ability to wear the clothes I wore as a little boy. I would easily wear any and all of the outfits my 3 older brothers and I are sporting. (FYI, I would also probably wear my mom’s dress to some smokey lounge and sing Thelma Houston. Hey, I would.)
Posted in Family, Favorite Pics!, So Funny
