Oscars 2008: When Busey Attacks

undawears!

So this story is too good to forget to share.

The other day we had horrible wind storms in the Valley that left some people without power and almost left me without underpants.

Sean and I were at the laundromat on Sunday and my load had just finished drying when the power went out. I was literally the only person who was finished, so everybody was giving me dirty looks. I told Sean we better skedaddle right out of there.

As we walk outside with my overflowing laundry basket, the wind picks up and my hair flies into my eyes, rendering me blind. I shake my bangs out of my eyelashes and see, to my horror, the wind has picked up a pair of my undawears! And they're flying, like the plastic bag in American Beauty, across the parking lot, into the next parking lot, rapidly flying toward the Long John Silvers!

So I shout, "SEAN! GO GET MY UNDAWEARS!" because I'm too busy clutching my laundry basket to my chest. A sweater starts to go, too, so he sticks that in my mouth and sloooooooowly goes after the undawears. It was CHAOS.

Once we were safely in the car, undawears in tow, we laughed and laughed hysterically, but for a moment, it was horrifying.

i want more!

So I received the Urban Outfitters catalog and it reminded me of all the ways my life is currently unlivable because I don't possess the following:

This totally unnecessary headboard (that I don't really need unless it would keep the cold out...):



and I also don't have this unnecessary mug, also from Urban Outfitters, although i share its sentiment:

bon chance

Well, after much thought, I think I will try to make it to the spring, maybe April and then cut my hair.
Maybe it will be long enough to donate it. Doubt it, though.

Sean and I may go on vacay in the spring, which is tres exciting.

Other than that, let's review:
* Heath Ledger: OMG.
* Oscar noms: they'll never win, but Tommy Lee Jones and Marion Cotillard were crazy amazing in "In the Valley of Elah" and "La Vie En Rose," respectively.
* Work: my schedule is transitioning this week, but in February I have weekends off again.
* Home: I have new downstairs neighbors who seem friendly and shoveled snow off the walk, so they're cool in my book.
* Snow: We got five inches last week and there's STILL ice on the ground. Craziness.

hairsdo advice

Tell it to me straight, ya'll.

That has to be my hair in the spring, am i right? Maybe I'm not, but omigodiwantabob.

what i've been up to

1) Conquering mountains avec maman.




2) Celebrating my b-day with lilies from Nicole, cupcakes from Lauren and fruit stripes gum from Regina.



3) Driving to Norfolk, where I had the surreal experience of walking in the Christmas parade as a volunteer for The Virginian-Pilot, wrangling a giant dragon balloon and dodging horse poop. Weird, weird, weird. No pictures exist of this, but there is this video: Parade.



4) Christmas shopping. I saw this sing-a-long kareoke Elvis at The Sharper Image. Scary! I also wrote about my Black Friday exploits here

5) I've also been learning video editing from Miss Margaret. Remember when we shot a story about llamas? This is how it looked when she finished: Llama movie

I'm 23 today

When you grow up, your birthday is such a non-event (you can't skip work, everyone's busy, etc), that I literally woke up today and went, "oh! it's my birthday. I forgot!"

I have gotten some money though, and that's awesome. I'm supposed to have a birthday lunch with work people later, so that's good, too.

Hopefully I'll do more birthday-like things this weekend. 23 is a bad, odd number. I just like even numbers. Huzzah to 24!

beards!

forget all that other stuff. what i really need are prints of bearded men! huzzah!
available at Ashley G's etsy site: Etsy

birthday time! (and maybe Christmas ideas, too)

I have received a request for Web sites that I enjoy that could possibly yield birthday gift ideas for me. Here are some of my favorites that would be pretty safe no matter what someone bought (but I put pictures of some items I'd like):


Thomas Paul address book, $15, from See Jane Work
See Jane Work


Terrarium, $40 from Sprout Home
Sprout Home


French Flash Cards from Fred Flare, $14
Fred Flare


Zig zag throw pillow from Twinkle Living, $50
Twinkle Living


Thomas Paul pillow, $48 from Bluefly Home
Bluefly


Screenprinting kit, $64 from Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters


Scarf from J.Crew
J.Crew

Other sites I like:
Anthropologie
Paper Cup Design
Elsewares
Art Effect
The MOMA Store
Velocity Art and Design

thank god for youtube

speaking of things I never thought I would see again in my lifetime, here are three of my all-time favorite Sesame Street clips that my mom and I talk about all the time.