Surprise! I couldn't keep up with updating my blog regularly (or even monthly...). I had every intent to, so that has to count for something. Here's an idea of what's been going on, picture-style:
I got an iPhone 4s and have had fun with Siri. The best results are posted on Facebook, but these are gems, too. The best one was, "Talk dirty to me." "I'm not that kind of assistant." Jeremie said his phone's response w's "My floor needs vacuuming" or something like that. Good one, Siri.
Matt and I started Facetiming before bed, which I've come to love and look forward to. ...Especially when I can get him to act silly and take pictures of it without him knowing.
I had a crazy Friday when nothing was going right. It was 5:10 and I was late to a dinner, but was fighting with IT to get my article online. It was imperative, but people who needed to press a big OK button or something were gone for the weekend already. And before that incident, little fires kept popping up I had to take care of, which kept me from my own long list of duties. Apparently Tony was having the same kind of day, and this has been his phone background ever since.
Sarah K. introduced me to something called Blunt Card, and it just makes me laugh. This was my phone background for the longest time because it makes me LOL.
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| I mean, why wouldn't it? It's hilarious. |
Here's another funny bit from someecards.
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| Slightly. |
Shiner Holiday Cheer was discovered, so it was pure Christmas for about two months before the calendar said so. This is now going to be a yearly to-do.
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| This is now going to be a yearly to-do. |
Matt and I cooked dinner at his parents' and I washed the dishes with this beauty. As fearful as a pink pig is, it's no surprise that it was no match for grease and stuck-on food.
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| At least it's fun-looking? |
Annette introduced Andrew to a game called Puerto Rico, and Andrew in turn introduced it to everybody. I avoided it in Florida (because The Help was too tantalizing to put down and RuPaul's Drag Race was too entertaining to concentrate on anything else) but gave in one night. It was a more intense game than I'm used to playing (Hey, Solitaire and Life do have their stressful moments!), but I enjoyed it. It'll take a few more plays to grasp all the rules. We'll see. Matt got it for Christmas, so I'll be seeing more of this game named after America's adopted state.
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| So many pieces |
First comes Thanksgiving then comes shopping, and this year Black Midnight was the new Black Friday. I went with Dad and Morgan to Old Navy and a few other stores to catch some week deals. The reason I only named old Navy is because that's where all the sweet deals were at. Coupled with Dad's debit card, I came out of that store a happy woman with a new appreciation for platform pumps. Seriously, they're the hottest, most comfortable shoes I've worn since I broke my foot. Pictured are glitter ones I wanted, but didn't have enough money after I bought two other pairs in black and tan.
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| I still think about this pair I didn't get -- Is that a problem? |
Also, it snowed on a really random day and everyone was like, "whaaaaa." Even Siri was like, "It sure looks like Memphis is cray as ever."
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| Siri, unlike the internet, doesn't lie. |
I went to Goodyear to get my oil changed and 1. Waited an hour. Now I know what the "jiffy" means in "Jiffy Lube"; I've only waited 10 minutes there. 2. Didn't wait as long as someone else had: 5 hours. Yikes. Anyway, between a lady telling me about the good old days of Midtown and the other lady commenting on her wait time, I read People. See what they say about Glee (totally true) and Dexter (totally better not be true)?
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| "Dexter is starting to get emotional." |
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| "Glee is starting to get redundant and too unrealistic for a show based unrealisticism." |
One Friday night, my friends and I needed something to do, so I went to ilovememphis (great blog) and found an 80's party at Molly Fontaine lounge. After getting over Matt's and my hunch that it was a gay bar, we rounded some people and 80's garb up and went. You know that fear you have the first month of school that you'll walk into the wrong classroom? Imagine that fear times two become a reality. I had my hair high, oversized striped shirt, skinny jeans, and Vans on, Matt had an entire factory of gel in his hair, and everyone else was wearing stuff. It was great. We get there and no one else is dressed up. So we bounced, went back to my place, and had our own 80's party. Also, the place had terrible lighting for pictures.
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| Or maybe he has terrible facing for pictures? |
Speaking of terrible facing for pictures, here's my pretty thin father attractively posing for a picture.
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| Wonder where I got my double chin from? |
Met up with part of the AXD family for drinks at the Fox. Now, understand I was a poor college student for 4 years and a poor paying-off-my-student-loans working woman ever since. So when it comes to necessities, I can't get too picky.. Especially when it's my own money at stake. Anyway, I ordered a delicious brew while Laura ordered a new mixed drink. Long story short: it was terrible, i discovered the first uber disgusting drink I've tried, and I got a free beer to drink said drink. See Sailor's Grog below.
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| More like "Sailor's Reason to Barf" |
Gag. Even Raegan tried it and she couldn't handle it! I'm the real winner here. Except that, in addition to making my taste buds cry, it made my stomach hurt for the next few hours.
I dyed my hair black again! Loving it. I'm finding that younger people like it and older people don't.
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| So what are you? Young or old? Be honest with yourself. |
Even crazier than that is I didn't tell anyone about my impulse decision, and while the dye was in my hair, Miaya texted me that she was dying her hair black! In the eloquent phrases known to writers such as myself, I poetically replied, "Omg me too! BFF twins." 'Cause if you can understand that, it's totally true. We were also both wearing spaghetti strapped black tanks. Side note, I got dye on the back of the shorts I was wearing and it looked like I pooped my pants. Apparently I sat on the bed with this dye and it looks like I pooped on my bed. Slick, right? I felt hot and chic that first day, so I tried to take edgy artistic pictures. Too bad my face isn't made for that junk.
One day, it actually snowed and I was so happy. Check out this beautiful picture.
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| Seriously has to be the best nature shot I've taken. LOVE. |
Christmas came along and it was god. Someone online did the following..
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| Is it really sacreligious if it's Christmas?? |
If you didn't enjoy that picture, here's one you will enjoy: my unfortunately wrapped present to my sister. Since I can't do anything like a normal human being, I wrapped each appendage to the sock monkey separately.
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| Wrapping. Magic. |
It was great til I turned it over and looked at the backside. Which, if you mistake it for the frontside, can be pretty awkward.
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| Hint: Penis |
What's even more unfortunate is Morgan's drawing of a sock monkey in church the next day. She was being serious, but maybe I'm too adult (?) to appreciate it.
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| Three years from now, this will be blackmail. |
So i Iaughed instead. (Note, I wasn't the only one being immature in church! Here's will with the battery-operated church candles.
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| Given, I'm the one who gave him the idea, but Dad didn't have to know that when he got in trouble. |
Sock monkeys are apparently a big deal now. I've seen them everywhere, as is evidenced by mine and Morgan's Facebook wall-to-wall activity. Theyre apparently hip enough for 1. Her to have a personal photo shoot with then 2. Arkansas.
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| Arkansock monkey |
Here's another lesson about Christmas: it's tiring.
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| ZZzzZzzZ |
