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Friends of Summermarie
| I'm packed and I'm holding, doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo. | January 5th, 2009 @ 3:51am |
| by korex | |
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Listening to: Len - Steal My Sunshine
Perfect time for a new paragraph. So while I was youtubing that song, (hey, I gotta perfect standing around angstily in a leather jacket somehow) I clicked on a related video: the music video to Len's smash hit "Steal My Sunshine." Now, I am particularly fond of the shitty things that I liked as a kid*, and I'm guessing that this song is pretty shitty. But here's the kicker: Since I liked it as a kid, I have no idea if it's actually shitty or not. It's like Steal My Sunshine is my cousin, and someone just asked me if she's hot. There is no answer!** Also, that song came out ten fucking years ago. I'm pretty sure that this is the first thing that I can remember that isn't a cartoon that's officially ten years old. By the way, why do I have so few memories before the age of about five? Was I an alcoholic?*** *"Linkin Park anyone?" jokes Andre 1. "I'll fucking kick your ass Andre 1," says Andre 2. "Linkin Park's first 3 albums were fucking sweet and we both listened to them in middle school!" "Bring it!" says Andre 1. And then they bring it, and Andre 1 wins, because there's only one Andre. Seriously, who the fuck did you think was Andre 2? The answer better not be the person I have dubbed "Andre 2," which is the other Andre in my class at Pomona. We are in a fierce rivalry that I am neither backing down from nor sure if he's aware of. Now stop reading this wordy and self-referential footnote and get back to my bitching about 90s songs nobody cares about. **Kickin' piano line = one hot cousin I mean not shitty. ***Yes. |
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| penelope: one month | December 22nd, 2008 @ 10:37pm |
| by englishsongbird | |
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Penelope at one month 
Pretty eyes! Pen's eyes are still bluish gray, and we all hope they stay that way. Or change to blue. The three of us have brown eyes, but JD's the only one in his family with brown eyes. My dad has blue eyes, so it's definitely in our families. She'd look so cute with blue eyes--I'm trying to picture Patrick with long hair and blue eyes, but it's just not registering. But anyway, her eyes are so pretty. 
And, of course, she's super cute when she's sleeping, too. 
One of Penelope's favorite places to be is on the changing pad because it's on top of a dresser with a gigantic mirror. Since she came home, she'd just lay there and look at herself or look at things in the mirror. I know that babies love mirrors, but she really loves mirrors. 
She's very good with holding her head steady, so it follows that she's good with lifting her head when on her belly. However, when she was playing on her belly this evening, she just about flipped herself over a few times because she kicked her feet up so forcefully. 
And then she got mad. 
Finally, on that beautiful green blanket. She went to the doctor two weeks ago for her two week visit, and she weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. As the days go by, she's staying up longer during the day and sleeping pretty well at night. Also, I'm discovering that she's pretty grumpy. She looks either grumpy and upset or very thoughtful most of the time. I know she's only a month old and the way she is now might not be the way she grows up, but I don't want her to be grumpy, I want her to be happy and giggly. Maybe that'll come once she learns how to smile and giggle. This wasn't from today, but I thought this was the cutest thing: 
Patrick alternately loves and ignores his sister. When she's crying, he covers his ears. I try to tell him to help console her, to sing to her and try to get her to calm down, but he'd just keep his ears covered. One day, though, he started singing the alphabet to her, and she quieted down. I praised the heck out of him for that, and he was just all sorts of proud of himself. And speaking of the eldest, look what I found: 
Patrick at one month. I guess I'd made him mad, too. |
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| variable | June 15th, 2007 @ 12:00am |
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| falling up | August 13th, 2008 @ 3:50pm |
| by ambient | |
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i have been reading like a madwoman lately. last week, i read (and finished) one book each day. most of the reading was actually done during work (shh don't tell), but my productivity didn't suffer for it, so i'm not too worried. i hadn't been to the library in awhile, so i kind of outdid myself. i walked out with a stack of books, an even bigger stack of DVDs, and some old-time radio show CDs. and i'm still waiting on some items to come in. i also ordered a new book on amazon a few days ago. i can't wait for it to get here. i'm a book-fiend. work has been canceled for the week, so i'll have to file unemployment . . . before our TWO-WEEK VACATION starts on monday. after over four years of working at this place, you'd think i'd know to plan this better. but the lay-offs don't usually come up until mid-september, so i thought i was being crafty. fat chance, but at least i'm getting paid for part of it. mike, meanwhile, is getting paid for all of it; he has two weeks of vacation that must be used up before thanksgiving (they don't allow people to take off on holidays - how fucking stupid is that?), so he came up with this nifty little idea. so i guess i've got three weeks off. that should give me some time to accomplish all the shit i've got piled up. i hope. it's been very grey out for the past week, raining off and on. i don't mind too much, though - this time of year, i always get excited for fall. i'm not entirely ready for summer to end - at least, not until after our vacation is over - but when i think of the leaves changing, the colour of an autumn sky, and the scent that always comes with the season, i get a bit excited. then i go christmas-crazy. it's already started; i've been wanting to watch 'holiday inn' and, since we're going to chicago for part of our hols next week, 'while you were sleeping.' as far as the wedding and europe are concerned, here's a lazy-arsed copy+paste from that dreadful mind-trap, myspace: europe will be a one-month trip to start. the first two weeks will be spent gallivanting round as many countries and sights as we can comfortably fit; if we like the atmosphere and feel it'd be possible to actually move there altogether, the next two weeks will be spent finding a place to live/stay and a place to work. if it ends up being more difficult than is possible, we'll spend the entire month traipsing round instead. i'm hoping for the former; however, if it turns out to be the latter, we'll have our hol and then come home for a bit . . . and shift our aim toward moving to canada. if we get married in europe, it'll be an elopement, with a reception and vow-renewal here. otherwise, we'll have the ceremony here as well, and we've a few places in mind for that. still trying to figure out the best solution to this, but we'll take it as it comes. in other news, we're trying to find a new place to live. if we want to do all the shit listed above, we're gonna have to save some more cash. there's a place not too far from here that we've been thinking of. it's a one-bedroom, which is less than we've got now (2-bedroom with 1200 total sq. ft.), but it's quite spacious as is -and- it has a nice-sized kitchen with an ELECTRIC STOVE. i don't mind the gas stove we've got now, but electric is, to me, much easier to cook with/on. we'll be saving $50 every month's rent, plus everything except electricity is included - even off-street parking. we'd have our own entrance, too, so we wouldn't be disturbing anyone else. i hope mike goes for it. (= sorry for being such a slacky-wanker on posting. when i -am- home, i'm usually cleaning or cooking for the bake-sale or trying to work on the tattoo design i should've finished by now. otherwise, we're out walking (weight-loss plan still in action) or grocery shopping or doing whatever else. i'll try to be more efficient, but we all know i've said that a million times before. |
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| baby cabled hat 3 | August 13th, 2008 @ 3:52pm |
| by ashleyknits | |
Here's the hat, the leftover yarn [a bit over twelve inches] and Patrick's hand for comparison. I just barely made it with the length. 
And here's Patrick with his own hat and the baby's. He was really happy with I finished it - he told me it was 'beautiful.' Awwwwwwwwww! Stats: Yarn - Vanna's Choice in rust Needles - CPY size 7's |
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| Olivia | 11.21.08 |
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| cracks in the floor | October 23rd, 2008 @ 10:37am |
| by pyroclasticlux | |
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my grandmother died today just after midnight. today is/was her 90th birthday. we were rather close; as such, i am not taking this particularly well. i realise that things haven't been well for her in awhile; she's had congestive heart failure issues for three years now, and she has become increasingly weak during the past five days. i am glad she is not miserable anymore, and likewise happy that she can finally be with my grandfather again,...but ...ugh. damn it. DAMN IT. FREAKING DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was going to ring her this morning and wish her a happy birthday, and mum & i arranged for flowers to be sent for her today. mum & dad & i were going to visit on sunday and have a small party to celebrate her birthday. i didn't know her phone number was the same at her assisted living flat until late last night; i could have talked to her sooner!!!! why didn't i ask about that when she moved in there??? and i didn't want to pass my cold onto her because she was so weak already, and i knew it could've been disastrous, so i was waiting until i felt better before visiting. why do i have to be bloody sick so damn often???!?!??! why didn't i check the number and ring her earlier??????????? ...[sigh.] i am going to avoid the internet and general human interaction for awhile. this is the saddest day, and the ones to come are only going to get worse. i miss her more than is possible to articulate. )'= ______ thursday, 23 october 2008 10h42 CDT |
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