friends

friendships are hard. i've always known this, but the past year has proved that over and over again. it takes work on both ends for a friendship to stay exactly that - a friendship. i'm pretty tired of trying to keep certain people in my life, when they make no effort to want to be a part of it. i realize that everyone has their own busy lives to lead, but is it really that difficult to call or text or meet for a drink? apparently it is....
i'm think that i'm going to be finished trying with certain individuals. it sucks because i'll still always want to call them up or text them when something happens, i'll still want to try go out with them on those rare nights that i do go out.
we'll see how this goes. i hate the thought of losing them but i'm over feeling like i'm not worth their time.

playing god

my best friend clairey called me tonight and we had a really long talk. all our other phone calls have been really short and rushed, but this one was nice and long, like almost 2 hours i think....
it's weird to think that she lives on the complete opposite side of the country, especially since we've been everywhere together since sophomore year of high school, thru college, and even europe. i miss my besty.

ahhh memories...














i feel like i started writing this for a reason....
ohohoh, so claire and i were talking about our high school obsession with the sims. before claire moved to billings i would literally stay home nights and weekends playing the sims and eating tubes of cookie dough and drinking dr. pepper. my friends would call to hang out or "cruise 24th" and i would make up an excuse or say i was grounded just to stay home playing the sims til about 2 a.m. i used screen shots of a sims house i created for a school project plus i knew and could speak the sims gibberish language...it was bad. my mom actually ended up uninstalling the game from our computer and throwing the discs away, it was tragic.
moral of this story is that i miss sims, but i'm holding strong. i know if i start playing again it's very likely i will relapse into a sedentary cookie dough dr. pepper lifestyle.



it's 1:15 am? shit.

baby buddha!

isn't he a gem? he was waiting at the top of the stairs when i got home from helena today. unfortunately, his light bulb was broken before i had a chance to plug him in, so tomorrow i'm on a hunt for a replacement.

also, while i was in san francisco helping gerrie move to her new place, we came upon this picture...









i wish i could give you a better close up of this priceless photo...the ears, the gingery hair, the snufalofagus. gerrie let me take it home with me as long as i promised to frame it in my room. i've already got the perfect frame picked out for it at hobby lobby.

as soon as i'm not lazy i'm going to upload some pictures from san francisco. a little teaser, there are some peguins kissing and some zebras snuggling (i got those especially for you chanda so get excited!)

i left my heart...

i keep dreaming about san francisco ever since i left...i think we may belong there.

i blast npr like some blast rap

so, i was driving over to aj's after work today listening to all things considered. i hadn't really noticed how loud i had it turned up until i pulled up next to another car at a red light. they were playing that horribly obnoxious remake of right round by...flo rida i think?

anyhow, both of the cars passengers were staring at me with extremely annoyed looks. i didn't really understand what i could've done to piss them off, until i realized that robert siegel's voice was loud...very, veeery loud. so loud in fact that it was overpowering flo rida. after a few seconds of awkward staring, they turned their music up, revved their engine and flew by me when the light turned green. maybe i should leave my windows rolled up when listening to npr. no, actually scratch that, they should roll up their windows when listening to that icky rap remake crap.

flo rida, you've won this round...but next time, ohhhh yes, next time...

in an entirely different matter, the sandwich and wine party was such a blast! thank you coralene for coming up with the wonderful idea and hosting it at your place (which, by the way looks SO adorable). coralene made these amazing little sandwiches with olives, which i was super excited about. my dear heart tried to make some caprese sandwiches, which were actually very good minus the licorice-tasting basil. but, oh my stars, chris and his effing panini press surprised the shit out of me. i have no words for his sandwiches. thank you beardo, i am a better person for having eaten one of your paninis.

2 years

happy anniversary pepper!

wayfarer

i finally got some new frames.

yesterday was extremely productive...i got my car air conditioning fixed (also, side note, go to Staley's Auto...they are reasonably priced and the people there are SO nice), got the radio in my car working after 5 months, got a pedicure from a crackhead, had matthew cut my hair, watched amy get a tattoo, went to emilio's birthday get-together, and had drinks with high school friends. phewss!

also....how cute are my little nuggets?!?


















aj, stuart and willie are my most favorite boys ever!