After looking at people eating and crying, why not head over to postsecret to read people's deep dark or funny secrets. This is quickly becoming my fav site. And i totally plan on sending one in. In fact, i made a few already.
I think it was Kelly that told me about this site the other night. But it is exactly what the title suggests. And there is nothing like videos of people eating and crying to turn your day around.
Strike Three
So I have tried three times to post this nice long entry about all these things that i have done. And three times it has crashed and dumped the entry. That tells me that is wasn't meant to be. Laaaaame. And there is no way i am writing it again. Sorry.
oh, one more thing. Tilly and the Wall=awesome. Instead of a drummer, they have a tap dancer. is that not one of the coolest things ever?
Everything Is Right With The World.
Or at least my little world. Why? Because it is 4am, I am not going to lie, I am drunk, I have been to three parties tonight and I passed all of my classes this semester. All of them. Even Anthro, which is impressive seeing as she handed us the exam and i almost started crying, it was that hard., shit you not.
The parties were fun. there was a bit of a scare at the first when there were cops lingering near by and i couldn't find my driver. That was a low point. But it all worked out in the end. Rocio not only made me go to the bathroom with her but climbed out a window and i attempted to catch her. That was a little rough. There was dancing, singing. The police showed up and those of us in thebasement holding the dance party freaked out a little, turned down the stereo and sang while we danced. The second party was..........interesting. There was a wind sock hanging in the neighboring yard that looked just like a dead baby sitting in a swing of some sort. And though we all knew that the chances of it being an actual dead baby were slim to nil, it was still the creepiest thing i have ever seen and i have walked into graveyards were the bodies have been dug up. Anyway, in our drunken state someone decides that they are going to jump the fence and find out what it really is, the flashlights just aren't doing it. So Mike jumps the fence, with a knife mind you, and goes and cuts down the "dead baby" which in fact is a frog windsock. in the process the fence is broken. Like broken broken. Nails pulled out and everything, so Nick and i try to fix it so the dogs won't get out. I don't think it worked so well but oh well. Then we decided to set off for a third party that we heard was being held by Travis. We couldn't find the house. So we set off for my house. On the way we saw that my new neighbor and aquaintence from Art History and Club Smash was on his front porch with friends. We cruised down the street and up the alley to go see him. He, thinking we were someone else, came running down the sidewalk to greet us. It ended up that the Beau Nick knew from Catholic school was the same Beau I knew from Art History and other events. So we hung out on his porch with him and his friends for an hour or so, then i walked the three blocks down the hill to my house where I decided that it would be an awesome idea to blog in my current state instead of sleep a little while longer before I have to get up and work. I am thinking this was a bad idea and i will most likely regret it. Oh well too late now.
I finished finals at about 12.30 thursday afternoon. here is a basic run down (complete with photos!) of some of the goings on between that time and now.
Thursday:
-went skipping from class to Chedd's where i got a free grilled cheese from Willie
-St. Mark's where Tyler fell asleep on my lap not once but twice.
-G&T thursday on a thursday for once
-willie allowed Tyler to come to G&T thursday, he kept trying to cuddle with me and programed himself into my phone as "Tyler Sexy" I need to get away from this kid
-the following phone conversation with Kiyomi: Me "WILLIE!! NO!! DON'T DO IT!! AWW GOD DAMNIT!! *willie in the background* I'm sorry Lauren." Kiyomi, "What the hell is going on? where are you?" "We are on the roof Willie's garage, he is currently peeing off the side." *Tyler joining in* "Lemme talk to Kiyomi!! I want to say hi!" Me, "Tyler shut the fuck up!"
-Party at the Chateaux (for all the photos click on the title)
-A phone call from Whitney that startled me causing me to drop my beer.
-LOTS of dancing
-LOTS of drinking, which prompted more dancing
-Losing the memory chip in my camera, making them turn the lights on on the dance floor to see if it was there, when it wasn't dancing for another song or two before continuing the search.
-finding the memory card on the bathroom floor halfway through a conversation with someone
-being hit on by a guy sitting in an old pick up truck in the backyard, runing away when i saw Megan pull applesauce from her bag
-watching half the party drink said applesauce from the jar
-Pete's Kitchen at 3am Kiyomi: "Act sober!"
Friday
-Waking up with a wicked hangover
-the apple store to get my computer fixed
-sitting at the Genius Bar in the Apple store feeling like an idiot because a) I have no idea what the friendly people are talking about and b) there is a french fry not stuck, but mashed into the back of my pant leg from that late night visit to Pete's
-St. Mark's with Rachel, Alex, Kiyomi then joined by Travis aka The Scarlet Letter and later Willie and Becca
-Paris on the Platte
-watching Kiyomi get tanked after one drink, while Travis and Willie slowly followed
-driving home at 4.30am
Saturday
-waking up singing Journey. "Any way you want it that's the way you need it!"
-singing it all day at work and therefore getting it stuck in Rachel's head (sorry.)
-mom returning from New Mexico and realizing that with all the late nights, finals, and shindigs, I have no idea when she left
-St. Mark's
-Dino-nite aka several musical acts performing in a building under construction.
-dancing
-having Kiyomi put chapstick on for me amid much laughter
-running into more people i knew than i thought possible at one of these functions
-watching Willie and Becca try and contain their excitment
-Kung fu fighting in the street
-Paris on the Platte where I asked them to suprise me when it came to my order and i recieved the most amazing drink ever.
-2am me, wound up, taking everyone home
Sunday
-Battle Babes stationary set. How funny is that?!
-St. Mark's where once again Willie and Becca where out of control, i think they need to cut down on their caffine/sugar intake
-leaving when i realized that there was no way they were going to perk up
-going to Kiyomi's where we made a cake!
-crazy music videos
-crazier anime
-decortating out cake
-deciding we needed to put candles in it and that there should be 4 because that is how old we act. It was a very merry un-birthday indeed
-lots of laughing
-vintage muffin mix
-deciding that we should have a bake off, like a giant Iron Chef only with trashier food everything should be made from some sort of box mix, and bring our creations to Jazz in the Park so we can have a picnic before starting our massive game of Ha Ha
I love break.
I Love Fridays
Friday was one hell of a day. It started off with me waking up around 7.30 with the intention to study for my lab final, this naturally did not happen until about 8.30 and then promptly stopped fifteen minutes later in favor of looking at the wall. The exam began at 9, by 9.15 i was skipping through the hall done with that class for good.
10.30 ish, off to St. Mark's where i read and wrote a letter until Willie arrived. Then he punched me in the face and I beat him in an arm wrestle. There was also casual chit chat but who wants to hear about that?
2.30 off to Anthony's Pizza for lunch, this is when things really got interesting. Willie's debit card was declined, meaning there was no money in his account. Not good. So I bought lunch then we ran to his house to get his dad to wire him some cash. By 3.30 we were hanging out in King Supers at the Western Union desk waiting for the wire to come through. Half an hour later we call his dad, his dad hasn't yet wired the money, the bank closes at 5. We opt to go to a Western Union location in downtown and therefore closer to his bank. We pick up Becca and are on our way.
We try Republic Plaza (while running in and out of there some very bored smoothy place clerks wave at us like they know us, really they just wanted us to walk over there so they could read our shirts.) Rite Aid, Walgreen's and finally one of those dingy, depressing pay day loans/cash your check now places. The money has come through. Race to the bank. We arrive 5 minutes after closing so are stuck with the atm deposite.
5.30 back at my house attempting magic with our computers, no such luck. Then a drive to go pick up two of Dave's friends, Kiyomi calling to see if I am going to the Super Hero party we were apparently invited to last weekend. I invite Willie and Becca then am reminded by Kiyomi that Becca and the host Birdy dated and that would be awkward. I start shouting "unvitation." Becca decides she will go home seeing as she had SATs first thing in the morning.
7-7.30 ish Kiyomi aka The Green Lantern arrives. I am Euro Trash Girl and Willie is Emo Boy. Off we go to the Breakdown where we sit on the sidewalk eating vegan chocolate watching a shy girl play the banjo then Drew Danburry, who was super entertaining by the way.
8.30-9ish off to St. Mark's for a little pick me up. Ran into Becca and a bunch of other kids. We all hit on one another. It was fun. Then to my house to pee and pick up gin.
10.30 ish off to the party at The Chateau. There were sing alongs. Willie and i drank. and drank. and then! we drank some more. We danced, Kiyomi and i provided strobe light action with our bad ass rings. We sang some more. We took fun photos that maybe my computer will one day allow me to share with all of you. Met lots of fun people and a few...interesting ones. Named Rachel Carmen Sandiego. Put it to a vote in a parking lot that founding members of the YABB should never again take shots of strait gin especially after a few beers, it passed with no resistance. Eventually made it back to my house where we promptly passed out.
Awoke bright and early this morning (9.45) grumbled very hung over out of bed and to breakfest before I went to work.
The Youth And Beauty Brigade
I have really been slacking off when it comes to posting news. I apologize.
A few weeks ago Willie and I were bored and decided to come up with a secret handshake. We then started refering to ourselves as a club, because we have a secret handshake and do you know who else has a secret handshake? Thats right, clubs. A week or two later we randomly came up with a motto for our club, "we have nice hats and scarves." A few minutes later we took a Decemberists song and made it into our club name, The Youth and Beauty Brigade. Since that point our club has progressed quite a bit. We have the beginnings of a charter, a logo (which we are having put on stickers and t-shirts), various ministries (including the ministry of free cake, which I am sure there will be a post about), a battle cry, a club song, a back up club song and a weekly club activity with more to come. Today we welcomed what we like to refer to as our aquatic ambassadors to the YABB. We have official club fish! We haven't worked out their names yet, but we are working on it.
And this is just a fun IM conversation Kiyomi and I had on the subject.
Me: willie and i got fish
Kiyomi: god you two are married. where does it live?
Me: they live in a bowl on my dresser. there are two of them
Kiyomi: hank isnt even cold in his grave yet and you have TWO new hussies in his bowl?!!?!?!
Me: what are you talking about? Hank died almost two months ago!!
Kiyomi: maybe you can forget so easily but some of us cant!!! we're not ready to let go!
Me: i have made my peace with his death. it was his time. After all, he was a fish that couldn't swim. A rare and special breed that is doomed to a short time on this earth.
Kiyomi: the candle that burns the brightest burns the shortest
Me: so true so true
Kiyomi: so what are these new ones like?
Me: one looks like he is either a pirate or got into a bar fight. he has a black eye.
Me:or an eye patch, depending on how you look at it
Kiyomi: that one is willies isnt it
Me: yeah
Kiyomi: i can see him getting the pirate fish
Me: the other one is a cool light yellow color. the pirate one is all calico too.
Kiyomi: awesome, hope you know a named fish dies quicker
Me: well at the moment they don't have names, we haven't come up with anything yet. but their default names are Marx and Engles.
Wait a second. Kiyomi weren't you the one who was out to destroy Hank?
I'll have more news and all that after finals end.
