for moo cow : stuffed peeps

A couple weeks ago Silver Turtle Boyfriend and I were roaming through the grocery store, when we were distracted by the Wall O' Pastel Candies out for Easter. Silver Turtle Boyfriend started squeeking "Peeps!" "Peeps!" and it took me a minute to realize that he was referring to the big, squishy, stuffed Peeps on the top shelf.




And of course I had to take this stellar picture - (C'mon people it's a camera phone. It's only purpose is to take pix of your drunk friends to send to other friends' phones.) - specifically so I could post it for Moo Cow.

thanks for the music

There's something I've known about for a couple months.
The writing was on the wall before it was ever confirmed.

I've started to blog about it, but then was just too sad.
I felt lost just thinking about it.

But now that it's officially over, I should just come out and say it:















Chuck's Junk is officially over.

They played a super-high-energy show on Saturday night to release their CD and say farewell. They had a great turn-out, and probably should have told their friends that they were splitting up many times before to get them off their asses and into the clubs.

It was really fun having friends who were in a really really good band. White boys that play stuff you can dance to. Or drink to, if you're me.

Their CD is fabulous, of course, and you should really buy it or download it (I hear it might make it to itunes).

I'm sure they'll be on to other great things.

Thanks for the music, guys.

impact

Yesterday I got one of those emails from a long-last high school friend. Someone that I wasn't super close with, and he wasn't part of my "main" circle of friends, but we always had fun hanging.

He said I made a huge impact on who he became.
[I really hope he's not a big jerk now].

You don't think about being in high school and affecting your friends' personalities. In fact I think most of us just become more and more the same person we always were. High school, for me, wasn't a terrible place. It was an okay place - I liked hanging with my friends, and of course music stuff, and even some of my classes. I was a big geek. But not in the "longing to be one of the cool kids" geek ways, because that wasn't really anything important to me.

It's kind of cool to know that you left a positive impression on someone, and 11 years later they remember you clear as day because of it.

a mushy post about my kickass friend who's moving on up in life

So copy_princess went and got herself a sweet promotion. In just a couple short weeks she'll be relocating to her corporate offices in Dallas, Texas. And then she'll spend most of the time travelling around the country.

I'm really happy for her. I encouraged her to take the plunge. But I'm going to miss her. She's really kickass. If you call her at any time on any day to do just about anything, she's game. You can drag her to the bar, out to the boonies to take photos, to Target... whatever. And she'll have you laughing your ass off the entire time.

To make it worse, most of our friends got old and lame, and would rather spend their time at home. Sure you can go visit them, and stare at TV with them, but it's not the same. I've been threatening to post an ad on craigslist that says "I need friends who leave their house".

Anyways... Good Luck copy_princess! I promise to come visit! [Go leave her any advice you have for a big cross-country move, for a job with lots of travel, etc. etc.]

film school 101

I see a fair amount of movies, and often I think oh I should post about this on my blog but then I don't get around to it for whatever reason.

I saw V for Vendetta last night and felt compelled to tell you to go see it. Really great social commentary, excellent visuals, interesting story. Sure some of it is predictable, but it is based on comic. And as I've mentioned before - we have a limited number of stories to tell as a people. But the general American public really needs to hear and see this one again.

A few other films from the past year or so that I should have told you to go see and probably didn't:

North Country - Amazing and sad that these events occured in the 1980s - women should see it as a reminder, and men should see it to get a clue what women face in the working world
Crash - It won the Best Picture oscar for a reason
Rock School - Fun documentary about kids that rock
Syriana - Another wake up call about governments and their actions/reactions
Walk the Line - Not revolutionary, but an interesting story

And of course there are a lot of films I didn't get around to seeing just yet - this was a really good year for movies.

happy survivor's day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This is it - your official invite to party like Irish Rock Stars starting bright and early Friday morning with copy_princess and Silver Turtle!

We're going to be at Claddaugh Irish Pub downtown (585 S. Front St.) between the hours of 8am-11am (ish). After that it's off to the parade, and a day filled with fun honoring St. Patrick.

We know most of you are probably working (laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame), but come out before work and share a bite of Irish breakfast with us. Or meet up with us after work - we don't know where we'll be (Brazenhead, Byrne's, Patrick J's, somewhere in Dublin...)- so just hit us up on our cells.

(Please be responsible. If you're going to have more than a pint or two, make arrangements not to drive - designate a driver, take a cab, take COTA, ride your bike. We want to be safe while we're painting the town green).

And a big HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY from copy_princess and Silver Turtle!

choose your own adventure: cars

You have a 1996 Buick Regal. A couple years ago some crazy old lady ran a stop sign in front of you on a major road and caused you front end damage. The car was totalled, but you got to keep it and quit making car payments. You've spent at least $3000 over the past few years to keep it running. It needs about $1100 worth of work on the struts and alignment and etc. It has just over 100,000 miles (60,000 of which you are responsible for).

Your coworker announces she has a 1991 Lincoln Towncar she's considering selling. (She and her husband have 3 cars for some unknown reason). She is the original owner. It was in a parking lot fender bender recently, but no damage. The car is driven occassionally to go out, and once a year it makes a roundtrip from Ohio to Florida and back. Which means it has almost 200,000 miles. Your coworker is super-responsible and the car has had regular maintenance over the past 15 years. She's asking $2000, but because of the mileage you think you could talk them down to $1700 or $1800. Then you just have to switch your insurance, buy new plates, and figure out what to do with your old Buick.

Choose your own adventure:
Fix the Buick
or
Buy the Lincoln