Wash your hands......

I adore The Stranger, Seattle's free weekly publication.  It is humorous, well-written, and a great source of information for upcoming shows in the area.  My favorite sections are Savage Love, Drunk of the Week, I Saw U, and most of all.... I, Anonymous.  I, Anonymous is basically a letter to someone, a confession or accusation usually.  Some of them are hilarious, others heart breaking, but all of them entertaining.  This week's was no exception.  Here it is, word for word.

Bon Appetit, Edward Shithands

I apologize if our handshake at Tuesday's "working lunch" came off as a bit awkward.  The moment you extended your right hand, I instantly recalled the dozens of times I've watched you march directly from the second-stall toilet to the bathroom exit door.  If you don't want to wash your hands, that's fine.  I don't expect you to scrub your shit-covered fingers more than Howard Hughes.  However, perhaps you could be a little more courteous when it comes to covering your coworkers with your filth.

Think of it this way.  When you have morning breath, you don't try and make out with your girlfriend.  When you step in dog poop, you don't wipe it off on your mother's Persian rug.  And when you put your hand against your butthole, you shouldn't rub it on your coworkers.

So, as I sat in the hour-long meeting eating finger foods elegantly topped with fecal matter, I feverishly plotted my revenge.  The following day after everyone had left the office, I slowly slid your computer mouse down the crack of my ass.  Bon appetit, Edward Shithands!

So true.  The lesson for the day?  Wash your hands folks.  

Other I, Anonymous titles that are funny:

You May Sell Organic, But You're Still a Capitalist Pig

God Damn Your Smooth Scottish Jazz

Thank You For Sucking So Consistently

Peep This

The Cancer, The Cheeseburgers, The Revenge

You Vegan F*@k

If you haven't picked up a copy of The Stanger lately, I highly recommend it.

I love you iTunes

I am an iTunes addict. I can't help myself. You can buy that catchy song you keep hearing on the radio for a mere 99 cents, AND you can preview the other tracks on the album to determine if they are thumbs up or down. Granted, I still love Sonic Boom, but I use iTunes for my guilty pleasure music purchases. Case in point...... here is a list of the last several songs I have purchased:

Crazy On You: Heart
What About Love: Heart
Alone: Heart (they keep playing the Celine Dion version of "Alone" at work, I had to get the real thing!)
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore: Prince (how come Prince insists on using the letter "U" for "you" in all his song titles? regardless of grammar, the man is a genius!)
I Don't Care: Fall Out Boy
Falling Slowly: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
If You Want Me: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (songs from the "Once" soundtrack, which, btw, Casey liked the movie but wouldn't admit it in front of me.....sorry Hayes, I had to out you)
Hot N Cold: Katy Perry (this is one catchy little song, makes me want to shake my buns)
Everyday: Carly Comando
You Don't Know Me: Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor
Disturbia: Rihanna
Womanizer: Britney Spears
Keeps Gettin' Better: Christina Aguilera (I can't believe I actually wrote down that I purchased the above two songs.....like I said....guilty pleasures people, stop judging me)
Magic: Robin Thicke (yes, Alan Thicke's son, but much more awesome than Mike Seaver's dad)

I, undeniably, love pop music. And, side note, I wish that Pop-Up Video was still gracing VH1's airwaves.

What guilty pleasures have you downloaded?

Feetsies

Remember when you were a little kid and during the winter you had full length pajamas with feet? Like a little sleeper space suit? Those were the best!! Tonight I went to Target in an effort to stimulate the economy by purchasing a bunch of useless crap, and look what I found? You got it, full length fleece pajamas with feet. Pattern? Clouds. I'm wearing them right now and these suckers are warm! I may have to turn the heat down tonight or I'll be sweating to the oldies.
Feet on floor.

Feet on couch.

The feet kick ass wherever they are.

Now I just need to find myself full length pajamas with a butt flap.

Addendum: Sleeping in pajamas with feet was not as fun as I remember. The whole experience kind of burst my little kid nostalgia bubble, unfortunately. I felt all kinds of trapped and constricted. Ugh. These suckers are going in to the Halloween costume box.

YES WE CAN!!!!!

Daily Photo Projects

I am not sure how I stumbled across Noah Kalina's photography project, but it is pretty phenomenal. He is a photographer, based out of New York, who has been taking a daily photo of himself since January 2000. Check out the photos below. It is incredible to watch how he changes over the course of over 6 years. The idea is really cool, and I would love to do it at some point. You can also check out Noah's blog here, and website here.



I discovered Jonathan Keller's daily photo project while exploring Noah's website. Jonathan is another New Yorker that has actually been doing his daily photo project for a few years longer than Noah. Pretty incredible. He has a sweet pirates mustache to boot. I love how it looks like it is flapping around in the wind in his video. Check out his website here, and his photo project below.



The Simpson's did a parody of Noah's daily photo project, it is pretty hilarious.


Homer Every Day from Noah K. on Vimeo.

Inspirational

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Happy Birthday, Tinner!!

Today is my big sis's 34th birthday!! I have called Christin, "Tin", for years. According to my mother, when I was little I couldn't pronounce all the letters of Chris's name, so Christin became "Tin". Since then, it has morphed into multiple variations....Tinny, Tinner, Tinski, etc. Even my friends refer to her as Tinny. It's quite funny to hear Foil ask..."How's Tinner and Mike?" I'm pretty sure Gina calls her Tinny most of the time as well. I love how the nickname has stuck, decades later.
I love this photo of Mike and Chris. It was taken in Canada, on a trip they made to visit Mike's family. They both look so great, and the sunset is gorgeous.

This is probably one of my favorite pictures of Chris and I. It was taken in 2005 (I think) at the Capital Club, for LeighAnn's birthday.

Chris came to visit me in California in June, it was a great weekend. We did a lot of relaxing and sightseeing. This picture was taken in the cactus garden at the Getty Museum. Some of my favorite Getty pictures are from this trip. It was also during Tin's trip to California where I discovered the hell and frustration that is LA traffic. I thought Seattle traffic was bad, it pales in comparison.

Today Tin and I are spending the day in Ballard, and I'm really looking forward to it. On the itinerary? Breakfast at The Dish on Leary (best Eggs Benedict in the city), then some boutique shopping in Ballard, followed by a movie at the Majestic Bay Theater (Burn After Reading, I think). Should be a super fun day!!!

New favorite spot

Frank has found a new favorite "spot" to hang out and sleep.....the new couch! Frank goes through phases where he will sleep in different areas of the house for weeks to months at a time, then he'll change spots all of a sudden. At this new house, he was mostly chillin' on the bed until a few weeks ago. Since the new couch has arrived, he rarely can be found elsewhere.
As you can see, he loves the back cushions. He looks comfortable, and he can see perfectly out the front window. Not bad.
Franks's cushion is like the human equivalent of a bean bag, no wonder he spends all his time there.

Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday is right. Couch, check. Lap Frank, check. Season 1 of Gossip Girl on the TV, check. I am a happy girl.

Carving Week

Fall has officially arrived! I turned the heat on in the house at the end of September, and the last few days I've even worn fingerless gloves in the house on occasion. I always feel like fall officially arrives around Halloween though. The air is always cold and crisp, and the leaves on the trees start turning brilliant colors of yellow, orange, and red. This week I carved some pumpkins to celebrate all things fall. Here is documentation of the fruits of my labor......

My three pumpkins. Nameless, but definitely not faceless.
Pumpkin carving effort #2: Casey and Kim's house on Saturday night. This guy almost lost a tooth during the procedure, but luckily Casey had some toothpicks to fix the problem.

Pumpking carving effort #3: Also Saturday night at the Hayes residence. Facial features: the old Halloween standby.....triangle eyes and crooked tooth smile.

Pumpkin carving effort #1: Thursday night at Gina's. Gina, MaryBeth, and I caught up whilst carving punkins. It was great to see MB, as I haven't seen her since I moved back to Seattle. Hopefully it won't be another year before I see her again!