We don't need no water

Instead of going down to my aunt's to spend the weekend, I spent my Saturday just hanging around the house until it was time to party down hardcore like a rock star. That is completely untrue. Well, the partying like a rock star part. It was more like partying like a camper. Or something. I don't even know if you'd call it a party. Man, what a bad opening. Jamie and I went over to a friend's place with the intent of being social and making s'mores.

Our former guitarist, Jimmy, just moved in with this friend so we got to see him and we haven't seen him in quite sometime. Nathan also attended this bon fire event of the century. Everything not nailed down was being burned in a hole in the ground! People were leaping over fire! Nathan was straight up dancing on the fire! Dean Martin showed up! It was day in the night! Tan from a fire! Wine made of peaches! I played guitar! Clearly shocking things were happening all around! But was there s'mores? Nope. Was there socialness? Kind of. But mostly just a band reunion since the four of us hung around together most of the night. Why aren't we still in a band together? Oh yeah, cause we're all jerks with separate lives. I hate us. I hate Nathan the most, though. I have to make that clear. Nathan = Hate.

Mooootter!

In early January of 1984, I was born. In early January of 2010, I suggested that Jamie and I visit the Mutter's Museum. In July of 2010, we finally went. It was worth the wait and possibly better than it would have been if we had gone in January. It's cold in January. Everything is better when the weather is better. Well, other than funerals. And since I just brought up the topic of death, this museum is pretty disturbing, but also really interesting. I saw and learned things that I probably would have been better off knowing, but that didn't put a damper on my enjoyment.

I loved it so much I got a conjoined twin skeleton tattooed on my forearm baring the name of the museum! That's hardcore! My brother was so swoll I beat him to getting ink! And you know, they say that it hurts, but it didn't hurt at all. It cost 50 cents, didn't take hardly any time at all AND it didn't hurt! I don't get what the big deal is about getting tattooes at all. EASY PEEZY. WUSSES!

Just another night in the Hood

Went out with Jamie in attempts to sway her desire to go postal on her workplace and found ourselves in the midst of karaoke night in Applebee's. I don't know if this is something that a lot of Applebee's do, so try to contain your immense jealousy if your local Applebee's does not. Hopefully Jamie felt a little less disgruntled after hearing my smashing version of "Sunday Morning" by No Doubt. If not me, than one of the many other high school graduates there to sing their diplomas out. It was quite a night in the neighborhooood!

I screamed for ice creams

After reading too many articles on abortion for my ethics paper, I escaped the house for some yummy ice cream with Jamie. I got a child's size which only cost $1.61! score! And that's plenty for me. My body can't process ice cream very well so having just a little bit was perfect. It's not something I want very often, but when I do, it's yumtastic! Anybody know why the cones say, "NOVELTY" on them? Is that the brand name? Makes me feel like it's a novelty cone. Not a real cone. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten it in that case...

Sometimes you just have to get away

After way too long, my good friend, John, came up from Maryland to visit for a day. Despite having to get up earlier than I wanted, my day was pretty sweet. My wonderful mother made omelets for us before we went to see MacGruber in Mays Landing. It was awesome. So ridiculously hilarious. I'm mad that a week after it got into the theater there was only three showings of it. So stupid. Not even giving the film a chance. Stupid blockbusters! Anyway, afterward we took John down to Atlantic City so he could experience it for the first time ever! It was a lot busier than I'm used to. Normally I'm there late at night and not during a holiday weekend. It's not as cool looking in the light, but we had a nice time walking around nonetheless. Lots of good people watching always goes down in AC. We even took a little walk on the beach. My first beach visit of the season! After we had our fill of gambling, smoke, and losing money, we ate and went back to my house and lounged on the back with a nice fire. THEN everybody left and I was left to worry about all the work I have to do this weekend. YAWN.

It's Mundee

Went to class like a good girl, but only saw the dear train one time. After getting out of algebra class early (because we moved along so smartly), I went to a computer lab to toil away on my CD booklet for typography while waiting for my friend, Steve. He came up and we went to have a few drinks. Well, he had a few, I had one. That really annoyed my waitress. I wasn't drinking my beer fast enough and I wasn't willing to have anything else that she suggested. But I'll forgive her. She taught us things. Steve and I are ever so much more clever than we were before! Watch out world! We know things!

Becky & Dave's Wedding!

I have finally lived long enough to see one of my childhood friends get married. It was really nice. It's just like Becky to have such a perfect wedding. All of her school work and projects were always so well thought out and prefect so of course her wedding was precisely the same! After the lovely (and gloriously short) ceremony, Eavvon and I had some time to kill so where did we go? The Cohanzick Zoo! It's small and free, but calling it a zoo seems to be a bit of a stretch anymore. When I was little and spent a great deal of time in Bridgeton, it was full of animals and signs painted by my mother (notice the "No Bikes Allowed" sign next to Eavvon for an example!). Now both are quite rare. A zoo that once had a white tiger is now pretty much a glorified bird sanctuary. So after a brief, but lovely walk about, we departed and made our way to the reception. Much to my surprise, I knew someone at our table! Another childhood friend who I've lost touch with! That was a pleasant surprise! For dinner I had the biggest, thickest piece of chicken ever seen. Then we proceeded to dance the night away! And if Eavvon didn't believe me when I told him I couldn't dance with him cause he's too good of a dancer, he should have believed it after a complete stranger came up and told him he was! Though, I wished there would be a dance off between Eavvon and this amazing young Michael Jackson enthusiast. He was a crazy good dancer and he was probably only 14 years old! He was moon walking and spinning and we were amazed! So, to sum up, the wedding was lovely, the zoo was cute, and the reception was a blast. And somehow, someway we made it to Trenton without running out of gas or missing the last train. WE RULE. Not that Becky or Dave read this blog but... Congratulations to the new couple!

Winter 2010 Honors Convocation

After coloring my hair, hurting my finger, and enduring the longest trek to 55 the world has ever seen, my parents, Jamie, and I arrived in Philadelphia to attend the Winter 2010 Honors Convocation at my school. I was up for two awards; Best of Quarter (for Color Theory) and a 4.0 award. I had never been to one of these ceremonies so I didn't quite know what to expect. They had yummy munchies provided by the culinary department and drinks. The teacher that nominated my work for the Best of Quarter Award, Mr. Martone, came by to meet my parents. That was nice. The room the ceremony was in filled the hell up. When it actually came time to get my award, I could barely get around to get it. They ran right through the 4.0 awards, but for the Best of Quarter award they didn't move on to the next name til the recipient had come up so when I finally got around all these people, I just booked up to the front. People laughed so it was all good. There's way too many people accepting awards for them to show the pieces that won, but I was a little bummed regardless. I wanted to see my work. I haven't seen it since March! I can't wait to be reunited! haha After wards, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe. I love the Hard Rock Cafe. It doesn't matter which one you go to, there's always awesome stuff in there to look at. And the music videos are always amusing. But all in all, it was a really good little day. I don't particularly love spending my days off from school AT school, but it wasn't too bad! :)

Moreover, thanks to everyone who is patient, understanding, and puts up with my busy schedule and empty bank account. I'm lucky to have the good friends that I have. So lucky. That being said, I'm kind of glad to find out who my true friends are. It's never bad to find out who you can rely on! Yay friends!

Don't worry, no permanent damage done

Today in Typography, I began to live. There was a lot of firsts this week, but after I had my first truffle living finally began! To celebrate this, I took a nice walk in the place where lives end with Jamie and Gizmo. The weather was perfection. After walking around the cemetery for a while, we walked down to the park and Gizmo demonstrated how good he can be when he tries. He also showed a little girl how mean he can be when he tries too. I can't say I was that mad at him for barking at that little girl, though. After I took him down the slide, she came over with the relentless goal of petting my lovely puppy. Of course, Gizmo wasn't having that. For all he knew, that little girl could have been trying to kill me! And maybe he should have. Despite his ferocious barking, she still was reaching her hand up to him. Do we really need that kind of stupidity in the world? I know what you're thinking I'm being cruel and not giving a young lass a fair chance to grow up into an intelligent, productive adult. But her mother sat by and watched this exchange and did nothing so I have to assume there's not much chance for that family to succeed in the world. ;)

Congrats, L & M!

Keeping with tradition, I accompanied Nathan to another Terry Wedding. Well, that's partially true. I didn't attend the wedding part this time. I just went to the reception. If his family believed we were just friends the first Terry Wedding, they completely don't believe us now. Even going as far as one of his aunts telling him he was lying. Unfortunately, she didn't ask me. I had a great response. I was going to say, "I keep asking him, but he keeps turning me down.." and then bursting into tears. In other news, on Thursday I randomly ran into an old friend from high school while standing outside of the college on a break. And then who was unexpectedly at the reception? That same old friend! So crazy! So I got to hang out with him a lot sooner than planned! It made the whole beginning of the reception a lot less awkward. As for the reception itself? It was really nice! And Laura and Mike had some great ideas. Some people give candy and candies to their guests, but Laura and Mike gave mix CDs that they compiled including a song they recorded together. Being that Laura (and I guess Mike) has similar taste in music as me, I absolutely love the mix! It's great! They also gave away the pretty centerpieces (tulips) and a bit of Laura's glass. That doesn't make sense, but I'm not going to explain it just to be a bitch. Anyway, as always, Nathan and I were the best dancers of the night and despite the many dance competitions judged by Mike and Laura, I didn't win as I never competed. Didn't think it would be fair. I do the best Electric Slide anyone has ever seen. It's so good I feel bad doing it in front of people. It crushes souls. And also, I would have crumbled under the pressure. All in all, a pretty fun time. Too bad Nathan doesn't have anymore sisters....


ps. I finally wore the sweet tights I got for Christmas. I got so many comments and compliments on them. When I put them on, I was so stoked so I'm glad the feeling was mutual! I could not get a nice shot of them. OH WELL. I'll just have to wear them more!

it's raining brides!

Just got home from the bridal shower of a friend that I've had since the 4th grade! Back in those days when we were little kids, not only did I sign my name "The Great One" but Becky here was in love with Sonic the Hedgehog. And she didn't just enjoy the game. She hung up things on her wall exclaiming her love for him and claimed she was going to marry Sonic. I didn't let her forget this today at her bridal shower considering she is NOT marrying Sonic at all! I've seen and met and talked to Dave. He's nice, but can he run like Sonic? Is he best friends with a Fox with a lot of tails? Would he run around naked collecting rings all over the world for her? I don't think so! But I suppose he gave her the only ring she really wanted so Sonic is just shit outta luck. In all seriousness, Becky still the same sweet, genuine person that she ever was and she's the only person I know that has really got their life on track. She deserves it, though. She's worked really hard to get everything she has and I wish her nothing but the best! I just hope she'll sprinkle a little of that magic fairy dust she's got on her onto me!!

ps. Ever been to a bridal shower that started at 9am? That's when hers started. So brutal. Nap time now.

Here comes the sun

Beautiful sunny day in Philadelphia! Loved it! Not only did the sun come to Philly, so did Nathan! Fresh from an extremely wild bachelor party, Nathan came to my neck of the woods and we ventured into Little France and had crepes! They were delicious! Just added to the glory of the day! Well, half of it was glorious. When the crepes were done, Nathan was gone and the sun had gone down, I was hit with a horrible migraine. I've been lucky thus far to be home or at least nearly home before getting a migraine, but I wasn't so lucky. Furthermore, I didn't have any of migraine medication with me and Advil wasn't doing jack shit. So yeah, the end of this day? Not so good. But I'm still glad it happened!

Happy Fiddlesticks Birthday!

In case you didn't know, today is the day that Jamie was born. Despite that fact, life had to go on. I still had to attend my classes. Unjust? Quite! After all that learning nonsense, I met up with the birthday girl and the Matty Coco himself for s'more s'mores. Not only was it a splendid way to ring in her 26th year, it was also a nice end to a pretty craptastic day for me. We were further blessed to have a holy visit. Yes, Sweet Jesus stopped by to bless Jamie's coming year and to greet Philadelphia! It was.. well.. sweet! I can say no more.

Hope your birthday was just as sweet, Jamie! xo

I got a pocketful of dreams

Took my first trip to Brooklyn and boy was it exciting. Unfortunately, most of the activities were highly illegal so I can't repeat them. As for the legal activities, we went on a picturesque train ride through the city right past the statue of Liberty's face. Then we saw Nathan's apartment which says his name on it real big and bold. You can't miss it. Stopped and saw some of the Monty Python guys before we went into Nate's place and rocked some jams. Afterward, we went back into the city and partied hard like Ke$ha til we worked up such a big appetite that we went and ate lavish dinners at the really fancy diner that Ke$ha owns. Appropriately named the Tick Tock Diner. So lush. I can't believe how much money we laid down for dinner! And if you're wondering why the Empire State Building is lit up in green... well... if I told you... I'd have to kill you.

Welcome 2010!

I bid 2009 a fond farewell with pasta, booze, and Jamie. Sounds like the perfect combination, but in actuality the perfect combination is mango + rum = mango martini. Delicious! It sounds somewhat ridiculous to have day dreamed of drinking martinis prior to turning 21, but I suppose it goes along with my fascination with all things retro cool. Be that as it may, I discovered I get seriously ill anytime I have any vodka. Even a sip of vodka will mess me up for a few days. But I digress, I've found that more than one place makes martinis with rum! I suppose in some ways that's not a true martini, but I don't care! I get to drink a yummy drink from those awesome martini glasses and it made my night fo sho! I could have probably gone home happy, but instead we went to a little house party. Was there live jam sessions, massage trains, sex on dryers, Bob Dylan dancing and old school wrestling on the TV at your New Years Party? Was at the one I was at! Don't be too jealous!! Maybe next year, suck'ahs! ;)

Happy New Year, ya'll.
Here We Go Again, 2010!

Party party party

Amy had a Christmas party and Jamie and myself attended thus party. It was a pretty classy affair. Be that as it may, that didn't stop the hostess herself to get a little holiday wasted. Which always brings out the depths of her excitement to see us and the apologies. OH the apologies. But I suppose it could be worse. As drunk people go, it could be a lot worse. I don't know why I look so sad in that picture. Probably because we got there late and missed the food. Or maybe because I got yelled at for saying the tiramisu was soupy. It was! Ah well. Maybe we'll see Amy again next Christmas...???

Visit California!

Went to California real quick. It was delicious.
I would highly recommend it.

The Romantic

I was the lucky recipient of a personal invitation to the Philadelphia pre-screening of the sensational new animated film, "The Romantic". It was pretty exclusive, but I had an "in" with one of the crew members. Not just any crew member. Yeah, believe it or not, I had an "in" with THE composer of the entire soundtrack, Nathan Terry. Despite the fact that the cold I developed on Monday (which I thought was gone by Thursday) decided to come back on Friday like some kind of campground killer and slaughter my voice, Jamie and I went up to Philly to take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity. Somehow we braved the rain and wind and arrived at the Circle of Hope theatre with time to spare. The movie was really awesome. The animation was twisted and the storyline was even more so. But I definitely enjoyed what I saw. I might not have comprehended it all accurately, but it entertained me and held my interest throughout. Moreover, the music was phenomenal. I don't think I'm bias in saying that either. Somehow Nathan continues to impress me more and more. I didn't think it was possible! He's an amazing musician/composer/person and I definitely feel honored to know him and to even have had the chance to work and collaborate with him. So, what I'm really trying to say is...




I fucking hate the fucking jerk.

Blister in the sun

Things are getting a little hectic at work with Laura cutting back on her hours and Kelly leaving. Kristin and I are both relatively new and we don't have a very fast rhythm going. This is the only cake I completed today. Some cakes are simple and take maybe a half hour to complete, but some cakes are like projects and take a lot of steps to complete. That was the case with my work today. I nearly finished my second cake, but didn't have time to put any finishing touches on it so it'll be in tomorrow's post!





Later on, Jamie and I went to Philly to check out Topher's Bossa Nova Brigade at Lickety Splits. But right before so, we made a stop at "Fakeberry" for some delicious frozen yogurt. I've been in the place a few times, but never had the money to spend on it so this was my first time trying it there. Pinkberry could learn a few things from that place. Mango tart was super delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! So, I think I'm going to stop. Though, I don't really want to think about the blister that I got afterward. No where near as sweet as the bands or the yogurt. Could have done without the blister.

ps. I thought this mermaid cake was pretty ugly, but I got a $20 tip on it! Crazy!

Bitch stole my act!

Slept in and hung out with my mom for a majority of the day, but then Nathan came into town AGAIN so I HAD to go and hang out with him for a while. UGH.

Went down to OC with missions: To find Laura. To buy incense in the hippie mall. To get ice cream. And to go on the Ferris Wheel. MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN SOME! We also road a GIANT ship that went NOWHERE and had a horse race that also went.... nowhere. I feel really lied to by Mary Poppins. AGAIN.

But you know, we didn't play Clue. I think Nathan just pretended he was too tired so he'd have a reason to come back to Chillville. Or maybe he didn't want to find out that I killed Mr. Body in the conservatory with the ceramic candlestick!!