Happy Birthday, America!

 

My last 4th of July as a New jersey residence?
Possibly so. And while the tram cars made me mad,
it was a lovely time regardless. Then I drove home
in a thunderstorm and found Gizmo on the upper tier
of my desk. So odd. Kind of wish I had bought that
teal, sparkly starfish ring though...

Pehce out, 2010

2010. At points it seemed like it would never end and now that it's over I can't believe it already is! I definitely can't say that 2010 has been one of my favorite years. When this year began, I still lived at home and commuted over an hour to class three or four times a week. There was a whole mess of snow and a whole lot of driving. I nearly burnt myself completely out this year! My parents moved to California and Andrew moved into the house. I gained friendships and lost friendships and lost friendships and got them back. I went on one date this year that lead to nothing but headaches and confusion. But good things happened too! I went to a lot of weddings and I received Best of Quarter for the first (and possibly only) time. Road tripped to Florida with Jamie again. Recorded a demo that's still yet to be finished. Went to some great shows like Sia, Taylor Hawkins, Good Charlotte, Marina and the Diamonds, Tegan & Sara, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Eat World, and the amazing, incredible Sir Paul McCartney. Saw Back to the Future and Princess Bride in the theater. I worked out what seemed to be an impossible hurdle and sorted out my student loans in order to get my own apartment with my little Mo. We went to a dog park and flew in a plane! We spent Christmas in California and got the most awesome blanket in the lands! So, it wasn't the worst year of my life, but it definitely wasn't the best. It was a year pretty much completely dedicated to AiPH. The low point was definitely when my mother moved 3000 miles away, but I'm lucky to have great friends and the best dog ever and I'm going to somehow make it through 2011 as well. I expect it will be just that much harder without being able to escape to Millville and hang out with my mom. Huge bummer. But if I can live through that, I think it'll make me just that much stronger. But my farewell to 2010 was good! Had a yummy dinner at Uno before going to Zane street for some drinks and Dick Clark watchin. I accidentally became a smoker. Go figure. My New Years Resolution? Quit smoking! As long as I stay away from that electronic cigarette, I think I can do it!!!!

One Step Closer to Heaven, 2011!

New tree, new shelf - holidays have begun!

Gobble gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yummies!

HALLOWEEEEEN 2010

Happy Birthday America, the Beautiful!

For a majority of my young life, my family has gone down to my aunt's house to celebrate the 4th of July. But in recent years, for whatever reason, we haven't been doing it. Since I'm moving on Saturday and my parents are potentially moving before the next 4th of July, I was glad my mother decided we should go down this year. It was just me and her that went down with my father meeting us for a while after he got done work, but it was nice regardless. My two cousins both have kids now. My eldest cousin had quite a little brood between his own kids, step kids, and friends of kids so the pool was pretty full and there was a lot of madness going on. Definitely got me thinking about the dumb stuff that we used to do when we were little. Also got me wondering if you could still go through the little secret passage from the backyard to the front through the crack between the buildings. I didn't check though. I'm just that lazy. After dinner was made and eaten, my mom and I took a walk down by the ocean. It was SO pretty! I took a zillion photos! That may be a slight exaggeration. But, really, I could have. I love clouds and I love colors and it was just so, so beautiful. These pictures do not do it justice!

Eventually the sun went all the way down and we made our way back to the house to prepare ourselves for the fireworks display. It was a pretty good show. It was long! Way longer than usual! It was sweet! If that's the last 4th of July fireworks display I bare witness to in Wildwood (I doubt it will be) I'm glad it was that one. It was sweet. Thanks Coca-Cola!

I don't know how to tell if it's Heaven or Hell

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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!

Happy Crimble Christmas!

As fast as Christmas came, it went. For me, it was like the blink of an eye. I was so engrossed in my classes that by the time I got done, it was already the 18th and the days after just flew by in all the preparations. Be that as it may, I had a very, very nice holiday. I not only got a lot of nice gifts, but I am proud to announce that I did not let my mother down. She boasted before I was even aware of the whole lot that I would "kick ass" at the Beatles Trivial Pursuit game that my uncle brought over. She claimed me for her team, which basically left me to answer all the questions on my own. I appointed her the dice thrower. She did well for a while. Then she got drunk and was even less help! I would say that out of all of the people playing, I answered more questions than everyone. We circled that board so many times because we just could not land on a blue! It was torture! But we won and so my life of reading books about the Beatles, watching their movies, and being generally obsessed was not an absolute waste! So, I did NOT kill myself for Christmas. Yay! Another successful holiday!

Christmas? LOCKED AND LOADED.

Gizmo and I are so ready for Christmas! Bring it on, Christmas! We're not scared! We've been watching out! We haven't cried or pouted! We haven't even gotten as freaked out as we have previous years about the prospect of Santa seeing us while we're sleeping! Bring it! We're ready! No fear!

Happy Crimble and a Merry Rudolph! Don't be scared of Santa! Best B&E you'll suffer all year!

Take me on

Tis the season to give Bob Dylan's face as a gift. Does anyone remember the video for for "Take On Me" by A-ha? Something about the way I drafted Bob reminds me of the art in that video. Classic. Bob always was way ahead of his time.

You better watch out

Puppies and TIE fighters. Yep. We have an awesome Christmas Tree.

TGIF? Fail.

Felt pretty awful so I didn't do much of anything today. There was a lot of things I wanted to get done, but I didn't. I also didn't take these holiday photos today, but I thought I would post one because Gizmo and I are so darling.

Can't believe Christmas is a week away....I'm not ready!!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Finally went Christmas shopping. Went to the King of Prussia mall with my mother and didn't get completely done, but I got a lot accomplished. I have to say that I did not enjoy it, though. I enjoyed spending the time with my mother, but shopping on a tiny little budget is hard. It's even harder when you see stuff you've wanted and passed by due to financial restraint go on sale and you STILL can't buy it because of holiday rules and lack of money. Being unemployed is not fun. Stupid money. I hate money. Stupid art school. All taking my money and making it really hard to MAKE money. This whole thing better pay off in the end! blah.

ps. the lights are forming a peace sign. it's just hard to see in this picture. looks marginally better in person.

Thanks, Giving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I can't say that mine was perfect, but it was pretty great nonetheless. My very good buddy, John, came and joined my family for our terribly authentic Thanksgiving meal. Gizmo in his Pilgrim attire (as you can see!) and I in my Indian headdress (why didn't we take any pictures?), we broke bread and discussed what we were all thankful for. I would share, but that's incredibly personal and I would never break the sacred vows of Thanksgiving dinner chat on my world wide blog. Especially considering how many people frequent this page. It could be disaster. It could disrupt the space time continuum.....yup.

In other news, my mom cooked such a delicious dinner that caused everyone to eat way too much and to have no room for dessert. Thus no one even tried a cupcake :( Total bummer! Oh well. More for me!

Well, more accurately, more for my Dad. holy cow.

Pride's not power

I had a short day at work, just 10 to 4. I didn't take a break because of my short day and just tried to get done as much as I could. I would have gotten more done if I hadn't put the wrong name on the above Snow White cake. If you look at these cakes closely, you'll see that the same thing is written on both. I did the Snow White cake first and when it got to the point of writing, I some how mixed up the cake tickets. Luckily, I realized this when I got back to the Dora cake and realized I couldn't find the ticket because I had stuck it on Snow White AND that I had put the complete wrong thing. Four year old Jessica would have been pretty upset. But I easily fixed it and all was right in the world. But I had to get goin quick cause I had a special show to get to...


What show? The Halloween Spooktacular at the Bus Stop Cafe! It wasn't just special because it was a Halloween party, though. It was also the last show that we, J&TY, are going to be playing for a while. Due to my incredibly busy school schedule, I barely have time to do anything. If we didn't take this hiatus, I wouldn't have any time to write NEW music nor could we ever be able to record anything for the next album. So, reluctantly, I made the decision to stop booking shows for a while. It really added to my stress level the days prior. I know this break is a good thing, but it's still hard on me. As stressful as planning and playing shows can be, I still love it. I love the performing parts. Be that as it may, it was a really good show. Good friends came out to support and the audience was actually pretty full. Stupidly, I forgot the CD's. Pretty stupid thing to do at a last show.

But I digress, it was a really fun show. I wish they were all Halloween shows. I love dressing up crazy like. Lady Gaga has the right idea!

Happy New Year!

The Fourth of July. Independence Day. Shove It England Day. Got reacquainted with family tradition and went down to Wildwood to see the fireworks. They were alright, but they just made me want to go to Disney World! I don't want to trash the fireworks display, but there was no music and no discernible theme whatsoever! They were just shooting up fireworks willy-nilly! There was no whimsical message or talking crickets! Just talking tram cars and smoking spectators. But there was some sick Octo-mom fireworks. I don't think they have those in Disney World. But where was the MJ tribute firework? Lame.