Advent

For the month if November I posted my Facebook status as something I am thankful for everyday. I want to do something similar for Advent, but I'm not sure what yet. I want to actually do something too, not just post something on Facebook.

Cocktail party ideas

Masquerade
Speak easy
Murder mystery

Tupperware

It's Tupperware's pickle elevator, I put olives in it. I call it The Olivator.

I think I'm smart sometimes

There is no vent or fan in my bathroom, I shower with the door open but the walls still become damp from the steam. I hung this picture up last week with a 3M hook, but all the steam and drippy walls was too much for it and the picture fell off the wall when I was showering and thought somebody was breaking in to kill me. Putting a nail in the wall is not an option and I want the picture there to cover up the marks on the wall. So, I am going to use a 3M hook still, but with a little extra protection from all the wetness. This is my solution

Today is No Un-birthday

4 years ago Honeysuckle Mulberry called me to say she that her baby was now in the world. Feels more like 4 months ago...so hard to grasp that she is a big girl because sometimes when I think of her, I picture a baby. Anyway, Happy Birthday K Bean!

Getting Excited for Halloween #5

Just finished the pill box hat for the Jackie O costume. Mango is going wear it tonight and next weekend Gooseberry will. I did while Kumquat took a nap, the entire thing took roughly 2 hours and I hot glued my phone to the floor in the process.

Of Course This Would Happen

Down in Milwaukee, hitting up some shops in the Third Ward with Kumquat Desert fig, we passed an antique shop, I took one step in and didn't want to go in because it was too loud, but Kumquat coaxed me into checking it out. By the time we reached the third and final floor I had fallen in love with roughly everything insight, as we were about to make out exit and venture back downstairs, what should I see but an end table, with handles that match my desk! (My Desk) Of course I would find them just 2 days after I purchased knobs for the doors. 

Getting Excited for Halloween #4

I can not wait for tomorrow! We kicked off the weekend with a good old fashioned haunted house tour!

Getting Excited for Halloween #3

The first Halloween at 11OH!7, we dressed up 2 nights, Thursday and Friday. First night I was a golfer, mainly because I had a skirt that I really wanted to wear. Dewberry and I kicked butt in beer pong that night and the next morning I went to class rather hung over. So hung over in fact that when I got home from class I went and slept in Kiwi Oil palm's bed with our friend because I didn't feel like making the effort to go upstairs into my own bed.
The second night I fulfilled a life long dream and wore a Princess Jasmine costume, the top was made by Snow berry Star apple, and it was a glorious evening. I saw many other Disney characters out that night and took every opportunity I could to get a photo with them.

My Desk

I found this antique desk 2 summers ago, it matches my antique dresser and nightstand perfectly. It was in very rough shape when I found it, one drawer was missing and all of the remaining drawers were broken. My dresser was missing a handle, so I got rid of the 2 drawers on the left hand side, using one of the handles on my dresser. So now I only had 2 handles left and potentially 4 drawers that would need them. I decided to have a door put on where the 3 drawers on the left had been and have the remaining drawer replaced with a new one, thus only needing 2 handles. Perfect. So it was sent to a wood shop (one that I used to work in, fun fact) to have the door and drawer made. But when I got the desk back it had 2 doors! I am all about the matching handle ordeal, and having 2 doors now required me to have 3. This was a serious crisis for me. After my mom told me I was overreacting with the whole "crisis", I decided that 2 knobs will be put on the doors (well the desk came back from the shop with knobs on the doors and a handle on the drawer, they matched each other but not the rest of my furniture which was a big part of the reason I threw a fit) and 1 of the handles will go on the drawer and the other handle will be kept in case of an emergency. I have decided to ask people on Facebook to vote on a photo of the 2 knob options with the handle. Whichever one people think matches better, I will purchase. All that's left to do is to paint and to replace the handles. One day this beauty will be complete and I will be a happy woman.

Stupid Statement #5

This week's Throwback Thursday coincides with a Stupid Statement made by Gooseberry Banana. So this Stupid Statement will have a bit of a story to it.

It was the night Kumquat Desert fig, Kiwi Oil palm and I moved into our 11OH!7 house, Gooseberry was visiting for the evening and helping us break in the place properly. Which in our world meant tequila. Shots! Shots! Shots! (EVERYBODY!) At some point Gooseberry meandered over to our neighbors' house, after she made quite a show, (I can only assume, I wasn't there) they came over to our house and asked us to collect our friend. I stumbled over expecting to find her passed out on a couch. Instead I had to journey to the bathroom, after passing a bicycle in a shower I found Gooseberry hugging the most disgusting toilet, seat up at that!  I tried coaxing her away from the porcilean throne and she wouldn't budge. Hoping to get her to understand the gravity of the situation, I told her to look at me, her response was:

"I'm not looking at you unless you're a toilet"

Beauty and the Review: Mascara #1B

This is the second part of this review, part one Mascara #1A gave a brief intro of the product, part two is going to include the final results and ultimately how I feel about the product. I have been using this mascara for 30 days, a huge commitment for me because I always have more than one mascara in my arsenal, so sticking to just one for a month kind of annoyed me. Rimmel claims that using this mascara continuously for 30 days, your lashes will appear fuller and more numerous. The top photo of my eye was taken the first day I used it, the bottom photo was taken this morning, day 30.

What: Volumizing Mascara

Brand: Rimmel London

Line: Lash Accelerator 

Color: Black

Price: $8, roughly

Application: Wire bristled wand, one side with long bristles for the upper lashes, and the other side with short bristles for the lower lashes. 

Coverage: Pretty good I'd say, you don't need to pile it on

Longevity: When I first apply it in the morning my lashes look longer and slightly fuller than they did with out it but by night time they don't look like anuthing special, certainly not volumized. It can also get flaky by the end of the day, but that could be that I end up rubbing my eyes later in the day. 

Positives: It's nice and black, I tend to think black mascaras are not black enough. Also, it does make them look fuller, but not as full as I want, I think the commercials gave me very high/unrealistic expectations.

Negatives:  A you can see in the photos there is an improvement in my lashes, but not much, like I said the commercial gave me high expectations. Also, it's a clumpy formula, that right there made me want to give up after 5 days, but I found that placing the tube in hot water for a few minutes (more than 5 but less than 10) helped with the clumping. Now I'm note sure if it's the brush or the mascara formula, but my lashes don't really separate, they cling to each other, I'm not very fond of this look (the London look?). 

In a nut shell: This product does what it claims, but does not do what I want it to, I like feathers for lashes, not spider legs. If I could have only one mascara for the rest of my life, this would not be it

DIY

I found a darling little chair at the thrift store, perfect for a vanity or dressing table, but since I don't have either of those it is going to be my desk chair. Normally I am against altering something this old because I like things to be in their original form, but I really didn't like the white glittery original seat cushion, as a compromise I just covered it rather than ripping it off and then re-upholstering it. I first cut out a circle of fabric larger than the seat, laid the seat on this and then pulled the edges of the fabric tight and stapled them to the underside of the chair. Once that was done it was a pretty ugly sight, so I cut out another circle of fabric, this time smaller the seat and stapled that to the underside of the seat, covering up the stapled edges of the first circle and it looked much better! I was pleased. But, when it came time for me to fasten the seat back to the chair, I realized I had covered up the holes on the underside of the seat for the screws to go in! So now the seat just sits (pun intended) on the chair, until I buy a drill and put new holes in it, since ripping the fabric off and locating the holes is out of the question. Lesson learned and a good experience overall.

Save the Whales

Anybody who has lived with me can tell you that I take stupidly long showers. I just lose track of time when I'm in there and just spend a lot of time letting hot water rain down on me. I have made an effort to end my water wasting ways, the last few times I've showered I have listened to music and try to finish my shower in 4 songs' time. It's going well.

White Chicken Chili

I found this recipe on another blog and replicated and enjoyed it.


I added about a cup of celery to the recipe because I felt like it.

White Chicken Chili:
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed

1 medium onion, small diced

1 T vegetable oil

2 cans cannellini beans

14.5 ounces chicken broth

2 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp oregano

1/4 tsp cayenne

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup half & half

8 ounce reduced fat sour cream

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the chicken and chopped onion and saute for about six minutes, or until the chicken is seared and the onion is translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another three minutes.

Add the beans, spices, chicken broth and green chilies and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for thirty minutes.

Turn off the heat and add the sour cream and half & half. Serve with cheddar cheese and additional sour cream to top.

Beat It! Beat I-aaaaggghhhh!

When I was 15 I had a job washing dishes at a supper club. I mostly worked Friday nights and would get done pretty late (in the world of a 15 year old) and would get picked up by a member of my family, it was the best when Vanilla Cocoa bean would pick me up because we would both be out past curfew! So she was 17 when I was 15, and had just bought a new car, Ford Bronco II, the coolest thing either of us had ever owned, it even came with extra tires, which were strewn about the back seat. We picked it up one Friday when we were done with school before I needed to be dropped off at work. Feeling charged with the rush of being in a new vehicle, I decided I wanted something new too. I had just begun my Michael Jackson obsession so I bought the Thriller CD from Shopko, which wasn't far from where I worked so I only got to listen to 2 songs before Vanilla dropped me off at work. Fast forward 5 hours and I am done with work, Vanilla picks me up in the sweet ass Bronco of hers and I instantly blast my Michael jams. Vanilla is letting me enjoy my moment as I sing at the top of my lungs ("they told him don't you ever come around here"), she concentrating on the road,("you wanna be tough, better do what you can so beat it") Vanilla is about to make a turn and I am about to belt out the chorus ("beat iiiiiiit!!! Just beat I-") I feel a hand grab me from behind, I look at Vanilla and both her hands are on the wheel, I turn and scream at the top of my lungs into the face that is connected to the hand that grabbed me. Once my eyes adjusted from my shock I realized fucking Desert lime Buffalo berry was hiding in the back seat amongst the spare tires. I can't hear the song "beat it" without thinking of this moment.

This is what makes me happy also

Each day is an opportunity for me to fulfill one of my ridiculous fantasies. Cross "buy real cream in a glass bottle" off the list.

Just to confirm, this is what makes me happy!

Milk in a glass jug and brown eggs :)
Theses are a few of my favorite things

Odd Habit #5 <- Proof

Sunday Funday

It's Dewberry's nephews birthday party today and since I live on my own now I get to bring an appetizer to family functions (been waiting for this day forever!). Anyway woke up this morning, got the beer bread baking in the oven, because that's what I chose to bring for an appetizer, made some garlic and fiesta party dips to go with the beer bread. Life is going well, had a few extra minutes before the beer bread was done in the oven so I decided to vacuum some spider webs. As I was using the hose attachment I wasn't paying attention to what the other end of the vacuum was doing and heard a very loud noise, looked towards the source of the noise and saw both ends of my phone charger laying on the floor, with nothing connecting them in the middle. Death of a phone charger. Done vacuuming. Beer bread is done. Go to call Dewberry's mother to let her know what time I'll be at the party, my phone is dead. So is my charger. Luckily I have a car charger so I go outside to plug in my phone and notice I have a flat tire. No birthday party for me, but on the bright side, lots of beer bread for me and Snow berry because she is coming to visit!

Myth Busters vs Titanic

What you talk about at work one day will be on Myth Busters the next.


Myth Busters Video <- Click That!

Oktoberfest Taste Test

Leaves crunch under my feet, cold air paints my cheeks red and baseball playoffs are happening. October is here. Gone is summer and the need to drink only light, low calorie bathing-suit friendly beers. We need to star our winter coats and a darker, thicker, richer beer is needed. But which beer? To help answer that question a very extensive, in depth taste test was preformed in my apartment.

For this taste test 4 brews of Oktoberfest (Samuel Adams, Leinenkugels, Chop Block and Capital) were sampled by a panel of judges whose pallets ranged from sophisticated to not so sophisticated. The beers were chosen based on their availability and that is all.

The 4 beers were set before the panel, who then conducted a blind sampling of the beers, cheese was the chosen pallet cleanser as the salsa I originally provided was more of a pallet destroyer. After much sniffing, swirling and swishing, the best Oktoberfest of these 4 readily available brands was proclaimed to be Chop Block. The favorite/best tasting beer overall was said to be the Leinenkugels and the least favorite the Capital, leaving Sam Adams to fill the 3rd place slot.

What we can take away from this truly epic taste test is that if you enjoy light beer, most Oktoberfest brews will not appeal to you, but if for some reason you are required to drink a beer that is only an Oktoberfest, a Leinenkugels is your best bet.

Chicka-Chicka-Yeah

I met Sweet sop Passion fruit when I ran track in college, we pole vaulted together. In meets, after clearing a height, we'd like to say "Chicka-Chicka-yeah!", actually we'd do it in practice sometimes too. Anyway, we were vaulting indoors, I can't remember if it was during actual indoor season or if we were just vaulting inside because it was so crappy outside. Anyway, Sweet sop was up to take her vault, which she made (chick-Chicka-yeah!), her next vault however she did not make. What happened was she came down with a leg on either side of the cross bar, and took a hit straight to the ole crotch. I winced, laughed and felt bad for her. I can't remember how the meet finished for either of us. She has no idea how much anxiety I had about crotch shots for the rest of my track life.

Odd Habit #11

The main reason I make meals that require the use of an oven is so that when I'm done making dinner I can leave the oven door open and let the heat spill out into my apartment.

Beauty and the Review: Gel Manicure

What: Gel Manicure

Brand: Daisy

Line: N/A

Color: Not sure what the actual name is, but clearly it is bright pink.

Price: $30 at a nail salon

Application: Somebody else does all the work.

Coverage: N/A

Longevity: I have had this for 10 days now, the top photos was taken the day after I got it and the bottom photo was taken at the 10 day mark. Chipped nail polish is very annoying to me, so with regular nail polish I have to redo my nails every few days, not the case with the gel manicure. I did have a nail chip because I was moving into my new plance and banging my hands (and elbows) into EVERYTHING, and only having chipped one was quite the accomplishment. Not to mention my hands were submerged in every kind of cleaner imagineable and the gel is still on there! (I should mention that the top photo is a more true to the actual color)

Positives: It lasts forever and is so shiny.

Negatives:  As your nails grow out, so does the manicure, so getting one every 2 weeks might be in order if you don't want to look like white trash, however, that could get spendy at $30 a pop. I plan to explore DIY options, so stay tuned for that!

In a nut shell: I would reccomend a gel manicure to anybody who asked  my opinion, I love love love it.

Odd Habit #10

At work, I like to drink water out of a coffee cup because it make me feel powerful.

This is my bar

I took an old head board and made it into a mini bar. Felt like a genius. The painting above it is perfect, courtesy of Snowberry's former roommate.

Getting Excited for Halloween #2

It had somehow escaped my attention that I have done a group costume effort with Gooseberry Banana and her man before! Which only makes me more excited for our JFK/Jackie O/Marilyn trifecta! This photo is from 3 (holy shit 3?!) years ago, it was my favorite Halloween of my life. We danced until bar close and Dewberry challenged me to a dance off that ended with me kicking him in the head during a cartwheel.

Odd Habit #9

Now that I know the correct situations in which to use "whose" and "who's", whenever someones says either one of these words, I can't help but picture the correct context of the word coming out of the person's mouth in big white block letters.

Allegra Box Splits

Here is my attempt at the Allegra Box Splits, not quite flexible enough to fully pull it off but I’m happy with the progress I’m making. The goal is to have both legs flat against the pole, in which case I am sure I will need to hold on with both hands. I wish I had gone up higher on the pole for this photo so it would be obvious that I am not standing on the floor, because that is the cool part of the trick!

Stupid Statement #4

I was recently trying to explain to a coworker that I like turkey, just not when it's in the form of lunch meat that you get from the deli. He was saying it's the same thing either way. Turkey is turkey. In the end, I thought the best way to prove my point was to say:

"I only like turkey when it's still shaped like a bird."

New Home

I've moved into my new apartment, and spent a good portion of my evening unpacking belongings that have been hibernating since May 2011. My favorite treasures I discovered were:
Track button with a picture of Desert lime Buffalo berry and me.
A picture frame full of photos of Kiwi Oil palm and me, a Christmas gift she gave me freshman year 6 (yikes!) years ago.
A list of promise Dewberry wrote me a couple summers ago.
ALL MY TUPPERWARE!

Bro Code

Bro code exists only when it deals with a girl the guy isn't interested in. The End.

Dress to Impress Week: Conclusion

Dress to Impress Week is over, and I'm kind of sad. It was fun wearing my best outfits, but it was not fun trying to think of winning combinations everyday, ok that was fun but just exhausting. Milestones for my life included: Wearing heels to work, mixing prints, black socks and wearing a skirt to work. I didn't post for Friday because Friday we wear casual clothes and I didn't think anybody would care to see that. I think I'll wear more skirts to work after this experience.

Dress to Impress Week: Thursday 9/27

Today marks an important day in history: I am wearing a skirt to work for the first time in my life, with heels at that!

Beauty and the Review: Primer

What: Primer

Brand: Almay

Line: Smart Shade

Color: N/A

Price: $9.99 for 1.0 fl oz

Application: Finger tips

Coverage: N/A

Longevity: This product is meant to give you a good base for your foundation (redundant perhaps?) and to help your make up last longer throughout the day.

Positives: This does in fact provide a good base, at least I think it does, however...

Negatives: This goes on pretty shiny, and while it does get less shiny after it "sets" or "dries", but I think my skin looks a bit greasy. But I can't tell if my skin is actually greasy or if the product is what causing the greasy look, just have to compensate with a bit more powder. Oh and it smells bad.

In a nut shell: The greasy factor is less than desireable, but I think my skin just needs some time to adjust and the greasiness look may subside. Then again, I'm not sure it makes enough of a difference to make me want to buy it again.

Gemini Mount

 

Empty bar. Lone pole. Liquid courage. Gemini mount. Success.

Dress to Impress Week: Wednesday 9/26

I've worn this outfit to work before, but today is the first time with heels. But it is one of my favorites, mostly because of the vest, but I love these pants too. The shirt is also adorable has birds on it, so it is safe to say this is one of my favored outfits even when it's not DTIW.

Getting excited for Halloween!

 Last year Gooseberry Banana and I went as Thing 1 and Thing 2, cosa uno y cosa dos it was a spur of the moment decision and thank goodness I am not the only person willing to put on a spandex unitard! I love love love couple/partner/team/group costumes, that being said, this is what I want to be for Halloween this year.

 

I have wanted to be Marilyn forever, I almost was 2 years ago but went as a beer maid instead. I have no regrets. Anyway, since I love group efforts for costumes, I have enlisted Gooseberry and her man to make my dreams come true. If Dewberry were going to be here I would have insisted that he be James Dean.

 

I realize that it is not Jackie in the photo but Katie Holmes, all I really cared about was getting a full shot of the outfit and that's hard to find on the real Jackie.

 

I am currently watching "My Week with Marilyn" to help myself get into character for the big day.

Dress to Impress Week: Tuesday 9/25

Poor photo quality again, it's just too dark in the mornings. Wearing heels again too, they only made it through the car ride yesterday before I abandoned them for flats. I'm realizing that dressing fancy requires fancy clothes, I have worn this outfit before when it wasn't DTIW so it doesn't feel like anything special. If I want to keep this up I'm going to have to do some shopping.

Olive Baby's Birthday Weekend

Went up north for the Olive's first birthday party this weekend, I got to see her teeth, tickle her belly and hear her say "tickle, tickle" and it was the cutest thing ever! Auntie Vanilla Cocoa bean made her a kick ass birthday cake and the princess paraphernalia was everywhere. After removing her crown and smooshing all the frosting she could into her hair, Olive opened her presents, well, Lady finger Keylime did and Olive played with the paper :) We'll chalk this one up as a success.

Dress to Impress Week: Monday 9/24

The quality of this photo is less than desirable, the most important thing is that I'm wearing heels...and pearls.

Dress to Impress Week

Long story short I have to wear a fantastic outfit everyday this week to work. Photos will follow. I just learned that I am allowed to wear skirts, so this will be fun.

brother story #4

I need to get a name for my brother on here, because it would be nice for him to have one. I have decided he will be Jackberry Cocoa bean, I like that.

To continue with the dress trend that has taken place in my other brother story posts...Vanilla Cocoa bean and I used to dress up my brother as a girl. We named him Jessie, we made my mom video tape us presenting him, I mean, her, to the world. This presentation included my sister and I holding up her crotcheted blanket, (its name was Sweaty) like a curtain, a proclaiming like town criers: "Ladies and gentlement, meet Jessie!". We then dropped the blanket dramatically and Jackberry ran forward wearing my sisters pageant dress and our clip on earrings from the game Pretty Pretty Princess. I should try to find a picture.

What time is it?

GAME TIME!

Desert lime Buffalo berry and I are headed back to the stomping grounds that is commonly known as Flo-town. I understand a tricked out new concession stand is going to rock my socks off at the football game, but I can't eat too much from that place because we have a dinner date afterward. Then we have some other business to attend to. However, I am very excited to wear my new jacket, in my mind the evening revolves around me wearing it. The End.

Kumquat Desert fig

I can't remember the exact circumstances of the day but Kumquat was doing something in the kitchen while I was in the dining room, I heard the door of the refridgerator open, then I heard it slam shut and then I heard:

 "It's fickin freezing in the freezer!"

Beauty and the Review: Mascara #1A

What: Volumizing Mascara

Brand: Rimmel London

Line: Volume Accelerator

Color: Black

This review will be a 2 part ordeal. Rimmel London claims that using this mascara for 30 days will make your lashes "look more numerous". I am not always quick to believe these things. This post is the "before" and in 30 days you will have the pleasure of viewing the "after" AKA the "London Look" and the full product review.

the chicken #2

This is a continuation of my original post the chicken, but if that was not enough to convey my point, I am certain this post will help you see it my way:

Asking "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is like asking "which came first, man or the embryo?"

Shoe Neglect

I have these shoes that I rarely wear because they hurt my feet, the heels are about 4 inches high so I think most people would agree that staying away is the best bet. For the most part the shoes hang up in my closet as shown in the photo, but the heel itself is super smooth so they slip out of the rack all the time. The other day one fell as usual, with the heel stabbing right into my foot, not as usual. I can only assume that because my shoes were not able to hurt my feet by me wearing them, they decided to hurt my feet by attempting to impale them.

Barb Wire to Flag...attempt

The top left photo is called a Barb Wire, the goal is to be able to stretch out your body perpendicular to the pole, which I am attempting to do in the bottom photo. The bottom arm, with its elbow dug into the ribs and the abs are what makes this trick possible, like most tricks, it is a little more difficult to do once up on the pole vs being on the floor. Since I live to impress people, I prefer to just do it up on the pole, can't wait until I have this one mastered.

Pole Pirouette

Wonderful #2

Hemmed, I love it.

Olive Baby

Those cheeks! Can't believe she'll be a year old Monday!

Kiwi Oil palm #2

I salute you

Beauty and the Review: Tinted Mascara

What: Tinted Mascara

Brand: Maybelline New York

Line: Great Lash

Color: Totally Teal Limited Edition

Price: $5.44 for .43 fl oz

Application: Bristle wand

Coverage: One coat is all I'm wearing in the photo. (One coat meaning I dipped the wand into the tube once and then wiggled it over my eyelashes a couple times)

Longevity: Lasts all day from what I can see, the color doesn't get any less colorful, score.

Positives: It's teal, so it's fun. Also, loading it on is an option because it doesn't get overly clumpy.

Negatives: Would be nice if the color popped a bit more, and I'm not crazy about the lack of feathering effect, but today is all about color so let's just stay on topic.

In a nut shell: I like this mascara, I wear it with navy eyeliner and that makes it much more better (bettah!), in the photo I am wearing just the mascara to show how it stands on its own.

Buddha Hold

I've also heard this called a Genie hold, but who really knows, or cares for that matter. Anyway, this hold is very much like the Yogini in terms of skin loss under your arm and on your side. I like this trick because I have a good armpit grip, one thing I need to work on is my legs, they look sort of odd in terms of position.

Presents

Just bought this sweater for Dewberry a little while ago and I tried it on to see if it would fit him. I had a stranger try it on at the store for me but he was bigger than Dewberry so I thought I might be a better guinea pig for testing the size. Point is, want to keep this for myself.

I'm Thrifting Because of Whimsy #2

Love.

Wonderful

Found this vintage baby at the one and only Savers! The pic doesn't do the color justice because it really is fantastic! Oh, and there is a belt that goes with.

Smile

Blogging with an iPhone

I can't stick to anything, I'm the queen of unfinished projects and incomplete ideas. I have a scrapbook from high school that I have yet to finish...I'm 24.

Lay Back

First day/post back in the blogging universe and I'm choosing to go simple. This hold took me awhile to conquer, mainly due to fear. Most common way to transition to a layback is from a pole sit, I prefer to go into a bit of a pike from my pole sit, that way your legs are up against the pole before laying back. I think it's pretty and powerful, need a steel trap set of thighs for this.

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Dewberry was supposed to be home this evening for the weekend but due to unforeseen complications he is still in Oklahoma and I am here alone. To cure my loneliness I decided to try on the new outfits I had recently purchased, this lead me to realized that I need to get control over my shopping problem.

We're making dinner

Kumquat, snow berry and I are making dinner, well they're making dinner and I'm watching. We made a friend. His nickname is awesome in 2 ways.

June 5th brings what

I always told myself that I would eat better after I graduated college, but I just had string cheese and a beer for dinner. There goes that dream.

 

I always considered it a stroke of good luck when I got and egg with 2 yokes in it, imagine my suprise when this happened twice, I should have gone and bought a lottery ticket considering all the good luck I have on my side.

Have you met me?

Today Dewberry's mom said "Little things annoy you, don't they?"

Olive Juice

Odd Habit #8

People at work probably assume that I like walking with my hands in my pockets, when in reality I only do it because then I can push my pants back down if they start to ride up.

1 Corinthians 13

13 If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Barry Switzer

"Some people are born on the third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."

I can't keep this to myself

I once wore my underwear backwards for an entire day...and had no idea.

Whine and Dine

I want to experiment with wine making some day, and I've heard people mention wine made from dandelions, hard for me to imagine because I've eaten dandelions and know for a fact they taste like shit, how is this going to make a decent beverage. We'll see how that works out? Anyway, the important thing is, if I do make the dandelion wine, I will have to put a label on the bottle with a clever name, which will be: Dan D. Lie 'n Whine.

I know. Perfection.

Odd Habit #7

Whenever I eat a sandwich that is cut in half, I have to have the side with the crust toward my palm and the side that's been cut toward my mouth

Netflix

Dewberry signed up for a free trial of Netflix, but since he already did this once in the past the would not accept his card. They make you give a card number ahead of time and bank you not canceling and snagging a membership from you, that's how they get you, and how they got me, since he used my card to get the free trial. Since he has left me for Oklahoma I decided to get use out of said Netflix since I have no life anymore, I called him to figure out what the username and password were, which is where my hostility arises, he said he couldn't remember the password, I think he just didn't want to tell me. I am not taking any of his calls until further notice.

Pretty Little Liars

"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead" - Ben Franklin

That may be true, but we pulled it off successfully

Superman

Getting into this hold is the hard part, holding it takes a lot less effort, your legs just need to squeeze together around the pole and your top arm helps you lay flat. What's nice about the Superman is that it's versitile, you can go into it from a few different tricks, or you can lead into a few different tricks with it.

stupid statement #3

"It's like I have a third sense or something"

I used to be wild

Summer(fest) of 69

I've been hit with an unshakable wave of nostalgia, this photo is from a weekend when Sweet sop Passion fruit, Gooseberry Banana and I drove down to Milwaukee for Summer Fest and Kumquat Desert Fig's birthday.
The first night we went down to the musical festivities I have a notorious habit for getting absolutely belligerently shit faced when I go to Milwaukee, and that weekend was no exception, although I didn't get hang overs then so it wasn't an issue like it is now.
The second day, Saturday we went up to Kumquat's cottage and spent the day on the water, we were rebels and took the boat out even though we were specifically instructed to leave her docked, our nautical urges couldn't be denied or shaken. We peeled corn on a questionable dock and used matches for birthday cake candles, everybody got too drunk again, we had numerous hilarious quotes and "that's what she said moments". That was the first summer I had a group of girl friends and I felt so lucky to have them.
The third day I went home because I had to work the following Monday, Sweet sop and Gooseberry stayed down there for another night of debauchery and to this day I believe I missed out on what was yet another fantastic evening. I wish I could make a slide show of all the photos from that weekend, well let's face it I could because I make a mean slide show, I just don't think anybody would care to actually watch it.

11OH!7

I am very satisfied with my life right now, but there are times when I would love the opportunity to go back to these days, just for a weekend, that was the only part of the week that mattered back then! It was the first Friday of the fall semester of 2008 when this photo was taken, junior year and I shared a house with Kumquat Desert fig, Kiwi Oil palm and 1 other friend (the 4 became 3 not long after, which is sad yes but life happens). During that semester my biggest concern was what I was going to wear during the weekend nights over at 808, when I look back at those nights I see myself in a damp, dim basement, with "dolla dolla bill ya'll" scribbled on the wall, meandering to the Mushroom Kingdom and back, red solo cups slopping everywhere as we learned how to play Assault and Kirk Pong, the whole time with TI blaring over the speakers drowning out most drunken conversations that I can't remember anyway. I don't know how many group hugs, beer bongs or stolen kisses took place in that basement, or how many times we sang along to Sweet Caroline at the tops of lungs and fist pumped at the appropriate moments. I do know that I will probably never have anybody break into my house wearing a wolf mask, ride a motorized cooler, end up on a side walk with my bare feet in the air after losing my friend's shoes or beat a 29 second keg stand. Good times never seemed so good.