isn't she beautiful?




sorry, sometimes i just feel like bragging.

ps, look at this while you're at it.

at the gym today i overheard the following conversation, which i will now recount for you word-for-word:


guy1: "yup, sometimes i make applesauce"
guy2, amazed: "whoa, how do you do that?"
guy1: "you basically just mash it up until its a sauce"
guy 3, also amazed: "whoa, applesauce"
guy1: "and then other times i make pear sauce"
guy2, even more amazed: "what?! how?!"
guy1: "basically the same way as the applesauce"
guy3, just as amazed: "pearsauce?!"
guy1: "one time i made plumsauce"
guy2: "PLUMSAUCE?!?!"
guy1: "yeah, that didn't quite have the same consistency as the others, though"
guy3: "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"
guy1: "again, i just kinda mashed it up. i bet it would be a lot quicker if i had a food processor"
guy2: "those make plumsauce?!"
guy1: "they make anything-sauce. they basically process the food until it's a paste"
guy2: "plumPASTE?!"
guy1: "anythingPASTE"
guy3: "ANYTHINGpaste?"
guy1: "ANYTHINGpaste"
guy2: "APPLEpaste?"
guy1: "we already talked about applesauce"
guy2: "i said applePASTE"
guy1: "i know"
guy2: "but you said"
guy3: "you said appleSAUCE"
guy1: "it's the same thing"
guy2: "but they're different words"
guy1: "right"
guy2: "right!"
guy3: "RIGHT!"



then as i walked past a row of lockers, i foolishly turned and saw a fat old naked man with his legs spread as wide as they'd go peering downward and fervently picking at his taint.


discuss.

so i had a strange dream last night that inolved annaomega!

so as the story goes, anna and i were at this big log cabin lodge thing in the woods with about 30 other dudes, almost all of which were burly and looked like lumberjacks. we were there because we were going to go on a big expedition to hunt down some moose. now don't get me wrong, we weren't going to shoot the moosies or anything; it wasn't that type of hunting. it turns out that scientists had recently discovered that moosers actually thrive way better on a diet of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and so we were trying to track down the meese in order to give them some cereal. we got there reasonably late at night, and the big mooseter egg hunt started early the next morning, so i decided to take a shower at night (i normally shower in the morning). i wandered over to the bathroom, and when i opened the door, anna was already in there, naked, about to get in the shower. i was all "ruh roh, sorry, i didn't think anyone was in here" and she was all "don't worry about it. same time? i'll wash your back if you wash mine! and we'll use less water!" and i was all "your smart thinking will save the environment!". so then later we were walking through the woods to try and find this big bonfire the lumberjack dudes had talked about, and these two huge dogs came over, and i tried petting one. it licked my hand, and i was all "he lingered a little too long on that one. i think he wants to eat me." anna yelled out "THAT'S NOT A DOG, THAT'S A WOLF!" and immediately the woods were filled with bright flashing red lights (like during Red Alert emergencies on Star Trek) and the there-is-gonna-be-a-fight-soon music from Kill Bill kicked in. the wolves pounced at anna and i, and we started wrestling with them. somewhere during the fight the wolves transformed into large pumas. it wasn't that they were transformers or that we even were aware they had changed, my subconscious just made the alteration because pumas are softer. we rolled around and tumbled through the woods, dueling with the pumas as we went, and finally we happened to reach the bonfire. i had one of the pumas pinned down on the ground with his arms outstretched, and i just started rubbing my cheek all over his furry back because it was so soft. he started giggling because apparently that tickled him, only i was giggling too because his fur was tickling me right back. he kept saying "I'MMA EAT YOU ONCE YOU LET ME GO", though, so i was still panicking. anna said "LETS SCARE THEM AWAY WITH THE FIRE!" and the lumberjacks were like "HELL YEAH!", and so we got up and tossed the pumas over to the lumberjacks. they held them up close to the fire (so as to scare them only -- they weren't going to hurt them) and yelled "FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE", and the pumas started to squirm around and panic and freak out. the lumberjack with anna's puma tossed him into the woods and he ran away into the night. the lumberjack with mine tossed him right back at me, and he landed on my face and wrapped his paws around me, hugging my head. i freaked out, but then i realized the puma was more scared than i was, and so then i got scared that maybe he'd pee himself, all over my face. so i peeled him off me and drop-kick punted him into the woods, where he scurried off as well. i turned back to the lumberjack and yelled "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? YOU THREW HIM RIGHT AT MY FACE!" and he said "what do you expect of me? i'm Danny Tanner!" and he pulled off his mask, revealing Danny-Tanner-era Bob Saget underneath. we all threw our hands up in the air making one of those "whatcha gonna do" gestures, and we all had a hearty laugh.


tell me about your dreams!

yup, in just a mere two hours (for us east coast people), the glorious powers that be will grant us all an extra hour of sleep, drunken halloween debauchery, or, in my case, frustrated, demoralizing school work.

and also, yup, it's Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time, like most people like to say.

quoth this delightful snippet on grammar:

Spelling and grammar

The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.

Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Because of this, it would be more accurate to refer to DST as daylight-saving time. Similar examples would be a mind-expanding book or a man-eating tiger. Saving is used in the same way as saving a ball game, rather than as a savings account.

Nevertheless, many people feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Daylight Savings Time is also in common usage, and can be found in dictionaries.

Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, and Daylight Time Shifting more accurate, but neither is politically desirable.



*insert alarm clock clipart*

for reference, i live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building housing college-age people, and there are virtually no families nearby, so i wasn't expecting any trick or treaters period.

but i just had a grown man dressed as michael jackson and carrying a half-full grocery bag knock on my door and say "trick or treat! do you have any candy? .... or food? ... or spare change? or.... i'm homeless"

he looked happy and friendly and surprisingly convincingly like michael jackson, considering he's supposedly homeless.

i didn't have any candy for him. i felt bad.

where does a hobo get a michael jackson costume?

it is official, margo is no longer a teenager, and officially, i am now officially way less of a pedo!








it's time to post pictures of things she likes!!!!

curious minds want to know!





feel free to answer anonymously or leave a comment saying what you chose :D



in case you really have no idea who i'm talking about

this is driving me insane.

i have my window open and someone outside is grilling something (which is odd 'cause it's basically dark out and pretty chilly), and the most glorious smells keep wafting in through my window. my room keeps getting filled with the pungent, savory scent of grilled onions and some kind of herb thing and omg, some kind of amazing steak smell.


seriously, every three seconds or so the wind blows and, completely involuntarily, my eyes roll back in my head as i draw in a long whiff and moan hungrily.

and the thing is, i'm not even hungry. in fact, i'm pretty darn full. this is killing me.

they have a big poster sale the first week of classes each year at OSU. i went today in hopes of finding something worthy of putting on my as-of-now barren white walls.

lol @ they had this up on display as one of their featured posters:



i guess it's actually a fairly common poster already, so this is probably old news to some people, it just made me laugh at how ripoff-ish it is.


btw, i got these posters for my wall:






i also have a few chirashi (japanese 7x10" mini movie posters) waiting to go up:





etc


i also have a few lovely photo prints from margo to put up as well:





in chicago i got a big monochrome canvas print (that i can't find a pic of) of this at Renegade:

and the lady liked my whale enthusiasm so much she gave me a smaller print (of the spermwhale) for FREE! (regularly $5)



i also have these really badass art prints of a bear and a deer that i got in portland with margo, but i don't have any pictures of those just yet


WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR WALLS?!?!
(pics or it didn't happen)

i am such a freakin' liar

i wasn't going to make one of these, simply because i've been having such a darned hard time trying to keep track of all the others that have already been made. but i keep thinking about this weekend and man, i couldn't resist.


I LOVE YOU ALL SO FREAKIN' MUCH!


seriously, words cannot fully explain just how much i enjoyed being around all of you beautiful people these last four days. so then i tried to express it as a mathematical proof, but i forgot to carry the sexy after i integrated the love and multiplied it by the hugs and hand holding.

i'm still living in columbus ohio, but just about every friend i had for the last 5 years has graduated and moved away. and now that margo is gone again in portland for the school year, i spent the week and a half leading up to chicago feeling super lonely. suddenly being surrounded by all of you people who are just so unimaginably amazing felt like the craziest dream come true.

there are so many of you that i have been wanting to meet for so long, so many i thought i'd never get to meet period, and so many that i've been lucky enough to meet but never thought i'd get to meet again.

and there were so many of you that i went in knowing virtually nothing about, and you all turned out to be absolutely incredible.


it's time to steal omair's tactic and just make a big long list.


anna, i love you. forever. meeting you at the airport was probably the single best way to start a trip of all time. go back in time and come to OSU so that i can hug you every day! we will be best friends for life.

alvinmnk, you somehow managed to be even more charming and sexy in real life. i didn't think that'd be possible, but oh was it ever the case. thanks for making this meetup awesome, right up through our last-ones-standing trip to the airport. i will gladly hold something for you any time you like ;)

boysbeprsicilla, you are absolutely amazing and the epitome of adorable. if the Richter Scale measured adorableness instead of earth quakes, you'd earn a 1.2 billion. i want to be your best friend. you simply must become IRL friends with margo so that i can live vicariously through her.

brianbullet, you sexy beast you, you are one of the greatest guys i know, and now i've gotten to see you twice in the last month. i assume we're going to keep this up, so i'll see you in october!!

hayasdfg, HOLY FREAKING ZOMG I GOT TO MEET YOU. you are exactly, exactly, EXACTLY like i thought you'd be, which is to say perfect. thank you for cuddling me with such vigor, and for letting me do the same back.

jetanette, i have wanted to meet you so bad for years, and i honestly never thought i'd get the chance. spending this weekend with you was absolutely amazing. and thank you so much for the awesome birthday gift!! i just took him out of my duffel bag and hugged him again. i will finish and mail you yours soon, i promise. thank you for joining me and haya in our cuddle orgy.

opair, i've now seen you twice in the last month as well, and now i don't know if i can keep on going without you. i want to get lost in your luscious beard and talk about pokemans. i actually have a birthday present for you that i forgot to put in my luggage, but if you send me your address i will correct my mistake.

fayce, i am not going to talk to you until you watch you-know-what. no, i'm kidding, in real life we're getting married and going to play video games til we grow old together. i'm really sorry you didn't get to see my beautiful face when you got back to heart o' at 4am -- i know you were looking forward to it

kesli, you make me wish i were canadian so we could be irl bff. i am so mad you weren't able to get in any earlier, 'cause i want to spend way more time with you. also, if it wasn't for your diligent blog bumping, i wouldn't've (yeah, i know, double contractions. so what?!) been able to spend time with omair and anna either, so i owe you my greatest of thanks.

IRANDY, i love you man. you are always fun and sweet, and it absolutely cracked me up how two nights in a row i woke/got up before 5am just to find you wide awake and ready to go. how do you do that?! i wish you would've joined in on our cuddle orgy -- it could have used some randy flair ;)

(i am writing too much for these.. time to try and be more brief... sorry)



beccashake, i think you are amazing. thank you for singing TLC with me and for sympathizing about needing new wardrobes on the train and for letting me hug you.

phifferwills, you are one of the people i didn't really know much about going in, and you turned out to be by far one of the coolest people there. ALMOST NAME TWINS FOR LIFE!!!!!!

sam-bot you are freakin' awesome. and no, i don't mean you are evan. i'm real glad i got to meet you, and i'm real glad you know everything there is to know about various small animals and reptiles.

kevinson, we have the same name which makes you even more awesome than you already are. which is really awesome, btw. you are hilarious and i'm so glad i got to meet you!

tylerow, oh tyler tyler tyler. thank you for being you, because you are always entertaining to be around.

nigil, i basically didn't know a dang thing about you before i met you, and you are absolutely awesome. good luck in france, dude!

samolie!, i am in constant envy of your beard. hanging out with you was awesome, and i love just how hard you laugh at things.

jeffyg, you are awesome. you always have this half-smile on your face that makes you look slightly mischievous, which is hilarious 'cause you're actually super sweet and unassuming. i'm real glad i got to meet you.

loridog! you are so incredibly fun and sweet and awesome. i really hope i get to meet you again, 'cause i want to actually hang out with you for longer than 5 minutes at a time!

lizhou, you are an awesome gal, and the short times i got to spend talking with you were great. can we become better friends yesplease? you said you do computer sciencey stuff too, right? can we be nerds together?

janfresh, i will never understand how you squeeze so much awesome in such a small package. you're like 3x concentrated high efficiency laundry detergent, only for awesome. i don't think i ever got to see your impression of alvin's walk. next time.

ginettex2, i didn't get to spend nearly enough time with you this weekend, because i think you are awesomex2. and i love your glasses. thank you so much for the zine and the postcards!! i was reading the zine on the airplane home and the lady next to me gave me the greatest look ever.

jubbles, thank you for eating a cheesebOrger with me. you are a gentleman and a scholar.

phil, i wish i could be one tenth as awesome as you, but since your awesome keeps growing so fast, i know i'll never catch up.

juliami, you are so cool that you were always swarmed with other cool people and so i didn't really get to talk to you all that much. but i have always sincerely thought you were one of the most amazing people in the world, so just getting to be in your presence made my weekend.

ALEXmdc, you are a totally badass dude. you're ridiculously talented, so it was awesome to see that you were still so nice and cool to talk to. and holy shit those were some dance moves!

frickenevan, your enthusiasm knows no bounds. you are just such a sincerely positive, happy guy. it was great to meet you!

amandabeadles, i think i really only got to talk to you the one time, but you were a total sweetheart, which is exactly what i thought you'd be.

stevetora, maltzidan, ladykate, courtneypie, etc etc etc where were all you guys? i really think i only got to see you guys maybe twice for a minute or so the whole weekend, and that is not right. that is just not right. NOT RIGHT!


god there are probably so many more of you that i have forgotten from this list, but i have to go brush my teeth and throw on some socks 'cause i'm about to head out the door.


I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!