December 2011
23 posts
I guess it’s time for me to be choosing my New Year’s Resolution(s)…
The problem with New Years is that I have terrible luck on this night. By that, I mean that there is only one New Years Eve that I actually remember having fun. ONE. How sad? It was the last night of 2008 and all of my closest friends gathered at Brian Robertson’s apartment. I drank quite a bit so I...
The Kids and I dancing to Rihanna’s “We Found Love” Apparently, Ciara has learned how to dance from a jerky-hyperactive robot. The best part is Christopher dancing provacatively about 3/4ths of the way through. Shortly after this video, Colin bashed his front teeth on the back of Christopher’s head…it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. OYE.
5-year-old wisdom...
Ciara: Do you have a boyfriend?
Me: Nope.
C: Come on, Ashley! Just get one already!
M: But Kiki, what if I see a guy I like and get too nervous!?
C: Oh my gosh, here’s what you gotta do. You just have to pretend he’s Justin Beiber and then sing to him.
M: Sing to him? What song should I pick?
C: Hmm, maybe something like “Who Let the Dogs Out.” Then, after you sing...
The Branch Will Not Break
In a pine tree, A few yards away from my window sill, A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and down, On a branch. I laugh, as I see him abandon himself To entire delight, for he knows as well as I do That the branch will not break.
-James Wright
Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, Chapter Two: A Short... →
There is nothing more special than getting to hear an author read their own piece aloud, especially this one by Joan, Blue Nights, her memoir. She decided to write it because she felt as though her mind was starting to fade, and it could very well be her last chance to write something cohesive, meaningful.
Colin: I’m gonna marry Ashley and Maya!
Me: You can’t marry us...
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Scene to Rap with Stephen Colbert
Are you guys following my Whose Line/Improv-a-Ganza blog yet?
Woah, woah, woah. When was Stephen Colbert on Whose Line?! This is so great.