Pirate Party

Anne, Clark and Ryan came to town this weekend to help me celebrate my birthday! Friday night, we decided at the last minute to go to a pirate party, so we had to root through my stuff to come up with some makeshift costumes. Before going to the party, we went uptown to have a drink at The Union and do some tattooing.

Then we went to the pirate party. The decorations were AWESOME! They made the whole house look like a ship! It was Moss's birthday. There were tons of pirates there. We drank forties.



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Mountain Goats

My cousin Liz was in town this week for a print making convention, so my family got together for dinner on Thursday and had a family dinner! We took a family portrait.

Then, Liz and I headed to The Union to see the Mountain Goats show. It was probably the best show I've ever seen at The Union. They were incredible! Here we are making faces that are supposed to be "We're at the Mountain Goats show?" because we thought we weren't going to be able to go because it was sold out, but Dad pulled some strings and hooked us up with last minute tickets.

I didn't take many pictures during the show.

Paw Paw Festival

Today kicked off the 2006 Paw Paw Festival. I've been anxious to go, because I knew they were serving Paw Paw Wheat, my favorite beer. Usually you can get this beer for awhile at Casa in the fall, but last year I missed out because I didn't go to the Festival and all of the kegs got DRANK!

So, I headed out with Summer and Yumi, and we enjoyed some delicious fall sunshine. We also tasted paw paw chicken wings, pork sandwiches with paw paw sauce, a hamburger with paw paw chutney, and ice cream sandwiches with paw paw ice cream! Everything was delicious.

Later in the afternoon, Linda stopped by the fest. We got a bag of straight up paw paws to taste. I hadn't had one since I was probably TEN. Dad and I used to go "pee-paw pickin'," as we liked to call it. We just thought it was fun, but whenever we tasted them we thought they were sick. Now I know I just didn't let them ripen!

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After drinking some Paw Paw Wheats and listening to music, Linda and I headed uptown with her brother Fred, who was visiting with his wife and some friends. When we got to O'Hooleys, I discovered the saddest thing ever. There was still one more drink ticket in my pocket from the festival!!! Shoot!! One more delicious Paw Paw Wheat I could have enjoyed! I tried to use it to buy a beer at O'Hooleys but the bartender wasn't having it.

On Sunday, I stopped by my parents house and told mom the good news, that I like paw paws now! She suggested I go see if there were any on their paw paw trees in the back yard. I didn't even know they HAD paw paw trees! So I went and sure enough, there were some. Pickin' Paw Paws!

Mmm!

We did a taste test. Mom still thinks paw paws are sick. She just can't get on board with the texture.

I give it a thumbs UP! Delicious!

Look at this haul!

Congratulations, Joey & Atira!

Today was Joey and Atira's wedding! It was out in beautiful Meigs County, at Atira's mom's house. Man, was it FUN. And beautiful. The weather was fantastic. There was a pond, and flowers everywhere, and beautiful countryside. When they said "I Do," fireworks rocketed into the sky and exploded into little PARACHUTES!

Jeff cooked up some pork, and Ed brought delicious side dishes. Atira and Aysha made the best dang cake I've ever tasted! There was a beer tent, and a bonfire, and dancing galore. More fireworks later in the night. And plenty of unicorn pegasus tattoos!



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Atira's Bachelorette Party!

Tonight, we gathered at my apartment for a bachelorette party for Atira! It was a great night, with tons of delicious food, and lots of booze and games! We played Ring of Fire, Pin-The-Penis-On-The-Naked-Man, Giant Penis Ring Toss, etc.

Afterwards, we took the bride uptown for a little drinkin' and dancin'! Congratulations, Atira!



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Woody in my HIZZ-OUSE!!

So, it's no secret how much I LOVE WOODY. Well, tonight he was IN MY HOUSE!!!!! Look at how cute he looks in my HOUSE!!! It was one of the best days of my life. WOODY. Charlie was hiding, but Emma met him. They just sort of stood there and stared at each other forever. They were really weirded out by each other.

Farewell, Mike Brown!

Tonight, a bunch of us met up at Casa to say farewell to Mike and Maria, as they begin their journey to Colorado. It was a bittersweet night full of beers and hills deluxe. And of course, Mike couldn't leave Ohio without a unicorn pegasus!



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Video Chat!

Tonight I was lucky enough to get invited to my aunt and uncle's house for a Labor Day BBQ! Beer Can Chicken, which Uncle Tom is AMAZING at. It's the best thing on the planet. Mmmm. Anyway, it was a pretty nerdy night!

Here, you can see one of the neat features of my new camera. I told the camera I'd like it to only pick up colors with a certain degree of red in them. Voila!

After dinner, we set up a video chat with my cousin Ravyn and her husband Faris!

Aunt Sue and me. I guess it's sort of dark but we're talking through the COMPUTER to Ravyn!

Look! There she is with Faris, live on video chat! It was super neat and fun. Family reunion!

Breaking and Entering

So, today I locked myself out of my apartment. Not only did I lock my keys inside, but also the spare set that I made for my parents. I was going to call my landlord and confess my shame, but Mom reminded me that Elliot was skilled in the art of credit card breaking and entering. So I called him up!

What you need is a credit card. It's good to have varying degrees of thickness, because all locks are different. You cut a notch in the card.

Then you insert the card around the door lock, and wiggle until you hit the sweet spot.

Some doors are harder to open than others. Mine was pretty hard, Elliot said. Good to know! But he got me in! GO ELLIOT!

I met my new neighbors, Julie and Macgregor during this adventure. Macgregor suggested that maybe we'd be able to climb the side of the building into my bedroom. So while Elliot was picking away at my door, Macgregor was scaling the side of the building! Ha! The window was locked though, and wouldn't budge. Unfortunately I do not have pictures of that part.

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Tonight was Emily's birthday party! It was at her folks' house.

Mmmm dinner at the Burhans is always SO good. Nicoise Salad! And that bread was freaking incredible.

Emily has been working on this doll house for years! She gave us a tour.

Emily learns how to perfectly open a bottle of champagne. She did a SUPERB job!! I wish I had been paying better attention myself.

My only picture from Casa Prom. Zeb and Melissa!

Blue Lagoon

So last night, I was doing laundry, and all of a sudden laundry water came up through my TUB???? I contacted my landlord and we decided I'd call a plumber after the holiday weekend was over. This morning I decided to attempt a shower, and sure enough, something was wrong. By the time I was done there was about three inches of standing water in the tub. It did not drain by the time I left my house to go to Parkersburg for the afternoon.

When I returned, I ran excitedly to the bathroom, in the hopes that I would see an empty tub. Instead of an empty tub, though, I encountered a bathtub that was 2/3 full of BLUE WATER. It was CRAZY looking! Deciding it was an emergency, the plumber came that night. Can you imagine if that tub had overflowed? Blue water EVERYWHERE. Luckily, the problem is fixed now, but check it out!

Taste Test: MHLL vs. MHL

Today, Suzanne came over to drink some beers. I felt like doing an experiment, so we decided to do a taste test! Miller High Life vs. Miller High Life Light. I was the designated taster, and Suzanne made sure the experiment was carefully regulated. It was to be a BLIND taste test.

Both bottles of beer looked so delicious and refreshing! I couldn't wait to start tasting!

The contenders. Note both glasses have equally delicious-looking foamy heads:

Suzanne kept track of which beer was in which glass. TASTING!

The Verdict: BOTH beers were equally delicious!!! No need to choose one over the other. Drink up! Cheers!

He blows goats. I have proof.

Last night, Mom and Dad had me over for dinner. Mom mentioned that HBO had Wayne's World on demand this month! We were all like "LET'S WATCH IT!" I probably haven't seen it in ten years! Dad LOVED it when it first came out, and was always trying to do "Not!" and "As if!" but sort of getting them wrong. Hee. Anyway, it was just as funny as ever. Party Time. Excellent.

Kashi Go Lean Crunch! Honey Almond Flax

I get really excited about new products sometimes. When I saw that Kashi Go Lean Crunch! had come out with a new flavor I was super pumped to try it! I LOVE Kashi so much. I eat it pretty much every day for breakfast. Soooooo I bought it, and my review is IT RULES!!!!! It's honey coated spectacularness. With slivers of almonds!!! I highly recommend it.

Geraldine: Pure Bastard Rock

Today was a marathon fun day! First, Summer stopped by for lunch. Later, Alaina stopped by and I got to meet her baby, Benjamin! Then Linda picked me up and we went to the BioLife company picnic at Stroud's Run.

We had hot dogs and brownies, and watched little kids roll down the hill. They were trying to catch fish by making 'fish food', which had bread, cheese, corn chips and grass. Ha! They did not catch any.

Afterwards, Linda and I went out with her assistant manager Stephanie, and her husband George. It was a good time. Then we headed over to the Union to see Geraldine's last show. Tons of people were out, it was a super night! Again, lots more unicorn pegasuses.



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Party at Dawna's!

Last night, Dawna had a going away keg party for some kids who are leaving. It was a great party, complete with a guacamole contest! It was another unicorn pegasus filled weekend. (www.unicornpegasus.com!)



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Caramel Tootsie Pop

My mom gave me a present. The new flavor of Tootsie Pop: Caramel!!! Caramel is one of my favorite things ever. So I was very excited to try this new product.

Doo doo doo dooooooooo!

Look at that delicious caramelness:

Holy SHIT it is DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!

I checked my wrapper to see if I got The Indian, for good luck. Those are his pants up in the upper right hand corner. Does that count?

I will definitely be partaking in this product again in the future.

ACMF and 80's Dance Party!

Tonight, Linda and I headed uptown to see some bands at the Athens Community Music Fest. There were a ton of people out, and it was a good night for unicorn pegasus time. After the bands, we headed to an 80's dance party where everybody danced their emeffing asses off.



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Unicorn Pegasus

I just bought this url: www.unicornpegasus.com! It am hoping to fill it with people sporting my patented unicorn pegasus tattoo. I'm so excited to own this dot com. Whoohoo! Anyway, I had a lot of willing participants tonight, and we had a lot of fun.



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