I just remembered why we ventured to walmart at 1am the night before turkey day.....no not stupid bargains you can just get online, but the thrill of getting trampled to death was fresh on my mind....
i actually found something about one display aisle extremely aesthetically pleasing and all it was were mass quantities of very stereotypical turkey-day cooking products (pretty warhol-ish, without dayglo colors). innately, i stood posing right in front of Jiffy cornbread mix.
I was so impressed with the attention to detail, i almost had something that i suppose could be a spiritual moment, but let's be serious.......
Later on is where i really almost peed myself in shock. I didn't know there existed such a product, let alone be carried at walmart. I thought, "wow a Life Jockey, everyone needs a little guidance. and here it is only $9.99, Walmart is gonna give me purpose!" And in some 1/2 conscious moment i blurted out "I love the USA"
I haven't really figured out how to use it yet, but I'm not worried, it's Walmart quality!
On a sweet note - - Big Ups to Miss Abbey Baker, she's phenomenal! Why? Not only did she run the Karaoke mic tonight...... she went out on a limb based on my suggestion to cover my favorite favorite Heart song, "Alone" and she killed it and she totally knew it would get me so so excited!! Thanks for covering that one! I got this real rough recording of it on some weird app i gots on my iphone. it's pretty rough and doesn't do much justice (if you've ever heard Abbey sing live, you'd know) i'm psyched still on her insane talent - she can belt tunes like no one's business. still in so much awe, she's not afraid of shit, it's rad.
I forgot i snapped a bunch of iPhone pics at the Cake Wrecks book signing a couple weeks ago. They had 2 really amazing 3-d cakes that were donated from 2 New England bakeries T-Rex Wrecks and then Fenway Park!! They were both impressive and artistically inspiring. I was thinking about getting into Fondant sculpture/cake covering....but i don't really like baking so i don't want to take a cake class, i just wanna make 3-d things that don't taste particularly good.....
Does anyone really enjoy eating fondant? It reminds me of those wax bottles filled with that sugary liquid that i always thought i liked, but every time i chomped into a bottle i'd be repulsed. Is it just a better tasting wax? I need to do some research!
So here's some views of the professional cakes and some of the Fan Cake Wrecker competition.:.
Bed Bugs & Shitty My Little Pony!!
The Winner Welcome to Framingham
Gotta love the carved sweet potato ham and the plastic arms
I guess I’m all warm in fuzzy inside? Spending hours with my silly family, getting dog hair in my mouth, possibly all the delightful food. It might be all the coffee and bottled spirits.
I get sentimental a little less than a handful of times a year, but I think this time of year is a good time to kind of evaluate what I’ve done over the past year and maybe squeeze a little more fun out of the remaining 30-ish days….keeping my options open and schedule full……In my typical list format:
1. Laughter. It’s important to laugh and be near people that make you laugh. it's the one infection i don't mind spreading/receiving
2. Solo vacations and group vacations.
3. Flexible work schedule – although I take being employed for granted this year –eh not so much right now – I’ve been very fortunate to work in a place that would rather save money by letting me go on multiple vacations, than pay someone to keep a controllable workflow. Thanks !??!
4. Goodbye Gallbladder Disease!! That nasty little waste filter is outta my life forever !!!
5. Corndog-O-Rama – New music, new ideas, new flavors, and new traditions. 100% FUN!
6. My iphone surviving a tumultuous year of physical abuse and neglect -cracked, shattered, and chipped glass and you still work! - I knew you’d get through the tough times ole pal!
7. Intuition & Common sense – Don’t leave home without it.
8. Theme Parties – roll out the red carpet, crimp your hair, put on your tailored duct tape outfit, go ahead and fill your 90-degree kitchen with 500 lbs of sand – and dance dance dance the night away……
9. Grilled cheese.
10. Being there. I’m thankful I was able be there for people that needed me this year. It’s never really easy, in fact, sometimes it’s outright the worst thing imaginable – but you still gotta be there. Maybe it’s my naïve belief in humanity or karma or that within reason you can find good in everyone (I am hopeful) - if I ever needed a hand i like to think someone would do the same for me.
11. t-pain
12. Random Rancid and Lucero Shows in Boston - 5 different nights of awesomeness
***Cliff Notes Version: Enjoy every day, open your heart, laugh a lot, do something that terrifies you, listen, learn, and just be honest with yourself . . . .
I'm relocating my thought process, crafting, scheming, and snoring to my family's polyester paradise lakehouse for a bit. I get pretty excited to do this every once in a while, get to hang out with my favorite 4-legged friend Maya, catch up on smutty mtv/vh1 reality shows, drink other people's opened milk, take scenic pictures and get in some killer shower singing sessions* - that is, when i'm not working or running around.
*who woulda thought a 1960's plaid wallpapered bathroom with a mint-colored tile shower stall would have such amazing acoustics?? It does and it not only makes shower singing that much more enjoyable, it makes me sound like Whitney (before Bobby)
Last night after a full day of boston haircuts, cake wrecks, cooking, feasting, and homemade horror movie viewing, the nightcap i feel i must share with anyone whose ever lived in boston, or known someone who has boston in their veins......
is this new? it's new to me and i thought it was stellah
Cake Wrecks book signing in Framingham, Mass. today.
Pretty sweet! people brought their own mini cake wrecks and are wicked psyched about poor presentation of celebratory cakes. This is so silly i can't stand it!!
This was something completely random i did last month 1st-take one day 5 minutes right before i had to take a shower to get to work in 30 minutes.....i somehow figured out this nifty app and that i could sing using t-pain's voice effects over some random track i've never heard before. Of course it had to be done at that time, risking being late, yet again...... It's pretty shitty, and total nonsense verbage, but hey - it's good for a random laugh (music video to follow)
So i just figured out how to make a link and then it took me forever to figure out what the heck i was saying and i decided to type out the lyrics, just for the full experience......read along, there's kind of a storyline....no, not really....
Oh wow, did i get lazy for halloween, how embarrassing! At least my lazy is still more exciting than store-bought pre-made costumes :)
I was sooooo exhausted from vacation i totally lost ambition to play out my original "costume" and decided to do with my old standby Totally 80's Wow. I guess i kinda mix it up each time i do it.... i've played out the culture club/zebra pants/pink hair/record player bit i've updated to my newly butchered hulk hogan/ florescent jeans/extra crimped.....yadda yadda yawn on my part i know. shove it.
i just liked other people's costumes this year, they were snazzy. i tried to grab pics with a bunch i liked, but i totally missed out on this one dude who was dressed up as ziggy stardust! he totally disappeared or maybe i had too many Jameson concoctions that i totally lost track before the end of the night. shucks! hey pseudo ziggy if you're out there- nice face!
i also liked (but didn't add pics yet) goat boy, the bloody couple, abbey go go showgal, "i'm not Keanu, i'm from the Matrix, jerk!," mega cave woman (i made it in 10 minutes for megs!), postal barry and that one dude that was Hannah Montana too, he was silly.
that was a fun night again.....next year i'll grab a prize........i've got 358 days to work out all the kinks -ha!
ello friends- i've got a hobby turned blog-ish. nothing serious, just kinda an ode to deep fried hot dogs on a stick and getting people getting riled up about me getting riled up about corndogs and celebrating the cooler concept of being silly adults, which is the new big kid. I think corndogs are really a prime example of how 2 negatives make a positive. And in just saying that i realize it's a total crock, hotdogs and deep fried objects are both awesome. I'm not so learned in high school crap math. I prefer statistics and things you don't have to imagine are there, or "what if" scenarios. I can do it, but that shit pisses me off. Furthermore, keeping all things positive.........................
................this new blog it's kinda new and awkward at first, i haven't developed any new html formatting skills, or lost interest in cheezy 70's/80's music (sorry, can't change that about me), so i'm somewhat consistent....... it's not really corndawggin' season so i'm trying my best to find pictures, places, and events that are accessible to me and unlike this blog, i'm more open to what other people have to offer to make it wild.
collecting t-shirts that make me laugh and/or make fun of things i can't stand (ex. organized religion)
quality coffee, as is, no lights or sweets
big cities
cutting and pasting paper onto random objects
dark wash jeans
impromptu dance parties/tailfeather shaking
traveling
live music
summer
the ocean
sunshine
everything about guacamole, especially my own recipe
red wine
making (in)significant lists
DISlikes
wet socks, corporate-conservative media, most country music, ignorance, being an Html rahtard, paying student loans, missing the bus/subway in the rain/snow, public restrooms with no tp, food poisoning, cats, allergy to cats, george bush 1 & 2, the dentist, sending out resumes, lies & avoiding the truth (general cowardice of it all bothers me the most), & minivans. Bad breath. Cigarettes. Hangovers.
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