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recently nuala came up so we could attend the buffy musical experience (rocky horror picture show-esque) in san francisco. here are some pictures from the weekend while she was here. we made t-shirts for the musical showing with fave quotes from buffy. genius. kristen’s got complimented by the buffy impersonator herself. delightful time was had by all and i shall treasure my “grr, argh” monster forever and ever.
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yesterday i went to ellie’s for hang-outs and saw her enormous baby (lucas) and made dinosaur sponge capsules with tyler. (thank you to kristen for giving me the sponges, and thanks to ellie, tyler, and lucas for the good times.)
The Story of Butt-Hands
Tyler puts his hands down the back of his pants and grins at me with all the deviltry of a 3 year old.
“Tyler,” I say, “Do you have to go to the bathroom?”
“Nooooooooooo…”
“Then why are your hands down your pants?”
“I’m scratching my butt!”
“That’s disgusting! You have butt-hands!”
“I’m going to touch you with my butt-hands!”
“NOOOOOOOOO!!! EWWWW!!! GROSSS!!! ARGH!!! BUTT-HANDS!!! ELLIEEEEE!!!!”
A little later Tyler and I happily sit around a bowl of steaming hot water pushing the dinosaur sponge capsules to sink with paintbrushes.
“What do you think this yellow one will be, Tyler?” I ask politely, all memory of the Butt-Hands Incident erased from my mind by the advent of incipient sponges.
“T-Rex!” He yells gleefully.
“I hope it’s a stegosaurus. Or a plesiosaurus. I like them.”
“T-Rex!”
“WHEN WILL IT BE A SPONGE ALREADY? MY TURN! I’M SO IMPATIENT!”
Patience wears thin. And then the yellow one turns out to be one of the stupid ones that look like flying squirrels. Tyler and I are despondent. We put in 3 more capsules.
“Maybe this blue one will be a stegosaurus…”
“T-Rex….”
Finally, after two pterodons, 2 freaky old lady dinosaurs, and THREE flying squirrels, there is a red T-Rex and a yellow stegosaurus. Tyler and I are in Heaven.
“Tyler, I’m a T-Rex!” I yell while holding my flailing arms up to my chest so they are little arm stumps. “I’m going to get you with my stumpy T-Rex arms!”
“Butt-hands!” He counters.
“ARGH! NO! T-REX CAN’T REACH HIS BUTT! STUPID LITTLE ARMS!”
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since kim is in town i’ve been having a lot of fun. and food. i think the two are intwined in my mind. intwined and mind would rhyme with kind which is helpful when playing huggermugger. which we did last night.
let’s talk about huggermugger.
by first talking about poker. in high school we never really played poker. however, we had a catchphrase which was, “poker, i hardly know her!” poker pronounced (obviously) “poke-her”. (annnnd cue girly giggling)
now: huggermugger. bi-polar?
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i uploaded a couple more photos since marina sent me some of the official photographs from her wedding. there should be more someday once she gets the rest of them. but here are the ones i’ve uploaded now. this is my favorite!:
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this weekend i went to marina’s wedding to be the maid of honor. me! the maid of honor! i honored my position by putting sparkly gems in my hair and humoring the groom’s father when he suggested i follow an old russian custom at weddings of collecting money in my skirts by auctioning off dances with the bride. HI-larious.
but seriously folks, my toast (and i’m still having terror-flashbacks) was corny and it’s time for me to be a little more corny.
marina got married! she got married! erica, after the ceremony, was all, “our little girl! all grown up!” and it’s true. and weird. man, marina you were just this tiny little seventeen year old when we met. and now you’re married.
as weddings go, this one was fantastic. it was billed as a big party and a big, super fun party is what it ended up being. marina looked absolutely gorgeous. frequently i’d be standing around talking to someone and we would lull into silence while both just staring at her and then have to take a deep breath (when we remembered we needed oxygen to live) and kind of eyeball one another till one or the other said, “she’s just so PRETTY.” this happened to me with each of our girlfriends there and with her mom. also some of the boys.
highlights:
the non-minister charles calling mark “mike” during the ceremony
marina’s dancing fool of a cousin
funfetti cake
open bar
dancing with jason with reckless abandon (i almost died)
hanging out with friends in fancy clothes in san diego
home-made lumpia
OPEN BAR
my one regret: the crappiness of the disposable camera i had with me. i can’t wait till the professional photographs.
congratulations again marina and mark! the rest of my pictures are here.
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Save the date post here. And the following is stolen almost verbatim from Gene’s website for a previous trip. Yes, I don’t believe in reinventing the wheel.
* When : July 22, 2007 around Noon until around 5 or 6PM. The trip down the river takes 4 or 5 hours assuming we take some time to swim and eat lunch and stuff.
* Where : Burke’s Canoes, Forrestville, CA
* Where exactly : Where Mirabel Rd runs into River Rd in Forrestville.
* How much : Each canoe and paddles and life jackets is $58 Each canoe has 2 seats so 2 people can paddle. The typical set up is for 2 people to share a canoe and each of them paddle being $29 each (cash only, no credit). If 3 people want to join up to cut costs or because one person is lazy, you can have 2 people paddle and one person sit in the middle of the canoe and hang out.
* How long does it take to get to Forrestville : About an hour and 30 minutes.
* Where are we going to leave from : We can caravan in multiple cars and we’ll meet at the Safeway parking lot at Church and Market in SF. This way we’ll be able to park and assemble. If you don’t live in SF, you may want to go directly there and meet us at the site.
* What time are we going to leave from Safeway : We’ll head out at 10AM, try to get to Safeway at 9:30 to 9:45 cause we aint waitin’. Make sure to eat breakfast before you come over or bring/buy some food to eat on the drive up, canoeing takes a lot of energy. If you’re planning on shopping at SafeWay, DON’T arrive at 9:30. Arrive before so you’ve got time to shop for food and then head out with everybody.
* How do I contact Gene or Michele if I have questions : Gene’s cell phone is 415 722 9846 or Michele’s cell phone is 925-759-4182
* What should I bring : (Listed in Order of Importance)
So Vital that failing to bring these items, means you shouldn’t go at all.
o $29 in cash
o River shoes (Tivas, or some kind of sandle shoe that you can get wet, and still wear and that you can climb on rocky river bottom with. Old shoes work.)
o Sunscreen
Important
o Lunch to go in the cooler
o Drinks (it’s gonna be hot and you will get very thirsty. Bottled water is a good idea) [No glass]
o Change of clothes to leave in the car so you don’t have to ride home wet.
A good idea.
o A hat.
o clothes that you don’t mind getting wet in
o sunglasses
o a pack to put your water bottles in and BUNGEE CHORDS to attach it to that canoe, so you don’t lose it when the canoe tips over.
* Gene will bring a cooler and bungee chords to put in my canoe to keep the lunch. If someone else wants to bring a cooler and bungee chords, then we can fit more stuff. Optional however.
* I will bring some underwater cameras. Feel free to bring your own or a regular camera. Put the regular camera in something waterproof though or you will regret it.
* Where can you find more information on this : Check out the place that we’re going, Burke’s Canoe Trips
Please comment with your RSVP, your carpooling needs or availability, and your canoe partner’s name and I will update the website periodically to reflect our attendance statistics.
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Current Attendees:
Michele and Marina
Kristen and Christine
Erica and Jolie
Sean and Gene
Jason
Jacob and Lisa
Current Carpools:
From Santa Rosa:
Michele, Marina, Kristen, Christine, Jolie, and Erica
From Berkeley/Oakland:
Car 1 (4 seats): Jacob, Lisa, Jason and Gene
From Pleasant Hill:
Car 1 (4 seats): Adam,
