remember that time...
when the smurfs came to visit...
#tbt (late) of when the cats were kittens...<3 (and a pug)
#tbt that hits me right in the heart...
where, where, where has the time gone?
our gap toothed little blonde diehard twisted sister fan
with a mouth full of chewing gum
and heart full of sweetness,
all sassy attitude and devil horns...
our big-headed boy
with the eyes so dark brown they looked black,
pudgy hands and big chubby cheeks,
all rough and tumble
and baby talk...
it blows my mind...it seems like yesterday.
i read somewhere when the kids were little
that the
days are long,
but the years are short...
and it is so gawd damn true
it hurts my heart a little...
but they also make me so unbearably happy today
all kinda grown up and still so sweet, still so funny...
still all devil horns and rough & tumble -
{but now emma has all her teeth
and campbell doesn't fall forward
when running because his head is too heavy}.
:) :) :) :)
sometimes it snows in april & we all should join christopher tracy's parade...
purple rain was the first R rated movie
i ever saw...
i went to the captitol theatre
with my cousin Linda...
i watched the movie millions of times
after that
and knew the words by heart.
i even made my father watch the movie.
in his defense, he pretended to like it,
for my sake...
even though i realize now
that it was likely a very uncomfortable movie
to watch with your daughter...heh.
i wore purple religiously for my 3 years of high school.
purple binders, backpacks, purple colored ink in the pens
that i used to write
i <3 prince and billy idol rules all over my desk
in english class
(and, subsequently, had to wash off)...
purple shoes, purple hair clips...
my grade 12 year book is full of comments about purple
(and prince) (and billy idol)...
i dragged my best friend off with me to see
under a cherry moon
there was only one other person in the theater besides us...
the little brother of a friend of mine
(which was funny, because his brother and i used to discuss
prince in great length...when he wasn't trying to make me
listen to genesis...)
people used to record prince concerts for me (we didn't have cable)
and leave prince tapes in my mailbox....
i listened to around the world in a day on repeat for months...
i danced alone in my room to little red corvette
and raspberry beret...
i defended him when he changed his name to a symbol
and i put his whole discography on my phone
(do you know how much space that is...
that is a very large volume of work.)
one of my best memories that involves prince
actually revolves more around my mom.
i listened to the soundtrack of purple rain relentlessly...
and a friend of the family tried to point out the
sex-aspect to my mom...specifically the song darling nikki
(i was 14 when purple rain came out)...
and my mom didn't budge...didn't flinch...didn't hesitate...
i was never told not to listen to it.
and that
meant a lot to me
and has stuck with me for this long.
and now he's gone.
it's funny how these people you have never met
become so entwined in your memories...
and it feels so real...there is a true sense of loss
but you aren't sure how much of it
is actually tied more to the passing of your own
youth...
he was complex and odd and lyrical and original...
& somewhere he is in the purple rain
having starfish and coffee and waiting for the parade.
Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last
The beautiful ones, they hurt u everytime
happy birthday little blog...
i know this is a photo of the pug on his birthday but the blog wouldn't put on the damn hat.
today you are 11.
11 years that i have been coming here,
sometimes sporadically,
sometimes religiously.
11 years of posts and prompts,
photos and doodles and
ongoing proof that i am a dork
to the 9th degree
and totally ok with that.
thank you, little blog, for always being there...
no matter if i said i was going to come
every day for a month
and then showed up once
and late at that with store bought cookies
from the day old section.
when people ask me how i got into photography,
the truth is
it was totally because of this blog...
i started the blog so that i could comment
on another person's blog
and really, i had no idea what a "blog" even was.
but i was working from home then,
with kids all day every day,
and finding out that there were other people out there
in the stratosphere that
were like
me
that liked to try things like knitting and crochet
and painting and writing and that talked about books
they had read and fairy houses they had built and
poems they had loved...
i was stunned.
and hooked.
hook, line and sinker.
and i wanted to try making things and sharing photos of them, too!
but my photos sucked.
(poor old kodak easyshare...my first digital camera)
so i got a new camera (my fuji)...
and eventually,
it became to be about the photos rather than the knitting
(cause, truthfully, my knitting sucked.)
when i first started,
there were TONS of people blogging...
and likely, there still are,
but when i started,
it was more like a community
rather than a business.
but i still find myself drawn to this page,
to the flickering light of this computer,
to put down some words, an image, a doodle...
it's my creative outlet.
sure, i check my stats & visitors every now and then
but really,
even if no one ever read it,
i don't think i could stop now.
it pushes me to try new things, do things i wouldn't normally do...
and it always reminds me not to take myself too seriously...
and it is so funny to be able to go back
and see where i was at any given point...
when i first started, my kids were 9 and 5...
i often came here to deal with things like the first day of school,
of turning 13, the stress/competition/judgement of parenting,
i shared stories of what a loser i can be...heeheehee
i tried series like friday i'm in love, poetry thursday, whatcha readin'
wordless wednesday and tuesday truth, among many others...
{now...when i say i'd be ok if no one ever read it...
i should also say
i AM SUPER EXCITED WHEN PEOPLE DO READ IT...
or comment...or share...
so thank you to those that do stop by!
it's always interesting to see what caught people's attention...
that maybe something i thought i was alone in
was actually something that other people
relate to.}
so...happy happy birthday, geek ink...
can't wait to see what the new year brings!
:)