tuesday truths...
- the idea that summer is coming
to a close is making me feel
panicky and anxious
like
i haven't done it all yet,
i'm not ready for it to end! - i loved the garden so much
that i made myself
sick
of the friggin' garden.
enough already with the
watering
and the picking
and the watering...
next year, i'm using a hose.
and not planting 60 billion
of EVERYTHING. - i want to go to the trailside cafe
and see dylan menzie...
because seriously...
have you heard him?
(and this one is in my most-favorite-church!) - i had a small panic attack
and thought that EVERYTHING on my
summer bucket list
had to be done by labor day
until someone kindly pointed out to me
that labor day is NOT the first day of fall.
heh.
but still...SO LITTLE TIME...
(there's that panicky feeling again) - maudie may have replaced the muppets
for now as number one in my
desert island movies...
i know that seems like a weird contrast...
but...if you didn't know that i might be a little weird by now
then you may just want to stop reading...heh...
(but....don't really stop reading! i was just kidding!)
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
friday i'm in love....
sweet, sunny friday...
i'm still a little uneasy about my little girl who has gone away
but she has been awesome
about texting me frequently, which makes it so much easier for me
she knows what i'm like...
this is what it is like to live in my head.
she texted me when they called them to board the plane,
she texted me when they landed,
she texted me when she found her luggage,
she texted me that she was at swiss chalet drinking long island iced tea,
she texted me when her friend found her,
she texted me when they got to her friend's house.
the next morning, i texted her to ask her if things were good
she replied yep...
i start thinking...that was a short answer.
how do i know it was her...and come to think of it,
the last text she sent me last night was pretty short...
what if it isn't her...what if someone abducted her...and now they
are just answering her phone to buy more time,
to not raise suspicion...
see for yourself....proof of my jump-to-conclusions-brain
so now...that i know that she is all right...ordering from pizza pizza and hanging out
friday i'm in love...
MINIONS!
Inside Out::PIXAR
ladies and gentleman, it's the MUPPETS!!!!!!
these crispy salt & pepper-y chips...i'm addicted...weight loss plan be damned!
catching up on grey's anatomy...sigh
google forms...how did i not know about this! seriously, so awesome...and seriously, i am such a geek. I used this to create a new questionnaire for my wedding clients...and it was so sweet!
seriously, seriously contemplating letting my formerly black hair go silver...this pinterest board is enough to make me commit
and on the same note, if i can be just like her when i grow up, i am totally looking forward to it!
Happy Friday!!!!!