June 6th, 2012
One of your old favourite songs from way back when / RISK
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
—Kurt Vonnegut
“They say hello they say hola and they say BONJOUR”
—Tinie Tempah/Diana
“My plan of going to bed at midnight and not getting drunk did not work.”
—Jenny, 6/3/12
“I’ve been reducing my pork consumption in preparation for owning a pet pig.” / “Do I make slop or do I buy slop?” / “Are you a pig person?”
—Chloe, 6/3/12…#potentialpigownerproblems…GOD I was laughing to TEARS over this conversation! “Maybe you should work to breed even smaller pigs.” “Then she’d get to keep all the mistakes!” -Derek. AHAHAHAHAHA!
“Did I tell you about the time I accidentally skied over a cliff…twice?? I was a really good skier and that happened to me. Of course, I still AM an excellent skier, at 64 years old, I ski circles around ’em.”
—Steve Mason, 6/4/12
I heard a story yesterday that was so sad. So intense. It struck me quite so. It was about someone I don’t even know but still. May wasn’t bad for just moi.
(Duh. But you know. Self-centeredness and all. But just when you think you’ve got it bad…instead you’re happy you + your loves are alive, so far without fear.)
(& I guess it was inspiring, too…tragically so, but still. Why not fight fate, I guess? What have you got to lose?)
Life is pretty tricky, fragile, and tenuous.
That much is clear.
Alyssa sent me flowers on Friday. Beautiful roses. It was pretty amazing.
She wanted to get my June off to a good start. What a wonderful thought.
So far it is.
I am living in Madison for the week which is fun but weird, of course. I have a hard time getting around town. Like, I couldn’t even remember where Kinko’s was? Who am I?? But it’s fun/funny to hang out with my parents, and helpful to be able to do wedding-type things.
But I miss Jeff!! 🙁
He will be here soon, thankfully.
Going to lunch with Connie and Lisa today which is pretty cool! Last night had beers with Daniel on the Union Terrace. I felt like such an impostor (and was freaked out to run into anyone I know), but it was quite a beautiful evening to sit by the lake. It was open mic night and a bunch of elementary-school kids got up and sang their school song (“Henry David Thoreau!”). Hilarious, adorable. There was a Catholic bible study group next to us. Also amusing. We also talked about fish.
YES I know I am here in WI for the Walker recall and not really talking about it. Eh well. That’s what you get. Sorry man.
This entry is disjointed.
OH WELL!
NEW TOPIC(S)! The wedding is in 3 days. MUY EXCITED! Nationals are also this weekend, really really cool/love reading all the girls’ tweets about hanging out with each other AS they are serious Competitors. Awwwww. Really excited to see what comes of the meet. I have a good feeling about it.
I have an excellent feeling about the wedding! It might be hot but I think it will be WONDERFUL! I have high hopes for it and I don’t expect them to be crushed. Jenny is acing the planning and it’s going to be quite a lovely shebang. Jenny and Hakan love a good party, and that will make it even better!
Which means I better improve my speech. Hmmmm.
But YES!!!!!!!
I will be very very sad when it is all over. BUT! I will be HAPPY to cut my nails. I HATE LONG NAILS. So I guess I have that to look forward to ;).
Mason wants to put the ring on Jenny. No no! But so cute.
Jeff wants “COTTON CAN-DAY!”
Sunday was Rachel’s graduation (which is the whole point of me being here for this whole darn week). I didn’t really like the ceremony (well who does), except Epic seemed cool, and I met a Jeff who also thinks Geoff is weird, haha. But the party was HILARIOUS and terrific. At some point I found myself at a table with a 17-year-old, an 18-year-old, and a 19-year-old, chatting away. I hope they didn’t think too hard about the fact that I am 30/over a decade removed. Because it was really fun. See, I like people of all ages!
Chloe made me die laughing with her pig saga. Just 5 years to go! HAHAHAHAHAHA that family is great.
I got to meet the Burke girls’ boyfriends (well, spend more time with them) and they are all lovely. I introduced myself to Derek (Rachel’s) by saying “I follow you on Twitter…”…haha. Because I do. It was pretty great, actually.
We also reminisced about Chloe’s first meeting of Jeff, how she was like 11 and he got all on her case about RISK (the game)…as a 26-year-old or whatever. OH DEAR. As he said later “Well it’s RISK!” LOL. I’m glad it didn’t faze her. She isn’t easily fazed I guess.
Elizabeth and I also convinced Chloe to not get married for a long time. Heh. “At least 10 years!”
That is all. It’s time to work. T-3 days!!!!!!! FUN!