Although we had a crisp weather weekend, it's pretty much summer already here in The Aye Zee.
Some of the sunflowers Mike planted are scared to bloom for fear of pedals being scorched. They told me.
Except this one below. He was all 'hey where are all my sunflower buddies, it's lonely up here'. You know. Because. It turns out. Sunflowers grow about 10 feet tall for some reason. First the oranges start out green and now sunflowers are chasing me around the backyard bopping me over the head. What next in my very own backyard? I totally think it's going to be a traveling nudist colony. I wonder if those kind of people get Brazilians.
This evening I was catching up on my favorite blogs while Zane was peeking over my shoulder. His usual attempt at putting off that whole bedtime thing. All of a sudden he exclaimed with a demanding voice, "Why is that man trying to kiss you!?"
I had no idea what he was talking about until I scrolled back down the site open on my computer: A Cup of Jo. He thought she was me. Flattering as that was, even as she is a super pregnant little lady, it cracked me up. Here is the picture he saw posted on her site:
Last night we had a fun ladies night doing karaoke at Native New Yorker. This was my third time in a public karaoke setting. I have come to the following conclusions.
* Country songs are more boring than ever at kareoke night * Vanilla Ice will always be a crowd pleaser * I am much better at drumming than singing * It's best that one not close his eyes when singing that love song * Love songs put the room to sleep * The people who sing and walk around the room at the same time are awesome * The people who sing rap songs well totally rock * Alicia really wants to sing Waterfall by TLC * Someone needs to give it all they have with a New Kids On The Block song so I can laugh so hard I pee * I really want to sing Particle Man by They Might Be Giants * I will only sing songs with boy singers * I will go again * Mike better go and sing Billy Idol or Alanis Morrisett * It wasn't that different of a feeling compared to playing Rock Band * It's kind of fun to dare to do something that scares you, like singing poorly in front of strangers * Everyone loves The Violent Femmes * Heavy Metal songs are entertaining if you have a die hard fan for the singer
I like this band. Paper Route. The video for Carousel is pretty neat. I find it comforting when a video matches the feeling of the song. Success in this case.
Over the course of several months I have been thinking about whether or not I like this band. Sitting on the fence for a while about it, if you will. And this ridiculous hairdo she has makes it easy to resist. But I have come to a decision. I like Paramore. And you might, too. Just may have to give it some time.
One of the short people in the family left Motorcycle Riding Spiderman on the table just like so. It's as if he was frozen in the middle of a bold breakdancing move that might involve some shoulder spinning action of head spins.
I read on Dooce today about her experience jumping into a spin class without really knowing what she was getting into. That happened to me recently as well. And you know, it was just as challenging as she describes it.
Only.
I would highly recommend one not try the spin class for the first time the day after getting a Brazilian. Not so wise. Incredibly uncomfortable. Painful. Was wishing for a pillow. Thought about sitting on my arm. But didn't want to fall off the bike.
Why is that akward girl sitting on her arm?
Oh, I dunno but something about the way she was trying to ride the bike reminded me of Long Duck Dong.
Except this one below. He was all 'hey where are all my sunflower buddies, it's lonely up here'. You know. Because. It turns out. Sunflowers grow about 10 feet tall for some reason.
First the oranges start out green and now sunflowers are chasing me around the backyard bopping me over the head. What next in my very own backyard? I totally think it's going to be a traveling nudist colony. I wonder if those kind of people get Brazilians.
