Wednesday, May 28, 2008

hilarious snippets from dogtalk with ry

nobody thinks other people's conversations are funny, but i'm dying

julie
i love bts
11:44
i think you should get one

lettheloveage
AIM
11:44
i want to
11:44
but i don't want a sick dog

julie
AIM
11:44
aww
11:45
well that can happen with any dog ryan

lettheloveage
AIM
11:45
yeah but waht if he pokes his eyes out?

julie
AIM
11:46
hahahah
11:46
"what if he pokes his eyes out"
11:46
hahahahha
11:46
has to be
11:46
the best question ever

lettheloveage
AIM
11:48
man these sites are making me weary about a bt

julie
AIM
11:50
aw well it'll be like that for every pure bred ry

lettheloveage
AIM
11:50
yeah
11:50
but eye loss
11:50
man

julie
AIM
11:50
but lots of people have pure breds and never have problems

lettheloveage
AIM
11:50
yeah but i have shitty luck

julie
AIM
11:50
aww

lettheloveage
AIM
11:50
my dog will run into a wall

julie
AIM
11:51
nuh uh
11:51
hahahaha

lettheloveage
AIM
11:51
or fight my cat

julie
AIM
11:51
wtf

lettheloveage
AIM
11:51
who will gouge him

julie
AIM
11:51
yeah well yuor cat would gouge a pitbull

lettheloveage
AIM
11:51
yeah well pitbulls close their eyes
11:51
maybe i'll get a frency
11:51
frenchy
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i want a girl man
11:57
i hate boy dogs
11:57
they have weiners
11:57
and hump

julie
AIM
11:57
hahaha
11:57
k

lettheloveage
AIM
11:57
and pee sideways
11:57
i want a down peeer

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lettheloveage
"Some badly bred Boston Terriers may have a bone defect in the skull that stunts brain growth, resulting in a retarded dog." man
12:03
i dont want a boston tardier
12:04
maybe i'll make him wear goggles all the time

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julie
12:05
every dog is going to have its risks and responsibilities, ry, you know that

lettheloveage
AIM
12:05
yeah but
12:05
i'm accident prone
12:06
what if i trip and my finger pokes him in the eye
12:06
or he is tarded and scratches his ears and slips and hits his eye

julie
AIM
12:08
hahahaha
12:08
wtf
12:08
ryan
12:08
does that ever happen

lettheloveage
AIM
12:08
man i do'nt know
12:08
it may
12:08
i can't care for a blind dog
12:08
i need a healthy dog
12:08
that needs basic care and lots of loving
12:08
not a seeing eye owner


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enjoy your night, bye.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

gaining my footing!

it's amazing how hopeless everything was like a month ago- i mean, truly, absolutely terrified hopeless. i didn't let on much here because i didn't want to degrade this into a ranty blog, but i was so upset and scared all the time.

and now, with (only a few) boxes packed and FOUR giant bags to donate to philly aids thrift (i'm like the antipackrat)- everything is just looking up

i went to lou's block's memorial day bbq on sunday... it was so, so sweet & fun. i wish i had taken pictures, but i could not be more excited about those people being my neighbors. OH i don't think i've mentioned it, that's my new living arrangement! i am moving in with my good friend lou, who has basically been one of the like 4 totally true & reliable friends i've made here. i'm gonna be in a sweet safe south philly neighborhood with a bunch of old people and charming italian people. i am super excited (even with the loss of my teeny sweet cozy love love apartment :[ ), and everything should be really great as long as his cat (scuz) and my lilly get along.





so anyway, i am writing this now on a breathing break. i made a bunch of animal "hello" cards with the SIX new linocuts i made this week- so far they are what i am most excited about, and it kind of makes me want to empty out my entire etsy of the junk i made when i was first learning. ha!




(chickadee, bear, capybara, and anteater!)

everything is going to get real nuts real fast. i move out THIS weekend, hopefully in one day, and then i have to immediately get started on making 125 NOTEBOOKS FOR A WEDDING! i am so nervous & excited about such a big order! it is going to be really exciting to see everything laid out, what a massive number! i also have a small boutique order of stuff that i think is all already made & ready to be handed away. then! hopefully! a "real" job ASAP- i met/spoke to/handed my resume to mistie's boss at the bean exchange. he said he wished i applied earlier, and when i told him i did in january he acted really bummed that my resume never resurfaced- so anyway, if two girls there that are "on notice" end up leaving i could have a job there. if not, i'll be a little disappointed but there's always trying at philapets after i get a bike, or even doggie style. soooo lots of changes, but they are positive exciting ones.

sorry i am sooooo wordy but i am experiencing that high that comes with new, exciting things ahead. yay. hope everyone else is doing well!

Friday, May 23, 2008

animal friends & crafting

everything has been such a blur lately- i've been so busy packing, crafting, & warm warm adventuring. such a nice change from the dark dreary winter! because i yacked so much last post i'm going to make this one primarily photos-



keeping up with summertime fun, lilly has had a new adventure of her own making friends with mistie's ferret, herald! he's only been over once but they got along really well, except for the fact that he was totally uninterested in paying attention to her so she kept yowling at mistie to pet her!



& i managed to do a little crafting that will help make packing a little easier- ryan and i built one of those wooden organizers from ikea (you know, the ones that come in like 400 pieces?). a while ago on apartment therapy (link http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/look-ikea-decorative-scrap-paper-box-drawer-047557) i saw a great idea for giving it a new look. i just decoupaged with neat paper from ac moore before we assembled, so it was soooo easy. and now my desk space is just as neat a the rest of my crafts!



speakin' of. i finally sat down and made a more traditional linocut (as opposed to just stamps) and it was a blast. i have little to no real illustration skills but it's kind of hard to screw up a happy little narwhal. used it for a bunch of notebooks that are up on my (rapidly growing) etsy.

so that's that! it's a friday night so hopefully after this my plans will come together and i can enjoy my last real weekend living in this apartment... sad!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

i am full of okra!

georgia! on my mind! it's recently hit me that i am just a month shy of it being a year since i've last been home. i miss gidget so so much, my little tiny baby doggy- she still apparently looks for me in my old room sometimes. sigh. i haven't seen any friends or family, except for my aunt & uncle that i drove up to the catskills with for christmas. i missed my great aunt's (we call her droopy) 90th birthday bash that my aunt organized- i love her so dearly, she's such an amazing sweet funny old lady and i'm really bummed i couldn't arrange/afford to fly in. somewhat of a relief from homesickness, tonight, last minute, i got to see the braves (um, hello, in these amazing free seats ryan snagged via his aunt) beat the phillies! to celebrate i came home and made up some fried okra- i almost never, ever eat it anymore. i've only found it one other time since i've been up here, and it rotted before i found corn meal to bread it with. so that's a good 2+ years without having my favorite childhood food.


speaking of food, ryan and i had a stuffed pepper night the other night! he is really into that wilted spinach/feta orzo i posted a picture of before. we saw trader joe's use little bell peppers as bowls for orzo, so i grilled up some halves and we scooped it in. then we found a "low fat" recipe for jalapeno poppers, that calls for low fat cream cheese, cheese, and baking rather than frying. while we cook a lot more glamorous things (truly, we grill a lot and make stunning kebabs) they were such a cute pair that i couldn't help but take a picture.


(lilly doesn't want to leave! & my excessive packing supplies.)
they've rented out my apartment and i've got a little over two weeks to pack up & move. i'm pretty bummed about it- so so much has changed here, and even though mistie and i technically had our first apartment for six months... i still really consider this my first. it's too expensive for me to renew my lease, so. we move on.


so other things- this has been a really great week. ryan and i went to see ben folds play at drexel for $5 on saturday, totally last minute. yesterday we met up with dan and had a photo adventure around the nicer, greener parts of philadelphia (see above!) then tonight the three of us went to the aforementioned braves' game, in probably the best seats i've ever sat in. this weekend ry has the kanye/lupe/rhianna/NERD tickets for free, i think- so i'm finally moving at my preferred speed again, and feeling really good about it. especially since it's all been virtually free!

wow, this was soooo wordy. i hope everyone else is enjoying their start to the summer- love love.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

already into may??

okay, it's official: this has been the fastest year ever! i cannot believe we're into may, already... eek!
besides working on my future STILL (like visiting temple, making arrangements & calls, sorting the huge huge boxes of packing boxes my wonderful aunt sent me) i have been having a frantic love affair with my rotary cutter... no, seriously. i loaned it to ryan this week so he can work on finals & books & portfolio stuff, so i have a little break from insane crafting/etsying to make a post.

i made like five new stamps this week! and it's so funny because the ones that took me the longest, i'm not that crazy about. i made some from doodles & on scrap speedycarve and they turned out to be my new favorites. ah, well.


in the same fashion as all of my other ugly patterns. i just love love sketchy ugly repeating patterns!


yeah, i literally made this in a few minutes with no reference sketch- expecting to toss it since it was on a tiny scrap corner... and hullo, what a cute surprise! a lil stripey tomato!


i haven't gotten a really outstanding picture of this print yet- but its stripey lovely leaves. it was sooo quick, too, and just based off of a quick doodle. it's so very ikea, isn't it??

well anyway, i'll try to get more pictures taken now that everything is lush lush lush! i am just very bad about bringing my camera out when i'm running around with friends and all. this is going to be a good, busy summer, though (i hope!). i can just feel it.