Goodnight, Coon

a magical (and somewhat true) bedtime story.

once upon a time I was cat cuddling.

and I met the sweetest and fluffiest Maine Coon Cat.
his name is Simon.

we bonded and I thought about taking him home to be my very own.
but I already have 3 sweeties.

I was sad because I love Maine Coons.

then a friend of mine told me he met a Maine Coon who looked like my Biff.

this made me very excited.

could Biff be one of these magical creatures?!

I read and read and read about Maine Coon Cats.

and found out Biff is part Maine Coon and part Panda.

and Muffin is part Maine Coon and part Alpaca.

how wonderful to have 2 Maine Coons in my life!
now I'm getting sleepy.

p.s. they lived happily ever after.

who's your paddy?

I know a lot of Irish people live in Boston. is St. Patrick's Day as big of a deal in other parts of the country? idk.


I just looked up "St. Patrick's Day" on wikipedia. the first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in Boston in 1761. but the first "recorded" St. Patrick's Day parade was in NYC in 1762... if wikipedia knows the first parade was in Boston a year earlier then how is that not recorded?

just food for thought.


so SPD is the national holiday of Ireland. as pretty much the only non-Irish person in Boston, I'm wondering why don't we celebrate Święto Państwowe (the national holiday of Poland)?


very interesting, Ameryka.


you may think that the picture below is of Ireland.

...it's Poland!

march madness

this party will be so amazing, it'll get a tommy point.


(if you're confused)

car wars

I get into my storm trooper. Dad gets into Vader.

unconditional love

what happened guys?

I know we have injuries....
Scalabrine - strained neck
KG - knee strain
Tony Allen - thumb boo-boo



but losses to Clippers and Pistons = unacceptable.

I will still sport my Celtics jacket with pride.
And Nathan is really this tall:

lovely

lovely VD:

sleep in late.

oysters, steak and cocktails at Eastern Standard.

bath.

art show at Orchard.

cocktails (and a hot dog) at Deep Ellum.

how cute is that dog?!

lovely Sunday:

brunch.

Freaks and Geeks.

Pants Yell! and Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

ZuZu.

sleepover with Kimberly.

in other lovely news:

happy 50th birthday to Dad.

exactly one month til I see the Celtics.

exactly two months til Emily's bachelorette party.

Newport tomorrow.

'09 Mercedes til Friday.

9 days til I pick up Emily at the airport.

I miss you Emmy

sealed for freshness

breakfast of champions


boxing at the Shepard Fairey party


a friend of mine sent me this picture

she said it reminded her of me and Casey... I don't know if that was supposed to be a compliment? I guess if we were wax figures or manicured to the point of no return we might look like that.

this year I'm trying to read more books. since the new year I've read a few gems.



(fabulous books to read before bed)





now I'm reading Music for Chameleons.

next week Sonia, Angelina and I are planning to kick off VJS (Violin Jam Sessions) at my house.
I want to apologize to my roommate in advance.

my soulmate

http://sorry-mom.com/dudes/652

let's party

yesterday I wore jeans for the first time in 12 days.

i hate pants

as soon as I'm in my house, the elastics come on. actually, this is pretty universal among my family.
elastics:


I was at a coffeeshop in Amherst and noticed all the students were wearing elastics.
actual students:

I don't associate my wearing of sweatpants around the house to be the same as wearing them in public. that's just lazy.

did you notice when people describe their significant other as "letting themselves go," the wearing of sweatpants is often included in this complaint?

imagine that cat in sweatpants.

lately you could say the Celtics have been wearing sweatpants. they got too comfortable in our relationship... sloppy, lazy, selfish, they don't even clean up when we have company. and they expect me to still love them. (I do)

they start the season 27-2 and win 19 games in a row. last night that had to rally to beat the Raptors in OT. since Christmas they've lost 7 of 11.

they need to take those sweatpants off and put this back on:


look at this sweet couch I saw while walking to the T:

I wish I had a car so I could've brought it home, cleaned the snow off, then lounged on it yes wearing elastics.

I'm so over 2008

2008 wasn't my fave.

picture message I just got from Emily:

with text: in nebraska! i miss you shwee.

Emily, I miss you terribly :(

one high note was the addition of Chip Munk.

oh and those glasses.

I did read more books last year which was my New Year's resolution. this year: stand up straight, read even more books. the last book I read was Breakfast at Tiffany's. then watching the movie I noticed Paul (Fred) looks just like Renny Kodgers.


uncanny.

last night I bid '08 farewell and good riddance at the Milky Way. 'twas a good time. toward the end of the night I was in the bathroom and noticed this in the stall next to me:

drunk girl throwing up barefoot next to her Notebook Chucks that Tim designed...a few minutes later I saw her back at the bar (sneakers on) resuming her party.

I will resume my party on Saturday night and so should you.

happy HOLIDAY!