Bush Poo & Kites, What More Do You Need?

Jeff shared these pics with me. I call them “Bush droppings.”

He also shared this with me. It’s a cursor kite. Is that not so cool?

:: Jeff also shared this with me from MAKE. Anyone wanna organize one at a Tiger’s game (if we can even get tickets)? How fun would knitting at a game be? ::

I love having a boyfriend who also likes to research. I’m still trying to convince him he too should go to Library School. Hee hee

Slideshow

Well kids- I finally got my slideshow up and running under the “Photo Gallery” tab. It took me a while to figure things out and I’m still trying to get some bugs fixed, but hopefully it will only get better as I learn more.

The slideshow shows my most current 20 pics in Flickr. I still need to look into customizing it more though. I’d like it to show more pics, but I’ll have to mess with it when I get more time. Enjoy the 20 pics though. Most of you have already seen them.

PS. If you ever notice the pics in Flickr have updated and they for some reason aren’t showing in the slideshow on your end (updated). Try clearing your cache.

Speaking of Silver Jews

Did I mention we get to see them live next weekend at the Pitchfork Music Festival? Don’t be jealous, we’ll tell you all about it and it will feel like you were there alongside us;)
Jeff and I will be making the 4 hour(?) trek to Chicago next Friday after I get off work:) We’re soooo excited to be seeing some of our favorite bands perform; The Silver Jews, The Mountains Goats and Matmos. It’s been so long since I’ve been to a music festival. I cannot wait. Plus, it’s a road trip and I love road trips!

We’re also going to be seeing our friends Erik and Rebecca. Jeff & Erik plan on sk8boarding Sunday. I am hoping to take pics. Ideally I would be using the Nikon D70 I’ve been eyeing. However, with Nikon coming out with a new camera in 19 days or so, I’m waiting until the price drops. Soon my blog will become nothing but pics. Just you wait.

Longings for sweet home alabama

Sometimes I really miss living in the south:( I know I’ve said this before but it’s about time I say it again. I miss how small it felt in Huntsville, the picturesque mountains, the music, going to Nashville and Atlanta for bands, family, on and on. Whenever I listen to certain albums it brings me back to my longings for the south. Usually it’s Silver Jews, Pavement, or R.E.M. that really trigger the intense feelings. Did I ever mention on this blog how obssessed I was with R.E.M. Umm yeah. I saw them perform two days in a row once. Once in Birmingham AL and then in Atlanta GA. Back when I had all the time in the world to just “hang out.” Everytime I listen to R.E.M’s “Don’t Go Back to Rockville” I feel like it was written just for me. I just relate so much to that song. After moving to Michigan for college I ended up working in a factory for three years. It was a lost three years, despite making shitloads of money. I was unhappy and I was pretty lonely. Sometimes calling my sisters in Alabama crying how much I hated it. While the entire song “Don’t go back to Rockville (Michigan)” sums it up for me, it was a few lyrics that I really held onto:

Going to a place that’s far so far away and if that’s not enough
Going where nobody says hello they don’t talk to anybody they don’t know
You’ll wind up in some factory that’s full time filth and nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house sit around all by yourself

Indeed. That was me for years. It sucked tremendously, but I got through it and I am now in a different place thankfully.

Back to my longings for the south and what triggers them. A lot of Pavement. Especially the album “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.” It’s like I’m driving around with my friends all over again or watching the skateboarders downtown, daydreaming about my future. Also, whenever I have to leave the south to go back to Michigan I end up feeling extremely depressed as the landscape changes from mountains, perfect roads and views, to construction, flatness, and dreariness. I know that sounds a bit mean to say about heading north…..but it’s true! I wouldn’t say it if it weren’t. Evidence is evidence. Just take a drive down south and head back up on I-75 to see for yourself. It usually hits once you hit Ohio. It’s all of a sudden like, hello flatlands!

Really, I just miss the charm of the south. There are some beautiful old historic homes down there too! I just adore old historic homes.
Sometimes I ask Jeff if he would ever consider moving down there with me someday. I usually get a wishy washy answer of “I dunno.” Then the feeling wears off and I forget about it. Sometimes we throw around the idea of moving elsewhere and it feels like such a dream compared to where we are at with the house. Sometimes the house becomes a rock between Jeff and I, but I won’t get into that here. I would love to move to Chicago or Portland Oregon after I graduate from Library School, however Chicago probably won’t happen for the mere fact that Jeff can’t stand it there. He claims he would rather live in New York. Now Oregon I might be able to persuade him one day. It’s cheap, it near the ocean, it’s probably beautiful (I’ve never been…I’m assuming). I very well could hate it though. All I know is I never planned on sticking around Michigan after college (undergrad) and then I met Jeff and now I’m having THOSE feelings again with my MLS degree. I just can’t picture myself living in the same place all my life. Too long of a life to NOT see other places and experience new things. Then again, I have to evaluate where the significant other is in his life and take that into account.

Only time will tell. In the meantime, I am content listening to all the albums that bring me back to the south where my memories lie frozen trapped in each and every song.

Go Tigers! Go Forbes creepy pop up video guy!

WoW! The Detroit Tigers are doing well. I’m sooooooo happy for them. Check out this story.
Don’t let the Forbes guy creep you out. He only pops up once and then he doesn’t come back unless you clear out your cookie from that website. I did just that so I could see him again. It totally reminds me of the hologram technology from Star Wars.

Woo hoo!

I found this picture of my friend Claire and I on the Burt’s Bees website.
We took it at Detroit’s Tastefest a few weeks ago. I love how my purple bra (ummm..why did I wear a purple bra with a green shirt again?) is showing while my green shirt falls sloppily off the shoulder as if screaming, “Bring back the 80’s!”

Too bad you can’t see my jordache jeans with the comb in the back pocket.

The dreaded question no unpregged woman wants

You know it’s time to get back to the gym when your own mother asks;

“Sarah, are you pregnant?!”

“Embarrasingly, no mother!” *sucks in belly* “I wish I were because then at least I’d have an excuse.”

The saddest part is Jeff asked me the same thing recently and he was totally serious. I was so MAD! More at myself for not excercising anymore.

Unless I AM by some slim chance, which would therefore mean I could end up like one of those women who gives birth at a Walmart with people all around me while Walmart employees use white “roll em’ back” towels that just happen to be on sale for 99 cents.

Let me reassure you though….it is totally fat. *I never thought that could be a good thing…but it is. I’m so not ready for a baby as much as I like them*

UPDATE: Jeff called me to say that he was NOT serious when he asked if I was pregnant. Just had to clarify.

So apparently it’s “the thing” to ask when letting a loved one know they look as though they are eating one too many pints of the Ben & Jerry.

I should have lied and said “Yes. I’ve been wanting to tell you, but I just didn’t know how.” Jeff would have shit his pants.

UPDATE: Jeff called me to say that he would NOT have shit his pants. He would have shit bricks….OUTSIDE of his pants as they would be too heavy to stay IN his pants.

IKEA….Finally!

We finally made it out to IKEA in Canton. It was okay I guess. The one I went to in New Jersey was much better. The resturant area in Canton is a lot smaller and they do not have as much as of a selection. I asked if they offer less than other IKEA’s in terms of food, and they said they are sort on probation for a while to see what sells, etc. Hopefully they will add more to the food selection later. You all know how I feel about eating and then shopping.

We did see quite a few things we liked and did a bit of note taking. We didn’t buy anything outside of food though. We know what color we want our kitchen counters though:) That was exciting! We had been discussing the color for some time, but when we saw it in one of their set-up kitchens we grew even more excited. I can’t reveal the color though. Since we aren’t even on the kitchen yet, I figure that can wait.

It’s definitely nice to have an IKEA nearby. Jeff and I will be making plenty of trips there while we work on our house more and more. Next time we need to leave ourselves more time to browse though. The store is ENORMOUS!

the show

Since Rocketboom (don’t believe what they say on the site..read amanda’s blog) has up and fired the wonderful and talented Amanda Congdon, people can only wonder what will become of Rocketboom. We all know Amanda Congdon will do well without Rocketboom as she was the main reason people tuned in. However, who can viewers turn to to satisfy their video blog needs (well until Amanda gets hers going again on her own)?

Alas! Jeff has found the answer. I give you zefrank’s the show

I didn’t think he was all that funny to be honest, but Jeff tried showing it to me at 7:30 AM as I was sick and trying to get ready for work. If you watch at least three of the “episodes” (is that what you call video blog entries?) then you will get hooked. Jeff said he spent a good portion of time watching them and laughing his ass off. Me, I’m still trying to get over my cold, but I do plan on watching more episodes when the snot dries up. Apparently the guy on “the show” trys to portray himself as NOT blinking by doing a ton of editing.

Is that enough to pull you in?

Worn out and shopped out

As you can tell I have not been writing much lately. To be honest….I have been pooped. With family having been in town and me driving all over the metro Detroit area, I have become exhausted. I went back to work on Wednesday after what felt like one day off. Not that I am complaining, because I LOVED seeing my family and it was totally worth it. It’s just that I have been going so non-stop that I haven’t been taking very good care of myself and now I am starting to feel like I am getting sick. So far I have the painful sore throat action going on every time I swallow. It feels so DRY!!!

After work today I decided to try and shop despite the throat feeling prickly. I was trying to stay as far away from home as possible because Jeff has been trying to work on the house and it is hard for him to do so when I am there bugging him for attention. His parents left for a 2 week cruise last Friday and I planned on staying at their house for a good portion of that time. Well….so far I’ve only stayed one night and am going to start more consecutively starting TONIGHT. So that is where I am; at the lovely Karolski home, where a bathtub is a luxury for me and where People/Star magazine is this girls best friend. Did you know Marcia cross just got married? Nicole Kidman? Have you seen Gwen Stefani’s baby?

So I tried shopping today. Did I mention I DESPISE shopping? Umm yeah. I have no idea where to begin most of the time. I usually start at a restaurant, California Pizza Kitchen…my fav. To be honest….I’d rather eat than shop, which is why I should not shop. Next to eating, I’d rather people watch. There is nothing better than watching high maintenance orange women with platform shoes, cargo pants, and shirts that look like they could fit a toddler burning through their husbands hard earned money. Okay, so maybe it’s theirs. Whatever. I still love watching people who you can tell shop EVERYDAY. Part of me is envious that they know what they are doing. Me?! Ohh I just wish I had someone to tell me what to wear that doesn’t make my ass look any larger than it already is. I was hoping to buy clothes for work, which I desperately need. I tried! I swear I did. At the Gap. Nothing. Zilch. Not a thing did I like. I am convinced there is a market for people like me. The store could be called the “simple store.” I just want simple clothes people. Cute and simple. Is it too much to ask? Errrr….so I gave up on nice work clothes and went to overpriced Urban Outfitters where I found two shirts on sale that were halfway simple and cute. Then, as usual, I resorted to looking at mens clothes. I feel more comfortable finding clothes for other people….like Jeff. I found him an overpriced, but ohh so cute shirt. He’s worth paying full price for people! The guy wears his clothes until there are holes in them. Even his underwear….oh YES! I secretly throw them away though. SSssssshhh……

After the dreadful two hours trying to find clothes, I retreated to my car. I felt like I failed yet again. “No clothes for work again!! Dammit! Why can I not do this?! I had no problem when I was younger. What is up with me wanting to hold onto my money?”

I did almost buy an iPod on my way out of the mall though. I looked at the Nano, drooled, and forced myself to keep walking as I told myself “Oh no Sarah! You’re bad. You did not buy nice work clothes like you were suppose to. No iPod for you! Scrub!”

Don’t tell me to try Nordstrom Rack or that other store that sells all kinds of different brands of clothes….is it Marshalls? No…it’s that other one I mix it up with, whatever it is called. Point is, I can NEVER find a thing even at those stores. When I do find something at Nordstrom Rack or that other store, I can never find it in my size. It’s like all of a sudden everyone is my size and they have no more left. Good lord! It’s like a frazeakin conspiracy.

Does anyone sew? Want to start the “simple store” with me?

Ohh, and also…..you’re going to have to know how to make one damn good pizza. Our shoppers must know their priorities.