But I was glad to see the look on your face, anyway

6 09 2011

I’ve been meaning to sit down and write for about two weeks now. I’ve had several sketches/conversations in my head of things that I’ve been thinking about like…why does Fall get two names? And who is seriously pretentious enough to call it Autumn? Holy fuck, it’s nearly Autumn.

I’ve had a cramazing summer. Crazy + amazing. I just made that shit up. BOOM. I’ve been to NYC, Miami, ATL, Michigan…and it’s not slowing down. I head back to NYC at the end of the month for a full week. I’m both excited and nervous. And I definitely need new shoes.

Work has been totally insane, but awesome. I can honestly say I love my job. I can’t always say I love the people, but I love what I do. I’ve had so many amazing opportunities given to me this year and I am being challenged and forced to really stretch and prove myself. It’s what I needed all along. I still complain, because that’s kind of my shtick, but don’t believe me. I am 29 years old and I have a career. It’s terrifying, and fulfilling all at once.

The boyfriend is good. No. Not good. Great. So great. We’re doing the cohabitation thing on a more official basis and some days it’s hard. It’s always hard to live with another person, no matter who they are, but I think we’re really doing well with it. My father is starting to come out in me and my OCD “everything in it’s place” personality is starting to shine. But, my depth of patience is so much deeper with him. I can’t stand to sleep alone anymore. I do miss my cat, though. Like whoa. But I’m thoroughly convinced someday he’ll get a handle on his allergies and I’ll be able to snuggle my kitten at night, too.

I’ve been a bad friend and a bad blogger this summer. It’s not for any other reason than I just haven’t had the time. I owe many people phone calls and visits. Soon. I promise.

We started remodeling our bathroom. This man truly loves me. He just let me loose in Home Depot, Lowes and Bed, Bath and Beyond with minimal sighs and only one argument regarding a shower curtain. We finally got the two layer of wallpaper, with paint in the middle of that fuckery sandwich, down and as soon as the walls dry out a bit, bless you wallpaper steamer, we will prime, sand and paint. If IKEA ever gets their shit together, we’ll get new “furniture” and hook up a new light and have a beautiful new bathroom. I’m hoping by Christmas.

You only think I’m kidding.

I did Riverfest this year even though I said I wasn’t going to. I am so glad I did. It was the first year it rained during the fireworks. I stood there looking up into the sky, rain kissing my face, Manfred at my side, giant goofy grin on my face. It was amazing. Thanks to Wifey for the hookup on location this year. No crowds, food and booze. Perfection.

I have no new music recommendations for you. I haven’t listened to much music at all lately. It’s awful. I did buy the Muppet album and it’s fantastic. This morning with the cool, grey weather I felt like Wussy – Funeral Dress II was appropriate. I forgot that half that album makes me cry. DO NOT TELL MANFRED. He can’t know how much I like that album, then he’ll make me listen to more of his music. ;)

Ok. So this was your update. Recap: Things are crazy busy and crazy awesome and someday I will get this thing up and running for reals. I have so many project ideas, that’s my other alphabet disorder shining through, but fuck me…I need more hours in a day.

 


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Never was a cloudy day

9 09 2010

I have a cold. I caught it from Chi. Or maybe from sleeping under a bridge in 50 degree weather. You never can tell with these things.

Last night, Manfred brought Pho home and after a mini-spat decided what movie I wanted to watch. I think I was starting to approach meltdown or getting scary, so he picked About A Boy. I love that movie. Like High Fidelity, it is starting to date itself, but not nearly as much as it should for an 8 year old film. The soundtrack is so wonderful and perfect and it makes me think of fall.

I love fall. I love scarves and sweaters and crunchy leaves. I love the apple farm and the smell of bonfires. I love seasonal fall beers. Seriously, I’m going to buy cases of Leinenkugel Fireside Nut Brown this year. It may be one of my favorite beers ever.

I even love cold mornings. Provided I can stay in bed and snuggle. The first snow is even exciting. But only the first. After that I am done. Seriously. No big storms this year, ok? Yes I know that’s how Manfred and I came to be, but that was when he still really liked me and wanted to get in my pants and therefore would come pick me up so I didn’t kill myself in my little Toyota. Hello, run-on.

The weather has been cooler, the skies clearer and bluer. This is my favorite time of year. Warm enough during the day, but hoodie and bonfire weather at night. This is the only thing I will miss when I move down south. I can’t be that asshole who says the “change of the seasons” because we don’t get that here. It is either HOT or COLD. There are a total of about 4-5 weeks of the year that do not fall into either of the aforementioned categories. Those are my favorite.

Oh, I just thought about what the point of this post was and realized maybe I should explain why I was sleeping under a bridge. Riverfest. Every year, for the past 23 years, minus two, I have gone to watch fireworks on the Ohio river. It’s a pretty big deal around here. The last few years it has gotten out of hand. What you do, to get the full experience, is get up at the crack of dawn, stake your spot out, spend the day on the river waiting for fireworks.

Sounds insane, right? It is. 100%. But I grew up doing it and to me, it’s how you say goodbye to summer. The weather was rare this year. A perfect cool, breezy, sunny day. Usually it’s sweltering or pouring. They opened the wall early so I didn’t get a prime spot, but it wasn’t half bad. We were under the Southgate bridge, in the shade. We slept most of the early morning and as people arrived we started to have some fun.

I am kind of getting to the point where I think I may be done with Riverfest. It’s too much anymore. People are taking the fun out of it. When I was growing up, you could show up an hour before and still get a nice spot. This year it was 600,000 of my closest friends between the Ohio and Kentucky sides. People are rude and really, it’s just fireworks. While they are the most awesome fireworks you’ll ever see, is it worth a whole day just to see some fireworks? We’ll see how I answer that next September.

I don’t really have anything to say, but I’m fairly bored so I thought I’d come here. I just waxed poetic about fall for the last 30 minutes because I’m too much of a chicken shit to say what I really want to. Enjoy.


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