inching closer to springtime…
Finally got some nice, not quite springtime, but getting warmer type of weather this weekend. In fact I didn’t put my winter coat on once this weekend.
Saturday night there was a Jersey Shore party at Cous Cous. It was a birthday party, but mostly a reason for all the boys to put earrings back in those earlobes from when they were pierced long ago and the girls to show lots of cleavage. Oh and for everyone to get a nice fake tan in February.
As I was editing the photos last night I kept thinking I must have had some sort of vivid coloring filter set on my camera, then I realized no everyone was just really orange. I was impressed with the level of outfits and I am now the proud owner of a pair of white platform flip flops which are safely in the back of my closet.
One of the cast members from the actual show happened to be in Richmond that night at some event down the street. Despite all of our tweets directed towards him he never showed. We had fun with our house music, Jager bombs, and orange skin without him!
Sunday afternoon was a pretty epic brunch at Helen’s. Although dinner_crue is quickly outgrowing most Richmond restaurants.
(we miss you Ian!)
Brittany, Hunter and I ventured into Maymont after brunch and Hunter brought her crazy Marie Antoinette wig. I was able to get some pretty photos of the girls even with the strange looks from passerby.
If you haven’t downloaded the mix from last week do it! Kevin from U or R’s radio station left a comment saying he was going to play it. (is that legal? is what I did even legal?) How he found it and me I have no idea, but take that internet celebrity Phil!
happy valentine president’s day
Ahhh Valentine’s Day. I was happy it landed on a Sunday this year, going to brunch at 821 with your friends and drinking the best mimosas in town is pretty great. And my dear friend Diana did give me this awesome Valentine card. Later that evening everyone else went to the Saves the Day/New Found Glory double feature and I stayed home and watched “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion” (which I’ve never seen all of) and downloaded a bunch of pop punk that I didn’t have. Anyone remember Spitalfield? Pretty great.
The night before Becki and Corey came over and we did my photo of the week.
We also had some other fun.
In other news… Phoenix is playing a show at the Norva April 27th and the tickets go on sale this Saturday morning. Let me know if you want to go, I want all of my friends to go!
I got all 3 of these pillows for $14 from the Urban Outfitters 50% of sale. It would have cost me over $100 at full price. LOVE deals like this! I also bought new super soft jersey sheets and a bedskirt (also on sale). I’m never leaving my bed again.
through being cold
SNOMG from Karen Seifert on Vimeo.
Blizzard number 3 came this weekend and we finally decided to go play in it. I’m sure glad we did.
The Others wardrobe
DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 6 OF LOST. If you don’t care about the show at all, just skip the post entirely.
Tonight was the big season opener for the final season of LOST. In true form of the show all this new episode did was create more and new confusion. All in the charm I suppose. My friend Phil wrote this blog post following tonight’s episode about the interesting wardrobes of the “Others” there appear to be on the show. Maybe one day we will get answers.
SERIOUS SPOILER ALERTS BELOW! DON’T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED TONIGHT’S LOST! SCROLL UP! SCROLL UP! EJECT!
“Your Life As One of ‘The Others’” – An Orientation Letter to New “Others” Arriving On The Island.
Hello and welcome to the magical island of LOST.
We know you have a choice when it comes to magical islands and we’re glad you chose ours. Our “Other” program is quite possibly one of the best in the world and we pride ourselves on providing you with the best experience possible. We believe that as an Other, you need to be challenged and provided with a wide variety of options as you go through life on the island. Here are just a few of our programs:
Fuck With Plane Crash Victims / Scraggly Dirty Others
Are you an outdoorsman? Do you despise showering? Try our nomadic Others program. Your job will be to don muddy clothing, creep around the woods whispering things, and intimidating visitors to the island. This is not for the faint of heart. You’ll need to sleep outdoors, look malnourished, and scare anyone you come across. Ideally we’re looking for candidates who know how to shoot flaming arrows and kidnap babies.
Suburban Book Club Others
Is the outdoorsy life not for you? No problem! Stop by our little suburban getaway in the Dharma village! Others in the Suburban program get to dress much more sensibly – nice khakis, button-ups, and other business casual attire is encouraged. Here you’ll be with Others who enjoy a good quiche, listening to NPR (when the signal comes in), and our book club is always looking for new members!
Spiritual Temple Others
This little program is our best-kept-Other-secret. In fact it’s so secret, it’s been around for five seasons and with the exception of a boring flight attendant, no one’s ever seen any of us before! Crazy, right? Anyway, if you’re sick of the dirty outdoors life, but a little too “earthy” for our suburban program, come join our Temple Other program. Here in our temple you can dress like you’re from an ancient society or take baths in our delightful hot tub. Our Temple Others program offers classes in foreign languages, beginner pyrotechnics, and being mysterious.
2007 is a big year for our Others program. Finally revealing our “Temple Others” program may seem a little outlandish considering there’s only about 10 episodes left in the show before everything needs to be wrapped up and explained, but we feel that it’s a great additional option to add to our repertoire and we hope you agree.
So please, stop on by Human Resources located in the Flame Station. We’ll get you your appropriate uniform, give you some paperwork and W-9 forms to fill out, and then start you on your new fantastic life here on the island.
We’re so happy to have you on the team.
Sincerely,
Richard Alpert
Oh hi blog
I could apologize for not blogging but I’m not.
This past weekend started Friday night with a midnight screening of “The Room.” This movie was made in 2003 but it wasn’t until the last couple weeks I had ever heard of it. It is the worst movie I have ever seen and the most fun I’ve had a movie in a long time. Watching the trailer for this movie does not do any justice for it, but physically going to see it with your friends is what makes it. The moment I knew it was great was when everyone in the theater starting yelling “SPOON!” (because there were framed pictures of spoons in the scene) and throwing plastic spoons all around the theater. Along with guys in suits running around with a football and audience members participating in quoting/mocking/general mayhem the entire hour and a half.
Also “Oh hi Mark” has not stopped being repeated on a constant basis. The best was when I came home to find Liz and some friends playing a game in the living room, I said “oh hi Mark” to the group only to find someone was actually named Mark. I’m sure he thought I was crazy.
Saturday was a snow day. Breakfast, games with friends, laying around, making butternut squash soup, having dark and snowys at the bar, having a snowball fight in the bar, Becki flinging herself into snow drifts on the walk back to 319. Sunday was followed with a delicious Comfort brunch followed by hours spent watching movies/LOST on the couches of 319. In my 7 years in Richmond I’ve never seen so much snow in one year, and there’s talk of more for this weekend! I feel like I should talk more about the snow but all it’s done is create problems of transportation, clogging up the grocery stores and bring cold. Frankly I’m over it.
I never posted my 52 weeks for last week, so here it is. A few days after this was taking we get a foot of snow on the ground. Things I’ll never understand.
