very pinteresting...

are you on pinterest? you should be. it's kind of fantastic. i might be little bit addicted/obsessed, but it's all the sister's fault. she got me hooked! blame her! blame her! anyway, if you're on let me know so i can cyber snoop you, but not in a creepy way. just pretend you're famous. people are always getting nosy with celebrities...

help me, obi-wan kenobi; you're my only hope!

they say that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. well, i have a problem. and it's not gummy bears. (sidenote: i found gummy pumpkins at the store the other day. LOVE!) no, no, my problem is much bigger than that. much more sinister. i'm a little nervous to tell you about it. maybe i'll just keep it to myself a bit longer. or maybe forever. okay, okay. i'll tell you. but you can't tell anyone. okay? alright. here it is. my dirty little secret...

i
am
a
crafter

there i said it. i'm a crafter. what's worng with crafting? nothing. not inherently. but i went to school for 6 years to earn a degree in fine arts. so what? SO WHAT!? SO, ARTISTS ARE SNOBS!!! it's true. and i'm allowed to say it because i am one. we spend inordinate amounts of time studying and dissecting the art of others. we think we know what art is (we don't, by the way, but we'll never admit it). we make a distinction between art and craft. art is art and craft is not art! and here i am, an artist who crafts. do you see my dilemma? no? NO?! oh dear. well, in that case, i suppose i should just give in and come to dark side. after all, they have cookies. really cute, decorated cookies.

image borrowed from starwarsblog.starwars.com

redneck summer

yes, yes, i know it's november. i'm a little behind, but i promised you some posts and posts you will get.

you've read all about the porcupine races and the logging olympics, and now you get to read all about my other adventures. alright, one other adventure. not too far from my house (as in i can hear it from my house) lives the meridian speedway. each year, they host the night of destruction. that's right, an entire night devoted to the destruction of stuff. big stuff. like cars. what's that you say? sounds pretty awesome? you're right it is.
 one might even call it epic. don't believe me? you should know better, but i'll provide proof anyway.

to start off the festivities, they hoisted a car up a crane

 and then they dropped it onto another car

totally worth it

then they used the flame from a jet car to light another car on fire

 nice and toasty

look at that perfect smoke ring!

there was some other stuff too, but i was too distracted to get pictures. but don't worry, i (poorly) filmed the main event. speaking of the main event...BEHOLD, THE BOAT RACES. this is not the boat race you think it is. there are no jet boats involved. ever. drivers scrounge up a boat from who knows where and they attach it to their vehicle with a chain. then the track is watered down and the drivers drag their boats around whilst attempting to smash the heck out of everyone else's boats. last man standing wins. by last man standing i mean the last driver who has managed to keep any fragment of his/her boat attached to their vehicle. it looks a little like this:

i love my hometown!

oh, bother...

i am sooo far behind here! prepare yourselves (all 2 of you) to be inundated with blog posts from little ol' me. i have at least 7 half written right now and i promise to finish them ALL by the end of the week. promise. for real.

today is the day

that i cave and turn the heater on for the first time. my toes are freezing!!!

should be sleeping...

...but instead i am watching pbs and eating beef stew. i know you don't care, but putting it here makes me feel more productive.

i am not dead!

i am, however, waiting for a new (and hopefully fully functioning) modem which will allow for more frequent posting. in the meantime, you get to read this. i know i promised dangerball details, but i'm easily distracted and and this instance is no exception. instead, i just want to point out that i love this time of year. i really love that it has been raining nearly all day. i really, really love the smell left after it has been raining. i really, really, really love that my apartment finally looks, and smells like autumn. i hope you are enjoying this season as much as i am.


p.s. i really will finish the dangerball post soon...ish...

just so you know...

my kids and i invented a game called dangerball at work today and it is EPIC!!!! we're still tweaking it a bit, but stay tuned for specifics on how to play...

movin' on up

i'm moving to my own apartment this week. i'm a little nervous. i've never lived alone before, and while i'm excited at the prospect of having my own space and really being on my own, i don't know if i'm ready. i'm not sure anyone can ever really know until they do it. so i'm going for it and i'll soon find out if i am up to it. what do you think? do i look ready?