Archive for September, 2007

i found the perfect one
Originally uploaded by calobee

What a productive weekend!

I finally got some photos up on the walls and rearranged a bit. It took me a good year and a half to attempt to decorate our last place, so this is progress. The house is definitely starting to feel like home. Photographic proof: My office, the kitchen, and the living room, complete with notes.

I also worked on a doodle that has been floating around in my head for a couple days. At first I was concerned that it was too creepy to be cute, but now I think it’s almost too cute to be creepy.

See, I have this problem. I’m really two people. Dark Caroline, who dreams up photos like this, and Pink Caroline, who was single-handedly responsible for keeping the Lisa Frank company in business when she was twelve (Rainbows! Unicorns! Hearts! Flowers! Kittens!)

Sometimes Dark and Pink get into arguments (”That’s disgusting.” “It’s cute!” “Fine, it’s disgustingly cute.”) and then it’s damn near impossible to shut them up, but most of the time they get along. Begrudgingly.

I digress.

I also did some shopping at the local farmer’s market - bought fresh apples, pumpkins, squash, and cookies. Yes, sometimes I go to the farmer’s market to buy cookies. I’m, uh, doing my part to buy organic.

Speaking of junk food, the hubby took it upon himself to make a delicious double chocolate devil’s food cake this weekend. He says he “just felt like it”, but I think he knows that PMS week is fast approaching and he wanted to head it off at the pass. Smart man. This is why I married him - brains and cake!

And there were so many other little things… I started reading a new book (Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult), put out the Halloween decorations, watched Memoirs of a Geisha, took a few photos, and did a little cleaning.

And now I am tired and wishing the weekend had just one more day.

cupcake girl
Originally uploaded by calobee

In our old neighborhood, it was quite common to be woken up by the sounds of yelling and shouting, but usually the yells and shouts were death threats. Yeah, it was that kind of neighborhood.

Now we live in a college town, which means we’re surrounded by intellectuals and intelligent minds, ambitious young men and women who love learning and seek to expand their horizons and open their minds…

… usually with drugs. Yay! With that in mind, I present to you -

Things one shouldn’t have to wake up to early on a Saturday morning:

1. The sound of a drunken college kid belting out “Heyyyyyy guyyyyys!” in perfect show-tune singsong at ample volume.

My first reaction? Jazz hands, everyone! Vaudeville has finally come for me!

My second reaction? Death to the drunken frat boys on my lawn! DEATH!

2. Drunken college kid number 2, shouting at an equally loud volume, “I never thought I’d be walking around with you guys, WITHOUT PANTS, at 4 in the morning!”

Emphasis on the part about no pants. And hey, now I know what time it is.

Of course, I immediately went for a look-see, but alas, it was too dark. Which makes sense, because it was, ahem, four-o’clock in the morning. On a Saturday.

Did I mention the part about death?

I considered yelling at them from the balcony of our bedroom, but then I figured that a completely naked lady screaming at the half-naked drunken frat boys for disturbing the peace… let’s just say, the irony didn’t escape me.

Intellectuals and intelligent minds, indeed!

Anywho, the above doodle has absolutely nothing to do with pantsless, showtunes-lovin’ drunk people. Thank the stars for that!

No, actually, three really cool things happened yesterday:

1) I won a contest at the ThisNext blog! If the prize is as cool as my Tovolo goodies are, I’m excited.

2) One of my photos made the front page at Etsy! Yay!

3) Finally, the cupcake girl doodle above was a runner-up in Hey Pretty Cupcake’s artist collaboration contest! So keep an eye out for her there in the upcoming weeks.

So, Internets, it’s been nearly a month! S’up with you?