Future Husband Histories

For Leah's Bachlerette Party (can you hear the CAPS? Because that's how I pronounce it), I looked into the future (the past for Maureen as she's already married), and divined who the people attending would marry. This is some of what I found:

Maureen: On the night before Maureen's wedding, a robot from the future, (let's call him Jake 2.0), came back in time from the future to take over the world. He planed to accomplish this goal by infiltrating Jake's life/job as a computer dude and destroy the world's technology, thereby making himself the most advanced weapon in the world. So he killed the real Jake and took his place. He married Maureen (she didn't notice the switch), and then something happened to Jake 2.0; he fell in love. He and Maureen now own a house and dog together and lived happily ever after.

Leah: On the eve of Leah's wedding Brian discovered something; he had a long lost twin! unfortunately for him, it was an evil twin--Bryon. Bryon couldn't stand to see his good twin so happy, so he tied Brian to some train tracks, shaved his evil-twin goatee and married Leah. She didn't notice the difference--apparently my friends are unobservant. They led a fulfilling life of crime together.

Aquila: Aquila was at the beach one day swimming when suddenly an undercurrent caught her and she began to drown! Luckily, Old Spice Guy was on that very same beach building life size sandcastles for blind orphans and kittens to live in. He saw her flailing in the water and jet skied out to her rescue. A shark was circling Aquila but Old Spice Guy punched it in the eye and it backed off. They were married the next week on the very same beach.

Katie: On her way to Ecuador to do medical mission work Katie's plane crashed into the ocean. But don't fear--Aqua Man saved her! They rode to shore on the backs of dolphins and everyone was very impressed. Katie wanted to stay in Atlantis with Aqua Man, but she had a mission, so she left and worked for 6 months in the hospitals of Ecuador. But when she was finished, she returned to the beach where she had last seen Aqua man--and he was waiting for her! They now live happily in Atlantis.

Success!

The party was an awesome success! Here are pictures:


First we went to Ivar's in Seattle, and had happy hour. It was delicious.


After dinner we went to the Can Can and saw a show. And what a show! It was kind of a burlesque thing, very French. Our party had a VIP table right in front of the stage and we all had a glass of champagne while we watched the performance. I think we all enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure Leah did.


After the show we tried to go dancing, but it was pretty late so we ended up dispersing. But it was a good night.

And last Thursday was Leah's Bridal Shower (The wedding events will never end!). It was fun, we all went to Leah's parent's house and had dinner, played a 'How Well Do You Know The Bride' game (which I lost really, really badly), made a scrapbook for Leah out of the pictures we all brought and opened presents. Well, she opened presents. I got her this, a tee-shirt with the periodic table of elements on it, that you can color on with washable markers. I think she liked it.

Now the wedding stuff is done until the wedding. Yay!

Gra[n]d Weekend

In the past week, I've been to 4 graduation parties, which is honestly like 3 too many. Though of course I'm glad that everyone graduated. I remember when I graduated. I went to Mexico, Amsterdam, got double pink-eye, ear infections and a sinus infection. And then I was unemployed for 3 months and made an afghan (which I sleep with every night).

Yeah, there were some ups and downs.

So on to the grads. Marissa got her Masters in Amsterdam and is now cleaning out her Grandfather's garage. Katie finished nursing school and is going to Ecuador (not forever--just a few months). She's doing mission-work. Hannah finished high school and is taking a year off before college to play in a band, write a novel and work. Dan finished undergrad (French) and might join the Peace Corps. My sister also graduated this month, though we didn't have a party. Her degree is in Spanish, and she is now playing Frisbee in Portugal.

I think the time immediately post-college is special and different for everyone. It is truly a time of transition. A time to discover where your intrests lie and to pursue them at last, as an adult. It is a time to acheive, and to realize, and to watch day-time TV. Lots of day-time TV. Thank God my time of discovery is over.

Speaking of Single Ladies...

I am planning my friend Leah's Bachlerette party. Suffice it to say I was unaware of the full extent of this undertaking. It's all consuming. I probably think about this party once every ten minutes, and that's only a slight exaggeration.

Of course it will be legendary.

I would tell the internets all about it right here on this blog, but it's a top secret event and the details cannot be disclosed at this time. Possibly the events of the night in question will be told someday, (after they occur on June 26th, 2010), but for now, it must remain a secret.

All the Single Ladies

So I haven't blogged for awhile, I've been pretty busy. Busy with what, you good for nothing unemployed penniless lay-about, you might ask?

I got an internship!

It's at Communication Resources Northwest, which is a sort of consulting firm. It's cool so far, everyone's been really nice. My Aunt Darla knows a woman who works there and she got me the interview. I'm glad to be working, finally, though now I find myself missing day-time TV. Oh well. One must make certain sacrifices to earn a living, I suppose.

So anyway, I've been busy. But not busy enough to stop me from making funny videos, apparently.





Here's another Italian Stick Figure Cartoon. My friends really liked dancing randomly, and the Single Ladies dance was a favorite. If you haven't seen the original video, here it is:

Fail!Streak Continues

So apparently I was wrong about the Zoo internship going well; got an e-mail today with a polite "We went another way."

On a related note, I fear that my job search is turning this into a whiny emo blog. That is my number 2 fear, number 1 being, of course, zombies.

Life: Don't Talk to Me About Life.

Busy day yesterday, cleaned the whole house, walked with mom and then babysat, which was fun, we watched 5 episodes of the old BBC version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and ate chocolate covered bananas with peanut butter.

Today was also busy. I had an interview at the zoo which I think went rather well, the 3 people who interviewed me seemed nice. If I get the zoo internship my goal is to pet a wild animal. Maybe a giraffe, but hopefully something more like a lion.

Now I am back to watching Merlin--there's another SyFy marathon on.