I went out and got cupcakes.
Such a brilliant plan. I want cupcakes. But instead, I'm working tomorrow, having my eyebrows done then getting in a car and driving to Idaho with twins + dog. yay?
Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.
Forrest ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Kat - Aug 04, 2011 5:48:40 pm PDT #19415 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Maria - Aug 04, 2011 5:51:26 pm PDT #19416 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
yay?
Brave. Very, very brave.
DavidS - Aug 04, 2011 5:54:00 pm PDT #19417 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My boss raved about the CupKates vanilla cupcake.
One of the nice things about CupKates is that one of the baker/recipe makers is right there selling the cupcake so I can tell her directly: "You are AWESOME!"
Which doesn't happen nearly enough in real life.
But instead, I'm working tomorrow, having my eyebrows done then getting in a car and driving to Idaho with twins + dog. yay?
Hmmmm. Yay, eyebrows!
I don't know. Half the time I dread doing trips with the kidlings and then usually everything goes fine and it's worth the effort. It's just those times when everything goes to shit that make such an impression on you.
meara - Aug 04, 2011 5:55:03 pm PDT #19418 of 30001
Now I am tempted by cupcakes. Dang.
Oh, the persistantness of "other" and the fascinating dynamics of self-definition.
I wonder if/how this changes among Domnicans in the US and/or who have been to the US and returned home (there's a lot of them!). I spent a summer there when I was 15, staying with a friend of my dad's from the (very very early) Peace Corps who'd stayed and married down there after their stint. It's a fascinating place, I'd love to go back.
-t - Aug 04, 2011 5:55:53 pm PDT #19419 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So nobody is on the pie is the new cupcake train, eh?
meara - Aug 04, 2011 5:57:14 pm PDT #19420 of 30001
So nobody is on the pie is the new cupcake train, eh?
There's a pie place around the corner. There is also a cupcake place around the corner. Sadly, the pie place is not as delicious as it should be, and overpriced. It just makes me want to make my own pie.
DavidS - Aug 04, 2011 5:58:22 pm PDT #19421 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So nobody is on the pie is the new cupcake train, eh?
Remember Cup-Pies on Pushing Daisies?
Which, I guess technically are just tarts.
Anyway: I love tarts.
Stephanie - Aug 04, 2011 5:59:16 pm PDT #19422 of 30001
Trust my rage
Burrell, thanks for the info. Given the size of LA, I think my visit will be too short. But I'll bs going back a few more times, so next time, I will pad my trip some.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2011 6:04:48 pm PDT #19423 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was doing a pie a week for a while there. Searching for the right apple pie. Got distracted.
I like my left eyebrow better than my right eyebrow. It's a shame that my right eyebrow can't be shaped to look like my left. It's far superior. I think waxers make the left look like the right, and I think they should just make the left look as good as it can and damn the limitations of the right, you know. Fuck symmetry.
Kat - Aug 04, 2011 6:10:48 pm PDT #19424 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Brave. Very, very brave.
Or very very stupid. If you squint your eyes, they often look like the same thing.
It's just those times when everything goes to shit that make such an impression on you.
Our trip is sort of destined to go to shit. We are driving to Idaho Falls, via Salt Lake. We'll be there for a bit and then on to Boise. From Boise, we'll go back to Salt Lake and fly to Grand Rapids (fly! with Grace! But without her oxygen... I hope this isn't a huge mistake... her crazy pulmuologist wanted her to have a high altitude test before we flew, but there isn't enough time. She ordered her an oxygen concentrator, but there are none available for the duration of our trip) for a week. Then we'll fly back to Salt Lake and pick up the GD dog and drive home.
My sense is this will suck. But it's not my plan. I'm only the person who suggested flying to Grand Rapids instead of driving.