a date! and a song!
in Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings, video
as baby bunny, Charis, day, drew, Esther, hugs not drugs, Jason, Larry, life, need of prayer, Ollie, slip and slides, song, time, tonight, vietnamese food, Xerxes
My life is rich.
I mean, look at him.
We went on a date tonight. I agreed to drive since he’s underage and all and when I picked him up he had a lovely yellow sparkly card for me. Yellow. Of course. And inside the card, he thanked me for taking him on a date and told me that he loves me.
Like I said, my life is rich.
He also informed me that he wanted to get me flowers, but unfortunately ran out of time. Understandable. He had a very busy day of slip and slides and play-making, from what I heard over dinner tonight. And really, it’s the thought that counts. Well, at least in this case, anyway.
We went to Ollie’s favorite restaurant and had some amazing Vietnamese food. And then had some ice cream at Friendly’s, which is always perfect, if you ask me. We also saw a baby bunny eating some grass outside and how hilarious this sentence would be if I swopped out eating for smoking.
But hugs, not drugs, baby bunny!
It was an altogether adorable night and I think I might love one-on-one time with people I love more than anything else.
And yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with a man named Larry on the phone about buying a certain bedroom set that I never do want to see again. We were talking about addresses and what his ETA might be to pick it up when all of the sudden he started talking me through it. What? I know, that’s how I felt too. He was telling me that he had been divorced, too. TOO. You know, me and Larry. So much in common. And that he had gotten through it. And then he told me that he’d pray for me and that’s real nice, it really is, but it’s bad enough getting random Larrys out and about buying your bed, but when they start praying for you too…Well, let’s just say that’s when you’re like, yep. this is my life. take a nice inhalation because this is what it smells like–larry praying for you.
And nope, I am not an ounce above Larry’s prayers.
But seven months ago my life didn’t look quite so much like it was in such obvious need of prayer by total strangers who are buying my bed. Not a complaint, though; just an observation. And I am not crying or anything; I actually think it’s kind of funny.
Oh, and tonight I got home to a quiet and dark house. This might sound creepy, but I kind of like it. Because there was the piano, all begging to be played and it was like, you spend all day with kids and they make you necklaces out of gimp and you wear them! and yet you’re gonna just walk on by…?
So I was like, You’re right, piano. And if you made me a necklace out of gimp, I’d wear it too.
So I sat down and played and then I decided to play a ballad that I wrote for the play my brother wrote that he asked me to turn into a musical by way of adding tunes. And if you are an editor, please, have yourself a field day with that terrible sentence.
And there was one song in particular that strikes a chord with me. Jason emailed me, asking me if I would have a very hard time writing a sad song for Esther to sing; that this song should be something about how Xerxes (which happens to be Drew’s screen name for just about everything, ironically enough) falls very short of his role as husband and how Esther is a woman of worth, despite how she is treated by him.
Do you think you could handle writing something like that? he asked, more than a little tongue in cheek.
So I sat down and wrote it in just a few minutes, it felt. Bam. Here’s a little bit of what’s happened to me, a little bit of my childhood, and a little bit of hope anyway.
It’s called You’ll Know Him. And my niece Charis sure did knock it out of the park when she sang it on stage, by the way.
a few days’ worth of pics and words.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Performance, photography
as blur, boi, card, Don, janes, Jase, Jason, purse, Shane, sleep, Summer Molestice, ton, Yep
This weekend was a blur, I think.
A beautiful blur, but still.
I didn’t get a ton of sleep. I have many pictures here, but none of them are of me sleeping because, right: I didn’t get a ton of sleep. Too bad, because you know how I love to post pics of me sleeping.
But I did go to the Summer Molestice. And Shane and I got to play there, which was pretty awesome.
And people listened, which makes a show even better, I’ve learned.
And I got a new pair of boots.
Yes, that has nothing to do with the Paper Janes or the Summer Molestice, but well, I’m liking them very much, so I thought I’d mention it.
And Shane and I really need to make a card. This is something we say very often but rarely do. Actually, we never do it. And every time someone asks us for our card, I feel pretty dumb as I reach into my purse, rip a receipt in half, and scrawl some of our info down for them.
Which is what I did for the man in the far right of the above picture, after he asked us for our card. And then he told us that he wants to produce our little rap, boi boi boi. And yep, that’s how it’s spelled. And yep, it’s a rap. But he was pretty excited about it and I guess we shall see if that happens or not.
I’ve learned that people say a lot of things and maybe it’s well intentioned and maybe they mean it as they say it, but I don’t put much stock in things people say they will do until it’s pretty much done.
At least when it comes to things like producing.
And wow, just wow, because my brother Jase decided that he would put on one of our dogs harnesses and run people around in the dog cart.
It was pretty hilarious.
And I don’t know who enjoyed it more–Jase or whoever was getting carted around at the time.
And afterwards, Jason said that he thought it would be easier. He mentioned that he thought he’d be able to run like the wind in front of that dog cart.
But keep trying, Jase! Cause we certainly don’t mind the rides around the yard, even if you don’t quite run like the wind.
Yet.
And last but not least, today was Father’s Day and we all pitched in to get my pop a whopper of a gift.
I made a poster because presentation is everything, you know.
And pop is quite delighted at the prospect of his DNA test.
We were joking about all the many results that could come of it. One of the Sand People from Star Wars, Bald Man, and Any Ethnicity That He Is So Clearly Not So Wouldn’t That Be So Funny? are all in the running, but I suppose we’ll have to be patient and see.
And of course, his results effect all of us, so we all have some vested interest in this test.
Don’t worry, I’ll keep you posted.
the point to it all. or at least some of it.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings, photography
as California, california reptiles, Darby, different signs, dipping bird, Jane Austin, Jason, life, mountain lions, nearby neighbors, Ollie, point, Rich, right, something, time
I saw this sign today. It’s rather hard not to see something that you are photographing, I think. And it has a point. One that I have been trying to live by for a while now. You know, digging into the moment. Realizing that life is happening whether or not it’s what I’d planned and [...]
sliding doors, I guess.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as beauty, cannot, Darby, doozy, drew, friend, God, hornbuckle, Jason, Jess, life, ligh, Mandy, Mandy Hornbuckle, novel idea, Ollie, parenthetical statement, person
So my friend Mandy asked me a question in the comments section that I thought about answering in the comments section. I know, novel idea. But then I didn’t want any of your computers to blow up because I had surpassed the amount of words allowed in one comment box. And it’s a doozy of [...]
not gonna do it. sorry.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as brother jason, business, day, diatribe, friend, God, Jason, job, one of the guys, perfect sense, record, Shane, something, ten feet
Sometimes I skip one day of blogging and my brother Jason thinks I must have died or something. And sometimes I say something that makes perfect sense in the context of whatever it is I am talking about, but when isolated, it can sound pretty bad. Or funny, depending upon how you look at it. [...]
so this is easter.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings, photography
as brother jason, candles, colors, day, Easter, easter sunday, Eggs, Eve, God, Jason, kinship, little bits, love, method, nobody, pretty pictures, something, thumbnail, ukrainians, upload, wax, way
*updated to include the pic now; thanks for fixing it, Jase! I have pretty pictures to upload here. Of eggs, dyed lovely colors. And I have a thumbnail that is dyed orange to prove that I, along with some friends, dyed those eggs. And even decorated them in a way that used wax and candles [...]
baths and secrets. but not secret baths, that’d be weird.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as A. Mess, Appleton Road, baby bear, bath, brother jason, door, house, Jason, Mama Bear, Mexico, papa bear, sun, time
First, I’ve been feeling like Goldilocks lately. And not just because of the color of my hair. More because, see, I am a fan of a good bath. But recently I’ve been striking out. And it’s been all Papa Bear or all Mama Bear all the time while I’ve had to jump out of the [...]
sariel.
in Loved Ones, Performance, video
as Angel, brother, brother jason, Christine, Delaware, Don, Jase, Jason, kind, Latshaw, pain, pin prick, sariel, small pin, something, Sunshine
So, the day the awful truth that just about changed everything came out, my brother Jason’s response was to immediately buy a plane ticket and fly from CA to be here with me. He showed up the next day. He had something close to a mullet, but it was actually kind of a nice distraction [...]
My name is Jessica and this is a nice, quiet space that I like to cram with words.
