loves me the hols

Holbear16: so i have grey luggage
AngieUI: oh you sallied out on the pink?
Holbear16: well, i wanted the bigger set and there was no pink
Holbear16: and my mom made a good point
Holbear16: she said, so when you get married and you go on a trip with your husband, do you think that he is going to carry your pink luggage
AngieUI: that's so true
AngieUI: she's brilliant
Holbear16: and i said, he will do what ever i tell him to because he will be madly in love with me

omgomgomgomgOMG

the honesty of a five year old

So i'm hanging out with Grant today, who spends a lot of time with his hands down his pants. Usually I just politely remind him that it's not very polite to talk to someone with your hands down your pants, and he stops.

Well today it's really quite exessive so I say, "Hey Grant, what's the deal with your pants, get your hand out of there."

And he replies, "Well my penis just keeps wobblin' and wobblin' so I have to touch it all the time just to keep it in its place!"

How do I respond to that?

wisdom from jess

AngieUI: yeah, i ain't no fool
whts hr fce: id contest that
whts hr fce: if i were in a court of law

...

whts hr fce: and she will be all dressed like a slut, pretending she orgasms when she has sex

...

AngieUI: i can't believe i'm that girl
whts hr fce: wow
whts hr fce: you really ARE me
AngieUI: what's with that?
AngieUI: i hate it
whts hr fce:you know, i made those mistakes so other people could learn from them

...

whts hr fce: i don't get it
whts hr fce: was he not a Xian?
AngieUI: no, he was
AngieUI: evidence to the contrary apparently
whts hr fce: cuz Xians don't talk about donkey balls
whts hr fce: or sleep with your mom
AngieUI: jess there are all types of Xians

it was bound to happen

omg postsecret this week was totally meant for my friends.

here's proof:

i miss aaron 

bryan, obviously 

school busses, jesus, and religious hypocrisy! jess! 

ha! jesus with a moustache. totally me. 

this one is alex...clearly 

bee season

For the past year or so, I've been listening only to NPR at work; resulting in lots of scraps of paper with titles of books or names of authors to check out. My bookshelf is completely full and my reading list is unrealistically long, but this summer I took some time out for fiction. I never trust my friends to recommend books to me, but I always trust NPR. As I picked my way through past NPR Summer Reading Lists, I came to Bee Season by Myla Goldberg. I felt good about it after having a nice chat with the Prairie Lights clerk. He let me know about her upcoming reading, and recommended that I come to the reading of her new book and have her sign my copy of Bee Season (which I did, reluctantly). I read, and loved, the book, but then again I will always love books about Jewish mysticism...and kaleidoscopes.

Another goal for the summer was to spend more time with the Decemberists. I bought Her Majesty and after Brian Ecklund opened it in a most impressive manner, I enjoyed it immensely.

In Omaha I was thrilled when Rachel and Bryan agreed to go see the movie version of Bee Season. It was done quite well, and did justice (for the most part) of the very visual book. A movie could never live up to what I saw in my head, but the kaleidoscope imagery was wonderful.

Not until a week ago did I make the staggering discovery that Track 6 on Her Majesty is "Song For Myla Goldberg"!! How did I not notice?! I even remember loving the lyric "Sew wings to your pigeon toes/ Put paper to pen/ To spell out "Eliza." I'm a fool!

During my internet research, this is what I found from the Village Voice:

Myla Goldberg on Colin Meloy:

"Two years ago the Decemberists' Colin Meloy wrote a song about Myla Goldberg's pretty hands and dangly limbs, but she "must have had a brain lesion or something," because she didn't remember ever meeting him. "I'm bad," she says. "It turns out we talked at a reading. But it's not like he said, 'Hello, I'm Colin Meloy, the lead singer of the Decemberists."

A friend e-mailed her about the song, which describes her as "unique New York," but she assumed it was a joke. When she finally listened to the CD, she "started blushing and smiling simultaneously."

I never really know how to handle it when things come full circle. I do know that I'd pay the 5 bucks just to see the kaleidoscope on the big screen again.

this is myla

imagine this huge on a movie screen

this is eliza 

not really anywhere near north platte

I forgot to tell you about Omaha. Rachel and I randomly decided to go to Omaha for the weekend. It was great. Omaha does an excellent job of decorating for the holidays, I must say. We basically just hung out all weekend. Lots of laying around. Lots of eating. Matt had a few wholesome activities planned for us, which we participated in with varying degrees of enthusiasm. I didn't get to go to Frank's which was a significant disappointment, remedied only by helping Bryan buy flowers for Nicki and finding a store with soleberry stationary. Photos to come, I'm sure.

this is pretty 

like this one 

did you know...

...that horses have the largest eye of any land mammal? their eyes are bigger than elephant's eyes.

seriously!

thanks cate

1. First name?
Angela

2. Were you named after anyone?
my aunts all wanted to have a girl and name her Angie Jo but they got all boys and then my mom had me so she had no choice but for me to be the Angie Jo

3. Do you wish on stars?
not really, but they do remind me to talk to God. stars are my favorite.

4. When did you last cry?
At my grandma's funeral 2 fridays ago when the pastor paralleled her life to Proverbs 31. pretty much lost it, and then i got angry because i hate crying.

6. What is your favorite lunch meat?
turkey? probably turkey.

8. What is your most embarrassing CD?
Dashboard Confessional, Howie Day, John Mayer. turns out i'm a sucker for boys with guitars. Oh my gosh I just found Justified. Justin Timberlake is definitely the worst. (and by worst i mean best)

9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
maybe. but i'd definitely be annoyed a lot.

10. Do you have a journal?
i have this, a composition book i always have with me, and an online journal that you're not allowed to find or read

11. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
the hardest thing i've ever done is not answer this question sarcastically.

12. What are your nicknames?
i don't really have any. except ange. oh and "scuba swope" from alex but i refuse to accept that one.

13. Would you bungee jump?
yes. in a heartbeat.

14. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
my shoes are rarely tied in the first place.

15. Do you think that you are strong?
nope

16. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
anything minty or oatmeal cookie

17. Shoe size?
i don't want to talk about it

18. Red or pink?
red

19. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
i hate that i'm bad with money

20. Who do you miss most?
Kate Yucuis - although I don't wish that she were here instead of where she is

21 Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back?
this question doesn't really apply. although obviously everyone should blog it.

22. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
they are both blue

23. What are you listening to right now?
itunes on party shuffle. right now it's some sufjan stevens. although i've been listening to the Elbow cd from bryan pretty much constantly.

24. Last thing you ate?
leftover rice from anna's birthday dinner last night

25. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
gray blue

26. What is the weather like right now?
sunny but freezing

27.First person you talked to on the phone?
Angie Ellingson to confirm babysitting tonight

28. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
their clothes

29. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
most of the time

30. Favorite drink?
grape juice or cherry coke, or vodka tonic or killian's if you mean alcohol

31. Favorite sport?
i play golf, but i watch baseball, football, soccer and swimming. but not actively.

32. Hair color?
dark brown

33. Eye color?
hazel

34. Do you wear contacts?
yes

35. Favorite food?
anything ethnic

36. Last movie you watched?
Sahara and part of Eternal Sunshine

37. Favorite day of the year?
depends on the year. that question is harder than it should be. the first day of camping for the year?

38. Scary movies or happy endings?
happy endings

39. Summer or winter?
winter, i think.

40. Hugs or kisses?
this question is really annoying

41. What is your favorite dessert?
oh my gosh this dessert Lorraine made - it was SO GOOD!!

42. Who is most likely to respond?
no one because Cate already did...dang

43. Who is least likely to respond?
shut up i don't know

44. Living arrangements?
i live with Vicki and her daughter Anna who turned 17 today. although i really only see them during Sunday night TV. and i'll be moving home really soon.

45. What books are you reading?
Searching For God Knows What - but only for a few more pages

46. What's on your mouse pad?
I haven't a mouse pad...or a mouse.

47. What did you watch last night on TV?
Part of the Felicity movie, then Desperate Houswives and Grey's Anatomy

48. Favorite smells?
people coming in from the cold, and boys and apple scented things

f it. i'm switching to i tunes

something horrible is happening with my musicmatch jukebox program and I'm under too much stress today to deal with it. my mom told me not to get my hopes up about getting an ipod because "they're in short supply" but i'm switching to itunes anyway. which means that i may have to re-organize all of the music files on my computer to be more friendly to the itunes format. i say this as if it's a burden but one of my favorite activities is organizing my music folder and i spend at least an hour a day perfecting the system. although it seems as if itunes isn't very easy to customize and that could be a problem. i'm way too much of a control freak. although maybe i've been forced into becoming a control freak because the windows format has forced me to make things work for myself when really i should just go with the apple format which is too user-friendly to need improvement. why do i own a dell? i don't even want to talk about it. i'll just blame windows for my problems and call it a day.