Ali's Apple Art

However many days ago, I went with Ali to see Pitch Perfect. I am still reeling from how funny it was [that does not usually happen, btw], and it's been an antic-a-day here between the two of us since we saw it.

That being said, I came to work today to find this waiting for me on my desk:

gift from ali!

In case you can't read what's scribed on there, those are all quotes from Pitch Perfect. Little Miss Ali is quite the creative spirit; this is not a real apple [just in case you were concerned about any ink consumption I might endure trying to eat it]. She painted this puppy and scribed onto some of the funniest quotes from the movie, and left it as a little present on my desk.

I frickin' love it. Thanks, Ali!

It doesn't take much to amuse me, and it's even better when it's hand-tailored for me by a friend. That apple's parked at my desk now.

Speaking of parking, I'm going to be parking myself into some version of a parking spot tomorrow night in Cincinnati, so that means I should probably get to packing for the weekend. I'm so good at procrastinating. It's a sport to me.

One more day, then it's off to the stomping grounds ;)

xo | cmd

Mutant Fruit | HBD, Amy!

One of the things I don't do often enough is get to farmer's markets. It's a task usually obstacled by work, picking up Sydni, and attempting to be omni-present at four other places. I didn't say impossible, but it certainly falls short in the competition whenever food is needed; Dierbergs definitely affords an absolute convenience in that capacity.

Anyway, today I made a venture to the Dierbergs down from my office in search of some sushi. I ran into Ali as I was gawking over a display of honey crisp apples that looked to be about the size of small pumpkins, rather than apples. I've seen healthy fruit before, but really.....


standard sized tp vs. ginormous apple.

I have yet to try and conquer eating that thing in one sitting, mostly because I just ate some sushi and a couple of grapes. I know it doesn't sound like much, but while I'm there, these are the grapes I brought back, too:

essie. grape. eos balm. nissan key

That picture really doesn't do justice to the size of these grapes. I used what I had sitting within reach around my desk to compare size - these grapes were on average the same height as an essie nail polish bottle, and just slightly smaller than an eos lip balm, and as you can see, just under half the length of a nissan car key. That being said, eating just about five of them on top of some sushi was enough to hold me over for a while.

There ya have it, folks. Mutant fruit.
Good stuff.

Oh, and before I forget to mention [not to be confused with forgetting altogether], today is my dear friend Amy's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMY!

top: me. alison. amy. jena[restpeacefully], 1999
middle: amy. me at arley's wedding reception, 2007
bottom: amy's wedding with the ladies, 2010

I've known this girl for what seems like forever, and even though we're not as close as we once were, I still love little Mav and hope today is amazing. :) HBD, AMY!!

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Small group tomorrow; I should probably get to cleanin' this place up & getting food ready. :) See you then!

xo |cmd

iDon't Have An iPhone.

If there's one thing we love as a culture, it's technology. Granted, there are exceptions to that as with anything else, but generically speaking, we are a society consumed with the latest and greatest technological advancements.

Hello, iPhone.
First: if you don't know what an iPhone is, well, walk down any street with more than five people and chances are, at least one of them have one. That, or in light of the fact that you have access to this blog, I'm willing to guess you have access to Google.
Second: if you have an iPhone, well, to each his own. I have zero qualm with Apple or iAnything; it just isn't my thing when it came down to choosing a phone.

However, the Apple empire is pretty impressive, and the progression of the iPhone is a testament to the power of creative ingenuity and strategic marketing ;).

^ Nothing flashy, but it is kind of interesting considering that the movie trailers they used to advertise were Pirates of the Caribbean and Zoolander. Funny. 2007. Doesn't seem that long ago? Hrm... What gets me the most is not the incessant reliability of an annual release of a better, faster, newer, re-tailored version of this thing. I will also attribute the random and absolutely unnecessary obsession with constant eye contact between a user and their that I witness on a near daily basis to the fact that just about everyone around me has an iPhone.    Today I was a restaurant and saw a girl using an outlet across the room to charge her phone while she was there. I'm totally not judging, it was just funny to watch her cross the room what I would guess had to be at least 24 times to check her Facebook during the time we were both there.    Same scenario a few weeks back, and it was a table full of teenagers sitting silently together at a table glued to their phones. Yeah, I know it's not just an iPhone thing, but it was pretty funny that every one of them had an iPhone. It kind of resembled a test study of some sort, complete with a subject group of teens. It was at least a full five or six minutes before any of them took a breath from phone time to acknowledge the presence of anyone else at the table. I found that sad, but interesting.    I'm not really even sure where I'm going with this one; I think I'm just at the realization that, while everyone around me has an iPhone, I'm still going to stick with the good old Droid ;) I felt like venting. I'm curious but at the same time slightly afraid of what type of technology will be considered a common household name when Sydni is my age. Kinda scary.    *Yawn. It's supposed to rain tonight. That'd be excellent; sleeping is so much better when it's raining :).  [[Almost Friday, wooo!]]   xo | cmd