"please god don't let someone come outside right now." "please god let someone!"

Last night as Jess and I were about to get out of the car after dinner, Delilah played The Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You." So we didn't get out of the car. She turned off the engine and the lights and turned up the volume and we sat there in the dark behind our apartment building singing.

It reminded me of a time about twelve or so years ago when I was coming home from somewhere with my Dad. It was nighttime that time, too, and we pulled into the garage just as Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" came on the radio. We did then exactly what Jess and I did last night.

Weird parallel memories. Not afraid to admit to liking both of those songs.

(This video is ridiculous, by the way. Ridiculous but awesome.)

lovely views

Since I'd borrowed Mom and Dad's car for a couple of days this week, I used it to take Eoin and Finola up to Chicago for a visit yesterday.


And took the train back to C-U this morning.

I made this!

Yeah, it's a Scottie dog bookmark. I started making them in grammar school when I got this book. I musta made dozens of these Scottie dog bookmarks.

Okay, I need to go back to work. Seriously soon. Obviously, I'm losing it. (I drew that Scottie dog free hand!) I'm also learning that Jessica could really be a professional bookmark model, no?

Here's an update on that sweet potato.

Remember when Jess and I got a sweet potato but then never ate it. I'm sure you all remember. (That "you all" thing is a joke. The only person reading this is Jessica because I told her I was going to post this.) Well, it was about two years ago, give or take a few weeks. Here's what it looks like now:


I happen to think that, in its antique form, it's sort of an edgy addition to the decor of our lovely little home.

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On my absence from this blog: Yeah, I just don't really have that much to say. But I'm going to make an effort to write up in here again because I realized just now while perusing old posts with Jess, that if it wasn't for this ol' thing, I wouldn't remember about the time when Jordan rested his hand on the waiter's stomach. Also, it hosts our intern want ad. (We're still hiring! Apply now!) So for posterity's sake.

(The problem is, I'm not completely convinced that it's necessary for anyone to blog anymore since Tavi already blogs, and she does so in such a completely perfect way.)