25 Feb 2009
This is Joe’s senior picture. He graduated from an all-boys Jesuit high school in 1993 when I was 11 years old. I’m weak for bow ties, so you can see now why I fell for him. I needed some information about Lent, so I figured I’d go to the source. I was jawing with my [...]
Posted in Creative Loafing, Dad, heathens, ice cream, Jared The Subway Guy, Jesuit High, Jesus, Joe, Lent, mom, Richard Simmons, Ro, sacrifice, sarcasm, southwest airline flights, Styx, synchronicity by: heidi
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23 Feb 2009
I have never, ever tired of the Oscars. Even when the show crawls past midnight, I never turn the TV off. Even as a kid, when I had no clue who the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were, I’d root for the guy, who when the camera panned his face, seemed humbled by the nomination. [...]
Posted in Ben Affleck, blueberry muffins, celebrity crushes, Diablo Cody, Goodwill Hunting, Jon Favreau, Juno, Marisa Tomei, Matt Damon, Quentin Tarantino, rob kelly, stripping, The Oscars, Titanic, Western NY by: heidi
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19 Feb 2009
I don’t get it. I’m watching a rerun of 20/20 tonight and there’s some segment on about moobs, as in man boobs. It’s apparently a British term I’ve never heard before, which is weird because I’m usually hip to such lingo. As I’m watching these men and their nasty, hairy moobs flash across network television, [...]
Posted in 20/20, ABC news, boobs, Britain, double standards, hypocrisy, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, moobs, nipples, scarlett johansson, Super Bowl 2004 by: heidi
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18 Feb 2009
ST. PETE – Today I had lunch with one of my oldest friends in Florida. It was at a Thai restaurant called The King & I, and we were talking about relationships – his not mine – and I could tell by his blushing and squirming that the chick he’s dating is turning his insides [...]
Posted in aerial wolf hunting, Ashley Judd, Bravo, girlfriends, kiss and make up, love, lovey doveyness, observations, St. Pete, St. Petersburg, sushi, thai food, The King and I, zippers by: heidi
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16 Feb 2009
My boyfriend keeps hitting the snooze on his radio alarm clock. It’s how he wakes up every morning before work – to 20-second blasts of 1980s pop songs. “Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can’t you hear? Can’t you hear the thunder? You better run. You better [...]
Posted in big mamma, Buffalo, coffee, corn, Jill, Joe, kate winslet, kiddos, kindness, Men at Work, Pat Benatar, Valentines Day, vegemite sandwich by: heidi
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07 Feb 2009
This one’s for my Nana. We were sitting around the kitchen table Christmas night – my mom, my sisters, Nana and me. And for whatever reason PK got on the subject of homesickness. She remarked that she has good days and bad days. That some days, no matter how many romantic comedies she watches, or [...]
Posted in arkansas, awkwardness, Carpe Diem, fastfood, florida, grape fields, Heelya, homesickness, Joe, love, missouri, mom, Nana, North Collins, papa, road trippin, Sarasota, strawberry fields by: heidi
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01 Feb 2009
Joe and I scribble a lot of notes to each other. They’re scattered all over the house in various places. I thought I’d pull a few from our collection. ……………………………. This is Joe’s favorite most emasculating note. “Took 20 bucks for ammo. Have a good brunch. If you wake up for brunch …” This note [...]