good words

there are some words out there that just are not used enough. i am going to start a list. so far i only have 2. but i will think of the rest later:

plucky

moxie

keen (as in peachy)

wanderlust

new york is very far away.

so, this natasha kid i speak of. is LEAVING. i have made 2 friends in this strange city and have grown to love them. gaea has fallen in love with a diver in san diego so she will be leaving me soon. as if i was not upset enough about that . . . natasha is moving to syracuse, NY!! but i am very excited for both of them. love and law school - 2 good reasons to get outta vegas. natasha has never been to the east EVER before. she gets to see the seasons. so jealous. happy but sad about my ladies leaving.

will 5:00 ever come?

ok. so work is a bit slow. slow and QUIET today. natasha disagreed with the strange solemn tone of the office so she just suprised us all with a sudden blasting of "eye of the tiger" over the intercom system. it was beautiful. beautiful indeed.

more scary desert creatures

a co-worker of zach's found this tarantula in her washing machine! can you tell i have not been very busy at work lately?

Las Vegas Lightening

while we were at the beach watching THE MOST AMAZING storm any of us had ever witnessed, home in las vegas was getting some intense lightening as well. the coolest is when it illuminates the sky to show the profile of the mountains.

happy tidbit

i passed a man walking down the street this morning wearing hammer pants. ah, vegas.

deep thinking

i wish i could wear flats without my jeans dragging on the ground. woe is the short one.

`Zombie' dancers jailed in Minneapolis

July 25, 2006 11:25 AM


They weren't looking for brains, they were looking to party. But participants in a "zombie dance party" ended up in jail after getting arrested in downtown Minneapolis.
Police say the dancers were wearing thick makeup and staggering along like the living dead Saturday evening. A few carried backpacks with wires sticking out.
The "zombies" were arrested on suspicion of having "simulated weapons of mass destruction." A friend of the group says the suspicious devices were homemade stereos.
The dancers spent the weekend in jail. No charges were filed, but police say members of the group could face lesser charges, such as disorderly conduct.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

heat hurts

my car seats burn my flesh.

heaven

is pawley's island. i believe this is my 25th? or 26th visit to this beautiful place in south carolina. zach's parents and sister with her one year old named henry came up from charleston yesterday. we ate shrimp and watched henry diligently dig in the sand. it was great to see the brockhouses again and meeting henry was really cool. now our families know eachother and the plan to get married is still on! today was a big day. zach and i were ready, boogie boards in tow, to float in the ocean, letting the current carry us back to our dock. we wanted to swim with the massive schools of jumping mullets. as we began to get in the ocean zach sliced his toe open on who knows what. the possibility of that being a fish hook took us to the local clinic where not only was he given a fun tetanus shot but diagnosed with a nasty cold virus. we returned from the doctor and walked out to the back dock for some chill time. he jumped in the water to be immediately bitten by a crab! on his hurt toe! it was only a nibble. needless to say, we have taken it easy for the rest of the day. lounging in hammocks and such. the day before we left zach befriended a jellyfish by our dock whom he creatively named "jelly" (can you see why he is in a creative field?). he saw poor jelly struggling near the shore so he crawled up over the ledge and jumped down on some sketchy terrain to help out. personally i would never touch a stingy jellyfish, but since he "grew up on the coast and knows what he is doing" i let him do his thing. he picked jelly up by the head and tossed him towards the water away from the shore. either jelly was feeling poorly or not the smartest of the jellyfish, because he kept drifting toward land. a poke here and a poke there from zach led him swimming in the right direction. we walked up the second story of the dock and happily watched jelly, thankful zach had saved his life. then it happened. we saw another figure in the water . . . . a crab! a crab moving towards jelly, claws raised! NOOOOOOO!!! bite after bite the crab took his claw to the head and to his mouth. who knew jellyfish would be so tasty. so we saved jelly's life only to see it stolen viscously from him moments later. despite this horrific scene and both of us getting a lil sick on the trip, it was so well worth it. we had a great time.

joe

this is joe. he has become a company mascot of sorts here at CDI. i hate it when he sneaks up on me.

zach's commercial!

http://www.adwired.com

reunited . . . . and it feels so good

you know the song. by the duo peaches and herb. anyhow. i was reunited. with angie and lauren. and REN! like i told these girls at dinner the first night, seeing them was like christmas. really. i was so excited and seeing lauren and angie (with lil ren attached to her) picking me up at the airport was amazing. having good friends is such a luxury. we ate a good dinner together at the vietnamese restaurant angie used to work at and then took mommy out on the town, but got her home by midnite. the next day the girls (and ren) went out of their way to take me to a bridal store outside of the city. that night ed, angie's husband grilled out for us. delicious. the next morning we ate at ed's restaurant, bette's oceanside diner, in berkeley. it was ever so tasty. ren is such a good baby. a vocal one, but most of his noises are not cries, but coos. he loves sucking on our pinkies and he loves . . .well . . us. i can tell. because he stares at us with his huge beautiful eyes and then smiles the cutest angie smile ever. its amazing. anyhow, it was a quick trip to oakland over the weekend but a great one. yes, good friends (who happen to be extremely funny and super cool) are a great thing to have.

CBGB to vegas??

CBGB Sets New Closing Date, Move to Vegas

Hilly Kristal is making an amendment to his Bowery club's 16+ entry rule:
32-. After 32 years of providing a live arena for some of the country's best
(and worst) musicians, CBGB has cemented the date on which it will close its
doors for good.

Although October 31 was originally revealed to be the club's closing date,
September 30 will mark the end for New York City's famous punk rock venue--
or sort of, anyway. After efforts failed to locate an affordable venue space
in CBGB's hometown of New York City, Kristal has made the questionable
decision to take it to Vegas.

"[The Vegas CBGB] won't be the same size or the same shape, but I am going
to have all the things that matter there," Kristal said in a recent
interview with MTV.com. "I am taking the bars with me, I am taking the stage
- I'm taking the urinal that Joey [Ramone] pissed in with me. I'm going to
take a lot of things - anything that makes this place CBGB."

If the business takes off in Nevada, Kristal plans to open a second CBGB in
NYC, but it will likely be a while. In addition to the financial strains the
Big Apple's rent brings, Kristal has chemotherapy to worry about. Three
weeks ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and surgery is on the plate,
he explained to MTV. We wish him the best.

New Yorkers will have a chance to offer Kristal their support at CBGB's
two-month closing festival. NYC indie concert promoters Rocks Off are in
charge of booking the festival, which will run throughout August and
September. According to a press release, "they are in touch with many of the
artists who made CB's famous, and are hard at work putting together a final
schedule that will do justice to the club's enduring impact in the many
varieties of rock and roll it has helped to cultivate throughout the years."
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4th of July

gaea invited us to a lovely pool party. photos include my after tasting a quite strong drink handed to me, zach pushing christian in the pool completely clothed, and two of my favorite people getting creative with the decapitated flamingos.

jim got married

we went to my brother's wedding last weekend in nashville. the ceremony was super small at the beautiful cheekwood gardens. the vows were very sweet and tear-jerky. they had a large reception at richland country club. the groom's cake was an exact replica of the tennis shoe jim gave sloan and the huge sapphire engagement ring tied on the end. mom was told at the last minute that she was to do the rhumba with jim for the son/mother dance. not knowing the rhumba, she played it off very well in front of hundreds of staring people. but no doubt they were just entranced by her amazing dress she had custom-made in new york. by far the best dressed at the party . . . well, except for the bride of course who graced the dance floor in a lace monique lhuillier gown. beautiful. pretty weird my little brother is a husband. maybe one day i will get married too:)