greetings from the neon desert

1.27.2006

most of the lights in las vegas

are all red. stop lights. brake lights. will i ever get home?

1.26.2006

as in las vegas . . . sin city . . .not vegan (the non-meat eating human)

you must own and wear often a velour sweatsuit. you must own and wear often (with or without velour sweatsuit) arctic boots (are these called UGS?), you or your boyfriend drives a hummer 2 with a vanity plate (you know, the kind that leaves you puzzled trying to spell out whatever word they are trying to spell) - the vanity plate may be from either nevada or california. both count. you and/or your boyfriend must drive like a complete idiot - seemingly like you are the ONLY person on the road - i will just assume that you must be on the way to the hospital or there is a fire at home. oh, and you must have fake acrylic nails with a french cut manicure of some sort.

not quite fitting in yet.

1.24.2006

wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Gi2CfuqcUGE

1.22.2006

leonard

is a hummingbird. he hangs out in our backyard a lot and is always so thirsty.
our cats stare longingly out the window and do weird barking/robotic/chirping noises - i assume this is because they are very hungry.

1.15.2006

my sister

my lil sister's beau (luke), lil sis claire, and me over christmas after a grueling game of cranium. her eyes are always red in photos no matter what. she has a horse named pacey and a cute new red car.

12.20.2005

friends

i love my friends.

12.18.2005

everything's shocking

it is very dry out here in the desert. literally almost every single time you touch something you get shocked. blue sparks if the lights are out. the most fun is petting the cats. they turn into a bowl of rice krispie treats. and i think they like it.

12.11.2005

looking at the positives

locations for taking a nap outside in the backyard in mid-december. minneapolis? nope. las vegas? yep.

12.10.2005

my winnings so far

it's not a lot but it is still thrilling to put a $1 bill in a machine, press a button, and get $75 back. Apparently money is free in this city. I think I will stop while I am ahead.

12.07.2005

so las vegas

Just because we live here does not mean that we hit the casinos every night. However, we still can't manage to miss out on that sin city charm. For example, the Liberace Museum (liberace is pictured above for your viewing pleasure) is right across the street from where I work. It's great to see his smiling face every day as I turn in to work. What a treat. And Zach had his first client meeting today. The client? Mr. Wayne Newton himself.

12.03.2005

zach's new toy.

Zach just bought a ping pong paddle for $35 to use at work. He is pretty fascinated by it. I suppose this is how you advance in advertising.

11.26.2005

home sweet home

so, currently in las vegas . . . . zach, tracy, sadie (aka cwazy), woogie (aka boogie butt), and stinker (aka stinker) have all arrived safely at their new home in the west. and what a home it is. lovely view of the red rock canyon from the balcony, cute little fountain in the backyard, etc.

Saw a fantastic band on Wednesday. At a Casino. Of course. They called themselves the Spasmatics. Dressed as total nerds they covered every beloved 80's song you can think of. They were great. The dance floor filled up immediately. The mystery of who will play our wedding is now solved. Just kidding. Well . . . hmmm.

Thanksgiving was unusual, although not as unusual as the one spent with Katey Segal (Peg Bundy from Married With Children.) This Thanksgiving was spent with Zach's new work friends playing a fascinating game called Flip Cup. Its a challenging game - a race between 2 teams where cups are flipped after chugging beer in the cup. The next team member cannot begin chugging until you have successfully flipped the cup on the table. Sounds pretty boring but you would be surprised how the adrenalin can start pumping. I still don't know whose team won. So, missing out on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner made Zach and I crave it even more. Which is why the day after thanksgiving we made thanksgiving dinner of our own. Bought a fire pit for our little desert backyard, roasted marshmallows, looked at the stars, occasionally blinded by the moving spotlights over the vegas strip and then ate some turkey.

Monday we call Pest Control to spray the house. We just are not big fans of scorpions. Desert life is scary.

10.28.2005

i said "yes"

on the bridge over the mississippi river.

10.22.2005

catfish and pancakes

today i made delicious pancakes. i sprinkled cinnamon in them before cooking and also added some caramel chocolate chips. then zach and i went on a walk over this little bridge over the mississippi. i love autumn. all these HUGE catfish were jumping out of the water like dolphins. then we took a nap in the grass and watched clouds. can't complain about this day.

new home

we now live at:

428 N. 1st St. #303
Minneapolis, MN 55401

i am now a neighbor of the infamous charles s. anderson. but, unless you are a geeky designer like me, you might not know who that is. if you care to know, go to csadesign.com. if you know him yourself, ask him to pretty please hire me.