Lillies etc.

There are pink lilies in my house and they are so pretty!! I love getting flowers. My birthdad Jim is in town so he brought me flowers which I didn't have a vase for so they are in water in the blender on my desk. They are beautiful but look nervous, like they know at any moment they coulld be chopped to bits. He also brought me some stuff to stock my empty fridge. And by stuff I mean booze. And he ALSO brought me a copy that he found of "Brookie and her Lamb" the book I always talk about that I had as a little kid. It looked strangely unfamiliar when I saw it but later that night I took the cover off of it and then it all came back, my copy didn't have a cover...just the pink and green hardcover. I read it to Lucy, she liked it. I had a million flashbacks of my mom reading it to me when I was little and me reading it to my stuffed animals when I was little. I put it on the shelf of stuff I love.

Then Jim and I went to Harmony and ate like kings and Jim taught me a yummy way to eat Bloody Marys (yeah, I said eat) with horseradish sauce and tobasco sauce and pepper. I had two. We also had pulled pork sandwhiches which he ate politely with a fork and I plowed into. He told me all about his trip to Asia which made me giggle because he is nine feet tall and I kept imagining him walking around the streets in Asia. He said the people there giggled and pointed at his tallness but otherwise it was ok.

Lillys smell really good. I hope I don't accidentally blend them and make lilly juice.

Then Claire and I went to Star Bar which by the was might be one of my favorite little bars and I never go there for some reason. Maybe cause it's a little pricey. But if you go early it's really mello and fun. I drank a cosmo because my name is Carrie Bradshaw and it's 1999. Actually, I drank a few cosmos, but that's neither here nor there.

Then I came home and watched Dirty Dancing. Actually, I put Dirty Dancing on but fell asleep right after "God would't have given you maracas if he didn't want you to shake 'em" but then was strangely suddenly awoken later on by Baby yelling, "I did it for NOTHING!!!". Then I was awoken again by Kris calling cause he was getting out of work and had gotten my message that said "Call me when you get out of work". I tried to convince him that he had't woken me up but I think I said, "Is it daytime or nighttime?" because I remember him saying, "Ooooh, I DID wake you up...go back to sleep." And that's about all.

All my dreams smelled like lillies.

Today I am having brunch with my friend JP who I always seem to sound like I'm nervously asking out when I call her and then we laugh about it, "Hello, this is Brooke. Would you like to have brunch with me tomorrow?" And then it's off to the burbs for family dinner with Jim and my grandparents and Jims brother and his wife and their kid who I guess would be my cousin although he's only two and it seems weird to have a two year old cousin. I think I have a two year old cousin and a forty year old cousin. That's quite a gap. But when you have six parents that's bound to happen I guess.

So, I guess this blog was really just a recap of the past couple days, that's not very exciting, sorry. But my house is clean and lillified and my bed is made and my clothes are all clean and the sun is out and I'm about to go eat a serious amount of bacon and eggs...so it's shaping up to be a great weekend. My friend called me this morning sad about some guy (what else?) and she said "What should I do?" and I found my answer being "Pepperonni pizza dipped in ranch dressing". She was like, "Yeah...you're right." My expanded advice was, "Cut your loses, have a dance party in your living room, eat something revolting for lunch, and stop being so controlling." Solid advice for most situations I think.
"A Dance Party in my living room?"
"Yeah, if guys are going to label girls who have emotions as "f-ing crazy" we might as well live up to our reputations right?"
She told me in return that I had to wear an insane amount of lip gloss today, that was my mission. And I was going to until I realized that last night's experiment with liquid eyeliner has left me looking less than glamorous this morning and if I add an insane amount of lip gloss I will look like the world's saddest drag queen. By the by, have any of you ever worn liquid eyeliner? I found it yesterday and forgot that I had it, don't know where I got it even. But that is an art isn't it? Whoa.

I'm sitting to close too the lilies now and I'm starting to sneeze, so I gotta run.

Everybody eat something disgustingly good today though ok? Or have a little dance party in your living room. Or buy yourself a lilly.