A Happy Reminder

by Studio Muti

Shiver Like A Stone

Silver Swans - Secrets (Numbers Stations Remix)

And how!

And how!

DJ Colour Wolf - click here to go to his Soundcloud page

Shana blasting off into OUTER SPACE!!

F is for Friends who do stuff together!
U is for You and me!
N is for Anywhere and anytime at all,
Down here in the deep blue sea!

Spongebob Squarepants - F.U.N.



After much tequila consumption, we paraded our way over to the next locale:

Super Mario Parade in Brazil



Then things just got great. Here is a photo of Kayt, Shana, and I singing in the kitchen.

We're starting a band. It was decided.

When Andy McP has had some hard alcohol, she consistently ends up at a 7-11 or Family Mart in search of "treats". "Treats" may be defined as the following: chips, chocolate, ice cream, peanuts, garlic broad beans, tuna rice triangles, vegetable fried rice, pudding flavored Hi Chews, almonds, and sweet potatoes.

And how!!

Thanks Mulder and Scully!

Then I spied a comfy comforter and fell asleep, to delightful dreams:

Friends With You - Dance For Joy



The best kinds of parties: Ones where you meet awesome people, make new friends, sing in kitchens, fall asleep, wake up, and you're still there and they're still going...

Impermanence and Permanence

Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon

There are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon 
Summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon 
And she chose a yard to burn but the ground remembers her 
Wooden spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms 

There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days 
Autumn blew the quilt right off the perfect bed she made 
And she's chosen to believe in the hymns her mother sings 
Sunday pulls its children from their piles of fallen leaves 

There are sailing ships that pass all our bodies in the grass 
Springtime calls her children 'till she let's them go at last 
And she's chosen where to be, though she's lost her wedding ring 
Somewhere near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds 

There are things we can't recall, blind as night that finds us all 
Winter tucks her children in, her fragile china dolls 
But my hands remember hers, rolling 'round the shaded ferns 
Naked arms, her secrets still like songs I'd never learned 

There are names across the sea, only now I do believe 
Sometimes, with the windows closed, she'll sit and think of me 
But she'll mend his tattered clothes and they'll kiss as if they know 
A baby sleeps in all our bones, so scared to be alone

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Perspective

Little Yellow Spider

Tonight after dinner we decided to do something small and epic. But what?

Spontaneous silly hat photoshoot? Outdoor chalk drawings?

But then we decided to draw pictures while listening to music. 

Here is my illustration for Little Yellow Spider by Devandra Banhardt

Confusion = Laughter

Today started off with an earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.9! I was awake in my bed reading about Shintoism and all of a sudden my bed started to shake like it was possessed. 

Was I dreaming? How much tequila DID I drink last night? 

So I did what I always do when I want to check on current events: I went on Facebook and watched the status updates. Sure enough, it was an earthquake.

What was next on this epic day of adventure?

My house-guest extraordinaire and I took a really long time assembling ourselves. First we had to do some super-charged cleaning. You see, last night we threw open the doors of my small closet in search of the most epic outfits possible on my limited wardrobe. We made a mess. What did we come up with?

May we present to you, King Tut Tiger and Scout Leader.

This gorgeous girl was my inspiration. I wanted to bring a mug with me too.

Here are some cleaning songs from this afternoon:

Lawrence Welk - Calcutta

The Muppet Show - Mahna Mahna

Manu Chao - Bongo Bong

Result? My apartment is SPARKLING!

Joseph is a friend from Canada. We attended the most amazing arts high-school together. 

We are both very creative and like to laugh a lot. 

We have started taking notes about our adventures and our shared opinions. Some of them are as follows:

Beards = hot

Sweatpants = hot!

Lumberjacks = hot!

Is your beard biblical? Does it have snow in it? = POUNCE!

Morning workouts = good

Garlic broad beans are good (and bad!)

Fried mushrooms are the bomb.

All the songs from Juno are great:

Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You

NO DRAMAAAAAAA!!!

We have rainbow fans!

As the apartment became more and more organized I took notice of the suicidal poinsettia plant lurking near my front door. It was time for that dead plant to get the f*ck out of my apartment. So Joseph let it ride in the elevator for a while.

We laughed for about 10 minutes straight and then decided it would be funnier if it had eyes.

So Joseph made eyes for it.

And now it welcomes our neighbors in the hallway:

After laughing like hyenas we finally made it to Tiger City to watch a movie. I have heard so much about the Gold Class theater: they have comfy lazy-boy type chairs, and they serve you food, and give you blankets! So we went there and got confused about what was playing and when. Nothing was posted very clearly. The only thing we had to go on was a printed list with the names of the films and the showtimes. CONFUSING! I can't read Chinese so we blindly chose a movie called "This Means War". It said "Romantic Comedy" and we really don't like romcoms, but we just went with it. 

Looking for the ATM was an adventure. It didn't make sense that the ATMs were complicated to get to, and  located in the B2 level of the mall. CONFUSING!! And it didn't make sense that a gangster was using the English interface to cheat me. SO CONFUSED!! BUT SO FUNNY!!

The more confused we became the more funny everything was. 

We decided that confusing + confusing + confusing = hilarity.

We finally made it back up to the top floor and wandered around in a store with crazy stuff. After laughing at a million things I found these funny little dolls. They said "Honey Shake: serving you in a very tender way" on them. I couldn't figure out if they were filled with sweet stuff or what. CONFUSING! but then I realized they were vibrators! I bought this hilarious little cowboy guy. Hilarious!!

On our way to the Gold Class theater we got lost again. Confusedly we found the elevators, but they were taking so long to come. More confusion = hilariousness.

Then, we made it! Sort of. The entrance area looked like a cafe. Our movie started in 5 minutes, and the hostess was asked us to sit down at a small table and gave us a menu! CONFUSING! We picked out drinks and popcorn and went with it, while laughing and being completely confused of course. 

(By this time the word "confused" should be replaced by "bewildered".)

In the end, we made it to this incredible cushy theater. 

We were offered blankets, and reclined in pillowy Lazyboy chairs.

The trailers started to run. There are a lot of cool movies coming out soon. One of them seemed to have Tom Hardy in it. "I LOVE Tom Hardy!", I said to Joseph. I proceeded to oogle Tom Hardy on screen. Then I realized that the movie had started and it featured Tom Hardy. Most excellent! Hooray for today!

We agree. Tom Hardy is exceptionally hot.

The movie was quite good and we laughed a lot. Maybe it was because the movie was really funny, or maybe we were already on a roll. There were explosions and nice outfits and spectacular romantic scenarios. 

Tom Hardy was being his sexy delicious self. Glad I bought that cowboy! 

This Means War Trailer

The weather is FREEZING and we had to drive back on the scoot. Luckily, I had my panda costume in the trunk so Joseph wore it for the ride back, to the amusement and confusion of fellow motorists.

When we got back in we Googled Tom Hardy and now know that he is going to be in the next Batman movie. EXCITING! I don't have many celebrity crushes, probably because a lot of my attraction is based on attitude and personality, but Tom Hardy has the attitude + looks combo.

The Dark Knight Rises Trailer

So all in all, a really funny day. At this rate I will have deep crow's feet by the end of the week. 

What fun adventures lie in store for tomorrow?