Shout Out

One for me. And one for my homies. In NEW YORK...



Miss you guys! Give Lady Lib a kiss for me.

Halloween in the Texmex

For Halloween I went home to Texas...my little brother, Jeff, and I took a roadtrip to San Antonio where our other brother, Joe, is going to dental school. Joe and his roommates are notorious for their parties so I figured I should make it out to one at least once in my life. Clay and the Johnsen crew joined us...it was memory-makin' time to say the least...

We stopped at Buc-ee's...maybe the best truck stop I've ever been to in my life. Seriously. Any place that makes a name for themselves via their Beaver mascot is kind of amazing and deserves my patronage.

And this is Clay while we were filling up our gas at Buc-ee's. I've stopped trying to make explanations for him. He's just everyone's favorite spaz.


We got to San Antonio and Jeffy was the DJ for the evening and threw down some amazing beats for us all night...DJ JiggyJeffreyG...halla.

And here are Joe and his roommates...the hosts w/ the mosts...

Joe was a Woopie Cushion...obviously. He did some warm ups for me while we were getting ready. It was good work.


I was Tina Turner. But I felt like I was 50 yrs old b/c half the people at the party were like "who's tina turner?" I wanted to slap them. Who asks that question, seriously?

Megan was Bon Qui Qui...which was brilliant.

"Don't interrupt...rude. Sucurrrrity!"

And Clay was a pimp. Of course. He was feeling pretty good about himself this night.

Until I got phenomenally grossed out by his man-cleave. Seriously. I wanted to puke on his b-cups. But he was kind of proud of it -- almost as proud as he is of his gold watch.

But thank goodness Lederhosen Pat graced us with his presence. I've been waiting years to meet this kid, who is the yin to Joe's yang. He was everything I dreamed and more...


He was even willing to hike up his lederhosen when I asked him to make them hot pants for me...

See...yin & yang.

The party went all night long...just like Lionel Richie said.
It was complete w/ black lights, strobe lights, fog machines, give-away prizes, dance-offs, etc. It was all biznazz with these dudes.

Joe & Amanda...so cute...

Again - no idea. We just let him do his thang.
But then I did my thang (the wig got dumped by 2am. I can't live up to Tina)...and Clay watched in wonderment...

As we were winding down Joe ditched the Woopie and decided that his tights were the better outfit option for clean-up... NO SHAME, baby...



Thanks to the boys in San Antonio for a great party! And thanks to JiggyJeffreyG for droppin' a hot beat and giving me the gift of BUC-EEs. My brothers rule.

Get ready...

Because maybe I'm going to PHX in a few weeks to watch a certain vampire movie premier with a certain clazzy lady named Jenna. We are going to drown ourselves in diet coke and annoying pre-pubescent teen girls and lady boys.

Jenna, here's to life-size cardboard cut-outs of Rob Pattinson in your kitchen and sometimes your bed...
Can't wait.

Homesick

I get homesick for 2 places: Hawaii and NYC.

I was just checking out some photos my friend Mark took...so today it's NYC...

Costumes

My brother Jeff and I are attending our brother, Joe's, annual out-of-control Halloween bash in San Antonio this year.

But we need costumes. I was thinking we could be Bobby Light and Black Lavendar:

He would have to wear purple, though. Not sure how he feels about that.

Joey & Flipper...Friends Forever

So my friend showed me a youtube clip today that triggered one of my favorite memories of growing up with my brothers...

Background:
We were living in Australia at the time. I think I was 4, because Joe (my little brother) was about 3. And Justin (my older brother) was probably 6. At this point in his life, Joey had an unhealthy love for Flipper the Dolphin. Joey also wore correctional shoes b/c his little feet turned in.

We all kind of looked like this...Jus' head looks really big here. And Joe (the brown kid front and center) looks like he pretty much always does:


The Story:
My parents had just drained our swimming pool for cleaning.

Justin: Hey Joe! Flipper is in the pool! Flipper is in the pool! Hurry!
Joe runs at full speed out of the house and takes a nose dive into the empty pool and shatters his nose.
The End.

I think Justin got grounded for a long time, and I know its messed up, but man this story makes me laugh. Really hard. Mostly because who nose dives into an empty pool? Sweet gullible Joey, that's who.

So here's the youtube clip in honor of Joey and his friend Flipper:

A post-birthday Tongan surprise

Richie. I can't quite seem to escape him.

He came to Boulder this weekend as a belated birthday present. And maybe we had the greatest time...

We had the best weather so we decided to hit up Estes Park and all it's amazingness...

We stopped at this place on the way...I think I spent $75 on all sorts of cherry crap. But it was delish.

But here's the stuff we found in Estes that blew our minds...
A sunken in house. We are still confused as to how this all came to be:

Amazing window displays:

Great holiday gift ideas:

A new friend for Richie. A beaver...how ironic:

Belt buckles galore at the biker store...don't worry, we both purchsed killer best friend buckles with elk on them:

And then maybe I was also reminded of what it's like to hang out with Richie...because I catch him doing things like this:

We also went for a hike...he was like Kanye in the mountains...such a ham.

It was also convenient that it was Bring Your Tongan Best Friend to Work Day...so Richie got to check out the ad agency that's better than his (ZING!)...
I showed him how we make the magic happen. On small trikes.

And the I showed him the art of drinking and riding...



Thanks for bringing your royal brownness to Boulder, Rich. Maybe one of the greatest birthday treats ever!

My gut still hurts from laughing. Such a good feeling.

Getting older in Boulder...

So maybe I had a birthday this weekend. And here's my top 4 best things that happened this weekend:

1. My bestie, Em, sent me a SHAKE WEIGHT in the mail. This gem has been the butt of many jokes in my office for a while now. And when we let the real thing loose in the halls of my agency, it was game over. Watch closely - Leslie gives a stellar performance, and we learn that pregnant creative directors that look like Margret Cho can do the shake weight, too:



2. Joe, Dave and Nici conspired with my office mates to surprise me by driving out to Boulder from SLC for my big day...

But thanks to the freak-early snow storm we got this weekend they got stuck on a closed down highway in Wyoming. I mean, could you ask for greater friends?? I felt so bad that they never made it here, but that was the greatest gesture o' love I've ever received!


3. Down and durrrrty Mexican with some of the best people I know...(let's here it for Ryan and Dani moving to Colorado! I'm starting a trend...who's next??)

Maybe Dani's margarita was called "man berries". No joke.

Don't worry, mine was virgin...

Ryan, double-fisting it.

And don't mind the d-bag in the window killing our group glamor shot...

4. And to top it all off, little Max sent me this photo of himself in his "never-nude" shorts, dressed up like Tobias from Arrested Development...good to see the Parisians love good ol' fashioned American humor...and denim cut-offs...(his man boobs rock)

Thanks for a great birthday! And here's to hopefully not having to freeze my eggs one day!

Missing my family...

And here's just one example why: