the champions

Halloween on a Monday? Yeah right, last night was the time to celebrate.

Freddie Mercury & a banana dance it up.


So much yellow for this couple.
Bumble Bee & the 'nanner.


Sweet Pea


Her date, Thug Carrot


Party!




Thug Carrot filling up Robosage's beer pack since he couldn't quite drink it himself.


Banana, Freddie, & the gay redneck


Meth Mouth


Extra Long Cape Man, who wrapped his extra long cape around folks. Apparently, even when he went to the bathroom his cape was so long that it trailed all the way outside.


Garth




Finally taking those damn wings off.
I was sick of apologizing every 10 seconds for slapping people in the face with them.


Veruca Salt




Firecracker Red paint sample & Sweet Pea























Proud to be one of the last dancers dancin.
Thank the lord for daylight savings time and lazy sunday afternoons.

two nights

Todd and I have gone out of town the last THREE weekends in a row. I wonder if I will ever get caught up on sleep. I doubt it, but it's definitely worth it. This past weekend Seth, Todd, & I drove about an hour and a half away from Fayetteville and set up camp (in the dark). We woke up the next day, had the most amazing breakfast next to the campfire, and then around noon 13 more friends met up with us. Camping has never really been my thing, but I'm happy to report that I had a blast.













High Life, Oreo fun packs, and 50 cent tabacco hats.


Ed, the guy who looks after the camp grounds.






Skipping rocks by the bluff
















Tooo many smores


Toooo many beers


Log rollin'


Blasting Kelly Clarkson




Once it got later, we decided to take a walk where we happened upon a party lit up by electronic PALM TREES. Of course we invited ourselves right on in where we also discovered two self serve bars and a fuse ball table. A band was about to start up which supposedly featured the brother of a guy from Evenenesence. But once a bongo drum was whipped out, we soon decided to return to our camp.

Menu of the bar we raded


Random party wierdos


The party crashers


Back at our site




Sunday morning everyone was a little foggy and the weather was cold.
Todd's do-nuts made everything better though.


This crazy kid, Keller, who talked like Forest Gump kept coming by to hang out with us.


The mess of the night before..


Can't wait to do it again.

cha ching

Todd, Jessica, and I drove the 4 hours up to Kansas City on Friday to meet up with friends and have some out of town fun. That night we saw Lucero, Decibully, & Blackpool Lights (the old singer of the Get Up Kids' new band). Although the show was great, the venue was pathetic. If you wanted to drink, you had to stand in the back - in a CAGE. Then on top of that, the "bar" menu consisted of a piece of cardboard with PBR and about 3 other drinks scribbled on it. Then, of course, the "bar" ran out of drinks. So before the end of the night, the cardboard had lines drawn through just about everything. After the show we were all starrrving, so we ended up eating breakfast at 1 am. Once safe & sound back at Seth's loft we slept till almost noon the next day.


Anne & Jessica lookin cute before the show


Lucero


Decibully


Although it looks like a picture of a Suicide Girls flyer.. I really meant to catch the flyer underneath, which I first thought was for a metal band called:
Oprah!


Waiting around


Bev, Me, Jess, & Seth


Aaron, Bev, & Blackool Lights


What the H?


breakfast & freezing





The next day a bunch of us met up at a breezy lil pizza joint that had THE biggest slices of pizza I think I've ever seen. We ate every single one of them too.







Round the corner..







From there it was on to the first casino that I've been to since I won enough money to buy this little iBook that I love so much. The only big winner this time was Aaron who hit the jackpot when he won 10 bucks on the penny slots. I only lost 15 dollars, but still managed to have about 2 hours worth of fun.













I didn't think anything could be as fun as slot machines and bloody marys, but I was most definitely wrong. We headed straight out into the fields of Missouri for a Corn Maze adventure...

View from above... It's freakin huge.










Rotten corn everywhere
















Overall, the weekend was simply spectacular.
Life is good.

girls girls girls

I have been taking so many pictures, I can't keep up with myself.

A short recap of the week:
School keeps getting more and more intense. However, I was one of the few to test out of my Journalism writing course, so now I get to sleep late every Thursday for the rest of the semester.
The Canadian Tuxedos won their first softball game!
Finally got around to selling another round on Ebay.
Got a new dress (see above).
Went to Kansas City... again.
Had girls night for the first time in forever...

Just a few of the pictures from that night.
(Somehow we ended up with free shots, bottles of wine, and a kitten on our table.)











Next stop, Kansas City.

b.e.s.t.

Another week of madness. And by madness, I mean total awesomeness. Saturday I got off work at the very last minute, so Todd & I were able to drive up to Kansas City to attend Seth & Aaron's party (which was to celebrate that they've been friends for 20 years). It was a total blast, especially since other Fayetteville friends came up as well.

Before the party the ladies took a trip to the grocery store, but got side tracked at Urban Outfitters.
Veggie dumplings a shirt I scored for $2.70!


Bev, Laura, & I


FACEBALL!


Anyone know who's burrito this is??


Hello My Name Is...














Snake Island in full effect








Sunday morning we all met up for lunch at this place called the Flea Market. It's an actual flea market, but is also a bar/restuarant. Apparently legend has it that a serial killer use to have a booth there and he sold weird bone jewelry. Amazing.





As for the rest of the week, I really only need to talk about one day and that's my birthday. I turned a quarter of a century old this year, but it was seriously the best birthday ever. It all started a couple days before my birthday when I received a couple early presents. One from Kerri (a gift certifcate that I used to buy some new fancy blue jeans) and one from Todd (an Arkasas hoodie I've been wanting).

On my actual birthday I was delivered a vase full of flowers thanks to my dear Brandy & her fam.
Lovely!




That night Todd & I had reservations for dinner. Before hand he gave me Sims 2, which by the way is amazingly addictive. Anyways, he wouldn't tell me where we were going, but he said it was pretty casual. I didn't understand why you needed reservations for a casual place, but you never know.. Next thing I know he had made a wrong turn and it seemed like we were going to be late for our 7:30 reservation. Todd takes little side roads that I assume are short cuts, but before I knew it we were stopped in front of Laura & Eric's house.

What? Laura is cooking us dinner? How incredibly sweet!

We go inside where Laura meets me with a hug & I am still a bit confused.
THEN I round the corner...
where I find a room full of friends yelling surprise!

I literally could not believe it. Everything was amazing... We had fajitas, wine, presents, & even my favorite birthday cake of all time (strawberry). Thank you to everyone who helped out with the party and to everyone who left me birthday messages. I wasn't able to respond to them all, but each one means a lot. And a very special thanks to Laura for hosting an event that I will never forget!















Birthday loot!

"you get the car, i'll get the night off"

Yet another busy, busy week has passed. School just about killed me with three exams and a paper due, but at least the semester is half way over and I'm looking at some A's.

Built To Spill played on Tuesday. As much as I love them, I wasn't exactly excited to see them since I just their show in Memphis a few months back. They still jammed quite a bit after each one of their songs, but they were good nonetheless. Jessica and I made our own fun by dancin and playing air bongos (not only did they jam, but they also strummed out a reggae-ish song).







My days also consisted of bunnies and roses. Can you get any cuter than that?








As for the weekend, Todd and I watched about 2287 episodes of Six Feet Under. Now every where I go I feel like I'm going to die in some random & tragic way. We took a break on Saturday night to meet up with friends and walk in a single file line on Dickson St. for Bikes, Blues, & BBQ. I'm glad I went, but it seriously got old after about 15 minutes.



Mmmmm - corn and thongs.






The people watching was prime.


At least they had tie-died onesies for sale!




Now it's Sunday, the calm before the storm that is next week. I'm off to enjoy it..