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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Livin' the Dream, Huh?

Our friend, Jeremy, was over the other night. He and Cory were laughing about an encounter they had a couple of weeks ago while out at a bar watching basketball. A visibly drunk, slurring guy leans over and says to Jeremy, "I like your watch. That a Rolex?" To which Jeremy laughs, "Ah, thanks. Its actually a Swiss Army." The drunk guy leans back, takes a pregnant pause, nodding his head in Jeremy's direction. He then utters possibly the best line ever, "Living the dream, huh?"

After I finished laughing we got to talking about how that line would be great on a t-shirt. But you'd have to juxtapose it with an image of a '84 Fiero. Because really, nothing says livin' the dream like a cherry red Fiero.

[Best part of the above photo: Look closely down the center- that is definitely a fold mark. This was totally a spread in a hot rod mag. I can only imagine that some finely-mulleted young man once hung this with love and care next to his Paulina Porizkova SI Swimsuit Issue cover.]

For your additional viewing pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnn6Igw0q8

In other news: Hallelujah, today is April 7th. College basketball is over (just in time for Red Sox Opening Day). I hear that UNC won. Great... big deal. Bigger deal... Cory won his pool. Yahoo!

And finally one last thing, thanks to those who have left comments. They've made my day. If you leave me a comment with a question in it, I'll reply to you in the comments section of that post. Thanks so much for reading! I hope you're finding it mildly entertaining.

Off to go work on my t-shirt design. For the record, don't you worry, the patent is pending.

6 comments:

AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 10:25 PM
hey, julia,
i'm isabel's friend ryan from denver... just missed you last week when i came out to meet little julian. just wanted to let you know that i like what i've read so far, and keep it up! another hilarious blogger you might like is smartypants.diaryland.com. she's also a sarcastic cool mommy lady. i will keep reading! keep on living the dream...
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Julia C.April 8, 2009 at 9:45 AM
hey ryan, thanks for reading. i love me some mimismartypants! i've been reading her blog for a couple of years. she is very witty. sorry i missed you when you were in town. isabel told me you had a great visit. we'll have to catch up next time you come. Have a great day and I will keep on livin' the dream!
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AnonymousApril 8, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Um hello, my mother drove and absolutely loved her red fiero in the early 90s. No idea what year it was, but to this day, it's her favorite car that she has ever owned. She lived the dream. It looked just like the one in your pic.
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kmillerApril 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM
I am LOVING your blog, Julia. You write so well (thanks to Mr. Cook, of course), in a real, funny and thoughtful way that totally captures the essence of you! This is so much better than FB - I don't feel 3,000 miles away! You've inspired me to want to start a blog!
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Julia C.April 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Bri, please tell me you are the 2nd anonymous poster!! This post was a tribute to your mom. If only I had a pic of her at the wheel in her heyday!
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Julia C.April 9, 2009 at 12:17 PM
thanks, mills. if you start a blog then we could just stroke each other's ego, each and every day via the comments section.
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My "Enough Talking/More Doing" List

Consume smaller amount of new goods. Before buying something new, look at 2nd hand stores and craigslist, freecycle, eBay, etc.
Create a 'workshop' in the house
Eat more organic/natural foods and less processed foods. DONE: Thanks to garden and bday gift of Boston Organics.
Find a way to work in tropical location for the month of January
Go back to St. John. DONE. UPDATE: Try and get back to St. John every 2.5 years.
Go on one girls weekend a year
Grow a successful garden. DONE. Semi-successful home and community garden.
Lose the last baby lbs. DONE. UPDATED: Keep off baby lbs.
Run a 5K. DONE. UPDATE: Run a 5K every year.
Take a photo composition class
Try something new every month.
Wear more sunscreen this summer. DONE- wore 30 mostly all summer.

Non-Facebook 25ish Things

When I was 20, I traveled to Grenada in the West Indies. I didn't know where exactly it was until I saw a map in the airport.
To date, I've had 7 surgeries- 4 knee, 1 back, 1 wisdom teeth, 1 c-section. Fortunately and unfortunately I enjoy painkillers.
On my wedding day, a black cat crossed our path and hung around for photos. Is that a bad omen?
My daughter is named (her middle name) after my sister. My nephew is named after me. That makes me smile.
My husband and daughter are tall, thin, and have curly hair. Sufficed to say, I am the complete opposite.
I've never been pulled over. I've now cursed myself. UPDATE: I was pulled over for speeding on 4/22. Got off with just a warning. Thank you, kind officer.
I've been to Crackow, Poland. Its just as grey as you picture it.
My baby is 1/4 Polish/Russian Jew, 1/4 Azorean Portuguese, 1/4 Ecuadorian, 1/16 Frech Canadian, 1/16 Scottish, 1/16 Irish, and 1/16 British (I think).
I've been in therapy on and off for about 10 years. I am currently 'on.'
I've always been afraid of traveling to the moon. I know, its irrational, but for some reason, I've always imagined that travel to the moon would become normal in my lifetime and I'd be pressured to go and that scares me to no end. That scene from Apollo 13 where they're in the space shuttle and see the face of the moon for the first time terrifies me.
I'm a Cancer so I hold a sick grudge. Its not a good personality trait.
My parents divorced when I was 11. I haven't seen/talked to my father in 15 years. That's a longer story for a longer day.
I was at Disney World when I was 13, I saw Nitro and Gemini from American Gladiators.
I have an unhealthy relationship with peanut butter. It is banned from my house.
I hate scary movies and roller coasters. I hate everything that makes my heart stop... its really just taking precious moments off the end of my life.
I get a rush out of condensing things. Like putting things into smaller tuppeware containers. Its odd, I know.
I don't own an iPod. I don't know how to download music. I don't have a Facebook profile. I'm surprised Blogger allowed me to have a Blog.
I can't really remember many details of my childhood. The one that I do remember happened when I was in the 1st grade. A girl across from me at the lunch table was playing with a packet of tartar sauce. It exploded like a cannon and shot into my butt-long hair. Have you ever tried to wipe tartar sauce out of your hair? It leaves its essence behind.
I can eat an entire cheese pizza without batting an eyelash. I'm both proud and ashamed of that fact.
I am really adept at catching things w/ one hand. 2 hands is another story.
I am NOT an animal person. Recently my husband told me, completely deadpan, that he would have re-considered marrying me if I was truly an animal person. Guess I lucked out.
I am named after my paternal great-grandmother.
5 years ago, when my sister was 27, she battled and beat breast cancer. She's my hero.
1 week after college graduation, I traveled with my husband (then boyfriend) to Thailand for a month.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Livin' the Dream, Huh?

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