what have we been up to?

This is a collage commemorating Andrew's quarter. Please note: the hair (which is actually two weeks bigger as he became ill and never got it cut), the books that took over my home, and the things that look like children's art (because it is, but Andrew wrote rough drafts over the top of it and then spent EXTRA time deciphering over the butterflies).


And me. My census came. I am thrilled. I have waited so long to participate in this genealogical dream and civic duty... And the lip craziness you can see in the photo healed after being given topical steroids.

Good times!

sometimes I get this song stuck in my head

This post is dedicated to my husband, who at 4:45 p.m. finally completed all his papers and chapters and who is sporting not only a sexy 'stache, but also crazy hair and a wild beard.

(For those of you who think that video is the strangest thing you've ever seen, it is Divine Comedy from BYU, which Andrew and I used to go see, doing a parody of Justin Timberlake's Sexy/Back.)

Ethnic Holidays

I am tired of ethnic holidays that have an entirely different meaning in the "home country" being hijacked.

St. Patrick's Day. In Ireland, a religious holiday. Took an interesting turn with the mass immigration to the United States, lots of green, die a river, talk like a leprechaun, ok, whatever. Never mind that the color St. Patrick was originally associated with was blue. Don't get me wrong- it has been a feast day for a long time, and that always involves alcohol. Now: excuse to wear green lingerie, go downtown, get drunk.

Cinco de Mayo. Although everyone thinks of this as some kind of liberation day for all of Mexico from Spain, it is really only a big deal for the state of Puebla and it was actually from the French. Not even a federal holiday for the rest of Mexico. Mexico has an actual Independence Day, which is September 16. In finding 'evidence' to support a work argument, I even happened upon one of my favorite sentences on Wikipedia ever: "Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day, which actually is September 16, the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico, nor is it The Day of the Dead, which occurs on November the 1st and 2nd." In other words, don't combine all Mexican holidays into Cinco de Mayo, drunken frat boys. Spread out your opportunities to get wasted throughout the whole year AND appear more culturally sensitive. I wonder if a candy calavera can hold beer?

Look out Chinese New Year. You may be next.

how to defeat your own clone

Michelle Church is visiting!

Michelle Church is kind of like my own clone. In fact, Andrew once inadvertently asked HER on a date because two Michelles lived in the same house...

Ironic then that she would introduce me to her cousin Kyle, who has the ultimate solution to our Michelle #1 Michelle #2 problem: