'nuff said

programing note

i realize this playlist has been up forever, and i'm sorry. i'm sick of it too. but with the vacation, then the event, then trying to get caught up on everything else (i still haven't begun unboxing my office), i just haven't gotten around to it. bear with me.

thank god you're here

have you seen the commercials for the new show 'thank god you're here'? the premise is that comedians are given costumes and put on sets and in scenes that they know nothing about. a slightly different take on tv improv.

i am a big lover of improv. all throughout high school, my favorite days were days we had a substitute in drama class. it meant we would spend an entire class period doing improv. sometimes it was funny. sometimes it wasn't. but it was always a blast.

i can appreciate the talent required for this particular theatrical genre, and find that it is one i am always amused by.

the show doesn't premiere for a few more days, but nbc has put the first episode online here.

enjoy.

buses

short story short, it looks like california has ended before it really began. i'm bummed, but i'll survive. california is really far, and it's in a different time zone. man. i'm bummed.

trying to console me today, one of the guys at work told me that men are like buses. i think he meant that another one is always coming, but i simply responded by asking 'you mean, when you step out in front of one, they run you over?'

in telling that story to steph, she turned me on to this poem by wendy cope:

Bloody men are like bloody buses
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear.

You look at them flashing their indicators,
Offering you a ride.
You're trying to read the destinations,
You haven't much time to decide.

If you make a mistake, there is no turning back.
Jump off, and you'll stand there and gaze
While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by
And the minutes, the hours, the days.

always a lover of analogies, i couldn't let this one pass. i think it is extremely multi-layered.

in other news, i spent my evening hanging out with one of my other favorite couples, aaron and cindy. i think aaron may post some really terrible pics of me on his blog, which i may or may not link to;)

aaron threatened me with domestic tranquility tonight, and he delivered. other people's domestic tranquility is oddly comforting these days, and the chance to spend more time with caius is icing on the cake. tristan is darling too, but he's too young to care that i'm there.

oooh! i learned a new word tonight. does anyone (anyone but aaron, and without looking at a dictionary) know what 'gracile' means? no cheating!

a monday worth posting about

corey and jill returned from their honeymoon on friday and tried to avoid me all weekend. the nerve!

finally, i guilt tripped them in to letting come see their new married abode last night. though there aren't many recently returned honeymooning friends i would dare to see so soon, these two are the exception. we enjoyed dinner and catching up, and i loved having the opportunity to hear about all the little behind-the-scenes wedding details. mostly though, i just loved spending time with them.

sometimes it can be difficult being a single girl with single friends, and having to transition to single girl with married friends. i find that typically when friends get engaged, i withdraw. inevitably, i just feel like i am intruding, and i respect that it is a time of great change and re-prioritizing. as such, it is interesting to look back and see where marriage killed a friendship, and where it allowed it to fluorish. though unfair, i put the responsibility more on the soon to be or already married friends. i guess i just figure that my schedule is more flexible, so i wait for their phone calls.

corey and jill have been outstanding about making efforts to keep me in their lives. during their engagement, i often got phone calls inviting me to dinner, even though i basically stopped initiating such gatherings.

and every time i joined them, i never found it awkward or uncomfortable. i never felt like a third wheel, but instead always passed the time laughing and engaging in one another's lives. though i did not expect that would change with the exchange of vows, it was still a relief to have that affirmed.

i seriously love spending time with these two.

(this pic is apparently jill's favorite)

i recently realized that with my continued lack of interest in singles activities, the balance will soon shift, and i will have more married friends than single ones. i'm not sure that gets me any closer to my goal of finding my own partner, but at the same time, i find that my relationships are becoming more meaningful, and i am connecting to people in a way that is new for me.

i have a feeling this is just the first of many new things in the months ahead, so i guess it's time to get used to the idea!