Okay, the derrrama going on over at Once More Headquarters. Man, I have gotten behind in the blog upkeep but one story at a time....
A few weekends ago, my buddy Scott from Texas was up in Boston for a few days (and for those at the firm "KT Borgan", he also answers to "Scooter")and I played host for part of a weekend...and my apologies, Scott, for being quite possibly the boring-est host on the planet. Here he is checking up on his fantasy baseball team or some such.
But, the awesome part (other than seeing my dear friend)? Dude brought PRESENTS, y'all. Oh yes he did.
FYI to anyone who wants to know...I LOVE PRESENTS. You did not know this? Write this down if you must. It will always hold true, that is my personal gar-ron-tee.
The gifts were 3.5-fold. First, were some photos. Unbeknownst to me, I had left a disposable camera at his house in Texas....FIVE YEARS AGO. He got the pictures developed (finally) and was all, "??" Obviously he recognized me, but he was not sure of the fella.
The fella happened to be my bro. In these pictures he is wearing a "halo" because about 3 months prior, he had been in a horrific car accident which almost killed him but instead, let him off the hook with 2 broken vertebrae in his neck (the 2 that you can without becoming paralyzed) and a gazillion fractures in his right leg (which required surgeries and screws). Oh, did you know that halos are screwed directly into the skull? Yeah, I didn't until this happened to my brother. Kinda gross. Poor kid.
As he was stationed in the Marines in southern California, I wasn't able to get out right away to see him, so these pictures were from my one and only trek out there. I am so happy I have them now.
The one downside in seeing a picture of yourself from 5 years ago for the first time ever? The "uuh" factor.
"Uhh, 28 was very good to me," and "uuh, someone needs to layoff the junk and hit the gym more than once a month."
"Uhhh..."
Anywaaaaays, I wasn't able to sit and stew in my "uuh" state for too long as I was handed yet another gift. UNDERPANTS! Scott had remembered a post I'd written lamenting my plight of no underwears. And so he presented me with 2 pairs (that means 2, not 4, right?) of boxer briefs in not only kicky colors but also? The wrong size (ah, the conundrum of buying women's intimates. I got them in a size TOO BIG). I'll still wear them because a) they comfy and b) knowing me like I do, undoubtedly I will run out again.
He did, however, save the best for last: a CD of 77 songs from Grey's Anatomy Seasons 1 and 2. Ohmigod I cannot tell you how Best, Awesome, Cannot-stop-listening-to-it greatness this compilation is. Compiled IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE (not just by season) and I don't know, but you should just be jealous of me. If you are nice, I may let you listen to it sometime and if you say something nice to me like you like my hair (color 143423423 change) or "my, have you lost weight? you look grand!" perhaps I'll do a little "Pay it Forward" and hook you up. Maybe. (right now I'm listening to the very gorgeous "Other Side of the World" by KT Tunstall.) Out of the 70 some odd songs, I'd say only a handful I'm a little "eh" on. Given the depth of this list, that is some good numbers, folks.
(okay, now I'm listening to the exquisite, moody "One" by Tina Dico. People, download this shit if you can't wait for me. If you think either of these suck ass, I'll mail ya the damn buck. Well,... go on then.)
The .5 in this was he threw in another CD mix of stuff he thought I'd like. Man, talking about hooking a sista up.
And then to go for the quadrafecta, I asked him to show me how to download/upload songs from other sites that were not iTunes and into iTunes as when I tried, songs kept going bye-bye on me. A clear indication I was doing it all sorts of wrong. After reviewing the situation, his analysis cited something about temporary caches and flux capacitors, and clicking a button secretly labeled "add file" under "File" or whatever. Very, very techinical and complicated. Heh, yeah, so maybe I should have read the manual. Anyway, now paying 10 cents for a song never felt so good. So good I feel like I'm being bad, if ya know what I mean. And I think you do. (uh, so what if it's a Russian website? what's your point?)
Between my brother's visit in which he vacumed and took out the trash and now this ...yeah, thinkin' I like this hostess business.
So, wanna come over my house? I could use some help with the laundry and maybe you could bring some magazines and groceries, too?
Hey, when people come to my house all they bring is clothing that says "I hosted people for the weekend and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
Ummm... heh. Bad joke.
Seriously, he sounds like an awesome houseguest. Think he needs to come to DC anytime soon?
And man girl, you were hott! Now that you aren't still hot (miss little size 6 woman) but MANNN!
Speaking of size 6 and gifts, I have this really nice pair of Banana Republic pants that size --ya want 'em?
Posted by: Nancy | June 21, 2006 at 09:21 AM
I've gotta stop lookin at Flickr pictures first. I saw Brian and nearly fainted...OHMYGOD! not again! Nice post. Sweet friend! Knows all your soft spots!
Posted by: Teri | June 21, 2006 at 09:25 AM
God, I wish I look as good at 28 as you do in those pics.
Posted by: mamatulip | June 21, 2006 at 09:45 AM
WORK BLOCKED FLICKR AND ALL OTHER PHOTO SITES!!!! NOOOO I can't see ANYTHING you post from there or link from there....I now have to actually use my work computer for dare i say...WORK and log on to my personal computer for....all the fun stuff. Man oh man that bites.
Posted by: Emily | June 21, 2006 at 09:45 AM
I remember thinking the same thing when a friend recently showed me pics from an wedding from six years ago... 1. Where the hell did the time go and 2. Where the hell did my waist go. It's all good - you still look lovely ;) But those pics are the bomb. And I love how old pics bring back old experiences like that...almost like you can smell the sand and surf. Good times.
Posted by: Rocky | June 21, 2006 at 10:17 PM
P the hell S?
Is that the guy who made the compilations that you mentioned months ago that I wanted to love forever and ever? Is that him? Also lovely.
Posted by: Rocky | June 21, 2006 at 10:19 PM
rocky, no that was my buddy Mark.
Posted by: Jen | June 21, 2006 at 10:29 PM
Where do you get so many good-looking and cool male friends? Damn.
Posted by: Rocky | June 22, 2006 at 08:59 AM
Is this the same bro now going through the issues?
Posted by: Dawn | June 22, 2006 at 02:00 PM
yeah, the only one I got.
Posted by: Jen | June 22, 2006 at 02:04 PM
Give me a year or so, I may be ready for a new husband....
Posted by: Dawn | June 23, 2006 at 09:35 AM
Every woman should have a guy friend who buys them underwear! How awesome is that? Also, that Grey's CD sounds kick-ass!
I've got about two hundred pounds of magazines in the garage ready for recycling if you want them.
Posted by: Elizabeth | June 24, 2006 at 10:11 PM