links from chris

here they are, i've hoarded them for long enough.  please pardon the language in some of these.  i had to post anyway because a) they read my mind and b) they are so ding-dang funny.

oh, and clicking on the song/article/photo links will totally be worth it.

xoxo

Illuminated Wonder (@illuminatedwndr)

11/13/12, 12:17 AM

my son always tells me how much he wants to be like me. little does he know, just how much more I want to be like him

	NPR News (@nprnews)
10/20/13, 2:10 PM SEE: Banksy's Month (So Far) In New York City n.pr/1ay8S1R

Mental Floss (@mental_floss)

10/20/13, 8:12 AM

Guy Beringer invented brunch. His inspiration: the hangover — bit.ly/19k1Obl

Photographer Captures New Yorkers Kissing for Past 30 Years

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/matt-weber-urban-romance

	Rob ElliottBOT™ (@RobElliottComic)
10/1/13, 1:52 PM *Ross walks up to Rachel on her deathbed *Leans in close *Whispers We were on a break...

Casey. (@casey_csaszar)

8/31/13, 5:05 PM

My son just stopped mid meltdown to eat a Cheerio he found stuck to his leg.

Don't trust them, guys. They're just fucking with you.

Dallas Observer (@Dallas_Observer)

9/30/13, 9:23 AM

Finally, we've reached number 1 in the 50 Most Interesting Restaurants in Dallas. The full list is contained within. blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2013…

	JamBase (@JamBase)
9/26/13, 9:06 AM Start Your Day With A Smile: Watch @jimmyfallon @theroots and members of Sesame Street cast perform Sesame St. theme bit.ly/15vCOdp

	KungPow Turkey (@MacAnnabella)
9/17/13, 7:42 PM How did a pretty girl like you get such a FILTHY mouth? Wanna be friends?!?

Jen McSugarLips (@J_Dazzle76)

1/29/13, 5:33 PM I’m such a dirty, dirty girl sounds better than too lazy to shower.

	bubble girl (@JessObsess)
9/8/13, 8:59 PM Do I like football? Well if you mean drinking beer and playing on my phone while the game is on, then yes, I like football.

Steve Suckington (@SteveSackington)

6/26/13, 8:47 AM

To me, sharing a plate of nachos is just a race to see who can eat the most nachos.

	Floyd (@dafloydsta)
9/7/13, 2:49 PM *Goes to grocery store with 2 small children. *Says "No" 3,217 times. *Dies a slow death and has "No" written on tombstone.

Aristotles (@AristotlesNZ)

9/20/12, 5:06 PM

Me: Your shoes are on the wrong feet.

4yo: ..

Me: ..

4yo: ..

Me: ..

4yo: I don't have any other feet..

Me: Fair enough.

Babies Daddy (@dshack8)

8/31/13, 4:35 PM

Not sayin I'm lazy, but if I drop somethin & can't pick it up w/ my feet it'll stay there til 1 of my kids walks by & I can have them get it

	prontopup (@prontopup)
8/27/13, 7:57 AM Glaciers Continents Giant Galapagos Tortoises -Things that move faster than my 5YO in the morning

	Shades of Sarcasm (@SortaSarcastic)
7/16/13, 6:50 AM I sketch... you paint. I splatter... you flow. I write... you compose. I try to be... you are. And still... you treat me as an equal. That.

	A-Now (@HeyANow)
7/25/13, 10:18 AM I am the whitest white girl you will ever meet until a 2Pac song comes on.

	Heath (@DaHess1)
8/8/13, 11:44 AM I'm white but not "think a $70 rubber band on my wrist will make me run faster and lose weight" white.

	Matthew Houck (@Phosphorescent)
8/7/13, 3:48 PM Have you seen the new @Phosphorescent music video for "Ride On/Ride On" that premiered on @mtvU today? Watch it here: bit.ly/19bfQPz

Carbosly (@Carbosly)

8/7/13, 8:26 AM

I've never been sad enough to stop eating.

	Ephie (@goodballs)
3/11/13, 1:10 PM People who say their tickle fights lead to sex are lying. I'm ticklish and when people tickle me I slap them in the face then pee my pants.

links from chris

here are the latest gems my sweet husband has sent to entertain me.  this time i've limited this post to tweets only.  he sure has pegged my sense-of-humor (we're samesies).  enjoy!

	NoLuckWanted (@NoLuckWanted)
3/2/13, 9:02 AM If you can’t control your woman, you found a good one.

Your Geek is Showing (@urgeekisshowing)

4/2/13, 4:33 PM

One of the saddest days of my life was when I heard that bears sleep for half the year and I realized I had been born the wrong species

Jeremiahde lakitchen (@Goofpoops)

1/19/13, 9:53 AM

Tricks I can do with a skateboard
•look at it
•smell it
•rub the top
•fall off it if I stand on it
•spin the wheels with my fingers
•sell it

Matt McStinkyButt (@Matt_the_1st)

7/16/13, 1:39 AM

Ok. It's late. 5 more beers, and I'm going to bed

	Joel Danger (@joeldanger)
3/29/13, 4:19 PM Women, 2 easy steps to get a guy to fall for you : 1) Be amazing 2) Spend enough time for him to get it. We are slow as shit

	Mikey Steeves (@BlindedByTheMyk)
7/6/13, 10:58 AM Note: pick-up lines sung in a somber falsetto voice don't work, even if you are bearded. I want a refund on this Bon Iver: Dating Tips book.

ryan powers (@rw_powers)

4/29/13, 11:43 AM

40% of divorces stem from $ issues.

40% are caused by infidelity.

The remaining 20% have been linked to IKEA purchases requiring assembly.

Brian Hope (@Brianhopecomedy)

7/10/13, 7:34 AM

I wish I took a sip of my coffee before I put it down as I'm walking around the house like a zombie trying to figure out where I left it.

Brian Hope (@Brianhopecomedy)

7/8/13, 5:38 AM

I snuck into my 5 year old's room at 3am to kiss him goodnight and he was up and writing down the questions he wants to ask today.

Mulligan Stewed 10F (@mulliganstewed)

3/30/13, 2:39 PM

As soon as my daughter realizes Jamacians, Irish, & wizards don't all have the same accent, I'm probably going to get fired from storytime.

BubbleGuppieSushi (@Crunch11b)

6/7/13, 11:05 AM

Married Lesson # 17

Putting the wrong clothes in the dryer will get you in more trouble than not doing laundry at all.

Oh My Rob! (@MyHairyLife)

8/27/12, 5:55 AM

Male seahorses get pregnant.

In related news, scientists believe men who tell women what to with their bodies come back as seahorses.

	Not your dream girl (@nettie0918)
12/6/12, 12:31 PM I may not necessarily be able to walk the walk or talk the talk but if you need someone to drink the drink... I'm your girl.

Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn)

6/20/13, 3:59 PM Today I solved a math problem by counting on my fingers in case you wondered how that English degree is working out for me.

Linda in Disguise (@LindaInDisguise)

11/10/12, 8:38 PM

Jealous of women who look sexy as hell with very short hair. I'd look like a Pizza Hut manager named Stuart who needed to drop a few pounds.

brain vomit (@heidi420x)

5/6/13, 3:47 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, serving size. I've had a good laugh and will now make you feel stupid for being so wrong.

	inappropriate mom (@nicfit75)
5/30/13, 8:11 PM I carry around a bag of garbage with me everywhere. But it's leather & I call it a "purse", so it's socially acceptable.

Minivan (@my_minivan_life)

2/27/13, 7:32 PM

What I say: Time for bed.

What my kids hear: Bedtime is bullshit. Let’s eat some chocolate and tear this son of a bitch house apart.

nine years

nine years ago today, i married my best friend.  it feels like just yesterday and a million years ago all at the same time.

we wanted our wedding to be a party.  we were just a few years out of college and saw our wedding as the perfect opportunity to get all of our favorite people in one room and dance.

as you know by now, we are big music nerds, so deciding what music we wanted to play at our wedding reception was a task that we embraced.  we found a great dj and he wanted to meet with us to get an idea of what kind of vibe we wanted.  we gave him some ideas (some which were dumb, like no dollar dance.  were we idiots?  did we not understand that people give you money to dance with them?).  we specifically wanted some hip-hop mixed in to get people dancing (the electric slide did not count).  our conversation with the dj went something like this:

(please don't click these links with children in the room.)

dj: what kind of hip-hop songs are you looking for me to play?

us: well, off the top of our heads, maybe this (the clean version, please).  and this one, for sure.

***long pause***

us: but there are some songs that are great to dance to that wouldn't necessarily be appropriate to play considering grandparents will be in the room......

dj: like what for instance?

***another long pause***

***uncomfortable silence***

us: well....(in a whisper) this song.

dj:  never heard of it.

so. embarrassing.  

why would we utter that word to a perfect stranger?  why would we assume he would play that at our wedding?

we were young and dumb and ready to party.

and a good party it was.

happy anniversary, dance partner.  

xoxoxo

happy father's day

happy father's day to my dad, who tucked me in every night of my life and always told me that he was proud of me and that he loved me every day.  he is artistic and curious, loyal to a fault, committed and constant, and sometimes silly.  thank you for passing on those traits to me, dad.  i am proud of them.

happy father's day to my pawpaw, who (still) takes his red convertible out for joyrides and loves his family fiercely.  thank you for always making your grandkids feel special.  you are talented beyond words, hard-headed, passionate and stubborn.  thank you for passing those traits to me, paw-paw.  i am proud of them.

happy father's day to my husband.  thank you for telling me i am beautiful every day and making me feel funny and important.  you value music and art, tradition and rituals.  you are loyal and passionate, loving and hard-working.  to the guy who always dances with me at weddings and drinks cold beer with me on patios, you are my best friend (as well as ben's and crosby's).  because of you our kids love wilco and the beastie boys right along with show tunes, refer to jerry garcia as 'uncle jerry', love to swim, enjoy reading, and can appreciate a good dance party.  thank you for passing on the best of you to our children.  i am proud of those traits.

and last, a happy father's day to my sister who steps up to the plate every single day with strength, grace, dignity and enough love to make up for any defecit.  i love you.

links from chris

chris and i used to send letters to each other way back when we were just friends and well into our dating life.  then once we lived together, he would leave me little notes on a yellow legal pad every morning before he left for work.  well, now we have kids.  which means we are busy.  and tired.  so our little notes to each other have turned into emails.  chris loves twitter (it confuses me).  so throughout the week, he keeps up on all of his sports/entertainment/news in twitterland and sends me links to things he knows i will love.  i look forward to these links.  they are our modern day love letter.

here are some of the gems he sent my way.

a) these gorgeous photos.  click the link for more.

dancers among us

b) the best cam and mitchell quotes from modern family

cam: I’m sort of like Costco. I’m big, I’m not fancy and I dare you to not like me.

c) andrew bird and tift merritt singing "if i needed you"

d) tom hanks performs slam poetry about the 80's show, full house

e) this tweet by lena dunham (of the hbo show, girls)

Lena Dunham (@lenadunham)

10/11/12, 11:58 AM

I just saw Wilson Cruz aka My So-Called Life's Ricky Vasquez out the car window & Promiscuous Girl was playing on the radio & the sun shone.

f) this article about henri matisse.  he knows me well.

g) the twelve best ryan adams songs according to paste magazine.

h) this tweet from election day.

	Kathryn Schulz (@kathrynschulz)
11/6/12, 11:42 PM Elected to the Senate today: the first disabled woman, first openly lesbian woman, first Asian woman. Binder full of fucking awesome.

there are so many more.  maybe 'links from chris' needs to make a regular appearance here on the ol' blog.

what do you think?