I know I’m usually not the biggest Thanksgiving supporter… (Mostly because I think the decorations are boring.)
But today I’m going to say thanks to all the wonderful people who read this blog and like to eat turkey.
Even if you aren’t in America… I implore you to eat some turkey today.
And buy something for yourself online on Monday.
♥Lauren
I never really think the new year starts when January first comes around.
In fact I’m not really into New Years Resolutions in the typical sense.
I like to start them on my birthday because I feel that is the best time when I can set my goals and just see where I am the next year.
And then New Year’s is much less pressure… And it is just for wearing weird eyeglasses and drinking…. just like the Lord intended!
So let’s recap some of the things.
♥ That people from high school forget most things about you in 10 years and have created stories that are practically legends. Someone told me they remember me being banned from several Los Angeles hot spots and also having VIP parties at school. Which is totally untrue because I don’t believe in exclusivity– the parties were never exclusive.
♥Being really cheerful can get people to be really excited to see you. This weekend I went to a store I visit quite often and the workers sang me happy birthday.
♥Friends are really amazing. Thank your friends for being amazing if you read this. My friends were so sweet this weekend, but they are wonderful all the time so *hair flip* nothing is new about that.
♥For fabulous traveling hair wear a wig! I haven’t done it but it’s a great idea (thanks Cakes!):
♥Make sure the parking lot you park your car in is not locked at a certain time at night… and if so pray that the person you are with is a welder.
♥If something seems to good to be true… it probably is.
♥Only you can prevent forest fires make yourself happy. If you are depending on other people for this… you are going to have a bad time.
♥Ben Affleck may be an okay Batman, we should give him a chance.
♥Never write people notes on their car when you have drank too much.
♥Don’t waste your time with people who make you unhappy… instead spend time with the people who make you smile.
♥Always do your best even if you aren’t going to be noticed for it.
♥“Fenestration” means having windows… but it’s a horrid sounding word.
♥Bellydancing is probably the most fun I think I have had in a really long time, and it’s the best way to get rid of the stress of having to learn words like “fenestration.”
♥Also my coworkers think bellydancing is stripping… it is actually super not.
♥I’m going to buy that ukulele in Hawaii this year, and by this time next year I will be serenading people with it!
♥ I am going to take my Licensing tests… I already have a date set. This time it’s happening
♥I’m going to learn how to do my hair… I mean having messy bed hair is in now, but eventually I’m not always going to be able to get away with my charming hippy look. And some events need more than 1940s hot roller hair.
♥I will just keep on keeping on being comfortable with myself. It’s really just an amazing thing to be comfy and not so serious to think you can’t make fun of yourself.
♥I will lessen my gossiping. I heard some people gossiping a few weeks ago like serious, and all I could think is “I’m too old for this.”
♥I’m also going to travel more next year… I haven’t been anywhere in so long I feel actual wanderlust. BTW that means you Washington State ;)
Cheers to 28 and the next 365 days!
And thanks to everyone who comes here to see the doodles, and read my weird words… You are truly:
♥Lauren
Today something magical happened.
Jimmy found himself in my neck of the woods during lunchtime. So we partook in business peoples lunch.
We looked so professional… dressed like grown ups who have to go to work at 8 in the am.
I thought about how Jimmy and I used to lunch everyday together when we were in school that was basically 5-6 days a week for a 5 year program.
That is an insane amount of lunches.
One great thing about working is now I can afford to not eat hideous school cafeteria lunches… and neither Jimmy nor I pulled an all nighter the evening before. Basically our lunch today was like tenfold fancier than any lunch we had in school.
Oh, I still spilled food down my shirt…. because even as a grown up I’m still a klutz.
And yes we ate chicken!
♥Lauren
My birthday is on Saturday…. I’m still deciding what I want to do!
But the only thing I know I want to do is post this drawing I never posted last year about my birthday also being the national day of buttons….
Which is an amazing story solely because I love buttons. I even have a glass jar full of them.
And I love even more that Professional Eric super despises buttons.
Also I am in a mad scramble to start work on the remaining goals I have for my 27th year:
♥ Make a store of my doodle stuff (I just started working on this yesterday)
♥Get and learn how to play a ukulele (Um I may need more than 4 days on this one, but I’m going to Hawaii in December)
♥ Pass my architectural exams (This definitely won’t happen in 4 days but I just bought some study material)
♥Get my masters… Well now I know where I want to go… now it’s just the working on getting there.
I still have time though!
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
♥Lauren
Sometimes I wonder about the things that wander through my brain. I mean don’t you ever wonder what your mind thinks about the most???
Is it friends? Family? Work? Spongebob Squarepants?
And then I realized I don’t need to record my words or discuss this with a professional. This blog is basically my brain, but illustrated.
So I went to wordle and made a word cluster. And because I’m a constant daydreamer I was not surprised with the results:
The result clearly shows my mind is that of a Valley girl who thinks about chicken, the weekends and Luxembourg.
Now I’m practically convinced that I am what would happen if Morrissey and Cher from Clueless had a child.
What do you think about most?
♥Lauren
On this Monday I would like to share something I have thought of.
Even in this sometimes dreary little world… We all kind of have magical powers.
Like moms seem to know everything you are up to… even in my ye olden 20s it’s totally true… My mom knows I’m pretty much always goofing off on the internet.
Thon seems to know how to fix anything technological while having hair identical to Jim Halpert.
My brother can create intricate and fantastic little figurines when he’s not surveying the majestic north of Alaska.
Amber is like a witch doctor of vitamins she has like an entire pharmacy in her purse.
Christine may know everything about all seasonings and wii games (this has come in handy many times).
Isabel makes tiny universes in petri dishes on a regular basis.
Nancy has this imagination that is out of this world.
My sister has the ability to accessorize like mad woman (this is really a gift.)
I mean we aren’t the Hulk or anything… but it’s all pretty cool when you think about it.
And if you were wondering about me, I think my ability to doodle would be my super power…
… but I would switch it with the ability to fly or teleport in a heartbeat.
Happy Monday
♥Lauren
Do you remember that feeling you would get when someone would make you a mix-tape?
It was a culmination of the joy and the discovery of all sorts of new melodies for your ears and then the sheer joy that they thought you were special enough to use hours of their lives to create this beautiful little portal into another audio fueled dimension.
Today I got caught up in the nostalgia of it all, and tried to think of the modern equivalent. Somehow a spotify playlist doesn’t have that same romantic allure of a mix-tape.
I mean it’s all the same thing… with none of the heart.
Would the modern technology equivalent be a flash drive full of the best memories that can fit on it?
I kinda like the idea of a flash drive full of silly things like that.
I think the best mix-tapes happened on cassette, there was so much strategy.
So much sitting by the radio waiting for the right song to play…. you know it’s going to be on next!
So much anticipation… will they like all 4 songs from the Goo Goo Dolls?
Will they think Guided by Voices is cool?
Will the Cure change their existence like it did mine?
Will they like Sammy Hagar fronted Van Halen songs?
And the song I quoted was one of my favorite 90s songs.
A song from a one-hit wonder… that wasn’t even their hit. It may have been on every mixtape I ever made… it goes with anything from the Clash to Lisa Loeb.
♥Lauren
This post needs very little words…
Except… “Thanks, Dad.”
Tell everyone you love that it’s Weird Al’s birthday.
♥Lauren
This week has been crazy. And every time I do this some Jimmy complains that I do not post enough on this blog.
So here’s a snazzy recap!
-I got to learn how to do a veil belly dance number. And had mad expertise on swishing around the veil, because I dramatically wrap myself up in blankets like a little hobo… on the daily.
-I ate fried chicken. Most fancily… might I add. While sporting my chicken eating necklace.
-I got fairy wings I ordered in the mail. Because I needed them to be a proper adult.
– I made a floral crown… just because I wanted to see if I could make one…. totally succeeded.
-I got called a hippy 3 times while not even wearing that floral crown… and I liked it. I do recycle and I am kind animals and the planet!
-I fell asleep with a cat in my arms instead of going to work on time today… he was just so comfy cozy.
-I did like 60% of the planning for my sister’s impending baby shower, most of it while in the shower.
-And I decided that I still wish I were a mermaid. Because I’d be swishing my blanket in the sea… while being mer-sparkly:
Have a great weekend everybody!
♥LAUREN
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