my PERFECT day.

hello, 4 followers.

i would like to tell you about my very perfect day.

-i woke up without an alarm (it was at 8:30 am no less and due to the abrupt sound of about 1,000 marbles being dropped on the hardwood floor of my neighbor's room above me, but whatever).

-i (deep) cleaned my kitchen.

-i worked on my compost. yuck/cool!

-i went on a beautiful 5-mile run along the ocean with my dear friend Quyen. we did lots of catching up while taking in the clear, crisp air.

-we ate some of my homemade dairy-free, sugar-free carob ice cream (sounds boring, but it is DIIIIVINE...i could just marry this ice cream maker).

-i took a gooood shower. the kind where you shave your legs and leave your conditioner on for a long time and everything.

-i rode my bike down to Belmont Shore with my friend Mikey for the Haute Dog Parade. i about died and went to heaven; i have never seen anything like it in my life. LOBSTERS, TACOS, HOT DOGS, SUSHI, JEDIS, BEES, LADYBUGS, HOOTERS GIRLS. yep. HOOTERS GIRLS. these dogs were dressed up like people. i lost my mind. the. best. thing. ever.

-we ditched that scene for yogurtland. their new seasonal flavors are PUMPKIN (!) PECAN PRALINE (!!) and GINGERBREAD (meh). they are giving out "collectible" Sanrio/Harajuku-esque spoons. i am happy.

-Mikey and i get back to our bikes and there is, no joke, a PIZZA on it. a PEPPERONI PIZZA. honest to God. the weirdest thing. we had bites of it, then spit it out. it felt too weird.

-i just made a beard for my Babe-raham Lincoln costume (which i'm not sure that i'll wear, but at least i've got the option) and this (maybe crazy?) old man came up to me and talked to me all about his day/what he's doing tonight/what i'm doing tonight/etc. i like living by the park.

-my roommate Katie and i are now drinking coffee and watching MonsterQuest on the History Channel. it is genius. so far today they've done a special on Big Foot and now we are dealing with a Monster Shark.

-and who knows what next? it's my life.

pumpkin patch kids

sometimes, it's just a good time to do something old-school. i find it so refreshing to engage in activities reminiscent of the purer, less-jaded days of yore. it is so nice to sit back, relax, and have some good clean fun...carve a pumpkin! laugh a little! don't forget the snacks.

so we did it. a few girlfriends and i carved pumpkins the other night. here's a little glimpse of the scene:
we forgot candles, so you can't really see, but from the left, we have:

-quyen's "monster!"
-melinda's "tim burton-inspired jack-o-lantern"
-nic's "john lennon?" (i think it was supposed to be a scary lady (weird) but it ended up looking like one of those greasy dungeons & dragons/magic card guys from high school...the whole thing just kind of makes me uncomfortable)
-jen/tiff's "recession pumpkin" (they split one, so each carved one side of the face)

we laughed so hard we cried. and we ate snacks. like a lot of them. ok, I ate a lot of them.

here's me with my pumpkin, giving you a curtsy (i know you can't really see it, but believe me anyway):

and now, i implore you, little bumpkins, go on and carpe snacks and pumpkins.