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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Staples.

Tonight was exciting.
Like "Oh crap, Bruce is gushing blood out of his head!" exciting.

It all started out just fine... we were watching Madagascar 2 and playing Quelf. (Two of my most favorite things ever.)

Kameron was waving a plunger in people faces, Bruce was quacking, Heather had just finished being a ventriloquist dummy, and Logan had some how gotten away with not having to do anything weird whatsoever... (suspicious much?)
Anyway, then it was my turn.


"Start the timer, then tell another player to read the card aloud. Run and hide. Once the time is up, they have to come find you."

So I ran. and I hid. and then my phone rang.
"Um, Heyyy so you should come out now."
"Why? you're giving up?"
 "No, Bruce is injured.... so you should come to the second floor. because that's where we are...."
At this point, I was under the impression that Logan was just being tricky. 
"Uh, huh, suuure."
"No- Really!"

*Bling!* (that was the sound of a light bulb going on in my head at the realization hthat Logan was using his "I'm serious" voice.)

 I ran.


Anywho- Logan wasn't lying. There was Bruce, on all fours. with a bloody head.
"Oh, who would leave a perfectly good head lying around?"
- King Julian - Madagascar 2
Yeahh, It was kindof gross-ish, and I felt kind of sick-ish. So we got Bruce to the ER kindof fast-ish. After a struggle of "What's your home phone number? What's your address? What are your parents names?" and such, we had to wait about ten minutes before the nurse came to fetch him. 
"Bruce Taylor?"
He grinned. (yep. He's kindof a wierdo.) "That's me!"
"Lets get you up stairs, shall we?"
The four of us trailed after them like ducklings. That is, until the Nurse said "Only two" and Logan and I got locked outside. 
"Excuse me, this is first class, its nothing personal, it's just that we're better than you"
- King Julian. again.
When Bruce was getting cat-scanned and stapled shut, Logan and I memorized the dentist section of the phone book and laughed at Readers Digest. Not exactly the ideal way to spend a Saturday night- But no worries, Bruce is 100% ok. Or atleast, he's in the process... He gets his staples out in a few weeks, and Kameron just has to make sure he doesn't sleep too soundly tonight.


How, exactly, did this happen, you ask? In short- I guess Bruce was just getting fancy with his methods of getting down the stairs. (or he got hit in the head with a beer bottle while saving someone's life. For the full story- you'd have to ask him.) All in all, it just makes me glad we're all ok.. and not dead.
"If I, King Julian (that's my name), only had two days left to live, I would do all the things I have ever dreamed of doing. I would love to become a professional whistler. I'm pretty amazing at it now, but I wanna get, like, even better."

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Little blessings.

"Oh, that's totally buttered popcorn."
"What? no! How on earth did you get that?"
"Hey! I'm still tasting the other jelly beans, ok? um... roasted marshmallow?"
"Hehe, no."
"coconut??"
"Wow, you are failing at this."
"Vanilla?"
"Yes, good job!"
Logan rolled his eyes.
My next jelly bean? Licorice. Thanks pal.

All in all,
I've decided I really enjoy rainy Wednesday nights. Especially the kind that involve bike rides home from work, and finishing off the last of your jelly beans with a good friend. :)

Those are a few of my most favorite little blessings.
 
I haven't been doing so well at counting my little blessings lately- and Last night I realized it. The rain had stopped just in time for my bike ride home, and the wet asphalt sparkled under the streetlamps. 
"Oh hey," I thought, "It's kindof really beautiful out here." 
and I suddenly got that wonderful feeling of "Shawna, I know it hasn't been an easy ride lately- but you're still loved, ok?"

I even took my headphones out for the rest of the ride home, Just so Heavenly Father could know I was listening.


more little blessings:
  • Laughing with Kyrie. - I say She has a signature laugh, and she says I have one for every occasion.
  • Walking in the rain with Abbie and drinking Hot Coco that burns my mouth.
  • Drawing with the windows open.
  • Flannel sheets

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Feathered Friends

A seagull pooped on me today.

Which is cool I guess. Just what I wanted, really.


So then I cried out in anger and despair. And a girl on a nearby bench gave me a tissue.

I am very grateful for kind people.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Jelly Beans

Isn't it so absolutely funny- that you can feel both stronger and weaker at the same time?
happier and sadder?

or maybe I'm just crazy?
Crazy makes more sense then the other stuff...

"Have you listened to me lately?? Lately, I've been going crazy.."
- fun.


I bought myself I giant bag of Jelly Beans on Saturday.
42 different flavors.
 Now when I get lonely, I play guessing games with myself. (cherry? roasted Marshmallow? coffee? hmmmm...) It's almost as good as sleeping, or watching movies, or staying up until 2 am painting.

See, I'm getting along just fine...