all the playing's stopped in the playground now

at 01/10/11 1:06AM









yesterday a cactus fell on me in the gardening section of ikea, and i reflexively put out my hand to catch it
resulting in my left palm and wrist doing a very impressive imitation of a reverse porcupine.

as i was pulling the needles out of my hand later
nate said, "you didn't have to catch the cactus, peni."
and i said, "yeah. it's kind of a metaphor for my life."






in other news, angry birds
(the game....not...actual...birds that are angry)
has infested our household.

it really is a ridiculous amount of fun.







this is going to be a busy week
and there are some very exciting things going on
that i will be telling you about in the next few days
so make sure you swing back by for the update.


















  • mjintexas
    Looking forward to the exciting news. :)
    by mjintexas at 01/10/11 1:57AM
  • teelduo
    Have an exciting week, oh wait you were you already were going to have one! Then Have a MORE exciting week on me. LOL
    by teelduo at 01/10/11 9:12AM
  • AlanL
    Ouch!
    by AlanL at 01/10/11 10:29AM
  • sarahmarcelle
    We like Angry Birds too. And yay for exciting news!
    by sarahmarcelle at 01/10/11 11:30AM
  • onelittlecandle
    Oh my, ouch!!
    by onelittlecandle at 01/10/11 3:54PM
  • whipsmile
    that metaphor makes way too much sense to me.
    by whipsmile at 01/10/11 5:51PM
  • teathyme
    Angry Birds infiltrated our home this week. We have one iPhone. One of us mans the controls while the other tries to make helpful suggestions regarding trajectory. We probably look/sound like idiots: practically piled on top of one another, squinting at that little black hand held device and then bouncing excitedly or trying to lean ourselves far enough to affect the fall of those little boulders, etc. We are enjoying Angry Birds. :)
    by teathyme at 01/11/11 7:32AM
  • AlanL
    Yes, chocolate. But if you missed the occasion, today is another one.
    by AlanL at 01/11/11 9:57AM
  • mayflower
    Emma Bingham did that once. She commented that she like cacti, and I said, "Why?" Her response: "I had a bad experience with one. It fell off a shelf in Walmart and I caught it."

    What's this trend of knocking dangerous plants off shelves in stores and catching them?

    Btw, I was uncovering yet MORE of my college notes over Christmas at my parents, and I found all our old Intellectual History papers! (Why I saved them, I'm not sure...)
    by mayflower at 01/13/11 8:27PM
  • chooselove
    we saw an ad. and it was over. these impulse decisions are getting more and more precious and dangerous.
    by chooselove at 01/20/11 10:01PM
  • slave_of_jesus_jdb
    Sweet looking game!
    by slave_of_jesus_jdb at 01/22/11 10:03AM