My Brother, the 21 year old.

On Friday, 26 Nov10

my little bro had a 21st birthday.

and he was in town.

and I got to do something for him.

and this is what I did:

I invited my broha to the 11:15 IMAX on Turkey Day

and went to Couture Cupcake for some birthday noms...

I made sure to 3 different kinds

(all flavors that I like, of course)

When he {& friend Sam} got there late...

We switched theaters... & clinked our cupcakes

:)

Then afterward, a beer!

I bought his first illegal beer...

Only fitting that I buy him his first legal one!

I hope the rest of your birthday weekend was fantastic, Sean!

<3

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p.s.

Tomorrow is Zoo Week

here and on my YouTube

because I love ZOOS!!!

Thankful on Turkey Day

May we all be as grateful as a kitty who's found warm sunshine.

I am grateful for those in my life who care and love me for me.

I am very blessed to have them.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Emails from Grandma: UK Classifieds

Ok.

I may have an obsession with all things Brit/English.

I really want to live there for a while, someday.

I felt I should share with ya'll a little email Grandma fwd'd to me.

(Yes I do indeed also live with the woman!)

You have to love British humour! 
These are classified ads, which were actually placed in a U.K. newspaper:

FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.8 years old.
Hateful little bastard.
Bites!


FREE PUPPIES.1/2 Cocker Spaniel, 1/2 sneaky neighbour's dog.


FREE PUPPIES.Mother is a Kennel Club registered German Shepherd.
Father is a Super Dog, able to leap tall fences in a single bound.


COWS, CALVES: NEVER BRED.Also 1 gay bull for sale.


JOINING NUDIST COLONY!
Must sell washer and dryer £100.


WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE.Worn once by mistake.
Call Stephanie.



**** And the WINNER is... ****
FOR SALE BY OWNER.Complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 45 volumes.
Excellent condition, £200 or best offer. No longer needed, got married, wife knows everything.


Statement of the CenturyThought from the Greatest Living Scottish Thinker.

Billy Connolly -
  "If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking, how come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time?"

Brilliant, no?

Sigh.

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No Joss, No Buffy.

To all those people in the past 10 years that I have told 

"Joss Whedon owns my soul"

... I can now show them this article and they'll see why.

Buffy is my favorite TV show of all time. 

The 7 seasons of it steamed from

a super cheesey movie but super brilliant idea.

As a fan of Joss with a dream of directing, 

I want to work FOR him to inspire new ideas out of me, 

not REDO his work.

This whole thing just goes to show the lack of soul left in 'Hollywood'

and the real heroes are truly underdogs. 

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Frugal Gal Knitting Tip: Circular Stitch Marker

I love to knit.

Ages ago my grandma taught me how.

I got addicted and she gave me a lot of supplies to help said addition.

Between living with her now and that Ravelry site and that blogger friend...

I have become re-addicted

And better than ever!

This means more challenging patterns and plans.

When you combine this addiction to that of my Harry Potter addiction...

You get me trying knitting on a smaller set of circular needles

and knitting in the round for the first time.

Why all this hulla-buh-loo?

So that I can make a Ravenclaw scarf like this.

(Or this one on Ravelry)

But I do not have a circular stitch marker.

What?

Basically a little piece of plastic that marks the beginning of a row.

The thing is these come in a multi-sized plastic set, around $5-10...

Or pretty dangle-y ones at a pretty price,say $15-25!

Well at this post-Uni-moment in time,

I don't have the ca$h to buy it.

So I just looked around the house

and found....

a safety pin!

Doesn't everyone have about a thousand hanging around the house?

I like the sound that "free" makes!

Feel free to leave other 'frugal gal' tips in my comments!

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still. swooning. swoon-overload!

I am a fan of Katy Perry.

I love Teenage Dream enough to consider it for my future wedding.

Well the fact that I am still swooning over this performance:

...means that my future hubby needs to have some pipes!!

Oh. My. Lawd!!!

I had enough credit on iTunes to buy one more song.

I am SO happy I waited to spend it!

Worth it!

Then I got on to YouTube to check my sub...

AND THE FULL PERFORMANCE WAS UP!

 Oh you best BELIEVE it is already ripped and on my iTouch!

But I does irk me is that my comment on the video is 

'pending approval'

lame.

So I screencapped it to share with all of you.

=]

Damn skippy!

I love some of the other comments too!

But fo reals.

I love Glee but I love true musical talent more...

And Glee tweeks the crap out of everyone's voice!

I truly do understand that not everyone is cut out to sing.

I am not.

But the people cast on Glee were cast because they are hot and talented!

So let their talent shine FOX!

*crickets*

...

oh wait.

I forgot who I was talking to.

....

Do you watch Glee?

What do you think?

Open discussion in my comments!!!

Politeness strongly encouraged!

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ps. If you love male vocals as much as I do,

stalk Academy, the musical on Facebook

& subsequently this video. You won't be sorry.

I am a Colorado Voter!

Voting.

To me, it is super important.

Since I moved back to my hometown this year,

I re-registerd with the the mail-in option.

I did this to make a fashion statement

I did this so that I could really take my time.

As you can see in my picture adventure above,

I got to take my ballot in and get my sticker.

And then yes, I did make a fashion statement!

I also got interviewed about my submission to CNN iReport!
That was pretty cool.

Here in Colorado, to me,

the biggest issue on this midterm ballot was

Amendment 62: Definition of a Person.

I am Pro-Choice personally,

What I really feared was what this amendment

would do for birth control options.

Or turn it into a lack of.

Taking away abortion would be one thing.

Altering rights to birth control is crazy!

I am just proud my state knocked it down again.
This time it was beat with 70% No.

Other Happy Results:

Colorado Senate-
Bennett leading with 47.7%
(with 97% reporting)

 Colorado Governer-
Hickenlooper the clear winner 50.7% 
(with 97% reporting)




Other Sad Results:

Colorado Springs voted to put a cap on funding for parks & open spaces.
It makes me pissedspice.

Colorado Midterm Results: [Source, Source]

America- Did you vote yesterday?

If not, why?

Other country- Do you think voting is important?

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It's HP Deathly Hallows Part 1 Month!

I am, in fact, blogging everyday this week!

Today's share is the completely adorable girls from MuggleSam

in honour of the fact that yesterday it became November and...

 HARRYPOTTER-DEATHLYHALLOWS-PART1 MONTH!

I have watched Sophia & Bell on YouTube for sometime now

and when I saw this video in my Sub box yesterday,

I just knew I had to share it!

Plus I totally support having an Aussie iBFF! ;o)

Seriously.

Watch the whole thing.

So. Worth. It.

I have my midnight Part 1 tix!!
Do you?!

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Halloween is my Favorite!!!

Man-o-man-o-man!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!

Every year I have at least 3 costumes!

[Well it IS my favorite holiday!]

For me this year, I went as Sookie Stackhouse from True Blood!

I even lightened my blonde a little but none of the cameras picked it up.

Wah wah wah.

And even though I don't have my own Eric this year...

I had my own Dawn Green!

It was a 'killer' Saturday night!
And late, late, late Sunday morning! ;o)
As in I got in at 4:30 late!
WAT!
But it was FUN!

(complete with Eric bite's, you like?)

For the kids, I went as a Kitteh Kat.

Even with my welcoming candy sign,

the only lil one we got was a family friend.

Silly privacy fence. Good 364 days out of the year.

For Chipotle, I went as Na.

...one part of Sodium Chloride, aka Table Salt!

It might not be the processed food theme,

but too much ain't healthy!

& I did get my $2 boorito!

What did you do on my favorite holiday?!

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