Breakfast of Champions

buttered 12-grain toast with a farmer's market egg cracked in the hole I cut out with a cookie cutter.
(i really enjoy eating the toast hole...)
pair with a see's chocolate.


like pigs to a trough (made of cardboard while at Buddy System Studios)... i finished my meal before i even had a chance to publish this post. nom.

Gal's First Pinewood Derby

"tardy for the party" making its way to buddy system studios. we are on time.

stiff competition in the racers' holding zone.

buddettes registering racers and guarding uber-cool winnebago trophies.

zee ramp of awesomeness...

ends with a photo finish!

we raced our hearts out and won our first heat! sorry to say, we lost the rest. guess johnson and johnson's baby oil can't replace a nice shot of nitrous... next time!

Liberace

um, if we ever have a boy, le wife (that'd be me) will have to leave le boy scout pinecar derby stuff to le husband. i mean, look at what I did. the once-masculine block of wood is now encrusted in girly sparkles and topped with a penguin. it poops sparkles as it drives by. poor glue job. tsk-tsk-tsk.

well, in case you missed the memo, le wife (moi) is participating in next weekend's buddy system studios' pinewood derby bbq jamboree. (heck, doesn't that sound like fun?!) i think i may name my car after kim zolciak's song "tardy for the party". (kim is a "real" housewife from atlanta. the song will give you nightmares. google it if you dare.) that or "liberace"...

Zoom-Zoom Suckas!

will be participating in my first pinewood derby (being hosted by the fellas at buddy system studios) on october 2nd. i envision a sequin-encrusted vehicle zoom-zooming into victory!!! er, yeah. no. i've never built one of these things before and quite frankly, i'm still quite green when it comes to this fabrication stuff. going for title of "slowest jalopy". calling all former boyscouts. got tips?

Crowded

What with my stuff, le cub's stuff, and all the wonderful stuff that's been arriving from our wedding registry, our home has gotten a tad crowded. Gosh darnit, we might as well be a feature home on hoarders. UGH! Am absolutely hating the clutter and am unable to live in such squalor. Le cub, on the other hand, doesn't seem to mind... Unacceptable.

I'm annoyed and hormonal. Not a good combo.

Pictured: Work in progress crowd scene for a personal project of one of the buddies at Buddy System. These folks are at a hockey game...

It's the Final Countdown

9 . The number of hours until le cub and I head on over the courthouse to pick up our license to wed! Tomorrow's a lucky, Chinese Lunar calendar approved day, no less...

2. The number of days I've got left at Buddy System Studios. I owe the guys there some Chinese pickles.

1. The number of full weeks left until le cub and I get hitched. I'm waiting for the non-toxic paint on our wedding cake topper to dry as I type this entry. Yup... unfinished handmade goodness!... Josh has no mouth because the joy surrounding this occasion has left him speechless..........

So Much in Store

Working on a mini project that involved me buying out Aaron Brother's miniature frame display and *gasp* DRAWING again. Want a sneak-peek? What? You DO?! How superb. Here you are.

Buddy System Studios. I think the Buddies should start their own male, Old-Spice-infused and facial-hair-equipped Martha Stewart and show. They can build everything out anything!

Finally, the work of another doodler, ginettesqulette. I found it via drawn and I love it. (Reminds me of my in-class doodles. Psychedlelic and totally random!) Flickr account here.

Like Monica Lewinsky, But Not

I am an intern this summer. I'm not allowed to blog about what I work on, but I will share the above made-publicly-available-photo of my buddy (buddy system studios) bosses, "Harv" and "Towner". Yes, those are power gloves. And yes, I have fun at work.

I'm a Survivor

Day 1 conquered. And yes, I had fun...

My Buddy and Me

Internship at Buddy System Studios starts next Wednesday. VERY excited to be getting involved with professional stop-motion animators. Everyone at the studio seems awfully nice, and dude, there's a framed photo of Tom Selleck hanging on the wall. Gosh, I hope I don't fudge it up.

Here's to not fudging up. *down a shot of Ovaltine*