help me reach the stars between your eyes

i forgot to post pictures from last weekend (as usual). we went back to misquamicut beach last weekend but we brought my mom along with us. the waves were not as big but they were still awesome. it was sunny, hot and gorgeous out! will found this great place that rents boogie boards for $5 so we got two and played in the ocean with them. they were sooo much fun! i want to buy a boogie board of my own now (even though i came thisclose to breaking my hip bone after a wave beat the shit out of me).

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view of the beach at 7AM

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will pouting at me

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me & my mom

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beach towels my mom bought us

on the drive back, we stopped at this sculpture store/farmer's market!

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lions

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will and his big cock

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where the buffalo roam...

purple piggy!

turtles!

dolphin

gigantic flamingo

this giraffe was so tall!

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statue of liberty

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if only it would fit in the car!!! how bad ass would i be with this in my ~~lawn~~ apartment???

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my fav sculpture! this belongs near a pool somewhere

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gorillas

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I Watched This Last Night...

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:26:29 -0400

...and it blew my mind!!!!!! these stories take place in between batman begins and dark knight. i can't fucking wait till saturday when i see the movie!!!! (i can't see it on friday because i have other plans boo hoo)

Batman Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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With My Freeze Ray, I Will Stop The Pain!

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:04:03 -0400

remember when i told y'all about dr. horrible's sing-along blog, a new online project by joss whedon? well, the first act finally premiered! you can check it out HERE!

i love neil patrick harris' singing voice!!!!!

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10 Bizarre Mating Techniques

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:21:27 -0400

10 Bizarre Mating Techniques

http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/10-...

After reading this, you will never look at sex again in the same light. Sea Horses: These guys really believe in monogamy. So much so, that it is passed on to future generations. Not only do the guys give birth, but also they remain faithful to their mates for life. Their young will even repeat the same mating ritual as well as choosing a mate for life. Who could ask for anything more? Anglerfish: Not only do they look nasty, but the guys are moochers. Be careful what you wish for ladies when you ask for a mate for life. The male anglerfish, upon finding a pretty lady, will bite her and release an enzyme that fuses them together. The two then become bonded in an everlasting embrace. When the female is ready to reproduce, the male's appendage is there to provide her with sperm.

wowza - the exploding testicles of the honeybees is the one that stands out for me. dayummm, some days i'm really, really, REALLY thankful to be a human...this is one of those days!

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griping

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:06:10 -0400

i don't usually write about really personal stuff here unless i need to let off some steam. and today i do!

so this is whats going on: my dad told my mom sunday NIGHT that he was leaving the next morning to bike to maine. he gave her absolutely no warning that he was doing this. not only did he not tell her he was leaving, he did not invite her to come along with him. he is going to be gone for more then a week! i guess he is going to his 50th high school reunion...my mom asked if she could go with him and he flat out told her NO.

these are the problems with him doing this:

he is SIXTY-EIGHT years old! the last time he tried to bike to maine (about 3-4 years ago), he ended up getting heat stroke, passed out and fell off his bike. he got back on his bike, only to pass out AGAIN a couple minutes later. by the grace of god, a truck driver pulled over and took my dad to a nearby motel. my dad came home looking like complete shit - black eye and scrapes and bruises all over his body.
on top of all that, he had complications with his prostate for riding too long. now, he takes medicine for his enlarged prostrate but my mom says that he is not supposed to over-exert himself while taking the medicine or he will pass out again. so he either takes the medicine and passes out or he doesn't take it - and will have to probably go to the hospital when he gets home to have another catheter shoved up his penis (TMI, sorry!)
literally, the FIRST FUCKING DAY of his bike ride, he left his cell phone under a tree somewhere! so if something really bad happens to him, he has no way to call 911 or the police or even call home.
my mom asked him why he didn't ask my uncle or someone else to bike with him up there and he replied that he doesn't want to bike with anyone else. my dad is the definition of a "loner". he hates making plans and relying on other people. so now if something happens to him, he not only doesn't have his cell phone, but he doesn't have a buddy for safety either!
he is a fucking asshole for not at least informing my mom what he was doing. my mom has been alone all week, sick with worry. and on top of it, she has to ponder in her head why he didnt want to invite her. i'm about 99.9% sure that my dad is NOT cheating on my mom but i guess you never know. it mostly just bothers me because its a respect issue. if you are married, you are in a partnership. you can't just up and leave when you want to. you especially can't up and leave and BIKE TO MAINE WHEN YOU ARE PUSHING SEVENTY!
my mom doesn't really care that much about being lonely this week, she is mostly concerned with his safety but i know he has still hurt her. he didn't even consider her at all when he hatched up this plan. oh yeah, he also told my oldest sister that he was going on this trip but didn't bother to tell my mom! i told my mom that will would NEVER pull that shit with me cause he know i would have a hissy fit. i told my mom that should get in his face when he gets home and force him to talk to her (he does *not* talk about his feelings ever). at the very least, i told her she should go out on a shopping spree! i kept trying to give my mom advice about how they need to communicate more but she wasn't hearing it. she kept saying, "well, we've lived this way for 30 years so nothings gonna change now." i know they aren't going to get a divorce or anything but it just makes me sad to see my dad treat my mom this way. she definitley doesn't deserve it.

luckily my mom just heard from my dad about ~~an hour ago~~ yesterday and he thankfully made it to his hotel where the reunion is being held. i'm so glad to hear that he is okay! i keep imagining him lying in a ditch dead somewhere...and we can't even file a missing persons report until tuesday when he is supposed to be back. if something really bad should happen to him, he really won't get help for several days. its just so fucking dumb and dangerous. i told my mom that maybe he has a death wish but she says its the opposite and that he thinks he is twenty years old again and can do whatever he wants.

update: i guess when my mom fought with my dad when she spoke to him yesterday. he ended the conversation by saying, "well, i know you don't care but tell alison i'm okay!" (which is a stupid statement b/c my mom DOES care!). i appreciate that my dad had enough common sense to realize that i would be freaking out as well. it didn't help me from having a dream last night about my dad dying though. my biggest fear in life is my family members dying and i have dreams about them dying. i have had such bad nightmares before that i wake up screaming and crying hysterically and scare the shit out of will in the process. luckily last night's dream wasn't that bad but i am still worried about my dad. he is safe for a couple days but then he will be riding home and the anxiety will start all over again.

sorry, this is a long rant but i needed to let some stuff off my chest. if you've made it this far, thanks for reading.

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Step Aside Mr. Timberlake...For Jesse McCartney!

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:44:55 -0400

haha, i keed, i keed! but seriously...i predict that jesse mccartney is just going to get better and bigger as the years go by. he's not quite at the same caliber as justin (YET!) but i think he is gonna give him some competition in the years to come. i liked his first single that came out a couple years ago and also the single from his second album. and his new song leavin' is played non-stop on my iPod.

i just stumbled across video of jesse filling in for the lead singer of One Republic at a radio show in Redmond, Washington on June 28th. i guess the lead singer lost his voice and asked jesse to fill in. check it out - it's not the best quality but jesse is just so darn cute in it and his voice sounds just as good as the lead singer's voice (in my humble opinion).

i want summerland to come out on netflix so i can see if jesse's actually a good actor (apparently zac ephron shows up in the series as well!!). for some reason, i missed the episode where he starred on hannah montana (you can watch part 1 and part 2). i also just discovered that jesse apparently sang for the prince in the movie ella enchanted...which you probably never watched before but its a really cute movie (i'm probably the only ~~person~~ dork in the world who owns it on dvd, lol). but the coolest thing that jesse has done? he is the voice of roxas in the best video game series EVER - kingdom hearts 2!

(this post proves, once again, that i will always be a 12 year old girl!)

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Fashionista -Rumors for GG: And So It Begins...

nobody@vox.com(mystique) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:01:35 -0400

Fashionista -Rumors for GG: And So It Begins...

http://fashionista.com/2008/07/and_so...

The Gossip Girl rumor mill is in overdrive these days, but this one's the best yet. Ed Westwick, ahem, Chuck Bass, is in talks to design a line. Yes, you heard us correctly. Apparently, the king of ripped shirts and lead singer of Filthy Youth can't wait to add his "two cents" to "the creative side" of a certain label related to his Vanity Fair shoot.

yesssssssssssss! i can't wait to dress my boyfriend in these clothes and then i can fulfill my role-playing fantasy of him as chuck bass and me as blair!

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