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i've never been into the christmas card thing.

in fact, i've sworn never to get involved in the

stress-ridden practice of selecting + sending

the PERFECT christmas card each year. sorry, friends.

but this, this is something i can get behind.

the merry newsinator is where it's at, people.

just answer a few simple questions and the site generates

a personalized + clever card ready to be emailed or uploaded.

booyeah.

minute to win it.

our ward hosted it's very own minute to win it competition last week.

there were laughs aplenty as our team ran from station to station.

for one of the challenges, jason put a baseball in the bottom

of a nylon and then put it on his head and tried to knock

over each water bottle in less than a minute.

junk in the trunk might've been my fave challenge.

poor johnny was picked to complete the task.

a kleenex box + 6 ping pong balls + shimmy and shake

those balls out of the box in 60 secs or less.

pure hilarity!

6 challenges later...lookie here! winners winners chicken dinners.

sign me up for the real deal.

we make our own fun.

last night, after a most delicious lebanese dinner,

most of us were hanging around + making weekend plans.

meanwhile, there were games afoot.

sometimes devin is what you might call an instigator.

enter, the bump stop game.

brian + dusty quickly jumped on board.

i love how dusty shuffles along.

brittany, never one to be left behind, was up next.

brittany's flailing arms are the highlight of this bit.

and rounding out the night, we have the prodigal son, scott busby.

what he lacks in skill, he makes up for in grace, no?

aaaaand i'm pretty sure he pulled a muscle on this schennanigan.

my friends make me laugh. a lot.

witchy poo!

20 grown women + petticoats + striped stockings +

feather boas + the irvine spectrum.

t'was a ladies' night never to be forgotten!

trifecta.

martha's been away for awhile now and seth*

is moving away this week. sad face.

luckily, we've got modern technology to span

the distance. pretty sure, my webcam is my best friend.

don't worry, martha and seth are a close second and third.

*names have been changed to protect identities

the 'ween.

two weeks until halloween.

are you dressing up?

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home again home again jiggity jig.

spent the weekend in washington

with this little guy. best weekend ever.

what did you do this weekend?

scarlet harlot.

emma stone is perfection.

go see.

glamping.

the ladies of sc5 are kickin' it old school and headed

to girls camp this weekend. honestly, i'm not much of a camper.

i'll be meetin' up with them a little after the kickoff festivities

but better late than never, right?

looking forward to:

+ road trippin' with this girl

+ becoming one with nature

+ camping food (tinfoil dinners. duh.)

+ giggling with m'sc5 ladies into the wee hours

+ craftin' it up girls camp style

nothin' like "roughin' it" to bring people together.

i'll let you know how it goes.

pray for me.

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bromance.

so much goodness in only

3 mins and 44 secs.

thanks, peanut.

i beweave.

I Beweave Hair Salon

big balls.

one red ball. 6 twenty-somethings.

hours of entertainment.

who says children's toys are just for children?!

red bull flugtag.

red bull flugtag.

long beach. this weekend.

you in?

weekend.

sometimes my friends and i dance

the night away and then camp out at the 7-11

until the wee hours of the morn.

we're awesome like that.

comedy tonight!

i was invited to do the stage makeup

for men alive - the orange county gay men's chorus.

never one to turn down an opportunity, i jumped at the

chance to hone my stage makeup skills.

originally, i was slated to only do the

makeup for the bride of frankenstein...

...but ended up making up a passel of monsters.

pure craziness. pure hilarity.

here's vern. my bride. he's a doll.

rik/uncle fester was also a lot of fun to work with.

so so so SO sweet and funny.

oh and also, i met leslie jordan.

'member him? karen's nemesis on will & grace.

the man is hilarious. like...HYSTERICAL!

exhibit a: after makeup, he offered to trade my

people magazine for his already read magazines.

this is what he came back with. yep, that's right.

national enquirer. as he dropped them off he said:

"you need to read about whitney and her drug problem.

her and lindsey [lohan]...what's to become of them?!"

pure comedy.

twinners.

have you been watching sytycd?

you know i have. i'm obsessed.

speaking of obsessions, pretty sure my sean

looks like an older, less fruity version of this season's

kent boyd. what do you think?

tee hee.

here's a shirt for all you nyc like-ers out there.

thanks for the laugh, peanut.

pre-dinner photoshoot.

jackie may, miss allie and i

were the first ones at the restaurant for my birthday dinner.

needing to pass the time until our friends arrived,

we had a photo shoot (surprise, surprise).

aren't my friends hotties?!

dream dream dream.

one of the great things about school is it totally

fuels my need to be creative and crafty-like.

exhibit a. the dream board.

the assignment was to put together a collage

of dreams, goals and the like.

inspired by little green notebook's office boards,

i got to work on the foundation of said dream board.

the content was a little more difficult to come by.

it'd been awhile since i really thought about my dreams.

but here's what i came up with.

learn to play the guitar.

i've always wanted to get good. just never made time.

the dream board is changing all that.

be a celebrity stylist.

pmts is the first step. if you know any

celebrities that need to be styled, send 'em my way!

travel europe.

i've NEVER been...can you believe that?!

after i graduate, that's the first stop!

marry a prince.

hey, it's a DREAM board, okay?

it could happen.

graduate from pmts on time.

yeah, it's a lot less common than you would think.

but i wanna get my hair education and get to work.

that means no skipping, vacations, etc.

it's nose to the grindstone until april 2011.

become a famous blogger.

people do it all the time, right?

step one: be famous in your own mind.

step two: blog.

check check.

sew a quilt.

as i type, there are three unfinished

quilts in my closet. shame shame.

learn how to surf.

took lessons in maui.

a little more practice and this dream

will be a reality!

always be nice (no matter what).

yeah. not as easy as it sounds.

what would go on YOUR dream board?

little fish, big pond.

busy but boring.

that's my life these days.

school is going well.

i'm on the floor taking clients now.

i also make house calls. call or email me if you're interested.

dusty introduced me to guppy house.

uhhhh, delicious. go there.

this is my darling dusty.

if he looks awkward in this photo it's because

he's trying to keep his handful of jello from shooting

out his nose, mouth or other embarrassing place.

some peeps would grab a spoon.

not dusty. he's a gem like that.