Forget what I said last week.

Posted by Adrenalynn on August 25, 2010

It’s back to raining meerkats and fruitin’ sheepdogs. Behold the view of the parking lot from my office:

Yes, that is my gorgeous mini van (call me a soccer mom and I’ll hit you so hard on the head you’ll have to unzip your fly to see where you’re going) with the bad-ass headlights  to the right, in case you wondered. And it just looks like I parked like a woman because the lines are weird. Promise.

Sounds of silence

Posted by Adrenalynn on August 20, 2010

This place has been quiet while the rest of my life hasn’t. In fact, I feel like I should be whispering right now, if was typing this out loud. Which I’m technically not, but I am hearing the words in my head. Is it weird that the voice in my head sounds nothing like my actual voice?

Real life has finally kicked in again, and of course I’m busy. Everybody’s busy. Being busy is the biggest trend of our time. My kids were sick this week for about half a day, so I stayed home with them and spent the morning wiping vomit off of the couch. How is it that my kids are only sick for a few hours, but when I catch whatever it is they had, I’m wiped out for a good week and a half? Anyway, I actually really enjoyed having the whole day with them, especially because they were so sick that they pretty much spent it on my lap. I’m all set with cuddles for the next year or so.

In other news, the weather is doing that thing where it’s finally warm and periodically dry as soon as everyone’s back from vacation. Gotta love this town.

I hope your weekend is excellent! Do something that makes you happy.

I’m gone

Posted by Adrenalynn on July 18, 2010

Hello there! I’m in Spain right now, enjoying two weeks of nothing but sun until I return to Rainyville. I’m blissfully internet and TV – less, but I did find me some 3G to ease the withdrawals. Until we meet again, I hope you are having an equally perfect summer, whether you’re on holiday or at home!

Love, Lynn

Things that confuse me, let me tell you them.

Posted by Adrenalynn on July 8, 2010

1. When two people are (insert low, suggestive voice here) in the bedroom in movies and it’s so romantic that you feel compelled to throw something at the TV – why, oh, why is the room always filled with lit candles? I mean, who has taken the time to light all the candles? Won’t it get dreadfully hot in there? What if her hair accidentally catches on fire? And more importantly, who are these people that bother blowing them out after the camera fades to black? In a movie I saw recently, the man suddenly and unexpectedly swept the woman into his arms and with great passion threw open the closed double doors that lead to her bedroom, where a candle was already lit. Did she anticipate his surprise visit, and furthermore, that one thing would so conveniently lead to another before the candle burned down?

2. I don’t understand laws that are made for the sole purpose of protecting people from themselves. I mean, a law that protects me from being harmed by any one of the billons of idiots that seem to habitate this Earth, that I can get behind. But when one of said idiots forgets to put his helmet on when he takes his motorcycle out for a spin into the nearest ditch? That’s natural selection. And really, who are we to mess with evolution?

3. Condoms in public restrooms. Say it with me; condoms in public restrooms. Do we really need to prepare for -and encourage- spontaneous intercourse in filthy, public venues?

4. Justin Bieber. Enough said.

5. I always wonder -and this is me getting all serious now, can you tell?- about people who devote their lives to saving animals. These people spend ridiculous amounts of time and resources rescuing stranded whales or lost ferrets or helping squirrels with broken ankles, but couldn’t care less about starving babies in underdeveloped countries or even helping people that struggle in their own neighborhoods. I can’t believe the air time devoted to various “Pet Rescue” shows, and yet nobody gives a crap about people who are dedicated to helping other people. This may seem a little contradictory to number 2 on my list, but I obviously don’t mean we should start helping annoying people. That’s even dumber than protesting against killing bunnies for fur.

Naturally, this is merely a limited sample of the massive confusion that is my thoughts at any given time. Consider this my gift to you. You’re welcome.

Gone Fishing

Posted by Adrenalynn on June 27, 2010

Another weekend gone before I even noticed it had started. How does that even happen? At least I snapped some photos  to document its occurrence. And you’re so lucky I feel like sharing!

It was a little rainy on Saturday (no surprise there) so we decided to visit the penguins at the Aquarium instead of sitting at home watching the kids climb the curtains. Not that curtain-climbing isn’t quality entertainment, but after a while it just gets a little old, you know?

…and here’s what my boys are staring at.

How nerdy am I for not knowing that Gentoo is a Penguin and not just an operating system? Don’t answer that.

We arrived just in time to miss the seal show, so we walked inside to avoid the rain and to watch the reptiles and sharks instead.

A few hundred species of fish and other aquatic creatures later…

…we had successfully killed off an entire Saturday morning, and I hadn’t even wanted to bang my head against the wall once.

Though this little guy didn’t look half as cute when he refused to get up. I may or may not have bribed him with ice cream. Don’t judge me.