Katy Perry- Thinking of you

Since I don't listen to pop radio and only buy Paramore and Carrie Underwood albums, I am outta the pop-world loop. Nikki posted the music video to the song Thinking of You by Katy Perry on her blog the other day, and I loved every minute of it. (And I declared "i’m officially starting my music career today- and writing love songs/sad songs/sexy songs so i can roll around and kiss hot boys in bed. Guess who my first choice for music vid actor will be?" I love David J Decker, I do.)

Then Charissa (I echo Nik's question of when you will get a "real" blog- not that xanga doesn't rock. It does) posted this version of the song. And I love love love it.

Enjoy!

The Oscar hottest

David and I play that game where we pick the hottest- whether it's on a page of a magazine, in a movie or on the red carpet. We played last night during the Oscars. Here is how it turned out:

David picks the hottest females

1. Kate Winsleta

2. Amy Adams

3. Anne Hathaway

4. Penelope Cruz

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5. Natalie Portman



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Bekah picks the hottest guys (which is not an easy task b/c there is only one guy who deserves to be on this list)

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1. Rob Pattinson- Duh and Yum
By far the hottest. I'd give him all top 5 slots (as I do on my "you're allowed to sleep with this celebrity if you ever meet him" freebies-list) but David won't let me. There is no close 2nd. Not.Even.Close


2. Hugh Jackman
He looked great and did an amazing job.



3. Daniel Craig
By this point I'm so bored. He does not impress me, but he did look dashing.


4. Dev Patel
He looks so you ng and excited that I just had to put him on the list. I wouldn't eat curry with him (ew) but I would give him a hug. And possibly a kiss. But probably not

5. Brad Pitt tied with Emile Hirsch
Again, on my real list, Rob has all 5 spots, so it was stretch to fill any of the other spots. This last one is a toss up between Brad and Emile.

Brad because, well, he's Brad and looked like this once:

and Emile b/c he looks cute in this picture.

Grayson

My cousin, Martha, Aunt Hedy and baby Grayson

I love this. But I also cried. Hard

Because I'll never have this.

I love cats day

Today I decided to make it "I love cats" day.

Why did I decide this? Well, because I put on my cat pin today because it matched my outfit.

See? I even did a photoshoot in the bathroom so you could get the full 

effect (I have on tights with boots. And yes, this is my preggers shirt. I love it) 

So don't forget to celebrate your cats today. I am celebrating the following kittens: Butterball (RIP) Zachy (RIP), Buttons Mocha (yes, my namesake), Clarence Curious George, Cindy Loo-Hoo (RIP or come home soon if you're living with a new family), Daizie Tumbles Bumbles Bonks, Mr. Jonas Chuckles aka "Joney Poney Balogney" and Buster Reeves because he was recently ill at the kitty hospital.

Who are you celebrating today for "I love cats" day? 

My cat pin is courtesy of My Ugly Kitty who has the cutest, ugliest kitty ever: 

Happy Valentine's Day

Love Leonard Cohen

The Civil Wars

The reason

Remember LA Nikki? Yep, the one with her very own stalker (which I used to think was awesome... but now with a few stalkers of my own, I'm not so sure). Anyway, I talk to her everyday of my life (despite the LA part- there's this awesome thing called the world wide web and cell phones- they make the 2393 miles and 3 hour time distance bearable).

We think it's quite incredible that we're friends, 6 years later, after not saying more than "good-morning" to each other during the 4 months we lived together. (I have a vivid memory of saying good-morning to you one time, Nik. It's super vivid)

I keep telling Nikki I'm going to give her my theories on why we're friends now and weren't then. So, without further ado, here is The Reason

(cue Hoobastank music)

On September 7th, 2002 (give or take a day... was it the 6th?) I drove to West Tisbury, MA to start my semester at the Contemporary Music Center. The first person I laid eyes on was my future husband (or it was his best friend, Cecil; I forget and it's more romantic to say it was D)

I remember that in the cafe, there was a table with name tags for all the new students to wear. I noticed, at some point, that only one left was for a girl named Nikki. I wondered to myself, "What will she be like? Will she be pretty? Will we be bff's? We will develop a life-long friendship that spans the test of time and distance?" (That's not true.. I didn't wonder those things because I was too busy trying to figure out if David and Cecil were gay)

I vaguely remember when Nikki showed up. I think it was late, and I swear she brought an entourage of rock stars and actors (although I could be confusing it with the time her brother came to visit). I never got introduced to Nikki, and I never introduced myself. Never. Not for 4 months.

Obviously, we knew each other. There were only 30 students. We slept across the hall from each other. We used the outdoor shower next to each other. We ate the same tuna-melt that Bubbles made. But we never, not once, introduced ourselves. You can't blame me for not wanting to suddenly say "Hey, Nikki, I'm Bekah" 2 months in. AWKWARD TURTLE

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume that I seemed like a huge bitch to Nikki and that is partly why she never introduced herself to me (seriously, you don't have to say "oh no! that's not true! you were so sweet and kind and not bitchy AT ALL" because I've come to terms with the fact that I come off as bitchy) But the truth is, I'm not bitchy deep down in my soul. Usually, I'm just uncomfortable, awkward and intimidated. And I was INTIMIDATED by Nikki, big time. I was 19, sang an Avalon song on my first night and David was mean to me. Nikki showed up with all her confidence, found a pack of bffs and had awesome hair.

If only I had said "Hi Nikki, I'm Bekah, let's be bffs" right from the beginning. Then I could've watched Sex in the City before the series ended, learned much earlier from her infinite music wisdom, and we could've put our two heads together and written a love story about a vampire and teenager and made MILLIONS by now.

So, there you have it. The Reason why I think we weren't friends, Nik. Now, I need to hear your theory.

So this sad story ends on a happy note, sometime, months or years after we left the vineyard, Nikki and became friends on xanga (gag) and the rest is history. Now, we even talk on the phone. YEP. Like REAL friends :)

Another happy note: Here is a text I received from Nikki last night at 1:03am. You can decide for yourself the, uh, condition she was in: "Absinthe!!!! The green. Fairy!" I love this so much!

Charissa, unfortunetely we weren't friends because you were friends with Nik.

We'll remedy that as soon as I get my A out to LA

Also, do you know if "Rob Pattinson like asian?"

PS: Nikki, I asked David why he was never friends with you, and he said it's because she was so close to JP* and he clearly hated him (which was odd because gay guys always love him- his words, not mine)

*initials used for anonyminity

UPDATE: Nikki posted The Reason too!

Is this some sort of bad joke?

Look who appeared on my google-chat list today.  

And as depressing as it is to see her name appear like that, I couldn't bring myself to "block" her. 

Grief is weird. Death is even weirder.

i've been looking so long at these pictures of you

that i almost belive that they're real

i've been living so long with my pictures of you 

that i almost believe that the pictures are all i can feel 

if only i had thought of the right words i could 

have hold on to your heart if only i'd thought of 

the right words i wouldn't be breaking apart all 

my pictures of you 

Looking So long at these pictures of you but i 

never hold on to your heart looking so long for 

the words to be true but always just breaking 

apart my pictures of you 

there was nothing in the world that i ever 

wanted more than to feel you deep in my heart 

there was nothing in the world that i ever 

wanted more than to never feel the breaking 

apart all my pictures of you 

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Happy 21st b-day to my bloggy friend, Lauren, at Busy Bee Lauren.

I made er Edward made her this card for her special day: 

(Clicky the pic to make it bigger)

I've ignored this blog this week, whoops. Sorry. I've been busy at work, busy at home and super super sleepy.

 

What's going on this weekend? I'm going to see "3 girls and their buddy, minus their buddy" tonight at the Keswick Theatre. It's supposed to be Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, EmmyLou and Buddy Miller, but Buddy is practicing for the grammys. Boo him. It's a Christmas present from papa-bear.

I'm kinda exicted to see Emmylou, but mostly just about Patty. I still love her- good mems, good time (that's for you LA)

I promise to be more attentive soon. Promise

xo

I have a crush on Caleb again

Did I say I liked him dirty? I meant I like him like this:

Why am I just hearing this now?

So why am I just hearing this Lykke Li/Kings of Leon mash-up NOW?

I embedded it below, but this version is WAY better (the little play button is in the green box) 

I also found a dl on zSHARE, but I dunno what version of the song this is, I haven't listened yet. OMG.. do you think she did this Fri. night in Philly? I'm so bummed that show sold out :(

I HEART this so much*KarenP just told me how to spell y'all.. she was offended that I have always spelled it ya'll. I hurts me when I offend my friends, so I have changed my ways...

This is bringing back my old crush on Caleb Followill.. the dirty version though.. No love for Clean Cut Caleb

okay.. maybe a little love for clean-cut caleb..