the Nonsense in Between

If any event in recent weeks months years has been blogworthy it is this one!

How many times have I started a blog that said something like "last night we saw saves the day and it was amazing blah blah blah"? Well I'm at it again only this time it was over the top. Have I said that before? Maybe. But this time even that is an understatement.

Last night we had the pleasure of seeing Saves the Day play an amazing acoustic set at Cervantes. During the opening band's set we spotted Chris Conley hanging out so we went over to chat with him. We reminded him we were the couple with the tattoos and he was very excited to see us. I asked him if he'd be playing "This is Not an Exit" and he replied with a smirk and said that he didn't know if they'd play that one. For the next hour we'd just have to wait and see if we'd get the chance to see STD play our song live.

It was worth the wait because what happened next was totally unexpected and beyond incredible. Chris opened the show by playing our song! But not just playing our song but dedicating it to us and telling our story to the entire audience! I couldn't believe he remembered everything but he did. He told about how we came up to him a couple years ago and asked him to write those words and he remembered how we knocked on his tour bus window a year later with the finished product. He told everyone what a cool couple we are and he even thanked us there infront of everyone!!

After the show, we met up with him again to thank him and I told him i couldnt believe that he had remembered all those details and he said, in a way that can't be captured in type, "I have a good memory". A good memory?! I can't imagine how many people and stories he encounters over the years and across the country. I feel so honored that ours was one he's committed to memory.

Chris Conley, there aren't words to describe what these tattoos have meant to us and your words last night were another gift from you that we will cherish for a lifetime. One day, when we are old and so wrinkly that the inked words on our skin will no longer be legible we will still have these memories. The stories we will tell our grandchildren about Chris Conley will defeat time. Thank you. We will never forget.

pictures here

Hey friends,

I've entered a photo in the "emotions" theme over at JPGmag.com and need a whole lotta votes for it to be considered for publication. Please take a gander at my little creation and if you like it, or if you just want to see me smile, please go over to jpgmag and vote for me. Pretty please?

below is the "recipe" for the pasta salad. its kind of just a collection of things i liked from various recipes i found, i still added olives even though i hate them.

The Goodies (and olives):
roasted red peppers, chopped - i used about half of a 12oz jar
black olives, sliced - i used a very teeny tiny amount because i hate olives
garlic, minced - i used 3 yummy cloves of garlic because i love garlic other recipes called for less.
some crumbled feta cheese - recipes called for 1/4c but i think i used more, the one i used was a basil-tomato flavor.
some cherry tomatoes, quartered

The Sauce:
olive oil - 1-2 Tablespoons
balsamic vinegar - about a 1/4c
lemon juice - 1-2 teaspoons

directions:
cook pasta (recipes called for 6 oz i think i may have used more), cool pasta, fold in the sauce, fold in the other goodies (and olives). Serve, eat, and say "yum" alot.

Clearly, i am not a professional recipe writer.

People have been throwing the "s" word around like its freaking December already. I know what you Denver people are going to say but please just let this mexican be in denial.

I've heard that it s..s...snows here in October and there's a possibility that I have experienced that phenomenon in one or all of the winters that i have lived here but until it actually happens i would appreciate it if you just let me pretend that its not going to. You should also be prepared for me to act completely surprised when it does.

Today I watched the sun set behind trees.
I sat and counted my many blessings.

The wind blew,
the leaves moved,
and the sun winked.

We all laughed.

I could sooner count that tree's many leaves
than list my countless blessings

(inspired by a conversation with a tree)

i was just going through my notes for a class and on a single page i wrote:

How do you convince them that the cow

all the thoughts of what could be at the end of that sentence made me laugh. what can you come up with?

i stumbled across an artist's website yesterday and fell in love with the song on his page. i shot him an email and he promptly replied with the info about the song. The song is called "Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, IL" by Sufjan Stevens. Go to Case's website and have a listen, while you're there check out his rad artwork.

thanks, Case!

I enjoyed an autumn moment yesterday and for a moment i got sad with the realization that winter is nearly here. As i edited my 365 photo, i remembered something i'd written last spring. Below is a journal entry from March. It is a reminder to myself that winter has a purpose and I should not let it's lessons pass me by.

Here's to another winter of humility, i hope i earn my spring.