Early Vids by Star

Ha! Back in the early aughts, I had Dave's old Elph camera that also recorded video. I instantly became that annoying person filming everyone and asking them to perform for me, or to say they loved me, or even to say "something into the camera". Here are three examples that I am, frankly, so glad that I have. It's a little time capsule of friends frozen in time while also in action. I love it.

Pax Does Baba Wawa - 20 August 2006

Bryan - Sept 2005

Cerpts! 5 September 2005

The Corners of My Mind

Here is another post from my original, and now defunct blog, dating back to 2 October 2007:

Often I find myself left to my own quiet thoughts. In those moments, I tend to look back. To reminisce. Lately I have remembered some simple and insignificant glimpses from the past and have decided to share them. Here goes:

That first day I worked with Peter Parker in the café those many years back. He was so shy and I knew that I needed to be extra nice because that is what I needed when I first started. We immediately clicked and I will never forget how years later, he told me that he liked me from the start because I was wearing my Ferris Bueller shirt. He remembered what I wore the day we met. Now that is cool.

Cerpts. All I did was buy him an orange juice six years ago and my life was changed forever. He repaid my juice purchase with two cassettes of Rollins' Boxed Life. Each track hand written in a different vibrant color. Over the next six years he would randomly bestow a CD with his radio broadcast, The Dark Forest. The highlight of those broadcasts? His singing Tom Waits' "Alice" on the Henrietta Hudson birthday edition of The Dark Forest. One of my favorite fellas singing one of my favorite songs. What could be better?

Earlier this year, Pax was laid up at the Utopian estate for well over a month. On my days off I would drive over and we would watch The Departed and After Hours. We'd order in pizza, hang on the sofa, dissect the movies we watched and just chat about whatever. Mostly I would listen wide eyed while he'd spin me one of his stories. Next week I am crossing my fingers that we can get together and throw in a noir film. Maybe Sweet Smell of Success or Gun Crazy.....

Y'know, it's hard to think about Bishop without thinking about his great big laugh, which is always followed by using his hand to try and muffle said laugh, and finally ending with a delightful hiss. Never was this laugh displayed louder or with as much verve then after the infamous Voldemort incident of 2002. Also known as the laugh heard round the world. Man, I have never seen anyone laugh that hard in my life. I thought he would have a coronary. It was good to see him happy. Even if it was merely fleeting.

These are the little moments that stick in those corners of my mind and creak out whenever I need a smile. For that I am grateful. Thanks you guys.

Halloween Cards 2021

I scored a cute card with fun stickers from Amy and a super-rad card from Barbara hand-made by her daughter Sophie. I also got a cute ghostie from Bishop & Pax, a thank you card from Uncle Alan after he got the Halloween card I sent, and then a card from my father's childhood bestie, Greg and his lovely wife, Carole. Nothing feels quite like the zing! from seeing a fun card in the mailbox!

2020's Valentine's Received!

I haven't gotten so many Valentine's since grade school when we had to give one to everyone in class!! Check out the cuteness and love overload below: 

From Amy and Ms. Lilly at the office!

Mum and Maureen (and the envelope was the latest letter from Autumn, which I got on Valentine's night!)

Bishop & Pax and the pizza is from my Dad's childhood BFF, Greg, and his lovely wife, Carole

From Bailey, Avery, and Mama Ashlee

Cupid Strikes at Bishop & Pax's

Look what greeted me as I arrived at Bishop and Pax's for our first Saturday night together in 2020:

Christmasland at Bishop and Pax's!

Last night I snapped some pix around the fellas' place since Pax went all out on decorating. Then Bishop and I kicked back and chatted while channel surfing.

 

Pax and Bishop Deck the Hallows

Pax always goes all out with the Halloween decorations and I got a chance to snap some photos before Svengoolie played Boris Karloff's The Mummy last Saturday.