*UGLY*Christmas*Sweater*PaRTy*

no, I'm not having one.

nope, I'm not attending one.

...but i gosh darn by-golly jeepers wish i was, playas!

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i saw the pic below in this post this morning

and i thought it was SO COOL.

A store advertising on its window that

"YES, *WE* HAVE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS"
perfection. pure perfection.

i would LOVE to shop there.

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pick up this one:

or maybe this one:
and pose with
Tomas like this:

those is some AWESOME swettuhs!
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these clowns got the right idea:
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yay!
i just always wanted to do that.
yep.
...and set up a Christmas Photobooth like I saw posted
yesterday on A Beautiful Mess,
and the 101 found on Promise's Blog.
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...and dress *the binos* in some funky kitty sweaters, too.
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LOOK
at
this PUG:
oh, what a love!
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i've seen some awesome Christmas sweaters
floatin' around on the internet via a
life is bananas. 2009 X-mas card
[so funny!...look at her chubby boys!]
&
cute friendly get-together party
a la The Swede Records
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Yep.
Hee!
maybe in one of the upcoming years.
this holiday season has been too jam-packers
with sham-college boloney
to focus on
any real holiday fun.
sad.
so sad.
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but there's never not enough time to
plan me some NeW*YeaRs fun...
...that's gonna be the real party...
if everything goes according to my diabolical plan!
[cue evil villain laugh]
WHAAA HAA HAA HAA!!
BRAHHH WHAAA HAAHAA HAA HAA!!

yeah.

happy ugly*sweaty Thurs.

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click on the pics for sources. most pics found amongst these.

OMG!! Good Lord in Heaven!!

[pic above found here & picniked by me]

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ya'll know how I feel about

*buLLdogs*.

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well,

upon viewing this post on her site,

i stumbled upon
The Rockstar Diaries, a

BLOG that contained...

[wait, lemme catch my breath]

THIS POST...

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that post is the stuff of my dreams:

a sunny afternoon,

my very own *bulldog*,

&

a

mother

f***in'

bull

friggin'

dog

birth

day

party!!

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Hooray!

Alleluia!

There are other people out

there like me!

Where are they??!!??!!

There's gotta be some in NY!

[well, i guess i'd need a bulldog first]

but...one day.

one day.

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in the meantime,

i'll student teach for no pay,

& go to college for a few more months

& sit in a classroom listenin' to teachers

talk to me about stuff i already know,

stuff I've known since grade school

about teaching & life & learning...

...i'll do some more wondering around

this world in old, stretched out clothes

listening to my mom & dad argue every 20 seconds,

until the divorce between them is final,

& a whole NEW bunch of agonizingly painful

life changes arise from that.

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Wow.

i didn't expect this post to take that turn at the end there.

*wah wah wah*

gosh, you hear me?

hee hee.

i just know

[to be incredibly redundant]

that

*one day*

i'm gonna have my own bulldog. maybe 2.

...and it'll be great.

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"A goal without a plan is merely a dream." -- Elbert Hubbard

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I guess I gotta start plannin' then, huh?

reflectively reflective

on this rainy Sunday mornin' in NYC,

*amanda*

Teddy

Happy Birthday to my Teddy.

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He's in heaven now, but

today would've been his birthday.

He was given to us as a puppy...

along with all his neurosis.

Oh, what a weirdo he was,

but I loved him so so much.

To my Teddy,

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Thank you for being my puppy.

I miss you and I will always love you.

I hope you're up in heaven chasing all the dented ping pong balls,

being good company for Aunt Mickey,

tellin' her how I'd lay there on the cold kitchen tile floor

singing "My Little Buttercup" to you.

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Sometimes you were fluffy,

sometimes mom cut your mane into a mess,

but all the same, you were my boy,

my first taste of motherhood in mild form.

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You're forever in my memory.

You're forever in my heart.

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Happy Birthday.

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Happy Wednesday.

i *heart* buLLdogs

okay, so this is the first time I'm bringing it up,

but for the past two years i have known...

for sure...

that one day...

...I will have my very own *bulldog* puppy.

photo found here.

i had me a dog growing up...my little pomeranian, Teddy.

we had to put him to sleep several years ago,

& it was so very hard for me to imagine having another dog.

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as time goes on, I've been getting such a

palpable desire for a puppy in my life.

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my heart's been set on a bulldog,

just like Popeye, here.

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Here is a video my boyfriend took of me while in a pet shop in his neighborhood:

Once i see one, it's usually game over and he knows he's lost me for at least ten minutes in my own *goo goo gaa gaa* over-smiling & petting frenzy and *shnoogie oogie lumpkins* puppy tawk.

[deep sigh]

one day, readers...*one day*.