Layers, Yodels, and Background Noise.

This will be brief, as I have a date with trivia.

It is 18 degrees here. Do you know what 18 degrees feels like? Pretty terrible. My own personal best defense is layering. I don’t mean a cute sweater over a silk-cotton blend turtleneck. I mean a minimum four layers on the top, three on the bottom, and feet.. depends on the level of snow. There isn’t any snow right now, so I’m still going socks-and-shoes only. I also have an inexplicable need to keep people updated on how many layers I’m wearing, as if to reassure myself that I am actually warm.

This is probably really great for my friends, who’s interest in my clothing-layers probably falls somewhere between “American “cheese”?” and “I wonder if I should maybe change my sheets this fiscal quarter.” (If you asked me to make a list of what my friends and I have in common, “failure to change sheets ever” would be in the top five.)

Today Hanna and I went to a nice store (we were in Brookline, it was all they had) and I saw Liner Gloves by SmartWool. That’s right, they are GLOVES FOR UNDER YOUR GLOVES. Amazing. I can use those until June, probably.

Incidentally, I just figured out how to make links work.

Time to suit up!

 

2012, Fro-Yo and our new Asian overlords

Hello. I’ve waited long and hard to share this, and me and my Harpoon IPA are happy to be here.

Firstly, I was inspired to start writing here again because I wanted to post something on Facebook and I realized: I really hate Facebook notes. and I am too wordy for Twitter.

I plan to do a post on the bibles of my life (IRONY ALERT: None of them are actually bibles!). So that will be forthcoming.

The point of today’s post is that lately I have become keen to the fact that I may need to kill myself on my 40th birthday. I won’t go into too much detail, since I like my job, but apparently you can’t remember or hear anything. Suffice it to say the source of this thought has made it pretty clear that these are true facts.

I began to panic. I’m 24! I’m more than halfway there!  Then my good friend, Phil Chen, (he doesn’t know he’s my good friend yet, but just wait until Christmas, Phil Chen! You are one lucky kid. I hope Furbies are still cool),  pointed out that the world is ending in 2012. I panicked again! Only a month! Then my other friend Lee said she thought it would be in May, and my OTHER friend Dave pointed out that California would go first, so I may have a few extra hours from the real official start.

After I stopped panicking (not too long), I decided I needed a bucket list. It needs to be really legendary, since I only have six months to take care of it.

I thought about it all morning.

Here’s what I have so far:

Bailey’s 2012 Apocalypse “To-Do” Bucket List:

1. Eat Fro-Yo. (Phil says Mixx, Tim says BerryLine)
2. Go ziplining! (Verb? “Go on a zipline”?)
3. Hug a tiger. Probably a baby one.
4. Milan Lucic.
5. Stay awake for 24 hours. (Or longer!)

I’ll probably add to this as I think of things, but these are the most pressing matters.

Phil also says that since there are 2 billion Asians on earth he will most likely be spared. So if you want to know the future of planet earth, feast your eyes on this:

(Phil, I didn ‘t know you could play cello!)

I just went outside for a little fresh air, and I thought about how I just had a run-in with a bucket list, via http://paddity.blogspot.com/ That’s my friend Pat. I don’t know how to make a link work in WordPress, and I was just going to say “My friend Pat”, but there you go. His bucket list is shorter but, I think, more ambitious. I have to think about this.

I think that’s all I wanted to touch up on tonight. I have turkey meatloaf, roasted brussell sprouts, beets and a baked sweet potato calling my name. Next time, Holidays: A kitten who eats your tree, Nicole’s sweet gift ideas (don’t worry! I won’t spoil the surprise), and why I’m comfortable loving Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Oh, come on!

I just tried to post a post three times, and ran out of time on my break. This is humiliating!

Let me clue you in on what I’ll be posting about: Fro-Yo.

Get ready.

I am actually not dead.

Secrets at Breakfast

(I know some people might be spreading that nasty rumor around.)

Walsh – Under a fence

IMG_2739, originally uploaded by Tellef.

Photos from the night of tubing are online. Ch-ch-check it out.