my birthday, waddle-eee-acha a la smiths & photos from the 70s

greetings, earthlings! i do hope this post finds everyone well. us mowrers are well, doing our thang. tonight is daddy & daughter dance night at ballet so right now it's very possible that matt has a pink tutu on...now that's a good visual. ANYWHO, here is a little post for you of january happenings.

for my birthday we met a few friends out for dinner and movie, we ate at the brewery and then hit up the multiplex for true grit (thumbs up, and i am not a western movie person). side note: matt and i also saw black swan a few weeks ago, but the more i think about it the less i like it. that's my two cents.

john, myself and shawn post din-din

mr. marty and mr. matt

i thought i had a few more photos of megan, amanda and jeffery and moni. oops. we had a nice time, though. good food and a good movie!

then the next night we got together with the smittys and the masons. shawn made these AWESOME corn fritters, they were so GOOD. they did not last very long.

the cute masons and their yummy fritters

you KNOW we love to play board games and after corn fritters, the games began! for some reason i was hot earlier in the day and had the air on. marty got cold. i turned the heat back on.

hoodies 4-ever

megan confident on her answer

shawn hiding her answers

and i have to say that tabby palmer created a MONSTER when she introduced me to the wii game just dance. i LOVE it so much. matt, being the thoughtful man he is, gave it to me for my birthday and i always try to get people to play it. so that night after board game time we went video game time.

tommy and i have a go

and i am not being a bragger...BUT i am pretty good. i was beating everyone until marty went against me. he killed me and was reigning champ the rest of the night. it bruised my dancing ego.

here we have megan and marty having a go at it.

then megan and tommy did a dance to an old-timey song. i had some free time so i made a video of them for your entertainment. it's no scorcese but it is entertaining.

waddle-ee-acha!!!!

and now some random photos from the 70s! a friend of mine posted these on facebook (thank you, leann!!!). i really like them because my dad is in some of them wearing a cowboy hat - as becce said, "YEE HAW!"

 

that is my dad on the right in the bottom right photo

a halloween party becce and i attended (i am catwoman and she was wonder woman)

pretty good costumes, and i totally remember this party

becce putting a choke hold on some poor puppy

here i am with leann, doing what i loved best - the pool

here is becce being cute

the neighborhood gang

and now...a few nuggets for you:

• will ferrill is coming to the office for an episode arc, should be funny
• i love stuff like this: times online columnist has a new book out that offers readers a guided tour through some of the most eloquent and beautiful sentences in the english language...here's an example (there is also a contest if you think you can make pretty words go together):  

ford madox ford (from the good soldier, 1915): "and i shall go on talking in a low voice while the sea sounds in the distance and overhead the great black flood of wind polishes the bright stars."

• i mentioned the book the hunger games a few posts ago, i have now finished the trilogy and i REALLY enjoyed the books - looks like they will now be a movie and will be out next year
• here's an interview with bobcat goldthwait, i've always found him funny
• mary ann (dipsey's wife and megan's mom) has a blog out! if you like to garden then boy oh BOY this is the blog for you. the paper had a little write-up and you can click on the image below to take you there or you can click here

• i'm pretty sure i am doing this race (along with amy and lauren) - anyone else wanna join us?
• becce sent this to me, you KNOW how much i love fake mustaches
• i also mentioned exit through the gift shop, the documentary matt and i watched a few weeks ago...it was nominated for an oscar and this street art has been popping up
• a college course on james franco? yes, please... 
• have you checked out google body? it is a detailed 3D model of the human boday, you can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in and navigate to parts that interest you
• you can download arrested development paper dolls here - i also read somewhere this week that the movie is back ON (buster is my fave)

• another awesome awesome thing from google: their art projecteurope. why, this afternoon i looked at the art in the london museum and had a lovely time - you can even save items you like in your own folder. here is one painting i really enjoyed...

portrait of a man, hans baldung grien 1514

and last but not least...IF you loved the sopranos THEN I IMPLORE YOU TO READ THIS, watch the clip below and THEN we can discuss - matt and i LOVE it 

alrighty, i can't end this without saying a BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO CARRIE AND SCOTT!!! he popped the question and she said yes! yippee! i am so happy for you guys! hugs and kisses to you!!!