I recently found all the documents of the Sweet Dreams Club. This is a club my big sister started in 1983. She and I were the only members, along with our cat Tigger. You can see on the "role" card that the dates span from 1983-1985. She kept this going for a long time. Here are only a few of the many cards we had. Other cards include the "did" card, which is still blank; The "dues" card which shows that I brought 20 cents and my sister brought gum; The "people we visited" card; and the "outside activities with due money" card = walking to 711, getting Macayo chips, and going shopping at places around Lucky's. My favorite card shown here is the membership card which once included a friend who got the White-Out.....
After saying I was going to do it for 2+ years, I finally painted the kitchen. And, though I might be semi-famous for my super-human taping abilities, this might be the finest masking job I ever did. If you weren't lucky enough to ever see the wallpaper that was here when we moved in, click HERE.
Last night was one of the best r 'n r dreams ever. I dreamt that Branden was playing some festival somewhere and we had to fly there. As we got off the plane at the airport in the unknown city, Neil Young was there and we met him and ended up hanging out with him all day. He said how cool it would be if him and Branden could do a few songs together, just the two of them. And also that he would need me to sing with him. Omigosh, we were freaking out in the dream.So the next day, Branden was playing Tonight's The Night with him while I waited on the side. Just then, Eric Clapton walked across the stage with 10 or so kids. Neil got really mad and stormed off stage....[the only part of my dream that could actually happen in real life.] But it was all good 'cause my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Zeleski, got some cupcakes to coax him back on stage. While I was waiting for him to come back for my turn to sing, I hung out with Robert De Niro, George Lucas, and Dan Aykroyd. I kept telling them how much I loved Neil and how excited I was to sing with him. I waited and waited. Then I woke up.
Other pizza in the world has no business existing. Every pizza should taste just like this. Danny Hurley took me on a date here last week. Pizzeria 712 is the Settabello of Utah County, only better. I was bummed when there wasn't Caprese on the menu, but they SO made up for it in beet & goat cheese salad (one of my favorite things in the whole wide world). It's in the middle of the giant yellow monstrosity on State St. in Orem.
Last night I dreamt that I was JustinTimberlake's new bass player. The uncool thing was, I only had 2 hrs. to prepare for a show so he gave me a shot of steroids. Like that would help or something. So weird and awesome.
Damn you Lisa Vannucci. Aside from Herman Hesse and some select C.S. Lewis, I NEVER...I mean NEVER read fiction. Then Lisa told me to stop being snobby and just read Twilight. So I did. In one day. Then I read the next one. In less than one day (today). And they're really good. She was right. And in my mind Bella Swan is Ellen Page from Juno. She's totally her, Juno sarcasm included, and I'm really bitter that she won't be playing her in the movie. The End.
Justin is the bomb. This piece of his was chosen as a finalist in the Portrait Society of America's annual portrait competition. Out of 1200 entries, 20 were chosen to show as finalists at the conference in Philadelphia this April. Not that this is surprising, but how cool is he??
I saw a brand new, shiny green Stella at church a few weeks ago and remembered how awesomely cool they are. Everyone should have one. And you can find them at Dave's totally cool shop,The Scooter Lounge. This is scooter weather. And it's at 600 N State St. in Orem.
Meet Ted Sablay. He's our new roommate. Now that he's done with his world tour, he's decided to go to medical school. He's the rocket scientist type and would love a job somewhere in the medical field. So spread the word. Ted is very cool and we think Utah will like him.
I'm not really a cowboy, though I wish I was, but just look at how awesome these fireplace mantels are that I shot on Friday. Maybe they could carve the Fab Four into one just for me.
Rock 'n roll can be a very lonely sport for wives. But good change has been a long time coming and I think that's what this is. See you a little later Bdog. {And love the front seat..}
Here's the pudding that Katie and I made AGAIN today. We decided we're going to have a chocolate pudding experiment until we come up with a recipe of our own that's dark & rich enough. Any tips?
Ryan Tanner is the bomb. He's a designer, photographer, musician, lover of Diego's, and fun to road trip with. We love him because he knows that rock 'n roll shows warrant beautiful art to advertise them.