Matty's visit

I took one bite of my grilled cheese, and the crumbs fell this way. I didn't touch them at all. Weird isn't it?? Matty and I were thinking of starting our own cult...I mean church based on the smiley crumbs.

Matty and I at Duplex for lunch before my company holiday party. Try the poutine, you won't be sorry.

Me through the water globe
Matty through a glass globe. Makes me laugh

Matty and me with a dinosaur.

Shenanigans at the Gift shop after the King Tut exhibit at the MN Science Museum. We had so much fun that day. I love the Science Museum!
Turkeys crossing the street in Northeast Minneapolis. They were huge!
A "Malted Cristo" at Three Squares. It's a Monte Cristo with a waffle, and an ancho-berry dipping sauce. It's sweet, spicy, salty, and savory. SO good!
Matty and Sunshine. She adored him from the moment she laid eyes on him, which is amazing because she was abused and is very skittish of everyone
Matty and River
Something I found at Target that made me laugh

Yeah, we were sitting together tweeting at one another...it's how we do.

Nieman's will apparently let anyone in these days...
Shenanigans at Neiman Marcus

Me, Mary and Matty

Matty and Mary Tyler Moore

Men's room at Hell's Kitchen. I always assumed they both had halos...guess the boys get mustaches. :)
Women's restroom at Hell's Kitchen. Love the halo, always makes me laugh
OMG Inc! Totally makes me laugh still!
Matty at Nickelodeon Universe
Kind of how I view most of humanity.
This mobile that was hanging I'm going to classify as art because I liked the balance between order and chaos that it shows.
This one is bullshit because it's basically tape spelling out words, but art because the message seemed to fit.
Weird rhinestone buck. Awesome in a bizarre way. It wasn't bullshit.
Me and "art", I kinda wish I would have bought those magnets at the Walker gift shop.
Some of the art at the Walker. I actually liked this. If you know me, you'll know why this speaks to me. We played a little game of "Art or Bullshit" at the gallery. Know what? There's a lot of bullshit, but it was fun. Apparently, they hire judgmental hipsters at the Walker. I was yelled at twice by the staff. Once because I opened up Twitter (of course I did) and there were no photos allowed in this part of the museum, and the creep hipster thought I was taking a picture, and once because my Walker tag wasn't displayed. (I had it in my pocket because there was no good place to put it on my outfit)
Matty and the Cherry Spoonbridge
We went to the sculpture garden at the Walker Art Center
Pretending to see the Justin Bieber movie. Oh well, made us laugh anyway.


Matty heading to the Mall of America
Nerds! Matty and I saw "Sanctum" in 3D
Breakfast at Keys with Matty.

Everclear

I will never be safe, I will never be sane, I will always be weird inside, I will always be lame.......

They just sum it all up sometimes.

It's true.

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

Whatever

I feel like we talk and talk. And you say the right things, but they aren't genuine. They aren't the truth. You're not going to say a word, but stand by granting silent permission to crucify me.

A Confession

I am not a perfect girl. I am human too and will fail you often I don't have hair that stays in place I don't have the body of a supermodel I am not calm, quiet, nor reserved I won't always love you I am a hypocrite I won't agree with you Irony loves me Double-standards prevail Don't say you love me to get on my good side

All I ask is that you HUG ME I'm shy Talk to me Be interested Be genuine I'm a bitch Fuck love What I say goes I'm sensitive I am brutally honest Don't lie to me More than likely, I am smarter than you, and you know it Protect me I see right through you

I cry Chocolate is my weakness I'm artistic Sometimes all I want is for you to hold me I won't make it easy on you I don't want to hear you like me Honesty I hate you I want you I love you No one cares I'm not a princess nor do I aspire to become one I don't always say the right things You are blind

Taken from an Unknown writer, but sums it all up.

My Grandparents

These are my maternal grandparents Maxwell and Kathryn on their wedding day. It's just a picture of the original photo, but I love it. I know I'm biased, but they both look so beautiful to me, so I had to share it. They are 2 of the 3 people who have ever loved me unconditionally, and completely.

Grandma went by Kay. She graduated from St. Catherine's University in 1936. In her yearbook they wrote that she was "fiercely independent, she likes to read, and isn't very domestic". I guess I come by that stuff naturally. She was really smart and loved crossword puzzles. My Grandpa, Max adored her, and lucky for her, he loved her enough to do most of the cooking and housework. My Grandma was an English teacher and one of her students was Walter Mondale. They had 5 kids, my mother being the second oldest. Grandma had Alzheimer's disease the final 8 years of her life, and died of breast cancer December 13th, 1991. They were married 50 years. I still miss her.

Grandpa was a rural mailman, fought in WWII, and loved to golf. He is one of the kindest most gentle souls I've ever known. I can't remember him ever raising his voice at any of us kids...ever. (even when I peed the bed in his camper when I was 6) He's really good natured and has a great sense of humor. He's going to be 92 this November. He's truly the only person I really consider my family. I adore him.

All my best memories from my childhood are from when I was with my grandparents. They knew my parents "had problems" and really went out of their way to make sure I knew how much they loved me.

My trip to NYC

My awesome Mary Poppins parrot umbrella. Love it!
Me and Matty post dinner. Fun is coming to an end. :(
Me and Matty in Little Italy
My last dinner with Matty view from the other side of the table.
My last dinner in NYC with Matty. :(
Me at the Hudson hotel...before I saw how tragic the room was.
The Hudson Hotel. Seriously, the worst hotel I've ever stayed in.
Look! A murder! Um....SMILE!
CSI NY
Eeeek! A murder!
Matty and Larry at El Centro...yeah we ate there twice. It was good.
Our last picture at the Waldorf before the chandelier went out in our lives. :(
Larry and chilequiles! Delicious. If you're ever at El Centro, get this!
Chandelier at El Centro. Cracks me up!
El Centro! I love the lamp!
I love this picture. It's me and Matty in Union Square. He fixes me when I'm broken.
Max Brenner: Chocolate by the Bald Man....with the bald man.
I love this picture. It's me in a Matty and Larry sammich. :) Also, we have yummy chocolate treats to share in Union Square. Fun times.
At Max Brenner...why didn't I get this chocolate syringe?????
Larry with caprioska
Lunch with my friend Mitch
Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity!
Matty and his treat at Serendipity
Larry and Serendipity treat.
Matty and Larry at Serendipity. Larry was sleepy-sleeps.
Giant menu at Serendipity!
This still makes me laugh. Larry, Matty and the DILF. Look at the guy's horrified expression on his face. Cracks me up!
Matty under the chandelier....yeah I know. We had fun with the chandelier. It was funny.
Larry under the chandelier.
Matty and me under the chandelier on day 1
The toilet chandelier at the Waldorf Astoria
Larry Klye and the infamous Peach Infused Vodka at Vlada
Larry Klye at Vlada on Day 1

Here are some of my pics from my trip to NYC last week. I had so much fun, and I miss Matty and Larry like crazy. I love them both so much.