Are you ready for the summer? No, really - are you?

Today, I


1. Finally made Mike his Monster Squad shirt

Finally, a shirt that looks cool and is totally factual.

2. Finished reading IT (bad news: Richie Tozier lives... little racist bastard)
3. Watched the final episode of King of the Hill.
4. Purposely forgot about the many years of getting every rock and pebble trapped in between that "shield" of hard plastic and my delicate footsies, and decided that what was missing in my life were Jelly sandals; and then I ebay-ed them into my life.

Here they are, ready for the summer.

5. Confirmed that my dream bike, the Huffy deluxe cruiser, while not perfect, would be okay for riding around town. Whew.

All I need is someplace to ride the bike to. Oh, and the bike.

So.... now what? I just finished up my spring work (Alice/Wonderland and Singin' In The Rain) and have work lined up for the fall into winter (Sleeping Beauty tour), but as of right now, my summer looks kind of... well... dead. For this little southern actress, June through August is a big empty stretch of thumb twiddling.

I mean, there are lots of things to look forward to in the next few months ( The Downtown Drive-In, for instance) (a possible trip up to Wisconsin, for another instance) (a crafting explosion in our little apartment for yet another instance) -
but I sure would like to know what the hell I'm gonna be doing in between vegan chili/fancy margarita parties*.


Right now the only thing I have lined up are a bunch of discount books from Little Professor Bookstore.

And my 29th birthday.

Yikes.



*A one woman gathering in my living room where I drink tequila and margarita mix and eat Amy's Black Bean chili straight out of the can.

Set your clocks to "Domesticate"

I have a new blender.

And outside of the one Godiva chocolate liquor laced milkshake I made (and subsequently spilled half of on the floor because I apparently do not know how to use a blender) I have no clue as to what the heck I will do with it.

Let me be clear about this. I asked for the blender and was delighted to pretend I was surprised when I received it for my birthday. But now I am stuck with a blender that, while it looks nice on my counter, I really don't know what to do with.

Well, that is not entirely true. I know I could start a journey of endless smoothies and avocado margaritas, but I have a fear of dropping a ton of money on fruit and tequila* that may just sit around and rot because I am really bad about remembering to use the fresh food I buy before it expires.... and gift cards, I'm horrible about using gift cards before the hotel/store/day spa/hair salon suddenly declares that the time to exchange services for the $100 they received has ended. (Yes, those are all real examples of gift cards I let expire, much to the dismay and disappointment of those who were foolish enough to waste their thoughtfulness on me - I'm really sorry, you guys)


If this whole blender thing is going to work, I really need to have some kind of beeping wristwatch that old people use to remember to take their medicine to remind me to use my fresh fruit and vegetables before they turn black and fuzzy and totally unusable.

But as it stands, I am stuck with figuring out how to properly deflower a semi-virgin blender. Suggestions?

*I know tequila doesn't rot. But if it is anything like our bourbon, it does tend to magically disappear whenever I stop keeping tabs of who is getting their hands on it.