Laughing quietly to myself

About one of the Idols who was getting nostalgic for the end of tour and going around the bus telling everyone how much he loves them. When he got to me he said, "Jess, I feel like if I kiss you you're going to knee me in the crotch so I'll just give you a hug." And maybe I'm wrong but I feel like there was love implicit in his understanding me so well.

Laughing quietly to myself

About how Renee asked if living in the land of sunshine makes one passive aggressive or aggressive aggressive. Well, I said, I flicked off a palm tree at the botanical gardens in DC the other day so I'll let you be the judge of that.

laughing quietly to myself

About how I really used to hate emoticons but now I think it's funny to send the devil face in text messages. If someone texts me to ask for permission to do something and I say no, I add the devil face to my response. I don't know yet if anyone else thinks it's funny or if I just seem like an asshole.

I am still laughing quietly

About the "Georgia arrest" story that Bova told me weeks ago. And I still think that Ryan Reynolds should play Bova when the movie version comes out. Because it needs to come out.

laughing quietly to myself

About the rap Matthew made up this morning, "I don't give a fuck, I eat cookies for breakfast..." We wondered if Ice-T could make these lyrics sound tough and decided that yeah, he could.

laughing quietly to myself

About how today I said, "DUDE..." and did a double hang ten with my hands and I wasn't even kidding. What is this state doing to me?

laughing quietly to myself

About how I just made up a dance called the bow-legged octopus.

laughing quietly to myself

About how a group of us were walking and talking when we saw a member of New Kids on the Block approaching. We all got quiet and walked past him in still, unnatural, silence and he looked embarrassed.

Sorry Jonathan Knight.

laughing quietly to myself

About how Bart Connor was a river guide in my dream last night.

laughing quietly to myself

About how a guy walked into the room right when someone said to me, "Well you know one of the Teletubbies was a porn star."

laughing quietly to myself

About how I was so proud I packed a week of clothes plus my mobile office - laptop, printer, scanner, cords - into a carry-on bag only to realize when I got there that I forgot UNDERWEAR.

laughing quietly to myself

About how Matthew opened a lollipop wrapper with his switchblade. That's real tough.

laughing quietly to myself

About how the vet thought the dog's name is Pepsi and I didn't correct her because I thought it was funny. How Kentucky of us.

laughing quietly to myself

About how I'm living on a street named after a fruit, in between two streets with "wind" and "surf" in their names. For real?

laughing quietly to myself

About how packing lightly for the flight home goes great until someone gives you a solid statue for Christmas.



ps I love it, LE

laughing quietly to myself

About how I just bought legwarmers with stirrups.

laughing quietly to myself

About how I stayed up until 3 am watching episodes of Sister Wives.

laughing quietly to myself

About how I came home from Texas wearing an uber-90s outfit. Army pants, Vans, a tank top, a VEST. Later M and I saw a girl with a sweat band on her head. "Does that girl have a sweat band on her head?" he asked. "Kids these days," I said, "They think it's the 80s. When it's really the 90s."

laughing quietly to myself

About how I just found a draft of a blog post I started in June that says, "I am the most indifferent person I know when it comes to..." and ends. I guess I was too indifferent to finish the sentence.

laughing quietly to myself

About the sticker on my deodorant, EXTRA RESPONSIVE IN EMOTIONAL MOMENTS. People should come with these stickers.