where did it go?

the weekend is already a blur. what happened? thursday: downtown farmer's with dan and corinna. beers at mccarthy's. hanging with ts. friday: gram's 82 birthday. hanging with ts. saturday: yardsale-ing with dan. s&tc with kristin. late lunch with ts. afternoon housewarming at todd and rachel's. crashed early. sunday: late breakfast with ts. mardi-gras prepping with the krewe. stopping by shane's. superbowl with ts and dad/gf. s&tc with kb, bret, ts. (this was all more for my memory than for storytelling).

but the stories i do have to tell... todd and rachel's party was one of those easy, laugh-saturated parties that are so rare that you pinch yourself when they happen. i didn't know most of the people, yet felt an instant rapport with all of them, especially the women. what i love about these women: they are hearty, out loud, belly laughers. rachel is one of the funniest people on the planet. the party was her stage and she had all of us doubled over, holding our guts. and no topic is off limits. she goes for the cultural jugular. the big subject saturday was the snowy plovers and the los osos snails and how both need to BE. STOPPED.

but that's not the story to tell. the story to tell was the excessive dog humping at the parallel guest's dog-party. and while i'm not going to go into the disgusting yet hilarious details (i leave such inspiration and talent to dooce) it had us all disgusted and crying with laughter for the entire party. and the next day as we recounted stories having to do with the 18-month-old trying to get into the conga line action as well. what is the word for abject horror and can't-help-yourself laughter?

emdot trivia: you will never ever ever ever ever in a million years see me in a conga line. ever.

ever.

and speaking of dogs. one of the dogs at the party was barley (barley was not in on the dog action mentioned above because she is good and decent). barley is one of the cutest creatures to ever grace god's great earth. kristin's got a picture of barley and barley's owner's sig-oth up at sweetdogk. also — i don't think we've ever talked about it, but kb summed up all my conflictions about picture taking as well.

finally, the dearest legume on the planet has great posts up. what i like about these is that they are a little more personal, a little more raw than our normally web-safe bean queen. i love the little glimpses of inner workings.