you clicked your heels and wished for me.

that's probably my favorite lyric off the new panic record.

Question: why do some older men feel the need to wear spandex shorts with out anything underneath them? i'm talkin' to you strawberry shortcake! While walking to the N this evening i encountered a gentleman that was wearing skin tight red bike shorts and a red fish net tank top, sans bike. His junk looked like a coiled killbasa which made me want to kill myself. After reviewing his outfit, i wondered why he was wearing clothes at all. It clearly left nothing up to the imagination but left the taste of vomit in my mouth. thanks dude.

let's review what else happened today, shall we?
- i had a redbull which wasn't a great idea and was left with a crippling headache for a while. Why do i never learn my lesson???
- i left the office with Doug, and while we were walking down the street he spit. This wouldn't have been a problem if a large gust of wind hadn't swept in right as the saliva left his mouth which then transferred it to my face. i almost peed my pants from laughing so hard.
- had a lovely dinner w/shana and went to some sad cheap stores after. the good news is i got some new jeans & sunglasses with out breaking the bank.

anyway, here's the pic of the day.
this is from last years civic tour and was taken just about a year ago. it was so hot in philly that day. i can't believe it's been a year. i also can't believe that there's only a couple more dates left on this years civic tour. man, time flies.

i caught lightning

i don't know how great this picture is, but it's one of my proudest. i can't decide if i like it au-natural or docta peppa'd up.
the storms have been crazy lately and i love them. i love love love when it gets so hot and rains and then, when it's over you can see the steam rising up from the street. it reminds me of something but i can't put my finger on it. on nights like this i wish i was in a glass room reading a book, watching the storm. Speaking of weather, it's been so freakin hot out i think my mind has melted. We went to the beach sunday and i'm red and splotchy. ashleycat fails at putting on sun tan lotion. i must work on this before Aruba.

i didn't know what else to do, so i started a food fight

today shana, luke & i went to the mocca art fest.
it was so so much fun. there were so many amazing things to look at. sometimes it was hard to tell where one piece ended and another one began. I found the questionablecontent booth as soon as i could and was able to get one of the 1oo not so secret anymore prints. Daran Daran will now be stuck in your head forever. Here it is:

Instead of telling jeph how much i loved his comic when he was sketching free art, i quietly whispered "may i please have something very special?" in a very high pitched/squeeling voice.
this is what he drew me:
i think it means more to me than/then (i never know which is the right one) anything i bought today.

i also got this sweet piece by tara mcpherson. it has the shiniest finish i've ever seen in my life. the greens pop into your face. i'm excited to eventually move out, get it framed & hang it in my own grown up living room

after the fest we went & got (mmmmm)margaritas & bar hopped for a lil bit. this was delish but gave brain freeze like a bitch.
boardy barn tomorrow!
also, can't wait for aruba.

"hi, i'm ashleycat, i thought we'd met"

Last night we went out for Scotch Tape's birthday. We had a lovely dinner filled with lots of red wine and laughs (cheeeeeezy). But seriously, we told that story about Doug ripping his underwear off at the table. I think i almost died, even though it was the third time i had heard it that day. After that, I was dragged to a new bar called Ace. Thank you for dragging me. It may be one of my new favorite spots. Any place that integrates ski ball & beer gets a stamp of approval in my book. It even had a Family Guy pin pall machine. So cool. If i was writing this on BBM, this is where I'd put the thumbs up sign.

Going to the new ale house in a little bit. It's not as good as the old one, but it might pass the test. We'll see.

Can't wait for tomorrow! I'm going here. I will run over to J. Jacques's booth and blabber on and on about how much i love his comic and have a little crush on Marten (yes, the cartoon). Then sunday it's BOARDYBARN! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!

Here's 2 more oldies bc i have nothing new to show you.

capturedoldies

i have nothing new or interesting to say except congrats to the red wings. hmph. let's review shall we?

this is from when me, mom & dad went to the planting fields last summer. i feel like something funny happened this day, but i can't remember what. the only story that comes to mind, which has nothing to do with this picture, is the time my parents asked if i wanted to go to the aquarium. They told me to pack my cameras so i could take some awesome pictures. I was 20 years old and so excited to get to go see the dolphins at the brooklyn aquarium, i couldn't get in to the car fast enough. we started driving down the road, but didn't get on the parkway. "maybe they have a new way of getting there" i thought. We kept driving and finally my dad pulled over. I looked out and saw the sign for FISH TOWN USA. what?! I looked at my parents confused and they just started cracking up. They each knew that by aquarium, they really meant the fish store. I however didn't get the memo. They made me get out of the car and walk around the pet store like we were really at an aquarium...even suggesting what to take pictures of. ah yes....whattafamily.
these guys are precomputercrashof2006 when i lost all my photographs. i love love love this picture. i wish i hadn't lost the original. it was from when Nana Bunny was moving out of her house and Shan & I went over to watch her grandkids.
i think this is from the nassau county fair a couple years ago. <3. You probably see a pattern in my pictures. My most favorite things to photograph are ferris wheels and other carnival wonderment.

RIP Goldie Hawn (the fish, not the actress)

Goldie Hawn, my beloved "Strawberry Festival" fish has already passed. She was found flopping around the living room floor this morning. My mother thinks the cat wanted to play with her. I think she may have been suicidal. My mom rushed her back in to the carafe and she was still a live. It was a miracle and i was ready to call the Vatican. A couple hours later i got a text saying she was sleeping with the fishes. Literally. Goldie has since been flushed down the toilet. In related news, so has the real Goldie Hawn's carreer. Can i get a HEYOOOOH?

Here are some more pics from yesterday. I love that we can be anywhere and jamie pulls out her make up bag and starts freshening up.

ps...i want this to happen:

i'm thinking about giving up and becoming a LARPer

so serious. This is why

today Shana, Jamie & I went to the "Strawberry Festival" in Bellmore. I say "Strawberry Festival" in quotes bc i didn't really see any strawberries....but had some good cheese fries. We found the game where you throw balls in to little bowls and try and win fish...which btw - so much harder than beer pong. So jamie buys the balls (duh she's good with them) and starts tossin. Me & Shana start screaming "WOOOO! YOU GOT ONE!!!" (which isn't remotely true) Jamie believes she's won a fish and keeps throwing balls and gets another one. So we call the lady over and we're like "she got 2 balls!" (HEYOOOH that's what she said!). I told Jamie I'd take care of one of the fish. The lady scoops out the first fish. Kind of like a Price Is Right prize pack, Jamie examines the fish but decides to pass off prize number 1 with hopes the second is better. And man was she right! That bitch got an extra fish in her bag. So now i have a gold fish named Goldie Hawn. This brought us to Target to get fish bowls where we tried to play the 1 item or less game. 44$ dollars later, i have 5 packs of Orbitz gum (they have new flavors), a dress and a wine carafe to put Goldie in.

me & Goldie:

fish scam