Gorgeous photo from the part of the world where MB grew up by photographer Galen Rowell, who also lived in the deep dark middle of nowhere until his tragic death in a plane crash in 2002.
(We don’t mention the name of the actual town on this blog.)
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I love being able to see a place that’s become so familiar to me through completely new eyes.
More spectacular photos here. Go check them out.
So, yeah, the adorable sarahk and I like to chat. We chatted on Sunday night while I was watching the rerun of the premiere of The Vampire Diaries — mainly because it was the only thing on — and she was ….. well, I don’t know what sarahk was doing. See if you can even follow this. I barely punctuate when I chat, so there’s that, and at one point, well, who knows WHAT we are even talking about.
I don’t know why it’s so hysterical to me.
me: vamp diaries looks pretty good,
i gotta say
no one quite as pretty as jack rath, but hey, not bad
sarahk: cool. i set it up to record so i can get the repeats too. looks like it may conflict with other stuff, so i might have to watch it online. sigh. oh well.
me: hm.
has a very twilighty vibe to it
almost the same set-up
sarahk: cool!
Frank just tweeted: If you start shouting at the president, soon nobody knows when to shut up.
“You lie, and I’m gonna shove this ball down your throat because Beyonce was robbed.”
me: although both the non-vamp chick and the vamp dude keep diaries
sarahk: OH! They’re showing it, and she totally DID say that!
me: what?? i missed the tweet thing?
sarahk: that’s kind of gay, the dude keeping a diary.
Oh. Well, congressman Joe Wilson the other day yelled “You lie!” at Obama.
Then the Serena thing.
me: well, i don’t know. he’s talking about how he can’t resist her. (ed: I am talking about Vampire Diaries)
i mean, he’s from another time, you know, when dudes kept diaries. people of yore
sarahk: And tonight at the VMA awards, Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech to say that Beyonce should have won. He’s a douche.
/people of yore/ Hahaha. Ok, then, it’s acceptable.
me: oh, okay. i didn’t know what the beyonce thing was about
i’m not up on the vma awards
sarahk: yeah. well, armed with all that information, frank’s tweet was funny.
me: OH! there’s an evil brother vampire! (I am STILL talking about The Vampire Diaries)
sarahk: i wouldn’t be up on them either but everyone on twitter was bagging on Kanye. i mean, that’s nothing unusual, but it was everyone.
Pink called him a douche. Hahaha. (Sarahk is NOT talking about The Vampire Diaries)
me: cool! (What was that “cool” for, Trace? The “douche” thing or the evil vampire thing? I have no idea. Drunk again.)
sarahk: oooh, evil brother vamp? excellent.
me: we are talking about two different things — hahahahaha
sarahk: I KNOW! i was just laughing at that.
me: like, we are talking over each other — in person, it would be rude, hahahaha
sarahk: I know, it would, right? oh well, we know we love each other and i’m ok with you talking over me and me talking over you.
Yes, well, good thing we love each other.
A new US Open Tennis champion was crowned today when 20-year-old Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro bested 5-time champion Roger Federer was in a four-hour, five-set scorcher. Wow. What a great match! I love an underdog. Especially a 6-foot 6-inch giant underdog who stumbles over his English when awarded the trophy and asks if he can speak Spanish and then gets all choked up as the words finally flow out of him.
Beautiful.
Dontcha love it?
It’s even better when they’re yummy.
Look, I just report. The yumminess is empirical, pippa.
The Princess Bride (aka The Royal Slattern)!!
US Open Women’s Player: Kim Clijsters BEL
Congratulations to our champion, The Royal Slattern!
Say hello to your cool DVD of Frogs, sarahk.
(And, alas, boo-bye, Ilsa’s Big Hat.)
Thanks for playing, everyone!
Until next time …..
(Again, my apologies to Karen for initially messing up your Boo-Bye Speech in the comments to the post below. I fixed it.)
But …. would you mind …. may I ….. or might I … as your game mistress, suggest a supplemental boo-bye for More Horrible Slatterns?
I mean, her match point against The Royal Slattern was controversial and, well, slatternly in the extreme.
Here’s the video of the moment and below is what More Horrible Slatterns allegedly said to that line judge which could be used as a gracious supplement to the previously posted Boo-Bye Speech. I think it hits just the right note:
“I swear to God I’m f—ing going to take this f—ing ball and shove it down your f—ing throat and kill you.”
You know, your game mistress has always been drawn to the innate civility of the game of tennis.
Again, the final tonight at 9 pm ET:
The Royal Slattern
US Open Women’s Player: Kim Clijsters BEL
VS
Ilsa’s Big Hat
US Open Women’s Player: Caroline Wozniacki DEN
Your game mistress hopes for a championship match sans death threats.
Carry on, slatterns.
Wow. Okay. Major rain delays at Ye Olde US Open/The Best Thing Ever Championships.
Also a maaaaaajor upset.
The results:
Ilsa’s Big Hat
US Open Women’s Player: Caroline Wozniacki DEN
bogarted the finals from
Shank Jogger
US Open Women’s Player: Yanina Wickmayer BEL
Boo-bye, Shank Jogger.
AND ….. in the day’s major upset …..
The Royal Slattern
US Open Women’s Player: Kim Clijsters BEL
stormed da castle of …..
More Horrible Slatterns
US Open Women’s Player: Serena Williams USA
And boo-bye to you, too, More Horrible Slatterns. (Williams Shmilliams.)
So the final tomorrow — weather permitting — looks like THIS:
The Royal Slattern
US Open Women’s Player: Kim Clijsters BEL
VS
Ilsa’s Big Hat
US Open Women’s Player: Caroline Wozniacki DEN
Phew. The game mistress is worn out from waiting for all this to go down.
Good luck and good final, pippa!
Semi-final matches tomorrow.
Since sarahk, uhm, pointed out that the link to her awesome smack talk at Mr. Holland’s Opus Shmopus was messed up — and she wouldn’t want anyone to miss it — I fixed it.
And here’s the link againnnnn. Scroll down to the comments.
Because, really, it’s important to know, sarahk loves you and does not want you to miss it. Mmkay, pippa?
Okay. Rest up, slatterns.
Big day tomorrow.
Looks like our final four get the day off today.
So, here our the semi-final matchups for Friday morning.
Shank Jogger
US Open Women’s Player: Yanina Wickmayer BEL
VS
Ilsa’s Big Hat
US Open Women’s Player: Caroline Wozniacki DEN
AND …..
The Royal Slattern
US Open Women’s Player: Kim Clijsters BEL
VS
More Horrible Slatterns
US Open Women’s Player: Serena Williams USA
Look at the slattern match-up! Hahahahaha.
Good luck and good matches, pippa!
