Utils in Bat Country

There's no place like home

I've been home for four days and my room looks like it did when I was a teenager. (Well, minus the crib.)

Must soak up every bit of relaxation and fun available before it's back to reality tomorrow.

Reverb 11 - Picture of 2011

Prompt for December 7: 1,000 Words: Post a 2011 photo that’s worth a thousand words.

I always look for the magic.

(And the most ridiculous accessory possible)

Wordless Wednesday

And snow it begins

Fall Traditions

As we've done the last few years, T&B came over to carve pumpkins.  Pizza was had, Once Upon A Time was played off the DVR (loving it), and whether It's a Great Pumpkin or Charlie Brown Christmas was the superior holiday program. [I vote CB Christmas all the way.  Looo loo looo loo]

Per my typical level of craft skills, I figured I'd keep it simple and go with a creepy moon and stars combo.

Martha, I am not.

Tilly was panting the whole time over the deliciousness and couldn't understand why we were standing up at the table, blocking her from the mounds of delectable pumpkin scraps.

And now I can munch on the remains throughout the whole, yummy weekend.

Wordless Wednesday: I love this ceiling

Best Aunt Ever

I was strolling through the Internet a couple weeks ago and was reading Keight's entry about all her sewing projects, simultaneously marveling at the patterns and fabric and thinking to myself that I will never sew, tra la la, scroll scroll scroll when in the last picture there was the most adorable onesie.  Suspenders and a bow tie.  After nearly squealing at my monitor, I decided Master Nephew needed to be sporting the finest in little old Italian menswear so I emailed the lovely Keight and had some adorableness waiting for me in the mail

(oh yes I sent it to myself, had to see it in person before I send it down to TX)

Even more adorable in person.

I love it so.  And I think coupled with this face, I'm a shoo in for best aunt ever.

Thank you Keight!

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

I saw this display in a little boutique window over the weekend and I thought it was so cool I went in and asked the owner if I could take a picture.  Very Antrho-esque, no?

One Degree of Separation from Spike!

Since I work in Baltimore, and not LA or NYC, my sightings of famous people are not frequent. There was the brush with Gabriel Byrne over a year ago in Union Station in DC, and a couple of other random sightings. Yesterday afternoon, one of the guys at work was all atwitter because Woody Harrelson was at the restaurant next door to ours. He’s a vegan (Woody, not my coworker) and it’s an all veggie/vegan place, one of the few in the city.

 

The coworker went over and bought himself a smoothie, just to see if it really was Woody Harrelson (it was) and I thought it would be cool to see him. But whatever, you know? Although, I did meet Juliette Lewis a couple of years ago, and meeting Woody would fulfill my Natural Born Killers quotient, right? I hadn’t thought of that…

 

ANYWAY.

 

We were starting to get busy, and I had tables all over the place, when a new group of four came in and sat down. Three guys, one woman. Whatever.  I drop off menus, and immediately think, “OMG, that guy was on Buffy!” I ran over to the other server, told her, and she asked if I wanted the table.

 

CAN YOU SAY FAN GIRL?

 

So I wait on the table, hoping against hope that I don’t make a complete ass out of myself. Because, while I was unsure at first if it was really who I thought it was, as soon as he spoke, I knew it.

 

Now. Before you get too excited, it wasn’t Spike. Because that would just be too amazing. It was the guy who played Jonathan, one of the kind-of evil guys. One of the really small evil guys, it turns out, since he’s shorter than me and I’m only 5’4” first thing in the morning.

 

So yeah, it was Danny Strong. Turns out he wrote the screen play for a film (incidentally starring Woody Harrelson) that’s being filmed in Bmore right now.

 

I made it through until the end of their dinner. And then I had to ask for a picture. He looked at me and said, “Buffy, right?” I suppose my green hair gives it away? I didn’t think to ask how he knew which show I was a fan of, as he was also on Gilmore Girls and Mad Men.

 

Oh. Wait. Maybe it WAS the green hair.

 

So we did a picture (awesome!) And Danny (who was So Very Sweet about me making an ass out of  myself) introduced himself to me, and then told me that the guy who took the picture for me was a ‘famous Hollywood director”. To which I replied, “yes, but I recognized you!” For I am and always will be, A Dork.

 

I really am surprised at just how nice the whole table was about it. I know it’s kind of city mouse/country mouse and some people just don’t give a shit about the rich and famous. And, as neat as it would be to meet Woody, I’m much more ‘eh’ about it. However, meeting anyone who had a significant role on Buffy?! THAT’S the coolness.

 

 

Oh. And the “famous Hollywood director”? Was Jay Roach. Who yeah, has perhaps directed Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, as well as all three Austin Powers movies and Mystery, Alaska. So he might just be a little bit of a big thing.

 

But whatever. He’s no Jonathan. LONG LIVE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER!

Wordless wednesday

Lambslaughter!

Wordless Wednesday: Shore 2010 Sandman

Sculpted by the crazy talented Aunt J and B.

 

People wandering on the beach wouldn't realize at first that it was sand just recognized a person shaped object lying down and would walk around and do double takes.