I was feeling inspired to write a post today and then
realized that I have little to nothing new to mention to you. Except for the
following:
1. Sam and I welcomed a new member to the Kenyon – Orangecat – Bucket family.
Meet Mac. He has settled into his new home quite nicely. We’re just loving him. I guess the “impulsive buyer” beat out the “saver” once again. Good news is. This wasn’t really a splurge. This was a calculated and justified purchase. Okay...maybe I'm still trying to justify it. Mostly, it was a reward for reaching my goal of 100 sales. Not only reaching it, reaching it over a month before my first Etsyversary. The shop has been quite busy the past few months and I’m loving every minute of it!
1. Sam and I welcomed a new member to the Kenyon – Orangecat – Bucket family.
Meet Mac. He has settled into his new home quite nicely. We’re just loving him. I guess the “impulsive buyer” beat out the “saver” once again. Good news is. This wasn’t really a splurge. This was a calculated and justified purchase. Okay...maybe I'm still trying to justify it. Mostly, it was a reward for reaching my goal of 100 sales. Not only reaching it, reaching it over a month before my first Etsyversary. The shop has been quite busy the past few months and I’m loving every minute of it!
2. Last weekend we went out to the booming metropolis of
Webster, NY with Dave, my bro, to see Marc Maron at The Comedy Club. We weren’t
sure what to think when we first walked in. You have to walk through a bar
called, “Daisy Dukes,” to get to the comedy club. Now. If you have ever been to
the Daisy Dukes in Syracuse, this bar is EXACTLY the same (sans mechanical
bull, which is good – especially if you are there for your bachelorette party
wearing a thrift store wedding dress and approached repeatedly by creepy dudes
asking you to ride it with them… I have said too much. I don’t know anything
about that.) Even the logo could pass as the logo for the Syracuse Daisy Dukes.
Upon receiving our round of stale beers, we asked about it and turns out –
Nope! No relation. I’m telling you about this for a reason. Hang in there.
So, the doors open and we get seated pretty darn close to the stage. The actual comedy club is really nice. It’s cozy and comfortable. Intimate, I’d say. The opener was great. His name is escaping me at the moment. Then Marc came out. So good. So funny. He discussed everything from ice cream to cats to his childhood (at the request of some drunk lady in the crowd). I loved it. He made a joke referencing a sewing convention that was going on at the hotel he was staying at. Crazy thing is there was a sewing convention going on at the hotel we were staying at, too! We were at the same hotel. I believe my face was just a smile, no other features, through the entire show.
After the show, we stood in the meet and greet line. Sam and I got a photo with Marc, introduced ourselves, and tried our best to blurt out witty one-liners. We were able to convey that we had also noticed the sewing convention. The sewing convention was no joke. They were there all day. They were still there after midnight when I went to the front desk to get a toothbrush. My mind was obviously blinded by excitement while packing and I forgot mine.
The following morning, we went down to get our share of the luke warm, plastic looking continental breakfast, when in comes Mr. Maron! He stopped at our table and we chatted for a while. We talked about Daisy Dukes and the band that played after the show. Marc described it as “Tragic. Like a one woman dancing kind of thing.” Which was so accurate. Perfectly said. We also got another photo with him in front of…you guessed it…the sewing convention. (Pardon my hair. I also forgot my hairbrush.)
So, the doors open and we get seated pretty darn close to the stage. The actual comedy club is really nice. It’s cozy and comfortable. Intimate, I’d say. The opener was great. His name is escaping me at the moment. Then Marc came out. So good. So funny. He discussed everything from ice cream to cats to his childhood (at the request of some drunk lady in the crowd). I loved it. He made a joke referencing a sewing convention that was going on at the hotel he was staying at. Crazy thing is there was a sewing convention going on at the hotel we were staying at, too! We were at the same hotel. I believe my face was just a smile, no other features, through the entire show.
After the show, we stood in the meet and greet line. Sam and I got a photo with Marc, introduced ourselves, and tried our best to blurt out witty one-liners. We were able to convey that we had also noticed the sewing convention. The sewing convention was no joke. They were there all day. They were still there after midnight when I went to the front desk to get a toothbrush. My mind was obviously blinded by excitement while packing and I forgot mine.
The following morning, we went down to get our share of the luke warm, plastic looking continental breakfast, when in comes Mr. Maron! He stopped at our table and we chatted for a while. We talked about Daisy Dukes and the band that played after the show. Marc described it as “Tragic. Like a one woman dancing kind of thing.” Which was so accurate. Perfectly said. We also got another photo with him in front of…you guessed it…the sewing convention. (Pardon my hair. I also forgot my hairbrush.)
Later that night, I was catching up on Girls and he was
randomly in the episode. I thought “No big deal, we had breakfast with him this
morning.”
It was such a great weekend.
3. Turns out I had a lot more to say about #2 than I thought. The last thing I wanted to mention (now that you are wondering if you are still reading my post or have you been reading War and Peace?) is that I have been working on a really cool project lately. I can’t quite share it with you yet, but I will soon! :)
Stay tuned, readers!
-- Alison --
It was such a great weekend.
3. Turns out I had a lot more to say about #2 than I thought. The last thing I wanted to mention (now that you are wondering if you are still reading my post or have you been reading War and Peace?) is that I have been working on a really cool project lately. I can’t quite share it with you yet, but I will soon! :)
Stay tuned, readers!
-- Alison --
