A Bit of Random

Its been about two billion years since I last blogged. Kinda lost all the blog momentum I had during the fall and early winter. With Spring around the corner, the new season in the air, I thought now might be the time to pick it up again.

So, what inspired me to blog out of the blue?

This awesome picture my good friend Jamie drew in the game Draw Something. I think it's just super awesome and needs to be shared with the world. Via my blog. Cause the entire world totally reads my blog. Yup. ;)

It just makes me laugh and laugh. PS-Its Eminem! hehe...

In other news my awesome sister Angelica painted my nails a very lovely pink. I feel so ready for some Spring fun.

And now a photo of some bubbles.

My cousin and her little baby Analee came over for a play date earlier in the week. We took advantage of the lovely weather we were having.. played on the swings, tried to fly a kite and blew some bubbles. Lots of fun!

Welp, that's all for this very random blog post. Hope you're having a lovely weekend! Hope this week flies by super fast. I'm super ready for some Hunger Games and Mad Men!

~HM~

The Kids Come Home

This weekend we made a super short, but super awesome trip back to Portales, NM.

We went to see the show Three Kids Coming Home: Three New Plays by New Mexican Playwrights at Eastern New Mexico University. The three playwrights are the amazing and talented Leonard Madrid, Claire Rice, and Jamie Barnes. Felipe Macias directed all three plays and they were amazing!

We hadn't been back to ENMU in about 3 years! It was definitely nice to see old friends again and a couple of professors. We were getting all nostalgic for the good ol' days of college.

Watching these wonderful shows and being back at the theatre really made us all want to do something together. A movie, a theatre show, something!! I miss that collaboration with fellow artists so much. We've all gotten the theatre bug again, so hopefully this time we'll finally do something! :)

This pic came out a bit blurry but it's one of my favorites of the weekend. That's me in the orange cords on the left, Jami Witt in the middle and Jamie Barnes (one of the playwrights!) on the right.  Jami Witt's sister Morgan and my twin sister Hilary were laughing at us cause we were all acting like we hadn't seen each other in like 20 years..but man, 3 years still feels like ages and ages. :)

We were also laughing cause Barnes and I are wearing like 4 inch heels and Witt is still that much taller than us! I think she grew 5 more inches since we graduated! :)

It was a truly great weekend!

~HM~

Why hello you busy week!

I took a chance and looked through Instagram to see if I had any photos to share about my week so far. And I did!

First, it was Halloween!

I made the most amazing Black Swan outfit! And...I didn't even wear it out! I know, I know...ridiculous! It really did come out pretty f**kin' gorgeous. I hand sewed all those feathers on. Plus side, now I have an amazing costume for any parties in the future. My twin actually had a great idea to do some kind of silly parody just so I can use it.

I thought it was adorable when my coworker gave me a teeny tiny tomato...and then the other librarian gave me teeny tiny jalapenos! I shall make a teeny tiny salsa with them now. :)

Lastly, I had a coffee date with my good buddy friend Alex. The peppermint mocha is back and tastes so good! Sooo good in fact, that I made another coffee date with my friend Jennae. She love, love, loves pepp mochas!

My plans for the weekend kind of got super busy again! Friday: JP coffee date, Saturday: High School Drama Club reunion, Sunday: Cabaret at Albuquerque Little Theatre and Monday: watch the cute little Finn Monster...baby dude of the lovely Emily.

I'm sort of in love with being busy! November is shaping up to be quite the lovely month!

~HM~

Tea, Sisters and the State Fair

I've been meaning to blog all week! Our internet went out this weekend so I'm gonna go ahead and use that as an excuse. :)

I had quite the busy week and weekend!

First up, last Wednesday my friends and I had ourselves a little tea party. It was such a fun mid-week treat!

Friday night, Melanie, Hilary and I had a fun night in. We tried on Warby Parkers, skyped with our other sister and just had fun being our silly selves.

Melanie Miscellany: My sister always has the coolist things. Not picture her iPhone..of course! ;)

I wanted a fun way to show off my different colored nails so I had Melanie bring her guitar over and show me a chord. I really do want to learn to play.

We went to the State Fair on Saturday which was so much fun! We hadn't been in about 5 years! 

 

As luck would have it, we chose a night to go that my friends were playing, Red Light Cameras. As we were walking around the midway, I said to my family, "I wonder where they're gonna be playing at?" And in that exact moment they started playing and my mom pointed, "Over there." haha. They did such a great job! Their album drops October 15th and I just can't wait! Definitely check them out. 

And that was my week and weekend! Can you believe it's almost the weekend again?! My uncle and aunt are going to be visiting from Washington so that's super exciting. We'll hopefully be hitting up the Balloon Fiesta next weekend. I can't wait!

Do you peeps have any fun plans for the weekend?

And wow..I said "weekend" a lot in this post! ...weekend.

~HM~

Some things...

I've had quite the lovely weekend. My insomnia really came back with a vengeance and not a sleepy time tea, benadryl, or tylenol pm could ease it. Oh well. I guess I really do need to get my ambien scrip filled again. I just hate that I'm gonna have to pay a damn $30 co-pay to get a $10 refill. BUT, that is only a very teeny tiny annoyance as I'm beyond grateful for my health care benefits.

As is always the case with my insomnia, I am feeling extra happy and optimistic and connected and just wonderful. I feel like I can take on the world and do all the things I always say I'm gonna do and still have yet to do them. I always try and chase this insomnia high and act upon all the great ideas I think I'm having. But without fail my mood levels even out and I go back to plain ol' me that isn't so manic happy and optimistic. But we'll see, maybe this time is the time. I'm gonna try to keep on the up and up and try to pin down the things that I want to accomplish that will make my journey to my ideal happy future a reality.

Does that last sentence even make any sense? It sort of makes sense in my head, but...I can't really trust everything that I think is brilliant in my head.

What I mean to say is that I want to finally start doing all the things that will make my future more attainable. I want to take a screenwriting class, start writing down my ideas, start filming short movies with my sisters and friends in our very limited free time. I want to keep up a gym regimen to help with the happy brain endorphins that'll make me not so depressed and pessimistic. I want to do all the things that I know will make my happy.

So, here we go! Lets do this thing. :)

The lovely Jamie drew this for me. And I fell even more in love with her.

~HM~ 

Week in Review + Teeny Tiny Things!

Hello to the weekend! Whew! What a week it has been. So busy! I made 4 trips into the big city this week. My car is running on empty..as is my bank account!

My good friend Kristin invited me to go see the show The Last 5 Years which was put on by the Duke City Repretory Theatre. So amazing! I had only ever heard 2 songs from the show. Aw, so good! The two actors were amazing! We went to the opening night so there was a reception after where they had a wedding cake. We got to chat with the actors and crew after. So much fun!

Yesterday we threw my sister Melanie a 30th birthday party. The theme was the 80's-Back to the Childhood. She brought all her awesome Star Wars toys and She-Ra for decorations. My aunt Lori also made this awesome poster for us:

My cousin and I were the only ones to dress up 80's style, but everyone seemed to have a blast. We ate lots of yummy food and danced the night away. So much fun!

One of the librarians brought me these blue legwarmers cause I misplaced mine. I cut up an old American Eagle hoodie and my hair and makeup was pretty 80's-tastic but by this point in the night, I'd danced it all off! haha!

And without further ado, here are some teeny tiny things for your viewing pleasure!

I bought these cute little railroad model odds 'n ends at a local thrift/antique store. A big ol' bag for $8! What a steal!

Welp, that's all I have for this photo attack blog post! Hope you're having a great weekend!

~HM~

Party of Awesome...On My Nails.

 

How freakin' awesome is this glitter nail polish? And the fact that its called "Party of Five" makes it that much more awesome. And the fact that its Wet n' Wild brand and was on $1.99 makes it the most awesome that has been for ages.

I added a couple of more layers of glitter cause clearly 2 coats is not enough. Nope. And also, also, the tweens at the library are gonna love it I think. Maybe not. They're kinda punks. Even though I was being super friendly and played the Wii with them and gave them full permission to laugh at my DDR (lack of) skills. But watch out tweens! I gots me some glitter nails and I went to Zumba tonight. I'm totally gonna kick your butts at that silly game! <--Not a true statement.

~HM~

PS-My good friend Jennae just started a blog of ghosts and the paranormal. So check in on that awesome. Which reminds me of a ridiculous time she and I and about 8 other theatre peeps went ghost hunting in the theatre in college. SO SCARY!

A Mess of Chairs or A Tiny WPA Piece of Art On A Collge Campus

Eeeho! I'm supposed to take my Ambien in exactly one minute and here I am blogging! But I had two pictures to share with you and a fun little night I wanted to describe before I go to bed and lose this feeling of silly and fun and happiness.

Okay, so I met up with my totally awesome friend Mikey at Urban Outfitters and we came across this cuteness:

Which he described as "a mess of chairs." Ha! So true! But I think it looks like a tiny little piece of WPA art on a college campus. And really...I think we're both right. Or as my good friend Jamie just tweeted "very tiny wedding reception gone horribly awry..." I think she totally wins this round.

After perusing the tiny arts of Urban, we went next door to the lovely bar Two Fools (how great of a name is that? Almost as great at the Thirsty Scholar in NY). And had some grub and a beer. Gah, I love me a deep, dark beer. Mikey suggested one for me and of course I can't remember the name. All I know is, I couldn't see through it when I held it up to the light which made it per-fect!

As we sat there chatting, I felt very How I Met Your Mother (without the annoying Ted). What, with my boots and dark denim combo and my stylishly dressed friend (he's always wearing some kind of awesome tie or sweater or vest or hat). Did I mention he's a musician? Yeah. He's awesome like that. He's in the local Albuquerque band Of God and Science. Check them out stat. My favoritist song of theirs (so far) is Impossible You. So perfectly good.

After Two Fools we went back to Urban and wandered around a bit more and then the song "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear came on and we both did that thing where you hear a really great song and you kinda slow down a bit and marinate in the sounds surrounding your eardrums. And you ask yourself, "what is this music loveliness?" I noticed Mikey get out his blackberry and I asked him what song it was and he was trying to do the song identification app thing but couldn't pick it up. And I exclaimed: "It was really loud in the purses section! Let's go over there!" So we moseyed on over to the purses where we stood listening to this awesome song.

I may or may not have listened to it 353 times from that point till now. Maybe.

Okay, I'm like 40 minutes overdue for an Ambien so I better go and stop giggling about tiny chairs. Thanks for reading lovely, impossibly...you!

~HM~

Modern Love

How awesome is my lovely friend Jamie? Way awesome=is the answer to that question. She's a brilliant writer, artist and all around awesome lady. We survived undergrad together with sarcasm, snark, silliness, smiles and...soda.

For the holidays she sends personally illustrated adorable cards. How cute is this Valentine's Day card? Way cute=is the answer to that question as well.

Today (the beginning of my work week) ended surprisingly well. After an...interesting...day at work, I rushed home, said hello to the family and then ran off into the big city for a play reading for my friend Jennae's dads' play. {It was an awesome play by the by!} My good friend Kristin co-owns her own theatre downtown so that's where we held the play reading. It felt sooo good to do a play reading, let me tell you. I haven't had one of those since college...almost five years ago!

After the play reading we took a stroll downtown to a yummy little cafe. When we walked in, all the tables were taken and it was oddly quiet. We took a seat at the bar and then Jennae proclaimed, "Oh! It's Geeks Who Drink Night!" haha. That's why it was so quiet. All the cute bar peeps were concentrating on their survey questions. As we enjoyed our drinks and a burger, we got to hear some ridiculously funny trivia questions. There was a segment entirely based off of the CSI: Miami scream and random movie audio clips. It was hilarious!

All in all, a great Tuesday night! Need to have many more like it.

PS-That last photo is of Jennae's boyfriend Kurt (or Qurt as I call him). Isn't it just so freakin' funny? haha...makes me laugh...

~HM~

Written Words {To Be Continued}

Since I'm a major procrastinator...and I have a half finished word doc saved with a ridiculous rambling love story...and I didn't want Valentine's Day to pass by without posting a little something...for you: A Haiku.

For My Friend Jamie
You Deserve Some Written Words
I Don't Even Know

Librarian Paper Art {from my co-worker}

<3HM<3

Music in the Mail

I have the bestiest best bestie that ever bested. I got the cutest and most rockawesome music care package in the mail. It has the coolest note card with it, two awesome CD's and a wallet masquarading as a mix tape! I seriously have not stopped listening to the "Folkstravaganza!-A Mix of Unequaled Awesomeness." It's on constant play on my way to work and on my way to sleep. It has all kinds of folk awesomeness (er...hence the name). #7 "White Blank Page" by Mumford & Sons has seriously stolen my heart.*

As has the gorgeous and sexy and lovely Jamie.** Seriously, she is the best. Also, Jamie, start your blog NOW! Cause all my 1 reader will totally read your blog too. ;)

*I wish I were web savy enough to be able to embed a music player thingy that way I could share it with you!

**And seriously, Jamie is so freakin' awesome. Like, for reals.

~HM~

InZombia

Seriously, this insomnia thing is quite ridiculous.

Actually it's really past the point of ridiculous. I think it really is just a part of my natural sleep/life cycle and maybe I should just learn to love and accept it, you know? The only part that has me thinking that I really should get it checked out again (for the 3rd time) is that long term insomnia really isn't that great for your health. I have this li'l sleep book and a Science News mag from the library all about sleep and I really should make an effort and follow some of their suggestions on treating insomnia. I need to stop sitting up with my computer to the last drop of night before bed. I need to give myself a chance to wind down before hitting the sheets. I really need to make that sleepy time iPod mix so that I can stop listening to Bad Romance and getting all pumped up and ready to go dancin'. I need to incorporate lovely yoga back into my life. I should go to the gym after work to burn some energy before coming home and zoning out in from of the TV for 4 hours. I should take a page from my Mom and read a book before bed and lull myself to sleep. I should. I should. I should. But do I? Obviously not.

But I'm determined to try and start all this good stuff. It's almost a new year, might as well end 2009 on a good note of "A" for affort. :) Yup.

On the plus side of my insomnia, I do get this ridiculous burst of energy and feel like I can conquer the world. I'm such a hot mess to be around with my caffeine like giddiness for life. I have all these grand ideas for screenplays and magazine interviews I'll one day give. I get very optimistic for life and the future of humankind. I actually give a damn about the life I have to live ahead. I start to think that if we actually are all doomed to continue on the decline of human progress, and that if we truly have reached the precipice for human achievement then at least I'll give it my all and have a great time laughing and living with friends and family. And I think then maybe it was all worth it.

So yeah, insomnia. My friend and foe. Like I've said before, it really is fun and cute and productive for the first 2 or 3 nights, but by the 4th day I turn into ZombieHeather and eat brains. I mean, I pretty much just stare off into the distance and space out and get chills and say weird things that pop into my head that make me sound drunk and then I take some benadryl and pass out madstyle. Then the next day I wake up and go back to my "normal" sleep hours of most humans between 6-8 hours a night. And about 3 weeks later it starts all over again.

The one really sad/kinda funny thing about this whole insomnia thing is that now when ever a friend, family member or coworker has sleep trouble they always think of me! I always tell them to text me cause I know what it's like to be wide awake in bed and kinda wishing you had someone to chat with. Fortunately I have a good buddy who is almost always game for a few random texts at 2am. Every body needs an insomnia, middle of the night text buddy. Yup.

So, yet again, I've blogged about insomnia. Lame. I originally came here to tell you all about my weekend with the lovely Jami. We have one more day of awesome hanging out left, so I'll be sure to post some photos and words about the adventures we've had.

Peace and applesauce.

~HM~

Sent via text message from a good friend:

"I love how this topic, that should be the net civil rights movement, is so scared of itself. Conservatives think that seeing the other side is a side of weakness, and liberals just think the other side is a racist ball of Christian Hicks. This country is so scared of losing that they’re both missing achieving the same damn goal.

 

Did everyone really think that on Jan 21^st everyone was gonna have a job, the war would be over, and cars would run on corn? C’mon man, you’re not doin’ anything to help the situation. Just cuz your friends are on unemployment and hanging out every night doesn’t mean that’s what you should do too.

 

Here’s the thing, both sides have good ideas about what they’ve seen and know. It wasn’t supposed to be easy by any means, but we’re never gonna get anywhere until we listen to each other. If not, then fuck it, we’ll all just die of swine flu."

.............................

PS-If you're trying to make me fall for you, you're going about it in entirely the right fashion!

;)

~HM~

 

Oh Pandora how you know me so! 

Well I'm so sad tonight

And the words won't come out right

It's been a long day on the track

And its stamina that I lack

 

So won't you run to me tonight?

Tonight we could pretend that we're just lovers

But I'll only ever be a middle distance runner

 

Well my heart is beating hard

And I'm off with a shot at the start

And my legs tremble from strain

But by the finish line I am drained

 

So won't you run to me tonight?

Tonight let's not talk about next summer

Cause I'll only ever be a middle distance runner

 

Well I'm so proud tonight

Of the woman you've become

And I'm just too tired to fight

So my darling, I'll succumb

 

But you'll have to run to me tonight

Tonight I will love you forever

But I'll only ever be a middle distance runner

 

Middle Distance Runner-Sea Wolf

Although, I guess my tastes aren’t all that hard to figure out. I’m kinda predictable actually. Put a cute sweater on a guy, some perfectly fit dark denims, give him some messed up tousled hair, have him strum on his guitar, and sing some lovely li’l lyrics about love and loss and whatnot and somesuch and gosh, I’m all yours. Or at least I’ll pretend I am and then run away. It’s what I do. There’s this really funny idea Mel, Hil and I have for this most awesome engagement/wedding scene that I’m gonna write. It’s so flippin’ hilarious and tragically true. Hehe….

 

Anyway, back to whatever random I was typing. Got distracted by myspace, Pandora, itunes and facebook oh and blogspot. Shit, I have a lot of windows open. So I decided all these baby-blogs I’ve been posting should really be going to my blogspot. I should do more with that. Today at work between the books, and patrons, and computers and cards I found all kinds of adorable fashiony cute gal blogs and totally got lost in that world and it made me wanna update my blogspot.

 

If I do, will you come read it? Yes, you. You right there. Cause I think you’re swell. And maybe you have some time to kill and wanna read whatever crazy crap I have to say. I’d love to read the crazy crap you have to say as well. Afterall, we are friends. And I’m sure I think you’re sexy and that your words are sexy and that your funny is sexy. Yes. Most definitely. I TOTALLY think your funny is sexy. I full heartily agree with every inch of my being that your funny is sexy. I believe funny is the best kinda sexy there is.

 

Okay I’ll stop hitting on you know. Gosh I’m a slut.

 

Actually that’s a lie I’m not a slut. Some might say a prude. But I’m not that either. Others may say a tease. And they might be right. Or maybe not. We’ll never know. Or I’ll blog about that topic tomorrow and then you will. We’ll see. Or not. Or...you know. Okay enough with the ridiculousness.

 

Also, back to original thought that spurred this blog in the first place: Sea Wolf.

 

I am in LOVE with this band. And I don’t use the word “love” willy-nilly . Something about the song “Middle Distance Runner” has captured my heart and it just won’t let it go. I could listen to it for a thousand years on repeat and forever be happy.

 

I love you song.  You are the song for me. I know what you're thinking, I fall in love with songs ever other week, but I think this may be it song. Cause you are pleasant, and fun, and perfect and flawed, and maybe you could love me back? Don’t answer me right now song. Think about it. Marinate on it. And maybe we could have something, you know.

 Okaybye.

~HM~