Friday, March 31, 2006


Apparently I'm not the only one...

...with Peep Issues. I'm actually starting to feel a little more normal.

Biker Peeps (episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4)

Great Scenes in Rock n Roll History... As reinacted by marshmallow Peeps

Lord of the Peeps

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 11:59 AM   1 comments


Wednesday, March 29, 2006


I have issues... Peep issues.

It's that time of year again. The earth is waking up from her winter slumber. New sprouts are beginning to pop out of the ground. Easter is just around the corner.

Ah... Easter. The time of the year that the all-mighty Peep shows up in stores (is that blasphemus?). No, I'm not talking about the stupid black cat peeps or the sundry other non-Easter Peep items. I'm talking yellow Peep chicks. Not pink, not purple... yellow.

I am a Peep purist.

Now, Peeps have this strange effect on me. They make me violent. They must be destroyed. I eat them by jamming my finger through their little marshmallow beaks and brains before I rip them apart then eat them. I also enjoy ritualisticly sarcificing them by floating them in a big vat of hot chocolate. There's something about how they get all big and bloated that just brings me joy.

We were at the pharmacy the other day, and I was delighted to find out that they have come out with stuffed Peep toys. Not just any stuffed toy, that squishy beanbag like material that they make so much stuff out of these days. Talk about a toy with me written all over it. I've been torturing mine for days.

I submit:

DCP_1715 DCP_1716

Please refer to the post title... Like I said, I have issues.

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 1:54 PM   7 comments


Friday, March 24, 2006


Stunt Double

Yesterday, The Boy and I went and ordered our wedding bands. I guess that it's really happening, since in the past week we've gotten our invitations, booked our honeymoon, and ordered our wedding bands. Crazy!

My wedding band has to be custom made to fit my unique setting, so I had to surrender my ring to the designer for a few weeks. In the meantime, I am wearing a ring that my mother gave me. It's a family heirloom, An aquamarine stone that my grandfather gave my grandmother quite some time ago. I never met this grandfather, he died when my mom was around 20 or so... and I haven't seen my grandmother in about 15 years. Needless to say, the ring is kind of special.

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Sorry for the crappy quality; picture was taken with my camera phone.

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 12:13 PM   2 comments


Tuesday, March 21, 2006


The Man and the Hen

I got this via email from a friend of mine in Texas (no, not you). It made me laugh enough to want to share it.

Note: This is not anyone by the name of Brian that I am acquainted with, and if it is, I don't want to know...

Brian came home from the pub late one Friday evening stinkin' drunk, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep. He gave a peck on the cheek and fell asleep. When he awoke he found a strange man standing at the end of his bed wearing a long flowing white robe. "Who the hell are you?" demanded Brian, "and what are you doing in my bedroom?"

The mysterious Man answered "This isn't your bedroom and I'm St Peter".

Brian was stunned "You mean I'm dead!!! That can't be, I have so much to live for, I haven't said goodbye to my family.... you've got to send me back straight away".

St Peter replied "Yes you can be reincarnated but there is a catch. We can only send you back as a dog or a hen." Brian was devastated, but knowing there was a farm not far from his house, he asked to be sent back as a hen.

A flash of light later he was covered in feathers and clucking around pecking the ground. "This isn't so bad" he thought until he felt
this strange feeling welling up inside him.

The farmyard rooster strolled over and said "So you're the new hen, how are you enjoying your first day here?"

"It's not so bad" replies Brian, "but I have this strange feeling
inside like I'm about to explode".

"You're ovulating" explained the rooster, "don't tell me you've never laid an egg before".
"Never" replies Brian

"Well just relax and let it happen"

And so he did and after a few uncomfortable seconds later, an egg pops out from under his tail. An immense feeling of relief swept over him and his emotions got the better of him as he experienced motherhood for the first time.

When he laid his second egg, the feeling of happiness was overwhelming and he knew that being reincarnated as a hen was the best thing that ever happened to him... ever!!!

The joy kept coming and as he was just about to lay his third egg he felt an enormous smack on the back of his head and heard his wife shouting.....

"Brian, wake up you drunken bastard, you're shitting the bed"

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 11:09 AM   1 comments


Thursday, March 16, 2006


The greatest thing...

...about wearing plaid 14 hole boots with a skirt, besides the looks you get from your conservative coworkers, is being able to wear Halloween socks underneath them with no fear of getting found out. That is, until you blog about it.

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 12:05 PM   5 comments


Friday, March 03, 2006


Poetic Interlude

The Boy has given me a new appreciation of poetry. I think it's because of poems like this one by his favorite poet:

Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.

They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

-Billy Collins

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 2:10 PM   5 comments


Wednesday, March 01, 2006


Ever had one of those dreams where you show up for school not realizing you have a test that day?

Yeah... I had one of those the other night, but it was about my wedding.

I showed up at the wedding location to find that my wedding was going on. People were eating, others were worried that one of the groomsmen didn't show, and I wasn't dressed for the occasion. I start saying things like:
But we haven't done the walkthrough with the caterer yet...
But I haven't ordered the flowers yet. We're three months early.

To my credit, I didn't freak out at all. I just shrugged and said, "well... everyone's here, may as well go for it."

I went to put my dress on and it was unaltered, wrinkled, and had pulls all over it. Again I shrugged kept going. Someone pulled some flowers out of a vase and I was ready to walk down the aisle...

At that point, the alarm went off.

I seriously have to stop watching Bridezillas. It's starting to mess with my head.

posted by Chrysanthemum @ 1:03 PM   1 comments



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