Monthly Archives: June 2012

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Longing To Linger ‘Til Dawn

Posted on June 24, 2012 by judisunshine

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow ~ T.S. Eliot The party is going on, half barbecue, half cruise, depending on whom you speak to. This one girl seems like she could … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Dreams, School, Women | Tagged barbecues, cruises, downtrodden, Dreams, hallways, hula hoops, kindergarten, Miss Binney, parties, Ramona Quimby, T. S. Eliot | Leave a comment

Faster, Campers! Eat, Eat!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by judisunshine

In 1989, I went to Tapawingo, an all-girl sleepaway camp in upstate New York, with Shannon and a few of her church friends. And the experience was just something out of a nightmare, really. There were some highlights — no … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Entertainment, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Music, Women | Tagged 1989, Adirondacks, battle anthems, cafeteria, Camp of the Woods, character building, Cherokee, chores, church friends, counselor, disastrous hair, eating fast, fun, group activities, Hangin' Tough, meal time, New Kids on the Block, Oneida, potato chip sandwiches, Shannon, sunglasses, sweeping, Tapawingo, tennis rackets, The Brady Bunch, upstate New York, Yankees | 1 Comment

5 Reasons to Watch “Magic Trip”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by judisunshine

The other night, Josh borrowed “Magic Trip” from the library. As is the case with many of the movies he recommends, I’d both never heard of it before, and had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Vacations, Work | Tagged 16 mm color footage, 1964, Alex Gibney, Alison Elwood, Allen Ginsberg, apple doesn't fall far from the tree, artistry, Avengers, charisma, documentary, drugs, English majors, Fourth Amendment, fun and wistful, Furthur bus, Jack Kerouac, Jack Nicholson, jail, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, Libertarian, Magic Trip, McMurphy, Neal Cassady, painting buses, rebels, spirit, Stark Naked, startstruck, Stephen King, The Huffington Post, The Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, Travis Birkenstock, trolling, weird, Wikipedia | 3 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 13: Impact Point

Posted on June 7, 2012 by judisunshine

SYNOPSIS: The only thing that Kelly Reyes (Melissa Keller) has ever thought about is playing beach volleyball. Until one day when a mysterious reporter named Holden (Brian Austin Green), comes into her life and strange events start to happen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, Romance | Tagged " beach volleyball, 1989, annoying martinis, awkward, Beverly Hills 90210, Blake, bleachers, boobs, Brian-Austin Green, California, confusing sex scenes, CSI, grand theft auto IV, Heroes, hilarious dives, Holden, Holden Gray, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Impact Point, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Kelly Reyes, Labor Day, Maureen from "Freaks and Geeks, mousse, New Kids on the Block, Niko, Scotch, Scream, Sleeping with the Enemy, Sports Illustrated, sports reporter, Star Trek, The Gift of Fear, The O.C., vodka rocks, walks on the beach, waxed eyebrows, white-collar dudes come to make a ruckus, Woody Harrelson | Leave a comment

Romeo and Juli-Nyet

Posted on June 6, 2012 by judisunshine

So today is the last day I can say that I’m in my twenties. I’m 29! There, I said it one last time. Tomorrow I will be thirty! When my mother turned thirty, my dad threw a party for her. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Ally McBeal, Beverly Cleary, Bianca, Caribbean, Coriolanus, crisis, Danish prince, English major, Germany, Greece, Hamlet, Italy, karaoke, meltdown, motorcycle, Romeo and Juliet, Scottish King, Sex and the City, Shakespeare, sonnets, Taming of the Shrew, Turkey, Turning 30, twenties, Two Gentlemen of Verona, USA | 4 Comments

To Wear a Corsage

Posted on June 4, 2012 by judisunshine

So I was catching up on “Parenthood,” which is a GREAT show that not nearly enough people are watching (Go! Go! Forget my blog; go to Hulu and watch this glorious piece of art!) and one of the episodes featured … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, School, TV, Video Games, Women | Tagged " corsages, 1993 graduation, Amber, banquets, Beverly Hills 90210, body image issues, cheerleading uniform, comedy clubs, emo, Eternity perfume, feeling fat, glamour, gray hoodies, Grey's Anatomy, Hattie, high schools that are like "Footloose, Huntington Townhouse, important nights, Jericho Terrace, Lauren Graham, limousines, Mae Whitman, Mickey's Castle of Illusion, Mrs. Teasley, On Demand, Parenthood, prom, prom dress, royal blue, Sarah Braverman, Sarah Ramos, Sega, Sugarplum Lynbrook, the best years of your life, Thomas Jefferson tugboat, Tri-County Levittown Flea Market, Vanilla Musk, West Hempstead High School, X chromosome | 5 Comments

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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Manitou Don’t Leave

Longing To Linger ‘Til Dawn

5 Reasons to Watch “Magic Trip”

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 13: Impact Point

Romeo and Juli-Nyet

To Wear a Corsage

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