Author Archives: judisunshine

The Dreaded Jelly Omelet

Posted on May 12, 2012 by judisunshine

So my little brother Eric turns 21 today! In honor, I am reposting a story that foreshadowed his shunning of eggs! In the Summer of ’92, Eric was one year plus a few months. I was almost 17. My mom … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Childhood, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 21st birthday, bicycle baby seat, big sisters, brothers, chicken fingers, cooking, Cooking for Kids, Deli-Boy, jelly omelets, recipes, Red Lobster, Survivor | 3 Comments

Cupcakes, Wine, or Beer?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by judisunshine

So we’re speeding towards that time of year To the day that marks that you’re not here ~ Azure Ray It’s been a year. Today, it’s been a year, since. I’d never lived in any other state in my entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, Women | Tagged Azure Ray, beer, Chip, Colorado, cupcakes, Doctor von Rockenstein, Grandmother, hardest day of life, JFK airport, May, Mean Girls, mother, New York, November, Oneonta, pizza, Townhouse Lounge Manitou, wine, yellow roses | 2 Comments

Goodbye, Cigarettes.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by judisunshine

‘Cause I don’t know who I am, who I am without you All I know is that I should ~ Missy Higgins As Jerry Seinfeld said, a breakup is like pushing over a soda machine. Smoking cigarettes is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Food, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women | Tagged blackened lungs, breaking up, cigarettes, gaining weight, Jerry Seinfeld, losing weight, Marlboro Lights, Metabolife, pushing over soda machines, rebellious spirit, smoking | 5 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 10: Two of a Kind

Posted on May 3, 2012 by judisunshine

Right off the bat, you sort of know what you’re getting into with this movie, because there are John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John on the root menu, smiling, with matching feathered hair and Olivia Newton-John in blue ’80s sunglasses. So … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, Music, Romance, Women | Tagged '80s, 1983, actresses, Airplanes, angels, Beatrice Straight, blonde wigs, cabs, Captain Kangaroo, carnations, carriage rides, Carrie and Big, criminals, Dawson's Creek, deep moral fiber, E.T., Edna Garrett, fate, feathered hair, fencing, fluffy hair, food fights, foxy, freeze frame, fried chicken, Gavin De Becker, Gene Hackman, Grease, Gremlins, GTA, Hallelujah chorus, headshots, high tea, Home Alone, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, inventors, jean jacket, Joey Potter's mugger, John Travolta, Just Shoot Me, karaoke, loan sharks, Manhattan, montage, movie epiphanies, Mr. Carosi from Saved by the Bell, mustaches, nutcrackers, Oliver Reed, Olivia Newton-John, pie in the face, pink and gray color combination, pink suit, Plaza Hotel, police, Poltergeist, portraits, punished spontaneity, refusal to date Batman, relationships, Richard V, roommates, root menus, sexual tension, Shakespeare, shout outs, soundtracks, spinectomy, SSCS, Stephen King, suit jackets, sunglasses, Sunshine, The Gift of Fear, The Merchant of Venice, throwing marshmallows off of buildings, tight pants, Turbo, Two of a Kind, TWoP, waitressing, Weird Al, what really matters in life, Zack | 1 Comment

Ask The Waitress: “Officer, He Swore He Was 21!”

Posted on April 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Q: Is “Dude. Seriously? These are our parents, ” a valid ID in the state of Colorado? A: No I don’t mean to be a jerk, but is it truly a hardship to carry a valid form of photo identification … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged alcohol, bartender, beer, cigarettes, Colorado state, Denver, Dr. Pepper, drinking, Dude, Fat Tire, liquor, mofo, paperwork, photo ID, server, smoking, sting operations, tipping, undercover, valid ID, waitress | 10 Comments

Some Movie Remakes That I Think Are Cool

Posted on April 19, 2012 by judisunshine

So like five years ago at Boulder Creek, my friend Jay accused me of acting like a fuddy duddy because I was worried that kids on wheelies were going to fall and kill themselves on the sharp-edged fireplace in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Buffy, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, TV | Tagged 000 Corpses, 1985, 1994, 21 Jump Street, 30 Rock, Angles, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Boulder Creek, Brea Grant, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, butthourt, childhood, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Colleen Dewhurst, Diane Keaton, early '90s, Elizabeth Taylor, Father of the Bride, fireplaces, Footloose, fuddy duddy, Funny Games, Gabriel Byrne, get off my lawn, getting older, Grease 2, Halloween, Halloween II, haterade, High school, hijinx, hold your horses, Hollywood, House of 1, Jaden Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Kevin Sullivan, Kimberly Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Larussu, Little Women, Megan Follows, movie remakes, Naomi Watts, Never Been Kissed, nostalgia, Passion perfume, period pieces, Poltergeist, Prince Edward Island, Ralph Macchio, restaurants, Richard Farnsworth, Rob Zombie, Robbie Williams, snow, Steve Martin, Sunrise Mall, Susan Sarandon, swans, tense expressions, terrible blender arguments, The Devil's Rejects, The Karate Kid, The Strangers, Them, Tina Fey, too soon, Trekkies, Trini Alvarado, uphill battles, Vampire Diaries, violent movies, wheelies, white lights, Winona Ryder, You're all right | 2 Comments

Jeans & Genes

Posted on April 13, 2012 by judisunshine

Did I ever tell you that I refused to wear pants when I was a kid? True story. Not that I was a nudist, though I really didn’t prefer clothes and in the ultimate of ironies, I threw a FIT … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 1982, A&S, Alexander's, Amy March, Ataris, Beth March, childhood, disappointing presents, dresses, flowing and curly hair, grandmothers, Home Alone, jeans, Jo March, kids, Laura Ingalls Wilder, lollipops, mall escalators, Mary Ingalls, Meg March, mothers, Nellie Oleson, pants, parental authority, Ramona Quimby, second grade teacher Miss Markey, skirts, Star Trek, Sterns, TJ Maxx, Wonder Woman Underoos | 3 Comments

The Gift of Fear

Posted on April 7, 2012 by judisunshine

I thought about posting the following link at the end, but I’d rather people buy this book, than read my blog. Truly. And no! I am not in book cahoots with Gavin De Becker (I could only wish!). I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Friends, Going Out, Sports | Tagged 1991, cheerleading, cheerleading uniforms, cool geek toys, creepy dudes, fundraising, Gavin De Becker, get away, Keds, no nonsense suntan hose, not trying hard enough as a kid, Olympic Sales Club, scrunchee socks, The Gift of Fear, Tri-County Flea Market, uniforms, youngster | 7 Comments

A Few Good Men

Posted on April 5, 2012 by judisunshine

Warning! Spoilers for the series mentioned ahead, if you haven’t seen them! So a lot of times, sensitive dudes get crap for showing their “feminine” sides. And I think that’s sad. Because as a woman who likes guys, I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy, Celebrities, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, Superheroes/Villains, TV, Women | Tagged accidental pregnancies, Andy Botwin, Angel Batista, Anya, awesome guys, Ben Covington, BMOC, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Callie, Chris Messina, Cordelia, David Zayas, Dawn, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Dexter, Emma Nelson, Eric Dane, Faith, family, Grey's Anatomy, Hunter Parrish, J.J. Abrams, J.T. Yorke, James Gandolfini, Julie Bowen, Justin Kirk, Lexie, luminous redheads, Mary Louise Parker, McSteamy, Nancy Botwin, nicholas brendan, Nina Dobrev, Ryan Cooley, Scott Speedman, sensitive guys, Silas Botwin, six feet under, Six Feet Under finale, suffering, Ted, Tony Soprano, weakness, Weeds, Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Zeppo | 8 Comments

Today I Am Home

Posted on March 30, 2012 by judisunshine

So my new apartment is in a house that was a small hotel back in the early 20th Century. Wait, do you capitalize “century?” Either way. Now it’s divided up into three apartments. My place RULES, but the walls are … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women, Work | Tagged Amethyst Cream, Annie, apartments, Baldwin, bang, Benjamin Moore, boarding houses, clunk, Colorado Springs, drunken "Glee" singalongs, exes, Full Bloom, furniture from the garbage, Hempstead, historical buildings, hotels, How I Met Your Mother, Jamaican Aqua, landlords, Lemon Yellow, Lily apartment, Long Island, Manitou Springs, marriage, masking tape, memories, Merrick, Morning Sunshine, move outs, Moving, Oneonta, Plainview, purple walls, relationships, shenanigans, staying home from work, sweep, tenants, vacuuming, voyeurism, Warbucks mansion | 8 Comments

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