"someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here."

~little shop, little shop of horrors

I got that song stuck in my head. I also have a joke to tell you:

where would you find a penniless octopus?

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on squid row.

you're welcome. :)

last night I went to a spa thing with the KDs. I felt kind of awkward (though I've been assured that I wasn't) because I had to read the ingredients of the products and was WAY worried that I'd react to one of them. It was kind of like if I were allergic to nuts and then went to a peanut butter tasting party. I guess I didn't think about the spa thing involving lotions and cream, just like spa items (vibrating slippers, the hot neck wrap). Anyway. I also wouldn't let the lady put anything on my face. I did buy some (unscented) hand lotion though. And if it hadn't been $26ish I would've bought the instant manicure as well.

And, crazily enough, when she did a little relaxing visualization thing it totally didn't work for me--because she told us to imagine being at the beach and laying out in the afternoon sun with the ocean breeze! That immediately made me tense up--ha!

Fortunately, I had a good time AND it was good to see the girls!

also, I have decided to stop wearing a bandaid on the mole that was removed, what, almost a month ago? I have been rotating and moving and switching sizes and shapes on bandaids to minimize my reaction to the adhesive, and at night I try to use paper tape and gauze. welp, I've HAD ENOUGH. unless I *need* it, say, for volleyball tonight or something, no mas! also, oddly enough, the bandaids whose adhesive irritates me the least? bandaid brand.

oh, and I submitted my photos today. here are the ones I chose. it was hard. BUT I ended up looking a lot at a) what would catch someone's eye, b) what other people wouldn't take, c) what people wouldn't just "brush off." e.g., that picture of nicole's fam? it is an AWESOME picture, but I am afraid people would look at it and say "nice family photo" and not actually look at the composition. so, here we go.

this one is actually matt's. we think. well, we aren't sure. we're entering it under his name, anyway. we call it "kentucky sunday."

this one I LOVE. it's called "midnight metro."

and this is also from the metro. I had a very difficult time naming it. special thanks to jamie and matt for suggestions and to jackie for the winning name, "escalate into the blue."

ah, matt and his sunglasses. I named this one "on the road again."

and this one is a little dark on purpose. it's called "oh say can you see."

and finally, I LOVE this picture. I want to blow it up really big and put it somewhere in my house! it's called "all in the details."

also, do y'all think my photos are too dark? I emailed the small versions to someone and they brightened 'em up 25% and mailed em back to me saying they were "too dark." personally, I think it washed out a lot of the color, but I also think they must look WAY different on his monitor. anyway, I wanted your input. input?

I am SO GLAD it is the weekend. I can't even tell you. so glad.