"They’re like, 12" - The correct way to refer to anyone younger than you.  

Hilarious advice via. Darling Be Daring

Reasons my son is crying...

Have you guys checked out the hilarious tumblr, "Reasons My Son Is Crying"?  I think it's brilliant.  

This hilarious blog represents all those wonderful moments with children when logic ceases and emotions run high; for no apparent reason.  As the subheader explains: 

All the many many completely logical reasons that children cry.

And don't let the name fool you- daughters are featured too.

Jeff and I have long since realized that when parenthood gets tough, making fun of your kids a bit can really help.  So of course, we had to get Elliott a shout-out.

Guest Post: Ten Reasons Zach Braff And I Are The Same Person

Hello! I'm shirking the standard content, and sharing this post from Jeff.  It made me laugh. 

Also shamelessly plugging his project. Enjoy.

Ten Reasons Zach Braff And I Are The Same Person

If you haven’t figured this out on your own yet, I’ll just tell you. Zach Braff and I are the same person. The similarities are as uncanny as they are plentiful. Let me run down the list for you.
1. Zach was born in New Jersey. I was born in San Jose.
2. Zach is 38 years old. I’m 35.
3. Zach wrote, directed and acted in Garden State. I watched Garden State.
4. Zach was Punk’d by Ashton Kutcher when he caught a kid tagging his Porsche. I used to sell spray paint in my gallery.
5. Zach has worked with Natalie Portman and Method Man at the same time. I worked with a guy once that would clock in then just go home.
6. Zach has hosted Saturday Night Live. The last time I watched Saturday Night Live “live” was probably junior year in high school.
7. Zach was the star of a TV show called Scrubs. I was the star of my 8th grade play and I have no idea what the name of it was.
8. Zach has over 1 million Twitter followers. I follow close behind at just over 800.
9. Zach opened a restaurant in New York City called Mermaid Oyster Bar. I went to New York one time with my friend Ryan.
As you can see, the similarities are endless, but the fact that we are the same person couldn’t be more evident than now. And that brings us to number…
10. We both launched a Kickstarter campaign this month. He’s a writer/actor/director so his project is, obviously, to make a movie. I’m a painter so my project is, obviously, to make a painting.
I’m looking at this as a friendly competition among buddies.

27 days from now let’s tally up our funding to see who wins. Honestly, I think he has a chance to beat me, but this early in the game you never know what can happen. If you only back one project this month make it this one. Good luck, Zach.
See ya,
Jeff

Moonrise magic...

Sooo... we're all out of our minds excited about the DVD release of Moonrise Kingdom, right?

Jeff surprised me with it, and we've got it playing back-to-back while we snack on fresh gingerbread.  It's the perfect, PERFECT movie for a cool, grey day.  Hey, can I tell you a secret?  I was SO looking forward to seeing this in the theatre, and I was SO worried that our camping trip would force me to miss it.  So I made Jeff watch Elliott (on my watching Elliott day), I grabbed Evy and and we snuck away to catch this the day before we left for the wilderness.

Is that obvious?

I left Moonrise Kingdom convinced that if Sam and Suzy could brave the terrain, so could I.  All of my camping apprehension morphed into a mission to create my own Moonrise Kingdom moment way out in the woods.  Remember our camping video?  That song playing in it resonated through me from the theatre to the great outdoors.  It set the tone and the soundtrack for our trip and now, in my mind, it's forever fused to the memories we made there.  Thanks, Wes.

You know... Wes Anderson really is some kind of genius, and his films really are some kind of brilliant.  He's like a curator, ever so carefully building these worlds of nostalgia, drama, and fantasy- down to the most exquisite and finite details, and filling them with complex and endearing characters; and inviting us in to escape for brief increments.  He's my hero.  

What's your take on his movies?  Are you a fan?  A big BIG fan?  Not a fan at all?  And what did you think of Moonrise Kingdom?  

Have you seen all of the fun, goofy Moonrise Kingdom-inspired goodies on etsy?  Is it totally embarrassing that I've found these things?  Here are a few of my favorites... 

Movie Poster

"I love you, but you don't know what you're talking about" - Card

Vintage "Sunny Side Up" - Dress

REAL *gasp* Beetle - Earrings

Vintage Boy Scouts - Shirt

Cross stitch - Pattern

Pretty fun stuff.  :)  

And P.S.

if you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a big favor and add it to your netflix queue STAT.  

This door is SO talented...

It's spot-on impression of MIles Davis made me laugh out loud.

tweet tweet... BOOM!

Is LOL a real thing?  Maybe like, 20% of the time, right?  No, 10%.

This video is lol x100%.  I think Larry King and David Spade are my favorites.  And Justin Beiber and Katie Perry.   And Matisyahu. Seriously, I liked them all.  Which one makes you laugh most?

"I can hear a chocolate foil from 100 yards"

Super fun totes...

Pretty sure I need that "chocolate" one.

DJ Dirty Diaper...

Everybody's a DJ, right?  If they're not a photographer...  

We like to call Elliott, DJ Dirty Diaper.  

This silly DJ Name Generator is pretty funny.  Here's mine:

And Jeff's:

Speaking of DJ's... Do you guys watch Portlandia?  Oh man...  SO good.  

A few of my favorites:

What's YOUR DJ name?

#whatshouldwecallme

Have you seen the blog #whatshouldwecallme?  Ohhhh my gosh... someone needs to stage an intervention to pull me away from it.  Seriously.  I think that if I tell Jeff to "LOOK" one more time, he might just snap.  

So I'm telling you guys.  :)  

A few of my favorites:

WHEN I'M WITH MY FRIENDS

AND I SAY SOMETHING WITTY

WHEN SOMEONE TAKES CREDIT

FOR SOMETHING I SAID FIRST

WHEN MY BOYFRIEND IS TRYING TO APOLOGIZE, 

BUT I'M STILL MAD AT HIM

WHEN I'M AT A PARTY AND

I SEE THE DESSERT TABLE

WHEN I SEE A GIRL WEARING:

HEELED RAINBOOTS

JEANS WITH NO BACK POCKETS

ED HARDY

Chola'fied...

I'm sick. Suuuuper duper icky sick. We all are...

Well, so far James has dodged the bullet- but ugh...

it's sooooo rotten. Our house is plagued.

But my best friend sent me this link earlier today and it totally cheered me up.

Celebrities... CHOLAFIED!

Oh my gosh, Brad Pitt is my favorite! So what's a sicky to do?

Chola'fy their family of course.

Dear family, I'm exempt from this because I have bangs.

*Addendum: I really hope this doesn't offend anyone.

I feel uniquely at liberty to make fun of cholas

because when my grandma was very

young, she was one. Seriously!

Razorblades in her hair and all. Whaaa?

SO CRAZY!!!