Happy Halloween!!

Just another day at the office.

two for tuesday: the double fist pound jazz hands

patented by francois and merlikethesea

(click to make it beeg)

Mustache Monday: Vol. 22

RED SOX EDITION

To those not in the know...the Red Sox (awesomeness) swept the Colorado Rockies in four to become the 2007 World Series Champions. There are some notable muzzys on this keeck @ss team: Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis...but it is Mike Lowell featured here. He really stepped it up in this series, and as a result won the Most Valuable Player. Totally an MVP mustache as well. Love you Mr. Lowell. BoSox4Life. xo, merlikethesea

Philosopher Phriday: Vol. XII

Dear Philosopher,

Every autumn an overwhelming sense of melancholy fills my spirit. I start having premonitions of my demise, and lately I have been smelling mothballs EVERYWHERE. Is this just a reaction to our protracted summer season or is my quandary of imperative gravity?

Autumn Death Sense

Dear Death Sense,

God should not concern us.
Death is not to be feared.
What is good is easy to obtain.
What is bad is easily avoided.

dear claire, i'm bored

it seems as if inspiration only
exists in rain lulling to sleep
against a tin roof
coloured leaves being crushed

they say sleep delays your life
but don't you just want to take a nap
speak in whispers
and dream of far off places

love, mer

Mustache Monday, Vol. 21

Please, please do your soul a favour and go see Lars and the Real Girl. It's Oscar time for Mr. Gosling, that's for sure. It's so "feel good" without being cheesy, and perfectly poignant and subtly funny without resorting to the easy jokes about a life-sized sex doll.

And best of all......

It didn’t take much time for Gosling to settle on the right look for Lars. “Those things, like I had a beard and I was shaving it off for the film,” explained Gosling. “Then I caught a glimpse of myself with the mustache and I saw him. I thought, ‘There he is.’ So the mustache just came that easily.

From Rebecca Murray at: http://movies.about.com/od/larsandtherealgirl/a/larsgirl100807.htm

I'll come that easily!!! Thanks, Ryan!!!

Claire's Descent Into Anorexia

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=itsbritneybetch

as detailed in the above Food Diary/Blog. Yum.

RIP Joey B....and look at my sexxy eyes...

Mustache Monday Vol. 20

the other day I was talking to Chuck about how I could really use a cup of coffee and so he said, “sure, I love coffee, that sounds like a great idea”, and we walked to Starbucks. When we got there I ordered a tall caramel macchiato because that is what Meg Ryan’s character orders in “You’ve Got Mail” and Chuck ordered a roundhouse kick to my face for being such a pansy. In addition, he served up roundhouse kicks to the staff just to solidify his point. Immediately following, he took a brisk walk down the sidewalk enjoying a Cinnamon Dolce Latte, commenting that it really does “warm you with every sip.”

xo, merlikethesea

inspired by an Irish man

This was written last night after i texted
"why am i awake @ 4 am? it makes me want to write melancholy poetry about the crisp autumn air...scuttling leaves and feeling alone"
to which was the reply, "So write! Six stanzas minium"
What resulted follows, a portion of the currents running through my mind

xo, merlikethesea
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When you loll awake at four am
You become aware of all the little things
First off, you know it’s four am
For the church bell just rang four times

Crickets seem to chirp softer
As if in reverence to the sleeping populace
Crisp autumn air meets skin
You grapple for more covers

Anticipation culminates to hear
Leaves scuttling under foot
Brushing gently the grounds surface

Roadways grey sound off in the distance
Railways sound approaching
Distant trains echoing like autos
Aerating through mountain side tunnels

Acutely aware of existence
Holding your breath to hear
the slightest sound
of what happens next

Mustache Monday Vol. 19

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguinus_mystax

ummmmmmmm...I'm so lazy.

Two for Tuesday: normal v. busted MER

The picture on the right doesn't quite capture the fantastic amount of orbital, nasal and zygomatic swelling that i've been rocking the last several days. In fact, i think it looks down right serene (that was the idea,what with the garden and budda behind me). besides the intese "fight" mode that i operated in the few hours following my accident (in which i maintained a strange level of clairty that i don't really recall now), it is my dedecution that straight nose mer would probably kick crooked nose mer's arse. i have been reduced to a jittery, small, frightened shell of myself from the extreme trauma of my "flight" down the stairs. i don't like being alone, and have taken to sleeping with pillows and blankets surrounding me, and having bizarre dreams that are downright terrifying.
i want my mommy.
overall, i am glad to have managed only to break my nose and fracture my eye socket in two places. i could have been left with a concussion or any manner of additional broken body parts. additionally, thank goodness i am young enough to learn the lesson "use the handrails when you walk down the stairs, even if they are gross and germ ridden" and "only princess diana never looked down as she walked down the stairs (God rest her soul), normal people don't do that."

Mustache Monday Vol. 18

This weekend I saw The Darjeeling Limited. It was REALLY good. Much better than that one with the boat. Honestly, go see it. It re-ignited my love for Jason Schwartzman in a way I never thought possible. And he has the most amazing mustache. No spoilers, but he's a little scrappy bite-sized sex god, and I want to have like ten thousand of his babies!

(click pic to make beeeeger and expeeereeence true mustawsomeness)