I ♥ Marnie

Remember that time I met Marnie Stern? Yeah, me too.

(Also I just came down with a heinous case of strep throat... what a crappy end to a spectacular weekend.)

I had a dream that:

1- Marc put Dawn dish soap all over my legs.
2- Someone held me up with a gun at Disney World.
3- Kathleen Hanna gave me half a roll of dimes, which were symbolic of some sort of consciousness-raising effort and I was supposed to hand them out. We met in a gift shop (I'm assuming at Disney World?).

Help me choose new glasses!

Fo realz... how did we shop for glasses ever in the world before we had the internets and computers that take pictures of our faces? I vaguely remember something about mirrors and picking out frames in a shop, but that was when there were dinosaurs, I think. Anyway, I got 5 try-on-for-free frames from Warby Parker and I need your help, everyone (but probably just my mom). I threw on my best gray thermal shirt and made sure my hair looked extra gross for these pictures, so lucky you!

Option #1

Option #2

Option #3

Option #4

Option #5

Whaddaya think? Yes on any? No on all? Skip the glasses and start walking into walls and running my car off the road?

Slow posting, I know, I know...

Work is super busy but awesome. I still completely love my job and am so very grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to health care policies and practices in such a real, actionable way.

Here's what we've been up to this year so far, other than new jobs (according to my calendar and memory):

• Saw Tig Notaro do stand up at the Hi Dive
• Saw Guster at the Ogden
• Saw Crocodiles at the Larimer Lounge
• Got an iPhone and became THAT obnoxious girl
• Cut off a foot of my hair
• Saw parts of the Denver Big Air competition from the roof of the post
• Broke one of my molars in half eating almonds and had to get a crown put on
• Went to a conference in DC for work and got to see my mom and COL Leitz
• Saw The Punch Brothers at the Boulder Theater
• Saw Quasi and Sebadoh at the Larimer Lounge
• Saw Pete Yorn and Ben Kweller at the Ogden

Here's what's quickly coming down the hatch:

• Deerhoof at the Marquis
• Girl Talk at the Fillmore
• Marnie Stern at Moe's
• Broken Social Scene (!!!!) at the Boulder Theater
• Scissor Sisters at the Ogden
• Toro Y Moi at the Larimer Lounge
• Arcade Fire (double !!!!) at the 1st Bank Center
• Going to Florida with Marc and Lauren to see my grandma and go to HOGWARTS
• New Pornographers at the Fox Theater
• Paul F. Tompkins at the Gothic
• Yeasayer at the Ogden
• Sleigh Bells, CSS, and Neon Indian at the Ogden

And that's just the stuff we have tickets for. 2011 is shaping up to be quite the banner year of live music for Chez Kobelvistman.

In the meantime, here's some pictures of our goings on. Happy browsing, kiddies!

Me and Lauren at her 27th birthday dinner:

Joanna Bolme, being incredible:

Marc and me at the Punch Brothers:

Mom and me in DC:

Being at the dentist is my new favorite hobby:

Sweet Tuesday Cat being sweet and a cat:

Happy Tuesday night, children... (Watch out, Mom! Your son-in-law says the f-word in today's installment.)

6:30 PM me: try not to cry. you're missing wheel.

it's still teacher's week.

they're all douches.

i wouldn't let any of these asshats teach my CAT.

i'm on my second glass of wine.

i ate all of the mac and cheese.

i think i'm going to be sick.

6:31 PM for being a reading teacher, this woman sure doesn't have a solid grasp of how to speak clearly. she has rats, pigs, and armadillos in her house.

surprise! she's from texas.

second toss up: show and tell.

i got it before any of the dumb ass contestants.

i'd be the best EVER at wheel.

pat wouldn't even have to explain the rules to me.

6:32 PM Marc: he'd probably pinch your butt

me: uh... a commercial just told me to make fish tacos with FISH STICKS.

vomit city.

Marc: :)

me: i'd pull his arm right out of its socket.

Marc: yes

me: get back to work. i don't need you for this conversation.

Marc: and you wouldn't be allowed to keep the $32,128!

me: 1st round category: THING.

Marc: you're awesome

6:33 PM me: we want carleen to win.

Marc: headline that just got to my inbox: "While others close, DPS will be open Wednesday"

fuck that shit

me: why does everyone buy vowels the second they get their grubby little hands on any money?!

dummies.

hahahaha

yeah, i saw that.

sucks for rachel.

Marc: yeah

me: also sucks that they're closing schools because IT'S COLD.

Marc: reminds me of LHS up until I graduated.

me: although i know a lot of kids probably don't have appropriate winter wear.

6:34 PM rachel's probably pissed.

courtney's district is out tomorrow...

Marc: nutzo

gotta work

love you

me: SOLAR POWERED something...

6:35 PM SOLAR POWERED CALCULATOR!

i win.

Marc: nice

that's an old "thing"

me: no! it's modern!

for pat.

Marc: also, I'm making an online oscar ballot

me: he thinks it's 1954.

Marc: you're not allowed to play

me: i want to do oscar predictions together this year!

and have a bet!

6:36 PM and have other people over, and have them make their predictions also, and have a prize for the winner!

and eat artichoke dip and drink too much wine.

ooooooh, you're going to be soooo sad...

the LADY bryan moore commercial is on!

Marc: :)

me: Get MOOOOOoooore.

Marc: I'll show it to you here in a second

me: for real though, get on your work.

6:37 PM don't show me your picks!

you're missing the commercial where the dude watches dexter in the airport in front of a bunch of baby orphans or something.

Marc: :)

bye

me: bye! i'm just going to keep on talking maybe, though.

or not.

i'm bored with me.

6:38 PM bye for real.

:)

Twitter as personal history

You know what's a lot more fun than it sounds like? Spending your morning reading back through old tweets. I started tweeting on February 22, 2007, when I still lived in Oklahoma, was working in Child Welfare, and was anxiously awaiting news on whether or not I got into grad school. Between then and now, so many things have happened that I flat out forgot about! Here's the greatest hits from my first 1000 tweets (as of this instant, I have 3,555 tweets).

I promise not to mention that I was bitten by a raccoon for the next um... 20 seconds.10:38 AM Mar 29th, 2008 from web

Just saw a doctor smoking, carrying a bucket of KFC. Was he filming a PSA?12:00 PM Apr 1st, 2008 from txt 

 


Circuit City Kid: I really wanted Brazil to make it to the finals. Marc: Uh, bud? It's the Euro 2008.8:35 AM Jun 29th, 2008 from web 

 


Whitney laid down the law in the Dairy Queen drive through. Sanger, TX will never make that mistake again.6:28 PM Jul 5th, 2008 from web 

 


Someone gets punchy after 1.5 beers in denver... Any comment, @incredimarc?8:18 PM Jul 17th, 2008 from txt 

 
 



Ahh, Tampa. Where time stands still and the Koivistos repeatedly pay their respects to Golden, CO.10:51 PM Aug 18th, 2008 from web 



It MUST be Sarah Palin's fault that Target had no Diet Coke today. None at all. No 2 liters, no cans, nothing.2:50 PM Oct 7th, 2008 from web 



Just swallowed a piece of plastic fork. Like a champ.11:38 AM Oct 20th, 2008 from web



 
 



DJ Lance says... Quit watching Yo Gabba Gabba and write your multicultural paper.10:46 AM Nov 18th, 2008 from txt 

 
 



Sliced my fingers twice today... look out for chunks of flesh in the fruit.9:55 PM Dec 28th, 2008 from web 

 


Wow, Food Network... that is certainly not going to make my prom sweatshirt any less destroyed.4:56 PM Jan 17th from web

A woman just told of that when I hold up my briefskate (?), it hikes my skirt up in the back.9:20 AM Jan 21st from txt 



@incredimarc cannot stop watching Scare Tactics. "I guess you've never seen a 4 foot tall satan baby before!"6:43 PM Jan 27th from web 

 


Uh oh... I looked over and Twitter is telling me that I have 666 updates. Better add one to ward off the blah blah blah...3:17 PM Feb 2nd from web 

 


A kid is holding a PS3 like a baby and explaining its inner workings to a disinterested old man.4:33 PM Feb 9th from txt

You know what they have a lot of in SLC? White people.9:03 AM Feb 15th from web 



I brought 2 half bottles of wine to @WhitterJackson and @EvanBlake's house and drank both of them by myself. Classy.9:15 PM Mar 2nd from web 

 


What sort of moron busts her head open getting into her car? This kind, apparently.5:51 PM Mar 28th from txt 

 


If Bill Murray hit me with a golf ball, I'd need an autographed CHECK, not an autographed copy of Caddyshack. http://bit.ly/aUqty4:36 PM Apr 18th from bit.ly 



Much like Liz Lemon, I would also kind of like to see Salma Hayek naked.9:03 PM Apr 23rd from web