tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:33:42 +0000childhoodweird home itemsmessy houseno moneyhellohomemadeancient grainstilted-head-raised-eyebrowMickeybudget travelartnew housemichael thomaslauri faggioniman gone downlittle thingshomeamazingbread puddingadventureNorse god calvesdreamsmemoriesceiling fansbreadnot having to clean the cat boxplay dateweirdoghostsit's wednesday babysoy loafteaboring lifeah yeajerksfriends. . . . .oh don't judge me...i take care of biz. just sometimes, i still think i'm 19 years old...http://upigrow.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)Blogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-2333748690566569410Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-06-14T12:20:47.834-07:00This blog of mine is about to die.....not like anyone will notice, but the final bow out will be my parting gift to all of you who still sometimes check this barren ghost town that is "when i grow up."Goodbye...for real this time....GO HERE INSTEAD, SHE IS WAAAAAAAY BETTER AT THIS BLOGGIN' THANG THAN I:Rockin' The Stove....http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/06/coolest-blog-eva.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-1538530155284211315Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:01:00 +00002008-02-02T20:03:08.617-08:00just do this.'cause making the world less dumber one grain at a time is a gud idear.http://www.freerice.com/http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/02/be-more-smarter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-7527496326369467815Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:11:00 +00002008-11-12T18:37:56.701-08:00Norse god calvesMickeysoy loafweirdotilted-head-raised-eyebrowit has come to my attention lately that i have a bit of trouble conveying myself properly…and not in person really, but through the written word. well, i'm not sure that i can do it in person either, now that i think about it.i have decided (years ago) this is because i have found myself geographically challenged. this "huh?-" i get in response to, oh- a good 45% of what i say or do (or type) hashttp://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/go-double-on-huh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-4631151931912290649Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:43:00 +00002008-01-29T19:54:22.366-08:00i'm just sayin'the jig is up.destiny revealed. and since those things change out from time to time, i'll give it to you fresh...it has pretty much been sealed that i will become a wrinkled, old, single-parent, crazy cat lady, cruise ship whore.awesome. anyone got a smoke?http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/your-blogger-side-bar-is-new-magic-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-2290644706195030606Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:11:00 +00002008-01-29T16:20:51.785-08:00anyone here who knows me (hee! who am i kiddin'? anyone here who doesn't?)*ahem* as i was saying, anyone here who knows me knows that the above title of this blog is a very tiresome, inside joke...only, it's an inside-out joke...hence, -well, you either get it now or you don't...so, my tombstone shall read: "Here Lies Dichotomy." and yes, i plan to be cremated. i think to myself that this bloghttp://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/here-lies-dichotomy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-2327855972088787137Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:14:00 +00002008-01-25T20:23:46.385-08:00it was dark and i couldn't see well...i could hear voices, so i got out of bed and went down a few stairs. there was a baby crying, my mother's agitated whisper and what looked like an army and sofa beds. it became clear that my mother's trip to help my sister through a difficult time wound up with my sister and her two children at her house. apparently, i was there too...my mother had not http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/short-luft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-8143990779691678666Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:45:00 +00002008-01-03T18:45:56.339-08:00because i am so bored i'm gonna get a computer virus...http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/welcome-to-cutieville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-496233384107047589Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:47:00 +00002008-01-03T18:44:57.538-08:00bummer bout this....http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/when-all-your-words-have-been-spent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-4931887926644251778Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:28:00 +00002008-01-01T17:29:08.203-08:00http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-8193577090792704901Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:58:00 +00002007-11-28T17:58:59.106-08:00http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/11/but-dont-ask-about-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-6163727544324051140Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:26:00 +00002007-11-28T14:27:39.275-08:00http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/11/ask-me-about-this-later.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-4552651288740087202Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:57:00 +00002007-11-06T17:57:33.316-08:00it was a beautiful night. the last night before the big freeze...we parked close to the venue and walked through the downtown park to the restaurant. the sky was clear and in our humble, tiny neck of the woods, we strolled in the center of skyscrapers. upon walking back, the frenzy was on...the sidewalk was littered with what looked like small paper snowflakes...the ladies were all business http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/11/boy-with-thorn-in-his-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-7865504118875629930Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:26:00 +00002007-10-18T15:51:24.490-07:00Thanks to Ms. Mom, I cannot stop singing this song. Oh ma gawd i think it's funny! I have sent it to a billion people! (if this showed up in your email account, i did it...) I have turned into a spammer over night! Thanks Claudia!http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-loony-bun-is-fine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-7102054877540783672Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:13:00 +00002007-10-16T08:49:05.767-07:00but somewhere between then and here i have felt like doing so a few times.couldn't post it.won't post it.not here.I cashed in all my karma coins recently. Every single one of them. I was really getting antsy about it all as I have tried to live my life as kind as possible. I have lived my life in many, many ways with others comfort and well being in mind. This has been at my expense and, for manyhttp://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/10/ok-so-i-didnt-die.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-5399312738719944402Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:43:00 +00002007-09-14T20:14:25.383-07:00seriously.it was a horrendous trek to work. the freeway just came to an abrupt stop. somebody's child was badly injured. i knew this because after the countless police cars to pass, the many ambulances too...one stuck out so horribly. it was a child's hospital ambulance. it was rushing to the scene. i couldn't stand to see it. my mind raced. did my mother go to the farmers market after http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-almost-died-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-9008718209030999216Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:54:00 +00002008-11-12T18:37:57.363-08:00i can't sleep.i don't know what to write about because all the things i want to write about will take even more sleep away...i woke up with a sore throat, ear ache and a fucked up eye (all on the left side.) i dunno about you, but this is NOT common round these parts...as a matter of fact, i NEVER can remember something of this nature occurring before.so, i write this like a pirate.arrrrrrr http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/09/pirates-and-lost-sleep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-8541427943809516662Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:26:00 +00002007-09-07T18:33:12.703-07:00It was my last apartment in Los Angeles. I didn’t know it then, but life was about to change forever. The chapters had all been written…and I was clueless to this fact. This new apartment was beautiful. I can say that I had a very good eye for such things. My choices were always amazing…and within my price range; which was an incredible gift considering I lived without roommates. Before allhttp://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/09/let-me-explain-myself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-3454049837732221830Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:41:00 +00002007-09-06T13:36:57.423-07:00It's a sad day for me, millions of others, and music....I can't say a thing...I will let him do it....and a song that will make me cry to my dying day...http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/09/you-will-be-missed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-3936831022372034643Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:33:00 +00002008-11-12T18:37:57.493-08:00oh yes, you do.http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/09/u-suck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-8158600466730517975Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:01:00 +00002007-08-30T22:20:44.794-07:00I LOVE LOVE!!!The changes*, the phrasing*, the memories* it brings me....*sigh*Super-duper-high-lights:*changes: YOU SET THE SCENE(2:22 - 4:56....my big, eyed, little, girl, innocent love...believe me, i am not this nice)*phrasing: MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMES OR BETWEEN CLARK AND HILLDALE (hey, it's 1967 here...it was clever!...and how about the vocal/trumpet duet...aw yea.....i always http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-cant-help-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-4195802951221099092Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:12:00 +00002007-08-30T14:02:10.962-07:00It has been a minute since I have posted...I'd like to say it was because I was busy traveling or working on my book or saving chimpanzees in Tanzania, but not this week. I have instead been really deep in some serious shit. The deep meaning contemplative, shit meaning life. It ain't always so. First and foremost I've got to share something really cool. Pandora.com. Yea, yea, you know all http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/dont-look-inside-dont-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-5560490104326017092Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:29:00 +00002007-08-23T11:31:45.769-07:00My new favorite read:Claudia. Sooo funny! More to follow...something about the ginger chocolate bundt cake that is cooling at this very minute...um, yum..how do i do it? *wink*http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/bonus-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-5897057996418897432Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +00002007-08-22T21:03:36.214-07:00I asked the Magic 8 Ball on this blog a question. It was: "Will I ever be the person I want to be?" And it told me: "VERY DOUBTFUL." But as I scoffed I got all overwhelmed with some zen type feeling...and I truly understood the 8 ball to be correct. Will we ever? Think about that a moment. Anyway, ask it something...share with me. I wanna know...oh this is gonna be good...I can feel it...http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/stupid-8-ball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-770636652626539141Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:13:00 +00002008-11-12T18:37:57.888-08:00You don't even know how bad my stuff is hurtin' right now. It seems this is the only position in which it doesn't. But get me off this thing and away from my chair and oh boy...About two years ago I did something to myself that was odd and totally random and so crappy. I had been having this nagging pain in my neck and shoulders. I thought it was due to the fact that I was a brand new mom andhttp://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/old-and-fat-aint-all-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195379770459604709.post-6712443406061732483Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:47:00 +00002007-08-20T15:05:46.285-07:00it's wednesday babyah yeabreadbread puddingI don't know if any of you care (all 3 of you,) but I am developing a bad ass food blog. It won't be ready for a good while now as I am going to debut it with a ton of content and a heavily established database, but while that is in the background works, I want to kinda try out some ideas here. After seeing one of my favorite people in the whole entire world yesterday, I got an idea for a http://upigrow.blogspot.com/2007/08/every-little-bit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (cutiepiespacepop)0