snowed, volume 2.0.

Richmond has been a winter wonderland lately, and though it’s finally beginning to melt, we might have more on the way.  This is the most snow I can remember getting, and the longest I can remember it staying on the ground.  EXCITING.  I love the snow and can’t get enough of it…until it turns brown and hangs around for months in parking lots and ditches.

Lots of home-related, nesting-type stuff going on lately…

our minds have been blown by having so much snow!

walking home from the bar with the roommates in the quiet, beautiful snow.

new handmade bell jars from my friend who's affectionately known as "other Tess"

a pretty new print from the Keep Calm gallery.

stuffed peppers a la Dan

Not pictured:

• Trudging to church in the snow, through the snowball fight insanity near the dorms.
• Impromptu X-Men movie marathon with Dan.  Magneto owns you!
• 14 hours total logged playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.  Productive?  Yes, if the fate of Hyrule matters to you.

snowy salute.

she dreams in color.

Dreamed, diversions, desired, distractions, etc.

of ups and understatements.

Still snapping. Image by the charming and talented Phil Bowne.

Lately we’ve been on a little bit of a Richmond-area history blitzkrieg, and I’ve also been writing a lot and running a lot, and all the usual commitments.  And there have been masquerade parties, and dinner parties, and arcade birthday parties, and whiskey-and-a-movie nights with Dan, and hangouts with Jess and her Dan.  I’ve started a new babysitting gig helping to take care of twin babies, and I’ll be teaching Children’s Worship (rather than watching the nursery) for the first time this week.  Last night I tried a new recipe.  I get to hang out with Jenny O F tomorrow night.

ye olde Spin-n-Win at Dave and Buster's.

This morning on my run, I saw a cute yellow cat lying in the street next to the curb, lying in wait for me in exactly the same manner that Gozer lies in wait under the top step in our house (and jumps out at Sophie when she walks by).  As I passed by I went to say “O hai kitteh” but only got to “hai” because it jumped out with its arms in the air, LOLcat-style, and ran after me, and chased me for like half a block.  Then I stood in the middle of the street and cracked up by myself.  It was amazing.

I love this guy.

Something new every day, something challenging every day.  Happy is an understatement.

gpoyw: wedding edition.

October 17th was my wedding day.

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Since then I’ve collected photos from myself, my friends, and my parents’ friends, and this week received the professional photos from Chris Lacroix.  I’ve compiled them into a catch-all Flickr album including his photos as well as some of my favorites that other people took.  Make some tea and brace yourself, for in the grand tradition of compulsive documentation there are over a thousand photos.  I think they really show what a beautiful evening it was, and help to explain why people are still coming up to me saying things like “Most beautiful ceremony I’ve ever seen,” “Best dance mix I’ve ever heard,” “BEST. WEDDING.  EVERRRRRRRR!” and “Dude I was out of commission the next day.”  Enjoy!

Note: If you want to purchase prints of any of the professional photos, do it through Chris Lacroix’ site and use the discount code “thebyrd10.”

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Photo by Chris Lacroix.

Photo by Daniel Lawson.