a slew of good and bad and debatable discoveries
saturday night, i discovered that my coworker not only throws amazing parties, but she and her husband also have, in their living room, three very distinct decor items juxtaposed together on their mantel. in no particular order:

an authentic picasso charcoal draft or something. there are naked people. it's strikingly beautiful and simple.

a miniature version of the "a christmas story" leg lamp.

a framed photograph of her husband and ron jeremy and some other guy. framed in a fuzzy leopard print frame.

another important discovery for the night was that my future husband is capable of making the tastiest adult beverage in the world. the WORLD! it's a creamsicle. oh gees. it was so good. poor little julia had one too many of those (read: she had one and a half). i should totally marry this guy.

then i get home, and in a still-tipsy stupor, decide to go on the computer to do wedding stuff or something ridiculous. i find out that one of my closest friend's grandfather just passed away. i've never before felt so much pull to get on a plane and fly across the country in the middle of the night.