masquerading

yesterday, my boss said "i need a picture of you." i said "ok, no problem." she countered "i need a picture of you in normal clothes- no costumes." i said "ok, we need to take one then." recently krissy commented that "all you need to do to get sarah to dance is put her in a costume and give her a blow up parrot" (that comment will make sense shortly) also, when talking to adrienne about people thinking that i "dress up a lot" she said- "they probably mean because you love to wear costumes" wow, three statements like that in a short period of time made me think- do i love costumes too much? i blame theme parties & alpha gamma delta for my dedication to costuming. nevertheless, i do masquerade quite often in a variety of attires. the proof is in the pudding- or at least in my iphoto library. i should mention that i have never purchased a part of any of these costumes, i credit my success to an eclectic wardrobe and an excellent rummage inventory at my disposal.
nerd day @ BABS...


as the devil, give me a break, it was halloween...


as tundra women, complete with honey bucket at our fall jvc retreat in anchorage:


gilligan & the skipper during our "3-hour tour" tri-birthday celebration


no explanation, except, it was our friend oz's birthday, and no one felt like wearing real clothes to his birthday party. it inspired krissy's above quote...


wearing our winter coats & wigs was a favorite past time- until it actually got cold...


as a snowboarder during sports day...


red, white & blue day, nothing new...

manly deeds, womanly words

march 25th is a big day. well, it's a big day if you live in maryland. well, it's a big day if you live in maryland and your mom teaches state history to 9 year olds and impresses upon you the importance of maryland day. obviously, i fit in the above category, thanks to nancy. so, when my day to cook fell on the blessed day of maryland heritage, i knew just what to do. celebrate the calverts, the ripkens, frederick douglass and thurgood marshall.



i made crab soup- recipe & old bay care of ken jones. a small snag in the plan however, when i went to buy crab at the grocery store. i mean, living in alaska- the land of king crabs & the deadliest catch- you would assume that crab meat is always readily available. not so as i came to find out- so we had to settle for imitation crab. so it wasnt perfect- but anything other than md blue crab is just not going to be the same anyways.



so, i decorated the house- well, the kitchen- in full maryland regalia....



without maryland day, how would my midwestern roommates know that maryland is the wealthiest state per capita? just eclipsing new jersey in august of '07. or that the old line state is the size of belgium. thank goodness for google...


bridget was dressed in maryland colors and she didnt even know it