Oh blogosphere, how I’ve missed thee. The rest of the week has been significantly more eventful. Sorta.
I went to Kjax’s party on Saturday with the girls, which was pretty sweet since I haven’t been boozing with those ladies in awhile. Some girl brought jello shooters, and so I proceeded to eat the entire tray. So delicious, and filled with vitamins.
Then Ani and I went downtown because everybody else was super lame, and I just needed to get out in public after being confined to my house for the previous week. So we went to Dusk where we met up with Ani’s boyfriend and his buddies, and danced up a storm. Then Metro Guy popped in, and quickly weaselled his way into our dance group, thus interrupting my stellar rhythm.
I told Ani she could leave me alone with Metro Guy (I don’t know why), and we proceeded to dance a little. He claimed I did not call him, I insisted that he was supposed to call me, and so went our tango of love. Finally I tried to enter his phone number into my Instinct, but accidentally entered his digits as a text message, and ended up texting him his name. I giggled, he was appalled, and then he left.
I was then entirely stranded downtown. I remember scrolling down through my entire list of contacts on my phone in SHEER UTTER PANIC, realizing for the first time ever, I had nobody to tag along with. So I went to Whalen’s where Greener was playing, tried to stay awake at the bar, and then bummed a ride home with him.
Hot girl action
I’ve just now realized the most ridiculous thing: I forgot to mention my friend’s wedding. Yeah, I’m fucking serious. I went to a friend’s wedding on Saturday with Bob and her boyfriend. It was a small ceremony with mostly family, so the three of us stood awkwardly in church while others just stared at us like we were wedding crashers. Don’t worry, there was no one there worth climbing into bed with.
I was sceptical about the whole thing because a) SHE’S 23 and b) I never met her fiance until that day, but everything changed when I saw my beautiful buddy walking down the aisle. Did I mention the onslaught of emotion? Holy shit. I suddenly realized “Wow, I can get married now” and I felt the earth tip considerably towards the direction of HELL. I can’t even consider a wedding until five years from now, it’s the furthest thing from my mind. I mean, I do want Nate Gates to be my photographer…and I have my wedding dressed bookmarked in Firefox…and I know my colour theme will be blues…but other than that, I haven’t thought about it AT ALL.
Never mind the man in the background
In other news, Chef has returned from Morocco! My life is filled with the musk of men again! I came home last night to find three boys cooking me supper once again, and now order is restored in my life. We ate lamb tagine and rice with an apricot/prune sauce, it was incredible. Plus Chef brought me back a handcrafted teapot, and did I mention that I really missed him?
FINALLY, finally…today Jagerbomb and I had this awesome conversation about Raffi.
Candice says: did you know that the banana phone song was originally sung by raffi?
Jagerbomb says: who is raffi?
Candice says: you know, the guy who used to play guitar and sing in the woods and he’d crawl through that log
Jagerbomb says: fred penner?
Candice says: oh shit
Candice says: who the hell is Raffi
Candice says: Raffi does exist
Candice says: HE DOES
Candice says: GOOGLE HIM
Then we determined he sings “that baby beluga song.” Enjoy.
(I don’t know what the hell is up with the font in this post, but whatever, I’m spontaneous and you can’t handle it.)
As a preschool teacher, I’m very familiar with Raffi – Spider on the Floor and Shake Your Sillies Out are two of my kids’ faves
hahaha i love you friend. The part where you texted someone his own name? i’ve totally done that, recently…
And it’s pretty much official. we must drink together one day.
Oh, and don’t worry… I haven’t thought even ONCE about the POSSIBILITY of me EVER getting married.. EVER. Well except that I want to dance to Joshua Radin, and I know where I’ll have it… and it will be movie themed.. the aisle will be a red carpet. But I haven’t thought about it past those small details.
And I have never heard of Raffi or Baby Beluga!
Raffi was the shit. I Baby Beluga-ed every single day until my mom made me shut the radio off.
I’m sad I’m not in that first picture. 41 days til I visit though, just 41!!
Re: Raffi – he’s awesome. I have fantastic memories of singing Baby Beluga at numerous elementary school concerts. Banana phone is a personal favourite tho, obvs. haha
1) You look rockin in that red sweater. Said in the noncreepiest of ways.
2) Raffi is hilarious. Saw him in concert when I was four or something. Meh.
ohhh raffi and baby buluga. for some reason this made me think of Full House…was there an episode where Michelle sang this song repeatedly?
Funny that you mentioned Fred Penner. I love/loved Fred Penner, and I’ve been thinking about him a lot this week. I was obsessed with his singing area (not sure what to call this) in the woods. his secret hiding spot for the guitar? awesome!
No you have not thought about you wedding at all! not even a little bit. lol
You sure you don’t have his style of tux and groomsmen picked out too?
I can’t believe you fucked up Fred Penner and Rafi!
a) i love nate gates
b)i have a raffi christmas RECORD, which depicts raffi on the cover in a floppy elves hat, i havent unearthed it in years due to my irrational fear of the little drummer boy song.
p.s. i miss you
I’m pretty sure Raffi is a children’s musician/slash convicted pedophile. Good music though.
wow, I must of been a wee bit more tispy the I thought I was that night….holy drunk eyes going on much ?
This fucking song won’t get out of my head.
My sister got married at 19, for an older brother, that’s a weird thing to watch I can tell you, I still don’t want to get married myself anytime soon, but I guess that’s a man thing.
I have no idea who Raffi is :s
I loved raffi as a kid…sounds like quite the night!
Oh.My.God. RAFFI. Effing raffi. I don’t think I’ve thought of him since…well never really. Except for when i wanted to murder someone’s hearing with that baby beluga song.
P.S. I heart the texting/metro guy story. I tried to enter a guys’ number last week into my phone while wasted and ended up getting distracted and screaming “Wendy’s, Wendy’s.” Needless to say a bacon cheeseburger trumped him. Lovely post as always fellow redheadonian.
Isn’t raffi that stuff you buy at the craft stores and weave baskets with?
Also, I didn’t see that you had picked your wedding flowers and with the blue color scheme that might be a hard match.
OMG, I effing LOVED Raffi as I kid! I still know all the words to Baby Beluga
I feel ya on the getting married front. When I graduated from undergrad, nearly all my friends got married and I totally threw my. I was like, “wait a minute, we are 21/22, what the hell?”
But, eventually many of them got replaced by non-married friends. *Sigh* I guess that is just nature. Although my BFF is married, I love her husband to death and they are the coolest peeps I know.
Hahaha Raffi. He skeeved me out even as a kid. I was a Mister Rodgers/Fraggle Rock/Reading Rainbow gal.
On the marriage front, I feel you. My friends voted me the last to get married due to my non-committal ways. (And my love of jager and hatred of flirting…) And then, I winded up getting married last year to a totally nuts, cool, smart guy who makes me laugh my ass off.
Moral of the story: you never know. He and I met at the dirtiest bar in town and starting talking over the little erotic photo hunt machine at the bar….
I thought Raffi was awesome when I was a kid, I loved Baby Beglua and Banana Phone.
Now I don’t think I could listen to either song without going a little crazy.
i’m so confused right now.
Aw shucks the man in the picture! It was a really nice pic
And uh, I ‘ve no clue who Raffi is. I think I’ve heard of him tough. heh.
Hahaha! Sounds like a fun night! I just got home from work and practice, the start of the ten day run of the drummer (insert dramatic music here) figure if I am going to be broke, bored, and home alone, I may as well get hammered. Hope you get all your shit done for work!
Cheers,
Plan B
Um, you know what your color scheme is going to be???
@meg: where was the secret hiding spot?! i don’t remember. i didn’t watch Full House, the only channel i had was CBC up until i was about 9.
booo.
@Chris: well MAYBE. also potential venue…
@Lottie: let’s be friends again?
@Jay: is he? I NEED PROOF
@Hevs: really? you don’t look that drunk. although i assume we both were shittered, judging by the fact that i know too much information about all your piercings now. <3
@v: you're welcome!
@Deidre: raffi for pres!
@Lola: we have way too much in common, it's kinda eerie
@linlah: hmmm well i may have to get creative and subtitute flowers for…?
@Rob: that must've been TOTALLY weird. geez. good party at least? listen to raffi, he was wise beyond his years
@cammy: sad when that happens eh? i'm all for love and marriage and shit, just remember to keep your friends close too
@nancy: you were non-commital and jagerbomb-obsessed?! my god i learn something new about you everyday. but btw, i don't mean to be harsh on the whole marriage thing, you and your husband seem like you have a stellar relationship and i have a feeling you're not so absorbed in each other that you can't still maintain friendships with others.
@alouise: banana phone drives me BATTY
@brit: *hugs*
@nashe: i suppose i could crop it! but me = lazy
@kris: hahahahaha, my kinda guy. plan b.
@danielle: YUP! i may have colour swatches…just sayin'
LOL, I loved the dude hanging up stuff in the background of the wedding picture. I don’t know why I thought it was so damn funny, but I did.
Damn, don’t know those two, now I gotta download them
Red carpet themed?! NEW PLAN
We’re totally getting drunk sometime. totally.
ahhh, sounds like my obsession with The Lion King…
41 ?! you have plans made??111
why thank you, el pervo! i’m so kidding. i love it, thanks.
damn, you saw raffi? does he sing Teddy Bear Picnic by any chance? i remember that guy
I blame cliff for that one, he never noticed my tongue ring before and it went from there, you just happened to walk in on the conversation then got included