too legit. too legit to quit.

"Shoot for the moon, because if you miss you'll land among the stars". Too bad there are no stars surrounding the moon, and the closest one happens to be the sun. As if it isn't enough to fail, and have your dreams shattered. Now you are dead on the sun. Thank you Hallmark.

Here I am at Easter Sunday with my friend Kimmy Dumont's family. She moved to Denver about a month ago, but I still make the drive down to Orange County every now and then to visit...eat chips, and watched Tivo'd episodes of Project Runway. The wallpaper in Kimmy's house is floral, and the walls and tables are adorned with landscape paintings, family portraits and glass figurines. There is also a vast spoon collection, which during the winter time is rearranged to create a 2D, 3-feet tall Christmas tree shape. Tis the season. Basically we have 7th Heaven meets the Simpson's meets Thomas Kinkade. Maybe throw a little pastel in there, curtains that match the bed skirts, and some house plants. Yep, this is Kimmy's house. So here we all are, sitting on the blue plaid matching couches chatting away. At first I didn't think there would be enough seating, but thank goodness Bob Dumont (Kimmy's dad) pulled out some leisure lawn chairs his company gave him for a Christmas a couple years ago. No matter what time of year it is, only two CD's are played on the surround sound; Manheim Steamroller, and some sort of sentimental music that basically sounds like the music you hear while watching an E-card from your grandmother. Did I mention there are 5 dogs in the room? Among them there's Emma, a black labra-doodle that belongs to Kimmy's Aunt Kerry. Emma reminds me an high school color guard girl, named Claire or something, who illustrates Anime in her spare time. There's Molly, the Dumont's 13-year old, emaciated dog that seems to be suffering from ADD and dimensia who reminds me of a 95-year old female P.E. teacher who smokes and calls her male students "sonny". Another worth mentioning is Maddie, a 9-year old Maltese. Due to the Dumont's busy schedule, they thought it best to not give Maddie the high maintenance, long, silky fur style that most Maltese's have. Instead, Maddie sports a raggedy, fur ball type of look, with trimmed bangs that stand on end. Maddie best resembles Jessica Tandy, from Cacoon.

1 hour later:

Alright so we've dyed easter eggs, eaten a lot of guacamole and chips, and are all watching "how to" shows on the Discovery Channel. Dinner is in two hours, but everyone is already full thanks to the fact that the Dumont's shop at two places; Costco and Smart & Final. Not only do they have Chips, but industrial sized bags, as tall as a 1st grader. Mm, good eatin'.