we slept in sundays
since we can't sit on her roof anymore, lara and i drove to my hometown wednesday to take over the pool of a family friend who wasn't home. we found thirty-year-old tanning oil in the poolhouse and slathered each other with it; the glare we put off was blinding (look at us! look how glossy lara's back is! look at my boobs!) it was ridiculous and we got hysterical over it, floating in the water and letting the tiny mechanical currents sweep us around. then we bought an entire carton of birthday cake ice cream and ate huge two bowls each at my parents' house.
that night, i saw tilly and the wall! cutest band ever/sign me up for adult tap lessons, please.
the next day, lara and i drove the two hours to midlothian, illinois for the filming of mid oaks, the tv pilot that larissa:
put together for the fx/myspace comedy sitcom contest. it was the best day ever. the show is done documentary-style, sort of like the office, and chronicles the misadventures of a bunch of (mostly-) teenaged misfits who are lifeguarding at a crappy public pool for the summer. the public pool across the street from larissa's house let us film there all day for free, and we romped around in our swimsuits making funny things happen for something like seven hours, piled into cars and drove to have dinner together, and then went back to the pool after dark to film the rest. when we weren't filming at night, we were lying in the parking lot under a streetlight, looking up at the sky and talking and laughing. we were so thrilled at how great everything looked, and how funny all the scenes turned out to be, and just how perfectly everything went. lara and i drove back late and talked and talked and it was just the most wonderful summer day.
and if when mid oaks makes it to the top twenty in the contest, you have to vote for us!!
then last night, zimos called me and invited to go drinking downtown with him.
we went all over the place, finally ending up at the blind pig, where i drank many tiny beers:
and he signed up for the blind pig mailing list (we think):
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going out with zimos is one of my favorite things to do. we just get giddy and drunk together, are honest with each other and when i wake up the next morning, my stomach is always sore from how much we laughed. and he is one friend whom i trust the most. he never fails to tell me when he's worried about me or thinks that i'm not being treated as well as i should be. i love that in a person. he's such a good friend. i listen to him and appreciate him and then we clink our tiny glasses together and keep laughing.
all in all, the last few days have been spent with some of my favorite human beings on the planet, and i adore them forever and i love summer and i'm just so happy and now i have to go shower and do it all some more. i love you.