January 2012
2 posts
hey sami, is this what you envisioned?
every year, my old college roommates and i exchange secret barbie gifts. it’s secret barbie because we used to live in the barbie dream house (aka the BDH). you probably don’t want to or need to know more, but if you do, see post from oct 28 of last year for more weird details. anyways, this year, sami got me a pasta maker. how hipsterish - i love it.
so, on sunday, jason and i...
postman in san francisco
when i was in elementary and middle school, i used to know the words to every single song on the radio. this did not impress my parents. they thought i was spending my time learning the lyrics instead of doing my homework. so they did what most russian parents do. they threatened me.
but here’s the funny part. their threat was, hilariously, that if i didn’t do my homework and study...
December 2011
2 posts
gentle giants
i have a business idea that i’ve shared with everyone who will listen to me in the past 2 months. now i will share it with the rest of you. i envision the info-mercial for my business to start like this:
“have you ever wished that there was a person that was as proportionally big to you as you are to a child? have you ever wanted someone to pick you up and carry you out of a...
siri can't help you now
my sister posed an interesting question at thanksgiving dinner: if you suddenly time-traveled to the past (~200 years) and were stripped of your modern day possessions, how would you prove you were from the future? note - you don’t wanted to be convicted of being a witch and hung.
my immediate answer: i would tell them that in the future, you can talk into your tiny hand computer and it...
November 2011
2 posts
revealing volvovski family secrets
i bet you think this is going to be juicy. it is. if you like thanksgiving dinner.
it’s a family tradition to plan the thanksgiving dinner menu via video chat the week before thanksgiving. why you ask? why not? video chat is awesome. and makes everything far more entertaining. fun fact - no one in my family but me is good at positioning their camera. you’re supposed to look at the...
revisiting...
so i understand it’s slightly pathetic to take a month to write a post about my vacation in spain, but for some reason, it’s taken that long. we shall not speak of it again.
it has been about 3 years since i’ve really needed to speak spanish. this time around in spain, my language skills may have been worse, but at least i had more money than i did in college! from my last...
September 2011
1 post
one more day
sometimes you really need a vacation. this is one of those times. that’s why i’m going to spain tomorrow. that, and because i have been trying to get someone to go with me for the last 2 years, with no luck until recently. last year, after being rejected by most friends, even the ones that spent the 7+ months in spain with me in 2006, i called my mom. no one will go to spain with me, i...
August 2011
1 post
and then there was one
let me draw you a map. this is my new reality, as the last of my college friends have left madison in the past couple of weeks. it’s an interesting migration to the surrounding midwest, but also out west.
if you asked us 4 years ago, everyone would have said that i’d be the last person to stay in madison. but as it turns out, i’m the last one standing. while some left a...
June 2011
2 posts
breakfast must have at least two natural colors.
whenever i eat lunch with people and they mention that it’s the first meal they’ve had all day, i get upset. why would you not eat breakfast? usually it’s the typical excuse like “i rather sleep for the extra 10 minutes,” but i just don’t get it.
breakfast, for me, is the best meal of the day. upstaged only by brunch, which is reserved for the weekends, and...
inventions
two things i’m surprised have not been invented yet:
waterproof adult books
teleporting
i love to read while floating in a pool. or in the bathtub. and i am not talented enough to keep my hands dry or not get splashed. the only books they make waterproof have three words and animals on them. how about a good waterproof novel?
as for teleportation, that would change my world.
anyone up...
May 2011
4 posts
two of four
this has been my iphone to do list for about two years:
good news: i finally convinced my landlord to replace my stove from 1972. i also refinanced my car dropping my APR by over 6%. ironically, when i was pulling out of the parking spot at the bank, a guy in a hummer almost hit me. i drive a mini. he would have rolled over me.
bad news: i have yet to make chocolate covered apricots.
more...
let's start over
i originally envisioned myself posting witty and thoughtful stories on a regular basis to keep you all afloat as to what is going on in my generally calm, occationally erratic life. that, as you may notice by the date of my last post, has not been the case. i’ll blame the go lives, the snow storms, and the fact that i re-watched season one through five of LOST with jason.
so let’s...
October 2010
7 posts
my madison moves
it’s coming close to the beginning of 2011, which will make 6 1/2 years for me of living in madison. it will also mark the longest i’ve ever lived in one apartment (almost 1 year + 1 day…and counting). in recent months, i’ve been asked by several friends to help them find a new apartment, because, as you may imagine, moving 7 times in this time frame has given me quite...
Watchi think the direct quote is “heely to me, baby.”
for ann’s 22nd birthday, we searched far and wide for adult-size heelys. yes, that’s shoes with wheels. for adults. we found them, and ann wore them with her halloween costume (no, that’s not a normal outfit, although she often wears lundies and capes…and headbands).
for ann’s birthday three years later...
and then we ate it all, as per usual
i’m in my usual dinner hostessing mood after being out of town for a while, and have had 2 successful dinner parties this week (after being fed by ang at her place on sunday). monday’s menu:
1. garlic bread (credits to ang)
2. avocado, goat cheese, quinoa salad. mine turned out more like this (because i was too inpatient for the quinoa to cool, and so it made everything else melt a...
another successful older sister →
Jane Dalee Bredemus - sister of my college roommate - takes 2nd place in the “Without a HELLO Winners!” Sharpie competition
that other sister
i’ve recently realized that my sister is way cooler than me. okay, not that recently, i guess i’ve known for a couple years now. but really though, she has now published a book. i’d publish a book, but it would probably be samples of the thousands of crossword puzzles i’ve half finished. and i don’t think that would be that interesting.
my sister is 5 1/2 years...
My purse is a mess
Earlier in the year, I visited my friend Sarah. Sarah is a good friend of mine from childhood, and we do a terrible job of keeping in touch. Instead, we typically opt for a biannual reunion either when both of us are back in Chicago or we make the more adventurous decision to see each other in out natural habitats - which at this point is New York for her and Madison for me.
Sarah works as a...