Entries tagged with "alfie"
In the opinion of this court, this child is depraved on account he ain't had a normal home
posted by srah on November 21, 2007 3:58 PM
Tags: alfie, conversations, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007
A couple of weeks ago I commented on an annoying-slash-hilaaaarious conversational habit of mine. I picked up on another one that my sister and I do while we were grocery shopping today: 1: Where is the [X]? (Or brings up [X] in some other context) 2: You're an [X]! 1: I'll [X] you! Such as: Alfie: Where are the cheese and crackers? me: You're cheese and crackers! Alfie: I'll cheese and crackers you! Then when we went to drive home, Alfie unlocked the car and let me in. I reached over and grabbed the keys off her lap and joked,...
Beautiful girl, you're a lovely picture
posted by srah on November 12, 2007 12:17 PM
Tags: alfie, christmas, holidays, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, photos, srahfam
We had our yearly photo session this weekend to take a picture for the family Christmas card, just as we've done for the last 28 years. Wow, that's a lot of years when you write it down! As usual, Alfie and I insisted on taking some joke pictures and messed up many others by having no idea what we were doing. Hansel and Zoolander we are not. As usual, we fervently wished that our parents would choose the joke/outtake photos over the serious pictures. And as usual, the parents prefer the serious ones. So we'll be sending out this one:...
Hey mister, she's my sister!
posted by srah on November 9, 2007 10:06 PM
Tags: alfie, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007
If my sister loved me like she ought to, this is how our conversations would go: Me: Do you like sibling? Alfie: I don't know, I've never sibbled. Ha ha ha ha ha! Instead they go like this: Me: Do you like sibling? Alfie: ... no....
Ceci n'est pas un NaBloPoMo post
posted by srah on November 3, 2007 11:15 AM
All you musicals-lovers looking for another outlet for your talents might want to head over to my sister's blog, where she is hosting her Musicals Quiz VII. My mother is already stomping me into the dust, it would seem, so go over there and give her the competition that I am evidently unable to!...
Ok, fine, you're Boba Fett and you're Grand Moff Tarkin.
posted by srah on July 9, 2007 5:07 PM
Tags: alfie, can't hardly wait, movies, nerds
While watching Can't Hardly Wait: X-Phile #1: There's going to be drinking there. What are you going to do? They're going to kick you out if you don't drink. William: Well, I will be drinking. X-Phile #2: (shocked) But William! You could get drunk! X-Phile #1: You could get addicted. William: I downloaded this little baby off the Net. I will know exactly how many spirits I may imbibe without affecting my judgment or my behavior. me: That's totally us. That would have been us in high school. Alfie: Except we didn't go to any parties in high school. We...
Doctor Piglet, Doctor Winston, practice your art
posted by srah on October 28, 2006 6:53 PM
Tags: alfie, concussion, health
Good news! I do not have a concussion... I think. This afternoon I went a-returnin' things that I bought before my trip, which I later decided I didn't need. When I got to the mall in Cincinnati, I opened my truck to get out the shoebox, reached in, and the FIERCE STRONG WINDS blew the trunk lid down on my head. Tears came to my eyes and I sort of stumbled through the parking lot in a haze, wondering if I had a concussion. I returned my shoes, wandered in and out of stores, checked my pupils in the restroom...
Je me noie dans le talent
posted by srah on July 28, 2006 2:38 PM
Tags: alfie, birthday, in french, language, language week, song, srahfam
Joyeux anniversaire, Tu n'es pas mon frère, Je ne vais pas te voir aujourd'hui mais j'espère que tu n'es pas en colère, Joyeux anniversaire! (Ben... c'est pas pire que les autres...) (translation in the extended entry)...
Gradumatations!
posted by srah on May 13, 2006 8:11 AM
Tags: albion college, alfie, graduation
Congratumatations to Alfie, who gradutates from Albion this aftermanoon. Albion, I hope, done gived you the same edumacation it gived me, which makes me spell in odd ways....
Dream
posted by srah on April 26, 2006 6:25 AM
Tags: alfie, american idol, american idol 5, dream, tv
I dreamt last night that my sister and I were in the top 12 on American Idol. They had flown the top 12 to the Globe Theatre in London for a Very Special Top 12 Episode or something. We were all sitting around in the audience seats (which doesn't make any sense because the Globe doesn't have theatre seating) and waiting for things to get started. Sway and Gedeon were there too, but I don't remember seeing Taylor anywhere. We had to organize ourselves into pairs or groups of three (I don't think this was for singing purposes, as the...
Adding 'talented lyricist' to my resume...
posted by srah on July 28, 2005 9:54 AM
Happy birthday to my sister, You'd be my brother if you were a mister, Please come treat my blister, Happy birthday to my sister! (She wouldn't let me reuse the last one...)...
Dream
posted by srah on October 14, 2003 8:36 AM
Tags: alfie, construction, dream, grandma, mattresses, pants, peas, vultures
I was watching TV with my grandma and the rest of my family (I don't remember why, but it was significant that my grandma was there) and flipping uncontrollably through channels. Something about Jamaicans came up - a TV show or a reference or something. Then I was at Meijer with my sister and my high school nemesis and her mom. We were buying peas, but I was carrying everything in my arms for some reason and as we neared the checkout, I started dropping everything. I dropped two cans of peas and they broke, so I had to go...
Coming... home?
posted by srah on October 11, 2003 11:02 AM
Tags: albion college, alfie, homecoming, srahfam
It's Homecoming Weekend in Albion. Construction seemed light on I-94 and I got off at Jackson (and somehow ended up back on after Jackson, but that's due to my fantastic navigational skills) so I made the one-hour drive in under two hours. It was okay, because sitting still on the freeway gave me a chance to change CDs so that I could sing at the top of my lungs along with both Fiddler on the Roof and The Neil. I'm staying with the sister and using her shower products because it's easier than trucking my own around. Who came up...
You may include 'talented lyricist' in my long list of accomplishments
posted by srah on July 28, 2003 1:10 AM
Happy birthday to Alfie, Eat lots of alfalfy, Watch the Duchess of Malfi, Happy birthday to Alfie!...
Hit her gently
posted by srah on June 11, 2003 5:09 PM
Whose idea was it to have that stupid mouse character in Cinderella's catchphrase be "Strike 'er easy"? What does that mean? Who says that, apart from cartoon mice? And why won't it get out of my head? Cartoons say weird things anyway. For a good year after seeing Lady and the Tramp, my sister would exclaim, "You mongrel!" whenever she got upset at someone. Which, if you know my sister, was often. Of course, this is not to suggest that my sister is a cartoon. Although......
Becky wants you
posted by srah on April 15, 2003 9:19 AM
This is my sister. Her name is Becky and she is 18 years old. Becky wants me to bring back French boys for her when I return home. If you are a French boy and would like to volunteer, go visit her weblog or her website. Then she can stop nagging me about it. Heh heh....
My sister is pretty cool sometimes
posted by srah on January 28, 2003 9:21 AM
Becky found this t-shirt online, which I think would look pretty good on me....
Dream
posted by srah on January 22, 2003 3:56 AM
Tags: alfie, annamaria, antoine, dream, england, fanny, jillian, joanna roth, john hannah, lord of the rings, mathieu, mrs bradley mysteries, neil dudgeon
What a dreamful week I've been having! I'm sure you don't care, but I like to record them and perhaps in reading them, you will realize exactly how bizarre things are in my head. First I was on a tour bus in England and Neil Dudgeon, John Hannah and Joanna Roth were there as well. Neil was right behind me, but the other two were way at the back of the bus. The tour guide announced that we weren't going to be able to watch the video she'd planned to show in the bus because she'd left it at the...
Go away
posted by srah on November 8, 2002 6:51 AM
Tags: alfie
... and read my sister's blog. Because she told me to tell you so....
Pickshers continued
posted by srah on November 4, 2002 11:35 AM
Tags: alfie, assistantship, grenoble, photos, travel, vichy
The Allier river The Spas Le Parc des Sources Seeing Becky in Grenoble...
Goodbye to the Albionites
posted by srah on September 17, 2002 6:30 PM
Tags: alfie, assistantship
Becky and Alex came to Ann Arbor today to say goodbye to me before I left and to distract me from the packing I was supposed to be doing. It's weird not having Becky come to the airport to see me off, for the first time in my long traveling experience....
Let me entertain... me
posted by srah on September 8, 2002 9:17 PM
Tags: albion college, alfie
I am still at Albion. I stuck around a bit longer to help the sister redesign her weblog and set up a commenting system. So go over there and leave some comments. Maybe that will encourage her to blog about her Exciting New Life At College....
At last, she knows what it is to be a Sarah
posted by srah on August 24, 2002 12:20 PM
Tags: alfie
My sister is one of three Rebecca/Rebekahs on her hall. The other two are Beckys. She doesn't think much of going by Alfie. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with....
Movin' on up to the second floor
posted by srah on August 23, 2002 7:16 PM
Tags: albion college, alfie
We've been moving Becky into Albion today, hence no updates. Hopefully now that she's in a room with 24/7 Internet access, she will update her blog from time to time. Congrats, Becky, and welcome to the #7 Most Wired College in the Country. Bleurgh....
And the peasants rejoiced
posted by srah on August 20, 2002 11:25 AM
Tags: alfie
After years of being a burden on her family, Alfie has finally passed her road test and can get her driver's license....
Congratulations
posted by srah on June 7, 2002 10:52 AM
Tags: alfie
Congratulations to Alfie, who graduated from high school last night and is off to a new start at Albion next year....
Evening plans
posted by srah on June 3, 2002 3:15 PM
We are getting all duded up tonight and going out to dinner. Becky is taking Alex to her prom and the whole family's going out to dinner together at Palio before the dance. Kind of an unusual arrangement. They've invited me to get dressed up as well. I can pretend I'm back in high school again. Not that anyone won't believe it... This will be quite a week! Prom on Monday, graduation on Thursday, graduation party on Sunday and srah and Alex leaving next Monday!...
That's my sister!
posted by srah on May 28, 2002 4:13 PM
Tags: alfie
When it came time to fill out the roommate form at SOAR (Student Orientation and Registration) last week at Albion, Becky wrote that she'd like to have an international student as a roommate. Sometimes she's a pretty cool person....
Queen Alfie I
posted by srah on March 30, 2002 12:36 PM
Tags: alfie, classwork, history, queen elizabeth i
I've decided my sister is sort of like Queen Elizabeth I. Not that it's a bad thing... Queen Elizabeth had a lot of suitors all would have liked to marry her and take over the kingdom. Elizabeth never married, but didn't discourage the suitors from coming and trying. I have the impression that she didn't want to give up her power, but she liked the attention. Becky has a lot of suitors as well, but they don't want to marry her. They are colleges who want her to attend. She keeps putting off the final decision (we tease that we'll...
Mystery solved
posted by srah on November 3, 2001 8:47 PM
Mystery solved - the cracked-out villain is Becky herself. BlueMountain has their design-your-own card thing and Becky's on drugs. We went to Olive Garden for dinner and spent almost the whole time playing "Connect Yourself to Celebrities" and various other variations on "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". I will share some later. "You know what sounds horrible? When someone farts into a microphone." - Alex Rivera...
