the boys are so cute!

late in the local albuquerque wal-mart, buying scattergories and ginger ale (for some whiskey time!).


anthony, ramon & saad.
nice, saad, real nice. he's rather fond of his middle finger. ;)


bat-ramon


bat-saad


and i had to save the best for last - bat-anthony. check out that collar!

so we had a really excellent time in albuquerque! some notes:

• everything is spicy. red or green chilies are put on everything, including mcdonald's hamburgers (but, strangely, not used at taco bell).
• i heart breakfast burritos (no beans! egg & hash browns - *DROOL*)
• albuquerque is very dated. lots of old signs and really cool independent shops and restaurants.
• santa fe - not that impressive. unfortunately, it was cloudy 98% of the time we were in new mexico, so the brown burnt sienna landscape didn't get a chance to contrast with crystal clear blue skies. instead we got lots of grey skies with muddy browns. alas.
• tumbleweeds! i saw tumbleweeds on the highway! a woman was driving with one on the front of her suv. apparently, they aren't fun to try and get out from under your car, since they are really thorny. they also grow like snowballs, bouncing around the landscape getting bigger and bigger. they are also fast on the highway, so i didn't get any pictures of them. : (
• i can smell the litterbox as i sit here blogging and drinking my wine. this is not a good sign. need more litter; noted.
• on the way to yanni's (a greek-ish restaurant), ramon got the chance to practice his paramedic skills at a hit & run. saad helped by holding the woman's head while ramon made sure she was ok until the ambulance arrived.
  
• this was also the night it snowed! didn't stay on the ground, but it was on the mountains the next day.
• alexis's car was broken into st. patty's night. (jesus, that litterbox smells bad.) the idiots broke her window and stole a cd walkman (old enough not to have anti-skip protection) and a roadside assistance box (like, with flares and stuff; according to ramon, valued at $10 from wal-mart). impressive thieves.
  
• this reminds me of a time that a woman that worked at my parent's chinese restaurant had her car broken into and nothing was stolen, even though her trunk was FILLED with chinese ginseng root (valued at around $500). hahaha! stupid thieves.
  
• once, in elementary school, i stole a lip gloss from a store. i felt so guilty, i threw it into the gully behind our house w/o using it.

ok, i'm going to clean that litterbox now. oi! and read some of the artist's way. i'm trying to be more creative. oh, do wish me luck. i did finish my lace scarf and have begun knitting a red scarf w/ blue beads. mayhaps pictures shall follow. and i did tell baron baronet that i'd have sketches up sometime soon... let's say, by the end of the month! yea!