The Letters

My friend Jamie had this on her blog a few days ago, and I thought it was cute.  So, here I am, on a cold, cloudy Sunday afternoon, passing it on to you...

AAAA:  Age, 26
BBBB:  Bed size, Queen
CCCC:  Chore I dislike most:  Toss-up between taking out the trash and watering the plants
DDDD:  Dogs:  Perhaps the only person in America who's never had one and doesn't particularly want one
EEEE:  Essential start to my day:  Great tunes and The Morning Mash-Up
FFFF:  Favorite color:  Green
GGGG:  Gold or silver:  Preferably both, woven together a la David Yurman
HHHH:  Height:  5' 6.5"
IIII:  Instruments I play:  Piano and violin, and I played a mean trumpet in the 7th grade band
JJJJ:  Job:  Student
KKKK:  Kids:  Here's hoping I SOON have a job where I can have about 250 every day...
LLLL:  Live:  Columbus, MS
MMMM:  Mom's name:  Libby
NNNN:  Nickname:  Spring, Springsteen, Springmaid, Springback, Springtime... you get the idea
OOOO:  Overnight hospital stays:  Thankfully, none
PPPP:  Pet peeves:  People who, when asking for my signature, ask for my 'autograph'... give me a break.
QQQQ:  Quote from a movie:  Although movie quotes probably make up a good 58% of what comes out of my mouth, I'll have to go with "We're gonna hold things down..." from Father of the Bride
RRRR:  Right/Left:  Right
SSSS:  Siblings:  Not a one
TTTT:  Time I wake up:  Depends on how many times I hit snooze... but it should be 6:00 a.m.
UUUU:  Underwear:  Present
VVVV:  Vegetables I dislike:  Cabbage
WWWW:  What makes me run late:  The aforementioned hitting of the snooze
XXXX:  X-rays I've had:  Left wrist, Right knee, Chest
YYYY:  Yummy food I make:  My specialties in the kitchen are broccoli salad and corn dip (surprisingly, neither requre previous culinary training... weird?), but I do make a pretty great take-out order...
ZZZZ:  Zoo animal:  Although I don't really understand this question (am I supposed to say one I like?  Or one I look like?  Or one I'd like to be?  Or just the first one that pops into my head?), I'll go with lion... long live Sir Fidel. 

Mad Season

In the week since the conclusion of an amazing football season, I've had time to mull through all of the laughs, funny stories, bad decisions and things that made football season 2009 one of my absolute favorites.  Of course, I can think of no better way than one of my infamous ABC lists to share all the fun with all of y'all.  

A

Amanda's amazing cookies; "Amanda, are you cooking something or just banging all the pots together?"; "another great weekend"; Anthro; Amanda's attempt at sister's punch; airplane bottles; Anthro flower necklace; all that matters is the Egg Bowl

B

Becca's family Christmas card freak out; Ben hitting a parked car; bathroom lines; barefoot in the mud; Barrister's; Bin 612; Becca's camera under the wheel of her car; beer

C

corn dip; City Bagel; crunk; cheering on the Bulldogs; clothes, food, luggage, people, cans, bottles everywhere; chasing tail

D

"Damien... he's almost too gay to function"; Dixon for Heisman; Dawg Pound Rock; dark nail polish; dragged around by the night route; Dan "the Man" Mullen

E

eating City Bagel for every meal; Egg Bowl victory

F

from Dixon with love; fold-out couch; four inches; fighting for our seats; fabulous friends

G

game day guru

H

"How early do you think we should get out there?"; "how did my feet get so clean?"

I

inappropriate texts; "I like it Dawgy style" cowbell; "I don't want to look at engagement rings.  I just want to quote movies and drink beer"; "Is your house on fire, Clark?"

J

Junction

K

"Keep your eyes on my ba bom ba bom bom"

L

living for the weekends; live music:  both good and bad; Leon Berrrrrryyyy... Leon Berry; "Lauren Springer's always in an Explorer!"

M

Mugshots; muddy Junction; millions of pictures; making every minute count; my apartment being destroyed/somthing getting broken every weekend; Mean Girls; maroon blazers

N

near-fall in the Junction; new black jerseys

O

Old Venice

P

possibly best football season ever; people sleeping everywhere

Q

quoting movies

R

Ridiculo-tron; Ray's stories about his grandmother; record crowds

S

sister's punch; Springer Inn; sushi martini; sake bombs; Sunday hangover lunch; sleeping on the floor at my own house; seats in the sky; screaming with laughter; scratchy voices; speedwalking from the games; shots; sushi; seeing people we know but not speaking; stadium pics; spending time with so many people I love; scarves; sleeping 'til 1:30 on gameday; scrounging for tickets

T

the mixing pen; The Strangler; "This is Rebecca... and this is Lindsey"; trip to the hospital; the shorts; trumping football season 2007 (I thought it couldn't be done); "This is for the blog"; Terri's oatmeal cookies; True Maroon; tailgreating; throwing beer bottles (and ashtrays); "That's a paper towel"; towel bar falling a million times

U

uninvited guests; unexpected surprises from people I didn't think I'd get to see

V

visitors from all over; Vegas the bulldog

W

whiskey drinks; washing feet in the toilet; "What's all this lettuce in your truck?"; wardrobe consultations; "Well, you've still got to put your makeup on, right?"; weekend pass from the looney bin; who destroyed my Newsies VHS?; "Wait, when did we see Hope and Don?"; "Wrap that one in maroon and white"; "We've hit a human"; "We couldn't find the remote, but thankfully The Wedding Planner was on"

X

x-small quarterback, Tiny Ty

Y

yummy, yummy tailgate food

Z

zillions of loads of laundry

Thanks to all who participated for such an amazing season.  The Springer Inn is now accepting reservations for the 2010 season; book early to secure your spot!

It seriously was an amazing few months.  Love y'all.

ABC

My sweet Meg turned 24 on Saturday, but celebrating her birthday and school work ever since have kept me from promptly posting her birthday tribute.  (I should actually be studying at this moment, but I cannot delay this any further.)  So, happy 24th, Mega... love you sooooo much!!

A

Across the Universe.  Accident on the Phi Mu floor.  Anthony's.  All Sig Day.  "Amanda, are you cooking, or just banging all the pots together?"  Aunt Meg.

B

Beer.  Beatles.  Blog.  Bargain shopper.  Blackberry Messenger.  Bin 612.  Beer Olympics.  Bitching and moaning (our favorite pasttime).  Birthday week.  Baby Pearce.  Bachelorette party. 

C

California.  "Cheese Nips or Cheese-Its?"  Costumes.  Corn dog bites/mac and cheese.

D

Drunk voice.  David Yurman.  Disney World.  Dollar night.  Dessert with your Daughter debacle.  Dirty rush.

E

Eighties queen.  Editing pictures.  Easely Amused.

F

Fall decorations.  Football season.  Facebook.  FML.  Future Phi Mu, Sarah.

G

Girls weekend.  Girl Talk.  Germany (and Brandon's other family).  Game day. 

H

Halloween.  Harry Potter.  Hated Bid Day.  Hangovers.  Husband in Germany.  Huge heart.

I

"I lost my life last night."  "I am a full cup; you're cup is empty."

J

Jewelry.  Just laying on the couch watching Lifetime movies.

K

Kramer.  Katie's softball jersey.

L

Life in the Phi Mu house.  Lifetime.  Late night.  Laying in bed ALL DAY.

M

Mannequin.  Mugshots.  Movies.  Mani/pedi.  My Humps.  Mickey D's.  Making people repeat everything.

N

Nightmare Before Christmas.  Night route.

O

Overserved.  Old Venice RIP.  

P

Peg.  Phi Mu.  Patrick Swayze.  Proofreading your papers.  Pizza.  Pitiful (when you don't get your way).

Q

Quilt of t-shirts.

R

Ringlets (Fall for Phi Mu '06...).  Ray Bans.  Richard Simmons.

S

Sigma Chi.  Sushi.  Swaps.  Smoking cigs.  Shots.  Standards.  Scratchy hangover voice.  SoCo and Lime.  "Shut up, Scott."  Sensitive.

T

Throwing beer bottles (and ashtrays).  Talking about everybody.  Taco Bell.

U

Umi.  Upset stomach in the Dominican.

V

Vegas the bulldog.  VP.

W

West Point.  Waverly.  Wine.  Wedding planning.  Work sucks.  "What are you talking about?"  Worldpeace.  Wearing heels to the games.  "Who's Kyla?"

X

X-mas (aka Boys Bid Day).

Y

Your "twin" brother, Brooks.  Your one crazy summer.

Z

Zoo (aka living in the Phi Mu House).

Happy late birthday, Meg!  So glad we were together to celebrate!  Love you soooooooooo much!

Alphabet Soup

So, today is Becca's birthday, and, for such a special occasion, I had to do something special. I saw this on someone's blog not long ago, and I thought it the perfect tribute for a friend (and a teacher) like Becca.

The ABCs of our friendship, if you will.

Get it...? ABC... teacher...

Anyway. Here goes.

A

ANTHROPOLOGIE. Anxiety (sometimes Becca gets a little, shall we say, worked up). Adolescence (tough, but we survived). Awkward legs (sometimes she does this weird thing in pictures). Anniversary trip.

B

Babysitting. Benetton luggage (ugh...). Black hair. BeesTees (these weird outfits we all used to wear, but Becca sticks out in my memory as wearing them more frequently than everyone else). Beach. Blogs. Bathroom (she practically lives in there). Buyers remorse. Braces (we both endured a mouth full of metal). Blackberry. Bartender friends. Bourbon Street. Becca Cash.

C

Cats. Cheeseburgers. Chinatown. Cocktails. Chicago. Coat of Many Colors. "Crowbars up." Can't Hardly Wait. C-town. Connolly's, NYC. Cats: The Musical.

D

Direct flights (this is a big thing with Becca). Driving home from NOLA (worst ride ever). David Furman. Dennys in Memphis, New Year's 2006. "Day, give me a five!"

E

Eating (we like it). Elementary school children (she loves them). Emails. Elmo gloves. Ebay (Becca doesn't have the best luck...).

F

Friends since 3rd grade. FloraBama (Becca's favorite place on the planet). Football weekends. Forwards (Becca is the queen of forwarding emails). Father of the Bride. Function better as a team. FACEBOOK. Flirting with 40. Fake nails (but not anymore!).

G

Going to college. Growing up. Guys (we occasionally mention them). Gap girls. Glasses. Gadgets (Becca covets them). Gorgeous (she seriously is). Getting arrested (almost) in Paris.

H

Heritage Academy (breeding ground for our friendship and so many of our memories). Hi-lites. Headgear.

I

Infiniti. International trip (we're going to do it...). "I'll never wear JNCO." Irish pubs. Inappropriate laughter (especially in airports). "It's tricky to rock around...". "I hate each and every one of you."

J

Jackson. Josie Grossie. J.Crew swimsuits. Junior High Dance Team.

K

Kids. Ketchup on dress (and dipping french fries into it...).

L

LAUGH. Layovers (Becca hates them). Legally Blonde. Luggage debacle, NYC. Lip color (Becca always has something new to try). Little man in the radiator. Laura Britt. LAI Social Club. Loud, loud laugh (just in case you missed it the first time--seriously, we're loud separately, but together... whoa).

M

Movies. Mennonite baked goods. Miss McKissack. Misadventures of a Newlywed (Becca's obsessed). Music (Becca loves it, even though she never knows who sings anything). Mississippi State University. Making new friends in other cities (isn't hard at all). Monkeys.

N

New York. New Orleans. Never Been Kissed. Nicknames. Nose like MJ??

O

Oscar--creative writer/marketing executive. Olive (may she RIP). One Mississippi, Two Mississippi. Overserved (it happens).

P

Paul & Rory. Perfume (we've both been known to go a squirt overboard). Planning trips. Positively 2009. "Put your purse down; we're not going to the monuments." Pictures (we take a lot). Parties.

Q

Questionable decisions (we've both made a few). Quite a loud laugh.

R

Rockettes. Red wine. Ray Bans (that goes along with the Ebay misfortune mentioned above). Ranch dressing (Becca's favorite condiment).

S

Self-Esteem (in junior high, we had none). Smith Lake. Sonora. STORIES. Sleep (neither of us get much these days). Shopping. Sushi (Becca pushed me until I gave in). Searching for celebrities (Becca's hidden obsession).

T

Traveling. "Three for $10.00." Time (Becca is obsessed with being places on time, and she always thinks we're going to be late). Tooth-brushing (another obsession). Truly tiny table, NYC. Tiny bladder. Teacher and lover of children. Table (sitting alone with Tori thinking everyone hated us).

U

Unbelievable memories. Unique laugh.

V

Visits (a new but fun aspect of our friendship). Vodka-waters.

W

Wine. Washington, D.C. Wearing songs or cds out. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Wrong words (Becca can never quite get the words to songs right). White teeth. Weddings (the source of lots of our visits these days). Wallet "stolen in NOLA. Weird hands during turns.

X

X-mas cards (fun to laugh at in airports and take, as well).

Y

Yearbook staff. Yurman.

Z

Zero fights in 17 years. Zits (yet another terrible aspect of puberty we managed to survive). Zillions of reasons I could never get rid of you!!!

Happy Birthday, Bec! Love you and hope you've had the greatest 24th!!