In honor of so many things- namely, my upcoming birthday, the 6th anniversary of this very blog, and the fact that I’ve gone to summer vacation in my mind- I’ve decided to have some fun with Mondays until the Fall and do a bit of nostalgic posting. In short, I’m gonna bring back some of my favorite posts (which, really, have only been seen by the ten of you who’ve been reading since the beginning. Hi, guys!!) and hope that you think it’s kinda quirky and fun.
I can see you have some questions. Lemme answer.
-Yes, I have been posting on Mondays. And if you don’t know that, you’re probably not even reading this one!
-Sure, the rest of the internet is doing #tbt…but if I can feel a-ok with a weekly recap on Wednesdays, I’m sure as heck losing zero sleep over a Throwback Monday.
-And I know. The picture embedded in this post is mighty tiny. Can’t help you, friend. Things were just smaller back then.
(A note: This was the second blog post I ever wrote here. At the time, I seriously enjoyed trolling the aisles of grocery and drugstores, looking for superbly weird engraved frames. I imagine I still would, given three minutes alone in public. Also? You’d be shocked at how many of these frames I actually found. Well, not if you were one of the ten people reading Lollygag Blog back in June of ’08. I found enough odd frames for a series. I am not even joking.)
Love Beyond Words
(originally posted June 11th, 2008)
Okay, this is pretty special. You don’t see this sort of thing just browsing up and down the aisles of your local Jewel Osco every day. But that’s just what I did!
Let’s start with the obvious. Your love is Beyond Words. But just the right size for framing! And it’s clearly intended as a gift…for a wedding? Bar Mitzvah? I can’t imagine anyone buying it for themselves. (Honey, I found this right there in the store- it’s like they made it for US!) Besides, to keep a frame like this around is a pretty ballsy move. Are you trying to intimidate your friends? Are you that couple that doesn’t need other friends? Well, with a few more purchases like this that may no longer be a pesky issue!
NOW. On to the happy couple. Oblivious Yarmulke Guy is pleased as punch to either be a) in Love or b) on a date with someone who is not quite feeling the Love. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an actual grimace before! Satin Pashmina Girl is pretty resolutely resigned to being with this guy. Maybe it’s her prom? Maybe her mother set her up with a nice Jewish boy? Or perhaps she has seasonal allergies. Those are the worst.
I’m having a bit of trouble believing that this is the best example of Love Beyond Words that the framing company could find. Unless they were trying for irony. Or maybe, just maybe, the Words that their Love is Beyond are: prenuptial agreement. Oh no! Yarmulke Guy made his wife sign a prenup and she had to go along with it because, after all, he is a doctor and she has all those loans from Sarah Lawrence. But she doesn’t have to be happy about it, and nothing he says or does can take away the memory of that artist with his rent-controlled loft in SoHo, the one without two nickels to rub together…Darn her pride!
But maybe some Words are better off left unspoken.
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