in the summer of 1999, i lived with two of my best friends, jamie and gina, in an apartment where there was already another girl living. she was a drama major. and believe me, she was a DRAMA major. so there were four of us living there, but our answering machine listed five names: me, jamie, gina, that roommate, and "camilla". "camilla" was our eccentric roommate's alternate, internet personality. "camilla" had a british accent and we met "camilla" once when some guy came to pick "camilla" up for a blind date. we sat in awe as we watched her carry on her lie right in front of us. she was also prone to fainting spells while only wearing her underwear...
one time at byu-idaho, a cute young boy i had gone to a dance with asked me to egg-white his hair, because i had successfully egg-whited my hair for said dance. so he came over to the shanty and after i was done egg-whiting he went to the bathroom to check it out and he DISAPPEARED. no joke. i stepped into the kitchen for maybe five seconds and when i went back to see what he thought, he was gone. we looked up and down the street. he was nowhere. he completely vanished. my friend andi will back me up on this one. it's one of the weirdest things to ever happen.
that same guy was a very talented musician. he would often play on campus at various student activities. he had a few songs i loved so much i would always ask him to play them for me as i sat adoringly at his feet. (gag. my 21-year-old self was very annoying i guess.) anyway, a few weeks after he disappeared from our bathroom i bought howie day's "australia" cd , and lo and behold, TWO SONGS HE CLAIMED AS HIS OWN WERE ON HOWIE DAY'S CD! LIAR!!
in 2005, josh and i went to a taping of the ellen show. at the beginning of every show she dances through the audience. we were seated in the very row she came dancing through. i got so nervous and didn't know what to do so when she passed me, i reached out my hand... and... touched her shoulder.
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I laughed through this whole thing. You are so dang funny robin you need to write a book or something.
ha! you touched her shoulder? that's so awesomely awkward.
all of these stories were gold. i'm so glad you shared.
Not sure if I've been on the internet too long or if I'm slap happy, but I am DYING LAUGHING right now. OUT LOUD. You are hilarious. These stories! A dwarf? A boy vanishing from your apartment? ELLEN'S SHOULDER?!!! Thank you so much for this laugh.
^^ Ya, what Shalynna said.
Ha.
And how did you get those pictures of you and Ellen? A straight up riot I tell you
I have the episode on tape! and I always will...
don't forget about the time we napped on the lawn of la jolla cove and woke up in the middle of a wedding while the old man playing backgammon next door showed off his old man crack to the crowd. that was funny too.
and way to go for the shoulder. that's turning out to be a big hit on the blog.
oh my. i had forgotten about the dwarf.
what i THOUGHT you were going to share was that trip when we took tylenol PM in an attempt to avoid chit-chatting with our lame-O driver (we were so nice). but then it backfired when he woke us up around burley, ID and i ended up driving. thanks for keeping me awake enough to stay between the lines rob.
and who could ever forget our lovable drama major? my favorite memories are when she practiced smoking cigarettes to better understand some role in some play. (?!?!?) and the time i had to dress her lifeless form (again, ???) before Mr. most-attractive-man-in-the-complex showed up to CARRY her to the car.
i love these memories. i'm also glad you came out and told the ellen story. it's practically infamous now, isn't it?
awesome
this whole this is so great! and mik the slick deserves his own post that kid was wacky.
thanks for the laugh.
*thing.
Hilarious!
sometimes camilla was naked. that's all i remember about her. oh, and those hats. i remember those hats.
Ahahahahahaha. Okay, just died laughing!
One: Love the Ellen still shots. That's the same reaction I'd have had. "What do I do? Uh...TOUCH HER SHOULDER. Yep."
Two: I also was once wooed by a dude playing Howie Day tunes on his guitar...but I knew they were HD. He really ripped off HD tunes? Oh lord.
Three: If ever I am in your state, I am determined to meet you.
robin, this post is the funniest thing ever. i don't even know where to begin!
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