wedding recaps.

Wedding photos have arrived! I've been working with Mark on a commercial, as well meeting a few characters. One is the Newcott's suspiciously-similar former neighbor, Kevin.

Here is one winner from the selection. Smizing, I believe.

Claire, where have you been??

Well, it seems that after my fourth and final interview, the human resources department at 30 Rock thought I was either a tad too young or too much of a loose cannon to take on Jimmy Fallon's web site. It's a bummer. I suppose in retrospect I shouldn't have told them I was planning to take NBC down from the inside and screamed into the phone "Let's burn this mother down!" while laughing maniacally.

In the meantime I've been blessed with an opportunity to work a freelance job with SNL taking screen capture shots of every skit ever produced on the show. The gig lasts four to six weeks, but part of me wonders if I could stretch it out by only clicking the mouse once every half hour. It just might be the deal of a lifetime.

Beth and I have been having a fun time here in the city, although we've been missing our love child Georgie Fruit. It's been hard not being able to have an animal around to talk on behalf of, or just cuddle with, especially since my niece's guinea pig is constantly pooping Mike & Ike sized turds every couple seconds. Luckily we have noticed a large husky who likes to watch us from a neighbors window whenever we venture outside.

Today is our sixth month anniversary! Can you believe that? I feel like we've lived so many places already that we've been married for several years. And that's not a bad thing. I hope we'll be visiting all of you soon!

oh, and here's a video of a chinchilla with a paper hat. Enjoy.

Well, I quit my job. My big fat paycheck play on the internet while the baby sleeps 4 hours a day free delicious food cuddle with sweet little baby job.

I'm hoping for a job in OK that really blends my unique gifts of getting too passionate about new music to strangers, cuddling babies, smoking jack star, never admitting that another's recommendation of anything is good, and hating all things Elmo.

I'll be at Trevor's show this week, Beth will visit me in OK, and Joseph's driving down one of these weekends. Friendwise, I'm all set.

Serious question: Have any of you considered fasting one week every month to save money on groceries? Did it work?

We're still in New York waiting to see if this job pans out for Zack. It's been about three weeks since his last interview, with his next one scheduled for friday. For some reason they're taking their sweet time trying to fill the position. Rawr.
In the meantime we've been trying to get out of the apartment as much as possible without spending all of our money on metro cards and water bottles. Living in a small apartment in New York with six people (three adults and three girls) has taught me a few things..

#1 Guard and protect your valuables:
-- goldfish crackers
-- toothbrushes and clean towels
-- anything that a guinea pig might consider to be food

#2 Learn to enjoy the little things:
-- mice scurrying through the kitchen
-- the way the power goes out every time someone turns on the microwave
-- the feeling of crackers between your toes

#3 Drink wine when:
-- there's no more toilet paper in the house. again.
-- you're about to make eggs for breakfast only to discover a carton full of empty egg shells
-- that wet spot on the couch turns out to be urine

Oh, housemates!!

I will be living alone for the next 19 days. My love left for Oklahoma, and I'll soon be following. Sept 1, actually. The dates have been different every day for the last month at least, but this seems concrete. We'll see.

During my last days in West LA, I will invite friends to stay (queen bed and twin bed, come over), smoke mass amounts of green crack, and drink Jack.

Those are my plans and I'm sticking to it.

New York is damn hot. The air conditioned subways are a refreshing break from the sweltering heat trapped in the people filled tunnels. Last night Chris convinced Zack, cousin Aaron, and I to go to a "pop/punk" show in an abandoned party store which quickly turned into the four of us standing in a deserted room surrounded by possible cocaine dealers while subjecting ourselves to music Chris later described as "the sound of garbage being run over by a car." It was truly terrible. I'm sure Zack will soon be drafting a screenplay about the night.

Today we spent a good amount of time reading children's books at Barnes & Noble with the nieces. Why did I ever stop reading Dr. Seuss before bed? Whadda genius.




Hey you, what is your favorite children's book?