Photodump!

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PURGE DAY! Here are some things I’ve had sitting around in my “to blog about” folder, some of them literally for four years (look! not all of them are even watermarked!):


a plane trail from the roof of my apartment building


my best friend, Tracey, and me, entertaining ourselves at the science museum where we used to work in Ohio


the famous Coney Island Cyclone


every picture we take in Kamran’s elevator on our way out to dinner has me giving crazy “feed me” eyes


this beer likes itself . . . kinda


one of my roommate’s best friends, known as Tubbs, at a birthday party in the park


Kamran practices making connections in the bathroom


what poor Kamran has to live with when I’m trying to get beautiful


someone hasn’t had her dinner yet


why Kamran never has any trouble getting cabs


some cheesy typography from a picture taken at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

17 Comments

  1. Cassie says:

    Wait. Did I read that right? Did you compare your boyfriend’s man bits to chickens?

    Or do I need to get out more?

  2. Elliepie says:

    You’re cute.

    Also, I want more IM conversation posts.

  3. Jessica R. says:

    I love everything about this post. Fantastic science museum photos! Also, I love how well Kamran’s humor matches your humor.

  4. THAT SQUIRREL AIN’T RIGHT.

    Squirrels are supposed to be BROWN, not BLACK.

    Get it right, Squirrel. GOD.

    Also, you and Kamran make me want to run out into the street and hug the first person I see. Which would probably be the wheelchair-bound emphysema patient next door who still smokes and desperately needs to cut his toenails. So maybe I won’t do that after all.

  5. Sandy says:

    Yech. That drippy R grosses my ass out.

  6. Megan says:

    Your IM conversations reminded me of myself and Kevin. Also, you look lovely in the elevator pic – check out those glossssay lips.

  7. Katrin says:

    Those pictures made my day. And I have never seen a black squirrel before.

  8. Deb K says:

    You look so pretty in the photo in the elevator on the way to dinner! Also I have a question about what hair products you use for your curly hair. I have the same texture and consistency and am always conferring with other like-haired people. Perhaps this is not appropriate for a blog comment but I’m really curious.

    • katie ett says:

      Thank you! Everything is appropriate for a blog comment, especially when it involves a compliment. I’m always so happy to find out that other people have this wacky hair that’s totally different from “normal” curly hair. In that picture, I was using Herbal Essences Hello Hydration shampoo and then Garnier Fructis Anti-Humidity Hairspray; I found that I liked that shampoo more than their Totally Twisted shampoo, which weighed my curls down even though it’s meant for curls. After finding that Anti-Humidity hairspray, which is so light you don’t even notice you’ve put it on, I’ll never use another.

      Right now, I’m using Burt’s Bees More Moisture Raspberry and Brazil Nut Shampoo, and I think I might like it even more than the Hello Hydration. Not only is it 98.9% natural, but it doesn’t have any sulfates in it, so my curls are huge and bouncy and curlier than ever. It does a good job of fighting humidity on its own, so I don’t even bother with the hairspray anymore.

      Got any tips for me?

  9. Tracey says:

    Love these!

    I’m on the Cyclone in that animated one! Right?! I have ALLLLL of those pictures from you in my scrapbook from that trip.

    Speaking of scrapbooks and that section of our IM chat, we’re looong overdue for another scrapbook full of our back-and-forths, right?

    • katie ett says:

      Oh, yeah! That makes it even cooler. Please remove all of those pictures from your scrapbook and let me send you Photoshopped versions, thx.

      That IM scrapbook you made me is one of the things I would save if my apartment ever caught on fire. (I hope you’d choose our kissing book over the cats.)

  10. Lisa says:

    1. OMG CONEY ISLAND CYCLONE

    2. The OK+ is an Oklahoma thing. Most beer only has 3.2% — bars and liquor stores can choose if they want to carry full strength or not (I think it’s taxed higher). The full strength beers are marked OK+. Oh, the things you learn when you move to Oklahoma (see also: why did I trade drive-thru daiquiris for watered-down beer?).

    3. Tell me the secret of your curls.

    4. You need a blog dedicated to your texts.

    • katie ett says:

      Wow, you are a wealth of useless knowledge. If I want to know where to get gold sandals? Lisa. If I want to know how to brand my small business? Lisa. Beer labels? Also Lisa.

      I guess I’ll just copy what I wrote in another comment, if you’ll excuse me:

      In that picture, I was using Herbal Essences Hello Hydration shampoo and then Garnier Fructis Anti-Humidity Hairspray; I found that I liked that shampoo more than their Totally Twisted shampoo, which weighed my curls down even though it’s meant for curls. After finding that Anti-Humidity hairspray, which is so light you don’t even notice you’ve put it on, I’ll never use another.

      Right now, I’m using Burt’s Bees More Moisture Raspberry and Brazil Nut Shampoo, and I think I might like it even more than the Hello Hydration. Not only is it 98.9% natural, but it doesn’t have any sulfates in it, so my curls are huge and bouncy and curlier than ever. It does a good job of fighting humidity on its own, so I don’t even bother with the hairspray anymore.

      But I think the difference between your curls and mine might just be that I have a super-layered haircut, so the things just spring up everywhere. I’ve always wanted to grow mine like yours, but I don’t think it suits my short face.

  11. Chantee says:

    Yay for black squirrels! Freaky, but cool.

  12. We meet again, squirrel.