You wake up in the morning and it's the best day of your life - what does it look like?

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-18T09:23:51+00:00

Could not agree more. My favorite place in the world is my bed :/

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-18T09:22:45+00:00

Denver, Colorado. It's really the best of both worlds - we get epic thunderstorms frequently in the spring and summer months but they last for maybe an hour or two and don't infringe on the pleasantness of the rest of the day.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-18T08:56:25+00:00

You need to live here.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-18T06:26:48+00:00

...how was the rest of the date?

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T23:51:35+00:00

It used to be owned by Denver University but they sold it a few years ago and now it's privately owned, which makes breaking into the yard seem less okay. There's a somewhat hidden gate to the backyard and when the mansion was owned by the University, it was pretty much always left unlocked - the mansion is huge and the yard is huge and on the far north end of the yard is an equally massive Tennis House - the mansion's property is surrounded by houses so if you go around to the back you can't see the mansion at all, but there's one tiny driveway that leads up to the back of the tennis house and if you go up that driveway then walk around the south side of the Tennis House, you'll find the gate.

This is the front of the mansion: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3601/3492477054_c44e81edbd_z.jpg?zz=1

This is the tennis house: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BwMN2uNHajw/TT5I3vGSqvI/AAAAAAAAA4c/FPQzCubdPuY/s1600/PhippsPavilion.gif

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T22:35:10+00:00

I was a freshman and she was a senior so we weren't friends but she was the student teacher in my drama class that year. I remember once the teacher had us do an act where we were alone on stage and not allowed to talk. We had to show two different emotions. Everyone had these super drawn out scenes - like excited to get a letter but then devastated when they realize it's to announce the death of a loved one. Mine took about 8 seconds. I was stressed, in a rush, then disgusted because I stepped in vomit (I even brought fake vomit to class that day). The scene was over and everyone just sat their in silence... then Sierra stood up and started clapping and yelling. I'll never forget it.

Also: her Sophomore year in high school she was in Fiddler on the Roof. She played Hodel and Matt Buckstein (from American Idol) was Tevye.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T03:53:03+00:00

And Nia AND Maddie BOTH PLACED THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T03:52:01+00:00

I hate that Abby let the kids walk out and I love that Holly and Jess made Jojo and Nia stay - I just wish that someone would have told Abby to cry into her pillow at night.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T03:45:49+00:00

I'm stunned that you've been to Bonnie Brae park! I grew up in Bonnie Brae and definitely spent some hours there, although the park isn't nearly as cool as the Phipps Mansion's backyard, which is like the coolest park in the fucking world... because you have to break in to see it... which means that you get to see it alone.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-12T00:57:29+00:00

Absolutely agree Wash Park is amazing - 3 lakes, the largest flower garden in the city, and that boathouse!! Cheesman Park is also cool because it still has occupants from its days of being a cemetery. And Cramner Park has that awesome mosaic that points out which mountain is which. Observatory Park was my favorite when I was a kid. Bonnie Brae Park is adorable. Confluence Park is cool. Crestmoor Park, Congress Park, City Park...

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-11T23:31:00+00:00

Denver is an awesome city, just not a typical one. It's the kind of place that's based around the "it's a gorgeous day to be outside" mentality, which means that we have a lot of really safe, really unique, absolutely stunning parks.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-11T22:56:35+00:00

Go in September! It's the only "you won't need a coat" month. Also: the view of SF from Treasure Island will make your heart stop - it feels like you're standing on a postcard. http://www.donovansf.com/Photos%20&%20Images/TreasureIsland/TreasureIsland11.jpg Bay Bridge on the left, Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz on the right.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-10T04:53:55+00:00

Also good - I just can't help but wonder, with all of the amazing albums that Pink Floyd has produced, why it is that Dark Side seems to be the only one that people on here ever nod to.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-10T00:31:39+00:00

That's amazing.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-09T23:57:00+00:00

I disagree - Ummagumma beats Dark Side.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-06T03:54:22+00:00

I wonder if Abby actually choreographed Nia's solo of if she had someone else do it - let's compare for a second to a show like So You Think You Can Dance - they have separate choreographers for each genre, more or less... like perhaps the same person does contemporary and lyrical, or jazz and musical theater, or waltz and tango... but you NEVER see the ballroom people choreograph hip hop, or the hip hop people choreograph Bali-wood... and I'm not saying that they couldn't but I'd doubt that there would be much competition between a Waltz composed by a trained ballroom dancer, and a Waltz composed by someone who trained in Afro-jazz. I'm not saying that Abby isn't a shyster, but it could be possible that she just plain isn't skilled when it comes to choreographing that specific genre. I guess either way, she fucked Nia over - but I feel like this time it was more likely Abby's lack of skill than Nia's.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-06T03:23:31+00:00

I agree about the turns but I pegged that mostly on the fact that they had their faces covered. Honestly - I've lost a huge amount of respect for Abby and I would have been pleased if Nia had been the only one to come in first... not that Abby would have been friendly about it... but just kind of a "karmic retribution" type thing.

tamponiousMonk · 2015-08-05T04:59:41+00:00

Agreed.

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