Young Megan: The Dork is strong with this one
31 Jan 2012 9 Comments
in me
Wrote a post on Offbeat Home that references a “young Megan” and so, of course, Ariel asked [read: demanded] that I link to this picture. (I have a sneaking suspicion that my darling boss actually has that link bookmarked, because I thought of this photo the other day and then thought “sigh, it’s somewhere on Twitter, I don’t feel like searching for it.” And then BOOM! Ariel links me to it no problem.)
So now I’m post it here for easy finding, for posterities sake, and so that we can all have a good laugh.
Ladies and gentlebergs, I give you Young Megan:
Looking at photo albums that my mom made and then gave to me. Can't believe my parents let me go to school looking like this.
A Nerd Hope: Megan’s nerdy 30 birthday video
18 Jan 2012 2 Comments
in nerd stuff Tags: aaron, gifts, videos
I can’t believe I forgot to post this a while ago!
So, I got the absolute bestest birthday present of my lifetime from that wonderful guy I married. He contacted a bunch of my closest friends, family, and co-workers and asked them to participate in a special Nerdy 30 birthday video:
Highlights:
* The Star Wars scrolling intro.
* Special art work by Bill Nye the Science Guy.
* Oliver’s video that made me cry.
* Daren sending in his video from an Airborne Toxic Event tour.
* Stephanie and her friend drinking at the airport and singing me happy birthday.
* Erik being… Erik.
* Ariel and Tavi’s catchy tune (also Ariel’s boobz!).
* Aaron’s laptop theme.
* All the scenes from Olvera Street where Aaron spent a day collecting awesome trinkets for my other special birthday present.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this movie. I’ve watched it a countless number of times now and I’m always BLOWN AWAY by the amazing people that I am lucky enough to be friends with. Wow. I’m one freaking lucky 30-year-old. I LOVE YOU ALL!
An extraordinary day
15 Jan 2012 6 Comments
in happy spurts Tags: dad, driving, VW
Yesterday was one of those beyond wonderful, life-affirming days. At one point I even started making a list of all the great things that had happened. Here’s the boring run-down of an extraordinary day…
I got to wake up and have breakfast with my mom AND that guy I married. This may sound lame, but I never get to spend much time with either of those people. So it felt really great to be hanging out over cups of coffee and pieces of toast.
Peezu and Jack tired after a day of playing.
I went with my parents to visit my grandmother and help her get ready for her home re-do. I brought along my dogs and they got to play in a yard for the first time since June! There was lots of running like crazy, lots of rolling around on the grass and lots and lots of playing fetch.
Gen getting some last minute work done on what makes her tick.
In between playtime and grandma time, my dad and I finally picked up Gen, the VW bug. I filled out another check for good ol’ VW Joe, who felt so bad that I was spending so much cash that he didn’t even charge me tax this time.
Dad drove her back to my grandma’s and while on the way back, on her first time back on her feet, I watched as a guy riding a really super vintage motorcycle pulled up next to my dad, took a long look over his shoulder at Gen and gave dad the raised “right on” fist. It was an adorable moment that got me really excited about how fun Gen’ll be to drive.
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Damn it Gen!
12 Jan 2012 11 Comments
Did I ever tell y’all about how I inherited a ’71 VW bug from my grandfather? The car used to be my mother’s when she was college age and then, when my dad (her brand new husband) surprised her with a new car, her father took over the VW and kept her running and in good shape until he got too old to work on her anymore. So she’s been sitting on my grandparents driveway dying from neglect for about 3 or 4 years now.
When I inherited her I decided to name her “Gen” after my grandmother. I did so because when it breaks down I can yell “damn it Gen!” just like my grandfather yelled at my grandmother. It kind of became his catch-phrase. (My cousin likes to tell the story of how it took him a while to realize that my grandmother’s name was actually just Gen and not “Damnitgen.”)
Exactly two months ago my father and I had her towed to a body shop that specializes in Volkswagons. Good ‘ol VW Joe has been fixing her up and getting her running again. We went to pick her up yesterday, but my dad drove her around and said he wasn’t happy with a noise coming from the engine, and Joe said he’d keep at her. So I’m still VW-less.
I’m both excited to inherit this car as much as I’m frightened because, well, Aaron and I don’t need a fourth car to take care of (we already look after his car, my car, and the car that my parents leave at the apartment). AND it’s a stick… and I don’t drive stick… in fact I’m TERRIFIED of driving stick.
Sitting at the body shopping signing my name to a check of over a thousand dollars I started to think “mayyyybe this isn’t such a good idea.” Perhaps, once again, my sentimentality was outweighing my logical mind. But then my dad started up the car and when the sound, the smell, and the sight of this little green bug combined, I swear it was like seeing my grandfather again.
It was right then that I realized, there was never was any other choice. This car was and is going to be mine. No matter what, I’m not letting the story of this car die with my grandfather.
Thongs, kidnapping, and cat bites: Weird ways people found my blog
10 Jan 2012 9 Comments
in the internets Tags: band names
Inspired by my friend Drew’s blog, here is a roundup of the weird, and some down-right disturbing, search terms that lead people to find my blog:
- papua new guinea tsunami receding water
- my personal+blog+wordpress+kidnapping (wait, WHY plus kidnapping!?)
- are you finished with those arons
- thong shows
- arson campaign map (I don’t think that arson needs campaigning)
- cat bite wound gone numb (you should get that checked out)
- photos of weird chicken eggs
- chris o’dowd school (I want to go to there)
- bony sandler (is that Adam’s brother?)
- good morning sad roses photo (just added “Good Morning Sad Roses” to my list of band name ideas)
- i wanna be the ugliest (and it brought you here!? Aw, sad roses
) - dogs on crack
- man in thong with guns (what is with people and thongs? I have no thongs here people, move on)
Pregbooking
09 Jan 2012 4 Comments
in kids Tags: facebook, pregnancy
Wanna hear something that really freaked me out on various levels? I was at a friend’s dinner party, drinking wine and immaturely making and munching down on mini cheese sandwiches out of the sliced baguette and fancy cheese plate when a friend of mine walked in. As she rounded the kitchen island, I noticed that she was, well, a LOT bigger than the last time I saw her… in the stomach area. Now, I’ve learned from being witness to many an awkward “‘how far along are you?’ ‘I’m not pregnant’” exchanges to just shut my mouth and not assume anything. But the mystery was solved when another friend said, “look what happened to her since you last saw her! A baby!”
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Could Mars need TWO moms?
07 Jan 2012 3 Comments
in media (tv, movies, commercials) Tags: lgbt, movies
I’m currently watching Mars Needs Moms. I like to watch movies during dinner and it was the only thing starting when I sat down, so I thought, I can sit through anything, I’ll try this out.
It’s really bad. The movie is lame. And, clearly, the whole “Mom (read: the woman) is the only real parent” theme really bugs. (Long story short: Martian females aren’t very maternal therefor they kidnap good Earth mothers to steal their maternal essence and download them into “nanny bots.”) Why they don’t kidnap good Earth fathers too? It seems to be playing on the whole dads don’t parent they “babysit” stereotype.
But but-but-BUT, I was truly surprised at one moment in the film. Something that seemed far more open-minded then I would have expected from the movie… More
This is what I woke up to this morning…
03 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in me Tags: los angeles
Aaron is nothing if not entertaining to live with. Once he woke up he explained to me that he noticed that the animal eyes follow you as you move around the room.
In other news…
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Aaron’s 37th NYE birthday blowout
02 Jan 2012 3 Comments
in holidays, parties Tags: aaron, birthdays, coco, daren, new years
Once again, Aaron’s birthday rockin’ eve was an amazing time. There was a lot less people at this party then at years past, but it was just as much fun as they’ve always been. For those of you who don’t know, Aaron is that guy I married and his birthday is 12/31. We both used to hate that birthday date because, well, making reservations for dinner is a nightmare and most of your friends can’t hang out because they’re trying to give their partners a nice evening. So we started throwing an annual New Years Eve birthday party for people who don’t feel like celebrating New Years Eve with the masses. And it’s been our favorite day of the year ever since.
Here’s how this birthday blowout went down:
Animal masks were donned:
Megan (koala) & Aaron (giraffe), Daren (monkey) and KayLee (tiger)
Ari as the creepy horse.
The Finleyquists were together, as always:
There was much dancing:
Our Merry Finleyquistmas
01 Jan 2012 3 Comments
in holidays Tags: aaron, christmas, coco, star wars
Here’s a quicky about the my first Christmas without ANY family. The Finleys spent it with our best friend Coco Rosenquist — hence the “Finleyquistmas” name.
We spent Christmas eve with Oliver and Marianne:
Coco rocked her reindeer slippers.
The next morning, aka Christmas, I got up before everyone else, turned on our fireplace, and spent the morning with my fur babies…
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Aloha there, I'm Megan Finley. I'm a 30-something girl, living in Los Angeles with that guy I married and our rescued pets. I work online (a LOT) for the 
