schemes of woman-napping

planning, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

I will venture to say I'm not alone in this, although some say so, I've always had a secret wish to be abducted. Maybe its the sense of struggle, of adventure, of figuring things out in tense situations.. who knows. A good old fashioned kidnapping is what my friends gave me for my birthday this year. There was the planning, the purchasing of ski masks, the telling of lies (to me).

At 3:52 PM, just as i sat down on the toilet, i heard my door swing open and the sound of feet scramble into the livingroom. I zipped up and carefully emerged from the WC only to be nabbed, masked, tied up with my own boa and tickled extensively. My captors successfully wound me up with a seatbelt in the front seat of a car and drove off into the storm. The evening that followed was a wonderful adventure... action movie, nepalese food, hookas, jazz and 3-man chess. A wonderful conclusion to another year.

ideas

ideas, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

For we excessively imaginitive folk, reading this list of crazy schemes is perhaps more fun than the real deal! Unfortunantly, a winter storm set in granting my captors limited options.

suprise!

suprise, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

What a smashing array of people to unfold before my eyes!

fuzzy mobile

mobile, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

I have always been facinated with mobiles, even to the point of making my own! But this is my favorite mobile of all. Leora has a wonderful knack of pulling out the color in people. I keep this colorful flock of birds hanging in my office for inspiration!

Happy Thanksgiving

thanksgiving, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

Although we never got around to performing the thanksgiving reinactment we did engage in an intense battle of pictionary. This thanksgiving was wonderfully spent with those for whom I am truly thankful!

apple lard

apple, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

Leora and Joel feasted on apple soaked in turkey lard. They made me eat it.