Hi, all-
Amy's grandfather passed away, so we made an unexpected trip to Columbus. I am not sure how much time she/we will have to go out and stuff, but I am sure she would love to squeeze in some coffee-ing or lunch-ing here or there. We will be here until Wednesday. Please feel free to call either of us at home- my Mom's = 614.760.5505, and Amy's parents= 614.261.8151. Love you guys.

Sup, Y'all!

Well, it is Monday, and I made it through the weekend. Fun times! I did just fine at my performance at the Funny Women Festival, and Amy snapped a few photos of that. I felt really great, the crowd was welcoming and supportive, and very over-the-top about saying I was good. Hey, I need that in this crazy improv world I'm in.

Secondly, Mike and Veronica were in this weekend, looking for apartments for Veronica's DePaul stint. We searched in some neighborhoods around here, then found the mother of all studio apartments in a place called Ravenswood. This studio blew all others away. Cross your fingers that she gets it!

We had a great time while they were in- Amy had gotten me tickets to Cirque du Soleil for my b-day, and Veronica and Mike had them too- so we went, dined, and bar-ed. Check out those pics on the website here. Also, check out that Cirque link (click on "the show" then "acts"). Man, they are fuckin' CRAZY!

Also, it was our lovely cat's 1st anniversary with us. Yes, there are pics of that event. Are we turning into lesbian-cat-lovin' weirdos?

Hey, seeing Paula was great! Amy, Paula and I went out to dinner on Wednesday, and it was fun times. Click here for a pic of that outing. Paula is doing good, kick ing around the idea of moving back to Chicago. Man, there would be so many of us here then- Amy, Andy, Veronica, Claudia, AND Paula?! Where is the party?

OK, so I am totally flipped out. I don't know why, but I am nervous about the FWF tonight. I think it will be just fine, but I have a li'l bit o' nerves. No big whoop. So, now I am in a new show called "Montage"- it is a night of monologues at a theater nearby (where I did the show Survive This!, for those who saw that) on Monday the 30th. I love that I am getting a lot of work, but I am getting stressed out. Here's to the weekend, my friends. OwWWWww! I can't wait for it.

Nice work, Aim. Seriously, what went wrong there? I hope that everyone is finding the blog stuff helpful- on the main page, there are links to read and post now, so that is all you gots to click. Yes, to answer your question, you do have to hit "post & publish" for it to go through all the way. Thanks, guys!

Well, this week is going to be a fun one... Paula is here in Chicago, and Veronica and Mike McGuire are coming this weekend! For all who don't know, V is going to DePaul in September to get her Education Certificate. Amy and I are assisting with an apartment search- at least some ideas on where to start for her this weekend. News as big as that is Claudia is moving here at the end of August as well! Could this be more exciting? She is coming up here (among other reasons) to take care of her little nephew Joey (Laura's new baby), and she will be living with her parents in a suburb about an hour away. DOPE! The only bad thing? Less peops to visit in Columbo when we go home.

Yo!

So, it is Monday the 16th, and man, I am pooped. Amy and I drove back to Chi-town last night, beginning at 7:30pm or so... YIPES. The wedding (Adam and Colleen's) was a blast! Any of you I didn't see, please don't feel dissed- this wedding dominated my whole weekend, and I am sure you social butterlies were also out and about However, if you all would get to me on the 10th-12th, we could make some good plans there. Anyone down?

I am uploading some new pics to the site soon, so keep up, will ya?

I love you guys. Please let us know how you are doing!

Hi all! Well, I am home in Columbus, and I had the pleasure of seeing Ms.Claudia and Amy tonight at the ol' hangout, the Coffee Table. It was good times! I can only repeat- if any of you can go out tomorrow late, please feel free to call Amy or myself. We can be reached at the cell phone, too, after 10pm or whatever- 773.852.1229. Yay! I think we can probably swing a drink or something later Fri. night. But if not, consider this...

Who here is still down with August 10th-12th as Homecrew reunion? After the initial spark died down, I figured we were just going to let it pass... but now, I have just heard that Jennai will be in town that weekend. Is there any way we can still do a CBus meet up? Here's who I am figuring is down: obviously myself, probably Crawford, Claudia, Veronica, Nick, Rennick, Lembach, and Jenny. I think that Tara Muenz said she could make it a while back, and so did Mitchell-Z - is that still the case? If we did do this, there would be an actual "Fun" agenda- like, Friday night, we could house party it, Saturday day we could frisbee golf, Sat night we could maybe all split a hotel downtown, etc. Please respond on the blog if you think this is a cool idea or not- I'd love to hear what you think.

And- anyone that is checking this thing out and not sayin' nuttin'- get on here and say HI! We love you! Thanks to Nick, Ando, and Mike for bustin' it up on here.

So, we are heading to C-town/C-bus (the debate continues, I know), and stopping in old South Bend tonight to visit a pal of Amy's at ND. I think it should be pretty fun, despite Amy's back being messed, the cat (Niles) in the car, and frequent stopping. Otherwise, woooooooo! We should be home Thursday afternoon/evening, and if anyone can squeeze us in, I would love to see them. We are both going to be very busy Friday night (from around 6pm-10/11pm- we MAY be able to go out late, but no promises) and all day/night Sat. So, call us, will you? Can we go out for dinner/drinks or somethin'? My Mom's number is 614.760.5505, and we all know the Crawf number- 614.261.8151.

Well, let me be the first to say congrats to Westbrock. Please let us know how it goes! Nashville, TN, huh? Fun times. Tell us more about Shannon- I have only met her once, very briefly. Congratulations!

No, seriously, I DO work with a bunch of hotties. And, they are all super nice. They all came to my birthday party last night, which was a BLAST! It was at a place called Frank's in Lincoln Park. I drank a little too much, and had a bunch o' fun. A SERIOUS SHOUT OUT to my girlf, Amy Crawf, who did that for me. You are my DOG! What a great way to bring in the 2-5. And thank you to all of you that called yesterday- Claudia, V, Tara Muenz, Chrissy- much love to you all.

Well, Doh, that is a great idea! So, by now, I believe you all have gotten an invitation at your e-mail addresses to join this blog. Click on the link in your blog, which will take you to www.blogger.com. Signing up is just like signing up for yahoo or hotmail- it will ask you to put in your name and make up a password. Once you have made that up, you will be able to access the Homecrew blog by clicking on the link on that page, which will take you to a page called "Post to Homecrew Weblog". Write whatever you want in there, and then when you are done, click "Post & Publish", then you are done! To view the blog, I have linked it from our page (www.columbushomecrew.com) and it is all there. Cool? Andy said it wasn't too bad. Give it a try! I want to talk every five! Wheeeee!

Amy threw her back out last night while we were moving a new entertainment center. It was BAD NEWS, and I mean bad- she is going to the doctor today. I am psyched to see Amy all hyped up on goofballs after the appointment (muscle relaxers). If anyone has ideas for back pain relief, please give us a shout out. She is currently icing/heating. Good or no?

Here's something to be totally psyched about- I am in the Funny Women Festival in two weeks! It is gonna be so dope I can hardly stand it. I am performing with a group called GayCo from Second City. It is super thrilling, b/c they are a REAL Second City group- a mainstage here. That is big stuff. If you'd like to check out the FWF Site, click that sucka.

For those of you who care about Colleen Kehoe- she is getting married this weekend! She is marrying longtime beau and one of my best pals, Adam Conn. They are getting married at the Wyndham Hotel in Dublin, OH- and I am one of their bridesmaids. Wheee! They have really hung in there- each family gave them a little pressure about the ceremony (Colleen is Catholic, Adam is Jewish), but everything has turned out fab. And hey- what is with all the weddings lately? Enough is enough! Amy's pals (and now mine, of course) just got married on the 7th, it was beautiful, and they had their own website... what a great idea, right? Chrissy and Tara, you may have met Ali- check this out if you want...

So, it looks like Melia had the Clapton baby, and more other news! Check out this link - www.groupiecental.com/newseric.html Crazy times for Eagles.

Yay! It works! The ColumbusHomecrew.com now has it's own Weblog, or as techies call it, a BLOG. We are movin' up in the world. So, here's how it works: This can be used daily/weekly to post anything you like that you would like others to view- quick reminders, new webpages, interesting tidbits, etc. And the cool thing is, everyone can post to this log- not just me. What you do is go to this site : www.blogger.com, and once you have registered, subscribe to our list (http://homecrew.blogger.com). I think from there you can get on here. That is FAB! For the first few days here, I will be giving it my best and trying to put up interesting posts pertaining to us all. Love you guys, and please feel free to jump in whenever. Thanks!