Can you ever be just "whelmed?"

Ever feel like you can't get everything done that you need to get done? That's how I feel right now, and I'm not even talking about work, although my avoidance of all things has certainly trickled down to my work as well as my personal life. I think I have just looked at all the things on my calendar and well... now I'm just ignoring everything. I know.. not healthy.

Speaking of not healthy (probably) I tried the Dunkin Donuts Flatbread Sandwiches yesterday.. Well, I really only tried one (the turkey cheese and bacon) and it was mighty good. It's like a quesadilla, but thicker. I recommend, but not necessarily as a meal.. perhaps a mid afternoon snack.

I went to Quizno's for lunch today to get me some Sammies (it's payday and i LOVE the bistro steak melt) and against my very own wishes, I got Dr. Pepper instead of Diet Pepsi. What can I say? I needed a pick me up!

J and I are going to see Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay tonight. Was this my first choice? No, but NOTHING is playing in Hudson, not even movies that should have just come out (Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Baby Mama for example), so I'll suck it up. He made me watch the original Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, which was actually funnier than I had anticipated so I can't say I'm entirely disappointed to see it. I mean... Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) is in it once again.. what more could you ask for? Speaking of NPH - BAD BARNEY!!!

I probably would have been able to concentrate on things a little more if I weren't trying to help out J's sister. She is organizing a Trivia Night to benefit the Relay for Life and American Cancer Society and I'm trying to get my friends to go, and raise some money for her cause. As some of you may know, both my maternal grandparents died of lung cancer and my Dad had prostate cancer a few years ago, so this cause is kind of close to my heart! Unfortunately, I couldn't get the flyer to post, but here is the text from it.

Think you “Relay” know your stuff?
Put your knowledge to the test at the SleepWalkers
1st annual Trivia Night On Thursday, May 8th from 6-9 PM

Ballroom at the Albany Elk’s Lodge #49
25 South Allen Street in Albany

Tickets just $10 per person

Join us for food, fun, team trivia contest (up to 5 people per team) with prizes for the top three teams, raffles, cash bar, & door prizes.

For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Casey Becker at 464-9001

All proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Albany-Colonie Relay For Life for cancer research, education, advocacy and patient and family services
For more information on Relay For Life visit www.relayforlife.org or call 1-800-ACS-2345.

Anyway, it looks like fun and I'm really looking forward to it. People are more than welcome to make a donation and of course, show up even if they don't want to play trivia!

Real quick - DWTS - Poor Cristian de la Fuente might have to drop out of the competition, after what looked like a pretty heinous muscle pull in his arm. I admit, I voted for him three times. I mean, he shouldn't go out like that, know what I mean? Let's just say, if he does drop out, Mario and Shannon Elizabeth should be thankful because I have a feeling the light would shine on them in the bottom two. Not necessarily because they didn't do well, I mean.. everyone at this point has the potential to win, but their attitudes and fan bases aren't necessarily up to snuff. Then again, who thought Cristian would come this far?! Anyway, we'll find out tonight what the plan is. And oh yeah.. Jason Taylor.... Grrrrrrr ;)

Busy Weekend

And it looks like there's no end in sight for those. I think my weekends are pretty much booked through till July. I guess it really IS that time of year.

Anyway, once again, I had great intentions when it came to posting, but time got away from me.

My boss let us out a few hours early on Friday so my mom and I headed to Kingston to get a baby shower gift at Toys R'Us.. Where I ended up getting a gift for Tre and I: a second guitar for Guitar Hero. J had brought his down the other night and it was so much fun being able to have more than one person play, so when I saw that guitar, I knew we had to have it. Needless to say, J and Danny came down on Friday night and we all played Guitar Hero and had a few beers.

Saturday was my friend Brian's surprise 30th birthday party. We started at 2 pm and I had to take a nap around 10. I don't do well at parties like that because it's rare I like the food. Not that it was bad of course, just not me. I can never really eat subs cause of the lettuce, tomato and dressing, although I did force one tiny piece down so I my stomach wasn't completely empty. What's funny is, my friends know me pretty well: When they went out for a beer run they tried to find a McDonald's or something for me.. Anyway, J went with me and we all had a great time, boozing it up and playing games, although my back is a little sore from sleeping on the air mattress.

Sunday morning, J and I got up, went to breakfast at Friendly's (YUM) then back to his house to shower. After that, we hit up the mall where we frantically searched every store we could think of for Mario Kart for the Wii. We finally found it at our last stop, FYE, where J got that AND two extra steering wheels. I don't know who's familiar with the game and who isn't, but you basically drive these Mario characters around random raceways. Well, with the Wii you actually do it with a steering wheel, which is pretty interesting. I'd never played before and we spent at least two hours racing each other. He even let me borrow it for a few days, as he isn't going to be home. I brought it home so Tre could try it, but I don't think she's a very big fan, mainly cause we're not good at it yet. I kind of felt the same way at J's house cause he was royally kicking my ass. I mean.. no one wants to get beat!!! So, I guess for now I'll just play it at J's house until Tre decides she likes it.. Once the clouds cleared, we also hit up the batting cages where J tried out the new bat he had bought that day. I tried it too, but it was definitely too heavy for me, which may be another reason my back is kiling me today! We had a pretty busy weekend, which really helped me forget I was missing my rugby alumni reunion. I can't say I was heartbroken to miss it, but I would have at least liked to have seen a few people. Oh well.. such is life.

Adam took home the big prize on Big Brother, by an almost unanimous vote (only Joshuah voted for Ryan). I was surprised, because when the jury grilled the final two, Adam came off looking very egotistical and kind of idiotic. I just felt like Ryan played the game better and that Adam rode his coattails, much like I did last year with Dick and Daniele.. Obviously, I was wrong about that one too.. You have to feel slightly bad for Adam though, because I think he really won because he was going to do more charitable things with the money.. however I wonder if he'll change his mind on his $100,000 donation when he finds out that he doesn't have a job to go back to. Next season starts on July 13th... So my DVR has a few weeks to rest in between, thank god!

After kicking ass last week, Jen got the boot from Top Chef. There really was no other way to go. Her "crouton" was the worst part of the meal and she was solely responsible. Now she can join Zoi at home, although I'm disappointed cause I thought she really could have gone far. Just goes to show that one bad judgment call can send you home!

The first girl to leave Rome on ANTM was Lauren, and I have to say, it's about time. I mean.. yes, she took great pictures.. but she can't walk to save her life and that's what a model is all about! Hell.. I've seen men on Halloween that walk better in heels than Lauren (and NOT drag queens).

I hope to post more later, but I make no promises.. Time's just gotten away from me lately. Try to get through this gloomy Monday and get used to it.. We're not going to see the sun (or last week's temperatures) any time soon :(

Good Intentions

That's what I have, but things keep getting in the way.

For instance, I planned to blog last night, but J came down and brought his Guitar Hero guitar with him, so we battled instead.. I think we each won one battle. He says he sucks on our TV.. I think he's making excuses.


Final Two on Big Brother are Ryan and Adam. Surprising, but not really. Ryan didn't have Sharon's back, so she got booted on Tuesday night. Ryan won the first part of the HOH competition and Adam won the second part, pitting them against each other for the final HOH. I wonder if Sheila could actually hear the nail go into her coffin. Ryan won by a slim margin, and inevitably ousted Sheila. who bawled her brains out.. with no tears. Thank god the show ends Sunday so I can get my life back... and watch Reaper again.

OMG - Michael Scott just quoted Swingers on The Office. I could NOT love this show anymore than I already do.

The Real Housewives of NYC reunion was as entertaining as I'd hoped it would be. Apparently, Alex (besides being ridiculously pretentious and codependent) has some naked pics in her past, and Ramona (she of the slutty clothes and annoying, loud mouth) didn't want to be associated with them, so she stormed off the set. Um... .what?! Hi Pot... Meet Kettle. Next season CAN NOT start quick enough!

I had a nightmare last night that I was abducted at gunpoint. I think it might have something to do with the fact that J and I were watching Commando right before we fell asleep. At least I really hope that's why.

Unsurprisingly, Lauren (ANTM) and Marlee Matlin (DWTS) got booted from their respective shows, and probably for similar reasons: Lauren was a terrible walker and Marlee Matlin well.. just didn't quite have the rhythm. That's similar, right?

I ran 3.4 miles this afternoon, and I'd like to thank Maureen for giving me enough time to catch my breath. Is a shout-out on the blog good enough for you?!

I'm hoping to scoot out of work a little early tomorrow, and if I can find some good stuff online, I'll try to blog again tomorrow. TGIF for sure!!!

Empty Promises

I know I promised a blog last night, but I got a little distracted... I busted my Roomba.. not beyond compare, but beyond my ability to fix it... Note to self: DO NOT let the Roomba run when there are Wii wires on the floor. It WILL get caught and it WILL take you at least twenty minutes to get the wires out.

I took out my summer clothes last night and modified my closet accordingly. What this really means is that I had to organize all my shoes into some semblance of order so I could find all the cute open toes and flip flops I have to wear this summer. NO MORE SOCKS!!!!

Showmance? Certainly not on Dancing with the Stars!? Speaking of which.. it's time for Marlee Matlin to go. I understand that she's done a phenomenal job and all, especially considering she can't hear the music, but compared to the talents of the other remaining contestants, she's just not cutting it. And oh yeah.. Def Leppard is performing on the results show tonight. Someone explain that one..

As expected, Sharon and Sheila got nominated for eviction on Big Brother, which means tonight's POV is definitely the most important ever. Ryan is unsure of his trust for Adam after Adam whispered to Natalie that he was the one who voted for her to stay after her eviction. The executioner was supposed to be kept secret so as not to bias her in the end vote. So, I'm thinking if Adam doesn't win POV, he might be up on the block and be the one to go. We'll see tonight, as someone is also ousted tonight and after tomorrow, we'll know our final two. If Sharon makes it through tonight's eviction she needs to win HOH and she'll be a shoe in to win the whole thing. Then again, I thought anyone that went up against Evil Dick last year would win and I was wrong about that too, so let's just say she didn't burn a lot of bridges and for that, I'd vote for her to win over any of the others.

A few weeks ago, my girl Claire got eliminated from ANTM, then we had to deal with a "clip show" so I had kind of forgotten what happened. This week, Fatima got to stay even though she never made it to the photo shoot. She had an appointment to deal with her travel documents and the strength of her portfolio of photos pushed her past Stacy Ann and off to Rome with Dominique, Lauren, Anya, Katarzyna and Whitney.

I almost shit a brick when Jim got down on one knee on The Office... to tie his shoe. He DOES have a ring though.. as if that wasn't enough to keep you watching the show, right?

Jen avenged her love, Zoi's ouster from Top Chef by winning the immunity challenge right off the bat, which was pairing a random beer with the food of their choice. In the elimiation challenge, the chefs had to cook at a tailgate party for the Chicago Bears which meant BBQ grills and beer for everyone! Dale ended up winning the challenge and won himself the grill he used to cook his award winning meal on while Ryan (one of my faves, although not cause he was so talented.. but cause I liked some of the quips he's made during the season) was booted for his take on tailgating that didn't go over so well with the folks in Chicago.

Tonight is the reunion show for my favorite reality guilty pleasure: The Real Housewives of New York City. Yes my friends.. the fur is going to fly and I can't f'n wait!

Speaking of NYC: I got my mom and I tickets to see A Chorus Line on Broadway for Mother's Day. It's a present for her.. but for me too. It's my favorite show EVER (i cried when I saw it at Proctor's so I can't imagine what I'll be like to see it on Broadway) and Mario Lopez will be starring as Zach, the role made famous in the movie by Michael Douglas. I can't wait!

I've got to go to a meeting about the Medifast job that my friend Allyson wants me to do, so I don't think I'll have time to blog tonight. At least I've given you a warning... Enjoy your evening. It's GORGEOUS outside so take advantage while you can.

My Friend Tim

is a piece of work and always has been (I mean that in a good way).. Anyway, I remember telling everyone how he had this big plan to go to the O's spring training game and get me an autograph after the Kevin Millar hand breaking incident the week before. I never heard from him after that, so I just assumed he didn't make it to the game and didn't want to tell me. However, I've called him and messaged him on myspace and he's been very bad at returning calls. I got an email the other day titled: Hope this makes up for it... and this is what was inside:

Oh yes.. that's Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, holding a sign with my name on it. Like I told Tim, he's no Huey Lewis, but he'll do. Unfortunately, I think Tim told him that too, and obviously this picture was taken before that (Smart move Tim). So, he still hasn't called me back, but he made me laugh... and isn't that enough sometimes?

Thursday night, J and I met my sister and some other friends at My Place in East Greenbush for dinner and drinks. That was fun, until this familiar looking face walked in. That familiar face was a person Tre and I call "the weasel," who I used to "date" a few years ago. I haven't seen him in a while and always vowed that if given the opportunity, I'd knee him in the balls. Anyway, he was with a friend of mine who I've had a crush on for.. oh.. 13 years or so. I kissed him when I was like.. 20 and he was one of the worst kissers ever. I figure time can have only helped him. So, he came right over and chatted with me, gave me a great big hug, etc.. While the weasel stood next to him making snide comments trying to get my attention, which I subsequently ignored.. except for one: Hottie McHotterson told me how the weasel had just gotten a new motorcycle that day and weasel makes some comment about him probably wrapping it around a tree. My response: "Promise?" I think it took all of Hottie's self control to not snort beer out his nose... :) J and I got into a little tiff that night... I can't imagine why.... hee hee..

I took Friday off as a sick day. I had headaches every single day last week and I really just needed a mental health day. I didn't get as much done as I wanted to, but I did get to see my friend Shani's new baby (Kaylen (sp?) Elizabeth Martin) who is adorable as can be. I also made my buffalo chicken wing dip to take to J's brother's house for yet another Rock Band evening. Unfortunately, it was only J, his brother and their friend Paul when I got there. That meant someone had to sing and since the boys got booed off the stage, I was the next likely culprit. Now, I don't have a terrible voice, but I really wasn't ready to embarass myself with songs I know nothing about so I was pretty wary of doing it. I SHOULD have sucked it up and gotten booed, but my ego wouldn't handle that so I did pretty well and am now the singer.. until someone else gets drunk enough to do it. I'm proud to say I got 100% on Wonderwall by Oasis. It's one of my favorite songs so I knew I had to kick ass at it.

Saturday was pretty busy: J and I met his friend and her daughter for breakfast, which was fun. I even got a hug from her daughter when we left, which was so adorable! I had planned to go to the gym until I realized Tre and I didn't have a b'day present for our goddaughter/cousin, who's birthday party was at 6 pm.. I ran to the outlets and got her a few shirts AND got me two pairs of flip flops from Nine West.. What can I say? Buy one, get one 50% off? Who turns that down? Tre and I went to the party (J didn't make it.. he fell asleep.. yeah.. let's go there) and then the "of age" family members decided we were going out that night, so we all met up at the Tiki Bar at the Valkin in Valatie. It was a little chilly, but a relatively nice night and I think we all had a good time. I can't say I felt phenomenal on Sunday morning, but at least I didn't have leaves all over my clothes from falling in the yard when we got home (if it wasn't me, see if you can figure out who it was!) It took all day for me to motivate myself, but I ended up running from my house to my parent's house. It was 3.3 miles and I did it in a decent time, but I was certainly ready to stop when the time came. I'm getting a little nervous about this boiler maker thing if I already want to die after three miles..

That's all for now. I'm going to try to catch you up on all that is reality TV later, but I make no promises.. I have lots of TV to get through and laundry to do. It's Monday after all. Enjoy your night!!

Give me a break

It's been WAY too nice in my neck of the woods to waste time inside blogging! You HAVE to give me that..

I Had Mini-Eggs for Breakfast

The Cadbury kind.. not just small eggs.. Is that bad? It wasn't my fault.. My boss had clients come in and I hadn't eaten my breakfast yet. She doesn't like it if we use the toaster oven when people are here cause the smell of burnt toast permeates the entire office (No, I don't burn my toast but that's just the smell regardless)... So I missed my window and ate mini eggs.. Which I admit, might have been better tasting than my regular breakfast, but probably not as good for me.

The plan was carried out (kind of according to plan) and Natalie was ousted from the BB house! I'm SOOOOO glad I don't have to listen to her anymore.. at least not for three hours a week! I didn't get to see the beginning of the episode so if anything substantial had gone down, I'll let you know what it was.. Ryan won the HOH competition, but in such a shady way! Sharon had it in the bag and the final "fact or fiction" question basically asked if there was another "pre-existing relationship" besides Sharon/Jacob and Ryan/Jen in the house. Um.. no.. there wasn't, and Sharon chose fiction while Ryan chose fact. The answer was FACT as the f'n guinea pigs were considered such.. STUPID... so Ryan wins the tie breaker question (which Sharon should have thought more about) and is now HOH, meaning the girls will be on the block this week. POV is CRUCIAL and it's about time Sharon won something.. I'm really ok with anyone winning at this point, now that Natalie is out. I know most people hate this show, but it's a guilty pleasure and I can't not love it.

The Rock of Love 2 Reunion will air on Sunday night on VH1 and apparently there's a beatdown extraordinaire between Daisy and Heather (from Season 1). Poor Daisy.. the girl just can't win!

Better..

I could actually feel my appendages this morning when I woke up AND J didn't even have to throw the blanket over me when he left at 4:30 this morning. That was a nice change. Our friend was over last night and she made a comment about it being warmer outside than in our house (with no prompting from me), and Tre was like "yeah.. it's kinda chilly." On came the heat. Thank God!! I guess from now on I just have to hope other people say things besides me, cause obviously it doesn't matter if I say them!!!

It's too nice to be working...

I Know I Don't Own a House or Anything...

but I feel like I have a LITTLE bit of knowledge... Example: This morning I woke up in bed... freezing my ass off. I had on pajama pants and a t-shirt.. was covered by a sheet, comforter AND blanket. I know it's getting nice out and all, but that's during the day. At night, it's still cold! However, my sister has decided there is no need to have any heat on at all. Last night while playing Guitar Hero, I kept trying to get J to put my hand in his sweatshirt pocket so I could warm up and even he couldn't believe how cold I was. I thought maybe I was getting sick or something. Apparently that was not the case. A little bit of heat at night, that's really all I'm asking for. I mean, when you jack up the heat in the shower and the mirrors don't even fog up, something is certainly wrong. I was warmer when I walked OUT of the house, then I was when I was in it.

Ok... rant over.. however don't tell that to my fingers, who are still trying to find feeling..

Priscilla Presley got booted from Dancing with the Stars. It was deserved. She's done a great job up to now, but her samba (I think it was a samba) just wasn't up to snuff. Everyone else did a pretty good job and she was so very obviously the one that should go.

J and I watched The Bank Job last night. Good god, I love bootlegged DVD's! I liked it.. it didn't blow my socks off or anything, and Jason Statham certainly wasn't shirtless enough for my liking, but I thought it was a decent movie, and even more interesting since it's based on a true story.

I didn't get to watch Big Brother, but it seems the plan to oust Natalie has been put in motion. Adam won the POV, taking himself off the block and putting Natalie up in his place. However, Tre tells me the boys are having issues with letting her go because they might rather take her to the end as that gives them a better shot of winning. I hate the idea, but it's true. The only people that would vote for Natalie to win in that house is Matt.. and only because she'll probably give him a little something something in return. Tonight's episode should be interesting: Either things will go to plan and I won't have to listen to Natalie's voice anymore, or the boys will vote to keep her and Sharon will go, making Sheila the next target (duh) as she won HOH this week and can't compete.

Bret Michaels DID pick my girl Ambre, as the winner of Rock of Love 2, however I think there could be a Rock of Love 3 in his future... Seems he doesn't see the show as his stairway to true love.. Check out this interview..

Rumors are swirling that Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are getting married cause she has a bun in the oven. Oh Papa Joe.. where did you go wrong? At least Jess waited till she was married.. you can see how well THAT worked out...

Finally (for now) Happy birthday wishes go out to Rachael and Sipper, my friends in other countries!! I hope you guys have great b'days and maybe someday you'll be able to celebrate them together...

Perfect end to a Monday

I ended up working until 5:00 (give or take a few minutes) which is SOOOOO not like me. I like being out at the dot of 4:00 so I can be on the machines at the gym by 4:30. Then I'm home with plenty of time to shower and still do something constructive if I choose. Well, yesterday I was on my own at work and had to wait for someone to come in (she then talked my ear off) so I didn't get to leave work till about 5. I got to the gym and was ready to go by 5:30 and when I came out at 6:30, I immediately went into my locker to collect my things. These are regular gym lockers, and they aren't locked unless you bring a lock and put it on yourself. I guess I'm trustworthy, as I don't do that. Anyway, I went to grab my keys and when I look up into the top part of my locker (where i normally put my sweatpants and sweatshirt) there is a twenty dollar bill sitting there. It's folded up, so I automatically think it's a prank, where people put the money on the ground but it's not money.. it's just paper that looks like money on one side. Anyway, I'm not stupid.. after perusing the locker room, I grab it and put it in my pocket. My cousin was working at the front desk so I asked her if anyone mentioned losing any money, which they hadn't. I then felt ok with taking the money. Ok, wait.. I didn't TAKE it.. I FOUND it.. and that is the difference. I'm still a tad skeptical about it.. like alarms will go off when I spend it or something. I just find it weird that I didn't see it when I put my stuff in the locker. Anyway, I'm $20 richer and that was the perfect ending to my day

I've been pretty busy so I haven't had a chance to post lately (weekends full of drinking, guitar hero and rock band will do that to you) but I'll do my best. Happy Tax Day!!!

Is it Friday yet?

It's just been one of those weeks.

Yesterday we had an office meeting regarding our billable hours. I know mine aren't up to snuff, but if no one is giving me work (to a certain extent.. I'm relatively self sufficient, but I can't do everything on my own), then I can't bill out to our clients. I kind of had a feeling that would come up and I subtly tried to point out to my boss that if she were here more, we could bill more, but she wasn't quite getting it. So yeah.. that put a damper on my morning to say the least. She was talking about cutting overhead and I'm pretty sure overhead = Me. If one of the state positions came through, I'd be ok with it, but obviously nothing has come from any of the canvas letters I've received so I'm not so eager to hear "you're fired"... trump style.

Tuesday night I went to my cousin Laura's for a jewelry party. I'll admit, nothing really jumped out at me! I got a pair of earrings and a necklace I had liked previously, but that was it. The nice thing was that I had a $50 gift certificate so I ended up spending roughly $6. That sure did work in my favor. When I got home, Tre and I watched Big Brother, as per usual. Ryan won the POV and while it looked like James had gotten through to him, Ryan decided to make the predictable move and take Sheila off the block, leaving Adam to put James back on. I have yet to see last night's episode, but I do know (predictably so and probably unanimously) James got the boot. I also know who won HOH (DO NOT click if you don't want the outcome spoiled) and it's gonna be an interesting week....

Speaking of reality shows, I forgot to mention the final two for Rock of Love are Daisy and Ambre. I've liked them both throughout the competition for different reasons: Daisy, cause she's a little bit out there, but seems like a nice chick and would probably do well in the rock world. Ambre, cause she's super nice (until you cross her) and she's actually NOT 20 years younger than Brett. I mean.. he'll probably pick Daisy, but I'm kind of OK with that. With all the drama she's managed to stick around, so she probably deserves to win! Still, it looks like Brett has more issues besides which girl to pick...

Last night, J and I went to the Albany River Rats game. His sister, brother in law and niece were supposed to go, but the baby got a 101 degree fever at day care, so they couldn't make it. We didn't know for sure until about 5:00, so it was a little too late to try to get someone else to go. I mean, we did both call our siblings, but it was too late. It didn't matter really, the game was pretty good and the Rats won it with an insane goal with just over a minute left to go. There was only one fight, but lots of banging against the boards. What more could a girl ask for? Oh yeah.. baked potato soup, which I got when J took me to Houlihan's for dinner before the game. He thinks sometimes... really he does. He also gave me the bootleg of Gone Baby Gone that I'd been asking for, and if I had five free minutes, I'd probably watch it. I have no plans tonight, but The Office is FINALLY new and I have lots of taped shows to watch. Seriously... what did I do without DVR? Oh yeah.. I had a life.. I forgot! We FINALLY finished watching War last night. It was fine.. I just wasn't in the mood to watch it. It was the third attempt we made and we only watched it from where we were sure we had both left off. We've been trying to watch Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story for weeks, so I was a tad peeved that J was forcing War upon me. Then Jason Statham came on the screen and somehow I was no longer upset.

Apparently someone likes rocker guys. And oh yeah.. Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are engaged. I don't think he's really a "rocker guy" but he does wear eyeliner so we'll cut him a break and let him pretend.

I JUST started getting into "How I Met Your Mother" and it cracks me up every time I watch it. I think this episode will be a can't miss tv moment...

One of our clients brought in Butterfinger bars for everyone today. I'm doing pretty well on my own derailing my exercise and eating regimens.. Ok.. exercise.. I don't really HAVE an eating regimen, but you know what I'm saying.. Point is, I don't need anyone else to help me F up my so called diet. Although now I'm slightly relieved that I managed to fend off the Mini Egg craving I had all morning cause I might have to bust out that butterfinger for dessert. Damn ass kissers... Just remember.. stuff like that works. This guy's phone call is going to get through EVERY time... ;)

Last week I watched "Step it Up and Dance" on Bravo. The only Bravo Project Runway Copycat I haven't liked was Top Design, and Step it Up and Dance was no exception. I found it interesting and the people on the show are... different. Just like I'd hoped. Elizabeth Berkely is nothing more than window dressing, but she tries. As do the dancers. The concept is a little different in that the immunity challenge leaves two groups: one that can win the challenge and another that's up for elimination. So from the get go, you know who's safe and who's not. The great thing about last week's show is that the girl (damned if I can remember their names yet) that got booted was originally in the "safe" group.. then had a dance off with another girl and they were switched. The girl that was NOW safe, bit the big one during the challenge and if she'd been in the group she probably belonged to originally, she'd have been the one to go home. That, and there was already an injury so two girls went home the first week. This week looks to be a tad bit Broadway, and a lot of the dancers have substantial experience in that area, so it should prove to be both entertaining and bitchy.. two of my favorite things!

Time to get back to the grind. If you know a way to make the clock go quicker, let me know.. and Oh yeah.. Happy Early Birthday (tomorrow) to my friend Sarah and my friend Chad. Hope you guys have great b'days!! :)

Making up for lost time

I love the beginning of the baseball season. Things are as they should be.. Seriously though, who do I have to talk to about keeping B-Rob?! The boy knows he's on the block yet is still giving it all he's got and THAT is the kind of player you want on your team for the long haul. DO YOU HEAR ME PETER ANGELOS?

Apparently, Project Runway is moving from Bravo to Lifetime. I am not a fan of the Lifetime network, as my husband didn't run off with my nanny or try to kill me. I'm curious to see how this will work out and if everyone involved will stay on board. If not, Lifetime could kill the show quicker than lethal injection. The good news is that it's likely we'll get two remaining editions of the show in 2008: One to air on Bravo and the next to air on Lifetime.

Big Brother: Well, when we last left the show, A-Baller had won the Head of Household competition, leaving Sharon to kick herself about the head and face, as she had a chance. Speculation was rampant around the house, as everyone just assumed he would put up James and Sharon. However, Adam had his own ideas and put up Sharon and Sheila. The Power of Veto competition is tonight and if the nominations stay the same, it might be time for Sheila to go. Basically, Adam said that if anyone wanted James out, they should fight for the veto and force Adam to put him up and I kind of respect him for that. Hell, the kid's won like, the last four POV competitions, might as well mix things up. That, and I'd really like to see Sheila get out. She doesn't irk me as much as Natalie (come on.. who could?) but I'm kind of sick of her.

Top Chef: Good episode, but I expected more. The chefs were paired up and had to be inspired by their favorite movies. There were so many better movies they could have picked that actually had something to do with food, yet they went with Willy Wonka (good pick.. just scares the bejesus out of me), Il Postino, Good Morning Vietnam, A Christmas Story and Top Secret. I thought A Christmas Story was going to be a disaster, but Ryan and Mark managed to pull it off, without Mark having a clue what the movie was about. I guess it had to be hard for them, with Mark being from New Zealand and all.. Coming up with a movie proved to be very trying! Il Postino and Good Morning Vietnam landed in the bottom two, and Manuel's reluctance to take charge gave him the boot. It was unfortunate, cause I kind of thought Spike deserved to go as he is supposedly making Vietnamese cuisine at his restaurant. He should have done better if that was his "thing." Richard, Andew and Dale's Willy Wonka inspired meal drew tons of praise from the judges, crowning Richard the winner of the elimination challenge, much to the chagrin of their fellow constestants, as few of them believed their white chocolate, wasabi and celery root dish couldn't POSSIBLY taste good.. Au contraire...

For the second time in as many years, I came in second in my old job's Final Four pool, netting me $25. Hey.. Beggars can't be choosers. In my other pool, it's quite possible I came in second, but tied a six month old. I guess I'm just happy she didn't beat me.

So Beyonce and Jay-Z got married? The marriage will more than likely be confirmed when they get divorced..

I finally managed to watch The Real World Awards Bash... and i was bored. I really never thought that would happen. My friend Chris and I were OBSESSED with it when it first came out and I have to say, I made it through to Key West without ever missing an episode. Then I realized there were better reality TV shows where people weren't drunk or having sex all the time.. just most of the time. Anyway, Chris called me because he wanted to know if I had seen Nathan from Seattle yet. He was a good looking guy back then and to say he hasn't aged well is an understatement. I really don't know what happened! To quote Clueless "he's a Monet." I saw him from afar, called Chris and said that he still looked good. Chris made me watch further and I then saw what he meant. Speaking of Seattle, Stephen is gay and getting married to his partner. Yep.. Stephen.. the perpetrator of "the slap hear round the world" on Irene when she told him "a marriage between you and I wouldn't work" because he's a homosexual.. to which he responded by grabbing his dick (ya know.. to prove his nonhomo-ness), throwing her stuffed animal in the water and THEN slapping a girl. Yeah Stephen.. you being gay was a REAL shocker! Anyway, Puck's still a douche, most of the girls will kiss another girl if the cameras are rolling, and Eric Nies looks like Jesus. That was about all I took from it.

I spent the weekend playing Guitar Hero. Seriously.. ALL weekend. J and I went to dinner and then to his brother's house on Saturday night, where we played Guitar Hero and THEN we played Rock Band, which is totally cool. I have newfound respect for musicians cause let me tell you, drums are HARD!!! I had everything on the easy setting, but it didn't matter. I'm happy to say I never got booed off the stage, but I also didn't have the balls to do the vocals. All the songs were like.. hard rock songs and I didn't know them nor did I want to embarass myself. I let J do it. I did NOT want to leave when the time came, but J's vacation is over so we had to go home. However, when I woke up in the morning I was pleasantly surprised to find a bag full of Mini Eggs on my car mirror. It took me until now to eat any of them, but I brought a bag to work and I'm making my way through it was we speak. Thanks Shell!!! You do take good care of me :). I ran four miles Sunday morning and then Tre and I went to Chatham to bowl. We THOUGHT we were bowling three games, but it turned out to be six instead. My legs felt like Jell-O and I was in bed by 9:30.

You all know my trials and tribulations with the Medifast Diet. As much as I didn't like it (for me) it did work! My friend Allyson and her husband are now distributors of the products and she called me the other night with an interesting opportunity. They're looking for people to be "health coaches." Basically, people who have done (or are in the process of doing) the diet that can be a shoulder to lean on for newbies. I would have to call people every couple of days (if that's what they want), answer their questions, give them advice, that type of thing. Also, hopefully I could get them to order their supplies through me and I get a portion of the sales. It seems like an easy, not very time consuming way to make some extra money. There is a meeting on Saturday afternoon, so my mom and I are going to go up and learn more about it. My mom is doing great on it and even with all my bitching, I'm considering doing it again to jump start some things. I mean, I lost 7 pounds in two weeks.. that's nothing to shake a stick at! We shall see what happens and if anyone really is interested in doing the diet, let me know. I'd be more than happy to let you make me some money ;) hee hee.. I'd love to be able to pay off some credit card bills without obtaining an illegal or illicit job opportunity!

My cousin Laura is having a Lia Sophia jewelry party tonight, so after I run the bridge, I have to head over there. Luckily, I have a $50 gift certificate so hopefully I won't end up spending too much. I mean, I haven't made any money yet AND I didn't win too much from my Final Four pool, so I don't want to go overboard.

Hopefully this post helped make up for my Guitar Hero slacking of late.... Get outside.. it's GORGEOUS!!!!

Awkward Moment

at the grocery store. Let me set it up for you: I'm going through the check out line and I happened to be buying tampons. No big deal, right? Hell, they were on sale! Anyway, this is how it went down...

Checkout girl: Oh, these are on sale aren't they? You should have gotten two boxes.
Me: Oh, I did, it was a great price.
Checkout girl: Oh scented. Yeah, I always get the scented ones cause of the funk.
Me:

Oh yes.. she actually said "funk," referring to her cooch smell. Who does that? And why did she feel like I needed to know it? FYI - I didn't..

Meanest thing I said this weekend

While bowling on Sunday.. I had left a baby split and missed it:

Jason: Well, looks like you can't make babies.
Kara: Yeah, apparently that's not an issue for you. Oh wait.. that's THE OTHER GUY!

Yeah.. that was mean and I felt bad about it.. but as usual, he got over it and spent the rest of the time staring at my boobs and trying to make bets to get me into bed. I love it when things go back to normal :).

Another Milestone

It's my 600th post.. Holy crap! Sorry it'll only be a quickie ("that's what she said" - god, I miss The Office).

My sister bought Guitar Hero III last night. I'm already sick of hearing "Slow Ride" and "Talk Dirty to Me," but in a good way. If I have trouble finding time to post in the near future, you know who to blame.

When will this bitch ever learn?

I'm only slightly mortified that I'm hoping this comes to Albany....

Joshuah's plan backfired, and he got booted from the Big Brother house last night. Adam subsequently won POV, which means it's pretty likely Sharon and James are going on the block, unless Adam finally decides to grow a set and stop playing under Natalie's thumb... so yeah.. Sharon and James.. on the block...

I've got to finish up some work (it's been a busy week), hopefully do my run outside and practice Guitar Hero before my sister comes home. Sorry this post is so piddly, but you should simply be thankful you're getting a post at all! TGIF :)

We want the hump

My co-worker brought in snickerdoodles for the second time this week. Snickerdoodles are my favorite. I mean, they're no Oreos, but they're pretty high up there. Good thing I'm running cause basically it's just averaging me out with all the crap I've been eating lately. I told her I'd kill her if she brought more in... and she did. Obviously my threat wasn't quite as threatening as I'd hope. Damn good cookies though..

The Gutt got booted from DWTS!! I'm so pissed! His tango was so damn good and it wasn't his time at all! I'm going to miss him and as much as I love Julianne, I hope Adam Carolla gets booted next week. I'm a little sick of him.

When will they learn!? Once again, James won the Power of Veto competition and took himself off the block, forcing Natalie to put up Sharon. It all sounded well and good, that Joshuah would now have to leave, but he's worked his way into a deal (so far) so that Sharon goes home and he stays. He's a wily little thing, that Joshuah! I'm curious to see how it plays out AND to see who wins HOH. If it's James, shit is totally going to hit the fan and I can only hope that's how it goes, cause I need Natalie gone. I have to turn down the volume when they show her confessionals so I don't bash my head in.

After J blew me off last night, I watched Eastern Promises. Interesting movie. I thought it was good, however the Russian accents made it hard to understand sometimes. It was really violent, and no matter what you think, you do NOT want to see a naked man fight in a bath house. It was very disturbing and I was only slightly distracted by his twig and berries. Still, a pretty good movie and Viggo Mortenson was really great in it.

So yeah.. apparently J's vacation from work is also turning into a vacation from me. I made that exact statement last night and his response was "it's only been three days." Yep.. so now I'm crazy stalker girlfriend, which is so not the case. I had sent him an email earlier that day with the menu for the Double O Grill down in Rhinebeck.. hint hint.. Apparently he didn't get the hint. His response: that's a big fucking menu. Then when I finally get to talk to him, he tells me that he's going to his buddie's house to drink. Now, the boy doesn't drink when he works, so I can understand that he'd want to get his drink on while on vacation.. I do get that. However, say that earlier in the day or something! That's what pisses me off. That, and I can't remember a Tuesday in the last five or six months that we haven't done something, so forgive me for assuming we will. So yeah... needless to say, we didn't really talk last night and I made white trash dinner (mac and cheese with hot dogs) and watched Eastern Promises.

It's partially my fault I guess. I've been in a funk the last few days, for some reason. My brain doesn't seem to be working and I've had to literally drag myself out of bed each morning. I thought exercise was supposed to give you energy! Me... not so much?

I've got to get back to work, but tonight is chock full of reality TV which, if last night is any indication, I'll be home to watch.

Congrats go out to my friend Shannon, who had her baby yesterday.. no name yet, but it's a girl!

PS - I really don't want to, but I think I'm addicted to the Real Housewives of NYC... Someone take me to Bravo TV Rehab.. stat! Oh wait.. their new dance show is starting on THursday so if you could wait.. I don't know.. 12 weeks or so.. that'd be great ;)

Bullet Points

I've been pretty busy at work and in life, so I'm going to try to simplify and give everything it's own paragrah and/or sentence. Hopefully I don't forget anything!

- Jason is NOT the baby daddy.. It's a pretty sad situation when you think about it. I mean, he's formed a bond and relationship with this child, and now he finds out it's not his? How awful could that be? And what kind of person does that to someone else!? I feel terrible for him. I know it's something he wanted, but I don't think he realized how it would afect him emotionally. The other day he said to me "Kara, this is the worst thing anyone has ever done to me." Be careful what you wish for, right? More to come on this subject, as now the poor guy will have to go to court to prove he's NOT the real father. So not only has she screwed him on child support for the last year, but now he's going to have to spend what will more than likely be an exorbitant amount of money to get her out of his life. This chick sounds like someone I'd like to meet in a dark alley. Seriously.. .who DOES that?

- I ran three miles on Thursday.. All by myself.

- J had his bbq on Saturday and I made an appearance even though I'm still bitter over the fact that I wasn't told about it (he insists I was.. I insist I wasn't). He certainly put the grill set I got him to good use! I give him a lot of credit, when he puts his mind to it, he sure can pull off a good meal. Well, it would have been a good meal had he not put onions in the meat, but it still turned out OK. Unfortunately for him, less people than expected showed up so he had lots of leftovers. Then again, maybe that's not as unfortunate as one would think. I left there to meet my cousin and softball buddies in Chatham for some cosmic bowling, then went back to his house afterwards. Two of his friends were still there so we played some drinking games and both passed out around 1:30, which was an improvement from 10:30 the night before. I'm telling you, Fridays are a killer for me.

- My friend Stephanie asked me to have a candle party. I have no interest whatsoever, but she's managed to guilt me into it. She's just starting to do parties for Party Lite candles and needs to do so many parties to get started. The way I figure it, if I were in the same situation, I would hope she'd such it up and have a party for me, so I shall do the same for her. So, keep your eyes open for an invite my friends.. Don't worry. I don't expect anyone to buy anything, but show up and make it look good and you might find something you like!

- Big Brother - last week Natalie won HOH, which means I have to listen to her whiny, annoying voice for at least another week and a half. Last night she nominated James and Joshua (as I'd expected) for eviction and if it stays that way, it's pretty obvious that James will be the one to go. Seriously, if Natalie makes it to the final two or wins, I might have to give up on Big Brother.

- Top Chef - The chefs had to come up with a menu that would satisfy the attendees of a block party, by using ingredients they found in the pantries of the residents. They were split into two teams, neither of which REALLY impressed the judges, but Eric's corn dogs sent him packing. Apparently the kicker is that he's made corn dogs (with lobster or something, of course) at his restaurant, therefore he should have known that transport would take the crispiness right out of them. Plus, corn dogs are probably the only thing on that show that I'd eat, so I have to say I was disappointed to see them not done justice.

- For the second year in a row, I could come in second in my old work's Final Four Pool. However, if Kansas keeps playing the way they have, I won't have a chance! Hell, it'd be nice to win back the money I put out, ya know?

- I'm looking to find a loan so I can consolidate all my debt. Anyone know of one with a good interest rate?

- Today was Opening Day at Camden Yards. Cal was there, and I wasn't. Don't worry.. I'm not bitter (That's a lie.. I'm CRAZY with bitterness). Anyway, the O's lost 6-2 to the Rays (not the Devil Rays anymore) which can only mean one thing: the start to a horrendous season. But hey.. maybe it'll be the start of an upward swing.. I mean.. you've gotta hit the bottom before you can make it to the top again, right?

- Happy Belated Birthday to my other man, Vince Vaughn (March 28) and happy birthday to my friend Shani! Hold off another couple hours so that new baby has it's own birthday.. Plus, if you wait till April 1 I bet your husband never forgets the baby's birthday!

- My sister got a summons for jury duty in the mail on Saturday. I got all excited when I saw it, then I realized it wasn't for me. Seriously, I'm the only person in the world that WANTS jury duty, and I can't get it. WTF?

Today I (to quote Office Space) "had a bit of the Mondays" so I'm going to relax, watch How I Met Your Mother and try to figure out how to replace my EZ Pass with one that works (I'm getting sick of being "that girl" on the bridge who stops traffic... and not in the good way). Remember, don't believe a word of what anyone says to you tomrorow.. although I'm sure I'll havea story about how I couldn't take my own advice in that regard.

This post is for the men in everyone's lives

Not only did this make me laugh, but it's so true.

Anyone want to forward this to J? I think it'd look a tad obvious coming from me ;)

Last Hump Day in March

J and I did go see Be Kind, Rewind last night. It was pretty funny, but the ending kinda sucked. That, and Mos Def talks like Mushmouth from "Fat Albert" so there were a few funny things I missed. If you like Jack Black, you should definitely see it, but don't expect a cinematic masterpiece.

James won the Power of Veto last night on Big Brother, and subsequently took himself off the block, forcing Adam to pick another houseguest to go up in his place. He chose Sharon, which pretty much solidifies the fact that Chelsia will go home tonight, unless something really, REALLY strange happens. I really like Chelsia and she had been a pretty good player. Joshua has managed to stay under the radar and he or someone in his crew better win Head of Household or he might see his first time on the block coming pretty quickly.

My friend Shannon cuts my hair, and it always looks really awesome when she gets done. Of course, I can never make it look remotely like she does, but I guess that's why she has her job and I have mine. Anyway, I'm getting it cut after work and while I SHOULD go somewhere to show it off, I'm just going to end up at the gym, ruining it with sweat. It's too bad too, cause I'm wearing a relatively cute outfit today that would go really well with good hair.

Penn Jillette and Monica Seles got voted off Dancing with the Stars. I didn't get to watch Monday night's show yet, but after watching last week's I'm not all that surprised. Apparently Adam Carolla has more fans than Penn Jillette cause they were equally horrendous.. Fun to watch, but still horrendous.

OOH LORD.. the Hills is back! I know I shouldn't love that show, but I do. Anyway, I'm sad to say that I actually LIKED Heidi for a second, when she was a total bitch to Spencer when he followed her to Colorado after she said she needed space. Obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed that Spencer. Anyway, if I didn't already know they were still together and taking advantage of totally staged photo opportunities, I'd probably have more respect for her. I also want to know what kind of cell phones these people have that allow them to call their buddies in France. I mean, that bill will more than likely be atrocious, wouldn't you think!? To sum it up, Lauren and Whitney go to Paris - Lauren ruins a dress, but Alberto Ferretti loans her another one anyway. She lets a rocker dude take her out on his Vespa for a tour of France, but she totally doesn't give him more than the cheek kiss. He was kinda skeevy to be honest, but if you like that rocker thing... Brody's a tool and mere days after dropping her off at the airport, is parading around a new "girlfriend," hence the moonlight Vespa ride. I can't wait for shit to hit the fan.

J's on vacation next week. In his insomnia induced hazes I continue to try to get him to agree to go to Opening Day at Camden Yards with me. He's obviously not tired enough yet....

Summer is Fun

Cause it's concert time!!!

Counting Crows will be at SPAC with Maroon 5 and Sara Bareilles on August 12th. I really hate concerts at SPAC, but it's Counting Crows and I missed them the last time they were close.

Also touring the US (although I'm sure no where closer to me than NYC) - George f'n Michael. Oh yeah... enough said.

Question

If we can make safes out of fire proof material, why don't we do the same with houses? Seems like a no-brainer to me.

One Week Till Opening Day

and in honor of that, I have this story to tell:

My friend Tim is a morning drive DJ for a country station in South Florida. Well, as we all know, Florida is one of the "places to be" for Spring Training. Through his job, Tim has met many people, most of them people I've wanted to meet my whole life that he meets first. Don't worry.. I'm not bitter.. Anyway, on Friday he was able to go to the Orioles spring training game against the Cardinals. After countless phone calls and text messages, I was able to relay to him the O's whose autograph(s) I would really appreciate. He was down by the dugout and Kevin Millar is on double deck. When he gets on deck, Tim asks him for his autograph to which Kevin replies "I'll get you when I come back." Sweet, right? That's what Tim thought.. until Millar got up to bat and was subsequently drilled on the fingers. Needless to say, he didn't come back to give Tim that autograph, as he was grimacing in pain and taken away to the locker room. Tim sat there like a dejected child, (I'm imagining) ball in one hand, pen in the other. It was a story that could only happen to him! Still, the O's play there again on Wednesday, so he's assured me he'd get there early and wouldn't let anyone get away from him! I wish him lots of luck and thank him plenty.. And oh yeah.. Millar is fine, so Tim better REMIND him of his promise of an autograph... and not take "no" for an answer!

Happy Belated Easter

Hope everyone had a lovely day. It was sunny out in my neck of the woods, although still a touch cold for this time of year. We had the family over and as per usual, it got a little loud in the house. We're good like that. Mom made prime rib, twice baked potatoes and corn. I admit, I missed the ham. I'm a big fan of ham. Still, the prime rib was good, as were the potatoes. Mom also made banana cream pie from scratch AND Robert Redford Cake. I have no idea why it's called that, but it was really good, perhaps like Robert Redford. I wouldn't know from personal experience so I can only speculate. Tre and I got Easter baskets for the first time in a few years. Yes, my parents are queer, but that is why we love them! I got a running shirt, Cadbury Creme Eggs, Marshamallow Peeps, white chocolate non-pareils from Vasilow's and some trial size stuff from Bath and Body. At least that's all I can remember off the top of my head, as my mom had me put it out of the way and Tre and I subsequently forgot our baskets at the end of the night. The only thing I missed this year was Cadbury Mini Eggs.. I didn't see them ANYWHERE and they're my favorite, even more so than creme eggs. If anyone has any they don't want, I'll gladly take them off your hands.. and don't try to pass off those damn malted milk eggs.. I can see right through that trick..

I was supposed to run three miles yesterday, but that didn't happen. I went to the gym, which was supposed to be open from 8-12 and found the door locked with no note. I went to my parent's house and ran on their treadmill, but I only made it through a mile before I thought I was going to die. Not quite sure why. Tre and I had gone to Meadowgreens the night before and I had my first ever Jager Bomb, but I felt fine in the morning. Tre, Nikki and I decided we shoudl go out and watch some basketball Saturday night, so we had pizza, wings and beers. It was a really good time, until the end of the night when I lost my brackets. I bring them with me EVERYWHERE during March Madness because I can never remember who I have in my pool. Well, in trying to get out of the bar Saturday night, I must have left them there. Luckily, Nikki was nice enough to text me my picks for the day. She's a good egg. I'm doing OK in my pools. All my Final Four teams are still in, so that could be a miracle in and of itself at this point. I can't wait till they start playing again on Thursday!

J and I went to dinner after bowling, then back to his house to drink beer and watch a movie. Yeah, we made it through 2 beers a piece and about an hour of War. This is the second time we've tried to watch it, and he insists he's seen it all. Well, when I woke up during the end credits, he was snoring like a buzz saw, so I really don't think he's seen it all quite yet. I've already threatened him with bodily harm if we don't go see Be Kind, Rewind this week, mainly because I'm shocked it came to Hudson and have no clue how long it will last. J was a no-show for Easter, which I kind of understood, but was still disappointed about. He called just as we were sitting down to dinner and had just gotten out of work. He definitely worked more than 12 hours that day so I felt bad, but I guess I thought he'd make some sort of effort. Then again, I've never worked over 12 hours on 4 hours of sleep, so I should give him the benefit of the doubt. To compensate for being "slightly" bitchy on the phone, I brought him home some pie. That's enough, right?

OH MY GOD - Fabulous news! My cousin Chrissy and her boyfriend Kenny got engaged yesterday! Congratulations go out to them.. they're a perfect fit as far as couples go, and I can't wait to see the ring. I have to admit, I cried. I don't know, it's weird. This is my first relative that I'm really close to to get married, so it was just a different feel than when your friend tells you they are. That, and when my friends get engaged I immediately think of how much money it's going to cost me. What can I say? I've been in enough weddings in the past that I can be a tad cynical about stuff like that. However, I have to say that of all the weddings I've been in, no one (knock on wood) has gotten divorced.. That's a pretty good track record. Anyway, they're probably going to do a small church service with just immediate family, then a party, which is very much the way they are. I can't wait and I couldn't be happier for her. She shocked me with that news today, especially since Kenny has had the ring since November and asked my Uncle for permission about a month ago! I have no idea how he kept it in all this time! So, Congratulations Chrissy and Kenny!!!

Slow day today... we should have the day after holidays off just to digest! I'll be back with a story later..

Getting better

This kinda helps make up for the tire thing..

Benedict Arnold

Here's some entertaining baseball reading I forgot to post yesterday.

Hope he doesn't hold his hand on his ass waiting for those return phone calls.

Bad Way to Start the Weekend

I need new tires.

I've been up J's ass for the last month to take my car in for an oil change. After all, isn't that part of the fun of having a boyfriend? I just don't do the car thing. That's what mechanics and AAA are for. J loathes my ignorance for all things cars, but takes my car in for oil changes anyway. Life is good. So yeah.. I've been bugging him for at least a month and finally got sick of waiting. My steering has just felt kinda loose and not right, so I brought it to the shop. They called me this morning to let me know that three out of four of my tires are basically down to the tread and I need new ones. I guess it makes sense. I've had the car for almost two years and have put 32,000 miles on it in that time. Still, with that and the oil change, it's over $400 I just don't have. Thank god my mechanic bills me and doesn't want the money up front. Oh yeah... and did I mention that 10 minutes after I made the appointment with the mechanic J offered to take my car in for an oil change? Yeah... perfect timing.

The Art of Aging

Doing it well...

Not so much... Here's some more evidence, if you aren't thoroughly convinced..

St. Patty's Day Pics

So yeah.. who doesn't love meeting new boys? When J saw these pics he was like "Um.. yeah.. so there's you and the bald guy." Apparently my reputation precedes me...
That's me and Higgie dancing in the booths at McFadden's.
The group from Hudson (minus one) - Fish, Danny, Me and Tre.

We had a really great time and there were many more pictures, but I'm unsure as to how many I can get away with and still have them come out normal.

Doing the Right Thing

FINALLY, someone on Big Brother made a smart move. Let me catch you up: James won HOH, after making a deal with his only competition, Natalie, to not put up her and Matty. Seemed stupid at first, since Matty is a liar and manipulator and needs to go, but whatever. You have to do what you have to do. Anyway, no surprise, James puts up Ryan and Sheila, both of whom admitted to being two of the three votes to NOT bring James back into the house. The third vote was Matty of course, but he's not admitting to it and making it look like it was Adam. He even has Natalie doing his dirty work in trying to make the others believe "A-Baller" was the elusive third vote. James makes it a clean sweep by winning the Power of Veto and decides he's going to use it. I almost put my hand through the TV when he said he was going to put up Adam and not Matty, but luckily, Sharon got it through his thick skull that Matty was the third vote. Therefore, last night James took down Sheila and put up Matty. Natalie is PISSED.... I love it, I can't wait to get her dumb, skanky ass off my television and I'm curious to see who she latches on to (Ryan) when her Matty is gone. I'd be shocked if Matty didn't go, but stranger things have happened!

I fast forwarded through the male version of Dancing with the Stars last night and I have to say, not so bad. I mean, Adam Carolla was a trainwreck, but still wasn't as bad as I had heard. I'm still voting for Guttenberg. He just looked like he was having such a good time and couldn't get the shit eating grin off his face! Obviously, Mario was very good, and will probably stay for quite some time, which I'm so not ok with, as I LOATHE Karina Smirnoff.. There will always be someone the masses think has an "unfair advantage" and it looks like this year, it's Mario. Too bad Bruno already used all his "Super Mario" references on Mario Lopez. Anyway, Cristian de la Fuente(?) was very good, but I'm sure he'll suffer from no one knowing who the F he is. They all get to dance again next week, and I'm not sure who'll go. Penn Jillette and Adam Carolla were certainly the bottom two, but both could have substantial fan bases, if Carolla's "MEN" get sucked into watching with their significant others (much like I tricked J into doing last night... sucker). I heard the women were pretty good and that Kristi Yamaguchi was a front runner. I taped it, so I guess I'll have to check it out before one male and one female couple (I think) get booted next week.

So... I suck at cooking. I've been pretty broke lately and J was basically my bitch all last week, buying me dinner and such. So, I thought I'd make him chicken cordon bleu, mashed (from the box) potatoes and corn. Yeah, the breasts never defrosted all the way and were really too big for this meal. As usual, I can never get the sides to work, so all the cheese melted out. This was our exact conversation when J told me he was on his way to my house:

K: Listen, dinner's not gonna be so great, but can you just lie to me and pretend it's ok?
J: Don't I always?
K: (pause) Ouch.. that's not very nice.
J: But it made you laugh didn't it?

And it did.. however, I'm still not sure if he was joking or if EVERYTHING I make sucks. I mean, I made a mean taco a few weeks ago... That should count for something.

Things I Hate About the Gym

The skinny bitch(es) in the matching outfit that never sweats... EVER.. She even puts the fan directly on her so she has goosebumps, as opposed to sweating. And yes.. I'm pretty sure it's not some crazy medical condition.. just vanity.

Sweaty guy that always gets on the treadmill next to me. It's bad enough having my own sweat on me, I don't need yours too!

Smelly guy - Do I need to explain?

Stalkers - those people standing behind you, just waiting for you to finish your workout so they can get the next available treadmill/elliptical. It's because of these people that I put a magazine over the display.

Chatty locker room ladies - I can hardly breathe when I'm done, which makes it difficult to hold a full fledged conversation with SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW!!!! Sometimes a girl just wants to be left alone, hence the headphones...

Cell phones - I can pretty much guarantee that you're not so important that you can't take some time out of your day to walk on the treadmill WITHOUT chatting to your buddy on your cell phone. Get over yourself.

The aftermath

I could drink a lake's worth of water and still not feel hydrated.

Yesterday was an absolute blast! We had a really great time and met some new people, as always. I hope to get the pictures up either tonight or tomorrow, so I promise they are forthcoming.... and entertaining.

I thought I'd get some good, passed out sleep, but the train ride must have ruined that for me, as I woke up over and over again. I have a feeling that I'll be asleep before J tonight.. even though he had to work at 3:00 this morning.

And still no news on the paternity test. I know.. I promised, but apparently these things take time!

TGI LONG WEEKEND

It's Friday... Is it just me or did it take FOREVER to get here!? Let me catch you up..

Wednesday night, Tre and I went to Fleet Feet in Albany to get new running sneakers. It was a really cool experience, and I'd recommend it to anyone. They bring out a "neutral" shoe and videotape you running on the treadmill. After that, they evaluate your needs and bring out some shoes for you to try on. In the test shoe, you could see that my calf was off kilter, pretty blatantly. However, when I put on the other shoes, it was straight as an arrow. Unreal.. I ended up getting the same brand of shoe I have now (New Balance) but a different make. Apparently the one I have might have too much support. Who knew that was possible? Nice thing was, they spent at least a half hour with each of us, and you didn't end up paying any more for the shoes than you would at a regular sneaker store. At least not that I'm aware of! If you're planning on getting into running, I think it's a great place to start.

After that, Tre and I went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. YUM! Not great for a girl with no money (that would be me), but still well worth it. The soup of the day was Baked Potato, which is something I never turn down... EVER! It was really great, too. After that I got Crusted Chicken Romano, which was ridiculously huge. I think I'm going to eat my leftovers for dinner tonight before bowling, and I might not even be able to finish them. THAT is how much food they give you. It's insane. I couldn't fit cheesecake into my belly, but Tre and I decided to split one so we got Dulche de Leche Caramel Cheesecake. OH... MY... GOD... it might be the best one I've had there so far. It was just so creamy and yummy, even after I dropped it in Macy's :). Speaking of Macy's, we had to go there afterwards because I wanted to get a bra or two. I was SERIOUSLY lacking in the bra department, so much so that I'm not even going to discuss it as I might be mortified. Anyway, I had a coupon and they had a buy 2, get 1 free sale, so how could that be wrong? Well, come to find out, it was buy 2 of each BRAND, get 1 free of that brand. When I went to the counter I had two of each brand, so the woman convinced me to get a free one of each brand. So I walked out of there with six bras and three pairs of underwear for $125.00. Seriously, it's a deal! Well, it took forever so Tre and I didn't get home in time for Big Brother. However, we settled in to watch what we DVR'd and eat our cheesecake.

Big Brother was well worth watching this week! Drama abounds as expected and James is eliminated, with Chelsia being the only houseguest voting for him to stay. The twist then comes in, with an already eliminated houseguest being allowed back in. America chose Alex, which was surprising to me, but fair, as he'd only been eliminated cause Amanda was a bubbleheaded moron. Anyway, after James comes out to talk to Julie, it's announced that the houseguests have to vote either a mystery houseguest in or James. James won and came back into the house with a vengeance, as everyone pretended to be happy. I think for the most part they were, cause they were sure it would have been Allison to come back, but she didn't even come in second in the voting, Parker did. Anyway, the show ended with the Head of Household competition which was going to be a battle of wills, as the houseguests were hanging in the air, standing on discs in the disco ball challenge. They were being pelted with "champagne" and lord knows what else. I know who won, but I'm not telling. Let's just say it's going to be a fun week in the BB house!

Next up was the season premiere of Top Chef. I can't really say too much about it as there are just too damn many people right now! There is a lesbian couple (Jen and Zoi - I think her name was Jen.. see what I mean about too many people?) so that's new. I LOVE this one guy Andrew. He just cracks me up and thinks so highly of himself. It's great television. I don't really see any true front runners at this point, but it's only a matter of time. To summarize - the show is set in Chicago this year so their quickfire challenge was to make a deep dish pizza. Talk about a train wreck. It was judged by Padma and Rocco Dispirito and some of them plain old tanked. We come to the elimination challenge and they will go head to head (winners v. losers of the quickfire) making old favorites. I believe they were chicken piccata, Duck a l'orange, souffle, shrimp scampi... yeah I can't remember the rest. Anyway, the antisocial Nimma got booted, while Stephanie (who shit the bed in the quickfire) took home the win. I was happy with the way it turned out. I wasn't ready for anyone but Nimma to go yet. Looks like it's going to be a season full of drama and more food I don't like... Good times..

I'm pretty sure THIS isn't necessary.

I knew he was gonna strike out, but I kind of wish he hadn't..

I stayed at J's last night, which I wasn't really expecting, so much so, that I hadn't even showered after running when he called me. We went to dinner at his favorite Italian place (because it's fast). Yeah... it wasn't. AND, the waitress told me their soup of the day was Potato Cheddar (see above) and it wasn't. It was Manhattan Clam Chowder. Talk about a letdown. We went back to his house and tried to watch War with Jason Statham and Jet Li. It was good (what I saw of it) but I just couldn't do it. We started it after 9 and had turned the TV off by 10. At least he has an excuse, being that he had to work at 4, as he did yesterday. Me? Nothing. I AM going to need to have a chat with his roomie though. I know it's his house and all, and I respect that. But we need to come up with some sort of showering schedule. I didn't get into the shower at his house until 7:20 today, making me a few minutes late for work. I hate rushing around in the morning as it is, and this was kinda ridiculous. I'll have to see what sweet talking I can do to work this out.

No co-worker today. I'm on my own, so this will more than likely be the last blog post of the day, and perhaps not again until Tuesday when I PROMISE to have some St. Patty's Day pics! As per usual, I'm headed down to NYC for the day. I ordered train tickets yesterday so it's a done deal. We leave on the 6:45 train and will be down there by 8:45. We then take the 7:10 train back. I figured that would give us plenty of time to get a good night's sleep before the work day on Tuesday. We shall see!

UGH... our downstairs fridge died. I went down there last night to get a Lean Cuisine Pizza to bring for lunch, and the damn thing was blowing out hot air. We threw away a ridiculous amount of frozen food (mostly mine of course), so I have a hot pocket for lunch today. It was seriously all I could find that I didn't have to put effort into. Luckily, my parents have a freezer in their basement that they barely use, so they're giving it to us. Happy Easter! Speaking of Easter... I have to get me a Cadbury Creme Egg, pronto.

OOh.. stick with me.. today we find out if my ex the baby daddy really IS the baby daddy. Seriously, is there EVER a dull moment with me?

Have a great weekend!!

Oh Yeah, It's On!!

The tables are turning on Big Brother. Last night there was a bit of an alliance (or so we thought) between Sharon, Joshua, James, Chelsia, Sharon and Ryan. All of them offered Ryan two weeks of immunity if he back doored Matt. Ryan subsequently won the Power of Veto competition, however he let Chelsia keep it and took $10k for himself (much to Sheila's dismay, as she was the prior owner of the ten grand). Anyway, Sheila took Ryan aside and basically begged for him NOT to put up Matty, going against the alliance she was supposedly a part of. When the Veto meeting was held, Ryan made a point of saying he felt like he was in the middle of everything and that he was asked to put up one of his boys.. and he did... James. Matty kind of threw it in everyone's face which made them like him even more (note the sarcasm) and most people were in shock, most of all James. I don't know how good a choice it was for Ryan. He has to PRAY that either Matt, Natalie, Adam or Sheila gets HOH next week or the target on his back will be substantial and he'll go up against Matty no doubt. Yep.. now that everyone is one their own, it's getting interesting! I think James will be the one to go tonight, as he has been more vocal than Sharon. All I can hope is that Natalie goes soon. I'm so sick of hearing her voice and watching her throw herself at Matt who so obviously wants nothing to do with her romantically. I'd feel bad for her, but she should have figured that out by now.

Top Chef Chicago starts tonight so at least my DVR will still know to tape Bravo at 10 p.m.! From what I hear, this season has a pretty talented group, and more woman than past seasons, including a couple. Should prove to be interesting. I would never eat anything they make, but damned if the drama doesn't make for fascinating television.

I'm also DVRing The Real Housewives of NYC. It's no Orange County, but I already have a favorite so that will more than likely keep me coming back. What can I say? I'm a Bravo whore!

So, my college rugby reunion is coming up at the end of April. I'm really not looking forward to it that much, only because it's made me feel kinda old the last few years and it just hasn't been as much fun as in the past. Well, my one friend has decided we're going and PROMISES me it'll be the last year, so I'm considering it. Anyway, she was telling me how she's going to bring her fiance, so I thought I'd ask J if he wanted to come. I know he'd get along really well with her fiance and my other friend's boyfriends also. I mentioned it last night and he didn't say no, so that's a step in the right direction! I think he's really interested in seeing a rugby game so I guess if worse came to worse, we could head up for the day on Saturday instead. I only planned on going for Friday night and Saturday anyway, but I can use him as my excuse not to stay through Sunday so as to not ruffle any feathers.

Tonight Tre and I are headed to Fleet Feet in Albany, where they fit you for sneakers. I know, it sounds lame, but they make you run in shoes and see how you run and how your feet react and such to find the best shoe for your foot. It'll probably cost me a bundle, but with the way I run I need as much cushioning as possible. I run/walk on the insides of my feet so it puts pressure where there probably shouldn't be any. If I'm going to attempt to run 15K, I'm gonna need as much help as I can get. I started a new program yesterday through Runners World that will hopefully help me out. I guess you have to do speed work and tempo work, whatever the hell that is. Tre is all gung ho about it so I guess I'll be her pet project of sorts. Now if only I could motivate myself to start lifting again. That would probably be helpful too. Regardless, I can now run two miles without stopping (at least) which is something I truly never thought I'd be able to do. We'll see where this takes me..

As always, hump 'em if you got 'em. Hell, you can try to hump 'em even if they're not yours, although I don't recommend it.

Monday, Monday

I was supposed to go to my friend Sue's house tonight. We haven't seen each other in what seems like MONTHS, so we really need to catch up. However, she's sick so the plans fell through. I had already done all my laundry AND gone to the gym, leaving me with nothing to do tonight. I loathe being idle. Luckily, J got me a bootleg copy of Atonement from one of his buddies at work, so he saved the day. I thought it was a great movie, but I'm really glad I read the book prior to seeing it. I think reading it made things easier to follow, as a lot of background information was cut out.

Siena won the MAAC title tonight at the TU Center! That's what I should have done, but it was a little too last minute to get someone to go with me. However, March Madness will be starting so hopefully I can do well on my brackets again this year!

Would this not be the funniest (and most fun) wedding ever?

Matt Damon is expecting a baby with his wife... Guess he used a condom with Sarah Silverman..

So, I didn't make it to the gym all weekend, as I pulled my groin muscle during bowling on Friday night. It hurt so bad that I really didn't think I would be able to finish the night. I deserved it though. I had been cracking on my team mate for her calf injury and then karma bit me in the ass (or groin as the case may be). I couldn't bend at all.. it was excruciating. So instead I went home, cleaned out my DVR and got a drunken phone call from J at 2 am. Good times.

The next night two of my sister's friends from college came up with their significant others. J managed to get Sunday off for the first time I can ever recall, so we all went to dinner at Meadowgreens, then back to our house to play some board and drinking games. We had SUCH a good time!! I mean, it had to be a good time if J admitted he had fun and didn't just say "it was alright."

Due to the insane amounts of rain we got this weekend, we didn't have hot water again from Saturday night into Monday. I guess I should be grateful that we still had power.. So, Sunday night I went to my parent's house for chicken parm, chocolate cream pie and a shower. It was a really good excuse for me to hit the gym on Monday morning though. The gym shower was not as bad as I thought it would be, although I can only imagine what I looked like leaving the gym in my towel turban. I admit, I felt pretty good getting it done in the morning, but it's not easy to get up that early! Still, I'm considering doing it again... It's kind of nice to already have accomplished something by the time you get to work!

Oooh.. Big Brother - Ryan won Head of Household and put up Sharon and Chelsia. Tomorrow night is the Power of Veto competition which could probe to be very interesting, as Sharon does quite well in competitions. I can't wait to see who comes back in the house, although I'm sure it'll be Allison. I mean, how much more drama could you get?

I'd write more, but the season finale of October Road is on and that takes precedence. If I don't find out who Sam's father is, I'm gonna flip shit..

I chose the wrong profession

Cause I think I'm a Seven Diamond kind of gal... think of the loot I've been missing out on. Gotta love NY!!!!

Letter to Afrim's

After last week's soccer debacle, I wrote a letter to the guy that was a douchebag.. and blind cc'd it to his boss... :) Hey.. actions have consequences.. deal with it.

Dear _______ –

I’d like to take a moment to clear up the events of the last week.

First of all, I want to thank you and the staff at Afrim’s for being so helpful and accommodating for the last three sessions. We’ve really enjoyed easing ourselves back into the game of soccer and are saddened that we won’t be back until the Fall.

However, I want you to know that if it weren’t for your rude and unprofessional conversation with my teammate, we would still be playing this session. She was simply calling to clarify things and swearing at her was just the tip of the iceberg. I don’t know what brought on that outburst, but it was completely unwarranted and I hope that’s not the way you treat people in business. I understand that you don’t work in a stereotypical office, but it doesn’t give you the right to say the things you said to her. I can only hope that if you looked back on that conversation, you would do things differently. Perhaps you were having a bad day. After all, we all do. That doesn't warrant you speaking to her the way you did.

You made a point of saying that we were making a big deal out of nothing. You’re entitled to your opinion. However, considering we drive up to an hour to get to games, it’s important to know what is going on and not just a day in advance. That, and we are paying your facility. I don’t think it’s fair that we weren’t at least asked or told in advance (of more than a day) that we were being pushed to a level we weren’t comfortable with. We had lost our goalie and a few other valuable players and yes, I understand that looking at our goals against and record for the past two sessions, we would be bumped up. However, we were not the same team and as I’m sure you’re aware, the loss of a goalie is pretty devastating. Unfortunately, it’s not a position just anyone can play. While we were unhappy about going to that level unprepared, we had no intentions of not doing so, until your conversation with Allyson.

I was disappointed and surprised to hear that “5 or 6” teams were unwilling to play us. We had a problem with one team, and I admit, it was a warranted issue. It was a physical game and things were said and done that probably weren’t very sportsmanlike on both sides. I understand that. However, if there had been complaints about our game play I really wish you (or someone else) had taken me aside and let me know about it, perhaps even suggested we go up a level. What we consider playing aggressive, may not translate as such to other teams. If you feel there would be another league we would be better suited for, I would be more than happy to consider it instead of the Moms league.

Like I said, we’ve had a really great time the last couple of months and are eagerly awaiting the Fall session to start back up again. I really wanted to write this so there would be no hard feelings and we could clear the air about it. I apologize for the late notice on our not playing, but it was the only thing we could do, as we really did hem and haw over our decision.

Thanks again for all your help over the past few months and we look forward to playing again in the Fall. Maybe even at Level 1….

God damn, I'm eloquent..

My plans for tonight fell through so I have NOTHING to do. I mean, I already did my laundry and went to the gym! Therefore, I should be back with more later..

If he can do it

so can I... right?

Heaven has a name

and it is Dairy Queen. 2 burgers for $2.22!? How can you go wrong there? I also got the Blizzard of the Month - Mint Oreo.. I haven't had it yet (I'm kinda full) but I'm very much looking forward to it. DQ AND Girl Scout Cookie delivery in one day? Can life really get any better? Well, if Peter Angelos sold the O's to Cal Ripken, yes... but I think that's really the only way.

Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer, although apparently he's not on death's door like many outlets have been reporting.

As "Angel Eyes" has always been one of my favorite songs, I was saddened to hear that Jeff Healey died earlier this week. I can honestly say I never knew he was blind!

I know it may be kinda pathetic, but I spent many a minute perusing this page cause I really DID want to know what they were up to. Ah, the good old days!

Sometimes I LOATHE the internet and my inability to stay off it. Although I taped both shows, I already know who won Project Runway and who got booted from Big Brother.. I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you....

Time to do some work and then go to the gym to work off the bazillion calories I've eaten today.. Perhaps DQ is not heaven, but the devil in fast food form......

I'm a Reject

I didn't get into the Radiologic Technology Program at Hudson Valley. They gave me four things I should do to make my application more appealing when I reapply. Um... no thanks. I'm not going to pay you so I can read Beowulf again just so I can do x-rays. It makes no sense. I took 400 level english classes, so no, I'm not going to start from scratch and pay you to do so! I knew it was coming, but it was still a bit of a shock. I mean.. I got rejected from a community college, essentially. I know that's not really how it is, but still.

I still smell like chlorine. Last night a few of our players went to my friend Allyson's to soak in her hot tub and bad mouth Afrim's. It was a good time! We had beer, pizza and wings and soaked for way too long. And oh yeah.. we got our WINNERS T-shirts!!! :) While I was in the hot tub, my father called to tell my sister and I that he couldn't get our hot water heater to turn back on (we had flooding in our basement earlier and I think it hit the heater or something). So, I called J to see if it would be ok if I stayed there last night so I could take a warm shower in the morning. I say warm cause it's kind of a crap shoot at his house as to whether you'll get hot water and how long it'll last. Luckily for me, his roomie wasn't home so I had the hot water all to myself!

I have some stuff to do, but I hope to have some more info for you later after I binge on a Dairy Queen lunch and my newly acquired Girl Scout Cookies (thin mints and do-si-do's). Don't worry.. I'm going to the gym later!

The O's

If the front office keeps F'ing things up, I think I'll charge them for my laser tattoo removal.

Soccer Drama

Last night I got a phone call from a girl at Afrim's, telling me that our game was moved to 7:40 instead of 8:40. She then proceeds to tell me that is because we got bumped up to Level 1. I asked if we had a choice in the matter and she said "no, not really." Um.. ok.. aren't I paying YOU? Shouldn't I have a choice what division we play in? So, I was pissed off by this turn of events, only because we've lost some players and our goalie. Not having a goalie can make a huge difference. The play in Level 1 is much faster and as you can recall, we didn't fare so well in Level 1. I called some of the girls and everyone was pretty peeved that we didn't at least get asked if we wanted to go up, rather than just put us up there 24 hours before the game! It seems the games are earlier too, which is nice and all, if we didn't have two people who can't get there anytime before 8 due to work commitments!

So, Allyson (one of our players) called Afrim's for an explanation of things. She was basically berated by the guy who had, up to this point, been extremely helpful and nice to us. He was rude and unprofessional, at one point telling her to be quiet so he could get a word in edgewise and just being demeaning by calling her "honey." He also said that 5 or 6 teams in the division didn't want to play us so besides our goals against (obviously without Fish not a real accurate representation of our team) that was why we were going up. What I find funny is that two teams joined the league yesterday (so they say). So, if five or six teams didn't want to play us, shouldn't he have known this LAST week or earlier? So yeah.. I'm pretty sure he's lying.

Anyway, we've decided to bail on this session and come back full force in the fall. I don't like the fact that it looks like we don't want to lose. That's not the case at all. To be honest, we were going to play until Jason pulled his attitude on Allyson. It just gave everyone a bad taste in their mouth and made us really not want to give Afrim's our money for a while. I think Tre is going to call and let them know which is probably a good thing. Tre kind of can't be mean to anyone. If I got Jason on the phone, we might never be allowed back into Afrim's! I was thinking about writing a very well thought out email to him regarding the situation, but I really don't want to waste my time if I don't have to. I'm disappointed.. I love playing, but hey.. softball's coming soon and not only do I have my own co-ed team, but J seems to think I'm playing with him on Friday nights. I think it's only because he really likes my bat, but whatever.

This drama has taken up my life for the last 12 or so hours, but I'll try to be back with more later.

Welcome to March

It's already been pretty busy, hence my not having a chance to post but I plan to remedy that right now!

First off.. what a night.. I finally managed to watch The Recruit and when I got done, SWAT was on FX. What more could a girl ask for?

Friday night Tre, Danny, J and I went to the Siena game. We had tickets in the First Niagara box and we had a blast. There was a slight issue when some random guy called J "Limp Bizkit" but it all worked out. I mean, what a dated reference.. I think that's why J let it go because this guy really should have come up with something better. Anyway, we started at Hill Street Cafe where we ran into one of our friends from softball. He was also bowling in the tournament the next day so we made a side bet of $1 a game. More on that later.. We also ran into my cousin, her boyfriend and some other friends. Guess the Siena game was the place to be on Friday night! Anyway, the game was really good. Siena kicked ass and everyone got a little buzzed, if not more. By the time we got home I was more than ready for bed, and passed out pretty quickly.

I woke up really early Saturday morning so I could do my running before the tournament. Call me superstitious, but ever since I started running before my bowling league, I've been kicking ass. I think it helps with my timing. Anyway, the roads were wet, but basically fine, after what was SUPPOSED to be a solid storm the night before. I got to the gym and there were no cars and a note on the door. Yeah.. I was kinda livid. I definitely could have used the extra sleep. I didn't have the time to sit around and wait for the worker to get there, so I just resigned myelf to the fact that I wasn't going to be able to run that morning. I went home and started to watch America's Next Top Model that I had DVR'd earlier in the week. At 7:53 Tre comes in and asks when I'm taking a shower, as Dad was picking us up at 8:15. The night before she had told me he would be there at 9, as the tournament was postponed an hour for inclement weather. So, I ran around the house like a chicken with my head cut off to get ready and guess when Dad came? You got it.. 9:00. Great way to start the day. We hit the Whitestone Cafe for breakfast (AWESOME) and made it to the bowling alley with plenty of time to get our stuff together. Tre and I bowled right next to each other and my ex Jason finagled his way onto my lane. So yeah, we were spending the whole day together. Tre and I bowled really well the first half of the day, averaging well over 200 per game. We were leading 1 and 2 going into the second block.. which is where we both shit the bed. I started out bad and just couldn't make up the deficit from that one bad game. It didn't stop either of us from making the Top 5 though, so while we started drinking, we had to continue to bowl. Our team ended up winning the whole tournament and it was off to the Elks Club for the "banquet." I was in charge of the women's jackpots so I wasn't really around much, until after the money presentations. I won a little bit, which was better than the goose egg I won last year! Well, since the bowlers from across the river aren't on our side that often, we all decided to go to Melino's for a little after party. And oh yeah.. did I mention my sister had already offered Jason our couch to sleep on? Yeah.. so the plan was for one of the guys to drive me, Tre and Jason down to the bar in Jason's car and Jason would sober up enough to drive back to my house. That was the plan.. Guess who ended up sobering up? You got it.. me. I could tell from the get go that Tre and Jason wouldn't be viable options, so I took one for the team. We had a good time at Melino's: I drank water, Tre and Jason did jager bombs while Jason stared at me and told me how beautiful I am. Well, he's observant, you have to give him that! I got everyone home and to bed safe and sound. How they felt in the morning was not my responsibility or concern!

Sunday I woke up to Jason looking for his keys, but I was still prettty beat so I passed out again shortly after he left (I forgot how much it takes out of you to bowl eight games in one day!) I had plans to meet up with my friend Kim for lunch. We went to paralegal school together and she's been splitting time between Latham and White Plains for the last couple of years, so it's been kind of hard to get together for any extended amount of time. She called me that morning and we made plans for later on in the day, so I decided to hit the gym, even though it was the last place I wanted to be. I ran for 28 minutes straight, and I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack when I was done. My legs were killing me and I was exhausted. I took a shower an settled in on the couch to watch my DVR'd shows and wait for Kim to call. She was running WAY behind schedule, but it worked out. We met in Valatie at the Dunkin Donuts (we always used to hit the one in Schenectady between classes so I thought it'd be a great place to go for old times sake) and had a chance to catch up for an hour and a half or so. It wasn't enouhg time, but it was better than nothing! From there I headed up to J's house for the night. He had to work at 4 so I knew it'd be an early night, which worked out really well considering I think I was in bed before he was. He bought a computer this weekend so we had these big plans to set up his Itunes and such, but we both passed out before we had the chance. He did manage to do it today and so far, he hasn't lost any of the songs I put on it. So far.. Doesn't matter much though, since I managed to get my ex, Bill to find me a program that would allow him to take the songs off Itunes onto his computer. It's good to have smart exes.

That's about the extent of it. No time for any pop culture news and notes in this post. I'm too busy watching Colin Farrell work out on the beach. You can see how that would take precedence. One work day down, four to go.