I know a Saturday post is rare, but I really couldn't help it. I competed in my first 5K this morning and I finished it without stopping to walk! Obviously, I wasn't doing it for time, but I did finish in 37 minutes and 30 seconds, which, considering the heat, I was pretty happy with. It averages out to about 12 and a half minutes per mile and if anyone has seen the length of my legs, you'll know that's pretty quick for me to run! I really pushed myself, especially the last tenth of a mile to the finish which as I crossed the finish line, I peed my pants. Yep.. couldn't stop myself no matter how hard I tried (and believe me, I tried!). At first I was embarassed, but apparently other people have done it and it's kind of a funny story. I guess I'll never forget my first 5K, right!? Anyway, I just want to thank Jen for running it with me, even though she probably could have done it in half the time. It was really great to have someone there to push me through, because I know I would have stopped if it hadn't been for her. Then again, I might not have peed my pants so maybe I shouldn't thank her quite yet ;) Tre finished at 29:58, which is perfect cause she wanted to finish under a half hour. Can't get any closer than that, right!? I guess this means I need to step up my training so I can NOT be the last person to finish the Boilermaker when we go. (FYI - I was far from the last person to finish today.. I think - I finally breezed past the power walking old man during my sprinting tenth of a mile to the finish line).

Holy shit.. it's hot as balls today. I've already taken a shower and just from sitting in my house, I feel disgusting. We're headed out up in Albany tonight, so I needed to shower anyway, but I hope it cools down a LITTLE. I mean.. it's beastly, and it looks like it's going to be that way through next weekend. Ewww.. as long as it doesn't rain on Flag Day I guess it's all good. What happened to Spring? Seriously...

I'm at work by myself today, which means I have a lot to get done in a short amount of time, but I could NOT get through the day without wishing my wonderful friend Christopher Thomas Howe, (Esq) a very Happy Birthday! Make the bars of Greenville, SC wish they'd never met you ;), but leave the boys begging for more!

I was running late this morning (thanks to my new "habit" of going to the gym and/or working out in the AM) and forgot my Ipod. The silence is driving me absolutely crazy. Seriously.. certifiably crazy. I don't think I can concentrate if I only have one thing to concentrate on. I can actually hear my brain thinking and it's not a good thing. It sounds kinda squishy.

Last night I was watching an audition episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" that I had taped. Every time someone made it to Vegas, I had to hold back tears. Ok, it was less like holding back tears and more like choking back sobs. If you're a man, be happy. PMS is a scary, scary thing, and not just for the men who say the wrong thing during it.

I have paperwork all over my desk and I found this little red bug on one of them. Now I feel itchy and like bugs are running up and down my legs. I'm sure it's just a figment of my imagination, but it's still a freaky feeling.

I know this is late, but I want to congratulate my friends Shannon and Scott, as Shannon gave birth to their twin sons, Cooper and Brayden on Thursday, May 29th. Shan had to have a c-section about a month early, but the boys and mom are now home and doing well. Cooper was 5lbs, 3oz, while Brayden was 4lbs, 6oz. Congratulations and best of luck (even though they'll be Yankee fans)!!!

I've been very busy lately (both in and out of work) so I apologize for my lack of blogging. I shouldn't have posted so often, now I feel as if I've set lofty goals! Let me see if I can hit some important stuff before I go back to doing what I should be doing:

Ewww... I wish I could say more, but I can't.. Oh wait.. I can.. thank GOD it's through artificial insemination cause if it was real sex.... I shudder at the thought. That, and this woman is a record producer and the only person she could think of to inseminate her is Clay Aiken?! Oh honey no...

Apparently Angelina's twins are still in her belly, although reports have been insanely conflicting over the last few days.

Yowser... Not a total Betty, but a VAST improvement.

Wednesday night I went to dinner with J's brother, sister in law, sister, brother in law and niece at Smokey Bones in Albany. I wasn't a big fan of Smokey Bones (they kinda didn't make my burger or something to that effect) but I was fully entertained by J's niece. The kid dances like it's nobody's business.... or a stripper. I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Granted, it's way cuter when a kid shimmies her shoulders than a woman of a certain age.

Friday night, J's sister held a Bachelor/Bachelorette auction at Bombers Burrito Bar as a fundraiser for Relay for Life. Oh... My... God.. I don't know if I've ever laughed so hard in my entire life. It was slow goings at first, but once people got the load on, the money flowed! J battled hard and won his sister's friend for the bargain basement price of $210, which (believe it or not) was not the highest bid that night! I believe they raised almost $3,000 and it was such a great, drunken time.

J and I watched 3:10 to Yuma on Saturday night and that was a really good movie. I don't particularly like westerns, but it looked really interesting so I figured I"d give it a shot. Well, that and Christian Bale was in it. I mean, I saw The Machinist for God's sake and he looked like he was on death's door in that one! Anyway, it moves along pretty well and there are lots of faces you kinda recognize, but can't place, which I always like in movies. I like having to IMDB until the lightbulb goes off ;).

Sunday night I went to see Sex and the City with some friends. It was really good! I don't know what I expected, but it was one of those movies where I never once looked at my watch, even though it was 2 hours and 15 minutes long. You CAN go see it even if you didn't watch the show (there were little synopses of everyone's storyline at the beginning) but it's better if you know background and the inside jokes. I won't spoil it for anyone, but I will say there were plenty of ups and downs throughout. That, and I don't recall ever seeing the little movie theater in Hudson that packed... especially on a Sunday night. A friend of mine waited in line for an hour and a half to see it on Friday night, which is so not normal! She saw it again with her mom Sunday night so it must have been worth it. Now I just have to pick a night to go with my mom!

I have more to say, but no time. I'll try to keep up if you will...

Is it bad that I was happy the Universal Studios fire was in California? Cause I don't know if I could go to Universal in Orlando and be without the King Kong ride...

Best News Ever....

Why is it that when someone says to you "have you lost weight?" you initially react happy and say "Why yes I have. Thank you!" Then you think "Oh god.. was I that much of a cow? Am I still?" Your self esteem really just can't win.

Yesterday, I texted one of my best friends from college and told her I was making ghetto mac and cheese. She instantly knew that meant I had no milk, so I was using water instead. Gross? No way... RESOURCEFUL! That's how you know who your friends are - they know the weirdest things about you.

PS - O's beat the Yanks in extra innings after an hour long rain delay. I bet that really chapped Joe Girardi's ass after he begged to have the rain delay start while the Yanks were still up. Sorry Joe - you're playing in Baltimore, not NYC!!! Let's pray for a sweep, although I'd rather they kick this much ass against Boston cause believe it or not, Boston fans are becoming more annoying than Yankee fans.. which is impressive since I live in NY! Let's go O's!!!

Yep.. this is the elusive J, but if you say you saw his picture here, I'll deny it forever! And yes.. I hate the goatee :). This was a picture of us at his niece's birthday party last weekend. He HATES having his picture taken, so I don't really know how it happened and how he actually smiled for the camera.

As much as I enjoy long weekends, they sure do lead to long weeks, don't they?

I had a ball game Friday night (we won) and afterwards, our team went back to Jackson's in Old Chatham, which is our home bar. Anyway, if you don't know the area, Old Chatham is in the middle of nowhere, as is the bar. As I walked into the bar, I noticed an older man sitting at a table by the bar. The more I looked (subtly of course, even though I was probably on my fourth beer on an empty stomach), I realized he looks JUST like my advisor at Castleton State. I couldn't resist going up to him to find out if it really was him... AND IT WAS! Seriously! How small a world is it!? I was too preoccupied with hoping he didn't ask me what I was doing job-wise (he was a marketing professor and with his "guidance" I graduated from CSC with my B.S. in Marketing) to bother asking him why he was there in the first place? I mean, it's not like we were in Albany or anything. It was very surreal.

J ended up having to play in our ball game for a short while on Friday night, as we were a little lacking in the guy department. I was a little concerned. The people that run our team wanted him to play centerfield but I quickly nixed that, as J has no depth perception whatsover! He played right field instead, which I thought was a better fit! Anyway, I know he can hit, so that wasn't much of a concern. He only got two balls hit to him all night and he almost had a good play at first on the first one. The second one: different story. I was catching the ball got hit out to J. Well, there was a guy rounding third and I knew J was going to be coming up throwing which, ordinarily, would be fine. However, the sun was completely blocking my view and I never saw the ball until it was over my head. J does have a good arm and thankfully he overthrew the ball something fierce! A few runs came in and I know he was embarassed, but it didn't really affect the outcome, as we still won by a decent margin. He's still talking about the throw though. I guess if I could throw it that far, I would be too..

After going out on Friday night, J and I spent the day lounging on the couch, watching baseball and softball ALL day long. Seriously.. ALL DAY LONG, minus an hour and a half where J slept and I watched Johnny Dangerously. It was kinda funny and entertaining. I mean, how do you not love Joe Piscopo and fake NY accents? Anyway, after I finally dragged myself to the shower, we went to dinner and the movies, where we saw the new Indiana Jones movie. Let me just say, it's no Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's got funny parts for sure. I can't say I didn't enjoy it, but I just expected more. For a George Lucas movie, the special effects just didn't seem as good as I thought they would be! That and (spoiler alert) the crazy Roswell subplot did NOT leave me wanting more.. just a touch confused.

Tre and I watched American Gangster last night. When we went to the video store, I asked Tre how long it was. She said 1 hour and 53 minutes. About 2 hours into the movie, I realized the movie was 153 minutes, NOT an hour and 53 minutes. Regardless, I really liked the movie. I think I just have a thing for mean Denzel....

O's beat the Yanks yesterday and right now it's pretty much a home run derby. It's the top of the 6th, with the score tied 8-8. The balls are literally flying out of the park, it's crazy!

I have sucked Tre into the "Lost Footage" of the Real Housewives of New York City. I'm such a bad influence on her.

I think I'm going to the Bahamas in October! One of the couples on my softball team is going on a 4 day (long weekend) cruise and they booked a couple cabins. Well, Tre and I (admittedly, while drunk) asked them for the information and I think we're going to go! I'm so excited, especially because the price is relatively cheap. I mean, I already have the money in my savings, so really all I need to do is save up some more money for the bar bill.

I heard a rumor today that a Planet Fitness is going into the old Grand Union building in Valatie. That would be really awesome, except I'd hate to lose the price I pay at the gym I'm at now. Then again, it'd be so worth it to go to another gym if it's open 24/7 like I think they are. That, and for a few extra bucks a month, you can tan. What more could you ask for?

Speaking of fitness, after my two mile run today I ate an entire box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese... by myself.... in one sitting... with two hot dogs. I really need help. At least they were lite hot dogs.

I woke up today, thinking it was Friday. That really isn't the way you want to start your day.

However, J brought me a breakfast sandwich from The Coffee Bean, which was phenomenal. He only had to work a few hours today (he'll pay for it by working a few hours tomorrow) so I got breakfast. Yum!

Karma really is a bitch, and I knew I'd jinxed myself the minute I mentioned it on the blog, but what can I say? It's like being a proud parent..

This isn't going to be enough, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.

I FORCED myself to stay up to watch Top Chef, and I'm glad I did. FINALLY, Dale got the boot! It was definitely between him and Lisa (who's been in the bottom often and didn't put out one good dish during restaurant wars) but Dale, as executive chef, should have had more leadership and put out better dishes than he did. While I wanted him to go, I was still surprised that it was him and not Lisa that was ousted. I was also surprised to see him crying in his exit interview. I mean.. I've seen him be emotional, but in a dickheaded type of way... never REAL emotion... very surreal.. Anyway, the final five are Antonia (I'm rooting for her), Richard, Stephanie, Spike and Lisa. We'll find out next week who makes it to the Final Four!

I don't watch Idol, but in the episodes I caught, I really enjoyed David Cook so I'm glad he was named the winner. I think he'll sell more albums than that Archuleta kid, although he is also very talented. How much egg did the judges have on their face though, since the night before they'd basically declared David Archuleta the winner?! I wonder if he got a spanking from his overbearing father? Poor kid...

Is this the slowest week ever, or what?

I got a bit ahead of myself in yesterday's post by saying the O's were facing the Yanks, then the Sox this week. That's next week. This week it's the Yanks and the Rays and they got off to a great start last night by shellacking the Yanks 12-2... and not letting Mussina get out of the first inning. I'm pretty sure that would be one of the worst starts of his career.. or for his sake, I hope it was! That's all I'm going to say, as I've been an O's fan long enough to know the tide can turn pretty damn quickly!

Why do people who are on vacation always want to tell you how great it is where they are? My parents are in Myrtle Beach and my mom keeps calling to make sure the weather up here isn't better than the weather there. Yeah.. it's not, which means it was a great week for them to go on vacation, but still makes me a little bitter!

In a not so shocker, Kristi Yamaguchi took home the mirrorball trophy on Dancing with the Stars and has been touted as the best contestant ever! That statement, of course, has started the rumor that there'll soon be an all star season of DWTS. I'm not sure how I feel about it, as most "all star" contestants have already made their great leaps and bounds. It's not as much fun if you already know how far they've come.

J surprise me last night by kinda making plans, and we went here for dinner. We had heard about it a while ago, but since J's roommate is home, I don't really spend all that much time there (he kinda screws up my morning routine) during the week. Well, J is watching his brother's dogs (which is a whole 'nother story) so we went there for dinner then came home to watch a movie. We watched Shoot 'Em Up, which was.. interesting. I'll be honest.. it wasn't my first choice and I was more interested in watching the O's - Yanks game, so I chose it because it was the shortest of the ones J wanted to watch. Anyway, he had to work at 4 so we were in bed around 10. After my non sleeping Saturday night there, I was so happy to take my Ambien and pray it worked. It did.. It was like the dogs weren't even there. It wasn't the best night of sleep I've had, but better than I expected.

My sister had to wear pants to the gym tonight because she accidentally wore two different sneakers to the gym. She made me promise not to laugh, but I couldn't help it. Speaking of my sister, I got a call on my cell phone from a boy.... for her. I told her that if she gets drunk and gives out a fake number, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT MINE!!!

If there's one thing in the world I hate, it's condescending people. I had to call this government office today because they sent back a document we sent them. The reason they sent it back was ridiculous, as the information they're looking for is already in the document. Anyway, the woman I get on the phone is instantly bitchy and then talks to me like I'm a five year old. When I explain to her that the information wants is already in there, she continues to tell me how I can make it more.... obvious. It probably didn't help when I said "so, basically you want me to do your job for you, right?" Oops.. Yeah... I hate condescending people.

I'm getting a 401K... I'm all grown up :)

This theory was mentioned on both The Big Bang Theory and Bones season finales. I watched BBT first and found the concept interesting, but when they mentioned it the same night on Bones, I wondered if there had been a crossover in writers... but I'm pretty sure it was just a coincidence.

So one is officially a shotgun wedding, the other... we're not quite sure yet.. but hey.. ya gotta love love, right?

That's the best I can do.... it's getting late, I'm getting tired, and I need to finish watching A Home at the End of the the World. I should never force myself to watch a movie, just so I can say I watched it.. I never end up paying close enough attention or even enjoying it, which is so unlike me. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed your hump day and the week goes by quicker than mine has so far.

I had great intentions. I turned the computer on last night (which takes forever) and even was sitting on the blogger site to type.. Then things got in the way. I had every intention of posting first thing this morning but when I got to work, the internet was down. It just came back up, but it's not going to give me enough "alone" time to do what I have to do so I apologize for being a terrible TERRIBLE blog slacker.

Quickly: Whitney won America's Next Top Model, which made me so happy.. I even let out a little shriek when she won, much like she did. It's about time a big girl (big as in size 6, not 2) took the crown.

My favorite freak of nature, Andrew, was ousted from Top Chef this week. I hated to admit that it really was his time to go, but I liked his outrageousness and the fact that he REALLY thought he was the best. Sushi? As a filling lunch for cops? Nutritious, yes? Filling? Hell no! Granted, Lisa KINDA threw him under the bus, but the judges already knew he was there. Unfortunately for him, the Judges are kind of sticklers for that "following the rules" thing..

Talk about stealing thunder: Andy proposed to Angela on the season finale of The Office, before Jim could get through his own elaborate plan of proposing to Pam.. WTF? Best ending ever though, when someone (I think it was Phyllis) walks in on Angela and Dwight getting it on in the office after said proposal.

O's swept the Sox in a two game set last week and took two of three from the Nats at Camden Yards this past weekend. It's a tough week as we start a series against the Yanks tonight, and the Sox again later this week.

The weekend was full of children's birthday parties and baby showers, all of which were way less painful than I had originally anticipated. No offense, but I'm a little "kidded" out..

Kathy Griffin and her man, one of the co-founders of Apple, have broken up. Apparently that happened when his secretary called Kathy to tell her he was already married. I feel bad for her, but I can't wait for the jokes at his expense when she comes to town on the 20th of June!

I was transfixed by this informercial the other day, and I'm still shocked I didn't buy it (yet). I mean.. if Tony Dovolani says it works, it must!

Dancing with the Stars was basically a Kristi lovefest last night, so it's highly possible that she'll win, although I hated her freestyle for some reason. She's amazing, and I feel bad for the guys cause while they ARE doing well, they are just not at the same level as she is. We will find out tonight who takes home the coveted mirrorball trophy!

I have no intentions of doing so, but I'm so afraid I'm going to get sucked into Living Lohan and Denise Richards new reality show on E! I have reality show issues.. I know.. Damn you E!!! You're starting to be my new Bravo!!

I don't know if anyone has ever seen American Anthem, but it is the BEST gymnastics movie ever made. Oh yeah.. I said it. I sure do wish I had it on DVD, but I'm afraid I haven't seen it in years as I only have it on VHS and it's taped off FX. Nice thing is, there's a commercial with Cal Ripken in it during the programming. Anyway, let's just say Mitch Gaylord has aged well and that is just one more reason to love him.

That's all I can get out for now.. I'll keep trying if you keep reading...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHELL!!!! Today is my babysitter (obviously not now, but when I was a kid) and friend Shell's birthday. I'll respect her age and not tell everyone what it is, but I wanted to wish her a very happy birthday since she is one of the blog's faithful readers!!

Ever hear a song and you don't know why, but you have to sing it at the top of your lungs? That happened to me on the way to work this morning. The song: The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia (the Reba McEntire version). I felt the strange need to belt it out while in my car this morning. I was slightly ashamed of myself, but proud that I knew all the words... Weird..

J forced me to watch Real Genius last night. I say forced because there were a million other movies I would rather have watched, but I was pleasantly surprised. GREAT 80's soundtrack and a comical Val Kilmer. Near the end I started to doze off, but I was still happy with it and surprised I've never seen it before. Funniest thing was, the guy who played Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite had a role in the movie. I mean.. it's 23 years old, who knew he was in the business that long?

The O's defeated the Red Sox 5-4 last night. I know nothing more about the game, but isn't the a winning score enough these days? Oh wait.. I did read something about Melvin Mora hurting himself in the pregame warmup, but I haven't found out anything specific. Who cares? (not about Melvin of course.. I sure do!) At least we won!!!

I have got to stop eating. I've realized I've been stuffing my face lately and it's not a good thing. My sister is doing this Isagenix diet, which I am considering doing. It's similar to the Medifast thing I did, but you can eat organic food so it's a little less limiting. You only eat shakes and you cleanse your body a few times during it. Tre is doing the 30 day but a lot of our friends are doing the 9 day. There's more cleansing involved, but if you're looking for a quick drop of pounds, it's a good thing. I'm thinking about the 9 day myself. 30 days is a VERY long time!! We'll see how she does on it, then I'll make my decision. As usual, it's not cheap so it's something you really have to think long and hard about. I should just suck it up and do it, but it's summer and lots of things are going on, giving me MANY excuses to put it off!

Speaking of summer, it's f'n gorgeous outside! I can't wait to get out of here. I'm heading to my cousin's modified softball game, then my own ball game. Tre is having her team over at the house for a bbq so I'm not all that upset that I'm not going to be there. However, tonight is the season finale of America's Next Top Model and somehow I'm going to have to watch it when I get home or else I'll just learn about the winner on the internet, which I totally want to avoid. Seriously, what was the world like without the internet and DVR?

Time for me to put my nose to the grindstone... Remember.. it's hump day, so do your thing if you get the opportunity..

I'll get to the good stuff (Ya know... TV and celebrity gossip) but first I have a dilemma: I really like my job. I really like my boss and my co-workers. However, I'm not 100% sure my boss needs me as much as she initially thought, hence, I'm a touch bored at times. Other times.. way more than a touch. I'm not actively looking for a job, beyond sending back in the recruitment letters sent to me by the State (none of which have yielded any fruit as of yet). So, I've been here a year and it's time for me to decide if I want to get into the office retirement plan. I have NOTHING as far as retirement goes, so I know it's something I need to do, but I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I mean.. I could be here two months, two years, who knows? So I guess it's not really an issue as I should probably just sign up and continue to hide my lust for state employment, yet I feel guilty about doing so. I know I don't go to church, but damn I've got that catholic guilt thing going on like it's nobody's business! If anyone has any advice, I'll gladly take it, even though it looks like I've already talked myself into my decision!

The Hills - anticlimactic. I could have figured it all out (although I was slightly surprised at Heidi f'ing up her job to go back to LA with Spencer) just from the commercials, but I expected more. That and I thought it was an hour long show. The half hour just didn't do it for me. I think new episodes will be coming in August, so this is NOT the end of the show (yay!)

Dancing with the Stars - I forgot to vote today, but I'm pretty sure Marisa Jaret Winokur will get the boot. She's done well, but her dances were just not up to the caliber of the other competitors. Side note: There was a guy in A Chorus Line that could have been the twin brother of her partner, Tony Dovolani.... and that is a GOOD thing if you know what I'm saying. Anyway, next week is the final and then we'll see if Kristi proves to be the front runner she was all season (ya know.. if she doesn't unexpectedly see the red light tonight).

Reaper has been renewed by the CW, but there's still no word on whether ABC will renew October Road - at least not for the Fall :(. That can't happen. I NEED to know who Sam's real father is, even though I think it's Eddie Latekka... As far as Reaper goes, the show has really been great lately, I just wish they'd pick a night! The CW keeps switching it from Tuesday to Thursday (which is where it looks to be going) which really sucks cause I do NOT have the DVR space to tape that, Grey's Anatomy AND The Office... whatever will I do!?

I have to admit, this brought a smile to my face and fond memories of Madame Trash Heap.

I watched How I Met Your Mother last night and if I thought I could fit into any of Lilly's clothes, I'd check out Marshall and Lilly's auction (if you check out this site, be prepared.. there's lots of traffic so it takes a while to load). Last night was Britney Spears' second appearance on the show and I really hope they don't bring her back for a third appearance, even though they left the door open to do so. It's just not worth it..

Happy Birthday to my friend Jess over in Mass... I'm looking forward to heading her way in July for a girlie weekend on the beach (and yes.. we had to plan it in January just to make the effort to get more than two girls to go.. pathetic).

Wow...

Seriously... how beautiful is her dress?

Ok.. that's it for today. I have to run and watch Real Genius.... and pray J stays up past 9:00.. He FINALLY gets to sleep in and work at 6 so I might not have to take my Ambien at 8:30 to keep up with him. Enjoy your Tuesday night!

I forgot all about it: The Trivia Night went really well on Thursday night. My sister had five people, so that left me out. Therefore, J and I formed our own team. We were in third place until the final, when we wagered all our points, as did most of the other teams. Only ONE team didn't, and of course, they won, even though everyone got hte last quesiton wrong. The nice thing was because of that, the money that was supposed to go to the second and third place teams went back to charity. The food was great, and I won three prizes! They were all off of J's strand of tickets, but he doesn't need to know that, even though he's insisting that was the case. After that, he and I went to the Elks Club to hang out with some of his friends and continued our streak of great trivia on the "crack machine" there. We were out way later than I wanted to be, but if I hadn't been out that late I would not have seen Huey Lewis on Jay Leno, so it worked out.

Friday night was pretty uneventful: J and I just went to dinner with my sister and a few of our friends and had a few drinks. I had a lot to do on Saturday so I didn't want to be out too late. However, J accompanied me to Shop-Rite on our way home from the Val-Kin and I was pretty surprised at the looks we got. Like people don't shop at 11:30 on a Friday!? I had to get stuff for my candle party, and Hudson is a mess on Saturdays so I wanted to make sure it was already done. The candle party was a success, which is great because I really didn't expect much. I had sent invites out to like.. 50 people and not only did I get like.. 1o people (including my family) but lots of people didn't even bother to RSVP. I mean.. come on.. it's the polite thing to do! My friend Stephanie was the consultant and it looks like I'll be getting quite a bit of free stuff. I only did it as a favor to her, but it worked out really well for me. After the party I was kind of tired, so I basically caught up on the stuff I DVR'd last week and went to bed kinda early. I could have gone to a party with J at his Aunt and Uncle's, but there was a bit of a misunderstanding about that and I really didn't feel well enough to go anyway. I was sure I had a fever, but one never surfaced.

Sunday morning, my friend Jen and I went up to Albany to sub on a softball team. It turned out to be fun, even though we lost and it was my first time with shin guards on while catching. I don't like them, but I guess I'd rather be uncomfortable for an hour and a half rather than breaking my knee or something. We then celebrated Mother's Day by heading to my parent's house for dinner. I ended the night FINALLY watching The United States of Leland, which was an interesting and kind of good movie. Lots of known stars in it also.

Nikki's jig is up on Top Chef. It was only a matter of time (as I'm sure I've mentioned before) but she really shot herself in the foot by not taking responsibility on her team. Granted, I wanted to see Dale go, just because he's a big honking asshole, but she really deserved it. The team chose to do Italian food, which because she's Italian is apparently her specialty, but she can't pull it off! She's made homemade pasta three times but never pulls it off. She's just gotten lucky that someone else was always worse than her. Next week looks to be a doozy, as there's backstabbing aplenty!

I know there's probably lots of celeb news, but it might have to wait until tomorrow. I have two shows taping and two to watch (Big Ban Theory and How I Met Your Mother) so I've gotta wrap this up so I can do so. I know.. priorities. .Lots of good TV on tonight, including the finale of The Hills. Ok.. so maybe it's not GOOD TV.. but I adore it! I'll try to catch up tomorrow...

Well.. the O's are no longer in first (or second) but we're still above .500. That's something! Better stay that way too, if Melvin Mora wants to keep feeding his kids!

I don't have much time so I'll try to sum it up as quickly and easily as possible...

A Chorus Line was PHENOMENAL! I swear, I teared up like three times, but I basically held it together. I can't help it. It's my favorite show and I never ever thought I'd get the chance to see it on Broadway and now I have. My mom had a really good time, blisters and all. We didn't have much time to walk around but we got to see Times Square and what we thought was a commercial shooting in Bryant Park. We had a great (and cheap) lunch at Simply Pasta (check it out if you're up and around 42nd Street) and then caught the show. Didn't see any famous people, but it was sooooo worth it. Mario Lopez was actually quite good, and he ended up walking up and down my aisle through the whole show. If I had leapt over the women sitting next to mom and I, I could have touched him. The woman that played Cassie didn't thrill me, but she's won a Tony so who am I to judge? My mom insisted she's never going ot the city with me again, because every single black man that passed us, looked at my ass. What can I say? They LOVE the junk in the trunk and I thank them for their appreciation! It was a long, tiring day but it was a really good time. Don't know how I'll top it next year. I think since I spearheaded this Mother's Day, Tre is in charge next year.

Tuesday night was my first night with Ambien and it was a doozy! I crashed out quickly and HARD.. I was not awake for this (or I don't remember it) but I usually set my alarm for J and let it go twice before I heave him out of bed. Apparently it went off once and I violently shut it off. All I remember is hearing his cell phone alarm (which is his last line of defense) and that's it. I don't remember him getting up, I don't remember him leaving or anything. He actually called me when he got out of work to make sure I woke up. Let me tell you something, if I can sleep like that, sign me up for the Ambien Train! Therefore, I was really looking forward to taking it last night. I was already tired, so I figured I'd crash pretty hard again. Not so much. I woke up a little after 2:00 and while I did go back to sleep, I thought the point was that I wouldn't wake up. I don't know.. I guess I need to give it some more time before I make a decision on it, but if the first night was any indication, I might just be in love..

Tonight is the American Cancer Society Trivia Night I've been talking about for the last week. However, I've spent so much time trying to recruit people to go, that I neglected to find a team for myself. Neither J nor I have anyone to play with, so we might just have to make our own team. We shall see what happens. Regardless, I'm looking forward to a fun night of trivia with my friends for a good cause. Remember, all are welcome, whether you want to play trivia or not.

I did manage to watch America's Next Top Model, which left the final three as Anya, Fatima and Whitney. Anya gets on my nerves and I doubt she'll make the fina cause she'll never be able to talk her way through a Cover Girl commercial. Fatima might win, but I really haven't liked her from the get to and I kinda want Whitney to win for all the fatties. Plus, I've liked her the best. Anyway, the finale is next week and then there'll be one less show for my DVR to tape. But then So You Think You Can Dance will start and shoot it all to hell.. Woo hoo!!!!

My day of leisure has been cut short, so I've got to get some work done and make the day go by. Hope to get back with some more information tomorrow so enjoy your Thursday!

Last night I went to Savannah's, which is the new home of my friends Sue and Pete. I say "new home" but I mean new business venture, as they're part owners. It's located at 1 South Pearl Street in Albany, where they have great food and awesome bands (usually Thursday - Saturday). Therefore, don't be surprised if that's where I want to go when we're out in Albany. Gotta bring people in to patronize the friends, don't you think? Check it out if you're in the area.

It's dead at work this week and I've been a MAJOR slacker today so I'm trying to get as much into this post as I can in a very short amount of time:

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are engaged.. I kinda liked him with Alanis Morissette, who is basically the anti-Scarlett... Interesting, don'tcha think? That, and last week they were publicly fighting on the streets of Boston. I love Hollywood..

Angela Kinsey (Angela on The Office) had her baby on Saturday. Now next season she won't have to keep hiding behind countertops and pocketbooks. Congratulations!!!

Here's another one for fans of The Office.

There could be a sequel to Anchorman in the works. I LOVE Anchorman, but it's rare that the sequel ever compares... that scares me. Then again, I thought the movie was dumb the first time I saw it, and now I LOVE it.. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

J and I are going to see Iron Man tonight, which I'm actually looking forward to it, even though it's NOT a biography of Cal Ripken... (like I could let that one slide.. give me a break). The movie has already made a ridiculous amount of money and apparently it's fun for boys AND girls.. I'll be the judge of that! I admit, when I first heard about it, I told J that was one he'd need to see with his buddies. However, I saw the trailers and was instantly intrigued. That, and I just love it when Robert Downey Jr is all sarcastic and snarky..

Don't go looking for a post tomorrow cause I'll be in NYC with my mom! As I've mentioned, I'm taking her to the city to see A Chorus Line on Broadway, which really, is just as much a present for me as it is for her. Mario Lopez is in it and if he skips the performance to stay in LA a little longer for the 100th DWTS show, I might seriously hunt him down and make him apologize to my mom. That's not out of line, is it?

Speaking of DWTS - Cristian seriously rocked out with his cock out.. Not literally, but good lord the man should have danced with one arm for the whole show. He's sitting atop the leaderboard after impressing on both his dances! Kristi and Jason both took hits on their second dances, but it's more than likely still going to be a toss up between Mario and Marisa. At this point, I don't really care which of them goes although we all know how I feel about Karina.. and if Mario Lopez doesn't show up tomorrow, it'll give me just one more reason to hate her. And oh yeah.. I want to be Edyta Sliwinska when I grow up.. who do I have to get in touch with to make that happen? Apparently today is her b'day, so Happy Birthday to Edyta!!!

I've slacked off more than normal today, so I need to get a move on. Enjoy your night and I'll be back on Thursday with some movie and musical reviews! Happy Early Hump Day!

Yeah... I have stories..

Friday night, J and I went to dinner, then to his brother's house to play Rock Band, as per usual. I don't know if I've ever really mentioned it, but J does NOT do PDA. If I can get him to acknowledge we're a couple in public, it's a big deal. He's not a douchebag about it and I'm not saying I want you to make out with me in the aisle at Target, but a little something-something never killed anyone. Anyway, as I was playing the game, he actually kissed me... in front of people.. His brother actually dropped his drumsticks and said "Wow.. I've never seen you kiss her before." My response was "I'm just as shocked as you are!" So now that he made a big deal out of it you KNOW it's not going to happen again! Oh well, it was good while it lasted ;).

We'd been playing Rockband for quite some time (and drinking quite a bit - beer for me, Gentleman Jack for J) when J disappears. His friend and I went looking for him and I catch him coming out of the bathroom. His friend leaves and J kisses me (remember kids.. no on else was around) and I asked him if he was ok and where he had been. He then proceeds to tell me, he was throwing up. Ewwwww. I'm mortified and want to puke myself because I just kissed him. He then asks me if I could tell he'd been puking and I have to admit, I couldn't. He tells me this is because he knew I would want to kiss him (arrogant SOB) so he rinsed his mouth out with hand soap he found in the bathroom. He was so incredibly proud that he thought of it and kept telling me how he'd never done that for anyone else before. Oh yeah.. that's my boyfriend. Can you feel the love?

Saturday night, Tre and I hit Meadowgreens for the Kentucky Derby and the 80's Dance Party. We had a great time and I danced my tooshie off to a few 80's faves. Maureen danced with me and proceeded to tell me an amusing story including bodyguards and Little Debbie Snack Cakes (let's just say if you want to be "taken care of," offer up some Fudge Rounds). It got to be around 11:00 and Tre had done one too many Jager Bomb shots so I decided it was time to go. I called my mom and she picked us up shortly after. It was nice to get home kinda early since we had a ball game this morning. Let me just say, it was NOT easy to get Tre out of bed for the game! Good thing I did though, as she was our fourth girl. Anyway, we won our first game of the year and then hung out afterwards, as the weather got progressively nicer. When softball starts, it always reminds me how much fun I have with my team. So, here I am, sitting on my couch, catching up on my shows from the past week, doing my laundry and hoping my thighs stop burning. When softball starts I also forget how much catching makes my muscles sore!

News from the doctor is this: He prescribed me Ambien.. He thinks my laundry list of problems might stem from my lack of sleep. It's not that I don't sleep.. I do. I just wake up a lot during the night and I honestly never thought of that making me tired, since I rarely end up staying awake for more than a few minutes. Then last night, I woke up four times and it made me wonder. So, I'm going to fill the prescription and see what happens. If that doesn't help me, we'll do bloodwork to see if anything is wrong with my thyroid, iron and/or B12 levels. Only time (and some drugs) will tell.

Last night Tre and I went to Joe's for their wing night. They do $.25 wings, but we decided to order off their wing menu and I got butter and garlic parmesan wings. OMG they were sooooo good! Well worth the not $.25 price, that's for sure. I never go to Joe's, even though it's right down the street from my house. I guess you might say I'm not always sure what kind of crowd it will be. Well, last night people came out of the woodwork! I saw a guy that used to go to my gym, who I hadn't seen in at least a year.. He showed me a picture of his baby so I guess he's been busy. Then, I ran into another guy, whose Grandmother lives down the street from me. He went to one of the neighboring high schools and I was in complete love with him when I was younger. He lived in California for a while, but now he's back in town. So, we chatted for a bit and as we left he told me that I looked good. Um.. Yeah thanks! I've only been waiting to hear THAT for 20 years... ;) Still looks good though, I'll tell you that. Amazingly, I was able to hide the drool pouring out of my mouth, so that was a plus.

Busy weekend on tap.. tonight J and I are going to dinner to celebrate my first real Friday that I don't have to bowl (and am not busy). After that, we're headed to his brother's house to play Rock Band and Mario Kart. Who ever thought I'd spend a Friday night playing video games? I sure as hell didn't? At least there's beer involved. Saturday is the Kentucky Derby so I'll be shuffling between a friend's party and my cousin's table at Meadowgreens. Can't get too drunk though, as we have our first ball game on Sunday morning (unless the rain comes in). If it doesn't, my other cousin's son has his first communion, so regardless, things are going on! Somewhere in there I'd like to do my laundry and head to the mall to get some makeup. I've been using Bare Minerals for a year or so, and it's just gotten to the point where I think it irritates my skin. I have really sensitive, dry skin as it is and I don't think putting powder on it is helping. That, and it doesn't cover as well as I need it to sometimes. My face gets VERY red and if I cover it up, it looks like I'm wearing a Kabuki mask. Not attractive. Anyway, my mom had a sample of some liquid makeup from Lancome and when I put it on today, my whole face felt better. So, I'd like to run to the mall and see if I can find one that's right for me, but it doesn't look like I'll have enough free time for that. Maybe some day next week instead.

As much as I enjoyed listening to him (as we all know, I'm a sucker for a man with an accent) it was Mark's turn to leave on Top Chef. His vegetable curry and his real thought that Chef Tom Collichio didn't like him, turned off the judges and sent him packing. However, Lisa's dismal attitude and underseasoned chicken put her in the bottom, along with Stephanie, who was there for the second week in a row. The big winner was Antonia, who not only aced the quickfire, but also won the week's challenge. Previews for next week included "wedding wars" where the chefs look dead on their feet, as they have to cook for 14 hours. Fatigue and food do NOT go well together so I'm sure there'll be plenty of blow ups. Woo hoo!

My new fave (after Claire got the boot) Katarzyna was let go from ANTM because of her lack of personality. If I were her, I would have left the room and yelled to Tyra the correct way to say my name, cause Tyra butchered that shit all season, no matter how many times Kat tried to tell Tyra the correct pronunciation. 4 girls remain...

Addison came back and I laughed my ass off for the whole episode of Grey's Anatomy.. Ok.. maybe not the WHOLE episode. After all, it's a hospital drama so people die and such, but there were some funny exchanges between Izzie and George, and Addison bought up some interesting observations while she was back at Seattle Grace. So the real question is, did Hahn turn down McSteamy because he's a douche or because she'd rather get it on with Callie? Stay tuned!

Enjoy your weekend and bet wisely!!!

One month in and we're ahead of the Yankees.. I know it's too good to last, but I'm content with it for now..

So, I've decided to turn over a new leaf since today is the first day of May.... NO MORE TITLES.. I spend more time trying to think of a title than I do posting, so hopefully it's a good leaf to turn over.

Today was the first day in my entire life that I put over $40 in gas in my car. Good lord I miss the days when I was in college - $.99 a gallon. Wow.. I think I just aged 40 years by making that statement.. Next thing you know I'll be telling my friends kids how I used to have to walk to school uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.

I'm only working a half day today (yay) because I have a doctor's appointment. Hopefully he'll address the multitude of problems I've been having lately, including (but not limited to) headaches, extreme fatigue and a bloodshot eye. I'll be shocked if I don't have prescriptions for a cat scan and bloodwork by the time I leave.

I beat Guitar Hero on the easy level last night however, I'm not quite sure I'm ready to move on to Medium. They add another note (finger) and more notes. Problem is, I have REALLY small hands (not like a carnie or anything, but pretty small) so it's really hard for me to move my fingers over to reach the new note. Guess that just means more practice!

I hope to have a night at home tonight, so I'll try to find more stuff to post later. I know, I've been saying that for days, but my nights have kind of gotten away from me lately (hence the fatigue).

Words of advice: Wait for Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay to come out on DVD.. it's not as good as the first one and I saw way too much penis and vag than I needed.. Two words: bottomless party..

If you don't love Reaper already

This should give you yet another good reason..

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 ;)