Not much time left for me.. I’m a short-timer here today, and I’m loving every minute of it! I’ve been pretty busy and have only now found some real downtime in which to make it look like I’m working and blog at the same time. It’s a gift people.. not everyone has it. Anyway, here’s the haps for the day:
It seems Angelina Jolie has gone through the motions of adopting a baby from Vietnam. She and Brad Pitt were there back around Thanksgiving and they toured quite a few orphanages during their stay. I give her a lot of credit for doing it, as adoption seems like it would be a lot of work. I just find it interesting that two people with such huge careers find the time to have four children! I know people who work part-time or stay at home and still are unable to pull shit together. Then again, they don’t have the money and help the stars have. Anyway, congratulations to the new Jolie-Pitt child. You are one of the four luckiest kids in the world (so far).
Peyton Manning is hosting Saturday Night Live on March 24th, his 31st birthday. I love me some Peyton Manning, but I can only imagine what train wreck this will be. I really don’t like it when people who aren’t actors host, as it’s obvious they’re looking at cue cards and they usually suck. However, I do enjoy Peyton in his television commercials, so maybe he’ll prove me wrong and have some slight acting chops. Guess we’ll have to wait and see, but I can certainly think of worse ways to ring in your birthday!
John Ratzenberger, best known for playing Cliff Claven on Cheers, will be replacing Vincent Pastore on Dancing with the Stars. It seems Cliff might actually be a decent enough hoofer and I hope he is, as he only has two weeks to prepare for the first show. He will inherit Pastore’s mentor, Edyta Sliwinska, who I believe was paired with Joey Lawrence last season. That can’t hurt! He could get the sympathy vote from the older generation as the young kids won’t have a clue who he is! Now, I’m intrigued. I would love to see Cliff Claven twirling around the dance floor, mopping it up with Ian Ziering and Joey Fatone. Wouldn’t that be amazing!?
Now, I don’t watch Nashville Star but I found this story to be interesting.
I’m not even going to touch the Katherine Heigl contract negotiations, mainly because it seems like she’s contractually obligated to the show for quite some time so there isn’t much to say except, ooh.. that girl is PISSED!!!
I finished the book “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks at lunch today. I usually don’t read the weepy page turners, but I like the movie “A Walk to Remember” and everyone says Sparks is a great writer. I have to admit, I really liked the book. It was an interesting story in this time of war, mainly about love and loss and I recommend it, even if it’s not the kind of book you would usually read. I went online and ordered “My Friend Leonard” by James Frey and the book “Vengeance,” which tells the story of the terrorists from the Munich Olympic bombings. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m so ridiculously intrigued by that whole situation and I’m trying to read everything I can on it. I saw a great documentary and really enjoyed the movie. The last book I read was from the POV of the athletes, while this one seems to be from that of the actual terrorists. Good stuff.. I also ordered J. a DVD copy of SLC Punk. He only owns it on VHS which is why I had to get it on Netflix in order for us to watch it (which we have yet to get around to).
Tonight is bowling, and again all day tomorrow. I’ll be plenty tired once that night ends, and since I’m sure I’ll have a lot of drinks in me also, I should sleep well! I was supposed to go to a party at J.’s brother’s tonight but I was able to back out. If you remember correctly, the last party I went to at his brother’s was not even slightly fun for me, as I was basically left alone the whole time. I mentioned that to him about this one and he just said that last time there were lots of people and family he hadn’t seen in a while and he was really drunk (not that it’s an excuse) but that is why I was left alone. Anyway, this seems to be just a small gathering of friends and significant others but I plead my case and don’t have to go. By the time I even get there it’ll be 10:00 and my father is picking me up in the morning around 8:00 to bowl. I don’t think getting hammered and having to get up extra early to get home and shower is a great idea. Luckily, J. agreed so I only feel slightly guilty for missing it. He doesn’t ask me to do stuff with his friends that often (he insists it’s because there rarely is anything they do together that I would enjoy) so I feel bad when I can’t make it. I’m like.. phantom girlfriend!! So instead, I plan on going home after bowling (and hopefully winning some cash) and watching either Four Brothers or Sherrybaby; whichever my sister is in the mood for, as she’s my partner in crime tonight. Then it’s off to bed, with my electric blanket on and hopefully no late night phone calls! Hope you all have a great weekend and try to stay dry!!!
Friday, March 02, 2007
TGIF... need I say more?
Last night was pretty uneventful. I went to Sue’s after work and hung out with her and her husband Pete, who decided that instead of us going to dance, he wants to pay our dance teacher $80.00 a month for us to NOT go, so we can sit home, drink beer and watch TV with him. I’m ok with that. It’s not that I don’t like it. Once I get there I’m fine. It’s the getting there that’s tough. The class starts at 7:45 which is pretty much when I’m already hunkered down in my jammies watching Alex Trebek. However, once we get there and start dancing, it’s a good time and a decent workout to boot. After class I went to J’s and we watched a bit of “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.” I’m so not. He got 9 out of 10 right on the online test. I got 4. I really can’t believe those are questions that I knew the answers to at some point. I did really well in elementary school too! I would be mortified to go on that show. I’d probably walk away with $1,000, only because I cheated off the other kid’s paper!
The weather was not as treacherous as I had anticipated, so I made it into work by 8:30ish. I have no idea how, as for some reason I was exhausted this morning. J. left around 5:45 and I asked him to call me and let me know he got to work ok and how the roads were. My phone never rang but my voicemail alarm went off at 6:10. I almost got up to go to work so I could get out even earlier, but I decided to just shut my eyes for another 10 minutes or so. An hour later, the alarm went off. I feel like I could have slept for days! After slamming the alarm down a few times I finally got out of bed and off to work. It was supposed to be insanely icy, so I didn’t expect to get to work any earlier than 9, but when I went outside to wipe off my car I was happy to find the ice came right off and the roads were mainly wet. A few slippery spots, but not all that bad. Therefore, I’m leaving at 4:00 and counting down the minutes until I can get the hell out of here for the weekend. What makes that different from any other Friday? A half hour to an hour, that’s what!!!
The O’s lost their first spring training game to the Florida Marlins 8-6. If I’m not mistaken, Steve Trachsel lasted an inning or so with three earned runs. THANKS KRIS BENSON!!! Ok.. I know it’s not his fault, but I need someone to blame and I’m taking him down with me. He was only supposed to throw 35 pitches, but ended up with 28, 16 of which were strikes. The O’s did battle back to tie but a walk off homer in the ninth inning did them in. Note to O’s: I didn’t REALLY want you to lose, but if this is what you need to make it a good season, I will support you! Anyway, the O’s play the Marlins again today at 1:05 with potential Opening Day starter Erik Bedard on the mound against Dontrelle Willis.
And oh yeah.. they’re finally burying Anna Nicole Smith today. One of the mourners is Slash. I’m not even going to attempt to touch that one.
The weather was not as treacherous as I had anticipated, so I made it into work by 8:30ish. I have no idea how, as for some reason I was exhausted this morning. J. left around 5:45 and I asked him to call me and let me know he got to work ok and how the roads were. My phone never rang but my voicemail alarm went off at 6:10. I almost got up to go to work so I could get out even earlier, but I decided to just shut my eyes for another 10 minutes or so. An hour later, the alarm went off. I feel like I could have slept for days! After slamming the alarm down a few times I finally got out of bed and off to work. It was supposed to be insanely icy, so I didn’t expect to get to work any earlier than 9, but when I went outside to wipe off my car I was happy to find the ice came right off and the roads were mainly wet. A few slippery spots, but not all that bad. Therefore, I’m leaving at 4:00 and counting down the minutes until I can get the hell out of here for the weekend. What makes that different from any other Friday? A half hour to an hour, that’s what!!!
The O’s lost their first spring training game to the Florida Marlins 8-6. If I’m not mistaken, Steve Trachsel lasted an inning or so with three earned runs. THANKS KRIS BENSON!!! Ok.. I know it’s not his fault, but I need someone to blame and I’m taking him down with me. He was only supposed to throw 35 pitches, but ended up with 28, 16 of which were strikes. The O’s did battle back to tie but a walk off homer in the ninth inning did them in. Note to O’s: I didn’t REALLY want you to lose, but if this is what you need to make it a good season, I will support you! Anyway, the O’s play the Marlins again today at 1:05 with potential Opening Day starter Erik Bedard on the mound against Dontrelle Willis.
And oh yeah.. they’re finally burying Anna Nicole Smith today. One of the mourners is Slash. I’m not even going to attempt to touch that one.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Is it really possible?
These three things happened on the same day:
The birth of Alan Thicke (he's 60)
The birth of Mark Paul Gosselaar (he's 33 - Zach is 33... wow...)
The Cat in the Hat is 50.
Alan Thicke is older than the Cat in the Hat. I googled him to see how he's aged and I'll be honest.. he's a little more gray, but he still looks pretty good for 60! I caught a Growing Pains marathon on TV Land and it reminded me how much I really enjoyed that show. Ya know.. before Kirk Cameron became all god-fearing and didn't want to play the real Mike Seaver anymore. Do you think they could get away with having a character named Boner on a show these days? I think not! Yep.. those were the good old days. Remember when Matthew Perry (Sandy) played Carol's boyfriend and he died in a drunk driving accident? Now that's what I call television! Anyway, Alan Thicke... yeah.. I almost like the song his kid Robin has out now. It's nice to see he's back to Robin Thicke instead of just being Thicke, as he was a few years ago when he released another song I enjoyed. I think it was called "When I Get You Alone." It wasn't bad. I can't believe I just wrote a whole blog entry about the Thicke family... I really need to get the hell out of here.
The birth of Alan Thicke (he's 60)
The birth of Mark Paul Gosselaar (he's 33 - Zach is 33... wow...)
The Cat in the Hat is 50.
Alan Thicke is older than the Cat in the Hat. I googled him to see how he's aged and I'll be honest.. he's a little more gray, but he still looks pretty good for 60! I caught a Growing Pains marathon on TV Land and it reminded me how much I really enjoyed that show. Ya know.. before Kirk Cameron became all god-fearing and didn't want to play the real Mike Seaver anymore. Do you think they could get away with having a character named Boner on a show these days? I think not! Yep.. those were the good old days. Remember when Matthew Perry (Sandy) played Carol's boyfriend and he died in a drunk driving accident? Now that's what I call television! Anyway, Alan Thicke... yeah.. I almost like the song his kid Robin has out now. It's nice to see he's back to Robin Thicke instead of just being Thicke, as he was a few years ago when he released another song I enjoyed. I think it was called "When I Get You Alone." It wasn't bad. I can't believe I just wrote a whole blog entry about the Thicke family... I really need to get the hell out of here.
Happy March!
I’m so happy this week is almost over. I have a lot to do this weekend and I’m anxious to get to it.. Even if one of those things is a baby shower…. for twins. What can I say? I LOATHE showers of any sort. I don’t even want to go to my own when the time comes. Granted, it’s something you HAVE to do because God knows you can’t afford everything you need on your own (unless you marry rich) but they’re so boring! Baby stuff is better than wedding stuff though. I mean.. at least it’s cute.
Anyway, last night I went to see The Messengers with J. I admit, it wasn’t half as bad as I anticipated it was going to be. I jumped about three times. I probably would have jumped more, but I tried to subtly close my eyes when I knew the creepy ghost like things were coming on the screen. The ending was kind of anticlimactic, but it was an interesting story. I used my free pass so if I hated it, I could at least console myself by knowing I didn’t pay to see it. I’m always thinking. Also last night, I ordered my t-shirt from yesterday’s post. I hope it fits! I also hope I get my taxes tomorrow so I can pay for it.
This morning I had to drive down to Saugerties to notarize some documents. The Office Manager told me to write down an extra 45 minutes (they don’t pay you for driving to work, even if you had to go somewhere else for the firm) but I put it down as an hour. As someone who has to account for all their time there was no way I was going to be able to do it in 15 minute increments, or even remember I was doing so. Hell, what’s fifteen extra minutes? I’m sure they’ll live and I’m sure she won’t even notice. Anyway, it was nice to get to work a little later than normal. Makes me feel like I haven’t been here that long, even though my day started earlier than usual.
No new episode of The Office tonight, so I’ll give you a little something to hold you over. Speaking of Heroes (check the link, I promise we are), what a great episode it was on Monday night! Hiro’s Dad is part of the suspicious company, as is Eric Roberts. What a brilliant bit of casting! He just plays the villain like no one else. HRG was definitely softened by bringing up Claire, and isn’t necessarily the bad guy everyone thought he was. He’s basically been hiding the fact that she has abilities to save her life. Nice little twist that Claire is the one that picked out his glasses, too. I loved the scene where Claire came out of the house burnt to a crisp, then miraculously was fine the further she walked away. If Eric Roberts didn’t know she had powers before, that was certainly the kicker! HRG tells Eric Roberts (you can’t just say Eric.. he has to be Eric Roberts) that he’ll bring Claire in, but then makes it look like the Haitian kidnapped her from him, even allowing the Haitian to shoot him and erase his memory. I’m not sure how that will turn out, but I’m totally curious to find out. Next week we get to see Linderman, and I hope we delve even more into the role Hiro’s Dad has in the company. I have a feeling that if Hiro’s Dad really thought he had powers, he’d turn on him in a heartbeat. He doesn’t seem to be as caring or fatherly as HRG. Next week it looks like we’re back to a normal episode and we’ll see if it’s Parkman or the new girl that will be teaming up with HRG, and what his role will be in the company, if any.
I haven’t been watching Idol, mainly because I’ve heard it sucks this year. Well, at least the guys certainly do! When it gets down to the Top 12 I’ll considering tuning in again. At least there’ll be some semblance of talent… maybe! Anyway, there’s a new show on after it called “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” I took this test, and apparently I’m at a second grade level. Best of luck to you!
In final TV news, America’s Next Top Model began with a two hour spectacular last night. I admit I wasn’t home to watch it, but you can bet your sweet ass I’ll find some time over the weekend because I’ve heard the girls are cattier and nastier than ever. Also, there are two “full-figured” models in the house, which is nice. Usually it’s one girl and she gets booted kind of early. Remember, when I say full-figured, I mean a size 8 or 10, as opposed to a 2 or 4. Maybe with Tyra’s new found love of the flab these girls will finally get a real shot.
Almost time for lunch so I’ll try to get back to you later if anything substantial is going on. Looks like we’re getting some mixed precipitation up this way and the morning commute is going to be the opposite of fun, so be careful and don't slip on the ice! I only hope I can heed my own advice. I'm at J.'s tonight and the only way to get to where I need to go is down a relatively steep hill. Should be a good time had by all.
Anyway, last night I went to see The Messengers with J. I admit, it wasn’t half as bad as I anticipated it was going to be. I jumped about three times. I probably would have jumped more, but I tried to subtly close my eyes when I knew the creepy ghost like things were coming on the screen. The ending was kind of anticlimactic, but it was an interesting story. I used my free pass so if I hated it, I could at least console myself by knowing I didn’t pay to see it. I’m always thinking. Also last night, I ordered my t-shirt from yesterday’s post. I hope it fits! I also hope I get my taxes tomorrow so I can pay for it.
This morning I had to drive down to Saugerties to notarize some documents. The Office Manager told me to write down an extra 45 minutes (they don’t pay you for driving to work, even if you had to go somewhere else for the firm) but I put it down as an hour. As someone who has to account for all their time there was no way I was going to be able to do it in 15 minute increments, or even remember I was doing so. Hell, what’s fifteen extra minutes? I’m sure they’ll live and I’m sure she won’t even notice. Anyway, it was nice to get to work a little later than normal. Makes me feel like I haven’t been here that long, even though my day started earlier than usual.
No new episode of The Office tonight, so I’ll give you a little something to hold you over. Speaking of Heroes (check the link, I promise we are), what a great episode it was on Monday night! Hiro’s Dad is part of the suspicious company, as is Eric Roberts. What a brilliant bit of casting! He just plays the villain like no one else. HRG was definitely softened by bringing up Claire, and isn’t necessarily the bad guy everyone thought he was. He’s basically been hiding the fact that she has abilities to save her life. Nice little twist that Claire is the one that picked out his glasses, too. I loved the scene where Claire came out of the house burnt to a crisp, then miraculously was fine the further she walked away. If Eric Roberts didn’t know she had powers before, that was certainly the kicker! HRG tells Eric Roberts (you can’t just say Eric.. he has to be Eric Roberts) that he’ll bring Claire in, but then makes it look like the Haitian kidnapped her from him, even allowing the Haitian to shoot him and erase his memory. I’m not sure how that will turn out, but I’m totally curious to find out. Next week we get to see Linderman, and I hope we delve even more into the role Hiro’s Dad has in the company. I have a feeling that if Hiro’s Dad really thought he had powers, he’d turn on him in a heartbeat. He doesn’t seem to be as caring or fatherly as HRG. Next week it looks like we’re back to a normal episode and we’ll see if it’s Parkman or the new girl that will be teaming up with HRG, and what his role will be in the company, if any.
I haven’t been watching Idol, mainly because I’ve heard it sucks this year. Well, at least the guys certainly do! When it gets down to the Top 12 I’ll considering tuning in again. At least there’ll be some semblance of talent… maybe! Anyway, there’s a new show on after it called “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” I took this test, and apparently I’m at a second grade level. Best of luck to you!
In final TV news, America’s Next Top Model began with a two hour spectacular last night. I admit I wasn’t home to watch it, but you can bet your sweet ass I’ll find some time over the weekend because I’ve heard the girls are cattier and nastier than ever. Also, there are two “full-figured” models in the house, which is nice. Usually it’s one girl and she gets booted kind of early. Remember, when I say full-figured, I mean a size 8 or 10, as opposed to a 2 or 4. Maybe with Tyra’s new found love of the flab these girls will finally get a real shot.
Almost time for lunch so I’ll try to get back to you later if anything substantial is going on. Looks like we’re getting some mixed precipitation up this way and the morning commute is going to be the opposite of fun, so be careful and don't slip on the ice! I only hope I can heed my own advice. I'm at J.'s tonight and the only way to get to where I need to go is down a relatively steep hill. Should be a good time had by all.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Gossip on the quick...
It’s been confirmed that Naomi Watts is pregnant with Liev Schreiber’s baby. Everyone assumed it after seeing her dress at the Oscars (which personally, I thought was pretty), but now we know it is to be true so best of luck to both of them. Speaking of the Aussies, Nicole Kidman has agreed to do a cameo on Nip/Tuck. Seems she begged creator Ryan Murphy to write a part for her and he agreed.
Paris Hilton (brain surgeon that she is) forgot to turn her car lights on because she was in a very well lit parking garage and got pulled over for it. When the cops checked her out they found out she has a suspended license from her September DUI arrest, and subsequently impounded her Bentley. Am I the only one that thinks “couldn’t happen to a nicer person?” Guess she needs to go to DMV and figure that situation out!
Big Pussy has dropped out of Dancing with the Stars. Vincent Pastore was unaware of the physical demands the show would have on his body, and has decided to drop out to give someone more worthy a chance. You have to give the guy a little bit of a break. I mean, he’s 60 years old and not in the best physical condition. However, I would be interested to see how the workouts the show places upon him would have affected his body. I bet the pounds would have dropped off like never before. I wonder who’ll take his place. If they want another Soprano alum, maybe Drea De Matteo could do it. I don’t think she’s been real busy since Joey and she’d look great in the costumes! Just a thought…
Not much else to tell. Heading to the movies tonight to see The Messengers with J. I owe him this, as he went to see the burlesque show a few weeks ago with me. This was my bribe and it’s time to pay up.
Finally, the O’s open up their Spring Training schedule with a game against the Florida Marlins tomorrow afternoon. The O’s have done pretty well in Spring Training the last few years, so I kind of hope they bit the big one this year. It’s one of those shitty rehearsal = great show type of deals. I mean.. it’s worked the other way around for the last few years, let’s just try something else. Have a great night!
Paris Hilton (brain surgeon that she is) forgot to turn her car lights on because she was in a very well lit parking garage and got pulled over for it. When the cops checked her out they found out she has a suspended license from her September DUI arrest, and subsequently impounded her Bentley. Am I the only one that thinks “couldn’t happen to a nicer person?” Guess she needs to go to DMV and figure that situation out!
Big Pussy has dropped out of Dancing with the Stars. Vincent Pastore was unaware of the physical demands the show would have on his body, and has decided to drop out to give someone more worthy a chance. You have to give the guy a little bit of a break. I mean, he’s 60 years old and not in the best physical condition. However, I would be interested to see how the workouts the show places upon him would have affected his body. I bet the pounds would have dropped off like never before. I wonder who’ll take his place. If they want another Soprano alum, maybe Drea De Matteo could do it. I don’t think she’s been real busy since Joey and she’d look great in the costumes! Just a thought…
Not much else to tell. Heading to the movies tonight to see The Messengers with J. I owe him this, as he went to see the burlesque show a few weeks ago with me. This was my bribe and it’s time to pay up.
Finally, the O’s open up their Spring Training schedule with a game against the Florida Marlins tomorrow afternoon. The O’s have done pretty well in Spring Training the last few years, so I kind of hope they bit the big one this year. It’s one of those shitty rehearsal = great show type of deals. I mean.. it’s worked the other way around for the last few years, let’s just try something else. Have a great night!
Only 28 days....
and no, I'm not talking about Britney's rehab stint. Just wanted to remind you that today is the last day of February! I apologize for neglecting you yesterday. It was an insanely busy day and I hardly had a moment to myself. I ended up finally leaving work at 6:00, which was later than I hoped, but not unbearable. When I got home, I made chicken cordon bleu for myself and J. I paired it with niblets corn in butter sauce (my favorite) and garlic mashed potatoes (one of his favorites). Don’t get too excited: Both the niblets and the mashed potatoes were microwavable.. Baby steps people.. baby steps. Anyway, for some reason there were only three chicken breasts in my package, but they were monstrous, so having only one wasn’t so bad. J. was actually full after the meal (as well he should be since he devoured two chicken breasts and practically all the potatoes. He was nice enough to let me finish off the corn though). After debating about the whole Jesus’ tomb thing with my sister (she’s a huge fan of the Da Vinci Code and is totally enthralled with the situation), we went upstairs to watch Crank, starring one of my faves, Jason Statham. I should not watch a movie in bed, because it’s automatic that I’ll fall asleep, which I did. J. stayed up for the whole thing (another miracle) but I bet I saw maybe a half hour of it, total. Good thing he left it at my house so I can watch what I missed! What can I say? It’s been a tiring couple of days and it kind of caught up to me!
For the past two years, I’ve gone to NYC for St. Patricks’ Day. Do I see the parade? Just snippets, but it’s a hell of a good time and since it’s on Saturday this year, I can only imagine the debauchery. Anyway, I think I found this year’s t-shirt:
For the past two years, I’ve gone to NYC for St. Patricks’ Day. Do I see the parade? Just snippets, but it’s a hell of a good time and since it’s on Saturday this year, I can only imagine the debauchery. Anyway, I think I found this year’s t-shirt:
My sister will be wearing one that says “Drunky McDrunkerson.” You have to love that. Definitely not your typical t-shirts! Mine from last year said “Polish and Proud: Happy St. Patrick’s Day.” I hope it gets warmer out though. I don’t want to lose my coat and I froze my ass off last year.
Still busy today, but a little less so. It’s about time for lunch so I have to hightail it, but I’ll try to update you on some gossip and such later on. Happy Hump Day!!!!
Still busy today, but a little less so. It’s about time for lunch so I have to hightail it, but I’ll try to update you on some gossip and such later on. Happy Hump Day!!!!
Monday, February 26, 2007
It's been a long day...
I finally got out of work at 7:30 so I didn’t have the extra time to blog this afternoon. So, lucky you, I’m finishing things up tonight! The rest of my afternoon actually went by pretty quickly, even though it was insanely frustrating. I just hope to get out on time tomorrow and then my week will be pretty well set.
Anyway, Grey’s Anatomy. As expected, they didn’t kill off Meredith, instead killed off her mother. I can’t say I’m really disappointed, as I thought the mother plotline wasn’t that great in the first place. I was pretty sure they weren’t going to kill off Meredith, but I really didn’t see the mother thing coming. I’m waiting for Callie to knock Izzie’s block off, and I did like how Izzie felt Denny in that hallway. I admit I got a little teary over that. It was a good episode, but I think they could have finished the plot line in two, rather than three. How about them considering spinning off Addison’s character into her own show? I hated her when she first came on the show, but now I kind of have a soft spot for her. Also, Taye Diggs has signed on for a role in the show. I know he hasn’t had much luck when it comes to television shows, but the man is so easy on the eyes. You can’t deny that!
The Office was a stellar episode, directed by JJ Abrams. In a nutshell, Karen pulled a fast one on Jim by having him believe every guy at the party was an ex of hers. I don’t want to like Karen, but I enjoyed watching her put one over on Jim. Michael and Jan had their “coming out” party and as expected, it didn’t go that well. Jan tried to pull Michael into the bathroom for a quickie, but he wasn’t prepared for it and made Jan feel uncomfortable. Still, they did not break up (as expected) and for some reason are still an Office couple. Speaking of couples, Pam told Roy about the kiss between her and Jim and he FLIPPED. He and his brother broke many mirrors and glasses at the happy hour bar and Pam walked out. It looks like the honeymoon is over, and I don’t see the two of them getting over this. Also, I’m curious to find out what Roy is going to do and/or say to Jim and how that will affect his relationship with Karen. I don’t think she’s quite as “in the know” about Pam and Jim as she leads herself to think. What I’m trying to say is that it was another great episode and I can’t wait to see the next one, although it won’t be this week.
That’s the best I can do for now. Heroes is on and it’s centered around HRG and the Bennett family. After that, I’m actually skipping The Hills and Dancelife to watch the premiere of The Black Donnellys. I’ll let you know what I think, but I was happy to learn that it stars one of the stars of one of my favorite movies, The Sandlot. Thomas Guiry played the new kid in the neighborhood who knew nothing about baseball. Now he’s all grown up and starting trouble and I look forward to seeing it! Hope you all have/had a great night and I’ll try to post tomorrow. I make no guarantees as I should be pretty busy at work, but I’ll do my best. Hopefully I can get everyone out on time because I don’t want to stay late again.
Anyway, Grey’s Anatomy. As expected, they didn’t kill off Meredith, instead killed off her mother. I can’t say I’m really disappointed, as I thought the mother plotline wasn’t that great in the first place. I was pretty sure they weren’t going to kill off Meredith, but I really didn’t see the mother thing coming. I’m waiting for Callie to knock Izzie’s block off, and I did like how Izzie felt Denny in that hallway. I admit I got a little teary over that. It was a good episode, but I think they could have finished the plot line in two, rather than three. How about them considering spinning off Addison’s character into her own show? I hated her when she first came on the show, but now I kind of have a soft spot for her. Also, Taye Diggs has signed on for a role in the show. I know he hasn’t had much luck when it comes to television shows, but the man is so easy on the eyes. You can’t deny that!
The Office was a stellar episode, directed by JJ Abrams. In a nutshell, Karen pulled a fast one on Jim by having him believe every guy at the party was an ex of hers. I don’t want to like Karen, but I enjoyed watching her put one over on Jim. Michael and Jan had their “coming out” party and as expected, it didn’t go that well. Jan tried to pull Michael into the bathroom for a quickie, but he wasn’t prepared for it and made Jan feel uncomfortable. Still, they did not break up (as expected) and for some reason are still an Office couple. Speaking of couples, Pam told Roy about the kiss between her and Jim and he FLIPPED. He and his brother broke many mirrors and glasses at the happy hour bar and Pam walked out. It looks like the honeymoon is over, and I don’t see the two of them getting over this. Also, I’m curious to find out what Roy is going to do and/or say to Jim and how that will affect his relationship with Karen. I don’t think she’s quite as “in the know” about Pam and Jim as she leads herself to think. What I’m trying to say is that it was another great episode and I can’t wait to see the next one, although it won’t be this week.
That’s the best I can do for now. Heroes is on and it’s centered around HRG and the Bennett family. After that, I’m actually skipping The Hills and Dancelife to watch the premiere of The Black Donnellys. I’ll let you know what I think, but I was happy to learn that it stars one of the stars of one of my favorite movies, The Sandlot. Thomas Guiry played the new kid in the neighborhood who knew nothing about baseball. Now he’s all grown up and starting trouble and I look forward to seeing it! Hope you all have/had a great night and I’ll try to post tomorrow. I make no guarantees as I should be pretty busy at work, but I’ll do my best. Hopefully I can get everyone out on time because I don’t want to stay late again.
This is how my day started...
I was on I-90 on my way to work when this pickup truck comes up behind me. I was doing about 73 in a 65 and he was flashing his lights and all such things at me. I couldn’t get over at that time so I brake checked him, and flipped him off. He gets around me (as I’m flipping him off again) and then gets in front of me and brake checks me. I’m sitting there laughing at him because I don’t know what he thought that was going to do, as I wasn’t the one in a great big hurry. It looks like he’s looking for something and he then flashes a badge out his window and waved at me. Um, what was that supposed to do? Even if he was a cop, he was obviously off duty so there really isn’t anything he can do but make me feel stupid which, well.. he didn’t. I pretty much laughed at him the whole way because he felt like he had to show that to me and that I would get scared or something. I just looked at him like “what is that supposed to do?” The greatest thing is that he had a handicapped license plate. I think I could have outrun him. Anyway, if you’re in that big of a hurry AND you’re a cop you should have a siren in your car. I would have gotten out of his way if there were a light and a siren. He was probably a correctional officer trying to get me to believe his badge was a cop badge (Note: My uncles are correctional officers, so that is not a dig on C.O.’s.). Anyway, if I get pulled over for no reason in the near future, it’ll be because that bastard called in my plates. Game on old man.. Game on..
My weekend was pretty mellow. Friday night I went to bowling, then headed over to the Super Wal-Mart to do my grocery shopping. I got lots of stuff for under a hundred dollars, but the checkout took at least 40 minutes. It was unreal. The guy actually announced everything that I had in my cart and it was just ridiculous. The big holdup was the woman two people in front of me, but I was already in line and wasn’t getting out. Big mistake. I always pick the worst checkout line no matter what. Anyway, J. was at my house when I got there so he helped me carry my groceries in and then we decided to play pool. I went looking for some beer, but apparently Tre had taken it all so…. we broke out the liquor. Southern Comfort for him, Amaretto for me. We have shitloads of liquor and I had completely forgotten about it until he asked if we had any. Unreal.. We were up till 3 am playing darts, ping pong and pool (I kicked his ass in ping pong and almost beat him in darts). The next day we got up pretty late and made it to the movies to see Reno 911: Miami. It was really funny, but I think it’s one of those movies where you have to really understand the sense of humor and like the TV show. Three older people left the movie after about 15 minutes. The movie was only an hour and 20 minutes long so after that we went to Meadowgreens for lunch. I got a steak sub, but they prepared it wrong and it just put me in a bad mood. I don’t get to eat what I want that much anymore, so when I get what I want, I want it how I want it, know what I’m saying? It turned out ok, but could have been better. I bowled that night with Jason (the knocker upper) and a few other people, which would have been more fun if I hadn’t bowled like absolute crap. I hung out at the bar for a little while, but was home by 11. Jason was going to follow me home (I’d had more than usual to drink, but I certainly wasn’t drunk) but I was milking my drink and it was for the best. I don’t think it would have been a good idea to have him follow me home. He spent the night telling me how great I was and all that, then that if I gave him another chance he’d drop his girlfriend like a hot potato. Classy.. I think he expected me to just be like.. OK! However, as much as I’m attracted to Jason, that’s where it ends. I could betray J. like that, nor do I want to. So, I spent the night in my scary house.. alone!
Sunday I had to do breakfast with the girls. I made this overnight stuffed French toast, which I thought was going to be great, but it was kind of bland. Ok.. REALLY bland. The girls gave it a valiant effort, but I ended up throwing the rest of it away when I got home. What a waste of groceries! I spent the rest of the day finishing up my book and watching the Law and Order SVU marathon on USA. I went to my mom’s to weigh in (somehow I lost four more pounds.. I LOVE her scale, cause mine is about a seven pound difference from hers) and then we had an awesome roast beef dinner, complete with mashed potatoes, corn and rolls. I bought leftovers home for J. to bring for lunch today. He came over and we were planning to watch SLC Punk, but it got late so we just watched the Oscars and fell asleep.
Speaking of the Oscars, some quick thoughts:
Cameron Diaz - vast improvement. Not great, but greatly improved.
Reese Witherspoon - the single life agrees with her. Gorgeous!
Jennifer Hudson - Big girls should not wear a dress with pockets or a bolero jacket, and Andre Leon Talley should know that.
Andre Leon Talley - don’t quit your day job.
Ellen DeGeneres - the red tux was a tad small, but other than that, entertaining.
Eddie Murphy - Norbit. Nuff said.
Jennifer Lopez - should never leave the house in anything but a ball gown.
Martin Scorcese - Finally! So well deserved!
Mark Wahlberg - GRRRRR…
Ok.. that’s all on that for now. I’ll be honest. I fell asleep before any of the big awards came on and boy was I getting frustrated. The show didn’t end until 12:30ish!!! I mean, the only awards that were real surprises were Best Picture and Alan Arkin’s upset of Eddie Murphy for Best Supporting Actor. I’m pretty happy with both winners so I can’t complain.
It’s gonna be a long night here tonight. I have a closing tomorrow and things aren’t even close to done so I’ll try to post more later on, as I have yet to give you my Grey’s Anatomy opinion. I know it’s what you’re waiting for. Happy Monday!!!!!
My weekend was pretty mellow. Friday night I went to bowling, then headed over to the Super Wal-Mart to do my grocery shopping. I got lots of stuff for under a hundred dollars, but the checkout took at least 40 minutes. It was unreal. The guy actually announced everything that I had in my cart and it was just ridiculous. The big holdup was the woman two people in front of me, but I was already in line and wasn’t getting out. Big mistake. I always pick the worst checkout line no matter what. Anyway, J. was at my house when I got there so he helped me carry my groceries in and then we decided to play pool. I went looking for some beer, but apparently Tre had taken it all so…. we broke out the liquor. Southern Comfort for him, Amaretto for me. We have shitloads of liquor and I had completely forgotten about it until he asked if we had any. Unreal.. We were up till 3 am playing darts, ping pong and pool (I kicked his ass in ping pong and almost beat him in darts). The next day we got up pretty late and made it to the movies to see Reno 911: Miami. It was really funny, but I think it’s one of those movies where you have to really understand the sense of humor and like the TV show. Three older people left the movie after about 15 minutes. The movie was only an hour and 20 minutes long so after that we went to Meadowgreens for lunch. I got a steak sub, but they prepared it wrong and it just put me in a bad mood. I don’t get to eat what I want that much anymore, so when I get what I want, I want it how I want it, know what I’m saying? It turned out ok, but could have been better. I bowled that night with Jason (the knocker upper) and a few other people, which would have been more fun if I hadn’t bowled like absolute crap. I hung out at the bar for a little while, but was home by 11. Jason was going to follow me home (I’d had more than usual to drink, but I certainly wasn’t drunk) but I was milking my drink and it was for the best. I don’t think it would have been a good idea to have him follow me home. He spent the night telling me how great I was and all that, then that if I gave him another chance he’d drop his girlfriend like a hot potato. Classy.. I think he expected me to just be like.. OK! However, as much as I’m attracted to Jason, that’s where it ends. I could betray J. like that, nor do I want to. So, I spent the night in my scary house.. alone!
Sunday I had to do breakfast with the girls. I made this overnight stuffed French toast, which I thought was going to be great, but it was kind of bland. Ok.. REALLY bland. The girls gave it a valiant effort, but I ended up throwing the rest of it away when I got home. What a waste of groceries! I spent the rest of the day finishing up my book and watching the Law and Order SVU marathon on USA. I went to my mom’s to weigh in (somehow I lost four more pounds.. I LOVE her scale, cause mine is about a seven pound difference from hers) and then we had an awesome roast beef dinner, complete with mashed potatoes, corn and rolls. I bought leftovers home for J. to bring for lunch today. He came over and we were planning to watch SLC Punk, but it got late so we just watched the Oscars and fell asleep.
Speaking of the Oscars, some quick thoughts:
Cameron Diaz - vast improvement. Not great, but greatly improved.
Reese Witherspoon - the single life agrees with her. Gorgeous!
Jennifer Hudson - Big girls should not wear a dress with pockets or a bolero jacket, and Andre Leon Talley should know that.
Andre Leon Talley - don’t quit your day job.
Ellen DeGeneres - the red tux was a tad small, but other than that, entertaining.
Eddie Murphy - Norbit. Nuff said.
Jennifer Lopez - should never leave the house in anything but a ball gown.
Martin Scorcese - Finally! So well deserved!
Mark Wahlberg - GRRRRR…
Ok.. that’s all on that for now. I’ll be honest. I fell asleep before any of the big awards came on and boy was I getting frustrated. The show didn’t end until 12:30ish!!! I mean, the only awards that were real surprises were Best Picture and Alan Arkin’s upset of Eddie Murphy for Best Supporting Actor. I’m pretty happy with both winners so I can’t complain.
It’s gonna be a long night here tonight. I have a closing tomorrow and things aren’t even close to done so I’ll try to post more later on, as I have yet to give you my Grey’s Anatomy opinion. I know it’s what you’re waiting for. Happy Monday!!!!!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Finally, Friday!
I’ve been waiting for this day all week. I’m telling you, the short weeks wreak havoc on you! I don’t know why, but they do. You’d think they’d be easier to get through but I think you get used to having that extra day and then getting back into the swing of things is even harder! Today is also a payday. Granted, I paid bills this morning so it’s pretty much gone, but payday Fridays are certainly better than regular Fridays! We even got “birthday breakfast” this morning, which the office pays for. I had half a bagel, as the bagels from Uncommon Grounds are ridiculously huge. Don’t get me wrong, I would have loved to have housed a huge bagel, loaded with butter, but I refrained. Oh yeah.. I’m brimming with self-restraint these days.
I got my hair cut last night, then made an appointment to have it cut and get a manicure the night before I leave for Ireland. This way I figure everything will be fresh, including my out of control (sometimes) eyebrows. Can’t go to Ireland looking like I haven’t waxed in months or else the Irish boys won’t buy me beer! Anyway, after that I went to my parents house and printed out my resume and other such things. It needed to be postmarked by Monday so I mailed it out today. Is it tacky that I mailed it from work? I had to! No one at home had a stamp so I had to wait until I got in today to buy one. If they’re nosy enough to look through the mail that’s going out, then they deserve to know I’m looking for something else! However, in order to keep my vacation time (and/or get paid for what I don’t take) I can’t leave until after April 10th, which is my one year anniversary here. I feel like a loser for not sticking it out for a year, but I might go to the loony bin if I do. We’ll see what happens..
The roads were a little more slippery than I had anticipated last night, so I wasn’t really that upset when J. neglected to come down for the Moosehead. Well, that and he actually (miracle of miracles) has today off so I think the last thing he wanted to do was get up at the buttcrack of dawn when he doesn’t have to. I told him he could have stayed in bed and slept at my house, but I get ready for work in my room so it wouldn’t be quiet and he knows I have this thing about leaving the house without my bed being made. OCD? Perhaps… or maybe I just like my room to be neat. Don’t judge me. Anyway, Tre and I met our friends Jen and Matt, and Tre's friend Angela (I’m not insanely fond of her. I dated her brother years ago and it seems she’s held a grudge against me all those years, even though there really wasn’t a reason to. He and I get along just fine! She only recently started to talk to me, and I’m not really good at pretending I like someone when I don’t. I’m trying, as she’s not a terrible person or anything. I’m just a grudge holder) at the Moosehead and it was dead as a doornail, which is a rarity! We got seats at the bar, too much popcorn and finally ordered. I was very excited to try the French Dip because while I wanted wings and moosefries, I think that would have pushed me over the Weight Watchers edge! Anyway, the brain dead bartender tells me they’re out of French dip. So, I order the grilled chicken sandwich, plain with cheese. She brings me a grilled chicken sandwich with nothing on it, but a huge side of mayo. Um.. who said anything about mayo? I get her to bring me some cheese, which is provolone. Luckily, I don't mind provolone, but it's not really the normal cheese you bring out when someone asks for cheese! It was ok, but not what I really wanted. I then went home, snuggled on the couch by myself (after locking all the doors) and caught up on Grey’s Anatomy and The Office before I hightailed it to bed (Tre and Angela trekked up to Albany to go out with a mutual friend of theirs so I had the house to myself… Did I mention I HATE having the house to myself? Well... when I'm alone I hate having the house to myself.. If there's someone there with me.. having it to myself isn't all bad). I have to run out and get some documents signed, but I’ll be back later with my takes on Grey’s and The Office. I might have to milk this errand as the roads are still a tad slippery…… ;)
I got my hair cut last night, then made an appointment to have it cut and get a manicure the night before I leave for Ireland. This way I figure everything will be fresh, including my out of control (sometimes) eyebrows. Can’t go to Ireland looking like I haven’t waxed in months or else the Irish boys won’t buy me beer! Anyway, after that I went to my parents house and printed out my resume and other such things. It needed to be postmarked by Monday so I mailed it out today. Is it tacky that I mailed it from work? I had to! No one at home had a stamp so I had to wait until I got in today to buy one. If they’re nosy enough to look through the mail that’s going out, then they deserve to know I’m looking for something else! However, in order to keep my vacation time (and/or get paid for what I don’t take) I can’t leave until after April 10th, which is my one year anniversary here. I feel like a loser for not sticking it out for a year, but I might go to the loony bin if I do. We’ll see what happens..
The roads were a little more slippery than I had anticipated last night, so I wasn’t really that upset when J. neglected to come down for the Moosehead. Well, that and he actually (miracle of miracles) has today off so I think the last thing he wanted to do was get up at the buttcrack of dawn when he doesn’t have to. I told him he could have stayed in bed and slept at my house, but I get ready for work in my room so it wouldn’t be quiet and he knows I have this thing about leaving the house without my bed being made. OCD? Perhaps… or maybe I just like my room to be neat. Don’t judge me. Anyway, Tre and I met our friends Jen and Matt, and Tre's friend Angela (I’m not insanely fond of her. I dated her brother years ago and it seems she’s held a grudge against me all those years, even though there really wasn’t a reason to. He and I get along just fine! She only recently started to talk to me, and I’m not really good at pretending I like someone when I don’t. I’m trying, as she’s not a terrible person or anything. I’m just a grudge holder) at the Moosehead and it was dead as a doornail, which is a rarity! We got seats at the bar, too much popcorn and finally ordered. I was very excited to try the French Dip because while I wanted wings and moosefries, I think that would have pushed me over the Weight Watchers edge! Anyway, the brain dead bartender tells me they’re out of French dip. So, I order the grilled chicken sandwich, plain with cheese. She brings me a grilled chicken sandwich with nothing on it, but a huge side of mayo. Um.. who said anything about mayo? I get her to bring me some cheese, which is provolone. Luckily, I don't mind provolone, but it's not really the normal cheese you bring out when someone asks for cheese! It was ok, but not what I really wanted. I then went home, snuggled on the couch by myself (after locking all the doors) and caught up on Grey’s Anatomy and The Office before I hightailed it to bed (Tre and Angela trekked up to Albany to go out with a mutual friend of theirs so I had the house to myself… Did I mention I HATE having the house to myself? Well... when I'm alone I hate having the house to myself.. If there's someone there with me.. having it to myself isn't all bad). I have to run out and get some documents signed, but I’ll be back later with my takes on Grey’s and The Office. I might have to milk this errand as the roads are still a tad slippery…… ;)
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Now tell me who the baby daddy is!
We thought it would be tomorrow, but just this afternoon the Judge in the Anna Nicole Smith case rendered his verdict: He gave custody of Anna’s body to Dannielynn’s guardian ad litem (her guardian as appointed by the Court) and he will determine where her body is to be buried. The Judge suggested she be buried with her son, Daniel, however the guardian is supposed to work with all three parties to determine the burial. If that’s the case, why was there even this drawn out court case? No clue! I’ll bet she’s buried with her son, as that’s how it seemed she wanted it. I’m a little surprised that Howard K. Stern seems to have won this battle, but once the paternity issue comes to light, I have a feeling Larry Birkhead will win the war. If you want up to date information on everything Anna Nicole (and I mean everything) go to TMZ.com as they are insanely thorough and quick!
Not that I need an excuse to post a picture, but spring training has started and my boy is feeling 100%. Granted, he looks like he’s come off a good bender (or plays for the Yankees) but I still adore everything about him. He may not be bald, but I do dig the stubble. Seems the O’s are going to capitalize on the speed they have (mainly in B-Rob and Corey Patterson) and try to steal away some bases this season. It might be another fourth place finish for us this year, but I think we’ll give more teams a run for their money than they think we will (thanks to Orioles.com for the picture).
It’s sleeting. I really loathe bad weather. It ruins everything. At least my car is parked in a garage so I won’t have to wipe it off or anything! Anyway, my sister was planning on coming out up in Albany tonight (she’s on school break) but has since decided she would rather go to the Moosehead. I haven’t been there since I started Weight Watchers and I would like to go, but I was really looking forward to my mellow night at home. I know she won’t let me have it, but it sounded good at the time. I guess it’ll have to wait until Saturday night. Tre and J. are away, which really sucks for me, mainly because I hate sleeping in our house by myself. I hear every single noise and I’m usually positive that it’s in my room or coming into the house. It doesn’t help when J. tells me stories of weird things that have happened to him in our house. One time I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed and he felt the bed go down as if I’d gotten in. When I did get in, he asked me if that was the first time or if I had gotten up to go to the bathroom or something. Nope.. first time. I asked him why and (smartly) he said “nevermind.” He finally told me a few weeks ago. He then told me of a few weird incidents in his house, which led me to tell him of one I had in his house. One morning he left and I asked him to put the dog in the cage before he left. An hour or so later I swore I heard the dog’s footsteps behind me (I was laying in bed, facing the wall) so I turned around and was about to say “God damnit, you said you’d put the dog in the cage,” but no one was there. Shit like that freaks me out.
Anyway, it’s getting close to quitting time (yay) so I’m going to fake some work.. Ok, not true. I’m quite busy so I should be doing some, I’ve just lost my motivation for the day. I’ll let you in on what kind of night I had when I get in (early) tomorrow. I kind of like my early in - early out Fridays. Not sure if anyone else does, but such is life! Have a great Thursday and be sure to tune in to The Office and Grey’s Anatomy!
Not that I need an excuse to post a picture, but spring training has started and my boy is feeling 100%. Granted, he looks like he’s come off a good bender (or plays for the Yankees) but I still adore everything about him. He may not be bald, but I do dig the stubble. Seems the O’s are going to capitalize on the speed they have (mainly in B-Rob and Corey Patterson) and try to steal away some bases this season. It might be another fourth place finish for us this year, but I think we’ll give more teams a run for their money than they think we will (thanks to Orioles.com for the picture).It’s sleeting. I really loathe bad weather. It ruins everything. At least my car is parked in a garage so I won’t have to wipe it off or anything! Anyway, my sister was planning on coming out up in Albany tonight (she’s on school break) but has since decided she would rather go to the Moosehead. I haven’t been there since I started Weight Watchers and I would like to go, but I was really looking forward to my mellow night at home. I know she won’t let me have it, but it sounded good at the time. I guess it’ll have to wait until Saturday night. Tre and J. are away, which really sucks for me, mainly because I hate sleeping in our house by myself. I hear every single noise and I’m usually positive that it’s in my room or coming into the house. It doesn’t help when J. tells me stories of weird things that have happened to him in our house. One time I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed and he felt the bed go down as if I’d gotten in. When I did get in, he asked me if that was the first time or if I had gotten up to go to the bathroom or something. Nope.. first time. I asked him why and (smartly) he said “nevermind.” He finally told me a few weeks ago. He then told me of a few weird incidents in his house, which led me to tell him of one I had in his house. One morning he left and I asked him to put the dog in the cage before he left. An hour or so later I swore I heard the dog’s footsteps behind me (I was laying in bed, facing the wall) so I turned around and was about to say “God damnit, you said you’d put the dog in the cage,” but no one was there. Shit like that freaks me out.
Anyway, it’s getting close to quitting time (yay) so I’m going to fake some work.. Ok, not true. I’m quite busy so I should be doing some, I’ve just lost my motivation for the day. I’ll let you in on what kind of night I had when I get in (early) tomorrow. I kind of like my early in - early out Fridays. Not sure if anyone else does, but such is life! Have a great Thursday and be sure to tune in to The Office and Grey’s Anatomy!
The short weeks are the worst
Another morning of swampiness! Thank god it’s almost lunchtime, as I’m starving like Marvin and I could use an hour of not staring at my computer screen!
Last night I stopped at the store on the way home as I (once again) was going to make J. and I dinner. I don’t mind making dinner if I know someone else will eat it. It seems like a big waste if it’s just for me, know what I’m saying? Anyway, I decided to go with the Weight Watchers Macaroni and Cheese recipe. It seemed just fine and easy to make, which it pretty much was. However, when I bit into it, it just didn’t taste… right. What can I say? I could not live without cheese. I love it and feel everything should be smothered in it. Therefore, the macaroni and cheese was heavier on the mac and less so on the cheese. It tasted just fine.. just not as cheesy as I’d like. To quote J: “it’s not that bad.” Thanks. I know that’s not how he meant it, but still. I do feel bad that he has to eat everything I make, but with his appetite (and the fact that he eats portions equivalent to that of a competitive eater) he doesn’t seem to mind, as he basically gets to eat whatever I don’t. Considering a “normal” portion size is about a cup, I’m not eating that much! However, I haven’t been exercising as much either. I meant to get up today, but it just wasn’t happening. I’ve been sleeping poorly lately.. waking up a lot and such, so I really did need the extra sleep. Or at least that’s what I’m continuing to tell myself. We’ll see what happens this weekend, and if not, next week is a new week!
After dinner we watched “From Hell” (his choice, as I chose the night before). I’m not that girl that swoons over Johnny Depp. If he was bald, maybe. But he’s not, so I don’t find him that attractive. The movie was about Jack the Ripper and it wasn’t a bad flick. However, we both fell asleep right at the end so I’m not really sure what happened. I’m not into period movies all that much, even ones with subject matter I find interesting, as with Jack the Ripper. I think I was just drained from the day and didn’t have the energy to concentrate. Plus, I’m not a huge Heather Graham fan either, even though she was in Swingers. That’s the bright spot of her career by far, cause who wants to be known for the rest of their life as “rollergirl?” Ok.. well.. probably Heather Graham, but whatever.
So, that was my night. I know.. me and my crazy life! I really can’t wait to get through the day and the week. Tomorrow I have to run out and get signatures, so that’ll be a nice hour and a half or so out of the office. Can’t complain about that. Something else I can’t complain about: The closing I had that was scheduled for Monday was pushed back to Tuesday. This SHOULD mean that I don’t have to come in this weekend. Key word there is “SHOULD” considering the heinous bitch is in charge. She’ll probably call me in just to ruin my weekend. I’m sure she’s good like that. My big plan for tonight is to get a haircut, print out my resume on pretty paper, make a grocery list and find out the big death on Grey’s Anatomy because I’m ALMOST positive it’s not Meredith. Anyway, I might be back later with some Office stuff, considering Rainn Wilson is hosting SNL this weekend, but we’ll see hwo the afternoon pans out.
PS - Britney’s back in rehab.. again.. Guess third time’s a charm, especially when your club-hopping, wife-beater wearing, soon to be ex-husband is starting to look like Father of the Year. How can you not love Hollywood?
Last night I stopped at the store on the way home as I (once again) was going to make J. and I dinner. I don’t mind making dinner if I know someone else will eat it. It seems like a big waste if it’s just for me, know what I’m saying? Anyway, I decided to go with the Weight Watchers Macaroni and Cheese recipe. It seemed just fine and easy to make, which it pretty much was. However, when I bit into it, it just didn’t taste… right. What can I say? I could not live without cheese. I love it and feel everything should be smothered in it. Therefore, the macaroni and cheese was heavier on the mac and less so on the cheese. It tasted just fine.. just not as cheesy as I’d like. To quote J: “it’s not that bad.” Thanks. I know that’s not how he meant it, but still. I do feel bad that he has to eat everything I make, but with his appetite (and the fact that he eats portions equivalent to that of a competitive eater) he doesn’t seem to mind, as he basically gets to eat whatever I don’t. Considering a “normal” portion size is about a cup, I’m not eating that much! However, I haven’t been exercising as much either. I meant to get up today, but it just wasn’t happening. I’ve been sleeping poorly lately.. waking up a lot and such, so I really did need the extra sleep. Or at least that’s what I’m continuing to tell myself. We’ll see what happens this weekend, and if not, next week is a new week!
After dinner we watched “From Hell” (his choice, as I chose the night before). I’m not that girl that swoons over Johnny Depp. If he was bald, maybe. But he’s not, so I don’t find him that attractive. The movie was about Jack the Ripper and it wasn’t a bad flick. However, we both fell asleep right at the end so I’m not really sure what happened. I’m not into period movies all that much, even ones with subject matter I find interesting, as with Jack the Ripper. I think I was just drained from the day and didn’t have the energy to concentrate. Plus, I’m not a huge Heather Graham fan either, even though she was in Swingers. That’s the bright spot of her career by far, cause who wants to be known for the rest of their life as “rollergirl?” Ok.. well.. probably Heather Graham, but whatever.
So, that was my night. I know.. me and my crazy life! I really can’t wait to get through the day and the week. Tomorrow I have to run out and get signatures, so that’ll be a nice hour and a half or so out of the office. Can’t complain about that. Something else I can’t complain about: The closing I had that was scheduled for Monday was pushed back to Tuesday. This SHOULD mean that I don’t have to come in this weekend. Key word there is “SHOULD” considering the heinous bitch is in charge. She’ll probably call me in just to ruin my weekend. I’m sure she’s good like that. My big plan for tonight is to get a haircut, print out my resume on pretty paper, make a grocery list and find out the big death on Grey’s Anatomy because I’m ALMOST positive it’s not Meredith. Anyway, I might be back later with some Office stuff, considering Rainn Wilson is hosting SNL this weekend, but we’ll see hwo the afternoon pans out.
PS - Britney’s back in rehab.. again.. Guess third time’s a charm, especially when your club-hopping, wife-beater wearing, soon to be ex-husband is starting to look like Father of the Year. How can you not love Hollywood?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I'm kind of busy at work, who'dve thunk?
No, I’m not complaining. I’m happy to be busy.. also happy that the closing I’m busy for has been pushed back a day, so hopefully I will not have to come in over the weekend. I’ll have to stay late on Monday, but that should be it. Thank God. I can’t even fathom coming here on the weekend. I hate coming during the week. The weekend would surely be the death of me.
I’m pretty sure I sprained my finger after yesterday’s paper towel holder incident. When I woke up this morning I could hardly bend it. It’s gotten better as the day has gone on, but it’s not 100%. I have a relatively big bowling tournament next week and I’m supposed to bowl Friday and Saturday this week. I guess I’ll have to play it by ear (or finger, as the case may be).
I tried to get online at 6:50 to register for the Pop Culture IQ Test last night, but it said I had missed registration. This peeves me because they said you had to be registered by 6:55 (it was clearly before 6:55) in order to take part. I tried over and over again, but it didn’t work. Therefore, yet another year you won’t see me taking part in the World Series of Pop Culture. You’ll have to deal with my posts about how much better I could have done than the people that did get on.
I made this cheesy pasta dish last night (basically, chicken helper without the helper). It was pretty good. So much so, that I bought a serving of it in for lunch today. One cup of something really isn’t all that much food. I think J. liked it. He ate about as much as I did, but he had a late lunch. Honestly, I don’t think he’d tell me if he didn’t like it, as he doesn’t want me to stop making him dinner! After that we watched The Boondock Saints. It was a pretty good movie. I guess it came out for one day in its initial release and now has a bit of a cult following. It’s about these two Irish brothers in Boston who decide to take all the bad people out of the world on their own. There was some funny dialogue and Willem Dafoe as an openly gay FBI agent. As one would expect, he had some of the best lines in the film. If you haven’t seen it, give it a shot. Sean Patrick Flanery isn’t tough to look at and who doesn’t love an accent?
Not much else going on so I’ll get to some gossip: In another shocker (note the sarcasm) Britney has left the Promises Rehab Center after roughly a day, much like last week’s rehab stint in Antigua. Is it just me or is K-Fed looking like Father of the Year? Speaking of train wrecks, the Judge in the Anna Nicole case will render his decision on Friday morning, as her body is deteriorating faster than normal. I’m shocked by that, as I didn’t really think anything in her body was made of a substance that COULD deteriorate. Dancing with the Stars is scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the “star” portion of their title. Click here for a list of the cast for the upcoming season. Personally, I’m rooting for Apolo Anton Ohno, as I know a certain friend of mine will be too (C. Howe.. you know who you are). I don’t see a clear frontrunner or favorite like last year, so it could be entertaining. Considering how awful Idol was last night (I heard.. I taped it and have yet to watch it) I might have to put it off for a few more weeks. Hopefully the girls will step it up. If not, it’s going to be a LONG season.
Almost time for lunch so I’ve gotta get a move on. Hump like no one’s watching!
I’m pretty sure I sprained my finger after yesterday’s paper towel holder incident. When I woke up this morning I could hardly bend it. It’s gotten better as the day has gone on, but it’s not 100%. I have a relatively big bowling tournament next week and I’m supposed to bowl Friday and Saturday this week. I guess I’ll have to play it by ear (or finger, as the case may be).
I tried to get online at 6:50 to register for the Pop Culture IQ Test last night, but it said I had missed registration. This peeves me because they said you had to be registered by 6:55 (it was clearly before 6:55) in order to take part. I tried over and over again, but it didn’t work. Therefore, yet another year you won’t see me taking part in the World Series of Pop Culture. You’ll have to deal with my posts about how much better I could have done than the people that did get on.
I made this cheesy pasta dish last night (basically, chicken helper without the helper). It was pretty good. So much so, that I bought a serving of it in for lunch today. One cup of something really isn’t all that much food. I think J. liked it. He ate about as much as I did, but he had a late lunch. Honestly, I don’t think he’d tell me if he didn’t like it, as he doesn’t want me to stop making him dinner! After that we watched The Boondock Saints. It was a pretty good movie. I guess it came out for one day in its initial release and now has a bit of a cult following. It’s about these two Irish brothers in Boston who decide to take all the bad people out of the world on their own. There was some funny dialogue and Willem Dafoe as an openly gay FBI agent. As one would expect, he had some of the best lines in the film. If you haven’t seen it, give it a shot. Sean Patrick Flanery isn’t tough to look at and who doesn’t love an accent?
Not much else going on so I’ll get to some gossip: In another shocker (note the sarcasm) Britney has left the Promises Rehab Center after roughly a day, much like last week’s rehab stint in Antigua. Is it just me or is K-Fed looking like Father of the Year? Speaking of train wrecks, the Judge in the Anna Nicole case will render his decision on Friday morning, as her body is deteriorating faster than normal. I’m shocked by that, as I didn’t really think anything in her body was made of a substance that COULD deteriorate. Dancing with the Stars is scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the “star” portion of their title. Click here for a list of the cast for the upcoming season. Personally, I’m rooting for Apolo Anton Ohno, as I know a certain friend of mine will be too (C. Howe.. you know who you are). I don’t see a clear frontrunner or favorite like last year, so it could be entertaining. Considering how awful Idol was last night (I heard.. I taped it and have yet to watch it) I might have to put it off for a few more weeks. Hopefully the girls will step it up. If not, it’s going to be a LONG season.
Almost time for lunch so I’ve gotta get a move on. Hump like no one’s watching!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
What more could a girl ask for?
A new "cycle" of America's Next Top Model begins next week, and now this.... Oh happy day!!!
I'm pretty sure I called this one
Who had the over/under in their office pool?
Girlfriend doesn't need rehab... she needs to stay home with her family and kids for more than a few hours. I don't get the whole rehab thing. What is she getting rehabilitation from? I mean... when people go in for drugs and alcohol, I get it. But for racism and questionable behavior? Can you really rehab that?
Girlfriend doesn't need rehab... she needs to stay home with her family and kids for more than a few hours. I don't get the whole rehab thing. What is she getting rehabilitation from? I mean... when people go in for drugs and alcohol, I get it. But for racism and questionable behavior? Can you really rehab that?
Would it be pathetic
if I had to leave work to go to the Emergency Room? I went to the bathroom, washed my hands and was reaching for the paper towels when I underestimated where the towel dispenser is and BAM… slammed my hand into the wall. I’m talking hard! It hurts like a bastard. No swelling as of yet, but the pain goes down into my wrist when I do certain things. Only me… Do you think you can get Worker’s Comp for something like that?
Tonight I’m going to attempt to take the Pop Culture IQ Test on VH1.com. It was supposed to happen last week but apparently there were lots of problems logging on so they’re doing it again. If you do well on it, you could be one of the three people to form a team for the World Series of Pop Culture. Chances are slim to none, but it’s much like the lottery: You can’t win if you don’t play! So.. along with attempting to cook dinner for J. tonight, I hope to be able to take a few minutes out to take the quiz. I’ll let you know how it goes.
There was a death in last night’s episode of Heroes, but not quite what you’d expect. They said “a hero is going to die.” Granted, one of them did, but it was someone that was only introduced in that episode and her ability (insanely good hearing) may drive Sylar crazy! I’m sure what they were talking about was the death of Simone, who wasn’t really a hero… or at least it was never revealed that she was. Isaac shot her accidentally when he was trying to shoot an invisible Peter. I can only imagine the ramifications of those actions, considering she had hinted to Nathan that she’d leak Peter and Nathan’s powers to the press. She didn’t do much for the show, so I’m not really that sorry to see her go. Hiro and Ando have parted ways, but I’m sure it’s only temporary. Parkman and the Radioactive Guy will finally get to confront HRG (Claire’s Dad) next week, which will more than likely answer some questions for Claire, who has plenty questions and suspicions regarding her father. Is he good, bad or indifferent? Guess we have to wait until next week to find out!
In sad news, Kathy Griffin’s father died over the weekend. He was a central and comical part of her show on Bravo and best wishes go out to her and her family during this very difficult time. I mean, even if you don’t think she’s funny, she’s really having a hard time catching a break in the last year!
XM and Sirius have decided to merge, although how that will affect current customers is still up in the air. Apparently the receivers for both are not compatible with the other so there’ll probably be a lot of reconfiguring and new receivers for all. Does that mean eventually I’ll get Howard Stern!? I guess it doesn’t really matter since I’m not in the car long enough to really enjoy it, but it’d be a nice alternative. It’ll be a while before everything’s figured out, so I don’t think I have much to worry about for quite some time.
In celebrity news, Ray Liotta has been arrested for drunk driving. Ray Liotta is one of those men for me that I’ve always loved, but has gone the way of Tom Skerrit recently. He was such a hottie, and now he’s very hit or miss. I have no desire to see his mug shot, as I’d like to think of him circa Goodfellas. That’s my fantasy Ray Liotta…
Tonight I’m going to attempt to take the Pop Culture IQ Test on VH1.com. It was supposed to happen last week but apparently there were lots of problems logging on so they’re doing it again. If you do well on it, you could be one of the three people to form a team for the World Series of Pop Culture. Chances are slim to none, but it’s much like the lottery: You can’t win if you don’t play! So.. along with attempting to cook dinner for J. tonight, I hope to be able to take a few minutes out to take the quiz. I’ll let you know how it goes.
There was a death in last night’s episode of Heroes, but not quite what you’d expect. They said “a hero is going to die.” Granted, one of them did, but it was someone that was only introduced in that episode and her ability (insanely good hearing) may drive Sylar crazy! I’m sure what they were talking about was the death of Simone, who wasn’t really a hero… or at least it was never revealed that she was. Isaac shot her accidentally when he was trying to shoot an invisible Peter. I can only imagine the ramifications of those actions, considering she had hinted to Nathan that she’d leak Peter and Nathan’s powers to the press. She didn’t do much for the show, so I’m not really that sorry to see her go. Hiro and Ando have parted ways, but I’m sure it’s only temporary. Parkman and the Radioactive Guy will finally get to confront HRG (Claire’s Dad) next week, which will more than likely answer some questions for Claire, who has plenty questions and suspicions regarding her father. Is he good, bad or indifferent? Guess we have to wait until next week to find out!
In sad news, Kathy Griffin’s father died over the weekend. He was a central and comical part of her show on Bravo and best wishes go out to her and her family during this very difficult time. I mean, even if you don’t think she’s funny, she’s really having a hard time catching a break in the last year!
XM and Sirius have decided to merge, although how that will affect current customers is still up in the air. Apparently the receivers for both are not compatible with the other so there’ll probably be a lot of reconfiguring and new receivers for all. Does that mean eventually I’ll get Howard Stern!? I guess it doesn’t really matter since I’m not in the car long enough to really enjoy it, but it’d be a nice alternative. It’ll be a while before everything’s figured out, so I don’t think I have much to worry about for quite some time.
In celebrity news, Ray Liotta has been arrested for drunk driving. Ray Liotta is one of those men for me that I’ve always loved, but has gone the way of Tom Skerrit recently. He was such a hottie, and now he’s very hit or miss. I have no desire to see his mug shot, as I’d like to think of him circa Goodfellas. That’s my fantasy Ray Liotta…
Someone put me out of my misery...
I took an Afro Latin dance class at my gym last night. It’s only offered on Mondays at 5 pm and since I had the day off, I figured I’d give it a shot. My cousin Chrissy took it a few times and raved about it, so I’ve been trying to find the time to try it. Wow. It was intense! I admit, I eyeballed the clock the whole time, not because I wasn’t having fun, but because I thought my body was going to give out on me. It was an amazing work out and I don’t know if I’ve ever sweated (is that a word?) that much in my entire life. Fifteen minutes into the class I had basically sweated out every toxin I’d consumed in the last three months. I can only imagine the amount of calories you burn by taking the class. It wasn’t really difficult, but there were no breathers. You were constantly moving, even when you took a drink. My arms, thighs and lower back burn like a son of a bitch today, but I think it’s a good pain. I wish I could do it again but I’m not even out of work when it starts. The class was taught by Mon Ray, a tall, incredibly in shape black man with blonde hair. I’ve never seen anyone move like him and he was incredibly energetic, making sure all the girls were shaking it as best they could. He was a definite hoot and if I could take it again (when I recover) I would. It’s offered at two more area gyms, but since I’m not a member it’ll probably cost me $10 or so to go. It’s good, but I don’t know if it’s THAT good! But yes.. here I am at my desk, trying to find a comfortable position. It’s not working all that well. I’m sure eventually I will thank Mon Ray, but today is not that day!!!
Monday, February 19, 2007
What a great weekend!
Friday night was supposed to be the festivities surrounding my cousin Lindsey’s 21st birthday. J. and I met the group at Meadowgreens, where Lindsey had a pretty nasty headache. We then went to Melino’s and had a few drinks there. Well, Lindsey had a few drinks, hten went to the St. Charles. Tre, J. and I had a few more drinks and called my cousin Laura (Lindsey’s sister) to bring us home. She offered and we gave her a couple bucks for doing it, as college kids usually are in dire need of some extra cash! It was a fun night and it was nice for J. and I to be able to get drunk together and not have to worry about driving.
Saturday we all went to Earth Foods for breakfast. I almost always get the chicken quesadilla there, but since it was breakfast time I got an omelet, some turkey sausage and a bagel. The bagel was good. I should have ordered the quesadilla. J. and I picked up my car and then spent the rest of the day on the couch watching a marathon of Reno 911. It was a very lazy Saturday. Around 7 I got up the energy to take a shower, but decided not to go see Hannibal Rising. I didn’t really want to see the movie and I didn’t really want to leave the house! Lazy? Maybe, but I’ll live through it. Instead I watched The Illusionist. It wasn’t bad which was surprising as my sister hated it. The Prestige is better and comes out on video tomorrow so I recommend that also.
Sunday I decided to go to Pier One and see if I could use up my gift card that Tre had gotten me for my birthday. I went down to Kingston and perused the merchandise, but was unsure of what I wanted to get. On the way home I stopped at the new Super Wal-Mart in Catskill and picked up a few things. It’s a pretty nice Wal-Mart (and that says a lot considering we all know my disdain for the Wal-Mart) and the food prices were actually really cheap. I think I will probably do my big grocery shopping there to save some dough. I would have bought more, but there were no carts to be found so I could only buy what I could carry in my arms. That night was pretty mellow. Tre and I watched Glory Road and Deliverance. One was a feel good flick! Deliverance was pretty much what I expected, and I’m glad I finally saw it. I’ve been on one canoe trip in my life and it was a disaster so I wasn’t planning on going on another one anyway. I DEFINITELY will not be going on one again after seeing Deliverance, that’s for sure. Anyway, I made tacos, downloaded some updates for my laptop and looked for jobs online. Oh yeah.. it’s gotten THAT bad. Leaving might be worth not getting paid for my time to go to Ireland.
Today I watched the movie “The Ringer” with Johnny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl. What can I say? It was on HBO when I got up this morning so I thought I’d give it a shot. It was funny, but only as funny as the trailer. It wasn’t a total waste of time though, let’s put it that way. After that I called my mom and had her accompany me (again) to Pier One. I really just needed a second opinion on what I wanted to buy. I ended up getting a cute chair for our living room, a mat for the laundry room and a beaded curtain for the laundry room closet. Everything looks better than I expected so I was pretty happy with the purchase. What was even nicer was that I only had to spend $15.00 on everything. Not a bad deal if you ask me!
Anyway, I very much enjoyed my holiday weekend and I wanted to update you on what’s been going on. I’ll try to get to the gossip later as that crazy bitch Britney shaved her head and Tom Brady knocked up Bridget Moynahan. Guess that whole “she’s getting skinny to compete with Gisele Bundchen” rumor isn’t exactly true. Hmm.. I guess I just caught you up on the gossip, but I’m sure there’ll be some more tomorrow!
Saturday we all went to Earth Foods for breakfast. I almost always get the chicken quesadilla there, but since it was breakfast time I got an omelet, some turkey sausage and a bagel. The bagel was good. I should have ordered the quesadilla. J. and I picked up my car and then spent the rest of the day on the couch watching a marathon of Reno 911. It was a very lazy Saturday. Around 7 I got up the energy to take a shower, but decided not to go see Hannibal Rising. I didn’t really want to see the movie and I didn’t really want to leave the house! Lazy? Maybe, but I’ll live through it. Instead I watched The Illusionist. It wasn’t bad which was surprising as my sister hated it. The Prestige is better and comes out on video tomorrow so I recommend that also.
Sunday I decided to go to Pier One and see if I could use up my gift card that Tre had gotten me for my birthday. I went down to Kingston and perused the merchandise, but was unsure of what I wanted to get. On the way home I stopped at the new Super Wal-Mart in Catskill and picked up a few things. It’s a pretty nice Wal-Mart (and that says a lot considering we all know my disdain for the Wal-Mart) and the food prices were actually really cheap. I think I will probably do my big grocery shopping there to save some dough. I would have bought more, but there were no carts to be found so I could only buy what I could carry in my arms. That night was pretty mellow. Tre and I watched Glory Road and Deliverance. One was a feel good flick! Deliverance was pretty much what I expected, and I’m glad I finally saw it. I’ve been on one canoe trip in my life and it was a disaster so I wasn’t planning on going on another one anyway. I DEFINITELY will not be going on one again after seeing Deliverance, that’s for sure. Anyway, I made tacos, downloaded some updates for my laptop and looked for jobs online. Oh yeah.. it’s gotten THAT bad. Leaving might be worth not getting paid for my time to go to Ireland.
Today I watched the movie “The Ringer” with Johnny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl. What can I say? It was on HBO when I got up this morning so I thought I’d give it a shot. It was funny, but only as funny as the trailer. It wasn’t a total waste of time though, let’s put it that way. After that I called my mom and had her accompany me (again) to Pier One. I really just needed a second opinion on what I wanted to buy. I ended up getting a cute chair for our living room, a mat for the laundry room and a beaded curtain for the laundry room closet. Everything looks better than I expected so I was pretty happy with the purchase. What was even nicer was that I only had to spend $15.00 on everything. Not a bad deal if you ask me!
Anyway, I very much enjoyed my holiday weekend and I wanted to update you on what’s been going on. I’ll try to get to the gossip later as that crazy bitch Britney shaved her head and Tom Brady knocked up Bridget Moynahan. Guess that whole “she’s getting skinny to compete with Gisele Bundchen” rumor isn’t exactly true. Hmm.. I guess I just caught you up on the gossip, but I’m sure there’ll be some more tomorrow!
Oh yeah.. this is the picture I was supposed to post a few weeks ago of me and my newly svelte friend Tim. He's ALMOST as adorable as me!!!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Sometimes you just need a change of pace...
I decided I need a new call tone for my phone. You know, the one people hear instead of a ring? Right now I have Daughtry - It’s Not Over. J. hates it and it’s not a very good rendition so most people can't even tell what it is. Anyway, I went onto the Sprint website and here are some of my choices. Let me know what you think:
“If You Were Gay” from the musical Avenue Q (if you see one Broadway show in your life, let it be this. It’s hysterical!);
“Brass Monkey” - The Beastie Boys;
“If I Had $1,000,000” - Barenaked Ladies;
“No Diggity” - Blackstreet;
“The Distance” - Cake;
"Sexyback" - Justin Timberlake
“Sunglasses at Night” - Corey Hart.
Nothing from Counting Crows, Huey Lewis or Live floated my boat and they don’t make it all that easy for you to search, so I got bored kind of quick. I started looking for a new phone instead. I can get a $75 rebate as I’ve had my phone for over a year, but that’s really not much with the current price of phones.
Anyway, I got some work (finally) so I should make an effort for the short time I’m still here. Happy President’s Day!!!
“If You Were Gay” from the musical Avenue Q (if you see one Broadway show in your life, let it be this. It’s hysterical!);
“Brass Monkey” - The Beastie Boys;
“If I Had $1,000,000” - Barenaked Ladies;
“No Diggity” - Blackstreet;
“The Distance” - Cake;
"Sexyback" - Justin Timberlake
“Sunglasses at Night” - Corey Hart.
Nothing from Counting Crows, Huey Lewis or Live floated my boat and they don’t make it all that easy for you to search, so I got bored kind of quick. I started looking for a new phone instead. I can get a $75 rebate as I’ve had my phone for over a year, but that’s really not much with the current price of phones.
Anyway, I got some work (finally) so I should make an effort for the short time I’m still here. Happy President’s Day!!!
And the snow came...
After I left work on Tuesday, I went to J.’s as I figured it’d be easier for me to drive to work from his house, rather than mine. When I got there, he gave me the one thing I’ve been wanting for weeks…. NO cheeky monkeys, not that! A copy of The Departed, just released. That was his way of “celebrating” Valentine’s Day in a passive-aggressive kind of way and I’m ok with it! He also made me dinner: Lemon Pepper chicken with mashed potatoes and corn. It was pretty damn good too! He also went to the store to get food so I wouldn’t be stuck in his house, starving for two days, which was kind of sweet of him. Every once in a while, they turn on the sweetness. Gotta give him props for that. I gave him his card which he thought was funny and that was it.
I got a very lovely phone call early on Wednesday morning, letting me know that my office was closing for the day. Thank goodness because there was no way in hell I was driving into work on Wednesday. Earlier that morning I had made J. call me when he got to work (I was at his house) and it took him double the regular time and he said the roads were pretty crappy. I spent the morning watching school closings, Dawson’s Creek and the aforementioned Brick and Scrubs. I also had plenty of bonding time with J.’s roomie and his dog. Great fun, that it was! J. ended up having to work late because most people had called in, so he asked me to marinate the steaks he had bought. Ok, I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I don’t know shit about cooking. I actually called my sister and asked her how to marinate. First problem: The only thing I can find in the freezer besides chicken are boneless, skinless breasts (?) of pork. I assume that’s what he’s talking about. I then put them in the sink and ran hot water over them to get the defrosting process underway. A few hours later I poked holes in them (he told me that would make the marinade sink in a little better) and thought I marinated them. I smothered the pork with marinade and then put them on the baking tray and back in the fridge to further defrost. As I’m patting myself on the back I come across my second problem: I marinated it with the wrong thing. He had two bottles of marinade in the fridge; one a steakhouse marinade and the other a mesquite. Well, he had used the mesquite (along with the lemon pepper) the night before and had wanted me to use the steakhouse. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now! I let him know I did it and he didn’t really care either way. Plus, it wasn’t steak so I figured it would work out better the way I did it (or so I’ve told myself). Anyway, I used about half a bottle of the marinade and let them sit. He got home and called his mother to see how he should broil the steaks, as he’d never really done anything but cook them on the grill, and considering the snow and cold, that wasn’t really an option. She gave him directions and everything was well. I could hear him pounding around in the kitchen, but thought nothing of it. He comes into the bedroom (where I’m still watching Scrubs), sits down on the bed and gives me this weird smile… then starts laughing. So I said “I’ve never marinated before, give me a break!!” Well, he’s still laughing and is trying to tell me how to do it, but I really don’t care at this point and he knows that. Yes.. it’s a funny story about cooking, as usual, and I’m sure he’ll tell everyone I know. He did say that the steaks turned out just fine, even though I marinated them poorly and in the wrong thing (Ok, he didn’t say it quite like that, but I know what he was thinking). However, he did have his own brain fart: He said to me “I’ve never had a steak come out this white before.” My response: “That’s because you bought pork, not steak.” We both kept eating until I couldn’t stand it anymore and just burst out laughing. Yep.. that was my Valentine’s Day!
I called in on Thursday. My car was buried in his driveway and there was no way it was getting out without some extra help. I don’t shovel. I never have and hope to God I never will. You have to start that when you’re a kid. My sister was always the one that would help Dad, while I sat inside with a hot cocoa and a BabySitter’s Club book. I’m ok with that. Therefore, you understand why I was agonizing about getting my car out of its snow covered cocoon. So yeah.. I called in and told them I spun out into a field on my way to work and that was motivation enough for me to go home. Honestly, there’s a huge hill I have to get down on the way from J.’s and I was kind of nervous. And oh yeah… you couldn’t see my car. Anyway, I had nothing to do and nowhere to go so I vegged out for most of the morning, but when I emerged, my car was miraculously dug out of it’s little igloo! J.’s roommate decided to shovel the driveway and since my car was in there too, he dug it out for me. I was very pleasantly surprised and yes, I could have gone to work, but I didn’t. Instead I finished disk 2 of Scrubs, checked my email and listened to his dog whine for two hours while he went skiing. I could have left but the last time I put the dog in its cage is when he jumped through J.’s window, so I didn’t really want to take that chance again. J. came home around 3 and we hung out for a bit before I went home. Sue and I had decided we weren’t in the mood to go to dance that night, so I went home and had Moxie’s pizza with my parents, then a slice of awesome ice cream cake at my Aunt and Uncle’s to celebrate my cousin Lindsey’s 21st birthday. I’m now officially old. Actually, I will officially feel old tonight when we take her out and we’re with all her friends. So yeah, that’s the plan for tonight. J. and I are meeting everyone out after bowling and since my cousin Laura is driving us around, we can BOTH get drunk, which is a rarity for us. Should be entertaining to say the least. I’m sure there will be shots (which I’m not good at) and I think my Uncle Jackie is videotaping the festivities. Granted, he could be lying but it’s a great idea if he’s not! I hope to remember my camera so I’ll take some pictures and we’ll see how Lindsey handles her big night out!
I’ve done NOTHING today. Like I had anticipated, my co-worker is giving me the deep freeze today. I totally forgot about a deadline since I was out yesterday, and she ended up having to do some work for me. In all honesty, it shouldn’t have been that much as I’d passed the torch to the attorney who needed to finish things up. All she had to do was check it and mail it out, but she’s been cranky all week so I’m keeping my distance. Anyway, I leave at 4:30 (yay) as I got here around 8 am, so only an hour or so of faking it. I need gas desperately! I thought I could make it home but my ¼ of a tank quickly changed to that point where the gas light turns on. Gas is at least $.07 cents higher near Albany but it’s so damn cold out that I don’t want to stop twice regardless of price. Ok.. went off on a bit of a tangent on that one. Anyway, have a great weekend and I’ll try to get some pictures up over the weekend. The HOLIDAY weekend! That reminds me. I’m off on Monday. Now if only I could have had today off. A 6 day weekend sounds good to me! Have a good one!!
I got a very lovely phone call early on Wednesday morning, letting me know that my office was closing for the day. Thank goodness because there was no way in hell I was driving into work on Wednesday. Earlier that morning I had made J. call me when he got to work (I was at his house) and it took him double the regular time and he said the roads were pretty crappy. I spent the morning watching school closings, Dawson’s Creek and the aforementioned Brick and Scrubs. I also had plenty of bonding time with J.’s roomie and his dog. Great fun, that it was! J. ended up having to work late because most people had called in, so he asked me to marinate the steaks he had bought. Ok, I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I don’t know shit about cooking. I actually called my sister and asked her how to marinate. First problem: The only thing I can find in the freezer besides chicken are boneless, skinless breasts (?) of pork. I assume that’s what he’s talking about. I then put them in the sink and ran hot water over them to get the defrosting process underway. A few hours later I poked holes in them (he told me that would make the marinade sink in a little better) and thought I marinated them. I smothered the pork with marinade and then put them on the baking tray and back in the fridge to further defrost. As I’m patting myself on the back I come across my second problem: I marinated it with the wrong thing. He had two bottles of marinade in the fridge; one a steakhouse marinade and the other a mesquite. Well, he had used the mesquite (along with the lemon pepper) the night before and had wanted me to use the steakhouse. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now! I let him know I did it and he didn’t really care either way. Plus, it wasn’t steak so I figured it would work out better the way I did it (or so I’ve told myself). Anyway, I used about half a bottle of the marinade and let them sit. He got home and called his mother to see how he should broil the steaks, as he’d never really done anything but cook them on the grill, and considering the snow and cold, that wasn’t really an option. She gave him directions and everything was well. I could hear him pounding around in the kitchen, but thought nothing of it. He comes into the bedroom (where I’m still watching Scrubs), sits down on the bed and gives me this weird smile… then starts laughing. So I said “I’ve never marinated before, give me a break!!” Well, he’s still laughing and is trying to tell me how to do it, but I really don’t care at this point and he knows that. Yes.. it’s a funny story about cooking, as usual, and I’m sure he’ll tell everyone I know. He did say that the steaks turned out just fine, even though I marinated them poorly and in the wrong thing (Ok, he didn’t say it quite like that, but I know what he was thinking). However, he did have his own brain fart: He said to me “I’ve never had a steak come out this white before.” My response: “That’s because you bought pork, not steak.” We both kept eating until I couldn’t stand it anymore and just burst out laughing. Yep.. that was my Valentine’s Day!
I called in on Thursday. My car was buried in his driveway and there was no way it was getting out without some extra help. I don’t shovel. I never have and hope to God I never will. You have to start that when you’re a kid. My sister was always the one that would help Dad, while I sat inside with a hot cocoa and a BabySitter’s Club book. I’m ok with that. Therefore, you understand why I was agonizing about getting my car out of its snow covered cocoon. So yeah.. I called in and told them I spun out into a field on my way to work and that was motivation enough for me to go home. Honestly, there’s a huge hill I have to get down on the way from J.’s and I was kind of nervous. And oh yeah… you couldn’t see my car. Anyway, I had nothing to do and nowhere to go so I vegged out for most of the morning, but when I emerged, my car was miraculously dug out of it’s little igloo! J.’s roommate decided to shovel the driveway and since my car was in there too, he dug it out for me. I was very pleasantly surprised and yes, I could have gone to work, but I didn’t. Instead I finished disk 2 of Scrubs, checked my email and listened to his dog whine for two hours while he went skiing. I could have left but the last time I put the dog in its cage is when he jumped through J.’s window, so I didn’t really want to take that chance again. J. came home around 3 and we hung out for a bit before I went home. Sue and I had decided we weren’t in the mood to go to dance that night, so I went home and had Moxie’s pizza with my parents, then a slice of awesome ice cream cake at my Aunt and Uncle’s to celebrate my cousin Lindsey’s 21st birthday. I’m now officially old. Actually, I will officially feel old tonight when we take her out and we’re with all her friends. So yeah, that’s the plan for tonight. J. and I are meeting everyone out after bowling and since my cousin Laura is driving us around, we can BOTH get drunk, which is a rarity for us. Should be entertaining to say the least. I’m sure there will be shots (which I’m not good at) and I think my Uncle Jackie is videotaping the festivities. Granted, he could be lying but it’s a great idea if he’s not! I hope to remember my camera so I’ll take some pictures and we’ll see how Lindsey handles her big night out!
I’ve done NOTHING today. Like I had anticipated, my co-worker is giving me the deep freeze today. I totally forgot about a deadline since I was out yesterday, and she ended up having to do some work for me. In all honesty, it shouldn’t have been that much as I’d passed the torch to the attorney who needed to finish things up. All she had to do was check it and mail it out, but she’s been cranky all week so I’m keeping my distance. Anyway, I leave at 4:30 (yay) as I got here around 8 am, so only an hour or so of faking it. I need gas desperately! I thought I could make it home but my ¼ of a tank quickly changed to that point where the gas light turns on. Gas is at least $.07 cents higher near Albany but it’s so damn cold out that I don’t want to stop twice regardless of price. Ok.. went off on a bit of a tangent on that one. Anyway, have a great weekend and I’ll try to get some pictures up over the weekend. The HOLIDAY weekend! That reminds me. I’m off on Monday. Now if only I could have had today off. A 6 day weekend sounds good to me! Have a good one!!
Let's Talk TV
Ok.. first things first - Grey’s Anatomy. Now, they said there would be a death and technically, there was because Meredith was flatlined when the show ended last night. However, I really can’t believe they’re going to kill her off. Hell, the show is named GREY’S Anatomy! Also, her dying would be so blatantly obvious considering she was thrown into the water last week. My guess is that she’s going to be bought back to life, but I can’t imagine who else they would kill off! We did get our brief Denny Duquette appearance, and how nice to see Kyle Chandler in his paramedic glory. Much sexier than that football coach garb they have him wearing on Friday Night Lights! Anyway, I guess we need to tune in to see who’s going to bite it, if that’s the case! Oh yeah.. Izzie.. definite Rockstar!
I have yet to watch The Office as I got home near the end of it last night and didn’t want to ruin it. So, once I watch that this weekend, I’ll let you know what I think Somehow (I won’t say how or with whom) I managed to watch Top Design this week. The remaining decorators were split into three teams and there was animosity from the get go! They were each given a postcard of a beach location and had to build and design a cabana that was innovative and reflected their area. Team St. Tropez consisted of Carissa, Ryan and Goil. It was obvious from the start that Carisa and Ryan were going to butt heads (and I’m pretty sure Goil called her Larissa a few times) so I wasn’t surprised to see Ryan in the bottom, as his choices weren’t real helpful (Carisa saw St. Tropez as classy, while Ryan saw it as topless ladies). Their design was pretty innovative, even if their furnishings were anything but! The team of Matt, Elizabeth and Eric got Miami and seemed to be doing a good job until it came to their heinous color choices, spearheaded by Elizabeth (although they all did agree). They were so NOT Miami and kind of gaudy. That choice sent Elizabeth into the final three and Matt joined her and Ryan for his lack of vision. Obviously, the winners were Felicia, Michael and Andrea, although I can’t remember what their location was. Their cabana was really great, although it did lack a roof. However, it best epitomized what the judges were looking for so they won a weekend getaway in Santa Monica (I believe). Elizabeth was sent home, and she was pretty upset about it. She didn’t do much for me so I’m ok with seeing her go. What should have gone was judge Kelly Wearstler’s knee socks and open toed shoes combo. At first I thought she was wearing teal boots but no, it was worse.
Wednesday night I watched Bones, which I’m really getting into. However, it’s now on hiatus for a month while American Idol is on. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Idol, but I don’t need to watch it three times a week. Who has that time!? I am ok with the Top 24, but no one has wowed me yet like last year. I guess only time will tell!
I did watch Brick, a movie I got from Netflix, during the snowstorm. It was decent. A little hard to follow at times, but still good. One of the lead characters was played by Nora Zehetner, aka Eden from Heroes. It was kind of a whodunit, film noir set in a high school (at least that’s what the envelope said). I don’t think my attention span was in on it, or it probably would have been better. I also got through the first two discs of Season One of Scrubs that J. has been up my ass to watch. Now I only have three more hours to watch before he starts in with season two.. I should make him bring that down for me so I can do it this weekend sometime. I never got into Scrubs when it first started, but I’ve caught it in syndication and I find it to be pretty hilarious. I’m always the last kid to the party.
I’ll try to give you the scoop on the last couple of days later. TGIF!!!!
I have yet to watch The Office as I got home near the end of it last night and didn’t want to ruin it. So, once I watch that this weekend, I’ll let you know what I think Somehow (I won’t say how or with whom) I managed to watch Top Design this week. The remaining decorators were split into three teams and there was animosity from the get go! They were each given a postcard of a beach location and had to build and design a cabana that was innovative and reflected their area. Team St. Tropez consisted of Carissa, Ryan and Goil. It was obvious from the start that Carisa and Ryan were going to butt heads (and I’m pretty sure Goil called her Larissa a few times) so I wasn’t surprised to see Ryan in the bottom, as his choices weren’t real helpful (Carisa saw St. Tropez as classy, while Ryan saw it as topless ladies). Their design was pretty innovative, even if their furnishings were anything but! The team of Matt, Elizabeth and Eric got Miami and seemed to be doing a good job until it came to their heinous color choices, spearheaded by Elizabeth (although they all did agree). They were so NOT Miami and kind of gaudy. That choice sent Elizabeth into the final three and Matt joined her and Ryan for his lack of vision. Obviously, the winners were Felicia, Michael and Andrea, although I can’t remember what their location was. Their cabana was really great, although it did lack a roof. However, it best epitomized what the judges were looking for so they won a weekend getaway in Santa Monica (I believe). Elizabeth was sent home, and she was pretty upset about it. She didn’t do much for me so I’m ok with seeing her go. What should have gone was judge Kelly Wearstler’s knee socks and open toed shoes combo. At first I thought she was wearing teal boots but no, it was worse.
Wednesday night I watched Bones, which I’m really getting into. However, it’s now on hiatus for a month while American Idol is on. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Idol, but I don’t need to watch it three times a week. Who has that time!? I am ok with the Top 24, but no one has wowed me yet like last year. I guess only time will tell!
I did watch Brick, a movie I got from Netflix, during the snowstorm. It was decent. A little hard to follow at times, but still good. One of the lead characters was played by Nora Zehetner, aka Eden from Heroes. It was kind of a whodunit, film noir set in a high school (at least that’s what the envelope said). I don’t think my attention span was in on it, or it probably would have been better. I also got through the first two discs of Season One of Scrubs that J. has been up my ass to watch. Now I only have three more hours to watch before he starts in with season two.. I should make him bring that down for me so I can do it this weekend sometime. I never got into Scrubs when it first started, but I’ve caught it in syndication and I find it to be pretty hilarious. I’m always the last kid to the party.
I’ll try to give you the scoop on the last couple of days later. TGIF!!!!
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