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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Movie Review: "Because I said so"
Because I said so YAHOO MOVIE PAGE
Let me preface this by saying: I'm okay with contrived movies as long as it's not hiding behind being contrived and still has great moments in it. Like The Wedding Singer. Boy meets girl. Girl is engaged to prick. Girl falls for Boy. When Girl goes to get Boy, she thinks he's not available. When Boy goes to find Girl, he finds out she's off to get married. Hilarity ensues and good times were had by all.
Sadly, this movie is not like that. AT ALL.
Diane Keaton is a meddlesome mother who wants to find a nice guy for her quirky-yet-adorably-cute-yet-sooo-annoying-and-clumsy daughter Mandy Moore. Now right there this movie would be believable if the daughter couldn't stand being around her mother. But Mandy Moore and her 2 sisters are so close with their mom they actually pick up the phone when they're having sex with dudes and what not. WTF.
Are you having sex right now missy? Oh okay. Just don't do that dorky laugh. You know the one.
There's a scene where Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore share a touching moment where Mom tells Daughter that she's never had an orgasm because their prick of a father didn't have time to uhhh look out for her needs. And Mandy feels sooo sad for her mom and suddenly has a moment of realization that she understands where her mom is coming from.
Time for some bonding. Daughter, tell your MOmmy what an orgasm feels like.
Uhh...no. I don't know about any of you, but i really don't CARE if my mom ever had an orgasm. In fact, I think we'd all like to believe that our moms followed through with Immaculate Conception. The #1 way to survive in life is to develop the attitude that parents NEVER have sex. EVERRRRR.
And then there's the guys in the movie. The struggling single father guitar guy vs. the successful but boring architect. We're supposed to all love the single father, right? Ummm...no. I'd be like "WTF you have a kid?! Why didn't you tell me? And where's the baby mama? And I can't sleep with you when your kid and your DAD all live under the same roof, that's just creepy"...whereas we're supposed to think the Architect is a jerk because he flipped on Mandy Moore for breaking his grandmother's antique candleholder...effing right, i'd be pissed too. And he apologized later and gave her another family antique. HELL YEAH.
Somewhere in the middle of the movie for no apparent reason there's a music montage of Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton rearranging furniture. That's the biggest waste of 6 minutes that I'll never get back (along with the rest of the movie). What was the point of that? To show how scatterbrained they are? Trust me, you drilled that into the audience every SECOND.
There's another scene where Diane Keaton is stalking her daughter on a date in her car and she uses her car's navigation system...now this actress was great when she freaked out in First Wives Club. Not so great in this movie. She just yells and rants at the GPS and starts kicking the GPS while driving. WHO DOES THAT?! It was just irritating, if you're too stupid by now to figure out how your GPS works, don't use it.
Oh, plus her computer froze up when she accidentally landed on a porn site. Let's go through the flaws with this...odds are, if you're computer's freezing up, you're not going to still get streaming video coming in perfectly. Secondly, she runs to the phone to call Gateway's tech support (nice plug for them) instead of...just turning off the computer? Unplugging it? Thirdly, she got on the phone with the help IMMEDIATELY. (once again, nice plug). What, no automated machine system? No waiting on hold for half an hour? She called and within seconds got someone?! I can't even get that when I call for pizza.
I know it seems like i'm nitpicking at little details, but it's these inconsistencies and randomness and unbelievable moments that made this movie brutal. Who discusses with their mom and sisters, in a shoe store, who holds the record for the most orgasms during a given night of sex?!
Needless to say, this movie could have been really cute and funny. It turned out to be boring, unfunny, and a complete waste of time. Dont even bother renting it. And if someone gives it to you on DVD as a gift, assume they're just regifting it.
Another fabulous movie moment: the girls all singing together at the end when they're all so very, very happy. Happy enough to sing. Which is clearly them lip syncing. I'm guessing Mandy Moore is the only one who's lip syncing to the sound of her own voice.
Let me preface this by saying: I'm okay with contrived movies as long as it's not hiding behind being contrived and still has great moments in it. Like The Wedding Singer. Boy meets girl. Girl is engaged to prick. Girl falls for Boy. When Girl goes to get Boy, she thinks he's not available. When Boy goes to find Girl, he finds out she's off to get married. Hilarity ensues and good times were had by all.
Sadly, this movie is not like that. AT ALL.
Diane Keaton is a meddlesome mother who wants to find a nice guy for her quirky-yet-adorably-cute-yet-sooo-annoying-and-clumsy daughter Mandy Moore. Now right there this movie would be believable if the daughter couldn't stand being around her mother. But Mandy Moore and her 2 sisters are so close with their mom they actually pick up the phone when they're having sex with dudes and what not. WTF.
Are you having sex right now missy? Oh okay. Just don't do that dorky laugh. You know the one.
There's a scene where Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore share a touching moment where Mom tells Daughter that she's never had an orgasm because their prick of a father didn't have time to uhhh look out for her needs. And Mandy feels sooo sad for her mom and suddenly has a moment of realization that she understands where her mom is coming from.
Time for some bonding. Daughter, tell your MOmmy what an orgasm feels like.
Uhh...no. I don't know about any of you, but i really don't CARE if my mom ever had an orgasm. In fact, I think we'd all like to believe that our moms followed through with Immaculate Conception. The #1 way to survive in life is to develop the attitude that parents NEVER have sex. EVERRRRR.
And then there's the guys in the movie. The struggling single father guitar guy vs. the successful but boring architect. We're supposed to all love the single father, right? Ummm...no. I'd be like "WTF you have a kid?! Why didn't you tell me? And where's the baby mama? And I can't sleep with you when your kid and your DAD all live under the same roof, that's just creepy"...whereas we're supposed to think the Architect is a jerk because he flipped on Mandy Moore for breaking his grandmother's antique candleholder...effing right, i'd be pissed too. And he apologized later and gave her another family antique. HELL YEAH.
Somewhere in the middle of the movie for no apparent reason there's a music montage of Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton rearranging furniture. That's the biggest waste of 6 minutes that I'll never get back (along with the rest of the movie). What was the point of that? To show how scatterbrained they are? Trust me, you drilled that into the audience every SECOND.
There's another scene where Diane Keaton is stalking her daughter on a date in her car and she uses her car's navigation system...now this actress was great when she freaked out in First Wives Club. Not so great in this movie. She just yells and rants at the GPS and starts kicking the GPS while driving. WHO DOES THAT?! It was just irritating, if you're too stupid by now to figure out how your GPS works, don't use it.
Oh, plus her computer froze up when she accidentally landed on a porn site. Let's go through the flaws with this...odds are, if you're computer's freezing up, you're not going to still get streaming video coming in perfectly. Secondly, she runs to the phone to call Gateway's tech support (nice plug for them) instead of...just turning off the computer? Unplugging it? Thirdly, she got on the phone with the help IMMEDIATELY. (once again, nice plug). What, no automated machine system? No waiting on hold for half an hour? She called and within seconds got someone?! I can't even get that when I call for pizza.
I know it seems like i'm nitpicking at little details, but it's these inconsistencies and randomness and unbelievable moments that made this movie brutal. Who discusses with their mom and sisters, in a shoe store, who holds the record for the most orgasms during a given night of sex?!
Needless to say, this movie could have been really cute and funny. It turned out to be boring, unfunny, and a complete waste of time. Dont even bother renting it. And if someone gives it to you on DVD as a gift, assume they're just regifting it.
Another fabulous movie moment: the girls all singing together at the end when they're all so very, very happy. Happy enough to sing. Which is clearly them lip syncing. I'm guessing Mandy Moore is the only one who's lip syncing to the sound of her own voice.
Letter to the editor
Sabina, there's this great beverage called coffee, it's hot but usually the maker of coffee puts on the cup, "Caution Content Hot." but it's ok, put a little milk some sweetener or sugar, stir and consume. :)
Ugh, coffee is NASTYYYY. I can't stand it. Unless it's in tiramisu. Otherwise, I really don't like the stuff.
As for hockey...i don't even know when ottawa is playing, it's actual WORK for me to find out anything about hockey. grumble.
Ugh, coffee is NASTYYYY. I can't stand it. Unless it's in tiramisu. Otherwise, I really don't like the stuff.
As for hockey...i don't even know when ottawa is playing, it's actual WORK for me to find out anything about hockey. grumble.
"Like my booodddyyyyy???"
I guess I should comment on the Anna Nicole Smith thing, even though there's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said SOMEWHERE in the press.
In fact, people were shocked that I didn't email them like crazy when the news came out. Well firstly, I received like 20 emails so I assumed everyone else did as well. Secondly...I'm sort of letting the initial shock wear off before coming to some sort of opinion.
Well, that's sorta not true. I wasn't really shocked per se. She was a train wreck. It's amazing it didn't happen earlier. I guess I'm more amazed how in the past year so much has happened so fast, and it went big time downhill.
Now let's get to the nitty gritty: why what who how huh?!
I really don't know if anyone who didn't see her reality show is allowed to cast an opinion on Howard and their relationship, 'cause that dude seriously put up with ALOT of crap. I mean, ALOT. In fact, I"m not even 100% sure why he stuck around. His personality was so dry, and imagine if you graduated from Berkeley with a law degree and your claim to fame was telling Bobby Trendy his decor is cheap and having pasta eating championships with Anna Nicole.
So...do I think he poisoned her? No. Why would he do it so soon? Because of the baby daddy situation? Let's say it turned out the other dude was the dad...Howard was allegedly set to marry Anna Nicole legitimately later this month, so he would have been living in the lap of luxury anyway (well, assuming she got to keep the old dude's dough). Plus, seriously, it wouldn't take rocket science to have people think that he did it, especially since the prescriptions were under his name.
If anything, I think her lesbian assistant did it, but we haven't heard anything about her since the reality show ended so who knows. That chick was jonesin' baaaad for Anna Nicole, and maybe she was pissed that she couldn't have her? "If i can't have her, no one can!"...but that's a stretch and that assistant was dumb as a doornail (she got anna nicole tattooed on her...hey, i like my boss, but there's no WAY i'm tattooing her on my body!)...
As much as people want to make it out to be, I basically think that Anna's been self-medicating for years, and the combination just took it's toll...especially if she upped her meds as a result of post partum depression along with the pain of losing Daniel. It's pretty sad and lacking in scandal, but I think that's just all there is to it. Her body and brain just completely shut down as a result of her lifestyle.
In fact, people were shocked that I didn't email them like crazy when the news came out. Well firstly, I received like 20 emails so I assumed everyone else did as well. Secondly...I'm sort of letting the initial shock wear off before coming to some sort of opinion.
Well, that's sorta not true. I wasn't really shocked per se. She was a train wreck. It's amazing it didn't happen earlier. I guess I'm more amazed how in the past year so much has happened so fast, and it went big time downhill.
Now let's get to the nitty gritty: why what who how huh?!
I really don't know if anyone who didn't see her reality show is allowed to cast an opinion on Howard and their relationship, 'cause that dude seriously put up with ALOT of crap. I mean, ALOT. In fact, I"m not even 100% sure why he stuck around. His personality was so dry, and imagine if you graduated from Berkeley with a law degree and your claim to fame was telling Bobby Trendy his decor is cheap and having pasta eating championships with Anna Nicole.
So...do I think he poisoned her? No. Why would he do it so soon? Because of the baby daddy situation? Let's say it turned out the other dude was the dad...Howard was allegedly set to marry Anna Nicole legitimately later this month, so he would have been living in the lap of luxury anyway (well, assuming she got to keep the old dude's dough). Plus, seriously, it wouldn't take rocket science to have people think that he did it, especially since the prescriptions were under his name.
If anything, I think her lesbian assistant did it, but we haven't heard anything about her since the reality show ended so who knows. That chick was jonesin' baaaad for Anna Nicole, and maybe she was pissed that she couldn't have her? "If i can't have her, no one can!"...but that's a stretch and that assistant was dumb as a doornail (she got anna nicole tattooed on her...hey, i like my boss, but there's no WAY i'm tattooing her on my body!)...
As much as people want to make it out to be, I basically think that Anna's been self-medicating for years, and the combination just took it's toll...especially if she upped her meds as a result of post partum depression along with the pain of losing Daniel. It's pretty sad and lacking in scandal, but I think that's just all there is to it. Her body and brain just completely shut down as a result of her lifestyle.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Kickass site
I can't stop surfing through this site for art...i want something to put in the newly-done bathroom above the towel bar...blah. Haven't had a single interesting thought otherwise worth noting in the blog. Unless you want me to gripe about caffeine withdrawals (not pretty. In 3 work days I consumed one of those fridge packs only during work hours ...that doesn't even round out the stuff I drank at home).
In other news, I finally heard from my friend Natalie (she and I were pretty much the only two chicks in our university's Computer Science program), she was MIA for awhile...I haven't seen her since her wedding and before that was YEARS ago...she and her Finnish husband bought a duplex in Montreal...anyway she mentioned that she went to Berlin for World Cup Soccer last year...it just cracks me up. She lives in Europe for a few years and gets hooked onsoccer, I move to the US and I'm stuck dealing with football...I'm actually going to my first hockey game (LA vs. Anaheim) in 2 weeks which is so odd...I went to a Sharks game once in San Jose...but other than that, I've been hockey-deprived for 7 years. And to be honest, I don't think I even remember all the rules and terms. Okay maybe "icing". That's it. I'm a disgrace to my country of origin.
Time to take a power nap and then get my ass to the gym...if Carrie can train for a frickin' marathon, I can start going to the gym again. WTF.
Oh real quick: Kinda disappointed that the flying Patrelli brother is Claire's father on Heroes...I assumed it was him but figured that was too obvious (the man's a whore, of course he's got offspring all across the globe)...and I don't think Claire's adopted dad ("Mr. Bennet") is Linderman because Linderman lives in Las Vegas where Bennet lives in Texas.
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In other news, I finally heard from my friend Natalie (she and I were pretty much the only two chicks in our university's Computer Science program), she was MIA for awhile...I haven't seen her since her wedding and before that was YEARS ago...she and her Finnish husband bought a duplex in Montreal...anyway she mentioned that she went to Berlin for World Cup Soccer last year...it just cracks me up. She lives in Europe for a few years and gets hooked onsoccer, I move to the US and I'm stuck dealing with football...I'm actually going to my first hockey game (LA vs. Anaheim) in 2 weeks which is so odd...I went to a Sharks game once in San Jose...but other than that, I've been hockey-deprived for 7 years. And to be honest, I don't think I even remember all the rules and terms. Okay maybe "icing". That's it. I'm a disgrace to my country of origin.
Time to take a power nap and then get my ass to the gym...if Carrie can train for a frickin' marathon, I can start going to the gym again. WTF.
Oh real quick: Kinda disappointed that the flying Patrelli brother is Claire's father on Heroes...I assumed it was him but figured that was too obvious (the man's a whore, of course he's got offspring all across the globe)...and I don't think Claire's adopted dad ("Mr. Bennet") is Linderman because Linderman lives in Las Vegas where Bennet lives in Texas.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Officer, is it illegal for Jewish people to eat Christmas snow?
Yes, yes, I've been horribly backlogged on the reviews and griping. I hear ya.
What About Brian
Mondays are a hard day for me with TV 'cause it's all about Heroes, and after that I have no desire to watch anything else...so I've finally caught up on like 4 weeks' worth of this show.
I swear, it's so effing brilliant it blows my mind. I never thought that Marjorie would be jonesin' for Adam. And i actually didn't think he would break up with Heather the Stripper Wife. The issue of Baby Carrie being deaf? Sooooo sad and pulls at your heartstrings...i was almost bawling along with teh characters.
Bold and the Beautiful
I'm not going to recap anything but wtf, Lorenzo Lamas (sp) as Hector for a potential Daytime Emmy nomination?! The dude can't act his way out of a paper bag! How hard is it to play a blind person? For Lorenzo, very.
Heroes
So here's my big question that no one seems to be able to answer. When we last left off, Hiro realized that Linderman had the real sword. He goes to Heroin Artsy Guy's place per the comic book. He sees that Politican Guy Who Can Fly, they talk about Linderman.
Then this episode suddenly we see Hiro int he parking lot with his buddy and people chasing after him. WTF?!
I like how Claire's biological mother is played by the Sex Addict With AIDS from Nip/Tuck.
The Office
How brilliant was this past week's episode? "I want your man meat Michael!" or
Stripper: "I would get so fat if I worked here" (eating candy)
Pam: "really? I lose my appetite"
It's very clear that Dwight has grown on all of us. If he ended up staying at Staples, I would have rather seen THAT show.
Desperate Housewives
Okay i gotta be honest, I haven't watched Sunday's episode. Susan is really getting on my nerves and Bree is starting to act a little too nutty. And i can't figure out how Gabby can survive without employement.
Viactive Multi-Vitamin Flavor Glides
I absolutely detest taking vitamins. I used to take the Flintstones ones when i was a kid and I take the chocolate calcium chews and that's pretty much my 30 year vitamin history. Okay no wait, I was also on prescription strength iron pills back in University.
So i tried these Flavor Glides...this stuff ain't cheap (almost $8 for 50 from Target), but it's got the works (including iron and calcium)...it's effing FABULOUS. They're huge but they're coated and they taste like berries so you don't get that bizarre nasty aftertaste. Product of the Year!
Goal of the Month: February
So as I said before, I'm not doing NY resolutions...i'm doing attainable "goals". Last month was to overhaul the Master Bath. Which I did. I'm a not-so-lean-mean-home-improvement-machine. I have a few other things to do but I'm constrained by cash, not laziness.
This month's goal: sell ALL the crap i keep sayingi 'm going to sell on Ebay. this is BOATLOAD of work, because it's hard ot keep track of auctions AND it requires some capital up front. But i have soooo much crap that needs to be cleared out and since I need cash to finish up the bathroom, this is the most logical monthly goal.
Speaking of money...
Carrie brought to my attention that the fees for citizenship applications is gonna jump big time, so that means this weekend i HAVE to complete my paperwork and file. I kind of wanted to hold out...partially because it impacts my ability to travel and partially 'cause I don't feel like spending the money to be a US citizen.
Well add to that that this past weekend someone smashed into Kraig's car and drove off. Kiss $500 deductible goodbye. If i ever found out who did it, I'm gonna beat them with a rusty crowbar.
Okay, that's all I had to babble about for the time being!
What About Brian
Mondays are a hard day for me with TV 'cause it's all about Heroes, and after that I have no desire to watch anything else...so I've finally caught up on like 4 weeks' worth of this show.
I swear, it's so effing brilliant it blows my mind. I never thought that Marjorie would be jonesin' for Adam. And i actually didn't think he would break up with Heather the Stripper Wife. The issue of Baby Carrie being deaf? Sooooo sad and pulls at your heartstrings...i was almost bawling along with teh characters.
Bold and the Beautiful
I'm not going to recap anything but wtf, Lorenzo Lamas (sp) as Hector for a potential Daytime Emmy nomination?! The dude can't act his way out of a paper bag! How hard is it to play a blind person? For Lorenzo, very.
Heroes
So here's my big question that no one seems to be able to answer. When we last left off, Hiro realized that Linderman had the real sword. He goes to Heroin Artsy Guy's place per the comic book. He sees that Politican Guy Who Can Fly, they talk about Linderman.
Then this episode suddenly we see Hiro int he parking lot with his buddy and people chasing after him. WTF?!
I like how Claire's biological mother is played by the Sex Addict With AIDS from Nip/Tuck.
The Office
How brilliant was this past week's episode? "I want your man meat Michael!" or
Stripper: "I would get so fat if I worked here" (eating candy)
Pam: "really? I lose my appetite"
It's very clear that Dwight has grown on all of us. If he ended up staying at Staples, I would have rather seen THAT show.
Desperate Housewives
Okay i gotta be honest, I haven't watched Sunday's episode. Susan is really getting on my nerves and Bree is starting to act a little too nutty. And i can't figure out how Gabby can survive without employement.
Viactive Multi-Vitamin Flavor Glides
I absolutely detest taking vitamins. I used to take the Flintstones ones when i was a kid and I take the chocolate calcium chews and that's pretty much my 30 year vitamin history. Okay no wait, I was also on prescription strength iron pills back in University.
So i tried these Flavor Glides...this stuff ain't cheap (almost $8 for 50 from Target), but it's got the works (including iron and calcium)...it's effing FABULOUS. They're huge but they're coated and they taste like berries so you don't get that bizarre nasty aftertaste. Product of the Year!
Goal of the Month: February
So as I said before, I'm not doing NY resolutions...i'm doing attainable "goals". Last month was to overhaul the Master Bath. Which I did. I'm a not-so-lean-mean-home-improvement-machine. I have a few other things to do but I'm constrained by cash, not laziness.
This month's goal: sell ALL the crap i keep sayingi 'm going to sell on Ebay. this is BOATLOAD of work, because it's hard ot keep track of auctions AND it requires some capital up front. But i have soooo much crap that needs to be cleared out and since I need cash to finish up the bathroom, this is the most logical monthly goal.
Speaking of money...
Carrie brought to my attention that the fees for citizenship applications is gonna jump big time, so that means this weekend i HAVE to complete my paperwork and file. I kind of wanted to hold out...partially because it impacts my ability to travel and partially 'cause I don't feel like spending the money to be a US citizen.
Well add to that that this past weekend someone smashed into Kraig's car and drove off. Kiss $500 deductible goodbye. If i ever found out who did it, I'm gonna beat them with a rusty crowbar.
Okay, that's all I had to babble about for the time being!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
BEST commercial
I think this is the most brilliant commercial:
Very, very well done. If i were a dude, I'd douse myself in Axe too.
In other news, the diet Pepsi situation has reached critical levels. I need a ton of energy last week so at one point I drank EIGHT cans of the stuff by the end of the work day.
And now it's Saturday...and it's noon...and I'm EXHAUSTED...so I'm debating: do I spend the weekend sleeping it off and finally getting over this addiction...OR...do I drink the stuff this weekend, accomplish everything I want to, and then ummm NEXT weekend i'll sleep it off?
Yep, I'm an addict. And the bottle in my fridge is calling my name.
On the topic of the stranger, I did a random informal poll to see how many people heard of this, and so far it seems guys are 50/50 on whether they've heard of...THE STRANGER. Although I give credit to one person who suggested that to fight the effect of the hand "waking up" when a guy uhhh does his thing, just sit on your OTHER hand and alternate as necessary. Nasty, but logical.
Kah Toe Mahhh Tayyy!
Very, very well done. If i were a dude, I'd douse myself in Axe too.
In other news, the diet Pepsi situation has reached critical levels. I need a ton of energy last week so at one point I drank EIGHT cans of the stuff by the end of the work day.
And now it's Saturday...and it's noon...and I'm EXHAUSTED...so I'm debating: do I spend the weekend sleeping it off and finally getting over this addiction...OR...do I drink the stuff this weekend, accomplish everything I want to, and then ummm NEXT weekend i'll sleep it off?
Yep, I'm an addict. And the bottle in my fridge is calling my name.
On the topic of the stranger, I did a random informal poll to see how many people heard of this, and so far it seems guys are 50/50 on whether they've heard of...THE STRANGER. Although I give credit to one person who suggested that to fight the effect of the hand "waking up" when a guy uhhh does his thing, just sit on your OTHER hand and alternate as necessary. Nasty, but logical.
Kah Toe Mahhh Tayyy!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Citizenship
So I have a goal to finally get my citizenship before next year so I can vote.
I love this guy! And i'm sick of being scared of...getting sick if unemployed!....
In other news, the bathroom is almost all done...just need to install the cabinet, replace the shower door, and do some touch up painting. FINALLY! Gone are the 80s from my bathroom!
I love this guy! And i'm sick of being scared of...getting sick if unemployed!....
In other news, the bathroom is almost all done...just need to install the cabinet, replace the shower door, and do some touch up painting. FINALLY! Gone are the 80s from my bathroom!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Gooey Chewie
This cracked me up: Star Wars Toys That Never Were (it's old but I've never seen it before)...
I effing hate Costco. At this rate i should seriously go and get my money back (THAT at least you can get a refund on)...
I was told when I joined that I could return the $100 bottle of wine as long as it was still in their inventory. I went today (to a different location, granted) and they were like "no returns or exchanges on liquor, ever"...wtf! I was hoping that getting $100 credit for the wine would offset the stupid $50 membership!
And the more I go, the more I realize they just don't have stuff that I want. Like I'm down with a TON of soup...but there's only so much chicken noodle I can hack. Like make more variety packs! Although they DID do that with Lean Cuisine, and that was a pretty good score. And I'm down with huge jars of peanut butter, but i gotta have the reduced fat stuff...c'mon, is it too much to ask that they carry some of the lighter food options (mayo, etc) as well?
Anyway somehow i bought $69 worth of stuff...well okay I'm a sucker for that jalepeno (sp) artichoke dip...and I bought a huge thing of provolone cheese that in hindsight, i think was MORE expensive than if I had just bought it at Albertsons...
The one thing i DO give them props for...when you buy boneless skinless chicken breasts, they're individually wrapped in 2s...LOVE IT. 'Cause when I buy the big bulk sizes from the grocery store, it's all goopy and messy and trying to individually wrap them so I can put some in the freezer is a pain in my ass. This was a no-brainer to just unwrap and pop in the freezer. That might very well be worth the $50 membership, if I don't have to touch chicken meat before putting it in the freezer.
Time to watch HEROES now!
I effing hate Costco. At this rate i should seriously go and get my money back (THAT at least you can get a refund on)...
I was told when I joined that I could return the $100 bottle of wine as long as it was still in their inventory. I went today (to a different location, granted) and they were like "no returns or exchanges on liquor, ever"...wtf! I was hoping that getting $100 credit for the wine would offset the stupid $50 membership!
And the more I go, the more I realize they just don't have stuff that I want. Like I'm down with a TON of soup...but there's only so much chicken noodle I can hack. Like make more variety packs! Although they DID do that with Lean Cuisine, and that was a pretty good score. And I'm down with huge jars of peanut butter, but i gotta have the reduced fat stuff...c'mon, is it too much to ask that they carry some of the lighter food options (mayo, etc) as well?
Anyway somehow i bought $69 worth of stuff...well okay I'm a sucker for that jalepeno (sp) artichoke dip...and I bought a huge thing of provolone cheese that in hindsight, i think was MORE expensive than if I had just bought it at Albertsons...
The one thing i DO give them props for...when you buy boneless skinless chicken breasts, they're individually wrapped in 2s...LOVE IT. 'Cause when I buy the big bulk sizes from the grocery store, it's all goopy and messy and trying to individually wrap them so I can put some in the freezer is a pain in my ass. This was a no-brainer to just unwrap and pop in the freezer. That might very well be worth the $50 membership, if I don't have to touch chicken meat before putting it in the freezer.
Time to watch HEROES now!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
If The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
Busy busy busy weekend painting. I don't know how the eff some people can do it like it's no big deal. Prepping takes effing forever. Granted this time I went all out and did the "proper" procedures (wash with TSP, prime, mass amounts of blue tape, etc) 'cause this is my bathroom we're talking about and with the crazy moisture that goes on in there, I don't wanna deal with it later. I even used a putty knife to scrape off the crappy paint that was peeling near the shower and sprayed some Knockdown spray stuff in order to get the cottage cheese texture (gonna be honest...that stuff is crap).
So far so good...I just gotta do one more coat tomorrow morning and i'm doooone...My hands are all raw from scrubbing paint off, I'm high on paint fumes, my cuticles are jacked up...but finally FINALLY we're reaching the end of the horribly nasty Eighties Bathroom...tomorrow after I paint I'm going to head to Lowe's to buy the towel bars, on Monday I'm gonna buy the wall cabinet (need to find one of those 20% off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond, of course when i NEED one i can't find them, even though I've got a trillion around the house), and then...the last step before the end of this month...replace the gold shower door that's biodegrading and harboring so much cruddy bacteria, i could open my own science center.
Anyway, I realize this is all incredibly boring but that's what you get when you lead a boring life...
Although I must say, I had tons of fun last night getting my drink on...and discovered what The Stranger was.
I'm chatting with this semi-jackass and I mentioned how he had gotten the phone number of Miss Typical OC Chick With Long Blond Hair and Big Trout Lips and he was "I don't need that, there's always the Stranger"...
Me: "What's the Stranger?"
Him: "You've never heard of the Stranger?"
Me: "Obviously not"
Him: "It's when you sit on your hand till it gets numb and then you take care of business but since you can't feel your hand it's like a stranger is doing it to you"...
Me: "WTF!"...
Told EVERY female in the bathroom this concept, they were all like "who's the a-hole who told you that? "...so thankfully I'm not the only female who's never heard of it.
You learn a new thing each day.
So far so good...I just gotta do one more coat tomorrow morning and i'm doooone...My hands are all raw from scrubbing paint off, I'm high on paint fumes, my cuticles are jacked up...but finally FINALLY we're reaching the end of the horribly nasty Eighties Bathroom...tomorrow after I paint I'm going to head to Lowe's to buy the towel bars, on Monday I'm gonna buy the wall cabinet (need to find one of those 20% off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond, of course when i NEED one i can't find them, even though I've got a trillion around the house), and then...the last step before the end of this month...replace the gold shower door that's biodegrading and harboring so much cruddy bacteria, i could open my own science center.
Anyway, I realize this is all incredibly boring but that's what you get when you lead a boring life...
Although I must say, I had tons of fun last night getting my drink on...and discovered what The Stranger was.
I'm chatting with this semi-jackass and I mentioned how he had gotten the phone number of Miss Typical OC Chick With Long Blond Hair and Big Trout Lips and he was "I don't need that, there's always the Stranger"...
Me: "What's the Stranger?"
Him: "You've never heard of the Stranger?"
Me: "Obviously not"
Him: "It's when you sit on your hand till it gets numb and then you take care of business but since you can't feel your hand it's like a stranger is doing it to you"...
Me: "WTF!"...
Told EVERY female in the bathroom this concept, they were all like "who's the a-hole who told you that? "...so thankfully I'm not the only female who's never heard of it.
You learn a new thing each day.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Letter to the editor
Do you wear deodorant?
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Yeah i suck, usuallyit takes me awhile to write my blogs so if i start mid-sentence back up again, it usually makes for a jacked up sentence.
As for dippin' dots...it's just WEIRD to me. I'm not down with novelty ice cream like that. I had never even heard of it until I moved to California and saw it at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. I like my ice cream to be one solid chunks, not pebbles of it!
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Yeah i suck, usuallyit takes me awhile to write my blogs so if i start mid-sentence back up again, it usually makes for a jacked up sentence.
As for dippin' dots...it's just WEIRD to me. I'm not down with novelty ice cream like that. I had never even heard of it until I moved to California and saw it at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. I like my ice cream to be one solid chunks, not pebbles of it!
Props...
Just a quick props to my friend Katelyn...who bought her own optometry practice! She's a business owner! With a staff! And a building! That's quite possibly one of the most accomplished things I've ever heard of anyone my age doing. I swear, I'm beyond not motivated like that...so she gets the Kickass Chick of 2007 award!
You know you're from Ottawa when....
Yes yes yes must post more, I've got some movie reviews and general life commentary to provide. In the meantime:
I love this! Made me even more homesick. Courtesy of Christine.
You know you're from Ottawa when....
During grade school, you were warned about "The man in the white van."
Yesss! And it seems that's not a typical school urban legend. Basically rumor/news has it that some kids were kidnapped from the man in the white van, so we had to avoid those vans like the plague.
You have at least one "Woohoo!" towel
Is that from a Sens game? 'Cause if so, yes, I still have my towel.
You know that the women on Dalhousie Street, aren't just "friendly."
Ha haaaaa haaaa. That's from all the hookers there. Anytime you want to throw an insult about a chick you just say "Yeah she looked like she should walk on Dalhousie"
The word Vanier strikes fear into your heart, in fact you duck and cover any time you hear it
So Vanier is the ghetto of Ottawa. Kinda like the Riverside of the OC. I dated a guy who lived there for awhile (Kevin, for those in the know) and seriously, SERIOUSLY, that's pretty effing ghetto there. It even SOUNDS ghetto.
You've been to a parade that only consisted of a few emergency vehicles with banners, some people marching, and Kool FM/Hot 89.9 van
Ha ha pretty much...aren't all Ottawa parades like this?
The dreaded Ice Storm combined with the teachers' strike made 1998 the best school year ever
Well sorta. Previous to that was the teacher's strike of '91, and then the "work to rule" in '96...the Ice Storm was when I was in University, and stupid me actually WENT to school on that day...it was brutal. I almost died trying to lug around my schoolbag full of CSI books (CSI = computer, not Crime Scene Investigation!) in a land completely covered in pure ice.
You're bilingual... or at least you can parler Franglais
Mais oui je parle Francais...et Franglais.
You eat, sleep and breathe the Super Ex while it's open
I used to for awhile, but it's...dirty.I guess they all are, but that yearly fair really is...dirty.
You've swam in Mooney's Bay and had to shower for 2 hours afterwards to get that filthy, filthy water off of you
I refused to ever swim there. That's effing disgusting. When you need a sign telling you what the water quality is for that day, there's a problem.
You don't flinch when asked if you want to eat a beavertail
Beavertails:Canadians = Churros:Californians. It's the same stuff, different shape.
You've been at the top of the peace tower and thought you were amazingly high just because nothing else is allowed to be taller then it
WTF is the peace tower?
You've seriously considered swimming in the Rideau Canal on one of those 30+ degree summer days
GOD no. I've seen how much algae grows in that thing. And it actually looks like warm murky water.
You remember a time when Patrick Lalime was kinda good
Who the eff is that?
Everyone you know has some sort of story about how Alanis Morissette babysat their cousin's best friend's dog's original owner's son-in-law
Of course! I still have my photos of her from when I got her first album autographed at Place D'Orleans. And she taught Sex-Ed to my friend's 9th grade gym class (Alanis was in OAC/Grade 13 when me and my friend were in 9th grade).
You listened to 101.1 XFm, 93.9 KOOL FM and remember when the New Hot 89.9 was still new
Ha ha haaaa. I remember the DJ on 93.9....The Milkman...
You're pretty sure that the corner of Preston and Somerset is the only place in the world where China and Italy touch each other.
Of course!
You think that 613 is the only area code that exists and HATE having to dial it to call people now
you have to do that now? I hated having to dial the area codes when I moved to California...it's so bizarre to me to have to give out my phone number in 10 digits, not 7.
You think Stittsville is the end of the universe
Well I USED to...now I think Canada overall is at the end of the universe.
You've waited 30 minutes for the OC transpo only to realize it came fucking early? Like, what the fuck is that?
I never realized when it came early...it's more like 40 minutes later at the next rotation, i assumed it was 40 minutes LATE. Mannn I hated taking the OC...but I gotta admit, living somewhere where it's unsafe to take the bus...the OC is a relatively good system in a pinch. Or when you're drunk.
You remember when the Scotiabank Place was still the Corel Centre, or better, Palladium
It's called the Scotiabank Place? Of course I remember it as the Palladium and I was annoyed when they changed it to the Corel Centre...but it changed again!? WTF!
You've partied on Parliament Hill on Canada Day
Duh. Obviously. And to anyone who thinks it's not the biggest party in the universe...yer wrong! If you don't hold hands with your friend, you'll lose them in a snap...it's pure pandamonium. LOVE IT. MISS IT BADLY.
You remember going on field trips to the museum of science and tech. every year of elementary school
Ha ha haaa...of course. Plus that art gallery, I remember we had to stare at that Ring of Fire painting that was a few million dollars in order to understand what it was about (ummm just a big canvas painted red. That's it)..finally I was like "okay I get it. You used $18Mil worth of paint. "
You've travelled and waited for over half an hour just to get into Zak's Diner in the Byward Market
Heck yeah! I love their poutine. When I went with Kraig I took him there to try poutine.
A winter without going skating on the Rideau Canal just doesn't seem right
Sorta. I'm a crappy skater, and skating on the Canal scares me 'cause they cut these huge holes out in order to scope out the thickness of the ice, and I've always been afraid of not paying attention and falling in. It's the world's largest skating rink for anyone who cares :P
You have an irrational hatred for those Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they do, have done and will do
Yep.
You've been to, and therefore fallen asleep at, a lynx game
Never. I hate baseball, especially Ottawa baseball.
You've thought that free 67's tickets were the best thing you could ever possible win, ever.
Uhhh not really. There's a reason they're free.
You can spot Spartacat out of a crowd of 19,000 people
You'd have to be blind to not see that thing!
I love this! Made me even more homesick. Courtesy of Christine.
You know you're from Ottawa when....
During grade school, you were warned about "The man in the white van."
Yesss! And it seems that's not a typical school urban legend. Basically rumor/news has it that some kids were kidnapped from the man in the white van, so we had to avoid those vans like the plague.
You have at least one "Woohoo!" towel
Is that from a Sens game? 'Cause if so, yes, I still have my towel.
You know that the women on Dalhousie Street, aren't just "friendly."
Ha haaaaa haaaa. That's from all the hookers there. Anytime you want to throw an insult about a chick you just say "Yeah she looked like she should walk on Dalhousie"
The word Vanier strikes fear into your heart, in fact you duck and cover any time you hear it
So Vanier is the ghetto of Ottawa. Kinda like the Riverside of the OC. I dated a guy who lived there for awhile (Kevin, for those in the know) and seriously, SERIOUSLY, that's pretty effing ghetto there. It even SOUNDS ghetto.
You've been to a parade that only consisted of a few emergency vehicles with banners, some people marching, and Kool FM/Hot 89.9 van
Ha ha pretty much...aren't all Ottawa parades like this?
The dreaded Ice Storm combined with the teachers' strike made 1998 the best school year ever
Well sorta. Previous to that was the teacher's strike of '91, and then the "work to rule" in '96...the Ice Storm was when I was in University, and stupid me actually WENT to school on that day...it was brutal. I almost died trying to lug around my schoolbag full of CSI books (CSI = computer, not Crime Scene Investigation!) in a land completely covered in pure ice.
You're bilingual... or at least you can parler Franglais
Mais oui je parle Francais...et Franglais.
You eat, sleep and breathe the Super Ex while it's open
I used to for awhile, but it's...dirty.I guess they all are, but that yearly fair really is...dirty.
You've swam in Mooney's Bay and had to shower for 2 hours afterwards to get that filthy, filthy water off of you
I refused to ever swim there. That's effing disgusting. When you need a sign telling you what the water quality is for that day, there's a problem.
You don't flinch when asked if you want to eat a beavertail
Beavertails:Canadians = Churros:Californians. It's the same stuff, different shape.
You've been at the top of the peace tower and thought you were amazingly high just because nothing else is allowed to be taller then it
WTF is the peace tower?
You've seriously considered swimming in the Rideau Canal on one of those 30+ degree summer days
GOD no. I've seen how much algae grows in that thing. And it actually looks like warm murky water.
You remember a time when Patrick Lalime was kinda good
Who the eff is that?
Everyone you know has some sort of story about how Alanis Morissette babysat their cousin's best friend's dog's original owner's son-in-law
Of course! I still have my photos of her from when I got her first album autographed at Place D'Orleans. And she taught Sex-Ed to my friend's 9th grade gym class (Alanis was in OAC/Grade 13 when me and my friend were in 9th grade).
You listened to 101.1 XFm, 93.9 KOOL FM and remember when the New Hot 89.9 was still new
Ha ha haaaa. I remember the DJ on 93.9....The Milkman...
You're pretty sure that the corner of Preston and Somerset is the only place in the world where China and Italy touch each other.
Of course!
You think that 613 is the only area code that exists and HATE having to dial it to call people now
you have to do that now? I hated having to dial the area codes when I moved to California...it's so bizarre to me to have to give out my phone number in 10 digits, not 7.
You think Stittsville is the end of the universe
Well I USED to...now I think Canada overall is at the end of the universe.
You've waited 30 minutes for the OC transpo only to realize it came fucking early? Like, what the fuck is that?
I never realized when it came early...it's more like 40 minutes later at the next rotation, i assumed it was 40 minutes LATE. Mannn I hated taking the OC...but I gotta admit, living somewhere where it's unsafe to take the bus...the OC is a relatively good system in a pinch. Or when you're drunk.
You remember when the Scotiabank Place was still the Corel Centre, or better, Palladium
It's called the Scotiabank Place? Of course I remember it as the Palladium and I was annoyed when they changed it to the Corel Centre...but it changed again!? WTF!
You've partied on Parliament Hill on Canada Day
Duh. Obviously. And to anyone who thinks it's not the biggest party in the universe...yer wrong! If you don't hold hands with your friend, you'll lose them in a snap...it's pure pandamonium. LOVE IT. MISS IT BADLY.
You remember going on field trips to the museum of science and tech. every year of elementary school
Ha ha haaa...of course. Plus that art gallery, I remember we had to stare at that Ring of Fire painting that was a few million dollars in order to understand what it was about (ummm just a big canvas painted red. That's it)..finally I was like "okay I get it. You used $18Mil worth of paint. "
You've travelled and waited for over half an hour just to get into Zak's Diner in the Byward Market
Heck yeah! I love their poutine. When I went with Kraig I took him there to try poutine.
A winter without going skating on the Rideau Canal just doesn't seem right
Sorta. I'm a crappy skater, and skating on the Canal scares me 'cause they cut these huge holes out in order to scope out the thickness of the ice, and I've always been afraid of not paying attention and falling in. It's the world's largest skating rink for anyone who cares :P
You have an irrational hatred for those Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they do, have done and will do
Yep.
You've been to, and therefore fallen asleep at, a lynx game
Never. I hate baseball, especially Ottawa baseball.
You've thought that free 67's tickets were the best thing you could ever possible win, ever.
Uhhh not really. There's a reason they're free.
You can spot Spartacat out of a crowd of 19,000 people
You'd have to be blind to not see that thing!
Monday, January 15, 2007
So sad...
This is so sad! She's one of the best and funniest characters on the show.
Actress Darlene Conley, better known as Sally Spectra from 'The Bold & the Beautiful' has died. Conley suffered from gastric cancer. She came public with her disease last november and announced her retirement from the show at the same time. The 72-year old actress played her character for more than twenty years on the show. She earned two Outstanding Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy nominations for her part.
Actress Darlene Conley, better known as Sally Spectra from 'The Bold & the Beautiful' has died. Conley suffered from gastric cancer. She came public with her disease last november and announced her retirement from the show at the same time. The 72-year old actress played her character for more than twenty years on the show. She earned two Outstanding Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy nominations for her part.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Time killer....
I gotta get ready for my company holiday party, but then I started watching this thing on White Supremacy Skinheads on A&E and it got me SOOOOO pissed off (like seriously, SERIOUSLY...pissed off...i'm gonna start my own hate group against people with blond eyebrows...or moles on their hands...or have red hair...because we are a better race without them!wtf)
So...to take my mind off my pissed-off-ness...for your reading pleasure since this blog is all about ME mooo ha ha haaa...
Off-The-Wall Questions:
When was the last time you went to the bathroom outside?
the ONLY time was when i was like 5, and i'm never doing that again.
Family member you most resemble?
My niece. Well I guess she resembles me. My mom says that I look just like my dad's real mom.
Do you own your own Bible?
The only time I've ever TOUCHED a bible was when I was rummaging through a hotel drawer.
Do you wear deodorant?
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Do you clean up nice?
Compared to how i look non-cleaned up...hell yeah.
When was the last time you tripped and fell?
OMG yesterday...and when I got up I smashed my head into the metal thingies that hold up my banister.
Where was the last place you slept besides your home?
Hotel in Santa Clara (bay area).
What are you listening to right now?
The sound of my computer humming away.
Have you ever started an uncontrollable fire?
Nope.
Ever run out of gas on the road?
Geezus who hasnt'?
What would you rather do, rake the leaves, or mow the lawn?
Rake leaves. 'Cause then you can jump in the pile when it's done.
What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Ad-Aware update. And The Office (avi file) from Matt since my DVR didnt record it and I was freaking out.
Last time you swam in a pool?
Last summer in Arizona.
Have you ever been in a school play?
Ughghghgh yes.
Nursery school: we did this thing where we recited how we kept getting mittens for birthdays, xmas, whatever, and then the very last line was "AND THEY GAVE ME MITTENS AGAIN!" and we all showed our hands with mittens on them...
ANd then in grade 1 or 2 I played the drums for some other school play thingy.
How many kids do you want?
4. The four child plan. Clearly I'm starting too late, but that's the ideal.
Type of music you DISlike most?
Polka.
Are you registered to vote?
Nope. I'm canadian.
Do you have cable?
I have satellite.
Ever prank call anybody?
Ha ha used to all the time. Oh wait I prank called Kraig's friend Chris when he was on his radio show a few months ago.
Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
Hmmm...let's assess:
Bungee jumping at least has an effing cord, BUT...people's necks get jacked up doing that.
THEN...i would say sky diving but I just saw a thing on Oprah about some chick who's parachute got tangled and her faced basically got mauled when she landed.
So...my vote: skydiving but where someone else is strapped with you.
Do you have a garden?
An itty bitty one that is half dying, half going wild.
What's your favorite comic strip?
Far side, FoxTrot, Dilbert, there was one that isn't made anymore about this animals in highschool, that was funny...and...of course...ALIEN LOVES PREDATOR
Bath or Shower?
Shower. The last time I took a full on bath was...a long time ago.
Best movie you've seen in the past two weeks?
The Holiday
Best pizza topping?
hmmm...veggie with mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, green peppers...but sometimes a good four cheese works....any Mediterranean pizza with artichokes and sundried tomatoes...
Popcorn or Peanuts?
Popcorn
Orange Juice or apple juice?
OJ.
Chocolate Bar?
Mr. Big all the way!
When was the last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
Geezus...who knows
Ever order anything from an infomercial?
Nope, but my mom does all the time.
Sprite or 7-Up?
Sprite. Well, diet sprite.
Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work/school?
Yep: McDonalds, Select Roses (it was just their tshirt), ummm...i guess that's it.
Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
Millionaire. Duh.
Believe in love at first sight?
Sorta.
Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
Gina when she was in a coma.
What do you think about most?
Lately? Effing home improvement. And what I would do if i won the lottery. You know...the lottery that I never play.
Favorite form of travel?
Teleportation.
If you could have one magical power what would it be?
HA once again...teleportation...or...the ability to stop time.
SOME STRANGE QUESTIONS:
Something purple within 5 feet of you:
A USB hub.
The sexiest item of clothing you own:
I've got strong collection of lingerie...that poor kraig never sees lol...
Is your hair long enough to chew on:
Yep. Mmm mmm. I like mine deep fried topped with salsa.
Least favorite color?
Green
Ever have Dippin' Dots?
Ugh no.
So...to take my mind off my pissed-off-ness...for your reading pleasure since this blog is all about ME mooo ha ha haaa...
Off-The-Wall Questions:
When was the last time you went to the bathroom outside?
the ONLY time was when i was like 5, and i'm never doing that again.
Family member you most resemble?
My niece. Well I guess she resembles me. My mom says that I look just like my dad's real mom.
Do you own your own Bible?
The only time I've ever TOUCHED a bible was when I was rummaging through a hotel drawer.
Do you wear deodorant?
Anti-antiperspirant actually. Dove.
Do you clean up nice?
Compared to how i look non-cleaned up...hell yeah.
When was the last time you tripped and fell?
OMG yesterday...and when I got up I smashed my head into the metal thingies that hold up my banister.
Where was the last place you slept besides your home?
Hotel in Santa Clara (bay area).
What are you listening to right now?
The sound of my computer humming away.
Have you ever started an uncontrollable fire?
Nope.
Ever run out of gas on the road?
Geezus who hasnt'?
What would you rather do, rake the leaves, or mow the lawn?
Rake leaves. 'Cause then you can jump in the pile when it's done.
What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Ad-Aware update. And The Office (avi file) from Matt since my DVR didnt record it and I was freaking out.
Last time you swam in a pool?
Last summer in Arizona.
Have you ever been in a school play?
Ughghghgh yes.
Nursery school: we did this thing where we recited how we kept getting mittens for birthdays, xmas, whatever, and then the very last line was "AND THEY GAVE ME MITTENS AGAIN!" and we all showed our hands with mittens on them...
ANd then in grade 1 or 2 I played the drums for some other school play thingy.
How many kids do you want?
4. The four child plan. Clearly I'm starting too late, but that's the ideal.
Type of music you DISlike most?
Polka.
Are you registered to vote?
Nope. I'm canadian.
Do you have cable?
I have satellite.
Ever prank call anybody?
Ha ha used to all the time. Oh wait I prank called Kraig's friend Chris when he was on his radio show a few months ago.
Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
Hmmm...let's assess:
Bungee jumping at least has an effing cord, BUT...people's necks get jacked up doing that.
THEN...i would say sky diving but I just saw a thing on Oprah about some chick who's parachute got tangled and her faced basically got mauled when she landed.
So...my vote: skydiving but where someone else is strapped with you.
Do you have a garden?
An itty bitty one that is half dying, half going wild.
What's your favorite comic strip?
Far side, FoxTrot, Dilbert, there was one that isn't made anymore about this animals in highschool, that was funny...and...of course...ALIEN LOVES PREDATOR
Bath or Shower?
Shower. The last time I took a full on bath was...a long time ago.
Best movie you've seen in the past two weeks?
The Holiday
Best pizza topping?
hmmm...veggie with mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, green peppers...but sometimes a good four cheese works....any Mediterranean pizza with artichokes and sundried tomatoes...
Popcorn or Peanuts?
Popcorn
Orange Juice or apple juice?
OJ.
Chocolate Bar?
Mr. Big all the way!
When was the last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
Geezus...who knows
Ever order anything from an infomercial?
Nope, but my mom does all the time.
Sprite or 7-Up?
Sprite. Well, diet sprite.
Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work/school?
Yep: McDonalds, Select Roses (it was just their tshirt), ummm...i guess that's it.
Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
Millionaire. Duh.
Believe in love at first sight?
Sorta.
Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
Gina when she was in a coma.
What do you think about most?
Lately? Effing home improvement. And what I would do if i won the lottery. You know...the lottery that I never play.
Favorite form of travel?
Teleportation.
If you could have one magical power what would it be?
HA once again...teleportation...or...the ability to stop time.
SOME STRANGE QUESTIONS:
Something purple within 5 feet of you:
A USB hub.
The sexiest item of clothing you own:
I've got strong collection of lingerie...that poor kraig never sees lol...
Is your hair long enough to chew on:
Yep. Mmm mmm. I like mine deep fried topped with salsa.
Least favorite color?
Green
Ever have Dippin' Dots?
Ugh no.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Letter to the editor...
Yes, Kraig helped with the fan but I did so much research online, I knew what needed to be yanked where and what numbers where needed...basically i was like "MOVE!" whenver he tried to help.
Wow, I'm impressed with your determination to fix the fan! So do you shut the door to the toilet/shower room every time you shower? Why don't you just leave the door open so it doesn't get so humid in there? That's the lazy man's way out of the situation,and what I'd do; I'm surprised you just don't do that.
Well I close the door 'cause it wakes Kraig up when I shower to go to work, but after I shower i keep the door open for a bit but then the entire bedroom gets all muggy and nasty (not so bad in summer when you can open windows, not so good in winter when it's freezing). If we showered with the door open all the time, the entire bedroom would be nasty.
Wow, I'm impressed with your determination to fix the fan! So do you shut the door to the toilet/shower room every time you shower? Why don't you just leave the door open so it doesn't get so humid in there? That's the lazy man's way out of the situation,and what I'd do; I'm surprised you just don't do that.
Well I close the door 'cause it wakes Kraig up when I shower to go to work, but after I shower i keep the door open for a bit but then the entire bedroom gets all muggy and nasty (not so bad in summer when you can open windows, not so good in winter when it's freezing). If we showered with the door open all the time, the entire bedroom would be nasty.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Can't we have one meeting that doesn't end with digging up a corpse?
Seriously, home improvement blows.
To be precise: it blows goats.
When you buy a home that's not already in mint condition, you get all gung-ho on doing crazy home improvement stuff. Then, after a few months, your Care-Factor goes pretty much down to zero. What used to drive you NUTS now becomes "ehhh...well...so there's a big hole in the wall. I could fix it...or...not..."
Well we've had the house for 3 years now and I'm back on the home improvement bandwagon.
Goal for this month: paint the mutha effing upstairs bathrooms.
The cats' bathroom (i.e. the guest bathroom that really is for the cats and a spot for me to do my makeup before work) is this horrible nasty shade of blue. As in, children's crayon blue. Nasty nasty stuff. New color: a rose blush color.
As for the master bath, it's such a tiny area but it's adjacent to the Heather Blue in the bedroom, so I'm gonna stick with a creamy kinda color. (My inspiration: the bottle of Vanilla lotion from Bath and Body Works sitting on the bathroom counter)
ANYWAY, what's the point of this? The point is...now I remember why my Care-Factor went down to zero.
Yesterday I got fed up with the fan in the bathroom. And by "bathroom" I mean the closet-size room that holds the toilet and the tub. The fan barely does anything and I"m pretty sure we're 1 week away from having a crazy mold breakout as a result. The moisture level is crazy.
(On a different note, I bought This Stuff to combat the excessive moisture...that's a whole other blog for another time)
So I decided...time to be a man, grow some balls, and fix the fan.
First step: Look at fan.
Yep I looked at it. It said "Broan" on it.
Step 2: Go to Broan.com
Logged on. And this is where the problems start. Couldn't find anything that looked like the fan cover that i had.
Step 3: Remove grill cover
Ummm yeahhhhh this is disgustingly nasty. I had to balance on the toilet tank and the shower enclosure in order to remove the cover, and needless to say I got a nice sprinkling of dust and crazy micro-organisms all over me. Tasty.
Step 4: "I can give you more!" Okay that's New Kids on the Block...
Observe
Once I wiped off the thick layer of sludgy dust from the fan I was so delighted to find that all the text was covered in rust. But the motor had a number on it, so I wrote it down, put it all up and vowed to call Broan's customer service the next day.
Step 5: Call customer support and embarrass yourself
Broan's customer support chick was super nice. Sadly she had no idea what i was talking about.
Step 6: Repeat with extra fervor.
That's where tonight comes in.
This time it was time to get crazy.
Turned the power off, unplugged the motor, and attempted to take the plate out so I could inspect it. Riiiggghtt. Not only is the frickin' thing rusted, but it's pretty much fused into one big hunk of metal. And there's all this info on the metal plate that houses the motor....like instructions on how to REMOVE the aforementioned plate...but it's all covered in rust!
Anyway through my swearing and balancing act while holding a flashlight (since the power was off) I realized the motor was made by UPPCO inc...
So I went to UPPCO's website, scoped out the model number (to make sure it was a legit number since I could barely read anything), went back to the Broan website and did a general search on the UPPCO number, got some PDF document that showed all the OEM motors linked to...what exactly, i'm not sure.
This is what I figured out...
My UPPCO model says 99080245
Broan's website says "Replaced by 97012041 688G-J"
I figured out that 688G through 688J is a model type
And they have an upgrade kit (model 690) to "easily" replace the 688 stuff.
Simple, right?
Wrong.
The dimensions on the upgrade kit don't match the dimensions for mine.
SO...what's the moral of the story?
I'm going to go to Home Depot tomorrow, gonna buy BOTH upgrade kits, and pray that I have the strength to yank out the metal housing so I can fix this mutha effing fan once and for all.
Coming soon: Step 7 Take a super duper long hot shower and enjoy the new ventilation provided.
Ohhh, need more fun home improvement stuff? Wait until I talk about the joys of moisture-resistant primer and discussing paint samples with your husband that make him say "that's PINK! Why don't I just grow boobs while we're at it?!"....
To be precise: it blows goats.
When you buy a home that's not already in mint condition, you get all gung-ho on doing crazy home improvement stuff. Then, after a few months, your Care-Factor goes pretty much down to zero. What used to drive you NUTS now becomes "ehhh...well...so there's a big hole in the wall. I could fix it...or...not..."
Well we've had the house for 3 years now and I'm back on the home improvement bandwagon.
Goal for this month: paint the mutha effing upstairs bathrooms.
The cats' bathroom (i.e. the guest bathroom that really is for the cats and a spot for me to do my makeup before work) is this horrible nasty shade of blue. As in, children's crayon blue. Nasty nasty stuff. New color: a rose blush color.
As for the master bath, it's such a tiny area but it's adjacent to the Heather Blue in the bedroom, so I'm gonna stick with a creamy kinda color. (My inspiration: the bottle of Vanilla lotion from Bath and Body Works sitting on the bathroom counter)
ANYWAY, what's the point of this? The point is...now I remember why my Care-Factor went down to zero.
Yesterday I got fed up with the fan in the bathroom. And by "bathroom" I mean the closet-size room that holds the toilet and the tub. The fan barely does anything and I"m pretty sure we're 1 week away from having a crazy mold breakout as a result. The moisture level is crazy.
(On a different note, I bought This Stuff to combat the excessive moisture...that's a whole other blog for another time)
So I decided...time to be a man, grow some balls, and fix the fan.
First step: Look at fan.
Yep I looked at it. It said "Broan" on it.
Step 2: Go to Broan.com
Logged on. And this is where the problems start. Couldn't find anything that looked like the fan cover that i had.
Step 3: Remove grill cover
Ummm yeahhhhh this is disgustingly nasty. I had to balance on the toilet tank and the shower enclosure in order to remove the cover, and needless to say I got a nice sprinkling of dust and crazy micro-organisms all over me. Tasty.
Step 4: "I can give you more!" Okay that's New Kids on the Block...
Observe
Once I wiped off the thick layer of sludgy dust from the fan I was so delighted to find that all the text was covered in rust. But the motor had a number on it, so I wrote it down, put it all up and vowed to call Broan's customer service the next day.
Step 5: Call customer support and embarrass yourself
Broan's customer support chick was super nice. Sadly she had no idea what i was talking about.
Step 6: Repeat with extra fervor.
That's where tonight comes in.
This time it was time to get crazy.
Turned the power off, unplugged the motor, and attempted to take the plate out so I could inspect it. Riiiggghtt. Not only is the frickin' thing rusted, but it's pretty much fused into one big hunk of metal. And there's all this info on the metal plate that houses the motor....like instructions on how to REMOVE the aforementioned plate...but it's all covered in rust!
Anyway through my swearing and balancing act while holding a flashlight (since the power was off) I realized the motor was made by UPPCO inc...
So I went to UPPCO's website, scoped out the model number (to make sure it was a legit number since I could barely read anything), went back to the Broan website and did a general search on the UPPCO number, got some PDF document that showed all the OEM motors linked to...what exactly, i'm not sure.
This is what I figured out...
My UPPCO model says 99080245
Broan's website says "Replaced by 97012041 688G-J"
I figured out that 688G through 688J is a model type
And they have an upgrade kit (model 690) to "easily" replace the 688 stuff.
Simple, right?
Wrong.
The dimensions on the upgrade kit don't match the dimensions for mine.
SO...what's the moral of the story?
I'm going to go to Home Depot tomorrow, gonna buy BOTH upgrade kits, and pray that I have the strength to yank out the metal housing so I can fix this mutha effing fan once and for all.
Coming soon: Step 7 Take a super duper long hot shower and enjoy the new ventilation provided.
Ohhh, need more fun home improvement stuff? Wait until I talk about the joys of moisture-resistant primer and discussing paint samples with your husband that make him say "that's PINK! Why don't I just grow boobs while we're at it?!"....
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Absolutely brilliant...
This is an absolutely brilliant article:
Baby makes 3: How kids rattle friendships
Not that it's written well, but that it raises a HUGE point: when chicks get pregnant, they typically become part of this Mom Club and all the other women are not included.
“It's as if they became incapable of doing anything that didn't fit their ideal of what a mommy should be and do. It just became too much effort and I began to ask what am I getting from these friendships? What am I giving? Then I realized we just grew apart. So it was time to find new friends.”
As lives evolve, so do priorities. Some childless women complain their friends with children turn into mommy machines — always wanting to talk about their babies and resembling very little of their former fun selves.
I know we all say that we'll never be like that, but I wonder...why do most women get like that?! I have to give mad props to my friend Christine in Ottawa and my coworker Kelly...they've both managed to not be typical moms...don't get me wrong, I hear the baby stuff but they never go into excessive detail and they still are big on maintaining their individual identities. My other friend Betsy constantly reminds me of how wonderful NOT having a baby is...which I owe big time, because other moms make you feel like your life is meaningless without a child.
The last time I visit home, Christine said something amazing (when I was shocked that she wanted to go to a bar with me): "Kids aren't your life...they ENHANCE your life"...and even better, when her husband said "are you driving?" I thought he was going to ask me to come home early because of the twins...instead he said "make sure she gets sh*tfaced drunk"...fabulous!
It's not that i have any problems hearing about baby stuff. It's that there's a select few things that I want to hear about. I love that I can bug Kelly about all the bizarre changes that happens to a chick's body. Or that Christine showed me how crazy powerful the breast pump was and let me stick that thing to my stomach to fool around with it. THAT stuff is funny, entertaining, and childless people don't mind hearing it.
What i DO hate hearing, and please shoot me if I get like this:
a) how Baby did something crazy basic. I get it. Y our baby climbed up stairs. Since I've been doing that for a looong time now, i have no thrill in it. I don't even care when they say their first words. You knew it was gonna happen eventually. In fact, tell me when they CAN'T talk...'cause then there's problems.
b) Don't tell me about how Baby had a cold, had a fever, had whatever. My cat's got a runny eye right now and needs eyedrops, i'm not boring you with those details.
c) PLEASE dont' tell me how the doctor or daycare teacher said your kid is overly bright for their age, how your kid is more advanced than others at reading or whatever...because EVERYONE says that. Your kid is average. And just 'cause your kid can read the Wall Street Journal at 5 doesn't mean he's gonna be a doctor (it's not like your kid is fully UNDERSTANDING the wall street journal). When he becomes a doctor, THEN we'll talk.
d) Please spare me the pregnancy details of how much something is dialated. I'll be honest with you: I have no idea what that means. One day, hopefully, I will. But when I do, i'm not going to tell people what I was 'cause i know guys have no idea what being dialated means, and a good chunk of chicks don't either. Nor do they care.
e) Please don't tell me your kid's age in exact months when they're past 6 months. 4 months, yes. 16 months, no. WTF is that? Just say 2. Or one and a half. Whatever. I'm not doing math, i'm just trying to be polite by asking, I don't want to know the exact frickin' details.
f) Please spare me the endless emails with a trillion photos. I like getting them, and I love keeping up to date, but I don't need 20 jpegs showing yer baby with her new shoes. One or two is sufficient. I like your baby, so please don't make me get annoyed with the excessive talk.
g) Please don't give me emails/phone calls saying "And then daddy took Baby to the park"..."daddy" has a frickin' name. He's not MY daddy, so calling him Mike or John i fine, I know he's the father of your child.
Okay that's my ranting. I'll give everyone a bit of leeway, but seriously after awhile...the mom's club thing gets old. If your day was spent with teh baby, i'll TOTALLY be there to listen to the griping and all that (complaining I can handle if it's truly a nightmare), but I don't want to spend all day yakking about how cute your baby's bow is. Let's pretend you have some resemblance of a personality that shows you still like tv, movies, clothes, makeup (even if you never get to wear it), politics, ANYTHING....
And...this also means that people can call me on this crap if I get like this down the road. A single punch in the face will be sufficient.
Baby makes 3: How kids rattle friendships
Not that it's written well, but that it raises a HUGE point: when chicks get pregnant, they typically become part of this Mom Club and all the other women are not included.
“It's as if they became incapable of doing anything that didn't fit their ideal of what a mommy should be and do. It just became too much effort and I began to ask what am I getting from these friendships? What am I giving? Then I realized we just grew apart. So it was time to find new friends.”
As lives evolve, so do priorities. Some childless women complain their friends with children turn into mommy machines — always wanting to talk about their babies and resembling very little of their former fun selves.
I know we all say that we'll never be like that, but I wonder...why do most women get like that?! I have to give mad props to my friend Christine in Ottawa and my coworker Kelly...they've both managed to not be typical moms...don't get me wrong, I hear the baby stuff but they never go into excessive detail and they still are big on maintaining their individual identities. My other friend Betsy constantly reminds me of how wonderful NOT having a baby is...which I owe big time, because other moms make you feel like your life is meaningless without a child.
The last time I visit home, Christine said something amazing (when I was shocked that she wanted to go to a bar with me): "Kids aren't your life...they ENHANCE your life"...and even better, when her husband said "are you driving?" I thought he was going to ask me to come home early because of the twins...instead he said "make sure she gets sh*tfaced drunk"...fabulous!
It's not that i have any problems hearing about baby stuff. It's that there's a select few things that I want to hear about. I love that I can bug Kelly about all the bizarre changes that happens to a chick's body. Or that Christine showed me how crazy powerful the breast pump was and let me stick that thing to my stomach to fool around with it. THAT stuff is funny, entertaining, and childless people don't mind hearing it.
What i DO hate hearing, and please shoot me if I get like this:
a) how Baby did something crazy basic. I get it. Y our baby climbed up stairs. Since I've been doing that for a looong time now, i have no thrill in it. I don't even care when they say their first words. You knew it was gonna happen eventually. In fact, tell me when they CAN'T talk...'cause then there's problems.
b) Don't tell me about how Baby had a cold, had a fever, had whatever. My cat's got a runny eye right now and needs eyedrops, i'm not boring you with those details.
c) PLEASE dont' tell me how the doctor or daycare teacher said your kid is overly bright for their age, how your kid is more advanced than others at reading or whatever...because EVERYONE says that. Your kid is average. And just 'cause your kid can read the Wall Street Journal at 5 doesn't mean he's gonna be a doctor (it's not like your kid is fully UNDERSTANDING the wall street journal). When he becomes a doctor, THEN we'll talk.
d) Please spare me the pregnancy details of how much something is dialated. I'll be honest with you: I have no idea what that means. One day, hopefully, I will. But when I do, i'm not going to tell people what I was 'cause i know guys have no idea what being dialated means, and a good chunk of chicks don't either. Nor do they care.
e) Please don't tell me your kid's age in exact months when they're past 6 months. 4 months, yes. 16 months, no. WTF is that? Just say 2. Or one and a half. Whatever. I'm not doing math, i'm just trying to be polite by asking, I don't want to know the exact frickin' details.
f) Please spare me the endless emails with a trillion photos. I like getting them, and I love keeping up to date, but I don't need 20 jpegs showing yer baby with her new shoes. One or two is sufficient. I like your baby, so please don't make me get annoyed with the excessive talk.
g) Please don't give me emails/phone calls saying "And then daddy took Baby to the park"..."daddy" has a frickin' name. He's not MY daddy, so calling him Mike or John i fine, I know he's the father of your child.
Okay that's my ranting. I'll give everyone a bit of leeway, but seriously after awhile...the mom's club thing gets old. If your day was spent with teh baby, i'll TOTALLY be there to listen to the griping and all that (complaining I can handle if it's truly a nightmare), but I don't want to spend all day yakking about how cute your baby's bow is. Let's pretend you have some resemblance of a personality that shows you still like tv, movies, clothes, makeup (even if you never get to wear it), politics, ANYTHING....
And...this also means that people can call me on this crap if I get like this down the road. A single punch in the face will be sufficient.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Quickie Time Killer Survey Crap
Feel free to answer in the Comments section...or not...suck it. From Marlene.
1. Can you cook?
I'm a better baker, and I prefer to cook vegetarian meals...when I cook meat I tend to get a bit digusted trying to consume the food that i saw in raw format. As far as I'm concerned, my chicken comes from a tree.
2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
Get on my cell and call for help.
3. What talent do you wish you had?
Sigh. So many.
- is grace a talent?
- figure skating
- piano
- singing
- is invisibility a talent?
4. Favorite place?
My bed. With the blankets on. And my cats.
5. Favorite vegetable?
Hmmm. I dig butternut squash. And broccoli. Do mushrooms count as a vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
Emotional Intelligence. Okay well i didn't finish reading it, i got through the first chapter about the brain and got super bored.
7. Are you Dirty or Clean?
Pretty clean, but my husband keeps me dirty. Take as you will. People who know me well enough know EXACTLY what i mean.
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
No and yes.
9. Worst Habit?
According to my friends, it's my diet pepsi addiction. Otherwise...grabbing at my skin (drives Kraig nuts)...interrupting...talking loudly....napping (which i make no apologies for)...excessive tv watching.
HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...
1. Do we know each other outside of myspace?
Of course we do Marlene!
2. What's your philosophy on life?
I dunno....expect the worst and the worst won't happen; if it does, at least you'll be prepared.
3. Negative or Optimistic?
GEE see #2 to figure that out.
4. What was your dream growing up?
To be an artist.
5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Hmmm, well happen "to" me would imply that I didn't bring it upon myself (I've had alot of crappy things happen but they were my fault)...so something that I didn't bring upon myself: hmmm...going through 1 year of hell with my diabetic/sick cat...6 months of a psycho bad ear infection...hmmm I guess that's it. Everything else was my own doing!
6. Would you give me money or a slap in the face?
Oh Marlene...I'd give you money so i COULD slap you in the face :P
7. Tell me one weird fact about you:
I can flip my eyelids inside out and keep them that way....
8. Would you have my back or kick me when I'm down?
I got yo back woman! Hos before Bros!
9. Do you Trust me?
Absolutely.
10. Have you ever kept anything from me?
Geezus that's retarded, the only one who knows 100% everything is Marmalade.
11. What do you think of me as a Person?
Marlene, you rock.
12. Do you think I'm sane or insane?
LOL sane except when it comes to cheese.
13. Would you cry for me if I died?
Of course.
14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
Crime partner.
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
I'd change your zip code to mine :)
16. How do you fall asleep?
With my eyes closed.
17. Would you come over to yell at me or just call?
I'd text.
18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?
Sure. Just don't tell my husband :P
19. If I only had one day to live would you be honest or lie?
I'd fudge the truth.
20. A million bucks.. what would you do with it?
Okay I loooove these questions...
$100,000,000 broken down to:
$500,000 put aside for taxes
$495,000 to pay off my home loan
$5000 divided up between friends and a new pair of boots
And then from there, all my income coming in would go towards paying off the cars and credit card bills and THEN all income after that (should take half a year if not less) it would be PARTAYYYYYYY TIME.....
Sadly, a million bucks basically doesn't do JACK when you live in California.
21. What is your worst fear?
To be paralyzed or severly maimed or horribly disfigured in some way....
22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
sleep or watch tv. If i could do both, i'd be in heaven.
23. How many times did you curse at me while filling out this thing?
Once. Just now. Since you reminded me.
24. Can you sing or dance?
Define "sing". If you mean make high pitched noises that have a hint of melody, then yes.
Define "dance". If you mean gyrate in such a way that one might take it for an epileptic seizure, then yes.
25. In one word, how would you describe me? Be honest....
ENERGETIC
26. Will you repost this so I can fill it out?
Sure. Why not.
If you've read this far...you are very very bored.
1. Can you cook?
I'm a better baker, and I prefer to cook vegetarian meals...when I cook meat I tend to get a bit digusted trying to consume the food that i saw in raw format. As far as I'm concerned, my chicken comes from a tree.
2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
Get on my cell and call for help.
3. What talent do you wish you had?
Sigh. So many.
- is grace a talent?
- figure skating
- piano
- singing
- is invisibility a talent?
4. Favorite place?
My bed. With the blankets on. And my cats.
5. Favorite vegetable?
Hmmm. I dig butternut squash. And broccoli. Do mushrooms count as a vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
Emotional Intelligence. Okay well i didn't finish reading it, i got through the first chapter about the brain and got super bored.
7. Are you Dirty or Clean?
Pretty clean, but my husband keeps me dirty. Take as you will. People who know me well enough know EXACTLY what i mean.
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
No and yes.
9. Worst Habit?
According to my friends, it's my diet pepsi addiction. Otherwise...grabbing at my skin (drives Kraig nuts)...interrupting...talking loudly....napping (which i make no apologies for)...excessive tv watching.
HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...
1. Do we know each other outside of myspace?
Of course we do Marlene!
2. What's your philosophy on life?
I dunno....expect the worst and the worst won't happen; if it does, at least you'll be prepared.
3. Negative or Optimistic?
GEE see #2 to figure that out.
4. What was your dream growing up?
To be an artist.
5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Hmmm, well happen "to" me would imply that I didn't bring it upon myself (I've had alot of crappy things happen but they were my fault)...so something that I didn't bring upon myself: hmmm...going through 1 year of hell with my diabetic/sick cat...6 months of a psycho bad ear infection...hmmm I guess that's it. Everything else was my own doing!
6. Would you give me money or a slap in the face?
Oh Marlene...I'd give you money so i COULD slap you in the face :P
7. Tell me one weird fact about you:
I can flip my eyelids inside out and keep them that way....
8. Would you have my back or kick me when I'm down?
I got yo back woman! Hos before Bros!
9. Do you Trust me?
Absolutely.
10. Have you ever kept anything from me?
Geezus that's retarded, the only one who knows 100% everything is Marmalade.
11. What do you think of me as a Person?
Marlene, you rock.
12. Do you think I'm sane or insane?
LOL sane except when it comes to cheese.
13. Would you cry for me if I died?
Of course.
14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
Crime partner.
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
I'd change your zip code to mine :)
16. How do you fall asleep?
With my eyes closed.
17. Would you come over to yell at me or just call?
I'd text.
18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?
Sure. Just don't tell my husband :P
19. If I only had one day to live would you be honest or lie?
I'd fudge the truth.
20. A million bucks.. what would you do with it?
Okay I loooove these questions...
$100,000,000 broken down to:
$500,000 put aside for taxes
$495,000 to pay off my home loan
$5000 divided up between friends and a new pair of boots
And then from there, all my income coming in would go towards paying off the cars and credit card bills and THEN all income after that (should take half a year if not less) it would be PARTAYYYYYYY TIME.....
Sadly, a million bucks basically doesn't do JACK when you live in California.
21. What is your worst fear?
To be paralyzed or severly maimed or horribly disfigured in some way....
22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
sleep or watch tv. If i could do both, i'd be in heaven.
23. How many times did you curse at me while filling out this thing?
Once. Just now. Since you reminded me.
24. Can you sing or dance?
Define "sing". If you mean make high pitched noises that have a hint of melody, then yes.
Define "dance". If you mean gyrate in such a way that one might take it for an epileptic seizure, then yes.
25. In one word, how would you describe me? Be honest....
ENERGETIC
26. Will you repost this so I can fill it out?
Sure. Why not.
If you've read this far...you are very very bored.
When i grow up, I want to be a principal or a caterpillar.
Wow, I suck lately at updating this blog...
Quickie Movie Review: The Holiday
LOVED it. Total predictable chick flick but still somewhat intelligent, well-written, and all-around a feelgood time. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up. Fine holiday faire.
On New Year's the subject of Lady In The Water came up and as per the previous post, that movie effing BLOWS...one dude at the party said "So you like Dirty Dancing. Because anyone who doesn't like Lady In The Water must then love Dirty Dancing".
Ummm, no. I actually dislike Dirty Dancing because I think "Baby" was ugly and Patrick Swayze's character was nasty and a pedophile. Nothing more unattractive than a dude who wears black dance dress pants. Well...i guess a dude who dresses like a chick is probably more unattractive.
I'm simply saying...I stand by my movie review, it was basically a movie that for the simpletons got your blood pumping but for anyone who can see through the cheeziness and predictability of it, you'll be disgusted by the whole thing. And the excessive whispering and pointless stuttering will drive you insane.
Okay, nuff of that.
Now that it's a new year I find myself pretty overwhelmed with the list of things that I've set out to accomplish this year. It's looking grim to say the least. BUT...tomorrow morning I've got a dude coming by to give a quote on hardwood flooring installation...baby steps...
It absolutely kills me that I've reached that age where I can discuss the merits of different home improvement projects for lengthy periods of time. As well as the weather. Fortunately I'm interested very little in political topics (except immigration for obvious reasons...as well as health care and abortions...i'm a messed up person...i'm willing to pay a ton of taxes if it means i get stuff and my neighbors are taken care of, but I don't give a crap about people who sneak in and break the law OR if 14 year old whores want to vacuum their fetus out...yay pro choice) AND I'm still the oldest person who watches Real World so thankfully I've got some things to cling on to that resemble youth.
Yesterday I was scoping out Consumer Reports (best effing publication ever! Get an online subscription, it's only $4.95/month...get it for a month, then save EVERYTHING and cancel the subscription for awhile) and they tested wrinkle lotions/serums/creams...Olay Regenerist was #1 on their list, followed by some $100+ cream (and no, not La Mer...in fact, I dont' remember if La Mer made the list even)...so once i'm done with my Marcelle and RoC serums (i'm all about the French!), bring on the Regenerist...although I usually shun away from companies that test on animals (if i'm aware of it).
TV Show Review: http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/starveillance
Through a fluke I decided to watch the new E! show Starveillance...it was actually pretty good. Basically they create mock "hidden camera" moments with celebrities with claymation...claymation irritates the crap outof me after awhile but the way they poke fun at celebrities is pretty awesome, especially the premiere episode's skit with Tom Cruise.
Final verdict: watch it if you're home bored and channel surfing, but don't go out of your way to watch it. It'll be re-ran a billion times anyway.
TV Show Review: The Office
Okay okay no need for a formal review, I just want to say how KICKASS this how is...and how 1 week without it was like a week of torture. Poor Pam finally crumbles from the pain of dealing with Jim and Karen. Dwight shows a humanitarian but still creepy side. Jan gives into her lack of good judgement. The employee who whipped out her boob and breast-fed at the office quit. Good times at Dunder-Mifflin.
Time to go change into my pajamas and get some sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Quickie Movie Review: The Holiday
LOVED it. Total predictable chick flick but still somewhat intelligent, well-written, and all-around a feelgood time. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up. Fine holiday faire.
On New Year's the subject of Lady In The Water came up and as per the previous post, that movie effing BLOWS...one dude at the party said "So you like Dirty Dancing. Because anyone who doesn't like Lady In The Water must then love Dirty Dancing".
Ummm, no. I actually dislike Dirty Dancing because I think "Baby" was ugly and Patrick Swayze's character was nasty and a pedophile. Nothing more unattractive than a dude who wears black dance dress pants. Well...i guess a dude who dresses like a chick is probably more unattractive.
I'm simply saying...I stand by my movie review, it was basically a movie that for the simpletons got your blood pumping but for anyone who can see through the cheeziness and predictability of it, you'll be disgusted by the whole thing. And the excessive whispering and pointless stuttering will drive you insane.
Okay, nuff of that.
Now that it's a new year I find myself pretty overwhelmed with the list of things that I've set out to accomplish this year. It's looking grim to say the least. BUT...tomorrow morning I've got a dude coming by to give a quote on hardwood flooring installation...baby steps...
It absolutely kills me that I've reached that age where I can discuss the merits of different home improvement projects for lengthy periods of time. As well as the weather. Fortunately I'm interested very little in political topics (except immigration for obvious reasons...as well as health care and abortions...i'm a messed up person...i'm willing to pay a ton of taxes if it means i get stuff and my neighbors are taken care of, but I don't give a crap about people who sneak in and break the law OR if 14 year old whores want to vacuum their fetus out...yay pro choice) AND I'm still the oldest person who watches Real World so thankfully I've got some things to cling on to that resemble youth.
Yesterday I was scoping out Consumer Reports (best effing publication ever! Get an online subscription, it's only $4.95/month...get it for a month, then save EVERYTHING and cancel the subscription for awhile) and they tested wrinkle lotions/serums/creams...Olay Regenerist was #1 on their list, followed by some $100+ cream (and no, not La Mer...in fact, I dont' remember if La Mer made the list even)...so once i'm done with my Marcelle and RoC serums (i'm all about the French!), bring on the Regenerist...although I usually shun away from companies that test on animals (if i'm aware of it).
TV Show Review: http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/starveillance
Through a fluke I decided to watch the new E! show Starveillance...it was actually pretty good. Basically they create mock "hidden camera" moments with celebrities with claymation...claymation irritates the crap outof me after awhile but the way they poke fun at celebrities is pretty awesome, especially the premiere episode's skit with Tom Cruise.
Final verdict: watch it if you're home bored and channel surfing, but don't go out of your way to watch it. It'll be re-ran a billion times anyway.
TV Show Review: The Office
Okay okay no need for a formal review, I just want to say how KICKASS this how is...and how 1 week without it was like a week of torture. Poor Pam finally crumbles from the pain of dealing with Jim and Karen. Dwight shows a humanitarian but still creepy side. Jan gives into her lack of good judgement. The employee who whipped out her boob and breast-fed at the office quit. Good times at Dunder-Mifflin.
Time to go change into my pajamas and get some sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
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