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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Finally done
Wow, it only took me 3+ months to copy & paste my old blogs over from LiveJournal. Crap, what am I going to write about now??? How about a shameless plug and plea to follow me on Blogger? Just click Follow on the upper right. Thanks to the lovely Sarah, Alison, and Janelle for already doing so.
August 2009
8/17/09
I'm back
I'm still not motivated to blog, but someone...ehem Sarah...told me too. I guess if she blogs, I must blog. But instead I just updated my journal style. Oh, and I also updated my user info/profile a bit. Did I seriously list "butterflies" as one of my interests? And "philosophy"? (Maybe I meant the beauty products company, Philosophy! I just got some of their Vanilla Birthday Cake body wash this week. Heaven.) Yeah, because I really sit around discussing Plato and Socrates on a Saturday night. Who the heck was I trying to be in 2005? I enjoy beer and really bad TV. That's me; take it or leave it!
8/18/09
Commercial Appeal
What is your favorite commercial from your childhood? Bonus points if you include a video of it.
8/18/09
Don't You Forget about Me
RIP John Hughes. In honor of the master of the teen movie, what is your favorite teen flick?
8/19/09
Can your flip-flops kill you?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3245351
Hmmmm...I'm still going to wear my flip flops every day of every summer. Maybe it's good that I buy cheap-o ones from Old Navy. The wear down after a summer and I have to toss them. But then I'm not harboring as many germs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3245351
Hmmmm...I'm still going to wear my flip flops every day of every summer. Maybe it's good that I buy cheap-o ones from Old Navy. The wear down after a summer and I have to toss them. But then I'm not harboring as many germs.
I Don't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
Have you ever found yourself enjoying something you had previously scorned as a cliché? What was it?
I certainly resisted jumping on the "Twilight" bandwagon for a while time. Until one dreary weekday afternoon, I was finished working early and thought I'd rent the movie on demand to see what the fuss was about. I friggin loved that movie! I bought the book that weekend and gobbled it up. Now, I have to wait until November to see "New Moon" (now waiting until June to see Eclipse) and have finished all 4 books. Maybe I should give the Harry Potter book another chance....?
8/21/09
Good Days and Bad Days
What is your least favorite day of the week? And your favorite?
My favorite day of the week is Saturday, duh. You can sleep in and still stay up late. It's usually when most social events are held. However, most errand running has to be done on Saturdays too. So, Sunday would be a close second since it's more chill. But come 6 pm on a Sunday...you start thinking about your work week.
My least favorite day of the week is Tuesday. Tuesday sucks. Yes, on Mondays you are back to the grind. But on Mondays, you can still catch up with co-workers or are still remembering your awesome weekend. Then it's Tuesday...effin Tuesday. There is NOTHING good about Tuesday. Wednesday, you're 1/2 to the weekend. Thursday...it's almost Friday and lots of bars have drink specials on Thursday! Friday..well of course Fridays will always kick Tuesday's ass.
My least favorite day of the week is Tuesday. Tuesday sucks. Yes, on Mondays you are back to the grind. But on Mondays, you can still catch up with co-workers or are still remembering your awesome weekend. Then it's Tuesday...effin Tuesday. There is NOTHING good about Tuesday. Wednesday, you're 1/2 to the weekend. Thursday...it's almost Friday and lots of bars have drink specials on Thursday! Friday..well of course Fridays will always kick Tuesday's ass.
8/24/09
Memo to Myself
If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give to your younger self?
Go away to college.
Learn a foreign language.
Don't get married so young/before ever having lived on your own.
The end.
Learn a foreign language.
Don't get married so young/before ever having lived on your own.
The end.
8/26/09
It Is What It Is
What oft-repeated quote or common cliché do you find the most annoying when someone says it to you?
Live your life. Ha, oh wait, that's Sarah's choice.
I hate "Cool beans". Please never say it.
I hate "Cool beans". Please never say it.
8/28/09
Clock Punching
What was your first job?
June 2009
6/8/09
July 9th July 9th July 9th
What's July 9th? The season premiere of Big Brother 11, that's what!! Yay! Kristie already send out the invite to her, mine, and Melissa's traditional dinner/premiere watching. Last year, I pegged the winner from the first episode. We'll see if I get that lucky this time.
I have a ton of events that I'm looking forward to on the horizon:
--Phantom of the Opera on Thurs
--The Fray concert on Sat
--dinner at Kat's on the 20th
--meeting Sarah's grandparents
--Mat Kearney concert
--Chris' apartment warming party (hey, wait, that never happened)
--4th of July
--my going away party
--book club
What's July 9th? The season premiere of Big Brother 11, that's what!! Yay! Kristie already send out the invite to her, mine, and Melissa's traditional dinner/premiere watching. Last year, I pegged the winner from the first episode. We'll see if I get that lucky this time.
I have a ton of events that I'm looking forward to on the horizon:
--Phantom of the Opera on Thurs
--The Fray concert on Sat
--dinner at Kat's on the 20th
--meeting Sarah's grandparents
--Mat Kearney concert
--Chris' apartment warming party (hey, wait, that never happened)
--4th of July
--my going away party
--book club
6/9/09
Sun Poisoning
I've tried to make my skin and the sun be friendly to each other. But it just doesn't seem to work. You'd think that I'd come to grips with that after 30 years. You'd think after multiple sun burns, having suspicious moles removed from my back, and my grandma passing away from skin cancer that I wouldn't be so dumb, but alas no.
I laid out at the pool for 2 hours on Sunday with Sarah, Chris, and Sheila. Because it seems to be that I can lay out with friends or stay home alone. I opted for friends against my skin's better judgment. The sun succeeded in burning my shoulders and chest. I did put on SPF 30 TWICE, but I guess I missed areas or it sweat off or something.
Now, I have a 100.1 degree fever and am very fatigued. I don't have a cold, cough, sore throat or anything...so it's the sun. My skin's mortal enemy. (Oh my Lord, that ended up hurting SO bad. Blisters galore.)
I've tried to make my skin and the sun be friendly to each other. But it just doesn't seem to work. You'd think that I'd come to grips with that after 30 years. You'd think after multiple sun burns, having suspicious moles removed from my back, and my grandma passing away from skin cancer that I wouldn't be so dumb, but alas no.
I laid out at the pool for 2 hours on Sunday with Sarah, Chris, and Sheila. Because it seems to be that I can lay out with friends or stay home alone. I opted for friends against my skin's better judgment. The sun succeeded in burning my shoulders and chest. I did put on SPF 30 TWICE, but I guess I missed areas or it sweat off or something.
Now, I have a 100.1 degree fever and am very fatigued. I don't have a cold, cough, sore throat or anything...so it's the sun. My skin's mortal enemy. (Oh my Lord, that ended up hurting SO bad. Blisters galore.)
I'm not saying that I won't try again in a few weeks after I've healed, because hell I don't want to be alone on the 4th of July. But I guess I'll have to up it to SPF 45 every 20 minutes and sit under a umbrella. Super fun.
6/10/09
Zack Morris
I already relayed this story to Chris at lunch today. Because you know...dudes love when girls talk about other hot dudes.
I was watching Zack Morris aka Mark-Paul Gosselaar aka Jerry Kellerman on "Raising the Bar" last night on TNT. His character had long hair and wrinkly clothes all last season on the show. Now, I knew from the show's preview that he was cutting his hair. But whatever, it was okay...didn't really do anything for me.
Last night, however, when it came to that scene where they panned up from his shoes to his crisp new suit to his new short hair. Oh mama! I was salivating!!
I might even consider committing a petty crime if my Legal Aid attorney looked like him.
I already relayed this story to Chris at lunch today. Because you know...dudes love when girls talk about other hot dudes.
I was watching Zack Morris aka Mark-Paul Gosselaar aka Jerry Kellerman on "Raising the Bar" last night on TNT. His character had long hair and wrinkly clothes all last season on the show. Now, I knew from the show's preview that he was cutting his hair. But whatever, it was okay...didn't really do anything for me.
Last night, however, when it came to that scene where they panned up from his shoes to his crisp new suit to his new short hair. Oh mama! I was salivating!!
I might even consider committing a petty crime if my Legal Aid attorney looked like him.
6/12/09
Dear
Dear Lowe's Key Services,
You suck. Your key machines suck. Your keys suck. Your keys never work for my apartment. And your keys sure were crappy tonight when I had to go to Laura's to feed her cats. I had to struggle with your crappy half-assed key for 15 minutes tonight to open the door and then another 15 minutes to lock the door. I have blisters now, thanks.
Sincerely,
Julie
Dear Becky,
Man, I wish that you didn't turn your cell phone off when you went to bed! I sure could have used your copy of Laura's key tonight to save myself the extra 30 minutes. I mean, geez...you only live 2 floors above Laura anyway.
Love,
Julie
PS You're lucky that Laura wanted to risk her condo being robbed vs. giving me your home ph # and waking you up. She knew you'd be pissed.
Dear Self,
If you would have remembered about the darn cats earlier in the day, then you wouldn't have had to go over there at 11:30 pm at night.
Love & Hugs,
Julie
Dear Lowe's Key Services,
You suck. Your key machines suck. Your keys suck. Your keys never work for my apartment. And your keys sure were crappy tonight when I had to go to Laura's to feed her cats. I had to struggle with your crappy half-assed key for 15 minutes tonight to open the door and then another 15 minutes to lock the door. I have blisters now, thanks.
Sincerely,
Julie
Dear Becky,
Man, I wish that you didn't turn your cell phone off when you went to bed! I sure could have used your copy of Laura's key tonight to save myself the extra 30 minutes. I mean, geez...you only live 2 floors above Laura anyway.
Love,
Julie
PS You're lucky that Laura wanted to risk her condo being robbed vs. giving me your home ph # and waking you up. She knew you'd be pissed.
Dear Self,
If you would have remembered about the darn cats earlier in the day, then you wouldn't have had to go over there at 11:30 pm at night.
Love & Hugs,
Julie
6/15/09
The Bobblehead of the Opera
Thursday night, Kelly and I went to see "The Phantom of the Opera". I had gotten us tickets as her birthday present. We were able to have a nice dinner and catch up on things. During the first act, she complained about the boy's head in front of her. Now, he was tall with a long neck and quite a big noggin. But you know...just angle your neck opposite his and you're fine! Being so short, I expect these things and it's life.
Before the second act, I switched places with her since it was her birthday present. I wanted her to be able to see better. I'm not usually so nice. Man, this kid, geez! I'm going to guess that he is about 15 years old and was there with his parents and other brother with Bobblehead Boy (BHB) on the end. BHB could not stay still. He kept shifting every 3 minutes. And, I, in turn had to shift too. I don't think that he was bored or antsy. His head was just too big for his neck to support it. It kept slowly drifting from side to side.
I contemplated asking him to stay still. I'm sure that if he'd been sitting by his parents that they would have told him to stop it. Now, I didn't say anything though, just decided to deal with it. Earlier in the night, when I had stood up to let another couple pass in the aisle...my skirt decided to stay with my chair. So, I had flashed my undies to a 7 year old girl. I didn't want to draw any more unneeded attention to myself so BHB was able to bob & weave at his leisure.
Thursday night, Kelly and I went to see "The Phantom of the Opera". I had gotten us tickets as her birthday present. We were able to have a nice dinner and catch up on things. During the first act, she complained about the boy's head in front of her. Now, he was tall with a long neck and quite a big noggin. But you know...just angle your neck opposite his and you're fine! Being so short, I expect these things and it's life.
Before the second act, I switched places with her since it was her birthday present. I wanted her to be able to see better. I'm not usually so nice. Man, this kid, geez! I'm going to guess that he is about 15 years old and was there with his parents and other brother with Bobblehead Boy (BHB) on the end. BHB could not stay still. He kept shifting every 3 minutes. And, I, in turn had to shift too. I don't think that he was bored or antsy. His head was just too big for his neck to support it. It kept slowly drifting from side to side.
I contemplated asking him to stay still. I'm sure that if he'd been sitting by his parents that they would have told him to stop it. Now, I didn't say anything though, just decided to deal with it. Earlier in the night, when I had stood up to let another couple pass in the aisle...my skirt decided to stay with my chair. So, I had flashed my undies to a 7 year old girl. I didn't want to draw any more unneeded attention to myself so BHB was able to bob & weave at his leisure.
6/16/09
Packing
I'm really not looking forward to packing up my apartment to move. I'm staring at the boxes with disdain. I have purchased the packing supplies though. I'm much more interested in shopping for NEW stuff to fill my apartment with soon. However, I did manage to take off the magnets from my refrigerator today. That counts as progress, right?
I'm really not looking forward to packing up my apartment to move. I'm staring at the boxes with disdain. I have purchased the packing supplies though. I'm much more interested in shopping for NEW stuff to fill my apartment with soon. However, I did manage to take off the magnets from my refrigerator today. That counts as progress, right?
Friday, February 5, 2010
A little late, but I still love it
I hate cyncism. It's my least favorite quality. It doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and if you're kind, amazing things will happen.
--Conan O'Brien
Thursday, February 4, 2010
May 2009
5/6/09
Concerts
Here's my latest updated list since 8/08. I'll be going through major concert withdrawal when I move back to Wichita! (Already am, sob sob)
Bands I've Seen:
New Kids on the Block (5th grade)
Boyz II Men (Sophomore year of high school)
Third Eye Blind
Huey Lewis & the News (Riverfest @ the WSU football stadium)
Richard Marx (At Hero's) (Ahhh, if only Brett M. would have fallen in love with me this night. Life would have been grand.)
The Calling (At Hero's)
The Wallflowers (w/Mari during our senior year of high school)
Better than Ezra--once w/Amy in KS and once at Speed Street
Lifehouse--once in Raleigh, once in Charlotte
Matchbox 20
Coldplay
Sister Hazel--twice
Stixx (Speed Street festival)
Sugar Ray (Oz Fest)
Live
Spin Doctors (Oz Fest)
Goo Goo Dolls
Smashmouth
Jars of Clay
Bryan Adams--once in Raleigh, once in Charlotte
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band--three times
Weezer
Tom Petty
Augustana
Chris Daughtry
Dashboard Confessional
Gin Blossoms
Candlebox
Switchfoot
The Fray--will be twice in June
Here's my latest updated list since 8/08. I'll be going through major concert withdrawal when I move back to Wichita! (Already am, sob sob)
Bands I've Seen:
New Kids on the Block (5th grade)
Boyz II Men (Sophomore year of high school)
Third Eye Blind
Huey Lewis & the News (Riverfest @ the WSU football stadium)
Richard Marx (At Hero's) (Ahhh, if only Brett M. would have fallen in love with me this night. Life would have been grand.)
The Calling (At Hero's)
The Wallflowers (w/Mari during our senior year of high school)
Better than Ezra--once w/Amy in KS and once at Speed Street
Lifehouse--once in Raleigh, once in Charlotte
Matchbox 20
Coldplay
Sister Hazel--twice
Stixx (Speed Street festival)
Sugar Ray (Oz Fest)
Live
Spin Doctors (Oz Fest)
Goo Goo Dolls
Smashmouth
Jars of Clay
Bryan Adams--once in Raleigh, once in Charlotte
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band--three times
Weezer
Tom Petty
Augustana
Chris Daughtry
Dashboard Confessional
Gin Blossoms
Candlebox
Switchfoot
The Fray--will be twice in June
Jack's Mannequin--in June
Mat Kearney--will be twice in June
Matt Nathanson--twice
Glen Phillips--lead singer of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Mat Kearney--will be twice in June
Matt Nathanson--twice
Glen Phillips--lead singer of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Amos Lee--twice, just went again last night!
John Mayer
Justin Nozuka
Matt Wertz
Ray Lamontagne
Jason Mraz
No Doubt--going in June
Ani Defranco
In other news, I leave for LAS VEGAS on Tuesday, yay!!!
John Mayer
Justin Nozuka
Matt Wertz
Ray Lamontagne
Jason Mraz
No Doubt--going in June
Ani Defranco
In other news, I leave for LAS VEGAS on Tuesday, yay!!!
5/7/09
Orange you glad I didn't say banana...
Today, I ate baby carrots, cheese, Baked Cheetos, and mandarin oranges. Wow. I wish that it would make my skin turn a cool orange tan-y color. Not a weird-o color though. I'm having tomato soup for dinner. That's red though, so I guess the streak is over.
The other day I had eggs, pickles, and almonds for lunch. I ate some odd combos during the day. Mostly because I don't go grocery shopping on a regular basis.
Oh and also kind of related, I found out last week that if you alternate sips of Diet Coke and coffee.....it's super disgusting. I needed caffeine STAT but the coffee was still too hot, so I try my little icky experiment. I'm just saving y'all from trying it.
Today, I ate baby carrots, cheese, Baked Cheetos, and mandarin oranges. Wow. I wish that it would make my skin turn a cool orange tan-y color. Not a weird-o color though. I'm having tomato soup for dinner. That's red though, so I guess the streak is over.
The other day I had eggs, pickles, and almonds for lunch. I ate some odd combos during the day. Mostly because I don't go grocery shopping on a regular basis.
Oh and also kind of related, I found out last week that if you alternate sips of Diet Coke and coffee.....it's super disgusting. I needed caffeine STAT but the coffee was still too hot, so I try my little icky experiment. I'm just saving y'all from trying it.
5/31/09
Dirty Jobs
I have a bit of a crush on Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. (Ha! I even just told S today that I wish that I could marry Mike Rowe!) It's his mix of witty witticisms, deep voice, tanned manly muscle arms, sweaty shirt, and steel toes boots. Man, I really go for the blue collared workers. Good thing I'm moving back to Kansas. These Charlotte bankers guys don't do anything for me.
I had a pretty laid back weekend. I didn't do much except for read and clean. I did go to Adrianne's last night to watch movies and partake in beer, mac n cheese, salad, brownies, and ice cream. Wow. Oh, and the movie, Taken, is really good.
These next 2 weeks should be fun and go by really fast. I have the Matt Nathanson concert tomorrow, Cans on Thursday, Sarah's and/or Blackfinn on Friday, and the No Doubt concert on Saturday. And next week I'm going to see Phantom of the Opera with Kelly and The Fray concert on Saturday.
That is definitely one thing that I will be missing when I move back to Wichita...lack of concerts. I looked on Pollstar for the Wichita concerts...3 pages listed...vs the 7 pages listed for Charlotte. And most of them, I don't care for. Although, I saw Bryan Adams is going to be in Wichita this week and I do love me some Canadian ballad singers.
I have a bit of a crush on Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. (Ha! I even just told S today that I wish that I could marry Mike Rowe!) It's his mix of witty witticisms, deep voice, tanned manly muscle arms, sweaty shirt, and steel toes boots. Man, I really go for the blue collared workers. Good thing I'm moving back to Kansas. These Charlotte bankers guys don't do anything for me.
I had a pretty laid back weekend. I didn't do much except for read and clean. I did go to Adrianne's last night to watch movies and partake in beer, mac n cheese, salad, brownies, and ice cream. Wow. Oh, and the movie, Taken, is really good.
These next 2 weeks should be fun and go by really fast. I have the Matt Nathanson concert tomorrow, Cans on Thursday, Sarah's and/or Blackfinn on Friday, and the No Doubt concert on Saturday. And next week I'm going to see Phantom of the Opera with Kelly and The Fray concert on Saturday.
That is definitely one thing that I will be missing when I move back to Wichita...lack of concerts. I looked on Pollstar for the Wichita concerts...3 pages listed...vs the 7 pages listed for Charlotte. And most of them, I don't care for. Although, I saw Bryan Adams is going to be in Wichita this week and I do love me some Canadian ballad singers.
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