Ok, I lied...looks like i'm blogging again with barely missing a beat. PHEW ;)
I am back from west Virginia white water rafting and every inch of my body hurts, but it was worth it! Maybe in a week or so I'll post pictures from the trip!
The river was a lot of fun! We went on the new river this year. The rapids weren't as crazy as the gaulley that we went on last year, but only 4 other rivers in the world are that crazy. Our boat never totally flipped which was cool, and I only got out of the boat when I jumped out to voluntarily swim one of the rapids sans boat. That was quite an experience.
Unfortunately most of the stories I have I am pretty sure I cannot blog about...lets just say what happens in West Virginia stays in west Virginia....we hope ;)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Red Sox and A note about the next few days (not including weekend)
Last night Chris and I went to my first Redsox game of the season. We went to camden to see them play the orioles. Sox won which was fun, but It was rainy and cold so I was pretty miserable by the end of the game, and when 'tek struck out (again) in the last inning I wasnt upset in the least. Also I think I might have redsox on the brain a bit too much, I guess I may have had a redsox dream b/c this morning when I woke up (before my alarm) the first thing I thought was "oh Beckett pitches today"--no joke! and he really does pitch today. I think he might be the next shirt I get. (i get to go to fenway in may! yay!)
Ok I just wanted to put a disclaimer out there that over the next few days I *might* not be blogging much, but dont lose hope, I will be back. Friday I am taking off to kick off our white water rafting weekend in the good ole west virginia, and then mon-wed I am in some crazy testing over at goddard, i might be back for the second half of each day though if the tests go well, so i might post some blogs---we'll see how that goes.
OH and watch for me being the new princess of England b/c next week while I'm testing stuff the Queen is going to be visiting Goddard. Cool huh? So i'm hoping I catch her eye and she brings me back to William.
Ok I just wanted to put a disclaimer out there that over the next few days I *might* not be blogging much, but dont lose hope, I will be back. Friday I am taking off to kick off our white water rafting weekend in the good ole west virginia, and then mon-wed I am in some crazy testing over at goddard, i might be back for the second half of each day though if the tests go well, so i might post some blogs---we'll see how that goes.
OH and watch for me being the new princess of England b/c next week while I'm testing stuff the Queen is going to be visiting Goddard. Cool huh? So i'm hoping I catch her eye and she brings me back to William.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
I'm quite the Gardener--but what is Marjoram???
As almost everyone knows I've wanted an herb garden for a long time now. I think this spring/summer will be my summer of the garden.
I began a little over a week ago by buying some dill and spearmint. I repotted both in some super cute pots and put them in my kitchen and watered them every day...What I didnt do was put it in direct (or any) sunlight. This was because there really is no spot in my Apt that gets direct sunlight and I was afraid I'd forget to water it if it were on my balcony. Well The plants started majorly wilting, so Last night I put them out on my balcony.
I also bought these little grow your own spices kits, they come with dirt pellets which are just about the coolest things ever, you add water and the dirt explodes. Then you add the seeds, seal them in the "green house" and put them in sunlight. So now I have a grand total of 15 plants attempting to grow on my balcony.
I am going to continue to buy any other herb kits I might find in attempts of making something work.
Things currently growing on my Balcony
Marjoram, Chives, Dill, Spearmint, mint, basil, camomile...and a couple other things that I cant remember right now.
Wish me and my garden luck!
I began a little over a week ago by buying some dill and spearmint. I repotted both in some super cute pots and put them in my kitchen and watered them every day...What I didnt do was put it in direct (or any) sunlight. This was because there really is no spot in my Apt that gets direct sunlight and I was afraid I'd forget to water it if it were on my balcony. Well The plants started majorly wilting, so Last night I put them out on my balcony.
I also bought these little grow your own spices kits, they come with dirt pellets which are just about the coolest things ever, you add water and the dirt explodes. Then you add the seeds, seal them in the "green house" and put them in sunlight. So now I have a grand total of 15 plants attempting to grow on my balcony.
I am going to continue to buy any other herb kits I might find in attempts of making something work.
Things currently growing on my Balcony
Marjoram, Chives, Dill, Spearmint, mint, basil, camomile...and a couple other things that I cant remember right now.
Wish me and my garden luck!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Three Brave Travelers
The three brave travelers will soon be down to two :( As most of you know Julie, Chris, and I make up the three brave travelers, and in about a week Chris will be in his Jeep Cherokee driving up 95 to return home to the tiny nothing state of Rhode Island. (just joking chris, its a great state).
yes this is the same chris that
*I almost killed...or at least curssed out on the Disney's Aerosmith Ride
*Offered to trade me to our taxi driver in the bahamas for one of his black ladies...the taxi driver wanted to try a white lady b/c--and i quote--"you can see them better in the dark"
*once got kicked out of a frederick's of hollywood dressing room b/c i dragged him in to tell me how soemthing looked (not as sketchy as it sounds)
*picked me up to go to a bar last week and announced he forgot to wear underware
*lives down the street from me, and is always up for a bagel or lazy tv watching
*also always up for going out for a drink
*refuses to let me join his sailing team
Maybe I'll see you this summer when i go back up north :) We can go to that strip club breakfast you've been talking about that has "legs and eggs"
yes this is the same chris that
*I almost killed...or at least curssed out on the Disney's Aerosmith Ride
*Offered to trade me to our taxi driver in the bahamas for one of his black ladies...the taxi driver wanted to try a white lady b/c--and i quote--"you can see them better in the dark"
*once got kicked out of a frederick's of hollywood dressing room b/c i dragged him in to tell me how soemthing looked (not as sketchy as it sounds)
*picked me up to go to a bar last week and announced he forgot to wear underware
*lives down the street from me, and is always up for a bagel or lazy tv watching
*also always up for going out for a drink
*refuses to let me join his sailing team
Maybe I'll see you this summer when i go back up north :) We can go to that strip club breakfast you've been talking about that has "legs and eggs"
Monday, April 23, 2007
Adult website propositions, endless drummers, and a general good time
(this is long, but stick with it, its totally worth it with both stories)
So I had almost made it to the end of friday night without anything totally ridiculous happening---when I went to the bar to buy another beer. This guy two over from me leans around to take a picture of my ass. I figure ok, dont make a scene, your underwear (for once) isnt showing, and he wont get your face in it too so whats the harm. He takes the picture then walks around to talk to me, he shows me the picture, then shows me he deletes it because he tells me he can take better of me. Ummmm ok.....He's got me hooked, i'm totally interested to see what he's going to say next. "I run an adult website" he says "you are probably already myspace friends with us". WHAT? yeah, i made the bartender give me a pen at this time to write down his site...pickle pimpin productions at myspace.... At this point a friend I'd made earlier in the night realizes i'm a little weirded out and comes over and puts his arm around me. The adult site guy says "oh, I dont do couple stuff, just you"...I excuse myself to go to the bathroom. Later in the night as I'm closing my tab and Tristan is waiting for me he corners tristan and starts telling her that he thinks he's freaked me out...REALLY? what gave you that idea? i have adult site guys approach me all the time! wtf!
Sat I had lunch with some fairly new found cousins in rockville, that was fun.
Sat night Leslie and I drove to Baltimore to see Brand New at the Ram's Head Tavern. We went with this chick, Tara, who evidently books all acts for all ram's head's and She got us into the sold out show vip style...open bar and everything.
I had been talking about going to this show for months, but It wasn't until a couple days before that Leslie got on the same page as me, and once the show began she was very glad she made that decision.
The opening band--Kevin Divine--was amusing, they had 7 drummers and 5 stringed instrument people, and then random other people standing around stage doing random things like tambourine, or checking cell phone. leslie leaned over to me and said "well they've really set the bar high, I dont know if I can ever be impressed with a band that has less than 7 drummers"
Brand New came out, I have seen them twice before and the last time I saw them I wasnt impressed. This time was a totally different story, they were hands down the best I've ever seen them (i'll probably add a fuller blog to my myspace page later on). They were great...except one thing...they only had one drummer. Well towards the end of the show one of the drummers from the previous band came out to join him on the already set up second full drum set. We were mildly impressed. Then it was time for the Encour. Every drummer in the baltimore area suddenly appeared on stage carrying random parts of drum sets onto the stage. I lost count at 14 drummers! All the while there were still 5 stringed instruments, and one tambourine player. This was pure CHAOS. it sounded awesome. Then people started doing running jumps into the various drum sets. The stringed men walked off stage. The drummed men left. one man was still on stage, he took appart the synthesizer so he could take one of the two previously attached keyboards with him to continue playing as he left the stage. The show was now over and my mind was blown. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME
Sunday Ended at Irish times to watch the last Redsox Yankees game of the series---SWEPT EM!
So I had almost made it to the end of friday night without anything totally ridiculous happening---when I went to the bar to buy another beer. This guy two over from me leans around to take a picture of my ass. I figure ok, dont make a scene, your underwear (for once) isnt showing, and he wont get your face in it too so whats the harm. He takes the picture then walks around to talk to me, he shows me the picture, then shows me he deletes it because he tells me he can take better of me. Ummmm ok.....He's got me hooked, i'm totally interested to see what he's going to say next. "I run an adult website" he says "you are probably already myspace friends with us". WHAT? yeah, i made the bartender give me a pen at this time to write down his site...pickle pimpin productions at myspace.... At this point a friend I'd made earlier in the night realizes i'm a little weirded out and comes over and puts his arm around me. The adult site guy says "oh, I dont do couple stuff, just you"...I excuse myself to go to the bathroom. Later in the night as I'm closing my tab and Tristan is waiting for me he corners tristan and starts telling her that he thinks he's freaked me out...REALLY? what gave you that idea? i have adult site guys approach me all the time! wtf!
Sat I had lunch with some fairly new found cousins in rockville, that was fun.
Sat night Leslie and I drove to Baltimore to see Brand New at the Ram's Head Tavern. We went with this chick, Tara, who evidently books all acts for all ram's head's and She got us into the sold out show vip style...open bar and everything.
I had been talking about going to this show for months, but It wasn't until a couple days before that Leslie got on the same page as me, and once the show began she was very glad she made that decision.
The opening band--Kevin Divine--was amusing, they had 7 drummers and 5 stringed instrument people, and then random other people standing around stage doing random things like tambourine, or checking cell phone. leslie leaned over to me and said "well they've really set the bar high, I dont know if I can ever be impressed with a band that has less than 7 drummers"
Brand New came out, I have seen them twice before and the last time I saw them I wasnt impressed. This time was a totally different story, they were hands down the best I've ever seen them (i'll probably add a fuller blog to my myspace page later on). They were great...except one thing...they only had one drummer. Well towards the end of the show one of the drummers from the previous band came out to join him on the already set up second full drum set. We were mildly impressed. Then it was time for the Encour. Every drummer in the baltimore area suddenly appeared on stage carrying random parts of drum sets onto the stage. I lost count at 14 drummers! All the while there were still 5 stringed instruments, and one tambourine player. This was pure CHAOS. it sounded awesome. Then people started doing running jumps into the various drum sets. The stringed men walked off stage. The drummed men left. one man was still on stage, he took appart the synthesizer so he could take one of the two previously attached keyboards with him to continue playing as he left the stage. The show was now over and my mind was blown. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME
Sunday Ended at Irish times to watch the last Redsox Yankees game of the series---SWEPT EM!
Friday, April 20, 2007
an old story from the good ole G-dub.
So i've been reading about the Virginia Tech shootings as i'm sure all of you have and it reminded me two things.
First , it reminded me of a student that was once in two of my classes. He'd show up and be nice to us girls, and be a jerk to everyone else. Like one day he brought a box he had made in the machine shop in and let me and jamie look at it, but refused to let nathan look.
In most classes that he showed up to he'd cause a scene, like when he unscrewed the blinds from the window even when the teacher asked him not to and to sit back down, all the meanwhile walking around barefoot.
One inscident to note was when Ash and I were sitting in the back of the room during class, she was drinking a nice big bottle of spring water. She left the room to pee, and while she was gone he got up from the front of the room, walked around the entire class to where i was sitting in the back, empty cup in hand, and picked up her bottle and re-filled his cup!
Do you know how hard it was for me to keep from laughing? even harder when she returned to find an empty bottle! I'm laughing pretty hard now while typing it.
He then took a paper towel and one by one wrapped each knuckle like he was going to fight and turned his chair to face the back of the room where us girls were sitting. At this point Nathan and Keenan moved thier chairs between the guy and us and hung around class with us till he had left.
Shortly after that he stopped showing up to class and wasnt hanging around the machine shop (prob not safe to have him there anyway).
Laurie got the scoop from a UPD officer as to what happened to him:
He was in the student center one day, and like the ash water story, he tried to steal some girl's milkshake! she called upd and had him written up. About a week later he did something else in the student center and the police came to arrest him. they got him via police car or ambulance i dotn remember...to the hospital to get checked out up there, just as the doors open he bolts across campus. Laurie's favorite UPD officer chases him down, tackles him to the ground and brings him back to the hospital.
They put him in a gown and let him wait in an observance room with just him and a bed. He proceeded to unstrip the bed and make the sheets into a head turbin.
I can only assume he is now in a mental institution, we havent heard from him since.
second, each person shot has a short sentance said about them here and there like "great smile" "good dad" etc. Well if it were me what would all of you say about me? "really good at blogging on a regular basis"? I sure hope someone would come up with something better to say :( Maybe I should make a point about doing something more productive with my free time so someone has something good to say about me.
First , it reminded me of a student that was once in two of my classes. He'd show up and be nice to us girls, and be a jerk to everyone else. Like one day he brought a box he had made in the machine shop in and let me and jamie look at it, but refused to let nathan look.
In most classes that he showed up to he'd cause a scene, like when he unscrewed the blinds from the window even when the teacher asked him not to and to sit back down, all the meanwhile walking around barefoot.
One inscident to note was when Ash and I were sitting in the back of the room during class, she was drinking a nice big bottle of spring water. She left the room to pee, and while she was gone he got up from the front of the room, walked around the entire class to where i was sitting in the back, empty cup in hand, and picked up her bottle and re-filled his cup!
Do you know how hard it was for me to keep from laughing? even harder when she returned to find an empty bottle! I'm laughing pretty hard now while typing it.
He then took a paper towel and one by one wrapped each knuckle like he was going to fight and turned his chair to face the back of the room where us girls were sitting. At this point Nathan and Keenan moved thier chairs between the guy and us and hung around class with us till he had left.
Shortly after that he stopped showing up to class and wasnt hanging around the machine shop (prob not safe to have him there anyway).
Laurie got the scoop from a UPD officer as to what happened to him:
He was in the student center one day, and like the ash water story, he tried to steal some girl's milkshake! she called upd and had him written up. About a week later he did something else in the student center and the police came to arrest him. they got him via police car or ambulance i dotn remember...to the hospital to get checked out up there, just as the doors open he bolts across campus. Laurie's favorite UPD officer chases him down, tackles him to the ground and brings him back to the hospital.
They put him in a gown and let him wait in an observance room with just him and a bed. He proceeded to unstrip the bed and make the sheets into a head turbin.
I can only assume he is now in a mental institution, we havent heard from him since.
second, each person shot has a short sentance said about them here and there like "great smile" "good dad" etc. Well if it were me what would all of you say about me? "really good at blogging on a regular basis"? I sure hope someone would come up with something better to say :( Maybe I should make a point about doing something more productive with my free time so someone has something good to say about me.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Baby's Daddy
So the other day Chris and I were watching some old season 3 entourage episodes. This show is known for its cameos as you all know, but I spotted one that wasnt even credited.
So we were watching Three's company (season 3, disk 2, part 1) and they show a meeting in Ari's office. The other agents are scurrying around and they flash to the agents....and there it is, clear as day...Larry Birkhead---yes thats right, Anna Nicole Smith's ex lover and baby's daddy. I jumped up and said "LOOK its larry birkhead" but his airtime was already over. A few seconds later he flashed on the screen again, but chris, who evidently doesnt read whatwouldtylerdurdendo.com every day wasnt sure what larry looked like and couldnt give me an answer.
I turned to my trusty friend google to see if I was right. Sure enough, I was! Pretty funny huh?
http://evilbeetgossip.com/2007/03/13/larry-birkhead-on-entourage/
So we were watching Three's company (season 3, disk 2, part 1) and they show a meeting in Ari's office. The other agents are scurrying around and they flash to the agents....and there it is, clear as day...Larry Birkhead---yes thats right, Anna Nicole Smith's ex lover and baby's daddy. I jumped up and said "LOOK its larry birkhead" but his airtime was already over. A few seconds later he flashed on the screen again, but chris, who evidently doesnt read whatwouldtylerdurdendo.com every day wasnt sure what larry looked like and couldnt give me an answer.
I turned to my trusty friend google to see if I was right. Sure enough, I was! Pretty funny huh?
http://evilbeetgossip.com/2007/03/13/larry-birkhead-on-entourage/
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
well...its halfway to the weekend
My spree of being friendly to the people in my apt building (esp on my floor) is now over. Emily and Aaron you two are the exceptions to the rule of course! Seriously though...I dont want to use names or anything, but if you have a good memory and have read my blog from way back you know who i'm talking about. I'm not an unfriendly girl, its just getting involved with someone who lives on your floor is always a bad idea --- now imagine one of them isnt interested. ;) I think i'm gonna start using the other elevator... (also it turns out cell phones dont allow you to block just one number, thier solution is to change your number which is too drastic)
I had a second attempt at an "egg salad sandwich" last night...but this time I replaced the egg with tofu...believe it or not it almost tasted EXACTLY the same! And coming from me that says a lot because I usually hate when tofu tries to imitate other things. I guess my cholesterol thanks you tofu...except for the fact I almost used an entire jar of mayo....no joke.
I'm also pretty excited because the new Avril cd comes with a dvd! I havent gotten to watch that yet, but i'll let you all know how it is after I see it. I'm sure it wont be as good as my foo fighters, jack johnson, greenday, RHCP, or alkaline trio dvd's but i still like music dvd's to just put on in the background while I'm doing stuff. I like to pretend I'm cleaning...but we all know the truth.
I had a second attempt at an "egg salad sandwich" last night...but this time I replaced the egg with tofu...believe it or not it almost tasted EXACTLY the same! And coming from me that says a lot because I usually hate when tofu tries to imitate other things. I guess my cholesterol thanks you tofu...except for the fact I almost used an entire jar of mayo....no joke.
I'm also pretty excited because the new Avril cd comes with a dvd! I havent gotten to watch that yet, but i'll let you all know how it is after I see it. I'm sure it wont be as good as my foo fighters, jack johnson, greenday, RHCP, or alkaline trio dvd's but i still like music dvd's to just put on in the background while I'm doing stuff. I like to pretend I'm cleaning...but we all know the truth.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
thumbsucker
I recently watched the thumbsucker after leslie highly recomended it. Thumbsucker, not to be confused with the weirdest movie i've ever seen Chumbscrubber, turned out to be really good.
I was intrigued by its title, because I too was a thumbsucker. When I was younger I guess I always walked around with a thumb in my mouth and my security blanket, till maybe the age of 8....at least the thumb sucking stopped, blankie continued to be a major part of my life that waited on my bed for me to come home (its still there, but at my parents house so that people dont ruin it). I'd get teased by my mom's side of the family with comments like "I bet you are going to walk down the aisle sucking your thumb"--real nice.
In the movie Justin's addiction to sucking his thumb was replaced by prescribed Ritalin. A phase that I also went through. When he was taking it all the time he focused on debating. When I was taking it all the time I quilted an entire queen sized quilt. (oh yeah and did well in all my classes). It turns out ritalin is only 3 molecules different from cocaine, I kinda wish someone had told me that before I started taking 54mg a day. now i'm down to 5-18mg, but i took it all last week and if you saw me you could prob see that my hands were shaking all week and i was reminded how poorly it mixes with any alcohol, so i'm on another break from it now. Justin just replaced ritalin with with one thing and from that another....its a slippery slope you know, all stemming from a little thumbsucking ;)
good movie, you should rent it.
I was intrigued by its title, because I too was a thumbsucker. When I was younger I guess I always walked around with a thumb in my mouth and my security blanket, till maybe the age of 8....at least the thumb sucking stopped, blankie continued to be a major part of my life that waited on my bed for me to come home (its still there, but at my parents house so that people dont ruin it). I'd get teased by my mom's side of the family with comments like "I bet you are going to walk down the aisle sucking your thumb"--real nice.
In the movie Justin's addiction to sucking his thumb was replaced by prescribed Ritalin. A phase that I also went through. When he was taking it all the time he focused on debating. When I was taking it all the time I quilted an entire queen sized quilt. (oh yeah and did well in all my classes). It turns out ritalin is only 3 molecules different from cocaine, I kinda wish someone had told me that before I started taking 54mg a day. now i'm down to 5-18mg, but i took it all last week and if you saw me you could prob see that my hands were shaking all week and i was reminded how poorly it mixes with any alcohol, so i'm on another break from it now. Justin just replaced ritalin with with one thing and from that another....its a slippery slope you know, all stemming from a little thumbsucking ;)
good movie, you should rent it.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Patriot's Day Edition
Happy Patriot's Day everyone! I guess all my Boston (maybe all of new england i'm not sure) readers wont be reading this since you all get the day off--I'm not even gonna pretend I'm not jealous.
I cant really elaborate but friday night's fun included meeting and hanging out with the star of "naughty gym class III", then we all went over to Will and Ted's Excellent Apartment. surprisingly fun night!
Worst attempt of the week needs some explanation first. If there is anything that annoys me, its when guys guess that I'm Jewish before even talking to me, then they base their conversation on that. So sat night I'm at the U street Bar Crawl (Solly's, Axis, and Stetsons), and I decide to sit at the end of the table where I dont know anyone at an attempt of making things less awkward. I introduced myself, and the first guy to respond goes "are you jewish" and I said "ummm yeah..." this is normal, but whats about to happen is totally weird...he proceeded with conversation ENTIRELY IN HEBREW! what??? yeah, i'm actually born with a gene that allows me to understand hebrew...ok so I can read it, but I understand maybe three words of it. This kid threw in a little more hebrew throughout the evening. totally weird.
Also some guy professed his love for me solely based on the fact that I had already been to Ben's Chili bowl that day. lol dont worry that was just katie's co worker.
I cant really elaborate but friday night's fun included meeting and hanging out with the star of "naughty gym class III", then we all went over to Will and Ted's Excellent Apartment. surprisingly fun night!
Worst attempt of the week needs some explanation first. If there is anything that annoys me, its when guys guess that I'm Jewish before even talking to me, then they base their conversation on that. So sat night I'm at the U street Bar Crawl (Solly's, Axis, and Stetsons), and I decide to sit at the end of the table where I dont know anyone at an attempt of making things less awkward. I introduced myself, and the first guy to respond goes "are you jewish" and I said "ummm yeah..." this is normal, but whats about to happen is totally weird...he proceeded with conversation ENTIRELY IN HEBREW! what??? yeah, i'm actually born with a gene that allows me to understand hebrew...ok so I can read it, but I understand maybe three words of it. This kid threw in a little more hebrew throughout the evening. totally weird.
Also some guy professed his love for me solely based on the fact that I had already been to Ben's Chili bowl that day. lol dont worry that was just katie's co worker.
Friday, April 13, 2007
velvet lounge and radio stations
Last night I went to Velvet Lounge with Margaret....and for all you winsor girls, yes Margaret from middle school! She and her UConn friends came out to see their friend's band Social hero who turned out to be really good. I like the main guy's voice a lot and will definitely see them again. There was one guy in the band that was in Foreigner. picture this: stone washed jeans, white t shirt, long gray aging rocker hair, bandana, neck scarf, sun glasses. He played a variety of accent instruments including what looked like the spoons. He added backup vocals including cat calls, and when need be he acted out parts of the song. I'm also pretty sure he was on something b/c there were periods of time he just stood there spacing out.
word on the street is that foreigner and styx are touring together this summer...if you are a regular blog reader of mine you'd know that i'm a big styx fan and will most certainly be at that show!
I'm exhausted today b/c I intended to go to bed at a decent hour after the show...but someone didnt let that happen! its alright though.
Lastly...Alright so it took me a few days to notice, but after scanning through the station for almost 5 days in a row I finally started to wonder why it NEVER has music I want to listen to. I finally stayed on the station for a full song, not once, but twice. Well it turns out 104.1 which you might recall turned from z104.1 to something else to george 104.1 a few months ago HAS CHANGED FORMAT AGAIN. This time it is now "inspirational music" my first tip off was that all the songs were about Jesus, the second was the radio announcer who said the name of the station. Awesome, so now I have to reset that radio button again.
word on the street is that foreigner and styx are touring together this summer...if you are a regular blog reader of mine you'd know that i'm a big styx fan and will most certainly be at that show!
I'm exhausted today b/c I intended to go to bed at a decent hour after the show...but someone didnt let that happen! its alright though.
Lastly...Alright so it took me a few days to notice, but after scanning through the station for almost 5 days in a row I finally started to wonder why it NEVER has music I want to listen to. I finally stayed on the station for a full song, not once, but twice. Well it turns out 104.1 which you might recall turned from z104.1 to something else to george 104.1 a few months ago HAS CHANGED FORMAT AGAIN. This time it is now "inspirational music" my first tip off was that all the songs were about Jesus, the second was the radio announcer who said the name of the station. Awesome, so now I have to reset that radio button again.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
top 10 songs i enjoy listening to...notice i didnt say "favorite songs" or "best songs ever" because those lists are just too hard to make...so this is the tangable begining of what either of those would look like
1. U2- With or without you. its my favorite song..you all know that
2. New Radicals- You get what you give. bet you didnt see THAT one coming! I love this song, it has such a positive message. its an all around happy song and great to listen to any time.
3. Green Day- Brain Stew. Just listen to the first few chords and you'll know why I love that song.
4. Beatles- Octopus Garden. What? yeah...thats the reaction most people have
5.Alkaline Trio- This could be love...i only sing this all the time :)
ALRIGHT I CANT DO IT!! too much pressure! I have to think about the next 5, I cant commit to anything right now. I'll come back to you on that one :)
On another note I realized that I can wear my sox jersey again! I have damon...number 18...well guess who is 18 now? daisuke! so maybe i'll just tape over "damon" and wear it to the game in two weeks! i might get a little made fun of, but i garuntee you that plenty of people will be doing it at fenway...i might be the only one at camden though. its ok i was the only one at camden with "damon is my homeboy" shirt too and people loved it.
1. U2- With or without you. its my favorite song..you all know that
2. New Radicals- You get what you give. bet you didnt see THAT one coming! I love this song, it has such a positive message. its an all around happy song and great to listen to any time.
3. Green Day- Brain Stew. Just listen to the first few chords and you'll know why I love that song.
4. Beatles- Octopus Garden. What? yeah...thats the reaction most people have
5.Alkaline Trio- This could be love...i only sing this all the time :)
ALRIGHT I CANT DO IT!! too much pressure! I have to think about the next 5, I cant commit to anything right now. I'll come back to you on that one :)
On another note I realized that I can wear my sox jersey again! I have damon...number 18...well guess who is 18 now? daisuke! so maybe i'll just tape over "damon" and wear it to the game in two weeks! i might get a little made fun of, but i garuntee you that plenty of people will be doing it at fenway...i might be the only one at camden though. its ok i was the only one at camden with "damon is my homeboy" shirt too and people loved it.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Downside to Email and IM
Usually I am a pretty easy going person and face to face I am fairly non confrontational and will just deal with things. This is not so true over the computer. MANY times in the past few weeks leslie has had to deal with gmail ims from me saying "uh oh, I think i just pissed so and so off".
I guess its just the faceless communication that makes me feel like its ok to speak my mind and not sugar coat things, but I am very harsh on email and IM. Maybe I should cut back on both of those, but that will probably never happen. I'll just type out exactly what I'm thinking and why I am annoyed with you or why I didnt like something else and before I know it I've hit send and its too late to take that back. I dont regret saying it because its probably how I really felt at that moment, but I regret how it makes people react/feel. Clearly the last thing I want to do is pick fights or hurt someone. Email really is an awful thing sometimes.
I guess its just the faceless communication that makes me feel like its ok to speak my mind and not sugar coat things, but I am very harsh on email and IM. Maybe I should cut back on both of those, but that will probably never happen. I'll just type out exactly what I'm thinking and why I am annoyed with you or why I didnt like something else and before I know it I've hit send and its too late to take that back. I dont regret saying it because its probably how I really felt at that moment, but I regret how it makes people react/feel. Clearly the last thing I want to do is pick fights or hurt someone. Email really is an awful thing sometimes.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Tuesday ramblings
Well today is Opening day at fenway park, and once again I am not there. My dad will be though and likes to tease me about it. At least Daisuke isnt pitching today otherwise I'd be seriously jealous. Emily F and I are going to try and go home some time soon to see our dirt dogs (yeah, i dont usually call them that, i just like the site and needed a place to link it). Clearly I'll see them in Baltimore as well, and I might even go see them in NYC with Emily. That would be fun, and it would continue my goal of going to as many ball parks as I can. I've been to fenway, camden, olympic stadium (old expos park), cracker jack (spring training), and i've SEEN jacob's field and wrigley field. I think i've been to another park but I cant remember.
I still hate vista, but I actually got soemthing to work: skype. So I can video chat again, so let me know if you have a web cam and want to chat (if i dont know you and you are a creepy stranger this offer does not apply to you, this was not intended to be a dirty thing)
Also I've managed to re-injure my hands by knitting again. Thats a dangerous sport you know!
that is all I have to say for now.
I still hate vista, but I actually got soemthing to work: skype. So I can video chat again, so let me know if you have a web cam and want to chat (if i dont know you and you are a creepy stranger this offer does not apply to you, this was not intended to be a dirty thing)
Also I've managed to re-injure my hands by knitting again. Thats a dangerous sport you know!
that is all I have to say for now.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Monday Randomness
Friday night I met Lem and Allan at one of our old favorite GW hang outs, Lindy's. By the time I got there Lem was already on the phone with Kenji, the owner of cafe Japone, and shortly after got a phone call from Adrian, one of the staff at Japone. Clearly lem is vip ;) . So we finnished our drinks and headed to Cafe Japone to celebrate Lem's birthday where we met up with a bunch more people. It was passover so I wasnt drinking beer, but lem and allan and eventually everyone else who came took part in saki bombs every 15 minutes till the bar closed and we had to leave--dont worry it was ok for me to drink rum or various other shots they sent to the table.
Allan is the worst at sending photos (ahem, still waiting on those NYE pics) so he and I texted eachother our snail mail addresses and will burn photos to cd and mail them to eachother. kinda funny.
The winner for best attempt I'm defaulting to leslie's blog, you might have to wait a bit before she posts it, but its way funnier than anything that happened to me this weekend.
Sat for Laura's birthday we had a great time at the Melting pot for dessert. While the chocolate fondu was excellent, the most amusing part was the wait staff. It would appear that they were all high, and as the night progressed only continued to get worse. I'm sure our giggling every time he came over didnt help either.
Allan is the worst at sending photos (ahem, still waiting on those NYE pics) so he and I texted eachother our snail mail addresses and will burn photos to cd and mail them to eachother. kinda funny.
The winner for best attempt I'm defaulting to leslie's blog, you might have to wait a bit before she posts it, but its way funnier than anything that happened to me this weekend.
Sat for Laura's birthday we had a great time at the Melting pot for dessert. While the chocolate fondu was excellent, the most amusing part was the wait staff. It would appear that they were all high, and as the night progressed only continued to get worse. I'm sure our giggling every time he came over didnt help either.
Friday, April 6, 2007
A VERY good friday indeed
As all you loyal blog readers know there is a certain gentleman at work that I cant stand. Lucky for me he was placed in my office for about six terrible months. Well As of yesterday afternoon he is no longer here! Instead they have moved him down the hall to another office. Now its just me and the officemate whose sanity I question.
Now we eagerly await the arrival of the new hire.
I thought i'd take a second and tell you about the remaining officemate's nervous habits, of which she has two. The first is that she mirrors everything you say to her as you are saying it with like a 2 second delay. I will demonstrate for you if you ask. The other is she laughs while saying ANYTHING. like she could say her mom died and laugh through it. then you awkwardly sit there like ummmm. and she keeps laughing and staring at you till you muster a fake laugh, then you both sit there awkwardly fake laughing till somoene else walks in the room and changes the subject.
The good thing is she's easily ignorable so I can actually get my work done.
Now we eagerly await the arrival of the new hire.
I thought i'd take a second and tell you about the remaining officemate's nervous habits, of which she has two. The first is that she mirrors everything you say to her as you are saying it with like a 2 second delay. I will demonstrate for you if you ask. The other is she laughs while saying ANYTHING. like she could say her mom died and laugh through it. then you awkwardly sit there like ummmm. and she keeps laughing and staring at you till you muster a fake laugh, then you both sit there awkwardly fake laughing till somoene else walks in the room and changes the subject.
The good thing is she's easily ignorable so I can actually get my work done.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Dude, You just got fucked by Dell
Dell...microsoft...whatever.
If you've known me since highschool you know that I am very much a PC girl and was anti mac for a long time. Also I had 2 computers in my apt, one that I've had for 7 years and while its a good computer, its hard drive makes an audible clicking noise and powers itself down after about an hour. My other computer runs Server 2003 and has no sound card. Clearly it was time for a new computer. I went to www.dell.com and picked out all the things I wanted...Dual core processor, 512 mb memory, 160 GB hard drive 48x cd/dvd burner...all the good stuff, how could I lose?
I'll tell you how I could lose. As of Jan 30, 2007 dell only offers new computers with the brand new and improved windows vista. Alright, I'll give it a try, its only 400 bucks. So I placed my order and eagerly awaited its arrival.
Well Wed April 4th it arrived! I raced home and picked up my package from the front desk. Before turning it on I opened it up and added a second video card so I could have two monitors again. It turns out it was a good thing I did this because when I turned on my computer the first thing I noticed is that it was running off my new video card and not the integrated one. Turns out that one doesnt work and I have yet to fix it.
My next problem occured when I attempted to get on the internet. I was prompted by my computer to contact my ISP. After 30 min on the phone with Comcast they informed me that it wasnt thier issue, but instead Dell's. One more hour on the phone with Dell and I was re-directed to comcast. Instead I decided to uplug everything and plug it back in, and miraculously I could now connect.
I gave myself a little tour of vista and just about everything pisses me off about it. they make it pretty hard to search your computer. I downloaded AIM and I cant find anywhere to click to activate it. Luckily it automatically launches at startup, but if i close it I'm screwed.
Anytime you click on ANYTHING it asks you if you meant to do this Accept or Deny?
Tonight's task is going to be to get the second monitor to work as well as install and use itunes.
Emily's dad has a great suggestion that I just say fuck it to vista and use linux instead.
If you've known me since highschool you know that I am very much a PC girl and was anti mac for a long time. Also I had 2 computers in my apt, one that I've had for 7 years and while its a good computer, its hard drive makes an audible clicking noise and powers itself down after about an hour. My other computer runs Server 2003 and has no sound card. Clearly it was time for a new computer. I went to www.dell.com and picked out all the things I wanted...Dual core processor, 512 mb memory, 160 GB hard drive 48x cd/dvd burner...all the good stuff, how could I lose?
I'll tell you how I could lose. As of Jan 30, 2007 dell only offers new computers with the brand new and improved windows vista. Alright, I'll give it a try, its only 400 bucks. So I placed my order and eagerly awaited its arrival.
Well Wed April 4th it arrived! I raced home and picked up my package from the front desk. Before turning it on I opened it up and added a second video card so I could have two monitors again. It turns out it was a good thing I did this because when I turned on my computer the first thing I noticed is that it was running off my new video card and not the integrated one. Turns out that one doesnt work and I have yet to fix it.
My next problem occured when I attempted to get on the internet. I was prompted by my computer to contact my ISP. After 30 min on the phone with Comcast they informed me that it wasnt thier issue, but instead Dell's. One more hour on the phone with Dell and I was re-directed to comcast. Instead I decided to uplug everything and plug it back in, and miraculously I could now connect.
I gave myself a little tour of vista and just about everything pisses me off about it. they make it pretty hard to search your computer. I downloaded AIM and I cant find anywhere to click to activate it. Luckily it automatically launches at startup, but if i close it I'm screwed.
Anytime you click on ANYTHING it asks you if you meant to do this Accept or Deny?
Tonight's task is going to be to get the second monitor to work as well as install and use itunes.
Emily's dad has a great suggestion that I just say fuck it to vista and use linux instead.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Team B.O.O.B(Beating Our Odds Beautifully)
To the guys reading this Blog continue reading if you love boobs and women, to the girls reading this blog continue reading if you love yourself and all the women in your life.
This will probably be the first of many blogs like this within the next couple of months. June 2nd Team B.O.O.B. (Beating Our Odds Beautifully) will be participating in the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure (profits go to the cure and treatment of breast cancer) . Somehow I am registered as Team captain, but I think thats just because they needed a contact on our team. Its a 5K race which some of the team (probably our marathoners Katie Sweeney and Lindsay Mathers) will run, and other memebers like myself will walk. If you are in the DC/VA/MD area and would like to join our team please let me know, we'd be more than happy to have you on our team! (boys are welcome too, we already have a couple confirmed on the team...Chris and Robbie! yay!) If you dont feel like attending, or just dont live near here and still want to support this cause feel free to donate. While we arent actively fundraising I thought I'd still put the option out there to anyone that wanted to give.
This will probably be the first of many blogs like this within the next couple of months. June 2nd Team B.O.O.B. (Beating Our Odds Beautifully) will be participating in the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure (profits go to the cure and treatment of breast cancer) . Somehow I am registered as Team captain, but I think thats just because they needed a contact on our team. Its a 5K race which some of the team (probably our marathoners Katie Sweeney and Lindsay Mathers) will run, and other memebers like myself will walk. If you are in the DC/VA/MD area and would like to join our team please let me know, we'd be more than happy to have you on our team! (boys are welcome too, we already have a couple confirmed on the team...Chris and Robbie! yay!) If you dont feel like attending, or just dont live near here and still want to support this cause feel free to donate. While we arent actively fundraising I thought I'd still put the option out there to anyone that wanted to give.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
I love that Dirty Water
I've always been the one to claim "home is where your stuff is" but I must say I've come to learn that Boston, you're my home...because truly "home is where your heart is"...and my heart is with the Boston Red Sox. If you've ever had a conversation with me, or seen my apt, or gone to the beach with me (when i actually wear hats)--then it wont come as a surprise to you that I love my boys.
I couldnt be more excited for this season! I've also bought into the hype and cannot wait to see Daisuke pitch...not just on tv, but I am going to do my best to time it so I can go to a game where he is pitching.
I have a redsox fact a day calendar at my desk, but so far its all been like 1916 trivia that none of you people will be interested in, maybe later in the year when we get up to current times i'll start adding it to my blog.
You might notice my new link to Curt Schilling's blog on the right hand side. I stumbled accross this and was really touched by how nice a guy he is. There is a little boy with a rare type of cancer, and every time he goes in for chemo Curt gives him a call, and is having Rebok embroider 4 pete's sake onto his shoe to give the boy (pete) a little help getting through it. That was just one example of his generosity. Take a look at his page, and be impressed. (more impressed by his actions than his pitching on monday....)
Also I need new redsox appareil this year, but I dont know what to get since I have the curse of the shirts...I have nomar's, and damon's...Although last year I did get varitek's shirt so that was good!
lastly i've posted new pictures (www.angelfire.com/theforce/res)
I couldnt be more excited for this season! I've also bought into the hype and cannot wait to see Daisuke pitch...not just on tv, but I am going to do my best to time it so I can go to a game where he is pitching.
I have a redsox fact a day calendar at my desk, but so far its all been like 1916 trivia that none of you people will be interested in, maybe later in the year when we get up to current times i'll start adding it to my blog.
You might notice my new link to Curt Schilling's blog on the right hand side. I stumbled accross this and was really touched by how nice a guy he is. There is a little boy with a rare type of cancer, and every time he goes in for chemo Curt gives him a call, and is having Rebok embroider 4 pete's sake onto his shoe to give the boy (pete) a little help getting through it. That was just one example of his generosity. Take a look at his page, and be impressed. (more impressed by his actions than his pitching on monday....)
Also I need new redsox appareil this year, but I dont know what to get since I have the curse of the shirts...I have nomar's, and damon's...Although last year I did get varitek's shirt so that was good!
lastly i've posted new pictures (www.angelfire.com/theforce/res)
Monday, April 2, 2007
Not only have we disappointed Marky Mark, we've let down the Funky Bunch!
We kicked off the weekend right with an 80's themed Power Hour at Molly's house. It was awesome. Plus the movie cocktails was on in the background the whole time. minus the teeth issue Tom Cruise def was way hotter back then, and a lot less crazy! Unless he's actually been crazy this whole time and noone really noticed till relatively recently. who knows, maybe he was and i just choose to ignore that. Highlight of this party was when Robo in a track jacket and jeans, casually removes his pants mid party to show his surprise costume of shorts, tube socks, and track jacket to be an 80's sports coach. anyone that can do that with a straight face is awesome.
Unfortunately Leslie and I shopped through Dan Farmer's probably awesome tour of the capitol building, but hopefully I'll get to go in a couple weeks.
After Polishing off 4 bottles of champagne Leslie and I felt ready for the sat night surprise party---it wasnt as disasterous as we had imagined due to all the drama and nova hating leading up to it. Plus annie made a beautiful cake.
Also Leslie Will and I went to see Blades of Glory on Sunday night! That movie is HILLARIOUS. For anyone thats seen it did anyone else notice that John Heder's character's swan outfit was identical to Johnny Weir's outfit with his swan Camille?
(yeah some of you might be just finding out now that I like figure skating...I dont follow it quite as closely within the past few years, but yeah..I like it)
Lastly this movie is a total parody of one of my favorite movies that i've seen a million and two times: The Cutting Edge! complete with the pamplachinco and all! If you've watched the cutting edge as many times as I have you'll love this movie. If you havent you'll probably still laugh your way through the movie anyway...so go see it.
one last note...While I've gotten countless manicures before, sunday I got my first pedicure! first of what will be many I'm sure! Who doesnt like sitting in a massage chair with thier friends re-capping the weekend while alternating between getting a foot massage and having your feet sit in warm jet powered water baths! Pedicures are the best!
Unfortunately Leslie and I shopped through Dan Farmer's probably awesome tour of the capitol building, but hopefully I'll get to go in a couple weeks.
After Polishing off 4 bottles of champagne Leslie and I felt ready for the sat night surprise party---it wasnt as disasterous as we had imagined due to all the drama and nova hating leading up to it. Plus annie made a beautiful cake.
Also Leslie Will and I went to see Blades of Glory on Sunday night! That movie is HILLARIOUS. For anyone thats seen it did anyone else notice that John Heder's character's swan outfit was identical to Johnny Weir's outfit with his swan Camille?
(yeah some of you might be just finding out now that I like figure skating...I dont follow it quite as closely within the past few years, but yeah..I like it)Lastly this movie is a total parody of one of my favorite movies that i've seen a million and two times: The Cutting Edge! complete with the pamplachinco and all! If you've watched the cutting edge as many times as I have you'll love this movie. If you havent you'll probably still laugh your way through the movie anyway...so go see it.
one last note...While I've gotten countless manicures before, sunday I got my first pedicure! first of what will be many I'm sure! Who doesnt like sitting in a massage chair with thier friends re-capping the weekend while alternating between getting a foot massage and having your feet sit in warm jet powered water baths! Pedicures are the best!
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