Last night I went out to dinner with Kelly and Karlyn. Both were at one point in time orbital employees, and us girls gotta stick together. Karlyn still works here, but Kelly has moved on to Scranton, PA....yes thats right, the home of the show "the office".
Work brought Kelly to alexandria this week so Karlyn and I went over and we all got dinner. Things felt like Kelly never left, it was great. I miss the weekend hh turned annapolis/federal hill/baltimore turned sleepover nights! Those were the best. I think a road trip to PA is in order :)
I was trying to convince Kelly that this year for her bday she should throw herself a "decade of drinking" party. When I turn 31 there is no doubt in my mind thats what I'm gonna do. Karlyn on the other hand freaked out and never admitted to turning 31, infact I'm pretty sure she claims to be in her 20's still. Maybe I should start planning my party now. Its gonna be awesome and you are all invited!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Carbon Monoxide Scare/Music update/pain index
Sat night/ Sunday morning at 5am I was awakened by a short but loud blast of sound. Then silence. Then another short blast. I kept thinking it would stop so I tried to go back to sleep, but it didn't.
I got out of bed and moved the chairs to start to take apart the smoke detector since I assumed that the batteries were running low. As I climbed up the blast went off again, but not from the device I was climbing towards. I turned around and there it was, my carbon monoxide detector.
I unplugged it and found some instructions on the back instructing me to press the "test" button and also to get out and call 911 b/c carbon monoxide WILL KILL YOU. great. So i pressed the button which only made it start beeping more. At this point I called for back-up. We inspected the detector a bit more and realized that really it was just trying to tell us that the battery was low...which I though was dumb b/c it was plugged in and shouldn't have been using battery power this whole time, so I didnt believe thats what it was. The instructions said there was a malfunction in the machine which was probably battery if it was flashing the words "bat" and there was a beep 3 times a minute...both of which were happening.
After agreeing to go back to sleep (with all the balcony doors open) I asked what it would feel like if we were dying of carbon monoxide poisoning anyway. Headache and a "high" feeling I was told. Great, due to my panic I was starting to feel light headed and convinced myself almost high with a definite headache.
I made it through the night and am working on replacing that battery. I guess I should start keeping around 9volt batteries now. stupid carbon monoxide detector.
---
Tuesday the save darfur CD comes out. I'm totally excited about this, not because I know too much about darfur but really just because the CD sounds great. its John Lennon songs covered by modern artists...like green day. Will Rachel have this cd day 1 of release? Yes. (I already downloaded the greenday song!)
----
Pain factor today is surprisingly only at medium! Is this whole gym thing worth me always hurting? at least its starting to hurt less :) I'm actually really impressed that its not too bad today! maybe I'll make it back to the gym even sooner this week!
I got out of bed and moved the chairs to start to take apart the smoke detector since I assumed that the batteries were running low. As I climbed up the blast went off again, but not from the device I was climbing towards. I turned around and there it was, my carbon monoxide detector.
I unplugged it and found some instructions on the back instructing me to press the "test" button and also to get out and call 911 b/c carbon monoxide WILL KILL YOU. great. So i pressed the button which only made it start beeping more. At this point I called for back-up. We inspected the detector a bit more and realized that really it was just trying to tell us that the battery was low...which I though was dumb b/c it was plugged in and shouldn't have been using battery power this whole time, so I didnt believe thats what it was. The instructions said there was a malfunction in the machine which was probably battery if it was flashing the words "bat" and there was a beep 3 times a minute...both of which were happening.
After agreeing to go back to sleep (with all the balcony doors open) I asked what it would feel like if we were dying of carbon monoxide poisoning anyway. Headache and a "high" feeling I was told. Great, due to my panic I was starting to feel light headed and convinced myself almost high with a definite headache.
I made it through the night and am working on replacing that battery. I guess I should start keeping around 9volt batteries now. stupid carbon monoxide detector.
---
Tuesday the save darfur CD comes out. I'm totally excited about this, not because I know too much about darfur but really just because the CD sounds great. its John Lennon songs covered by modern artists...like green day. Will Rachel have this cd day 1 of release? Yes. (I already downloaded the greenday song!)
----
Pain factor today is surprisingly only at medium! Is this whole gym thing worth me always hurting? at least its starting to hurt less :) I'm actually really impressed that its not too bad today! maybe I'll make it back to the gym even sooner this week!
Friday, June 8, 2007
Air Guitar Rocks Part II
Rachel "Air Kisses" Safran
Also I have now bought Bjorn Turoque (get it....born to rock)'s book called "To Air is Human". Also I am eagerly awaiting the movie "air guitar nation" which is currently in theaters...but only in arizona...looks like i'll wait till its on dvd.
also here is a picture i found on flickr from the show. Check out those gold bike pants, check out that fanny pack, check out the awesomeness.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Air Guitar Rocks!
"Its impossible to hold an air guitar and a gun at the same time, so make air not war". That was some of the wisdom given to us in possibly the best thing I've ever witnessed at the 9:30 club. The Air Guitar Competition!
There were about 25 contestants, 1 MC, and 3 Judges.
The Judges were pretty amusing. Two were from local band Army of Me and the third was from XM radio. Vince clearly had little interest in being there and sat and ate more food than I've ever seen a little guy eat! The XM guy was this cute little nerdy guy who totally loved being the judge. And Brad seemed totally amused by the whole thing and was very vocal, and even took it well when the entire sold out crowd started chanting "ass hole" to him.
The MC evidently had competed ELEVEN times and even gone to Finland for two or three world competitions. He showed us his stuff, and he was pretty good. Plus he was the funniest one there. After every act he had something to say. For example, after the Jimi-Hendrix-esq act he announced "there was a moment when i thought you were going to ejaculate on stage".
Now the contestants were an entirely different story. They all had amazing costumes. One came out as "goat boy", another was a "glam bomb"...this guy was wearing sparklie makeup, had tights, even brought his own glitter to throw on stage. I wanted him to win. People ranged in age from like 17 to maybe 50 something. One guy came out and rocked it to the transformers song. that was awesome.
The rules for this competition stated no props can be used to replicate a guitar, but you can use either electric or acoustic as long as its made of air. There were two rounds of competition. The first round was prepared in advance and each person could pick their own 60 second clip of any song, the second round was just the top 5 contestants and it was a wordless version of the Boston song "long time".
The end of the contest was a little of a let down b/c no one that i wanted to win won. Oh well.
I cant wait to go watch my next air guitar show!!!
There were about 25 contestants, 1 MC, and 3 Judges.
The Judges were pretty amusing. Two were from local band Army of Me and the third was from XM radio. Vince clearly had little interest in being there and sat and ate more food than I've ever seen a little guy eat! The XM guy was this cute little nerdy guy who totally loved being the judge. And Brad seemed totally amused by the whole thing and was very vocal, and even took it well when the entire sold out crowd started chanting "ass hole" to him.
The MC evidently had competed ELEVEN times and even gone to Finland for two or three world competitions. He showed us his stuff, and he was pretty good. Plus he was the funniest one there. After every act he had something to say. For example, after the Jimi-Hendrix-esq act he announced "there was a moment when i thought you were going to ejaculate on stage".
Now the contestants were an entirely different story. They all had amazing costumes. One came out as "goat boy", another was a "glam bomb"...this guy was wearing sparklie makeup, had tights, even brought his own glitter to throw on stage. I wanted him to win. People ranged in age from like 17 to maybe 50 something. One guy came out and rocked it to the transformers song. that was awesome.
The rules for this competition stated no props can be used to replicate a guitar, but you can use either electric or acoustic as long as its made of air. There were two rounds of competition. The first round was prepared in advance and each person could pick their own 60 second clip of any song, the second round was just the top 5 contestants and it was a wordless version of the Boston song "long time".
The end of the contest was a little of a let down b/c no one that i wanted to win won. Oh well.
I cant wait to go watch my next air guitar show!!!
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Elevators are probably the most awkward invention
Probably the most awkward times of the day are the elevator rides. I take a minimum of 4 a day (coming and going in my apt and coming and going at my office) sometimes i throw in a few more for lunch or random car runs etc.
Both in my apt and my office building I've started recognizing a number of people so we do the awkward nod hi and then just stand there in silence or chatting about the weather for the next awkward 13 or 7 floors. We only know each other from seeing each other so often, but rarely exchange names or any other personal information that would allow for a lengthy and not awkward conversation.
In my apt there is the added awkwardness of somewhat knowing people from GW, like the guy that I played soccer with, but never had a full conversation with until we were trapped inside the moving box that is the elevator.
On Grey's Anatomy they glamorize this awkward phenomenon with sexually charged stares and key moments in the show. WHY CANT THIS EVER HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE? Sure I frequently get on the elevator at work with "hottie" or "tepid", but I think the closest we've come to any interaction is someone saying something like "well at least its friday"---smooth, real smooth.
Also at work there are a bunch of doctors offices on other floors, mainly ob/gyn and geriatrics which means that i get on these moving death traps with only old people and preggos...if saved by the bell taught me anything its never get on an elevator with a pregnant lady because she will go into labor.
And as a side note i read that In 1998, in the United States, it was reported that of the estimated 120 billion rides per year in the approximately 600,000 elevators in the U.S., 10,000 people wound up in the emergency room because of elevator-related accidents---statistically thats a small amount, but really thats a lot more than i expected!
Both in my apt and my office building I've started recognizing a number of people so we do the awkward nod hi and then just stand there in silence or chatting about the weather for the next awkward 13 or 7 floors. We only know each other from seeing each other so often, but rarely exchange names or any other personal information that would allow for a lengthy and not awkward conversation.
In my apt there is the added awkwardness of somewhat knowing people from GW, like the guy that I played soccer with, but never had a full conversation with until we were trapped inside the moving box that is the elevator.
On Grey's Anatomy they glamorize this awkward phenomenon with sexually charged stares and key moments in the show. WHY CANT THIS EVER HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE? Sure I frequently get on the elevator at work with "hottie" or "tepid", but I think the closest we've come to any interaction is someone saying something like "well at least its friday"---smooth, real smooth.
Also at work there are a bunch of doctors offices on other floors, mainly ob/gyn and geriatrics which means that i get on these moving death traps with only old people and preggos...if saved by the bell taught me anything its never get on an elevator with a pregnant lady because she will go into labor.
And as a side note i read that In 1998, in the United States, it was reported that of the estimated 120 billion rides per year in the approximately 600,000 elevators in the U.S., 10,000 people wound up in the emergency room because of elevator-related accidents---statistically thats a small amount, but really thats a lot more than i expected!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
There are Five different types of chairs in this room!
Knocked Up
Before the movie had even come out Leslie and I agreed that this movie was not one we should see with boys, and that we needed to see it together. We just knew it would make for totally awkward situations. We were right.
Overall the movie was AWESOME. I pretty much laughed straight through from start to end (with the exception of one scene which I have since dubbed the worst scene ever shown in a movie).
Paul Rudd was hilarious. Between him, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel the guys couldn't have been casted better. Even Katherine Heigel was great.
While the whole movie was amazing two scenes stick out as my favorites. First when Allison (katherine) was driving her nieces to school one of the little girls randomly says "I googled murder" and then proceeds to describe the pictures she saw. The second involves a hotel room, shrooms, and FIVE different types of chairs.
You need to all go see this movie so that we can all quote it and discuss it :)
"I'm sorry I told you to go fuck your bong"
"Its alright.....I didn't"
As a side note, I still hurt today :(
Before the movie had even come out Leslie and I agreed that this movie was not one we should see with boys, and that we needed to see it together. We just knew it would make for totally awkward situations. We were right.
Overall the movie was AWESOME. I pretty much laughed straight through from start to end (with the exception of one scene which I have since dubbed the worst scene ever shown in a movie).
Paul Rudd was hilarious. Between him, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel the guys couldn't have been casted better. Even Katherine Heigel was great.
While the whole movie was amazing two scenes stick out as my favorites. First when Allison (katherine) was driving her nieces to school one of the little girls randomly says "I googled murder" and then proceeds to describe the pictures she saw. The second involves a hotel room, shrooms, and FIVE different types of chairs.
You need to all go see this movie so that we can all quote it and discuss it :)
"I'm sorry I told you to go fuck your bong"
"Its alright.....I didn't"
As a side note, I still hurt today :(
Monday, June 4, 2007
Painful monday morning
Ouch, every inch of my body hurts today. I think i worked out more this weekend than I have in a loooong time. Warmed up with sat's 5K. The race for the cure went well, we had a huge group, and raised a substantial amount of money. Then I followed up with sunday gym time with the trainer I mentioned before, weights and everything. Now my body just wants me to sit still forever.
Leslie's birthday party was, as predicted, totally random and lots of fun. I cant really blog about most of it, but ask me and I'll tell you. Before going to Irish times a few of us met up for dinner at T-bone's house, they ordered pizza, and by my request we got the oreo pizza for dessert. It was ok. The weird thing is that it really was on a pizza crust, if i were the one making it I'd put it on a cookie crust.
Irish times was fun, the bartenders were really nice. Jessica started by asking them all sorts of awkward questions, and then gave them the chance to pose back some more awkward questions which they hapily jumped on. One of them tried to ask us some pretty inapropriate and awkward questions, but since my best friend works with some pretty disturbing issues at NCMEC I had already discussed that very topic that day and jumped right in with a response. Another highlight was when Sarah (leslie's psu friend) tried to make ted feel awkward by lunging at him, but he didnt miss a beat and lunged right back. I'll post pictures soon.
(look for an awesome movie review tomorrow)
Leslie's birthday party was, as predicted, totally random and lots of fun. I cant really blog about most of it, but ask me and I'll tell you. Before going to Irish times a few of us met up for dinner at T-bone's house, they ordered pizza, and by my request we got the oreo pizza for dessert. It was ok. The weird thing is that it really was on a pizza crust, if i were the one making it I'd put it on a cookie crust.
Irish times was fun, the bartenders were really nice. Jessica started by asking them all sorts of awkward questions, and then gave them the chance to pose back some more awkward questions which they hapily jumped on. One of them tried to ask us some pretty inapropriate and awkward questions, but since my best friend works with some pretty disturbing issues at NCMEC I had already discussed that very topic that day and jumped right in with a response. Another highlight was when Sarah (leslie's psu friend) tried to make ted feel awkward by lunging at him, but he didnt miss a beat and lunged right back. I'll post pictures soon.
(look for an awesome movie review tomorrow)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
