Back From North Carolina

Well I'm back from North Carolina.

First off, Happy New Years

So North Carolina was fun, Rachael's wedding was beautiful! It was in this cute barn on the biltmore estate. To no surprise Rachael looked stunning, and I had fun dressing up for a black tie wedding.

We went to the arboretum and the blue ridge parkway and i took a zillion photos.

My one regret is that I didnt get to try sonic while i was there :( i guess i'll have to try it another time

Gone to (north) carolina in my mind...i mean tomorrow

Thats right, Tomorrow I leave to further explore this great country of ours. North Carolina for Rachael's wedding! I fly out in the morning and get to spend the day with Rachael and crew, and peter joins by the evening. Should be a great weekend!

The best part is that I have a new dress that I cant wait to wear. Its a black tie optional wedding, so I went over to the fancy side and I love it. Actually I bought THREE dresses as options, so if you have any formal events you need a date for, i'm sure peter will understand.

They Do Exist!

Yesterday it happened, I met my first Sarah Palin Fan. He even works with me and is incredibly smart (in all other respects). (ok so i didnt "meet him" i just found out he was one)

I'm not going to dis on him because he is my friend, I just think its interesting that she has been in the spotlight for a while now and untill yesterday i had not met a single person who sees her as anything other than a joke. I email with friends, co workers, and family members on a daily basis that funny and ridiculous new fact about sarah.

It says something about the circle I run in, and i cant say i'm upset about this.

End of the season

Its been an up and down season, and with 6 more home games left and 2.5 games behind in the division and 1st for the wild card I've already begun getting excited for the post season.

I'm not as excited as in previous years. Not because I'm jaded and the world series no longer phases me. Because if we got that far I'd be exstatic! But more because Part of me feels like we might not get very far in the post season.

So Get out all your redsox gear, cheer as loud as you can, and get excited for another post season!

Proof

Last night Peter myself and my mom went to Proof for dinner. I had never been there before and only seen the menu online. It was awesome.

My meal was great, but my favorite part was the cheese sampler plate. We got one goat, one sheep, and one cow, and all three were spectacular. I cant wait to go back and try some of thier other cheeses. Its such a great idea to get a small little cheese sampler plate and share with the table. Anyone want to go with me?

I dont even know

today I was driving down 295 kinda stuck in traffic when I hear a honk. I look up, and sure enough its the pickup truck directly to the right of me with an older gentleman driving. Then I notice he is holding a hand written sign that reads "Pretty Lady". I smiled, changed lanes, and drove off.

The Force Unleashed

Peter gets excited for all sorts of lame fighting wii games, not to mention he'd rather I have an xbox. So I always tell him if he wants to play those games he can buy them himself. A game finally came out worthy of him buying.

The Force Unleashed. Thats right, the new star wars game that takes advantage of the wii controller so you can slash people like you are using a light saber!! Its kinda awesome.

We played for a couple of hours last night first doing a duel (peter won 4 out of 6 deuls). And then we played game mode. The story is pretty good, and I was decent for my first try. Unfortunately on 50 inches you really feel like you are in the game, and after two hours I became motion sick and had to stop playing for the night.

Its kinda like those bond games everyone use to be obsessed with and also kinda like wolfenstein, that super old computer game that use to be awesome (but also made me motion sick). Its also cool because when you start the game you are Darth Vader, and we all know i have a crush on him. Then you become his apprentice. Its dark and awesome.

I'll give it another try though, dont worry :)

How did it get so hot?

Seriously! It was a fun weekend though. Friday night we went out to bricskeller with chris and his brother. I always forget how terrible that place is, its hot and they NEVER have the beers I want, or even my first 3 choices. This time they didnt even have similar beers. wtf. This is your schtick. Maybe you should stock up for weekends.

Sat was the Orbital company picnic so we went out to sandy point. The food sucked, but it was fun to meet everyone's family. Then we continued over the bridge to see the Criss crew. I got a full tour of the boys room, and I must say, i'm jealous. Their toys are way cooler than mine. Then we went to dinner and a movie with Charlotte and Levi. We saw burn after reading. This was my first Cohen brothers movie in full (part of the big lebowski on the bus to Atlantic city doesn't count). It was hilarious! Brad and George reached outside of their usual roles and were awesome. I sat between peter and charlotte and the two of them were the loudest laughers, and there were points when they were the only ones laughing, so that made it even more enjoyable for me, I was amused.

Did anyone else see it?

Cinco Ocho

So I know i already posted this on my tumblr (rsoxrach.tumbler.com) but i think this deserves double posting.

http://deadspin.com/5048347/the-papelbon-dirty-dancing-videos-are-here-oh-man

Watch that video. Its Jonathan Papelbon dancing and cross dressing and basically being awesome. Oh and big papi giggling like a little girl. Its an awesome video.

I have too much stuff

If you've been lucky enough to see my apt past or present you know that even with my new storage unit I have too much stuff and just enough space in this apt for me...well last night's task was to change that and empty some space, maybe some drawers and some hanging space. Yeah.....i took one look and decided to watch tv instead. Just kidding, sorta. I watched tv and napped on the couch and then finally worked up just a little bit of energy to start in the bedroom. I need help in the form of a giant trash can to throw everything away (i dont mean that).

Dreams are weird

I had such a strange dream last night, I was at work late and suddenly the whole office is still there so we all go out for a 11pm dinner, and then i go home to bed but my bed is in an airplane, and while in the airplane there is a giant earthquake which we can feel in the air, and i look out the window and all the buildings are shaking and crumbling. So we make an emergency landing on some random street in some random neighborhood, and I go outside and its snowing. Then i wake up 3 minutes before my alarm clock goes off.

This is a pretty normal night for me. I have weird dreams.

Packers in 50 inches

Last night Peter invited Tbone and big baby bare over to watch the packers game on my new tv. This was the first time visitors got to see the TV. They were impressed.

I made us 5 layer dip, spinach pie, and brownie pizza which I think everyone enjoyed.

My main attention (as was everyone else's) was on the New GreenBay Starting QB Aaron Rogers. He didnt dissapoint. It got a little hairy at the end, but the packers pulled through.

Anyway here is what I've decided about Aaron, and maybe later i'll illustrate it with pictures He looks like a cross of Jake Gyllenhall (mainly the eyes), and BJ Novak. It was really weird when i noticed this.

Weekend

Overall it was a pretty good weekend. Lots of parties. Lots of Football.

Well What i'm sure you are all expecting me to blog about is how Tom Brady is now out. That sucks. But i have nothing to say about it. We still won the game so lets hope the rest of the season goes well too and he gets better.

My Fantasy team also seems to suck this year. I still have tonight's game but i'm pretty sure I lost. I had stupid carson palmer getting me like .2 points or something terrible for a QB and then his counter part Chad Ocho Cinco. But i just picked up chris simms in hopes that he'll take tom brady's spot and win me lots.

I also finally saw dr strangelove. Wow was that a weird movie. I've now seen 3 kubrick movies and he's a weird dude. overall the movie was pretty good though.

Everyone leaves :(

This seems to be the season for people moving away. The other weekend we went to a going away party for one of Peter's teammates who is moving to mexico. Last night I went to Dan's going away hh before he moves to Colorado. Tomorrow I have Nate and Jenny's going away party before they move to California, and Kate's going away party before she moves to Mexico also.

This is sad :( hopefully at some point people will move back.

Tv Troubles again

So I have a TV in my bedroom, and really all i want in there is comedy central and the disney channel. neither of which i can get on that tv now that i have verizon.

The problem is that TV only goes up to channel 99. but with Verizon almost all chanels even not HD ones are up past 100. All i get is abc,nbc,fox etc. Channels 10-99 are all "local" stations. wtf. anyone know how i can get around that without having to get a cable box on that tv?

just not worth it

I discovered by accident last week that being aneorexic is just not an option i'd pick. I spent all of last week not eatting a single meal. litterally. I lost minimal weight, and just felt tired and sluggish the entire time. Sunday was my last meal and by wed i had lost 3 lbs. Do you realize how long i'd have to not eat to make a difference? Also you'd have to just keep not eatting to keep it off. this just isnt for me.

Back at work

after moping around for a week i'm back at work. I saw a lot of movies and tv this week including Paris Je T'aime which was weird. I also saw iron giant by accident but turns out that movie is really good! Then I saw Enchanted which was super cute, and lastly i saw 21 again.

I'm mostly better today but my mouth still kills, so maybe i'll try and find a dentist to go to today.