not only is a great day because it's friday, but it's a great day because i'm going to vail for a 3 day weekend! i'm so excited to take monday off, since unlike the rest of the world, i had to work on presidents day.
so we're heading out to the mountains. i will attempt to ski, but we'll see how that goes. considering that i've only been up to tahoe twice this year, and once i just visited the spa, and the other time i sat in the lodge because it was a blizzard outside... the odds are against me. but i'll make a special effort because i grew up skiing in vail, so i really love it.
i've been fretting because i can't take leo with me, so for the past 2 months since we planned this trip i've been trying to find the right people to take care of him. i don't want to board him somewhere, because most of the places out here are let the dogs play and expend energy all day long. unfortunately, he'd really rather be on someone's lap all day.
so i've enslited two girlfriends to help and they're going to share him over the weekend. one of them is thinking of getting a dog, so this is her test to see if she can handle one. leo's so easy, i think he might be misleading because if she gets a puppy, it's not going to be so easy! anyway, i'm being a totally worrysome mom - i typed up all his "instructions" and identified the animal hospitals near each of their houses. man, what am i going to be like with my kids if i'm like this over my dog?!
okay kids - gotta get some work done because i'm still not packed and have to leave at lunch to go get my stuff together before a 4:00 flight. seacrest out!
i've been MIA, i know. oh i've been around... i just haven't had enough to say to warrant a post. i tried to recruit my sister for a guest appearance, b/c she's pretty damn funny. but she's about to have her first baby any day now, so i think she's preoccupied with becoming a mom. i'll get her on here eventually though.
anywho, i've been online since i got into work this morning - doing some shopping, catching up on emails, etc. and after i was done i looked at the clock and said "ah, it's 10:15am. time get to started on work." but then i thought eh, what the hell. i'll blog about it being 10:15 and how i haven't even considered starting to work even though i've been here for an hour and a half now.
and yes, i know it's wednesday. and this is not an audiopost. but did you really want to hear me ramble on about nothing? i thought i'd spare you.
since i don't have much else to say, i'll do what i always do when i don't have much to say - post pictures of my dog! here's leo in tahoe a couple of weeks ago. his first time in the snow! is he not the cutest thing in the world?!
so as you know, i loved loved loved pearl jam when i was in high school. i once attempted to don the plaid flannel and doc martins, however on my preppy 5' frame that was wearing a cheerleading outfit the day prior, i didn't quite pull it off.
anyway, i also loved Yellow Ledbetter, and would always attempt to sing along even though i had no clue what the words really were. i guess i could have opened up the CD case and read the lyrics, but i didn't. it's more fun to make up the words, and it definitely more entertaining.
here is one's attempt at the lyrics. there are a couple of parts i don't get - where it starts flashing up pictures of people i don't know, primarily athletes. yes, i know who ghandi is, just not the rest. and i never really thought a fetus was involved, but you never know.
okay so i've got some good celebrity gossip. well, not that good. just that katie holmes and tom cruise are over!
my girlfriend katie just sent me this email:
Andrew heard from his friend who works at Us that Tom and Katie are over.
followed by:
oh it's true, at least it's on the cover of Us weekly. Andrew's friend is a graphic designer there and just picked the cover photo.
i love it! i've never really believed them as a couple, and anyone who has is a total sucker. here's my theory, and i'm putting money on it.
the whole relationship, obviously, was a publicity stunt to get people in to see their two horrible movies last summer. i didn't see either of them, so ha! take that publicity-stunt-coordinators. then the engagement/pregnancy thing happened so quickly... we all know about the growing and deflating and growing of katie's belly. puh-lease, i don't believe for a second that she's pregnant, much less with tom's child.
so i'm betting that this "break-up" will be so traumatic on katie that it will cause her to lose her "baby". everyone will feel sorry for her, and maybe she'll get a new role in a movie or show to try and resuscitate her career. it might or might not work.
as for tom, people will be mad at him for dumping her, pregnant and scared and without a career now since he said he wasn't going to give her a chance to be another nicole. freak show. but everyone will get over it because he smiles and america weakens at the knees. meanwhile, i throw up because i'm terrified of him and xenor or whoever dominates the scientology world.
takers?
UPDATED 2:04PM - THANK YOU VERY MUCH! What did I say?!?!
my dad always says that. "i heart you," with a sappy, sarcastic tone. he hates it when people write it out like that with a big heart in the middle. "that's not 'I love you' - it's 'I Heart You'!" he says. i intentionally always write it out like that for him.
i'm not totally into valentine's day this year, primarily b/c it snuck up on me and i'm not ready for it. i was late mailing out the cards to our families. i was at the post office yesterday morning, buying stamps and throwing the cards in the bin, hoping that maybe since i threw them in there with force, the mail service might move faster. looks like everyone will be opening their cards on feb. 16th this year.
and i have nothing for tim yet! i have to run out at lunch with all the other last-minute losers and find something my husband might like. and i still have to get a card for him. i can already picture me walking into walgreens and the whole card section will look like a tornado came through, and there will only be Spanish cards left. feliz valentines dia?
tim did make me breakfast this morning! it was sweet. not as sweet as Hizzle getting emerald earrings and a prada bag.... but whatever. i'm not into material things (:: said through clenched teeth ::). i'm looking forward to my card from him this year. last year the card said "Valentines Day is for Lovers Losers". i keep it on my desk at work b/c it reminds me of all the romance in my life.
hope you suckers all have a great valentine's day. what's the real story behind the day anyway? someone who was massacred in the name of love? romantic!
i went to the DMV this morning to get another drivers license since the loss of my original last saturday night. and i have to admit, it wasn't that bad! i made an appointment online for 8:50am, and I was out of there by 9:10. the horrid green walls and the buzzing and flickering of the incandescent lights, along with a collection of people who spoke only chinese or spanish, didn't make for what i would call a pleasant friday morning experience. however, the extremely thick accented latino guy in a overly-crisp button-down, too many gold chains, and mucho greasy hair was every so friendly and got me out of there muy rapido. gracias amigo!
i'm counting down the hours til the weekend. i'm heading up to lovely lake tahoe with 2 girlfriends. one girl's family has a house up there and it is our's for the taking! we're not skiing. we have appointments at the spa all day tomorrow, and dinner reservations at the country club tomorrow night. we also have a plethora of red wine for our consumption. needless to say... i can't wait! i'm also taking Leo with me - it will be his first time in the snow! i'll definitely be posting pictures of that next week. i know everyone will be on pins and needles waiting for that.
so i got an email from my mom last night. the subject line was "your blog." the body of the email said "this is boring... sorry..."
thanks mom. i'm sorry i don't have the bandwidth right now to be full-on entertaining. i promise to be much more observant in my everyday encounters in the hopes that i can find some good material to blog about.
i considered audio-blogging from the bus yesterday morning. but i just couldn't bring myself to do the interviews. i hadn't had my coffee yet... not that it would have been a miracle cure to give me the guts to conduct interviews on the morning commute.
hopefully more to come. i think i'll have a special guest appearance soon... staci, get ready.
So I have this horrible sweet tooth. It used to really be just 1 week out of the month. And I would NEED the sweets then. But then it pretty much turned into having a perma-sweet tooth. I particularly crave the sweets when I’m bored, when I’m overwhelmed, when I’m overworked, when I’m procrastinating… on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc.
At work we have this fabulous café with fabulous Rice Krispy Treats... all covered in marshmallows and marshmallowy goodness. I love the ones with lots of marshmallows! I try not to give in to the power of the Rice Krispy Treat, but generally I do. There are days when I don’t give in, and I always feel proud of myself when I reflect back and realize “Hey, I didn’t get a Rice Krispy Treat today!” But then I think... “I’m pretty much positive that entitles me to chow down on some Ben & Jerry’s tonight then!”
Anyway, this afternoon I was sitting here and after wavering back and forth about “Do I get a Krispy treat or not?” for about 20 minutes, I decided to give in and get the damn thing. After all, I went to the gym this morning, so I can afford the extra calories. I decided to at least be good and take the stairs up 4 floors to the café. That will only make me deserve it even more.
So I go into the stairwell – the same one I almost collapsed in the first time I thought the stairs was a good idea. I’ve actually developed some endurance now – and I chug up the 4 floors. I get up there and I can almost taste the yummy marshmallows as I’m walking in the door. I approach the desert case and...
There aren’t anymore freaking Rice Krispy Treats left! Blasphemy! Sacrilege! Shit! Whatever phrase works best here, I can’t really figure it out because I’m too upset about the Rice Krispy Treat, or lack thereof. I pondered getting a chocolate chip cookie, but that just doesn’t do it for me. Chocolate really only does the trick in the once-a-month timeframe for me, but other sugary sweets are good all the time.
I sulked back down to my desk, taking the elevators this time. No need to burn any more extra calories since I’m not getting rewarded. Now I’m just back at my desk, figuring out how to pass the next 45 minutes before I can dart of here. It’s been a really long week already, and it’s not even hump day yet.
i'm hungover so i'll keep this short. i went out last night and clearly had too many mojitos and vodka/sodas. i wasn't out of control though - surprisingly as that sounds. and of all the times i've gotten out of control i always manage to make it home in one piece with everything i went out with. not last night.
i managed to lose my wallet getting out of the taxi when we got home. i pulled my money out to pay the driver, and it must have happened then. i woke up with money in my purse, but no wallet. i am so mad at myself! a) it was my little louis vuitton coin purse, and b) my drivers license and credit card was in there. i already cancelled the credit card, and that's just a pain in the butt for a multitude of reasons. and the DMV? ugh, i have to go to the DMV to get a new license. i hate the DMV. also for a multitude of reasons.
it could have been worse, i guess. it could have been my big wallet with all my credit cards and stuff in there. but still. i am so mad at myself. and feeling queasy isn't making this any easier. boo.
it's friday and i don't have much to say. i should be eating lunch right now since it's almost 1:00, but instead i'm catching up on reading blogs. i found this tidbit on talan and it's just too good to not point out.
how big of a tool does talan look here? here are my reasons for why talan is a tool:
1. he's at a chick party. 2. he's standing under a banner that looks too much like it's framing him with the title of Lucky Chick. 3. he's holding what looks strangely like a package of Spanx. whatever it is, it's girlie for sure. 4. he's sniffing a girlie candle. 5. he's letting the rep put on his face what can only be fruity and flowery smelling lotion. 6. he's so last year and nobody cares about him anymore.
so i had one of those mornings this morning. i was trying to get out of the house and not run 20 minutes behind like i did yesterday, so i threw in some multi-tasking. not so hot. that's actually a pun, and an incorrect one at that. you'll see.
i was frothing the milk for my latte while finishing my US Weekly - i almost finished it this morning at the gym but the treadmill shut off with only 2 pages to go. anyway, so i'm frothing my milk and looking at the "worst dressed" part. my milk finishes at the same time i turn to the last page of the magazine, where it's featuring the "Golden Globes" and has 5 pictures of celebrities with big guzungas at the awards show. i start to pour my steaming hot milk into my to-go coffee mug, but i'm entranced by scarlett johannson's boobs so much that i miss the mug and pour the steaming milk directly onto my hand. what am i, a guy? that was such a guy thing to do! getting hung up on breasts so that i can't function properly. sheesh.
on my way out the door i grabbed a coat from the closet. i could have sworn i grabbed my pink wool coat. then i was in the car (shhhhh... drove to work again today. come on, it's raining!) about 15 minutes into my drive and i looked down and realized i was wearing a camel coat. how did i miss that? not that it's a big deal, but i could have sworn that for 15 minutes i was wearing pink. what am i, blind?
i'm convinced it was the boobs this morning. the boobs have totally wrecked my day. i'll be discombobulated for the duration of the day now. i just need to stay away from really hot liquids to be safe.
