blindsided

doesn't it suck how a run in at work with one person who is in a bad mood can totally ruin your day?

normally it's the incompetence of those i work with that makes me cranky. but today, all it took was one foul-tempered (and incompetent) person to achieve that goal at 10:14am. she ruined my wednesday.

thanks, bitch.

as miss scarlett o'hara would say, tomorrow is anotha' day!

what is up with that anyway?

in order to get to the links of my favorite blogs, i have to come to my own blog. yes, i'm clearly aware that i could bookmark your pages, but that's too difficult. plus i like seeing my own site as i'm a bit vain. (and also in need of a makeover. where is babyjewels when i need her?)

as i was typing in the web address this evening i was reminded of how it is in no way, shape or form, intuitive. and most people probably have no idea what the heck it says. no it's not tongues, it's not code. it's just my lack of creativity.

you see, when i joined blogger, i only did so in order to leave a comment on tinapopo's blog (the original one). she was so witty and clever, quipping about the "free katie" movement. for some reason i felt compelled to leave a comment, and was forced to create a blogger account to do so. i know dozens of other people came into blogland the same way.

i can't really remember all of the details of what you go through when you create a blogger account. user name? check. password? check. blog name and address? uh.... i don't know.

this is kind of a big deal. it's like choosing your first email address. wow, i remember having to do that for the first time as a freshman in college (yes, i realize i'm showing my age). i didn't really put a lot of effort into choosing my email address then, because i didn't yet realize that it would be something i would use all the time. i chose something dumb like beebers.ut@mail.whatever.com. beebers.ut? yes, i went to UT, but come on. before i knew it, i was stuck with it and hated it.

so when i was creating my blog, i realized that i should put some thought into the web address. but at the particular time that i was registering, i wasn't in the mood for thinking. why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? i decided to put in something temporary, and change it when i came up with something brilliant. i typed in exactly what i was thinking when i asked myself "what do i want the address to be?"

hmmmm....to be determined.

i tried to change it shortly thereafter when i thought up a brilliant name: beebersblog.blogspot.com. i know, i know. it's genius. but it was taken. and tinapopo had already linked to me in a post on her blog, so my readership skyrocketed (to 6). i couldn't just go and shake things up then. it would disappoint and confuse my fans... i couldn't take the risk!

and that's where you get hmmmtbd.blogspot.com. if you even care.

deep thoughts, by beebers

do i blog because i like to write?

or do i write because i like to blog?

tuesday commute

i drive to work everyday, which is somewhat silly considering it's about 3 miles and i live in a city with "excellent public transportation." i used to take the bus, and i loved the bus. it was my time to decompress and relax and be on my own. i got a ton of reading done when i rode the bus. my first 3 years living out here i was the biggest bookworm - i must have gone through 100 books.

and i think my blood pressure was much lower because i totally get road rage from driving. i hate arrogant people on the road who think they can do whatever they want. i also hate sunday drivers with nowhere to go during the morning commute. i hate tourists who don't know where they're going and make me miss green lights. i hate taxis and buses that run red lights. i hate people who get stuck in the intersection on a red light and make me wait for them to move so i can go on my merry way. i hate people who run stop signs. i hate homeless people who saunter through crosswalks when i clearly have a green light and they clearly have that big orange hand lit up telling them DO NOT WALK!

*breathe. breathe.*

you can see the blood pressure issue.

regardless of all that, i now drive everyday, due to many factors actually. if i didn't drive it would basically take me planes, trains, and automobiles to get to work. well not really, but it would take buses, shuttles, and some footwork. my commute would be almost an hour. an hour! - to go 3 miles. so i drive. and i carpool with a girlfriend, so that's how i justify the parking fee (we split it) and the extra pollution (of which my car doesn't emit much... i don't think).

but this morning on my way to work i actually had somewhat of a lovely experience. i'm not sure lovely is the correct word, but i can't think of a better one right now, so it will do.

i'm driving through the tenderloin, which is the worst neighborhood in san francisco. the streets are dirty, the homeless are strewn along the sidewalks, the decrepit buildings have bars on the windows, or no windows at all, but boarded up with wood or cardboard instead. it's not a pretty sight, but for some reason i like to take this route to work. it reminds me how fortunate i am to have everything that i have. and it also doesn't have much traffic so i can zip through the city pretty quickly.

that's not the point of my story though.

sitting at a red light, in the shadows of the tall buildings all around me, i look in my rear view mirror and notice some 15-20 blocks in the distance is the reflection of this huge, white building, glinting and shining in the sunlight. two things caught my attention: 1) the sunlight was absolutely gorgeous! i love seeing crisp sunshine in the mornings. for some reason it makes me feel motivated to go out and be productive; and 2) what is that building? and where?

i felt lost because i couldn't figure out what that humongous, white building was in the distance. i thought to myself, if i saw that scenery in a movie and someone told me it was san francisco, i would have no idea where it was! and i hate that, because i like to think i can always identify the exact locations of where movies were filmed, particularly in san francisco. but i just couldn't place it, and for a moment i felt like i was driving in a completely new city.

i finally figured out what it was - this huge church whose roof looks like the inside of a washing machine. it's a big tourist attraction near Japan Town, although i've never been inside. or maybe that's why i've never been inside. regardless, i felt at ease when i put the puzzle together. i get all out of sorts and uncomfortable when my sense of direction is off.

it was a nice drive into work, complimentary of the sunshine and the limited traffic that causes my blood to boil. nobody cut me off, nobody made me want to scream. it was a lovely drive.

now where is that motivation that makes me want to be productive and do great things?

update - i can't post pictures for some reason. here's a link to St. Mary's Cathedral. don't you think the roof looks like the center of the spinner deal in a washing machine?

orthodontist anyone?

my mom got my niece these bubba teeth for Christmas. it's actually bubba teeth on a pacifier.

now it's cruel and unusual punishment, i know. but i'll be damned if i don't start cracking up every time i see this picture.

it's wrong. it's just plain wrong!

this is all about my hair

so, how long did it last? i went brunette the day after thanksgiving. and don't get me wrong, it's been fun. but it's growing out and it looks nast-tay. my blonde roots make it look like i'm going gray. either that or like my hair is literally floating on top of my scalp, like i sprayed it on with one of those mens miracle hair treatments. it's just wrong.

so i went back asking her to make me blonde again. she looked at me like i asked her to jump over pluto real quick while fetching me a starbucks. i said "come on, now adrienne. reese does it all the time. and mary kate & ashley have switched back and forth daily in the last 2 weeks with their light hair, then dark hair, then light hair." she made some comment about how they also pay thousands of dollars and fly their hairdressers across the country. i mentioned that i have to pay $10 to park downtown while i get my hair done, but that isn't the same i guess.

she did a boatload of highlights on my hair, and the overall effect is lightening. but not blonde lightening, like i thought. it basically looks like i'm a brunette trying to go blonde. which i guess i am. but i'm a true blonde so for some reason i think i'm better than those other brunettes who try to go blonde and fake it.

in truth, i kind of looked marbled and merled. what do they call those australian shephard dogs who are so black and white that they look gray? blue merle? i look like, but a blonde merle. i'm so blonde and brunette that i look a color in between. i'm not sure it's good.

and i'm not sure i should be writing blonde with an "e" on the end either. i feel regal and british though.

i just realized i wrote a whole stupid post on my hair. sorry. and i know you all got excited when you saw a new post and thought "finally! something new and exciting!"

well, it was new at least.

chewy goodness and other stuff

mmmm mmmmmm! if you haven't tried the Orbit Sweet Mint gum... yum yum! go get some. it's good stuff.

no they didn't pay me to say it. free advertising.

in other news, i made it to the gym this morning. i got on one of those new machines that is a combination of the treadmill and the elliptical machine. i've seen a ton of ads on tv promoting them lately. you know, the ads say that you get the same workout in half the time.

"ridiculous!" i said. until today.

holy heck, that machine kicked my butt. it's like walking in sand... deep, wet sand! i couldn't walk near as fast as i normally do. i was averaging about 3.0 mph when i normally go about 4.3 mph. in 47 minutes i had barely trudged - and i mean trudged! - 2.3 miles.

"but wait, beebers, your math isn't correct," you might say. "anyone who can multiply knows that averaging 3.0 mph over 47 minutes would mean you walked... oh. 2.35 miles. okay, you rock the math."

will i use this machine again? probably. i did burn a boatload of calories. i guess it depends on how sore my rear-end is tomorrow. the more sore, the better! more to come on that. you're on pins and needles, i know!

beebers time

i'm going to be enjoying a lot of beebers time this weekend. it's just me and leo this weekend with some chick flicks and HGTV all night and all day tomorrow. i cannot wait! sitting in my mailbox right now is hilary duff's "material girls" just waiting for me - i planned that netflix shipment precisely. you have to do that with those girlie movies.

yep, i will be flying solo because tim is heading up to tahoe to break in the new skis i just gave him. he'll be shredding it all weekend. that might have been a total inappropriate use of the word shred. sort of like when your mom tries to throw in slang and says "i told your father to drop it like it was hot" but articulates every syllable perfectly so that it sounds nothing like it should.

on another note, i think it's absolutely hysterical that when i run the blogger spell check, it recommends that every instance of beebers be changed to beavers. that just cracks me up!

ok this is not a very good 300th post. what do you expect at 4:45pm on friday?

chuckling hysterically

since it is the beginning of a new year they are slamming us with a million weight loss commercials every chance they get.

last night while i was watching tv i heard the commerical say "wouldn't you love to be as slim & trim as you were 20 years ago?"

"actually, yeah!" i said out loud to tim as i started laughing uncontrollably at the thought of me with my 8 year old body again. i would love to have that body!

with boobs, of course.

i can't believe it's 2007 already

they're over. the holidays are over, and thus so is my vacation. boo.

Christmas was fantastic - traveling to Austin & Naples was draining, but fantastic being with our families. the plane ride back from DFW to CA was great for tim. while he was stretched out in the exit row, i was 2 rows up with leo under the seat in front of me, no leg room, and a coughing & screaming 5 month old baby next to me. i ordered a vodka & sierra mist (how tacky can you get) and put on headphones for the next 3 1/2 hours. i deserve a freaking medal.

new year's eve was uneventful for the first time in ages, and we wouldn't have had it any other way. i cooked dinner, we watched a movie, watched the ball drop, kissed, then went to bed at 12:05am. it was perfect & just what we needed.

new year's day was even better. yummy breakfast casserole with mimosas. more champagne as we undecorated the house. more champagne as we watched the rose bowl. more champagne as we watched HGTV. more champagne after a nap at 6:30pm. it was great.

i don't want to be at work right now, that's for damn sure. what would i rather be doing? i'm not sure. but sitting at my desk is nowhere on my list of things i want to do.

speaking of lists, i'll give you a list. how about...

the top 14 things i loved about the past 14 days:

1) being away from work. i didn't even feel compelled to check email while i was gone.
2) seeing my gorgeous little niece sophie in austin. i can't get enough of her!
3) spending 14 days without having to lock my dog up while we go to work all day.
4) staying in pajamas til 3 or 4pm. (just the last 2 days)
5) getting the recycle bin out in time for trash collection when we got back to CA. it was overflowing with liquor & wine bottles from our Christmas party. yes, i'm aware how pathetic it is that purging for trash day invokes a sense of satisfaction for me.
6) tim grew out a beard. well he attempted to, at least. he was scruffy and pretty damn sexy until he shaved it off this morning. well he's still sexy, just not scruffy and sexy.
7) the yummy cornbread and black-eyed pea dip i made for yesterday. delicious and good luck.
8) got an email from sarah! cheerio girl - hope you're having fun.
9) had dinner with my best friend & her husband who just moved back to austin. can't wait til i move back too and we can do it all the time!
10) the 5 margaritas i had a dinner with my best friend and her husband. i got sauced.
11) 80 degrees in flordia on december 24th. that's nice.
12) tim not having class or homework. we get to spend time together! (this also might show up on a list of "top 14 things that bug the crap out of me")
13) the flaming lips concert on saturday was awesome. tim's quote of the night: "i've never seen so many hippies."
14) i didn't get sick. this is a miracle after flying and being around so many germs. i hope i didn't just jinx myself.

happy new year! i hope nobody out there is really working today.