Wednesday, August 31, 2005

in passing

What's the most random thing you've heard when you walked by someone talking on their cell phone?

This is what I heard just now: "You can't help it if two crackheads end up in the same place."

For a minute I thought that I must not have heard correctly, but I can't figure out what else it could have been. Way random and odd.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

to my sibling unit

Have a good first day of school tomorrow, Beck. You picked the best outfit. :)
I also wanted to thank you for the conversation we had yesterday. I know I laid a lot on you, but it felt really good to get that off my chest and I am glad that you were there to listen. So thanks. Things will be ok.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina

oh the drama.
That's all I have to say about it.
My job is directly affected by weather events all over the country. Meaning, we are busy. That's all. It effects my company financially. Anyhoo.
I just think it's funny that one the news last night, the graphic said "Killer Katrina" and I was thinking they were a little premature on that. It killed a couple of people in Florida when it hit last week, but they died from other things like dehydration and shit. They didn't drown or nothing. They were just talking about the worst case scenario and getting everybody all roused up. Not that it isn't a big deal, but Killer before it hit land? Whatever. I hope the loss of life is minimal and that people are able to recover from it. But people, come on? You live below sea level.

Monday, August 22, 2005

super size me?

Check out this article. I enjoyed the documentary, but I also appreciate those who attempt to show other sides of the issue. But who the hell am I to talk? I eat chicken nuggets once a week!

boo hiss

Chris just told me that the Phoenix office of his firm was "un-invited" to the Christmas party in Beverly Hills. I am so upset about this I can't even stand it. I found the dress and everything. What a freaking bummer. Apparently they area saying that the office is now large enough to have their own party, which roughly translates to it's too expensive to fly everyone out to LA. At least I wasn't having a good day to begin with. I am all crampy and pissed off already. So what's one more. Anybody else got any bad news? Share it today please.

Sunday Meme (but did it on Monday...)

[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[X] I shut others out when I'm sad.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[X] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[X] I watch the news.
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[ ] I own an I-Pod.
[X] I own something from Hot Topic.
[X] I love Disney movies.
[X] I am a sucker for hair/eyes.
[x] I don't kill bugs.
[X] I curse regularly.
[X] I paid for that cell phone ringtone.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a real conversation.
[ ] I love Spam.
[ ] I bake well.
[x] I would wear pajamas to school.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie
[X] I have a job.
[ ] I love Martha Stewart.
[X] I am in love with someone.
[X] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[X] I am self conscious.
[X] I like to laugh.
[ ] I smoke a pack a day.
[ ] I loved Go Ask Alice.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[X] I have many scars.
[ ] I've been out of this country.
[ ] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[X] I am really ticklish.
[X] I see/have seen a therapist.
[ ] I love chocolate.
[ ] I bite my nails.
[X] I am comfortable with being me.
[X] I play computer games/video games when i'm bored.
[ ] Gotten lost in your city.
[X] Saw a shooting star.
[ ] Gone out in public in your pajamas.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger.
[ ] Hugged a stranger.
[X] Been in a fight with the same sex.
[ ] Been arrested.
[ ] Laughed and had milk/soda come out of your nose.
[X] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[ ] Made out in an elevator.
[X] Swore at your parents.
[ ] Kicked a guy where it hurts.
[ ] Been skydiving.
[ ] Been bungee jumping.
[X] Broken a bone.
[ ] Played spin the bottle.
[X] Gotten stitches.
[ ] Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[X] Bitten someone.
[X] Been to Niagara Falls.
[X] Gotten the chicken pox.
[ ] Crashed into a friend's car.
[ ] Been to Japan.
[X] Ridden in a taxi.
[X] Shoplifted.
[X] Been fired.
[X] Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[X] Stole something from your job.
[ ] Gone on a blind date.
[X] Lied to a friend.
[ ] Had a crush on a teacher/coach.
[ ] Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] Been to Europe.
[ ] Slept with a co-worker.
[X] Been married.
[ ] Gotten divorced.
[ ] Saw someone dying.
[X] Driven over 400 miles in one day.
[X] Been to Canada.
[X] Been on a plane.
[X] Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[ ] Thrown up in a bar.
[X] Eaten Sushi.
[ ] Been snowboarding.
[ ] Been skiing.
[ ] Been ice skating.
[X] Met someone in person from the internet.
[ ] Been to a motorcross show.
[X] Gone/Going to college.
[ ] Done hard drugs
[X] Taken painkillers.
[ ] Cheated on someone else
[X] Were so bored you took this survey.
[X] Have a tattoo

Thursday, August 18, 2005

personality test

ISFJ - "Conservator". Desires to be of service and to minister to individual needs - very loyal. 13.8% of total population.
Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

how oddly accurate...

Monday, August 15, 2005

it's back!

The old template is back. That other one, I worked really, really hard on, but it was starting to annoy me. You can admit it. It was bothering you too. Good thing I saved the old one! Smart thinking on my part.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Chris's watch

Chris got a watch from his parents for his college graduation. Late last year the clasp started to not stay shut and it would fall off his wrist. He contact Fossil, the company that made the watch and they told him to send $25 and the watch to replace it. We finally mailed it off a few weeks ago. The reason I am even mentioning this is because we heard back from the company that handles to repairs for Fossil. They sent us a letter that said they no longer make that watch and so they are not able to replace the band. The letter continues... they said that since they are not able to replace the band, they are going to replace THE WATCH. I am not kidding about this. They gave him a dollar amount and said to go to the website and pick out 3 choices within that price range and they will send him the one that they have in stock based on the ranking of his choices. And they didn't give him a low range. They gave him the dollar amount range that the watch is worth. And the best part is that all we have to pay is the $25. They are doing this because the watch has an 11 year warranty. Here is his first choice and hopefully he'll get this one. It's real similar to the old one. I am just so shocked that they are doing this. They could have just sent the watch back and said, "sorry we can't repair it. too bad." and I wouldn't have been the wiser. It would have been upsetting, but we would have not known there was any other option. But this is just so amazing to me.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Elizabethtown

Check out the trailer for the new Cameron Crow film. Is Orlando Bloom not the hottest thing?

Monday, August 08, 2005

the hair is getting pretty now



The longer it gets, the nicer it looks.
Much better than a few months ago

How odd

Have you ever just randomly listened to a song and thought, "That is exactly how I am feeling right now?" That just happened to me and I wanted to post the lyrics, because sometimes other people can say it much better than we can.

Precious Illusions
by: Alanis Morissette

You'll rescue me right?
In the exact same way they never did..
I'll be happy right?
When your healing powers kick in

You'll complete me right?
Then my life can finally begin
I'll be worthy right?
Only when you realize the gem I am?

But this won't work now the way it once did
And I won't keep it up even though I would love to
Once I know who I'm not then I'll know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless
And parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends

This ring will help me yet as will you knight in shining armor
This pill will help me yet as will these boys gone through like water

This won't work as well as the way it once did
Cause I want to decide between survival and bliss
And though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was a kid
And parting with them is like parting with a childhood best friend

I've spent so long firmly looking outside me
I've spent so much time living in survival mode

This won't work now the way it once did
Cause I want to deside between survival and bliss
Though I know who I'm not
I don't I still don't know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless
And parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was a kid
And parting with them is like parting with a childhood best friend

Wordplay

Check out the new Jason Mraz video here or see it live here

8 is enough

So yeah, there have been 8 mice as of this morning. We had none for like 2 or 3 days and then the last 3 mornings, there have been one. I don't really know what we are gonna do. Whatever.

Other stuff:
Are you watching Real World Austin? Oh my god. This is the saddest season yet and one of the best, I think. Melinda and Danny are developing a real relationship and you can tell. They really like each other and every time they go out, they want to be home with the other. That's cute. But poor Danny. In the first episode he got in a fight and broke his face. He had to have surgery for it. And now, on last weeks episode, he finds out that his mother dies. Holy crap. I cried so bad for him. It's so sad. He goes home and does not know if he wants to come back. I hope that he does.

Friday with Mom was fun, but exhausting. After the morning and the car mess, me and mom went shopping and my sister is right, the mall is a stress inducer. We were carrying around heavy bags and only managed to make it half way thru the mall. I know that it was mostly my fault. I was just not there emotionally and physically I was wore out and tired. We did eat at a great place called Joe's Crab Shack. It was way good! I am not a big seafood fan, but I wanted to try it. I had a crab cake sandwich. It was the first crab cake that I've ever had. It was way good. I really want to go back and eat there more. Yummy stuff.

Big Brother 6

If you don't want a spoiler for tomorrow's episode, stop reading now.
I have not been blogging about BB lately. But I wanted to post what is happening with it now. James and Sarah are on the block. But over the weekend, James won the power of veto. And today, for the 3rd week in a row, he takes himself off the block. The Head of Household, Howie, then nominates Ivette. It's about freaking time. I think it's dumb that they are voting off people who they consider strong players. I think the stronger players are the ones who don't make it so obvious. They are the ones, like Jennifer and Beau, who are just laying low and letting the chaos happen around them. They are the better players because the are not drawing attention to themselves. I also want to say that I have been voting like a fool to get Kayser back in the house. If Eric comes back, I will be so pissed off. Now, I think that CBS might not tally the votes and just bring Eric back. The reason I think this is because I was reading the message boards and discovered that on cbs.com they have options for you to vote on different things like who will be evicted next, etc. All the houseguests were are listed for you to choose from, except for 3 of the 4 people that were evicted. It gave you to option to vote for Eric to be the next person evicted. That was a few hours ago and then I went back just now and it was changed and you can no longer vote for Eric on that poll. Strange. I keep voting and voting for Kayser to come back into the house and I will as long as I can.

Friday, August 05, 2005

I hate cars

This morning, the KIA wouldn't start. Chris managed to move it to the street and jump started it with my car. Thank God for that. It was the battery that died. That battery is just over a year old. So something must be wrong and draining the battery. I followed Chris to the dealership in my car and we dropped it off. They are going to replace the battery and work on the rest of it, since it's already there. The air conditioner is not working well in it and it's over due for the 45000 mile check up. We are leaving it there all weekend and hopefully we can get it back on Monday. Fun. Fun. I called my dad and thanked him. He needed to be thanked, because if I didn't have my car, this would have really been a major issue. And I am so thankful that it wasn't major. We have KIA roadside assistance, so we could have gotten the car to the dealer. But without my car we would have had to get a rental and figured all that out. Anyway.
I am gonna go on with my day. My mom is coming and we are going to Arizona Mills to shop. That should help the stress level for both of us. My aunt had surgery for her broken hip yesterday and is doing well.
Other stuff...
I am so glad I taped the Today show yesterday and got to see the RENT cast perform. I love it so much. I just can't get enough of it. I have been playing the soundtrack for the last few days. And let me just say that Adam Pascal (below on the right) is still so yummy hot! (And Taye Diggs ain't too freakin shabby his self. And his cute wife in the middle! She's in RENT too.)


Edited to add: Video of the performance is now on the RENT blog, if you wanna watch it.
And I found this and had a good laugh. That's a bad picture, but cute that they crashed a wedding! Let me explain why he was hanging out with Ryan Seacrest. They know each other from way back when John lived in Atlanta and Ryan was a local radio DJ there.
I gotta go get ready to shop...

Thursday, August 04, 2005

5's are lucky

That's the number of mice so far. And this morning there were none! They are getting fewer and fewer. I am taking this as a good sign.

I am so tired. I just want to not get out of bed every day. I try to go to bed early, but that never happens.
Yesterday I stayed up late to hang out with Chris after he got home from Vegas. He went for like 5 minutes (ok, more like 4 hours) for a meeting. They had a little free time after their meeting, but before they left, so they went to the Palms. He doesn't ever gamble when he goes, but he just wanders around looking at the buildings. That's the architect for you. He does there everywhere we go. So, I was up late talking with him.
Last night, I watched about 2/3 of First Daughter. Seriously. Why do I watch this crap on TV? It was alright. But in the last scene of the movie, she wears this gorgeous purple dress. I'm looking for a picture now...
I am out of it. I am really glad that I only have about one more hour of work.

what is with the Sharkey women...

and breaking their hips? Aunt. Mary. Now Carolyn. Seriously Mother, be careful.
Yesterday afternoon, my aunt fell at work and broke her hip. She is going to need surgery. It's very stressful, but we've been thru this before and she will be ok.
I guess a little family drama keeps things interesting.

if only I had talent

Mayer Needs Fans to Help Finish His Song
"You can tell people we wrote a song together." How cute is he?

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

The RENT movie cast...

will be on the Today show on August 4th. They will be performing. Check it out!

disclaimer

If you view this blog on a browser other than Internet Explorer, it might look messed up. I was messing with it and I am in the process of fixing it. Sorry.

in case you missed em...

Here are some performances from LIVE 8:
Dave Matthews Band: Don't Drink the Water, Dream Girl, American Baby, Too Much
BNL: Brian Wilson, If I Had A Million Dollars
Maroon 5: This Love, She Will Be Loved, Rockin' In The Free World
Pink Floyd: Breathe, Money, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb
Kanye West: All Falls Down, Jesus Walks
Madonna: Like A Prayer
Coldplay: In My Place, Fix You
Sarah McLaughlin: Fallen (I'd include Angel, but Josh Groben is yucky.)
Dido: White Flag, Thank You
Scissor Sisters: Laura
Keane: Somewhere Only We Know
Rob Thomas: 3am, Lonely No More

I did this to not only share, but keep a record of my favorite performances of that great day! Enjoy.

new trailers! (aka more movies I want to see)

Rumor Has It - mmm, Mark Ruffalo
Just Like Heaven - more Mark Ruffalo (and Reese Witherspoon and Jon Heder!)
Walk The Line - more Reese Witherspoon
Junebug

Monday, August 01, 2005

I call them rats

We have mice. I think I posted about this before, but a few weeks ago, Chris saw a mouse in the laundry room. Then I heard what sounded like vermin in the walls. We haven't seen or heard them in a little while and so we sort of forgot. But then I saw some rat poo in the laundry room and freaked out. This weekend Chris went to the Depot and bought mouse traps. Since yesterday afternoon, we have caught two. TWO! Not just one little one like we thought. TWO!
This is the conversation that Chris and I have had today via email, about the mice:
Me: I am freaking about all the mice!
Chris: Two is hardly a lot of mice. But at least they seem dumb enough to fall for the same trap over and over.
Me: Two in less than 24 hours. It can only catch 1 at a time. You don't know how many there are. I bet if there were 2 traps, we would have caught 4 by now. This is freaking me out.
Chris: awww... c'mon...they're cute little mice. Just think of them as little mickeys and minnies. And we're systematically trying to annihilate their whole family. see? cute! If we had a hello kitty, it would get those mice. Prolly bring em to you as a gift, too. too cute!

Mice, huh? I call them rats!
At least they are not hamsters...