feeling HAWT HAWT HAWT

Today marks the all-time record high in Phoenix
Today marks the all-time record high in Phoenix history when we reached 122 degrees in 1990. Temperatures will be above normal today, but good thing, staying FAR away from that record!

High pressure continues to dominate our weather in the southwest, and strengthens a bit today, warming temperatures well above normal. Today’s normal high in Phoenix should be 106, and we’re expected to reach 111. That high pressure will break down a bit by the end of the work week, allowing temperatures to come back down. Even though we’re expected temps to drop, they will still be above normal.

There are no heat advisories in effect right now, but don’t let your guard down. You still want to do those outdoor activities early in the morning or late in the evening. Make sure to drink plenty of water, and dress appropriately, if you must be outdoors. Stay cool everyone!

hooray. I remember that day. I was 12.

prison break season 2 DVD

Comes out September 4th
Sweet!
However, I read that season 3 starts August 27th. That's not right. I need at least a week with the DVD to get caught up before the new season. They better change one of those dates.

summer TV

Big Brother 8 starts July 5th!!
World Series of Pop Culture starts July 9th!!
And of course, I am already into So You Think You Can Dance, Entourage and Big Love.
I did find out that there will be no new season of Rock Star. That's a bummer.
Gotta love it when there are new shows to watch over the summer.

Waitress

I went and saw this movie today. I loved it! I was so well written. The story is so simple, but it was so well done. It is a major shame that the writer/director/co-star, Adrienne Shelly was killed before the movie came out.
What I liked about the movie: I loved all the names of the pies. Keri Russell was amazing. I really like Jeremy Sisto, but this movie actually made me dislike him strongly. I also loved the interaction between Keri Russell's character and Andy Griffith. He was a great character, even though you could predict what would happen. (I won't give away the ending, cause I want anyone who hasn't seen it, to see it!)
See it. You won't regret it.

gross or lovely?

I was cleaning grapes yesterday and discovered this one. It was a mold spot, but it was seriously shaped like this. I did not alter it in any way. It has a moldy heart on it. How weird! Should I sell it on ebay, like the Virgin Mary grilled cheese?

edited to add: Like my lovely gold flecked counter top?

you know you are exhausted when you try to unlock your car with your house key

Since I was posting music stuff, that means I am still alive. But I just have not been feeling well lately. I have had lots of trouble sleeping. I am feeling better today, but still behind on sleep. Lack of sleep makes everything else worse. If I wasn't tired, I would probably be ok. I have just been laying low and watching too much tv. I don't really have many witty things to write about now. I just wanted the world to know that I am still here and things should be looking up soon.

1st official day of summer

It's supposed to be 113 today. The hottest day of the year, so far. Fitting for the summer solstice.

massive JM youtube concert footage post

99% of you might not give two shits about this, but I do. And this is my blog, damn you. So, I am archiving the footage from my concert for the future. The videos are of varying lengths and quality, but they are in order by the set list. If you feel the need, check some of them (or all-if you wanna be cool like me!) out.


intro to I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)


random talking
during this I took this and this


crappy footage of Bigger Than My Body


Dreaming With A Broken Heart


Dreaming With A Broken Heart
Posted it twice, because in this one, I am somewhere in the dark on the right! In front of the guitar player with the red jacket.


crappy footage of No Such Thing


intro to Belief
I took this photo with the blue lighting was during this!


jam ending to I Don't Need No Doctor
This was happening right in front of me!! See!!


Waiting on the World to Change


Wonderland
You can really hear the audience participation on this one.

song in my head 06/19/07

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) by the Backstreet Boys
Another one I am not proud of. How does this crap get in my head?

hehe

This cracks my shit up! And after seeing him last night, I have to admit that he is way sexier now that he is single.

A guest at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood tells Celebrity Babylon EXCLUSIVELY that singer John Mayer, 29, was yelling into his phone with his head down outside by the pool on Monday morning, June 11. Says the hotel guest, "He said 'Jess' a bunch of times, so I would think he was talking to Jessica Simpson. He looked wiped out, circles under his eyes, and some pal was grabbing him coffee while he was having this fight over the phone. There was a lot I couldn't hear, but at the end before he hung up, he told her to stop calling, stop texting, stop all of it -- leave me alone! He was shaking his head back and forth like, 'God, make her stop,' and his friend was sort of chuckling at him." Jessica Simpson,26, is shamelessly chasing her on-again off-again boyfriend John Mayer, and it looks like he's finally telling her "enough!"
source

"Is it me, or does he keep looking at you?"

Read the title of this post, if you haven't already. That is what my friend, Carrie said to me during the 4th song of the set. I could not make that shit up. She really said that. My reaction: "Oh my God, you noticed that too! I thought I was going crazy."
So, this is my review of the John Mayer concert last night. Based on that, you can probably assume what my review of the show will be. The show was awesome. The seats I had for this show were the best I ever had. We were so close, it was almost surreal. During the 2nd song, the hotness and I had a moment. I swear. When I was not taking photos, I was looking at him. We made eye contact multiple times and at one point, he looked at me for a little longer than before. It was like he was singing to me. I know it sounds nuts. And at first, I thought I was losing my mind too. Then Carrie said what she said and I realized I wasn't crazy. I wasn't imagining him looking at me. I don't think it was anything other than the fact that I was looking right at him and we were close enough to make eye contact. Maybe I was burning a hole in him, but whatever. After that, I really didn't care what happened. I enjoyed the show and took lots of photos. There were some drunk girls next to me that were crazy dumb. At one point, they even asked me to go buy them more beer. They were old enough to buy it for themselves, but just too drunk. They were dumb, but not overly bitchy. But I really think I am cursed. I always get stuck next to freaks. They were entertaining, though. My favorite moment (other than "our moment"), was Why Georgia. It is such an oldie, but goodie. I love the audience participation part of that song too. Before the show, I told Carrie that he has not performing Wonderland during this tour, then he shocked us all by busting it out in the encore. All acoustic-like made it ok. I am really over that song and have been for years. I could go on and on and maybe I will in later posts, but for now...
Here is the setlist:
Vultures
Good Love is On the Way
Why Georgia
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
Bigger Than My Body
Dreaming With A Broken Heart
No Such Thing
Belief
I Don't Need No Doctor
Waiting on the World to Change
Gravity

-- encore --
Slow Dancing (acoustic)
Your Body is a Wonderland (acoustic)
I'm Gonna Find Another You

i heart the hotness

I just got home from the show. I am uploading my photos to flickr and then going to bed. I will post all about it (IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME!!) tomorrow. In the mean time, here are two photos: (the first shows how close we were and the second is just cuz)

i tweaked the template

I am thinking of reworking the template this summer. My sister inspired me, but I was thinking of doing it anyway. But in the mean time, I made the posting section wider. Let me know if it is funky for you. Thanks in advance!

see you tomorrow, hotness

In the mean time... this was last night on The Tonight Show:

Uploaded by tryjm

btw, I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!
Have I mentioned lately where my seats are located for tomorrow's show?

living xl

I got a catalog for a new company called Living XL. It is really cool. It has some REALLY strange things (like this. what the hell is it?), but most of the stuff is smart. As a plus size person, I am often confronted with things not supporting my weight or being too small. I very interested in purchasing the step stool. We have a wooden one, but I am scared of falling so I never use it. Chris has to reach and get things for me. Anyway. I am really happy that people are finally realizing that we need things to fit us.

song in my head 06/07/07

The Goonies 'R' Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper
I feel I need to include the disclaimer regarding songs in my head, again...
Just because the song is in my head, does not mean I necessarily like it... Most of the time I like the song, but sometimes dumb songs stick in my head. I just think it's fun to share what song I have in my head. Because, as I have mentioned before, I usually have a song in my head at all times and it's usually the same song all day.

But, I like today's song!!! God only knows how I got it in my head!

skittles limited edition carnival flavors

These are kind of gross. They are sooooo freaking sweet, almost sickeningly sweet. I need to rinse my mouth out with something.
I saw them at Walgreens and thought I would try them, since they are limited edition. But damn... I do not recommend them.
Here is some more info about them.

"What did we watch on this TV before this show?" ...

...that is what Chris keeps saying about our new favorite show, Scarred, on MTV. It is so freaking gross. But you just can't look away. I found a badly made montage on youtube. The worst one, in my opinion is the 3rd one on this video.
WARNING: blood and foul language in excess!

the latest installment of people say the dumbest things...

Here are some fun things customers have said today:

"I had one of your customers hit my car."
"One of your people backed in to me."
"A deer ran in to the road and hit him."

Really? People, seriously. Think before you talk. If I take you literally, the accident takes on a whole different meaning. The use of pronouns astonishes me.

I have no patience today. I didn't sleep well and I have no cash to purchase caffeine. People say this shit everyday, but today is getting on my last nerve. No, my last nerve left the building a few hours ago. I have nothing left to deal with these people.

my eyes are burning

The weirdest thing happened last night. I was checking my myspace and saw a bulletin from an old friend. It said that he was on the cover of the current issue of a magazine. It a local gay male magazine. Ok, cool. Good for him. I was excited to see it. I went to the magazine website and they have the issue as a .pdf. I saw the cover and the photo spread inside. It was a swimsuit photo shoot and it cracked me up. See, I have know this boy since he was a toddler. He is the younger brother of an old friend of mine and he was my friend too. He was actually my junior prom date. That's a funny side story... Chris and I were together my junior year of high school, but he was in Ohio and I was here. I wanted to still go to my prom, so I went as friends with this kid. He was a freshman at the time. It was lots of fun, because we all went as a group, including his sister and her date. So, since I have know this guy forever, it made me laugh seeing him being all model-like. I saw, in the last photo of the shoot, the credits that said he was appearing courtesy of such and such agency. I thought it was cool that he was modeling all that. So, I went to the website for the agency. The main page said that the site contained some XXX material and you must be over 18. I didn't really think much of it, because I wanted to see if he had other photos from the agency, so I clicked to enter the site. BIG MISTAKE!!! Now, I am not dumb. I know that the warning on the first page means that the site is porn, but I really didn't think about it. I don't have a problem with porn, but what I saw when the page opened has haunted me since last night. The first thing I see, are porn photos of this guy in the act. There were 4 successive photos getting worse and worse. The other guy in the photos is his boyfriend, so that makes it a little ok, but still... Who wants to see their junior prom date and a kid they considered a brother, in the act like that? Not me. Not ever. Disturbing. Very disturbing.
No, I will not post the links. I will not say his name. If you know me, you know who it is. Otherwise, the vagueness of this is enough.

song in my head 06/05/07

Rehab by Amy Winehouse

couldn't see this coming

PEOPLE confirms it. Although I could have told you it wouldn't last. Single works for him! Need proof?

New BlackBerry Curve ads:Be still my heart.
I can't wait to see you, Johnny. 8 days!!!!!

world record!

Today we saw a new world record set in hot dog eating. We went to the local qualifying round of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. It was at the mall not far from home. It was the most random thing ever. Here are some photos. I didn't get very many or any thing good, but I could not let this occasion go undocumented. There were so many people there. It was crazy! But it was just something random to do. A hot summer day. Go to the mall and watch people gorge themselves. Plus, we like the watch competitive eating on TV and we have heard of Joey Chestnut. He is the guy that won. He ate 59 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Yes. Not even kidding. We saw that happen.

today

I wasn't sure I was going to write about this, but I figured I might as well. Maybe it will help to talk about it.
Today is was my due date.
That is, of course, if I hadn't lost the baby back in October.
My mom is coming over today and we are going shopping, in an attempt to distract me and make sure I make it thru this day.
See, when I lost the baby, it was devastating. I took a month off work. I couldn't really function. After a while, things got easier. So much so that we started trying to get pregnant again. I don't think about losing the baby on a daily basis, but occasionally things will happen and I get knocked back to reality and I get sad. Today is one of those days. I can't really ignore what today is. I can't just go on like it is a regular day. I am going to try, but I need to grieve today. I think that is ok. My life was supposed to change today. And it is not going to. I am gonna wake up tomorrow and my life will be the same as it was today and yesterday. How do you deal with that? I didn't have a lot of time to get used to the idea of having a baby, but I have been wanting this my whole life. So I guess the anticipation has been building for a really long time. Today is just another reminder that is not going to happen yet. Sure, you can say "You got pregnant once, you can get pregnant again." But getting pregnant the first time took 2 years.
Ok, enough. My pity party is over. I am sad today. Sad for my loss. Sad for the life I might never have. Sad. Please just understand that sometimes it gets hard to deal with. That's all. Especially today.