happy labor day

my mood lately

I have been very hormonal (oh, got my period on Thursday - so that's why) lately and I have been rather grumpy. I had plans for this weekend. Geez. I had 5 days off. So there were big plans. I only got two things accomplished. I guess that's better than nothing. But I am just so grumpy and I can't shake it. There is not much news here. Just sharing.

gold medalists

The USA team poses with the first place trophy after defeating Argentina and winning the Gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Thomas & Mack Center September 2, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How cool is that? Amare looks so happy! (He's on the top row, 5th from the left).
Pre-season Suns games start October 11th!!! First regular season game is November 1st. Can't wait!

i like tennis too

Congrats to über hottie, James Blake for his win in the 2nd round of the US Open tonight. He played his butt off and deserved to win. I love watching him play and I hope he wins it all. If not, I won't be watching much more of the US Open. I really only like watching James and Andy Roddick. Watching girls and the older foreign dudes kinda creeps me out.
And in case you we wondering (why would you ever wonder this? it is so out there in left field!)... there is a hotness connection here. They went to the same high school and are good friends. There must have been something in the water at Fairfield Warde High School, in Fairfield, CT. Such cute boys.

09/01/07 - 10:45pm PST
edited to add: James Blake just won his 3rd round match! It was awesome to watch too. Round 4 match Monday. If he keeps this up, he might win it all.

09/03/07 - 5:54pm PST
edited to add: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He lost today in a fifth set tie breaker. It was heart wrenching. He had 3 match points and he still lost. I am sad for him. And sad for me too.

this makes it look A LOT worse than it is

from Jezebel - scanned from usweekly

And apparently, Jessica is jealous. How even cares?

song in my head 08/30/07

Whether in Miami, Cincinnati or in Riverdale
Arizona, California, make it rain anywhere

Big Things Poppin' (Do It) by T.I.
Cliff is my favorite rapper! We have a history. I crack up every time I see him. I just heard the chorus when I was flipping channels early and it has stuck with me.

such a cute boy! he's shy

the hotness's latest blog post:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007

DEAR NEW YORK CITY

Phheww... That's a lot of GAP ads, is all I'm saying. I mean, I hope... Yah. Are we, you kno - yah. We cool? Cause I would nev- good. good. Sorry. Okay, I'm gon-yah, I'm gonna go. NO, I just.. I hav- bye.

POSTED BY JOHN MAYER AT 11:52 PM FROM NEW YORK CITY

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He is so much more then just a pretty face. He's funny too.
But I still gotta post the photo just for the hell of it...

an anniversary no one wants to celebrate

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I went back and looked thru what I posted back then:
what can you say?
what can you do?
God Bless me?
It was really difficult back then and it makes me so sad just thinking about the people I talked to. I will never, ever forget them.
If you have never seen When the Levees Broke, the Spike Lee doc about Katrina, you really need to check it out on HBO. It is rerunning lately, because of the anniversary. It will rip your heart out. But that's what we need. We can't pretend like this never happened.

not really a record that needed to be broken...

Today is the day that allows us to tell our grandchildren that we were here in the summer of 2007.

The Valley of the Sun lived up to its name Wednesday, as locals sweltered through a record-setting 29th day of 110-plus degree heat. Sky Harbor International Airport reported 112 degrees at 3:45 this afternoon.
source

What that means is... today was the 29th day of this year that we reached over 110 degrees. That is the most days in one year of over 110 degrees, EVER!
The hottest summer EVER!

Global what?

...but it's a dry heat!

Don't give me that shit! I burned my hand on my car door on Monday. The fact that it's dry doesn't mean shit when all you do is close the car door and you burn yourself.

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

This is me and my grandmother in the summer of 2002. She turns 90 years old today. She is the only grandparent I have left. She is my dad's mom. My parents are in Missouri (where my Grandma lives with my aunt and uncle) to celebrate with her today. Since I could not be there, I sent her flowers. I hope that I inherited her longevity. She is a sweet lady and we have the same hands. :)

life check

The birthday is creeping up on me...


I am trying to plan a trip with my family for the birthday and I think it might finally be coming together. I guess that's because I finally decided what I want to do.

Work seems to be ok. I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop, but not yet. I feel like I have recommitted to being there. Not that I am happy about it, but we need the money and I really need to get out of the house and work takes care of both.

My health is strange right now. ***warning - way too much information about to be shared*** I have not had a period in a really long time (since May). I am not complaining. I guess you can consider the results of the miscarriage, a period, but its not really. It feels like one, but its not the same. Well, it is... but whatever. The doctor told me last week that if I don't start by Friday, she is going to give me a pill to start one. Weird.

The situation with my parents is still odd. Better, but odd. It is very difficult when there are many personalities involved and that leads to many misunderstandings. That is what a family is all about. There is hope and all I can do is be supportive of what decisions are made.

Whatever. Another week is starting and I guess all I can do is go day by day.

Oh, one last thing. Chris made coconut shrimp tonight. Holy crap!!! It was soooo good. I am so lucky to have my own chef. :)

again with the silly questions

I love popsugar, but why do keep wondering why he's so hot. They even had a poll. You can guess how I voted...

remember this song?

I was going thru my music folders on my computer and listening to some oldies. After I got that Indigo Girls song in my head last night, I listened to tons more. Then today I have been listening to Wilson Phillips, Shawn Colvin, Crowded House and even more Indigo Girls. I know, right? Then I found a folder called Misc Songs and found this little gem:
Everybody Is Free To Wear Sunscreen
Wow! I remember when that came out. Everyone thought it was crazy. I bought the cd single, but I have no idea where it is now. All these songs are giving me major flash backs. I will tell you that I have to stop listening to Indigo Girls, because I have so much history wrapped up in some of those songs (Ghost, Love Will Come to You, Fare Thee Well, Hey Jesus) and it is killing me.
Anyway, enjoy the flashback tune.

i'm thinking it needs a change

As you may have noticed, I have changed the background to the blog. I don't really like it that much, but I am still in search of something new. I want to change the look of this blog, but not really the layout. So I am searching for a new background image and then I can just admit the color accordingly. In the mean time, if you come here and it looks all sorts of strange, just ignore it and know that it is a work in progress.

guess what i just watched?

Fox is streaming the first 17 minutes for the first episode of season 3 of Prison Break! I just finished watching it. I love this show and season 3 looks really exciting. Another prison to break out of. Woo Hoo! Season 2 DVD comes out in a week and a half and season 3 starts about 2 weeks after that! I love that is almost September and new TV seasons are coming. Prison Break is the one I am looking most forward to and I love that I got a sneak peek. You can go to fox.com to watch it or use this link.

edited to add:
Here is the season 3 promo shot.
I have two things to say...
1. Hooray! Sucre lives.
2. Where is Sarah?

song in my head 08/23/07

Closer to Fine by Indigo Girls

look at Scarlett now!!

Our friends daughter is 10 months old now. She is so beautiful.

The reason I posted this next photo is because of how thrilled her father is in the background. His expression and the fact that he's wearing a Guinness t-shirt! Love him.
Even though I am conflicted about babies after all that I have been thru lately, I still like seeing how she is growing up. She was born a day after my first miscarriage. It's not a great thing to have another human being as basically a date stamp on a horrible life experience, but she is a reminder to me that life goes on.

note to self

Check yourself out in the mirror before leaving for work.
I came to work today with what I like to call a "pre-stained shirt." What that means is the shirt has stains on it that have not or will not come off. So, when they come out of the dryer "clean" they are already pre-stained. Get it? I have many of these shirts and I wear them around the house. But I was unaware that this shirt was now in the ranks of the pre-stained. I was unaware of this until I went to the bathroom and saw the stain. At least it only looks like a wet spot. So, I could play it off as I got it wet and it hasn't dried yet. But still. I hate knowing that it is there.
I am a winner.

of this, i do not approve

John Mayer & Cameron Diaz's New York PDA
The pair, who were first spotted out together in the city last week, were "all over each other" and "super flirty" at the Bowery Hotel Friday night, an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
Mayer, 29, and Diaz, 34, who sat together on a couch in the back of the patio, "were laughing and talking a lot" as the waitress brought several rounds of drinks, says the source.
Last Tuesday, the pair were spotted having dessert at the French-Vietnamese restaurant Indochine. "It looked like a casual date," said a source. "She was giggly. She was laughing and seemed happy."
Asked if the newly-close pair are dating, a source close to Mayer tells PEOPLE, "Yes, it's definitely true."

Dumb. He is a flirt and so is she. This will go no where. Plus, where is the proof? With all the paparazzi, there are no photos of this? spare me.
And wait, there is a French-Vietnamese restaurant? Crazy.

what do you do when your whole life flips upside down?

Something major happened with my parents today. I don't want to go into specifics, but it was major. I don't know what to do. I am at a total loss. I just keep walking around the house in a daze saying, "What the fuck?" Maybe I can write about it later, but its all too fresh. Nothing makes any sense. These are the people you are supposed to love.
How does this happen? God. What the hell?!?!?!?!?!?