Theme song of my current life?

The other night I got a phone call from a friend because she wanted to let me know that she just heard the new Katy Perry single "Waking up in Vegas" and while she was listening to the lyrics realized that the song made her think of me. She then began to quote some of the lines to help illustrate her point. These included but were not limited to "we need ataxi because you're hung-over and I'm broke" and "you lost the motel key". I laughed, and said I could see how she would equate the two of us together. I then went into my iPod and listen to the song myself. Personally, I feel the line that most relates to me would be "Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes, now/That's what you get for waking up in Vegas" - but feel free to substitute "my bed" for Vegas. :P

Waking Up In Vegas lyrics

You gotta help me out
It's all a blur last night
We need a taxi 'cause you're hung-over and I'm broke
I lost my fake i.d. but you lost the motel key
Spare me your freakin' dirty looks
Now don't play me
You want to cash out and get the hell out of town

CHORUS:
Don't be a baby
Remember what you told me
Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes, now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas

Why are these lights so bright
Oh, did we get hitched last night, dressed up like Elvis,
And why, why am I wearing your class ring?
Don't call your mother
'Cause now we're partners in crime

CHORUS:
Don't be a baby
Remember what you told me
Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes, now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas

You got me into this
Information overload, situation lost control
Send out an S.O.S.
And get some cash out
We're gonna tear up the town

Don't be a baby
Remember what you told me (x3)
Told me, you told me, you told me
Shut up and put your money where your mouth is
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes, now
That's what you get for waking up in Vegas
Shake the glitter, shake, shake, shake the glitter, c'mon!
Give me some cash out baby
Give me some cash out, honey

In case you want to see it, the video for this song does kind of rock. Her outfits are amazing. If I owned glitter pants like that I would totally rock them around Boston:

Gotta Love Neon

For the last few months all the fashion mags I have been reading have been informing me that the 80s were back. Some of what I remember from the 80s were awesome - specifically the crazy accessories, think the cut up credit card earring seen in the movie Earth Girls Are Easy (ummm btw this movie has the best revenge on a cheating man scene ever), other trends: see shoulder pads, not so much. One fad I never thought I would fall for was NEON.

Over the past few days I have found myself getting drawn to the bright bright colors that are now being shown in clothing and make up. I got neon green nail polish and an amazing new pink/purple ginormous ring (as seen in pic to the right). I find that I can't help but trying on dresses/sunglasses/etc that are in electric colors. Fortunately, I have so far held off making any real purchases beyond the 1.99 nail polishes...who knows how long my will power will last.

So right now, I'm thinking that this neon thing is pretty awesome. I will definitely be a little bummed when the fashion world fixes itself and we are back to "normal" color pallets. Hopefully that doesn't happen until summer is over!

How quick $5 can become $20

I wanted to try a new hair style for tonight. A friend of mine bar tends and when she works she does her hair the same way. It is pulled back but up at the same time, not a beehive, just a bump. I totally adore it! This past Thursday we were talking and I asked how she did it. We have similar hair type and she explained that just teasing it a little really helps and then showed me how she clipped it in the back.

While I was thinking about my look for tonight, I thought why not give it a go and see if I could pull this off. I needed to run over to Walgreen's to grab a comb and a new clip (sadly I lost my favorite one to a boy's apartment). Of course the hair stuff was in the back and I had to walk through the first half of the store. These extra few steps are really the only reason I can justify how I ended up with 2 bottles of nail polish, nail polish remover, the comb, 2 different types of clips and the latest Elle Magazine.

CVS, Walgreen's and the like are such seductive stores. I go in looking to buy one item, like shampoo, and I end up at the counter with shampoo but with some lotion and chapstick too. It is mystery to me how this happens. But yeah, a trip that should have cost about $5 ended up being $20...

Bloods v Crips, but with kids

VS

For the last few months red t-shirts were flooding Harvard Square. These individuals would try to stop innocent passer-bys and get those people to join up with them. If someone tried to walk by without acknowledging them, the red shirted people would start hollaring. You know who I am taking about; those "Save the Children" activists.

Well, this past week, blue t-shirts have invaded the square. Amnesty International is now on the scene and ready to go with their binders full of stats and charts. I don't know what happened to "Save the Children". Why aren't they defending their turf? I kind of hope that there will be a binder/clipboard battle.

I am having a slight issue adjusting to the idea of avoiding the blue t-shirts. I was pretty good at getting by the red ones before. The only real perk is that if an Amnesty individual does manage to get me, I simply tell them I have a friend who works for "Save the Children" and they let me go. (It's a true statement) The Amnesties respect loyalties.

When In Doubt, Flip a Coin?

♫ My father likes to forward me articles by Harvey Mackay. This week's article was all about making choices. I found the follow section particularly interesting:

Sigmund Freud was once asked why it is so difficult for some people to make decisions. He shocked people when he said he asks them to toss a coin. He went on to explain: "I did not say you should follow blindly what the coin tells you. What I want you to do is to note what the coin indicates. Then look into your own reactions. Ask yourself: Am I pleased? Am I disappointed? That will help you to recognize how you really feel about the matter, deep down inside.

After reading through the whole article, I realized that that I have been trying to work through some obstacles/problems in my life recently- slash for like a year - and just needed to get some real direction. So I figured I should go with the idea of flipping the coin to see how my gut feels about some of this stuff.

I dig through my bag and wallet and am able to come up with a quarter. You have to agree, it is so the most superior flipping coin of the bunch. I take a deep breathe, label heads and tails accordingly and flip. In true NFL fashion I opted to let the coin fall to the floor and go with those results rather than catching the coin and flipping it onto my hand. Of course, with my luck, the coin fell to the floor and bounced --- right under my desk. Not under the desk where the feet go which is easy to retrieve, but under the desk under the set of drawers where my arm only reaches so far and apparently not far enough. So I have no idea what the answer to my flipping was. I am no closer to learning if "heads" is how I really feel or if I would have been ok with "tails" That was my only quarter at the time.

I think this is a sign. I have always been about reading signs and understanding what the world is trying to tell me. This experience is probably telling me that I shouldn't flip coins, that in fact, that would be a bit of a cop out and instead I just need to keep trudging along. I will have to do some laundry shortly - which will involve quarters - I'll see how I feel at that point about the whole flipping thing.

It feels good to be inspiring

I opted to walk a different way home today, which ended up being a great experience. For one thing, I saw a purple car drive by. It's not every day you see a purple car and that made me smile.

Second, when I stopped by the local produce market to buy a red pepper and a baguette the cashier took one look at my nails - which are still painted a bright blue - and proclaimed that she was going to quit biting her nails. She saw mine, wanted to be able to paint her's and so she was going to give up biting so that they could grow. I felt so cool hearing that, you know. Sadly, she quickly followed this statement up with the fact that she has quit before but always ends gnawing on them a few weeks later. FYI: not me --->

You might still be confused why I feel so cool. Well, strange as it may sound people don't actually worship my sense of style on a daily basis, and let's be real she wasn't worshiping me, just my nails. But she did still make a comment, and I am potentially altering her life even for a few months, so therefore, I am still filing this little encounter under AWESOME. Without that moment the day, well, kind of sucked. I woke up with a cold, had to walk to work in that rainy drizzle and then went straight home because I thought I should attempt to go to bed at a reasonable hour. But this post is not for complaining so it ends here. :)

Dear CA

It is a real shame what is going on over in CA. I haven't had much time to read CNN or any other "real" news source, but I did follow perezhilton.com's coverage of the rallies and Supreme Court Ruling.

I can't believe that CA upheld Prop 8 this week. I was really hoping the state would see the error in its ways of reversing legalizing same-sex marriages. Not only is it the decent thing to do, marriage should not be limited to the man and woman kind of couple, but there are bigger issues that should be placed in spot light.

Like the fact that we are in a recession.

And oh, wait, gay marriage would help stimulate the economy. Just killed two birds with one stone. Boston.com recently wrote an article which gave the statistic that since 2004 over 12,000 same sex couples have been married in Mass and pumped over $111 million into the state's economy!

The study that was used for the article also made mention that after the wedding many out of state couples will then opt to move into the state. Massachusetts is profiting off of other state's inability to evolve. Get with it! And yes, I am perfectly aware of the fact that RI has been dragging its feet far too long now.

mmmm margarita cupcake

I am completely aware that this pic has nothing
to do with what this post is really about...
I just thought it was cute.

If you live in the Davis Square area, you should know that Kickass Cupcakes has "happy hour" on the last Monday of the month. They give out free little cupcakes that are cocktail flavors.

I was given a hot tip about this event (due to the holiday it was pushed to today, all I can say is THANK GOD) and sped my ass up there after work. For some reason I was STARVING all day today. I think my body is under the impression it is going to get 4 pieces of meat every day...sorry to disappoint, not happening.

But off I went and tried two different cupcakes, unfortunately (and fortunately) I left my wallet at work so I was unable to purchase any additional cakes.

Of the two I tasted, the margarita cupcake was definitely the best. It had green frosting, making it easy to pick out, and there was even some salt sprinkled on top. Salt is by far my favorite part of the margarita. The salt and sweet played off each other wonderfully. I am not sure if I could have handled eating a bigger one, but the little taste was delightful!

mmmm meat

I never remember that three day weekends are coming up. I don't know why I can't handle this, but it is the sad truth, they surprise me every time. Memorial Day was no exception, but even though I had no plans going into the weekend, the day ended up being amazingly wonderful.

I got invited to a bbq that was co-hosted by a kickball teammate. There were 13 of us there and we went through 35 forks during the course of the afternoon as we continously stuffed our faces. Personally I ate 2 hotdogs, half a steak and half a burger. We had brats, chicken, burgers, hot dogs, chicken sausage, steak and veggie burgers. Many shared the same goal of having some of everything. I was not quite up for that challenge as I had also had brownies, cookie pie, chips, pasta salad, grilled pineapple and booze in addition to my 2 hotdogs, half a steak and half a burger. I was very full but very satisfied.



This was a picture of the first time we loaded up the grill. This was done one more time. We ate all but maybe 10%. We all clearly love eating meat!




Food was not the only thing that occupied our time, we also had a ton of outdoor activities such as football, whiffle ball, and bocce. Personal pride point - I won my first game of Bocce and then came in dead last the next round. Hey, its hard to be perfect! There may have also been bubbles, and I may have had a bit too much fun trying to blow a bubble inside a bubble. (Suds were not the right consistancy to do fancy math bubbles)

As much fun as I had at the event, I think the best part of the day happened when I got home. There is nothing like getting home after an afternoon bbq and noticing that your skin has been kissed by the sun. Just a little pink, you know, when it craves just a bit of aloe lotion. I just felt like I was home...I think we may have finally hit the warm season here. Time to be a bit more proactive about protecting the Irish half of me.

Keeping my fingers crossed that this year will be filled with bbqs. Hey I got 3 in one weekend this month - that has to be a good sign, right?

Yes, this outfit was on purpose

Yesterday, a friend and I attempted to go to the anime comic convention Boston. We got there a little after 1 pm and were informed that it was just too late to get in! This news kinda sucked. What sucked a bit more was that I was totally dressed up to be a female school fighting anime character. Let me try and paint a picture for you.

Knee high black boots over neon blue tights where were under black fishnets. A black and white plaid school girl skirt that had suspenders hanging down made of some plastic-ish material and a lot of hard wear that was also found in the built-in belt that went around the waist. On top I was sporting a black t-shirt that had checkered suspenders drawn on them. The look was completed with dog tags, huge plastic earings, high pigtails, black head band and intense blue eye makeup and nails. This might sound like a big mess, and well maybe it was, but I feel that the look really came together nicely. I would have fit right in. To bad I never made it through the front doors.

Instead we wandered around the city getting burgers/beer, seeing Terminator, and met up with some friends for a bbq. As soon as I got to the bbq I stripped off some of the accessories in the bathroom. I was told when I came out that usually when girls remove items she become a bit more racy - not in this case. Removing the "jewlery" - if you can call it that - the fishnets and putting my hair up in a ponytail really helped bring the outfit down a few notches.

The bbq was winding down when we arrived, and everyone then went on upstairs to watch the Cavs play the Magic. It was super lovely attempting to sit ladylike in a skirt that just didn't really cover much of anything. The day was nothing like I thought it would be, but it was super fun. And let's be honest, I really had no problem walking around in the costume, sitting was really my bigger challenge.

We have vowed to go back next year and get in. Lesson learned, you have to show up EARLY to get into comic book conventions, they don't let just anyone in, no matter how awesome they look!

What ever happened to JANE?

I wanted blue lipstick for this weekend. Anyone who follows me on twitter or has me on gchat is probably sick of me posting about this desire. But, well, I feel the need to express my frustrations.

Last night I agreed to go to a comic convention this weekend. Of course, I will be dressing up - Anime style - and immediately began to formulate my plan. I developed my concept while driving home around 1 am and the piéce de'la résistance was blue lipstick. I texted someone who I thought would be able to give me the inside scoop on where to locate such a product. He replied back with CVS which I didn't think would stock it, but figured maybe I was wrong. Well today I went on a hunt to get some items for the outfit. I ended up going to SEVEN different stores (including 3 CVSs) and no luck. Not only was there not blue lipstick, but it would seem that no one sells junk cosmetics anymore. There are only "real" lines.

What ever happened JANE and wet and wild? I feel that back in the day, when I was in middle school, I could go into any CVS type store and find make up in the most ridiculous colors. I can only assume that kids these days have more of a need to look like adults. We used to use crazy colored make up and wear the strangest outfits and it was fine. I see kids walking to school in the morning, and well, they look like me. They are in middle school, they should be awkward! Oooo, there's a thought, maybe they are awkward which means that I am too...no that can't be right.

Anyway, I digress, the bigger issue is that every store manager that saw me lost and wandering, attempted to help me out. Once I explained what I was searching for, they all told me the same thing. Blue lipstick is stocked at Halloween, other than that, there just simply isn't a demand for it. Well that is a bother. I'm sure my plan B will work out fine, but I am a little bummed.

I could be a Gold Medalist

Earlier in the week when I was looking for pictures of purple heels I came across this website:

YeinJee's Asian Journal

The articles is from 2007, but I would like to think this event still goes on. There is/was a competition in St Petersburg (Russia, not Florida) where woman sprint in heels. The prize at the time of this article was equivalent to about $2,000. In order to qualify, the women had to wear shoes with a heel of at least 9 cm (which google tells me is about 3.54 inches). That is not a short shoe.

I feel like I could do fairly well in this kind of event. While I am very aware that I look ridiculous when I run, I am well balanced when it comes to running in heels. Maybe I can find some cause to back and I can make up my own running in heels charity race, or something... That is not a bad idea. I'll have to start brainstorming!

Strutting my stuff

Oh heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey.

Yeah, you may have seen me strutting my stuff to my iPod this afternoon. I just finalized my plans for my next apartment. Much to my parents excitement, I will be living on my own come August 1! Hint, hint to all you local readers, you WILL be called on to help with the move. :)

I had to go back up to the real estate place to resign some stuff, my guy made a typo in the original lease and the woman likes me so I had also cough up the last month's rent and half fee.

Since I was feeling so good and it was sooooo nice out I decided to walk home. In heels. Yep, that was a 2 plus mile walk in 3 plus inch purple heels. If I don't deserve a gold medal I don't know who does! I will also have to admit that I also enjoyed the looks I got when people saw me dancing down the street. The color combination alone brought out smiles. Picture this...kelly green dress, melon scarf, black footless leggings, topped off with bright purple 3.5 inch heels. Now picture this strutting and dancing to some B. Spears on her iPod. Yep, that is what most of Somerville got to witness this afternoon.

I will not play the hero in this story, my feet were a bit sore by the time I got home. But I do feel well rested and ready for my kickball game. Tonight I will be sporting a skull and cross bones themed outfit. Lots of black mixed in with the pink. We will be going for win numba 2, but I'm not holding my breath for an undefeated season.

Pros vs HC

I have never watched Pros v Joes prior tonight. But prior to tonight, I had no real reason. Gideon Akande was a fellow crusader, 2006 graduate and friend is competing in tonight's episode. :)

We are about half way through the show and Gideon is the same as always. Smart-mouthed and full of confidence, but that is what makes him so much fun. I really hope that Pacman Jones does not attempt to rip his head off. That guy is nuts!

The shows keep previewing a brawl that will go down during the final event. I can believe it. Both of the Crusaders are trying to get under Pacman's skin and are doing a good job. After just one round Gideon's talk was messing with Pacman's ego. The final scrimmage is going to be great.

In case you somehow can't figure it out yourself, the concept of the show is that some average guys aka "joes" go up against three professional athletes "pros". I will admit that didn't realize that each episode focuses around only three participants and one sport. I had always thought it was more of a survivor style type show. This is way better.

Oh man, the other crusader just got in Pacman's face. Can't imagine this is a good thing...

Adult Responsibilities - Jury Duty

About two months ago I was mailed my Jury Summonings paperwork to appear May 18th. As you are probably aware, today is the 18th and so I am sitting in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn in the Jury Selection room. It is a nice room; big, comfortable seats, windows, soothing green wall coloring, and until recently filled with about 149 other people.

Massachusetts has a "one day, one trial" policy when you get summoned. This means that if I do not get impanelled for a trial today, I get to go home. Either one day of sitting around or one full trial. They said that there were definately two cases requiring juries and a possible third. The man in charge has taken jurors 1 through 150 at this point to get selected (some people did not show up so only 130 people have left the room). I am juror number 162. There is a good chance I will be told I can leave without ever going beyond this point in the process. I hope they make a decision by lunch.

I will admit, I will be a little bummed if I came up here and didn't even get to see the inside of a courtroom. But, what can I do? I can't demand a tour.

Helpful side note: If you ever get summoned, please remember to bring a book or laptop or something. There is a woman who was above this concept and has been talking to who ever will listen all morning. It is like being in the library and ONE person is talking, so distracting for the others who just want to be left alone to read/work.

Aversion

We are not going to discuss how I am completely out of sports to watch until August when pre-season football starts up again.

We are also not going to talk about how Chris Webber can't spell reiterate. Not going to even think about how much money he has and yet could not figure out what came after the "r"....

No, instead we are going to focus on something much more enjoyable.

And that is how much Chris Hemsworth looks like Chris Pine, making the Star Trek movie all that more believable. (Hemsworth plays Pines's father)

<--father and son-->

Missing My Interns

Over the last three years I have had at least 12 different college interns at my disposal. For the most part they were extremely helpful and competent individuals who were willing to do the mindless busy work that just had to get done for the office to function. You know, stuff like alphabetizing, filing, researching regulations, etc. Well, I am currently missing my academic year intern more than I have ever before. Why? Because he too was a fan of Gossip Girl.

I don't have anyone else to chat about that show with now. It has such amazingly overly-dramatic, highly unrealistic plot lines and characters that I just cannot get enough of and love to talk about. At least the season is almost over, so I have some time to find a fellow follower.

On a side note; I am not thrilled with the idea of the spinoff. I like the actresses and actors that were cast, but I don't know if I really would be as interested. The 80s were an interesting time, I love the movies that came out of that decade, but I am not as big of a fan when modern shows are set then.

I am now a Trekkie

Saw Star Trek at the IMAX theater. Oh my. Chris Pine as Captain Kirk - yummy.

The movie was great. But Kirk's intense blue eyes just took my breath away. I had seen that Chris Pine had been cast as Kirk and everyone (by everyone I mean Perezhilton) was raving about how hot he was, but I wasn't blown over by him. As soon as he showed up on the big screen, I understood. I do hope they keep this new franchise going...

Today - My life is average

Today, I took a sick day, at 11 am I was awoken by 3 strangers walking into my room (the landlord decided to show the apt), I sleep naked, fortunately I was under the covers. MLIA

That is a true story. I would submit it to their website, but its getting upgraded and not taking submissions.

I am pretty sure our landlord is supposed to tell us when they are showing the apartment. Maybe they figured no one would be home? That doesn't seem right, our landlord seems like he knows what he's doing, oh well. At least it provided some of my friends a laugh this morning when I told them about it....

I am feeling a bit better, I know you are all concerned for my health. I have a real hard time taking sick days, I don't know why. Probably Catholic guilt.

Found another site: My life is good

Bored at Work?

Here are few more fun sites to keep you occupied:

My Life is Average. It is Fmylife's slightly less intense but possibly even funnier because of this little brother.

Awkward Family Photos. Gotta love some bad family hairdoes and theme costumes.

Texts from last Night I can't get enough of these. I wish my life was ridiculous enough to be able to get a text on the site...well maybe

Happy Friday

Boston Sports are Killing Me

The Celtics have been keeping me from reading my book club book and getting household chores done - like laundry (remember, I had to dabble in no pants). My book was recalled on me before I got past page 7 (mind you the story started on page 4).

Please do not get me started about how unfair the RECALL system is either. I tried to negotiate letting me have the book until this weekend. Nope someone else wanted it. The library sent me an email Monday morning, I was to return it no later than Wednesday afternoon. End of story. So not fair.

But, I had the book for about two, maybe 2.5, weeks and couldn't read it because I spent every other night watching a basketball game. Not only a basketball game, but games that went in multiple overtimes. Usually at a bar. I am not so good at reading after a night at a bar, especially when people are sending me drinks.

Now tonight, the Celtics couldn't put it away, so we have game 7 on Sunday (at noon. I am not a huge fan of noon time games, nor are those girls from mint julip as you may recall) and since we did not get the win, I have a need to watch the end of game 7 of the Bruins series. Oh, are you aware that the game went into overtime? I am. Not only that, but there is no shoot-off in professional hockey so we may be here for a while.

I wish I was a girl that didn't watch sports. That is a bold face lie. But I wish I could just turn away...

Coming close to 3 days now...

Beautiful Girl by Sean Kingston has been stuck in my head since late Monday night. I would really love for it to get out of there. I mean the soung is catchy as hell. But seriously, I'd like a break.



Maybe I can transfer it to you now :P

Wise Words from the Donald

"if her beauty wasn't so great, nobody would really have cared"

Personally, I am not looking to give Miss CA any more press about what she said. What I do want to point out is what Donald Trump said in his press conference regarding her possible dethronement.

Is he for real? Does he think that the people are making a big deal about what she said because she's pretty? No. People are making a big deal because its a hot topic and she was on national television stating her opinion. Granted, there are very few inner-beauty pageants out there but I would hope that there would be just as much of an explosion of coverage if she was less pretty.

A friend of mine put up on her facebook status "hey perez, are people not allowed to have opinions?". While I am a big supporter of marriage for all, the status did stop and make me think. I wish she choose to answer the question the way she did, but I can't fault her for stating her thoughts. She was asked, its not like she took the mike and just let go.

I guess the big thing to take away from all of this is if you can get an unfortunate looking person to be a spokesperson, the product/idea would fall to the wayside. Maybe we need an ugly person to be the spokesperson for the Protection of Marriage Act -- then it would just disappear and weddings for all?

To prove I know...

I've already had two people email me this news story this afternoon....

Chester French was featured on CNN today. I've blogged about them briefly before and went to their free concert for Mayfair two weekends ago.

I'll try to upload the video I took later tonight for ya'll :)

Here it is...around the 2 minute mark I had to pan over to when they were trying to fix the keyboard because the just couldn't get it level. We watched them try and set it up for about 20 minutes prior to the show starting. But enjoy! This was made with my little camera.


thanks to the blog doctor who helped me out with this!

Starts with a W

My kickball team started just where we left off...winning! It was nice coming out of the season opener with a W, but I not banking on an undefeated season. That is just not how we roll. We are a fun team, not an intense team, and we like to keep our intensity in check until playoffs. Afterall, there are BBQs to be had!

I reffed the early game with a fellow teammate. Since we had to get to the field for the 8:15 game, we were volunteered to represent our captain at the captain's meeting that started at 8. The group was informed that there were a few changes in the rules, most of these changes were to attempt to discourage competition and encourage socialization and well...drinking. AWESOME.

Last year, I don't think we ever had fewer than 16 people show up to a game, we always had enough to play. Last night, we were quite concerned that we were going to have to forfeit due to lack of players. Fortunately most showed, even our new mascot. Everyone got to kick a few times I got on base once. We had a few slips here and there but we just need to get into our groove.


The bar was just as I remembered. It may have taken a few rounds, but our flipping skills returned to phenomenal! Spontaneous dance parties may have occurred as well....

This is only week one and I cannot wait to see how the season continues. We were a little low on flair - only 3 tutus and some socks showed up - but it seemed that everyone is ready to look absolutely ridiculous next week.

Arizona, really?

Right now I am processing employment paperwork at work and have become an I-9, M-4 and W-4 master. The I-9 is used to determine an individual's citizenship and that is the form that an employer takes information off of a passport or other official documentation. Yesterday an individual used his Driver's License as a form of identification. It was from Arizona. The ID still says under 21, but does not expire until 2048. The individual was born in 1983. That is right, he will be 65 when it expires.

I'm pretty sure RI loves to make you go to the DMV, wait in line forever, and get a new license. Massachusetts not only likes to make you renew everything but also enjoys takes pleasure in making you jump through 234920 hoops.

Arizona it appears would rather just not deal with any of that. Imagine having a license that is good for 47 years. The Arizona DMV website does state that individuals will be reminded every TWELVE years to update their photo. I hope you are all as mystified as I am about this whole idea...

Twas the night before kickball season

And I couldn't be more psyched. Esp since the Celtics just won at the buzzer. AMAZING. They sucked for the last 7 minutes, but I'll take the win.

Tomorrow we have our first game. I have pulled out the Bin of Pink from under my bed. Not completely sure what will be brought out for game 1. I'm thinking a subtle outfit would be best, nothing too crazy - yet. Although I did purchase that pink pettycoat from Hubba Hubba this past week....it has polka dots along the trim. I kid you not.

Lil' Benny from playoffs is also still hanging out on the door, maybe he'll tag along, I will be reffing the early game and might need some company...

So basically, get excited!!!!

UPDATE: just got an email from the guy in charge requesting flair. oh it is on! hope I can pull something together after work

F Guys...I Gotta Dance

Saturday night started with a 7-Bachelorette Bachelorette Party and ended with a trip to the Burren in Davis Square. My friend was celebrating her 25th birthday by jamming out to her favorite band - they were awesome (they sing the second saturday of every month at the Burren - check them out!). They sing EVERYTHING. Cecilia was one of the first songs I heard them play that night, and that was when I knew that I would love this band. That song is by far one of my favorite songs to sing along to, I realize the lyrics tell a sad story, but the beat is just so fun.

At this point in my night I just wanted to dance. At first, things were great. I was standing between my friends and the stage, and just was feeling the music. We were all dancing together, spinning and twirling and having a great time. Then I started to move around, and things went down hill. I know I should be flattered, but there were these guys that just kept hovering around me. If I don't look at you, let alone make any eye contact, I think that it is pretty safe for you to move on to another girl. I was texting a friend at one point and this kid leans over my shoulder. At first I think he is trying to read my text and so I try to give him a glare. This has no affect on him as he then continues to say "6-1-7..." it took me a second to realize he was reciting his number. I simply said "no" and went back to my texting. Honestly, points for having the balls to say that, but maybe that shouldn't have been the first interaction between us.

This post will probably cause me to want to kick myself later on when the creepy attention fades, but really guys, sometimes a girl just gotta dance. It was hot in there, I was sweating, I had been caught in the rain a few times already, I just wanted to enjoy the music. No offense, I'm sure you were all lovely gentlemen, I just wasn't gonna bite that night.

Below, is Dane Cooks "gotta dance" it is just so damn true!

Happy Mother's Day!

Doing the Unthinkable

Tonight, I plan on going out wearing tights as pants.

I am just as shocked as you all are. But I still haven't done laundry and I am simply running out of options to go out in. I have a cute stress (item not quite a shirt not quite a dress...) that is currently hanging in my closet and well, no jeans available to me. So stress and tights it is.

While I am completely fine with wearing short dresses out and about, this stress and tights ensemble is already giving me...well...stress.

I'll have to report back on whether or not this works out.

Please don't consider me a hypocrite, just consider me a lazy ass laundry-er. I have definitely learned my lesson.

Spring cleaning the day away

The weather has decided to stay consistantly above freezing which has been wonderful. I can wear dresses and skirts every so often- YAY! But now that spring is here, its time to spring clean...

Per usual, my room is currently a disaster, as I have pulled up random summer pieces from the basement and I just don't have room to have all of this clothing in my small room that has no closet. With clothing/shoes/kickball stuff strewn everywhere it has become rather embarrassing for me when a guest happens into my personal space. This room really needs to get whipped into shape as I hope to have a bunch of friends visiting this summer....

My original goal for this weekend was simply to do laundry and switch over my clothing. I may have been in slight denial about just how bad things were getting. Then two things happened, as I was gathering up laundry this morning I realized that the mess didn't really get all the much smaller...clothing was not the main problem here. Then I realized that I can't bring my tupperware of clothing up from the basement by myself - I usually try to call on "a man" to help me out. I had originally found a volunteer to do so on Sunday, but then plans changed. So I'm on the prowl again for someone who is simply stronger than I.

So now I had to rethink my plan of attack. First, I really need to make my room slightly less disastrous in general as the more I look at it the more I shudder. But no sooner did I make this decision I realized that there was a bigger problem at the apartment...our full bathroom. One of my roommates gets a subletter for the summer as she will go home to work between the academic years. The subletter comes tomorrow. Our house isn't so pretty for her right now, the bathroom is bad...

I find cleaning the bathroom to be rewarding but beyond exhausting. It is a small space, but I honestly just spent almost an hour scrubbing the tub. It was just that filthy. I feel like I am covered in bleach/soft scrub/comet. I can't wait to finish with it so that I can shower off the grossness (hope I don't re-dirty the tub by doing so :P ). I will say my arms already hurt. I know I'm a wuss, you don't have to point it out. I hope to have energy to continue with my room before going to see an apartment and dinner downtown.

Tomorrow is definately going to be laundry day - I hope to get it all done before I have to head home to RI for mother's day dinner. Yeah, I am going to be a good daughter after all...

This Just In!! Breaking News

A biker actually obeyed the rules of the road and let me cross at the cross walk!

No seriously, I feel like I should submit this to the AP or something. I was bookingit around town after work yesterday (ok so by using the term yesterday, I know you just figured out that this is "just in" but I was busy and couldn't blog. deal) gathering materials for an awesome space costume and needed to get some aluminum foil. I was waiting patiently for cars to stop and let me cross so I could get to the grociery and purchase this last bit of material. Once both lanes of traffic saw me and stalled I went to make my move. Then, just like twice earlier this week, some b*tch biker wizzed right by so I had to jump back. I saw a dude biker right behind her so I figured we would all just have to hold tight to let this guy go by to, because after all red lights, stop signs and one way streets mean nothing to bikers out here. But then he did something I have never witnessed before...

HE STOPPED. Really stopped. Like put one of his feet onto the pavement.

One I crossed by he picked up his foot and continued on. The girl that he was with was waiting about a block downthe street. I liked that she could stop her travels for him, but not to let me cross the street. Grrrrrr - shakey fist...

Ok, so I have found the one biker that understands that he is a vehicle and needs to respect the pedistrian. I was going to include a section on bikers who have a lovely tendency to drive up one way streets the wrong way up the middle of the lane...but that is a whole other rant and I just don't have it in me right now.

PS - the picture at the top cues up the theme music for the flying monkeys from the wizard of oz...really first thing I thought of

Oh good, Another Health Concern

Mayfair was this past Sunday. May Day is normally celebrated on May 1st, but when Harvard gets involved it becomes May 3rd.

The May Fair has tons of vendors and stands throughout the square. There were at least four different massage and/or chiropractic offices offering free consultations and whatnot. I stopped at the first as I like to check out my spine whenever I can to make sure it is still straight. (Had some scoliosis as a child - I was informed I growing too fast...) Well the doctor I got stuck with decided he was going to try and enlighten me about what was wrong with me physically. He was pointing out various quirks to my posture which he provided explanations for and supplemental each point with telling me how he could fix it. Now, I am sure he is often right in his analysis, but I think having one leg longer than the other and a turned in hip are beyond his specialty...

I will give the man credit by informing me that my head likes to sit too far forward on my neck. He claimed that this means that my head feels an extra 30 pounds on my spine. (I really didn't want to believe this, but looked up "forward head posture" and he was right --- he did neglect to point out it is extremely common in adults)

While I have no plans on going to this particular practice - the people working the booth made me feel creeped out. I do think I may have to invest some time in getting an alignment or massage in the next few weeks. The free 5 minute massage I got from another group was just so magical :)

What American Wears this Apparel?

Ok so if you have talked to me in the last few days, you have probably heard me utter the question in this posts title...and you all responded the same way.

A) you laughed - because it is funny
B) you agreed - because it is true

American Apparel is a store that I was told was AMAZING and AWESOME. Someone even went as far as to tell me that they thought it was my style. Now, I will be the first to admit that my taste in clothing can be questionable at times but there is no way my style can be confused with an 80s flash dancer crossed with a ballerina. I think everything in there is made of spandex. Also, I am pretty sure there are no snaps, zillers or buttons...

I have been looking for a strapless nude leotard for kickball - don't ask. I ordered one from U.O. but it was too small and so I need to return/possible exchange it. When I was walking by the American Apparel on my way home I thought to myself, of course! go to spandex city. I go in there. They don't have one! After searching through all the racks I eventually find something close to what I want but its bright green with black poka-dots. That is when I noticed none of their leotard-ish stuff comes in skin colors. I feel like they are missing the point most people use spandex...




But hey, there clearly has to be someone out there who needs a full cotton jersey unitard (3 pack!)...



Oooop this just in: 14 American Apparel Models Freed in Daring Midnight Raid





Pregnant women love spandex body suits? American Apparal seems to think so!

In the interest of full disclosure I will admit I like their socks and tights.

Slooooooow Meals

There has been a new movement at higher educational institutions to get today's young adults to appreciate a slow meal. Students have been brought up on fast food and over crowded schedules that spending a few HOURS eating a well prepared meal sounds ridiculous and unnecessary to them.

Holy Cross has fully embraced this concept and has Slow Meals twice a month. Students must make a reservation and the cost is about $35 or three meal swipes from their meal plan. They then get to have a five course meal in the gorgeous dining hall. Cell phones and blackberries are to be turned off. A section of the hall is partitioned off for privacy. The tables are set with linens and china. Before/during each course the chef comes out and explains each dish in detail. To help support New England farmers, all the food used for these meals is locally grown.

I think this sounds like heaven. When I was at Holy Cross Sunday brunch and dinner were the meals to dawdle in Kimball. I can remember spending a few hours eating on Sundays (so long as I was able to get up early enough) just sipping on coffee and watching people. I think I may have to call on a few fellow crusaders and try and set something up here and have our own Slow Meal. Most of my meals are worth about $1 and made in the span of a few minutes...

Moral of the story....School totally gets cooler after you graduate. The Hill also went green (well greener as it is an already an arboretum) by ending tray usage in the dining hall earlier this year! Crazy. I can't imagine surviving a couple hours of brunch without the ability to load up a tray of omelet, bacon, tater rounds, coffee, juice, water, fruit, bread, etc...you can see why Sunday Brunch was my fav!

Required Reading for Adults

People in relationships love to try to get their single friends into relationships by introducing them to their other single friends. This is also known as a fix-up. Now I have been told more times than I would care to count, that a friend of mine is going to help me out and fix me up. So far this has never ended well.

A badly done fix-up is like required summer reading. When you are in school, as soon as a teacher assigns a book to the class that book immediately becomes unbearable. It didn't matter if the book was something I was dying to read, as soon as I was told I had to, it seemed as dull as toast. (No, even I don't really understand the analogy I just made, but please, go with it) The same is true with people. If I am told that someone is "perfect for me" I tend to be extremely wary about them and if anything even more critical. All of a sudden a perfectly normal, attractive, funny, confident guy becomes bizarre/arrogant/uncomfortable person I don't even want to share oxygen with.

These feelings probably stems from the idea that I don't want to believe someone else can pick out a mate for me better than I can myself. (In all reality, I am well aware of the fact that some of my friends know me better than I know myself and I really should just go with their judgement) Maybe it is also partly that I don't want to like the person because I won't be sure if I really do enjoy being around the guy or if I have convinced myself I have to become someone told me I would --- yes I know that sounds beyond stupid -- again go with it.

As soon as a friend of mine mentions the intended bf, my heart goes out to them as I know that they are doomed from the get go. By no means do I want you all to think that I am saying I am the best thing on the market these days. It is simply that I get a slight pang of guilt for any notches of confidence that I may have knocked off some guy in the past purely because I didn't want someone else to be right...

I guess the moral of the story is that fix-ups need to be subtle. By all means, please don't give up on me, but don't tell me what your doing. Let me think I found that guy all on my own :P

I will say that I actually have saved some of my college books with the hopes that now that it is me doing the choosing, they will be interesting and enjoyable. Maybe the same will be true for the guys that were dismissed before a proper introduction could even be made...

Biggest build up to 2 minutes of excitement

Yes, I am talking about the Kentucky Derby.

Yesterday, I went down to the South End to watch to race with some college friends. We were convinced the race started around 4 pm so we gathered around 2 so that we had time for some mint juleps and grilling. This also gave time to watch the end of the Penguin v Capitols Stanley Cup playoff game. Well 4 pm came and went and the horses were no closer to getting on the track than when I arrived to the house. We kept the pre-race coverage going on one of the two tvs (clearly based on this statement you know I was at a boy's place) and quickly realized that the Kentucky Derby, proportionally, has to have the most pre-event coverage to actual time of event. SIX HOURS of interviews and discussions of field conditions compared to TWO MINUTES of racing!

As we were getting close to the 5:30 point and the horses had yet to move we all got a little concerned that this race was not going to get off before the beginning of the Celtics game. And regardless to the fact that we had invested close to 4 hours of coverage watching at this point, we were all Boston sports fans -- we had our priorities. Fortunatly things finally started around 6:20. Everyone in the room was super excited - as we had all picked horses and agreed to who ever didn't place top three had to take a shot - and were yelling for our horse to "move his bloody arse". My horse had been looking so good up until the final turn and then Mine That Bird made his move and just sped past them all!

We were floored. He was the horse bought for $9,500. He had 50-1 odds that he would win which translates to a $2 bet to win on this horse would give a return of $103.20. This is the second highest return on a Derby horse based on records that go back to 1911! The biggest upset was in 1911 - horse was named Donerail and the return on him was $184.90

These kind of moments remind you that upsets can happen, and they tend to shock everyone. This was the first year that I have ever watched the race, I would totally watch it again and hopefully by then I can find myself a great hat. :)

It is about damn time

Sonic commercials have been playing Nation Wide for the last few years...the closest Sonic to New England was in Pennsylvania. Not exactly making it easy for New Englanders to stop by for the happy hour drink specials from 2-4 that they advertise to have each day.

Many of my friends and I have jumped the chance to eat at a Sonic whenever we are in the South purely to find out if the chain is any good. Those commercials make you wonder! Good job to the advertising agency to keeping Sonic in our minds when it isn't even located in our state... We have all agreed that it is a step up from the usual set of fast food restaurants - I realize restaurants may not be the best term but I can't think of a more appropriate way to describe Burger King, McDonalds, Jack In the Box, etc - and would totally go back given the opportunity.

Well it appears that Sonic has decided it is time to break into our area! There will be one in Peabody, MA and they plan to break ground in June! This posting states that Senior Vice President of Business Planning Ritger "expects the first Sonic will draw consumers from far and wide in New England who are eager to check out the new arrival."

Clearly he doesn't understand RI and will hopefully learn that if he wants any of lil' Rhody's citizens to eat Sonic he will have to build a few within state lines. But, if someone in the area wants to check this place out, I am more than happy to ride shot gun!