They Do Exist!

A few weeks ago I made reference to "Kitten Mittons". A creation from the amazing show Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Someone out there went ahead and made some for their cat. The cat, is not too pleased, but at least he isn't making SO MUCH NOISE!

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Do they know me or what?

My birthday is this week. Given the awkward timing of my birth being so close to Jesus's I often go about celebrating most of December. This past week I was able to see a number of friends, share a number of drinks, and ended up getting a number of gifts. Above you can see me sporting most of them. What can I say, my friends really understand me.

One friend gave me a leopard print Snuggie. After I opened the gift and subsequently let out a squeal in the middle of the thai restaurant she told me how she was hoping to get this for me before someone else did. When in the store, there was a few shelves of Snuggies, but only one leopard one. A woman was holding it, thinking about it, and eventually put it down for a moment to mull on the purchase decision. My friend was watching this whole thing go down, as soon as the box hit the shelf and the woman turned her back, my friend grabbed the box and dashed to the cash register. Moral of the story, when looking at a one of a kind (in the store) tacky item, don't put it down, someone else probably has a friend that has as bad taste as you do.

Another friend helped further my sunglass collection with a pair of hot pink sunglasses. These will be worn with pride. In fact they were worn this morning on my way to work. The glare off of the snow was completely unnoticeable.

The lip gloss is actually Venom. The Twilight lip plumping gloss. "Get bitten...be transformed" is written on the container the product comes in. I have tried it out. The color and the plumping seem to favor my bottom lip, which really shouldn't get any bigger. It is fun, and it does make your lips look you just sucked the blood out of some poor souls artery. Can't wait to sport it public.

The final gift in the picture is that beautiful metal flower ring. Don't fool yourself, that thing is heavy. It was a treat just seeing the friend that gave it to me as she now lives on the west coast. She told me she happened to see it and thought of me and had to purchase it. Of course I love it and of course I wore it to work the next day. One of my coworkers saw it and said "oh man that ring is just so you!!!". I smiled. It is fun to know that I have a style and look that is my own, no matter how tacky it is.

Well, tomorrow is the big day. I will be 26. Eeeep. Can't wait to see my family and home friends. This blog has been rather ignored this month due to personal stuff, it will probably be ignored again until 2010 as the holidays will keep me busy. On the off chance I can find time to write, I will.

Crunch Time!!

Christmas is in less than a week. Which is awesome. But I am getting a little panicky. My Christmas cards have all been personalized, addressed, stamped and mailed. My gifts not only purchased but also wrapped. And yet I am extremely concerned. Why? I have not yet watched any of my favorite Christmas movies!

Love Actually starts 8 weeks before the holiday and I try to start watching mid November to work with the time frame. I will subsequently continue to watch it semi regularly while cleaning, decorating or just hanging around. The flow of the different story lines is so well executed with the way the characters interact and are intertwined. Even with all the love, the movie keeps it it light and funny with some spectacular lines, such as; "I am Colin, God of Sex". This movie will forever and always make me think of college. I don't even know if I can count the number of times we got together to watch this one.


"Buddy the Elf. What's your favorite color?" Another new Christmas classic. This movie is so quotable. Everyone seems to around saying lines from this one... "SANTA! OH MY GOD! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!" This one let's your inner kid come through. Who doesn't like Will Ferrel in a small green elfish costume? It is truly fantastic. Makes any grump into a believer. After seeing the movie I can't help but to sing a Christmas song loud and clear for all to hear.



My mother's favorite Christmas movie is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. We watch it annually as a family, often in Florida. Nothing says Christmas like palm trees. There are so many physical gags in this film. Personally, I love it when they untie the tree and the branches just explode everywhere. Just thinking about it makes me giggle. Chevy Chase is doing well for himself on Community, but he will always be Clark Griswold to me.



I hope to find some time to get some movie watching in stat! In the mean time, at least I can enjoy the cartoon intro to Christmas Vacation.

Happy Commercial

I have a great friend who has the same taste in commercials as I do. We have no problem laughing at the same commercial over and over again. Similarly we will say "awwwwwwwww" whenever something cute shows up. Below is my favorite commercial that is currently being aired on tv. It is by American Express. Just try to watch it and not smile. I can't.

Bam Right in the Snookie

I thought that I could hold out. I haven't watched Real World, Road Rules or the RW/RR Challenge in years. Never got into Laguna Beach, The Hills, The City or any of those spin offs, but man I cannot say no to some guidos and guidettes.

If you haven't read/heard about the show, Italian American organizations are going nuts. They feel that this show misrepresents their (our) culture and that it needs to be pulled from the air. As the round table on Chelsea Lately pointed out, making threats to MTV is only going to remind the world of the original stereotype, that all Italian Americans are somehow related to criminal activity.

Back to the show, the cast is so much fun. Too bad Vinny is boring but then if he had some sort of personality The Situation might get less face time. Every time I try to pick a favorite cast mate, I change my mind. The Situation is an obvious choice because of the number of times "The Situation" is said. Usually it refers to Mike, but sometimes people are really just talking about the current situation and thus causes some confusion to the viewer. The Situation is completely and utterly convinced that he is the ultimate catch and it is so much fun watching how his nights end.

Then we have Pauly D. He is from RI. So there's one draw. The other being his crazy ass hair. The physics behind his do is something I don't even know if MIT students can explain.

J-Woww (what exactly is the need for the second "w"?) knows exactly who she is and is very proud of it. She gives us great lines like following...

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In her intro we learn that she has fake boobs, as if looking at her didn't tip us off. But at least she is open and honest about it. She has a boyfriend back home, but it doesn't seem like that relationship is going to last the season.

Snookie is the last one worth mentioning (sorry Sammie and Ronnie). She is super short, so short that I am fairly certain she would freak me out. The first night she got beyond wasted and no one wanted anything to do with her. The she brought home so dude that puked all over their porch. Only to top all of this with letting the world know she has a major thing for pickles. I did feel terrible for her, because just as she starts to win over the group and the viewing population, she gets hit in the face. If you somehow haven't seen it yet, here you go. Enjoy.

E! Holiday Gift Ideas

Giuliana provided E! viewers with a gift guide for buying for females. Her suggestions were pretty awesome. I was totally psyched to see that she suggested the folding flats.


The flats she showed were about $60, which is so much more than what I paid for mine. I got a pair of gold ones from Mint Julep for about $20. I was dying walking back from an interview, needed a break, and remembered that I had seen these at the store earlier that week. I bought them and use them all the time. Walking to the T is more than just a few blocks from my house so I usually wear these until I get on the train. While looking for a picture of the shoes I found this great site that sells the ones I got, cute gold pouch and all!

The other item that she mentioned that I found particularly interesting, and that was Big Lips Skinny Hips. This is a lip gloss that doubles as an appetite suppressant. I don't know how I feel about this. A lip gloss that messes with my appetite? Does it taste bad or something? The funny thing is that I have no problem with Venom, which causes your lips to puff up, but messing with your eating habits is just wrong. Honestly, it probably has to do with how weight/eating is combined with fashion and beauty. Make-up does change a person's appearance, but this just seems to be messing with a girl a little much.

I did find a link that provided information on how to apply make-up to make your face skinnier.

Surprise!

No lie, I have probably watched this video at least 15 time already in the last 24 hours. It is beyond cute. Please enjoy. I hope it brings a smile to your face. If it doesn't, well you may need to see someone...

Short Skirt and Loooooooooog Jacket. (and high heels!)

When I become a celebrity and require a stylist, ok so maybe when I become a trophy wife, ok you're right, when I save enough money to purchase ridiculous expensive clothing rather than house, I know the look that I want. Sarah Jessica Parker was seen at her most recent premiere dressed in an amazing mini dress and long beautiful coat. The dress was hot pink, which just works wonderfully.


The coat really makes for a dramatic train. The contrast in hems for the dress and the coat only make SJP's legs look spectacular. I also must say I love the slits in the lower section of the coat to help with the movement of the piece.

SJP is known for being a small woman who loves her heels. These were a spectacular choice. They look like they are a little on the big side, which can often happen as from what I understand since these items are just on loan. Purple complements the pink dress and I love the platform. Personally, I think she was channeling me when she approved this look. :)

These photos were taken from projectrungay.blogspot.com

The print in the dress is something that can't be overlooked either. The swirls help to accent her curves in a positive way. Her stomach does look a little more apparent in profile, spanks would have probably fixed that. It is quite obvious that she has no excess body fat, it is probably just a bad angle.

Anyway, if you need to find me a birthday present (less than 20 days) feel free to pick up this outfit for me!

Internet Nerd Time

The following was just emailed to my gmail account. I have been waiting to try out Google Chrome for what feels like forever now, but since I am a Mac user I have had to wait patiently. Looks like Floyd is going to be giving Chrome a test surf later tonight! W00t

It's finally here: Google Chrome for Mac. Available today in beta!

Hi there,

Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We're excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

• 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
• 29 developer builds
• 1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
• 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
• 64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
• 8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
• 4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten

Thanks for waiting and we hope you'll give Google Chrome for Mac a whirl.

Team Jacob?

Yum

Saw New Moon tonight with a bunch of friends. It was amazing. The movie was so much better than Twilight, the acting has improved. Don't take this as me saying that the movie is going up for an award. I'm just saying that I could probably watch this one more than three times. It was a common agreement that three was the maximum number that one could sit through Twilight.

Jacob Black has an amazing body. Everyone in the theater took a deep breath in when we first saw him shirtless. That happened over and over again throughout the movie. Edward is Edward, but Jacob totally has an amazing body and well, for now, I am on team Jacob.

Here's the whole wolf pack. Sigh

Well it is December. Snow was bound to happen

View from my living room

In case you weren't in the Boston area last night, it snowed. Like big snowflakes. This of course came after the awful horizontal rain that I walked through while going to and from the T to get to my job at the World Trade Center. I know it is December, but I was a little thrown off with the snow falling when I left my job at 10 pm. It was super slippery to walk to my car and drive home. I forgot that I would need to brush off my back window as well as the front, so I had to awkwardly get back out of my car after starting it up.

I was more than kind of hoping the snow would be gone this morning. When I first got up around 9 there was a good amount of snow everywhere. When I got up a second time after a nap, a good amount of the snow had disappeared (as seen by the picture above). I do like snow, I really do, but I just haven't bothered to get my winter clothes out of the basement and I just don't want to have to think about that quite yet.

Mother Nature, could you hold off with the snow for another week or so? I'd like it to be kind of warm for the Patriots game that I am going to next weekend. Thanks. :)

Better than Techicolor

Last weekend I went out with my senior year roommates to see Arsenic and Old Lace at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square. The movie was made in 1944 and stars Cary Grant. I had never seen this movie before, but this experience makes me want to rent some films from this time period. The conversation was not only witty but fast paced, it reminded me of the Gilmore Girls in terms of the tempo.

If you haven't had the pleasure of viewing the film, the characters are quirky and the plot is ridiculous but that is why it is so charming. The film is 118 minutes and only covers a few hours of a day. Not only is such a short time period covered, but close 80% of the film is set in one room. After watching the film I was amazed on the simplicity of the film and yet how much more enjoyable it was than many of the films that have been made recently. There aer no special effects or big loopholes in the story line.

Yes, the story revolves around two old women who mercy kill (for lack of a better term) gentlemen that come to their house looking to rent rooms - which is a little hard to believe. Of course, their nephew discovers when he goes to tell them he secretly got married and is on his way to his honeymoon. While waiting in the house, he happened to notice a body was stuffed in the window seat. That body was their most recent kill - number 13.

Once this discovery is made, hilarity ensues. If you do go see the film after reading this, please be excited to know that Peter Lorre does play the part of Dr. Einstein. He is his usual creepy yet adorable self.

The Brattle shows classic movies regularly and for a very reasonable price. I enjoy that there is an establishment that allows us to experience these films in the theater as a big screen can really enhance a film.

If I had happened upon this film on my tv at home, I doubt I would have watched the whole thing, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't have paid very close attention. So I am glad my friend thought we should go out and see it. The last movie I saw at the Brattle was Casablanca. If you haven't seen that in the theaters, you really should. It was so much better in the theater than in my house.

Midnight Madness and cupcakes

Davis square has the glorious tradition of allowing shoppers to do some Christmas shopping late night. A number of local stores have gotten together to offer discounts to shoppers if they wish to come around between 7 and 12 pm. As the night progressed so did some of the discounts.

This was the first year I knew about the event (thanks Twitter) after spending 3 Christmases here and I am so happy I decided to head up after dinner at Game On!. A couple of girls joined me and we had some major success not only shopping for others but also shopping for ourselves.

Magpie was the first store that I hit when I was wandering around waiting for my fellow shoppers. Since I started my shopping just after 9 pm, I got a 30% discount! Awesome! This allowed me to purchase more stuff for people, as I set budgets for presents and if I get discounts that simply allows for me to get bigger or better things as it is about what I spent, not what it was worth. Overall, this store is as adorable as it is small. It has tons of graphic t-shirtss that are snarky and clever. They also sell bags, calendars, magnets, aprons, and jewelry. There was an awesome tumbler set that I was so tempted to purchase for a friend of mine. The set that I was eyeing were Rolling Rock bottles. The artisan takes bottles, breaks off the tops, and then sands them down so they become glasses. Really awesome.

After my friends joined up we went over to D-squared. One of the items that we found particularly interesting were these feathered headbands. The discount here was only 15% and since the bands were around $42 we figured we would pass. Honestly, they were gorgeous, New Year's Eve worthy, but it would be harder to find another time to wear it.

Black and Blue was one of the final stores that we went into, it is a small clothing boutique. The stuff they sell and price range somewhat reminds me of Mint Julep. It was after 11 when we got there so, 40% off!!!! Here was where I got a present for myself. A beautiful purple wrap dress and crazy structured tank top.
I have wanted a wrap dress for a long time and have never been successful in finding one that flattered me. Here was the dress made for me. The color is amazing, the picture does not do the dress justice.

The tank top has all of this bunching to it that helps give a girl some shape. I can use all the help I can get. For a better feel of its powers, here is a picture with me in it. In general the tank would be worn as part of a more layered look as the shoulder/strap area is a little strange. 40% off was really the reason I went for it. After the discount, it was only a few dollars more than the tank tops I normally buy for layering and this one will provide so much more help with my shape.

Our shopping adventure concluded with us getting some samples of pickles from Dave's Fresh Pasta and then a discounted Lucky Cupcake from Kickass Cupcakes. (My fortune said "be afraid, be very afraid" - not so nice.)

In addition to getting myself a new outfit, I was able to get some Christmas gifts for friends. There were tons of people walking around, so I want to think the night was a success for the businesses. There were lines at every register. Keeping stores open late like this was genius. It is hard to be motivated to go shopping right after work, especially if you work late. Getting the opportunity to start shopping at 9 pm was simply amazing.

Normally I am not a pill kind of girl

I need to meet this Russian professor. He created a the VODKA pill. Seriously. He figured out how to turn alcohols into a powder and then packs the powder into pill form.

How did I find out about this? My friend saw the article and informed me that he just knew this was something I had to be aware of. I was rather excited, but then slightly concerned that when my friends see new ways to imbibe alcohol or anything to do with vodka, they think to tell me about it. Oh well. I enjoy being in the know.

The vodka pill sounded really neat when I first read the headline, but then I thought about it. It isn't like you take the pill and then dissolve it in water to create a drink. Cheap alcohol tastes bad, but good alcohol is well for lack of a better word, FANTASTIC. You so thought I was going to say good. Oooo. This makes me think, if you took a vodka pill with a cranberry pill would it feel like a Cape Codder?

We are in the final countdown!

Meet my small little Christmas Tree

While my dinner was in the oven, I decided that I should go down to my storage space and bring up my little Christmas tree. He was very happy to come out of the box and all of the lights still work. His new home is next to my awesome blue vintage chairs (you can see one in the background - some people think they are ugly, those people don't have my vision of awesomeness). It was actually hard to find a place for him because I don't have an extension cord. Eeep, that is going on my list of things needed for the apartment. I do need still find my box of ornaments and tacky decorations, but that might be for tomorrow.

The need to put together my tree came from walking through CVS and seeing all sorts of holiday tackiness that was there to bought. At this point, I need to inform you how very proud of myself I am, I did not make any impulsive purchases tonight. While I was good tonight, please don't read into that statement as me saying I return sometime after this weekend since I am working both Friday and Saturday night - extra money!!!

Speaking of my second job, which is helping me stay in the black in general, and get me through the holidays specifically, Black Friday was the first day that I made a holiday gift purchase. Believe it or not, by that point I already felt like I was behind. One of my friends let me know she not only got my birthday present (my birthday often gets over shone by Jesus...) but also my Christmas one! When I heard this, I felt like I was a terrible person. Now it is December 1st and I have completed my sister's present, started my parents and one of my friends. I feel like I am in a good place. I haven't really figured out who I am shopping for exactly. But I DID get Christmas cards today. That is a relief. I need to figure out addresses and make lists. Christmas cards are my favorite tradition, I have been giving them out since freshman year of high school. I think I need to schedule a night to write them. Oh! Maybe I'll see if some friends want to come over and hang out while I do them...and they can do theirs too...it would be cute...maybe?

Oh I love holidays but it is overwhelming decorating, shopping, partying and celebrating on top of everything else. Only 23 more shopping days till Christmas!!!

Went to get $6 of stuff came out with about $45

I can purchase new $80 shoes if they have a high enough heel or a $40+ dollar hot pink dress if it has a tutu skirt without even thinking twice. But can I purchase a new hair brush for $3 after breaking mine? No, not on your life. For some reason spending those three dollars has been the hardest thing for me to do for over the last 3 years. Instead, I have opted to get annoyed and frustrated every day while brushing my hair with a broke brush.

After the rope on my shower puff snapped, I realized if I am going to drop a $3 on a new puff, I might as well get that brush. So with that said, today I took a venture into CVS, and like any good American, I came out with more stuff than I intended to. While I roamed the aisles, there were a few things that made those 20 minutes most enjoyable and enlightening.

I ended up purchasing a pink shower puff. I reached into the first bin I saw and ended up with it, the chose was not something I had thought much of at all. As I continued down the shower stuff aisle I noticed that the men's and women's supplies were segregated more intensely that I ever thought. Not only are the shaving products separated, but the shower gels/body washes were kept on either side of the shaving products so that the soaps could not get confused. In the area of the male shower supplies BLACK shower puffs were on display. Over by the women, pastels ruled. It never occurred to me that if a guy wanted a shower puff, he would need to own a black one, but apparently someone seems to think this color choice is needed.

After over coming you shock of the black puff I began to think about how I wanted to drink a Cape Codder when I got home but had already left the grocery store and was pretty sure I was out of cranberry juice. Well, CVS sometimes has drinks and food so I continued on. There was no cranberry juice in the fridges, I thought I had been thwarted and then I saw the "water & juice" sign. AWESOME. Right? Not so awesome. Apparently, in CVS flavored seltzer water is considered juice. There was nothing on that set of shelves that was either plain bottled water or flavored seltzer. I was slightly taken aback, why bother have the juice part? Oh well...

I had acquired a number items at that point but had a nagging feeling I was missing something. Then I remembered I was low on q-tips! Duh. I stood there for a moment trying to figure out where I would locate them. Technically they are not supposed to be used in your ear and instead for make up removal and cleaning small things. Off to the beauty aisles I went. After coming up with nothing I asked the woman stocking the shelves. The BABY SUPPLY AISLE was were I was directed. Honestly? Who decides where to put this stuff. I figured you might need to know this when you go through your set of 300.

The final thing is not so much entertaining but, I don't know, maybe something that just eases my mind. My friends and I had been talking about how women get the short end of the stick when it comes to health issues. By health issues I am not talking about actual physical diseases, conditions, or biological stuff, but things like having to pay more in health insurance. The other things mentioned were how being a woman with lots of headaches is considered normal, but if a man had the same complaint to their doctor action would be taken, or that you can't use flexible spending accounts to buy tampons and pads (this is something that just baffles me). After talking about how you can't do this, we suddenly got really concerned that we might be paying taxes on these items. Sales tax is not placed on things that are "necessary" like milk. Pretty sure any female would add tampons to that list. Well with this on my mind, I went ahead and purchased some, I needed them anyway. NO TAX. Thank God. If I had seen a line item for tax I would have ranted - even more than when I discussed my displeasure with the way Birth Control is prescribed. All you women, please let it be known, we are not being taxed for menstruating.