All for Bedazzling

But I don't think I can behind vajazzling.



I don't care that this woman claims that she can't feel anything after the styling is finished, I can't imagine gems glued to my pelvic area is something that would go unnoticed. If anything I feel they would get caught on my clothing, which would be irritating. Don't get me wrong, I am all for trimming and maintenance but this isn't a trend I can get behind.

The only pricing I can find online says you can get the crystals (with a wax thrown in) for $112. There is a discount at Strippers Waxing Salon & Boutique in Washington, D.C. for $50 during spa week. (Please, let us review the name of the salon and then evaluate who this trend is aimed at...)

Yeah this has been talked about since Jennifer Love Hewitt mentioned it on Lopez Tonight in January, but I couldn't let this go without a quick mention. Let's end with a quote from the Gawker:

Gross. People who vajazzle should have their vaginas taken away...They can have them back when they are ready

Change for a Dollar??

Before I moved out of my parents' house, I didn't mind doing my own laundry. At home, the laundry machines were in the room next to mine so very little was needed to get the clothing from my floor to the washing machine. At school, stairs would often need to be used to get to the laundry room, but at least I just needed my ID card to activate the machines.

Now, not only do I need to go from my second floor apartment to the basement, which involves walking down a narrow set of winding stairs. But, I also need the country's rarest form of currency.

Quarters.

Trying to acquire enough quarters to do all my laundry is damn near impossible (excuse my French). Part of the problem is that I probably do my laundry about once a month. One of the reasons this happens, is that I put off trying to get these magic coins for as long as I can. Here are my problems.

1. The laundry room in my building does not have a quarter machine so I need to find an outside source
2. My current job is not particularly close to my bank, so I cannot get a roll of quarters from them as I work from 9-5 and so do the banks
3. I don't use cash all that frequently, so saving quarters from change that I would take forever to get enough for a wash and dry (12 quarters)
4. Generally, stores are unwilling to part with quarters if you ask for change for a dollar (in line with this, they are definitely not going to give me change for a 5 or 10)

I did realize one solution was to hit up laundromats and use their quarter machines. Of course the one that was on my way home has thought about this and fears giving out quarters to non-customers, so they have created some crazy ticket system... shaky fist!!!!! I was finally able to find a more trusting laundromat and changed about $8 so I could get some laundry done this weekend. If anyone knows another way for me to get some quarters I would be so happy, I really need to figure this out. Either that, or I just need to keep purchasing more clothing so I can last even longer between washings.

U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A.... u-s-a u-s-a.... u...s...a... gossip girl?

Two weekends ago I went out to celebrate some friends' birthdays. We started the evening by gathering at an apartment for some snacks and drinks. The Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics occurred the night before, so it was felt that the games should on in the background. Originally, the plan had been to only be at the apartment for less than an hour and to then head onto the first of two bars. The Olympics, however, had other plans for us.

Before we knew it, everyone was focused on the tv chanting U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A any time an American athlete was shown in an event. The behavior was addictive. Normally, I am not a particularly patriotic person, July 4th is mainly about fireworks for me, but being in that living room with 20 others cheering and throwing their arms up in excitement just got me going. I was excited to be an American citizen.

Eventually we realized we needed to move on as we had been cheering for almost two hours, and well sadly, bars close early in Boston so we needed to leave if we were going to be able to order a few rounds. :)

The next morning I thought about the great emotions that I felt while watching those first few Olympic events and wanted to get them going again. So, for the next week or so, I made sure to turn on the Olympic events every night I was home. Watching them alone didn't quite get me as excited as when watching in a group but still I became a loyal viewer. Once we hit week two, I realized I missed tv.

There were great moments during those first 8 or so days, then, I began yearning for Modern Family's quirky antics, Vampire Diaries mindless plot, and Biggest Loser's edge of your seat weigh-ins. NBC may have sole rights to televise the Olympics, but all other networks have taken note and opted to stop with their programming. I just need a little variety...

Gossip Girl, please come back!!! I miss you dearly. At least I almost got a Georgina fix while watching 17 Again.

ENTJ

No, I did not mess up TGIF, even though I am thankful that today is Friday. Instead, the title of my post lets the world know what kind of personality I had. A friend posted a link on her tumblr page after taking the test herself. I think this stuff is very interesting. To break down the letters, my personality can be summed up as Extroverted, iNtuitive, Thinking and Judging. When reading through the little report that the program spits out, I also learned that while I scored moderately in the first three areas, I am VERY Judging. Who knew? :)

Some of the resources that the results page linked me to let me know what kinds of careers best fit my personality - big shocker management in business and education was listed. Additionally, there was a link that gave a more in depth look at exactly what it means to be ENTJ or Fieldmarshals as they are more commonly known as.

I like knowing that they believe that only 2% of the overall population falls in this category which is rather impressive given there are only 16 personalities. If the population was divided evenly each personality would represent 6.25% of the group.

I also am beyond amused on how accurate some of statements are about "me".

In some cases, they simply find themselves in charge of groups, and are mystified as to how this happened.

When I was taking my intensive class in January, I had made it my goal to not be a group leader in any of the group projects as I just knew I didn't have the energy to have to be on top of people. Of course, on the day group topics were brainstormed I casually made a comment that I thought was adding to someone else's idea and the professor replied back, "wonderful concept, and you can be the team leader for how women are portrayed in animation". Awesome.

Ok, enough about me. Go take the test yourself! And I would urge you to post your results on the tumblr site!

Well Done PETA

Pure Genius. That's all I have to say about this ad.

Trying to Imagine life Without Flounder, Gaston, and Pumba!

Waking Sleeping Beauty is a film about the biggest comeback in Disney animation history. The animated movies made between 1984 and 1994 are now considered Disney classics - Oliver & Company, Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Alladin, and The Lion King. These movies were almost never drawn due to the fact that there were a series of unfortunate flops (as told to me by the preview). I would like to know what is considered a flop because when I look at a chronological history of Disney Movies, I rather like the ones that were released right before this period. They aren't the most exciting films, but they are pretty adorable nonetheless.

Well, for whatever the reasoning, I am amazed to learn that animation was almost closed down at Disney studios, considering their live action films have never been their strong suit. I think this will be a fascinating film and cannot wait to see it. I checked on imdb and it should be released sometime next month. So here is the big question, anyone interested in joining me?

Daydreaming About Shoes. Again.

When ever I acquire a new pair of shoes as fab as my new Harajuku Lovers I find that my shoe addiction kicks into overdrive. Normally, I peruse through zappos.com, nordstrom.com, piperlimea.gap.com nd aldo.com at most once a week. Now I can't help but hit up those sites a few times a day.

One site advertised New Gladiators!. I really liked the gladiator style and bought a few pairs last spring. I figured I should check out the improvements so I can think about if I need to update my look.

Well, I think the "new gladiator" looks a lot like the old ones. (See picture of my Aldo shoes for spring 2009) I guess there isn't much you can do for a cage shoe with a flat sole. In typing that sentence, it makes sense that cage shoes came into fashion. My new Harajuku Lovers are cages and one of the reasons they appeal to me so much is that the strapping goes up my ankle.

I have already found the next shoe I would like to provide a loving home to in one of three closets here in my apartment. This shoe also has a 4.5 inch heel with a platform sole. I absolutely love the colors and the jewels, making the shoe a little more day wear appropriate than the yellow monsters. Just not a huge fan of the price, so it might be a while before we meet in person...

Awards for being Female?

Jezebel posted a column about sexism and the Academy Awards. People, who ever they are, have begun discussing that if Kathryn Bigelow wins for Hurt Locker will she have won for merit or because she was a woman.

Honestly, people.

These are the types of discussions that simply annoy me. Why do people always need to ask if a person won an award because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc? Furthermore, if James Cameron wins, I find it doubtful that people will ask if he gets to take the gold statue home because the voters just didn't want to give it to Kathryn.

Thicker is Better

Things are finally becoming normal again.

Vogue's February magazine had 220 pages. Which is about what the publishing has been averaging since I first started my subscription in September 2009. But this month, things have changed. Last week I was thinking that the March issue should be coming soon and would get a little sad each time I opened the mailbox and no magazine. On Saturday, I was bummed yet again. Then as I turned the corner to my apartment, I saw it. The March issue of Vogue resting next to my door.

The magazine was too large to fit in the mailbox!

This month's issue tops the charts at 528, which is still no where near the 840 pages that were published for the September 2007. But at least we are getting to an issue that is almost an inch wide, which hasn't been the case in a good while. With my excitement of finding the magazine at my doorway at 1 am on Saturday I made it my goal to wake up the next morning and curl up on the couch so that I could read the whole thing in one sitting. Sadly, I got distracted by apartment chores (and by apartment chores I mean the Keeping up with the Kardasians marathon) and so the task has been postponed for next weekend, because I feel like I should give the magazine my complete attention and a good couple of hours of my time.

And yes, that is Tina Fey on the cover this month. What is Anna doing?

Happy National Margarita Day!

Somehow this holiday did not make it onto my calendar. Hopefully, my friends and I will find time to celebrate later this week as the 'rita is a favorite of ours.

I would also like to thank iGoogle yet again for providing a fantastic how-to in honor of this magical drink. Can't wait to try the different ratios/recipes. Drink up my friends, drink up!

Loving Harajuku Lovers

Last weekend I feel in love with a pair of shoes at Nordstrom. My friend is getting married this June and we were looking for her wedding shoes at the Natick Mall. While scoping out the displays in Nordstrom's shoe department my eye got stuck on a yellow shoe display. But I had to keep my own fashion on hold and keep looking for shoes for her. Even though a pair of yellow cage Harajuku Lovers shoes were calling my name from across the way...

One week later I returned to Natick with the goal of returning home with a new pair of 4+ inch heels in tow. I was a woman on a mission and immediately found a sales rep who could grab me a pair of size 7s. They fit like a dream. While one would think that shoes that high would be naturally uncomfortable, they have to be some of the most feet friendly heels I now own. Part of the comfort level is probably attributed to the fact that there is a small platform under the toes. Normally I stay far away from peep toe shoes as my toes are pretty awful, but I think the cage style keeps the eyes from really noticing my piggies.


Harajuku shoes are really comfortable. Really comfortable. I tried the two other styles that were in stock in my size and didn't misstep even once while strutting around the department. There have been a number of times in my life where I have sacrificed comfort for height when picking out pumps. I was completely prepared for little awkwardness or an understanding that some breaking in would be necessary while coveting these. But honestly, I think I could have worn them out of the store and wore them for the rest of the day and night without a problem. These shoes are just amazing. I know these statements are being made based on my test walks, but I will be very surprised if I need to take any of them back later this spring.

Even though Boston has been getting warmer, I think I will need at least another 10 or so degrees bump in the temperature before I could be seen walking around the streets of Boston in these babies. Until then, I think my coworkers and students will be getting a huge kick out of them. Hopefully, they will get some rave reviews!

Gaga that M.A.C. knows Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

While browsing in M.A.C. this weekend, I saw that their Viva Glam line now has lipsticks with Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga. As these are both part of the Viva Glam product line, very cent raised through the purchase goes to the M.A.C. AIDS fund. The fund helps to support the fight against HIV/AIDS.

While normally I would gravitate towards Cyndi's color as it is BRIGHT red, I figured the pale pink would be more useful for regular day to day use. As maccosmetics.com states, the lipstick features a high lustre finish and cool blue-pink shade. I think the blue tones is really what makes the product special. Taylor at the Nordstrom's counter recommended pairing the lip stick with Viva Glam 6 gloss, the results were amazing. (see above!)

I'm loving the two products together and definitely recommend them to those that love a great looking mouth. If Taylor hadn't been there to suggest the pairing, I don't think I would have purchased the lipstick. I need to give fair warning to anyone thinking about going Gaga, the lipstick on its own is very pale pink and needs the gloss to intensify it. Fortunately, the M.A.C. staff is always so helpful, has always been able to steer me into the right direction, and so I just suggest asking for a little guidance! :)

Who dat on my ring?

Saturday morning I had some time to kill between brunch and wedding shoe shopping (for a friend, not for me!). So I poked around Davis Square for a bit. While in Davis Squared I stumbled onto a couple of adorable rings. One was a cluster of pearl like beads, the other an owl wearing glasses. Decisions, decisions.

Clearly, based on the picture to the left, I went with the owl. I think it is adorable and so far have worn it out 3 times. Everyone notices it and makes a compliment. By notice, I mean that I shove it peoples faces because I am so excited about it and then complements come forward. Personally, I think owls are rather fashionable. I have a scarf with an owl and, well, now this ring. Still. I think they are an animal that really can make an outfit appear smart!

Cool as a Cucumber

Today is Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of Lent, which is the 40 (technically plus) days before Easter. For this period of time I am suppose to give something up. My home priest often would suggest that you don't need to deny yourself something and instead encourage the parish to try to enrich their lives through things such as reading the daily paper, walking, or starting up a hobby of some sort. I have often attempted to go this route with journal writing or reading classic novels, or becoming more active. What I don't believe in is giving up foods that are bad for me as I feel many people use Lent as a way to go on a short term diet. No one gives up vegetables, they give up cookies or pizza...

Well this year I am going to give something up. I am going to give up stress.

Seriously.

My idea is to not let the small things get to me. I can get myself worked up fairly easily and I simply don't to deal with that. It is exhausting. Stress can cause bad sleep, poor eating habits and unnecessary worrying. What I want to remind myself is that if I can't control it, thinking about it isn't going to change the outcome. So I will continue to do my best at my jobs and at studying but if things don't go as perfectly as I hope, well whatever. Looking back over the recent months, everything has worked out in the end eventually and me getting stressed doesn't help any.

Let's hope things go smoothly!!

CURLING!

Yes, figure skating is fun to watch. Yes, mogul freestyle looks like it might be the most painful thing to do to your knees. Yes, speed skating can result in some insanely bloody injuries. Yes, the biathlon has to be the weirdest two events meshed together ever imagined.

But

Curling is by far my most favorite sport to watch at the Winter Olympics. The event was invented in the UK and all the stones come from Scotland. The idea of sweeping ice with a broom to change the direction or speed of a huge hunk of marble on an ice rink that looks like a shuffleboard floor is just something that makes me smile immediately.

I was able to catch the second half of USA's female team playing against Japan. At one point the Americans had to take a time out. Which is a little crazy considering they are able to talk and stand next to each other the whole time. They needed to consult with their strategy coach - not to be confused with their main coach. All teams of four people need at LEAST two different coaches, duh. It came down to the last end (or inning if you will) before a winner could be declared. The last two stones were so close that a judge needed to come out with a special measuring device to determine which team was closer. If the Americans were closer there would be an overtime end, if it went to Japan, the game would be over. Sadly, it went to Japan.

I do hope there is another chance to watch this sport. There is just so much unnecessary shouting!

iGoogle + DIY vodka

Lately I have been using my igoogle homepage on a more daily basis. I been redesigning what I want on it and where the different applications sit. Of course, the Daily Puppy has remained up at the top, it provides some major happiness. For news, I have the weather channel (here and RI) Top Stories, CNN, and the Huffington Post. Then for entertainment I have gmail, google reader, horoscopes, and trivia. The last add-in was one that I thought might be a nice in-between, both informative and amusing. That would be the Daily To-Do.

One of the more recent tips was "How to Make Skittles Vodka". The title intrigued me. I mean, what is Skittles Vodka, so I clicked. It is exactly what it sounds like. Vodka that has had Skittles soaking in it to create sweet flavors. For about 30 seconds I thought it sounded awful. Then I thought that I would totally drink an alcohol that tastes like green or pink Skittles.I'm thinking I just need to go out to purchase some small cheap bottles (Christmas Tree Shop adventure?) and then the fun begins. BUT this project will have to wait until the spring. There is too much going on right now (re: studying for standardized tests and applying to school) that fun with vodka is something that will just have to be placed on the back burner.

Does Lester Holt Go To The Jersey Shore?

Was it just me or did Lester Holt look to be a very strange color in his interview with Apolo Ohno.

First, remember what he usually looks like:



And here is the interview:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Just wondering if it was just me...

Great Gift from A Wonderful Friend

One of my friends gave me a Valentine's Day Haiku. I love it and want to share it with you!

Get free drinks this week
You're a long tall zesty gal
The boys are waiting

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope everyone has a great day today. These heels are pink. Valentine's Day is about pink and red, so therefore these shoes are perfect for a Feb 14th post. If only they were not suede, because if they weren't they would be en route to my apartment at this very moment. That fabric is just a terrible idea in Boston...

Opening Ceremonies - Vancouver 2010

The American fans at these games will be will be unfurling with stars and stripes at every opportunity and chanting "U-S-A U-S-A." The Canadian Primeminster had to go before Parliment yesterday and urged canadians to engaged in what he called "an uncharacteristic outburst of patriotism" Saying "don't be afraid to wave those flags we will apologize to the world for our immodisty later". - Tom Brokow

The Opening Ceremonies began around 8 pm tonight. Unlike China, Canada decided to introduce the athletes before they put on their cultural show. The idea was that the show was for the competetors and instead of watching it from backstage, Canada wanted them in their seats in the stadium. Canadians are just so considerate!

While watching the introductions, the commentators gave viewers a number of amazing facts. It kind of reminded me of what goes one when I watch the Westminster Dog Show. Here are some of my favorite facts and personal observations...

Andorre is one sixth the size of Rhode Island and put in a bid for the winter games. It is no surprise that the games were given to Canada. I don't know if we could fit an Olympic village and facilities without having to kick out a good chunk of the 1 million occupants.

Azerbaijan is home to the head of figure skating. He opted to wear the most amazing pants - and amazingly enough the rest of the Azerbaijan citizens decided to follow suit. If I can find a picture, I will be sure to post it, just in case you missed it.

Finland holds an annual sporting event called, the Sauna Championship People sit in a sauna and see who can last the longest as the temperature is slowly increased. The sauna starts at 230 degrees and the winning time for the most recent competition was 3 minutes 46 seconds!

Germany doesn't have any facts that I found particularly amusing. Their outfits, however, need some attention. Mainly, I love how they help you identify the gender of the competitor. All individuals have a long sleeve yellow top, and then a colorful vest. Women wear pink, men blue.

Turns out if you need a figure skating partner and are having a hard time finding one, go to icepartners.com.

Hong Kong has 16,000 people per square mile. Canada has less than 10. Hong Kong only has one athlete competing.

Iran has first female athlete for winter games. Good job.

38 of the 82 nations in Vancouver have never won a winter game medal.

Mexico has one athlete, he is 51 years old and the oldest competitor at the games. Oh, and he is a prince.

In 1964 a group of Mongolian cross country skiers showed up and were unaware that countries had to apply to compete. Fortunately, the Olympics let them in.

Nepal is the only country here with a non-rectangular flag.

Spain has a skeleton competitor who simulates starts by using his boogyboard in the Mediterranean Sea. I would love to see how that works. I would also love to try it myself as skeletoning has to be the craziest thing out there and I feel simulating it in water would be amazing and safe.

Switzerland has an athlete who is called "The Wizard". He looks like Harry Potter.

Tajikistan flag-bearer did not qualify but was sent to the games so he could get some exposure. That is super cute! I like that the country is willing to do something like that for a young promising athlete.

Ukraine only medals are figure skating and biathlon. Could there be two different sports? One showcases glitter, jumping, and pop music, the other skis and shoots targets with a rifle.

The United States has the most amazing moose hats. No facts, I guess the announcers figure we know enough cool statistics about our country. Shaun White was just on screen. I'm glad he was identified as he has been in American Express commercials for a few months (maybe years) and I always wondered who he was and why I should be able to recognize him.

13 of 23 members are NHL all-stars and won't be in Canada until Monday as the NHL season will not be suspended until Sunday night. It is kind of sad that they couldn't be part of the opening ceremonies.

The commentators noted that Canadians, as a group, are the friendliest people out there and normally considered non-competitive. Canada has recently made a number of statements about how they wish to win the most medals this year. This shocked listeners as Canadians have never been depicted as competitive people. I am glad they are making these kinds of statements, I mean there is nothing wrong with being nice and having the desire to WIN.

TV has been suspended for the next two weeks for the Olympics. Honestly, I am most excited for the curling!

Rainbows and Tutus. Could I ask for anything more?

Earlier this week, a friend shared a blog post (Modish) through both Google Reader and Google Buzz that centered around images consisting of vibrant colors. The post's images are all extremely captivating with their bold use of colors. This photo below made me stop scrolling for a moment as I wanted to be sure I had enough time to take it in completely.

by hakanphotography

You know, as well as I do, that the biggest reason for my pause would have been because of the rainbow tutu. The fashion statement the clothing is making is something that I wish I had the guts to say with my own wardrobe. I think I make small statements, maybe we can call them comments, with my choice in dresses and accessories. But nothing this bold. I think the biggest obstacle (besides money) would simply not having anywhere to wear something so out there. If I had a life like Lady Gaga this wouldn't be an issue, but sadly my simple life in Boston doesn't allow such bold statements.

After going to hakanphotography to grab a copy of the image, I started to poke around and must say I like this person's work. The use of color and light appeals greatly to me. I am a fan.

There was one other picture that caught my eye. I don't find the image as powerful as the one above, but wanted to share it with you anyways. My love of tattoos and body painting has to be what makes me feel that it is noteworthy. If I could be in a photographer's portfolio, I know I would love to be covered in paint (tastefully) because I love the intensity adding pigment directly to skin gives the human form.

by inspires tumblr

The Answer Is YES

Happy 18th Birthday Taylor Lautner. You are now an adult. Cougars - and by cougars I mean any heterosexual female - will be all over you, so please be prepared.

Cannot wait for New Moon to be released to DVD.

What's that humming noise?

That would be Google Buzz.

If you have dug your heels in hard and decided you were too cool for gmail, well, you might not know what the buzz is about. (Apologizing for the lame joke) But google decided that Twitter and Facebook were not enough for those who love to social network. To help us all express ourselves a little bit more, they released Google Buzz this week.

At first when I read about this new feature, I thought, why would I need this program? Twitter takes care of my 140 character or less thoughts and facebook lets me look at pictures. I feel exhausted updating status messages all over the place and I already have them in gchat.

Well, you know what? It is only day one and I am already hooked. Having a twitter like feature in my gmail makes life faster and easier. Now if I see something that I feel is share worthy, I don't put it in my chat status, I can use buzz - which is something I really do prefer. I liked changing the status messages but I hate that they interrupt gchats by showing up in the grayed out font.

We all know Google is pretty baller. Clearly, they want us to stay inside of the world of gmail as much as possible, and it is now my one stop shop for email, chatting and status updates. I am a very happy camper. They also opted to mimic facebook in that you can comment on other people's statuses. Perhaps they were just dying to use this function since it was part of Google Wave, and we all know that was a dud.

They allow for you to link in twitter, blogs, or picasso to your Buzz. I had highheelsshortskirt linked for the first few hours, but I have since delinked them. As much as I love that my friends read this blog, I don't want to stuff it down their every time I post. I think I might use the feature for the other blogs I have been playing around with but have yet to debut...

What is the point of hipsters if not to poke fun of them?

Websites and blogs devoted to poking fun at the hipster culture and style have been running rampant lately. We have all seen Look At This Fucking Hipster that started back in March 2009. It provided me a little amusement, but I soon stopped checking the new pictures.

Then came Unhappy Hipster. This blog focuses in on images that are found in Dwell Magazine. While the designs are minimalistic they provide ample material to create witty and comic taglines.

The debate — whether the ubiquity of suburban neo-modern developments was really an upgrade from new-money McMansions — ended in a standoff, mired by the generation gap.

(Photo: David Lauridsen, Dwell, July/August 2008)

That has to be one of my favorite entries.

But I have to say, we have found the ultimate hipster blog. Hipster puppies. We have learned that hipsters may be too cool for most things, but they are not above dressing their dogs in their own weird ass clothing. Personally, I feel this blog has some major staying power! Below is one of the newer posts. It reminds me about why, as a driver and pedestrian, I hate bicyclists.

lola bean believes “cars suck” and cyclists have a “right to the road”—but has no idea how mean and annoying she is to pedestrians

[photo via elizabeth e]

Super Bowl, Super Game

In watching the Superbowl, we (all the females at least) agreed that Drew Brees's scar made him hot. The intensity with that kind of cut just makes you go **sigh**.

Beyond the cute QB, the game was pretty amazing this year. We had all be so sure that going for the touchdown on fourth down in the second quarter and falling short was pretty much going to cost the Saints the game. But then they came back in the second half with a SUCCESSFUL onside kick. We knew that this was going to a be a great game to watch, and it was!

The only let down was the lack of showing Kendra or Kim on screen. You would think that the camera guys would have panned over to them occasionally, right? We even designed a drinking game around this. So epic fail on the network for not showing everyone's favorite Girl Next Door or E! reality show star.

I think because the game was so much better than usual, I was ok that the commercials were only so great. Most of the commercials were for Bud, CBS, Doritos or Coke and I would have loved to see a little more variety. One of my favorite commercials was the careerbuilder.com ad with casual Friday. I think it was pretty genius. If I were careerbuilder I would have been pissed that the Docker ad ran right after mine as they too focused on pantless people. What was CBS thinking putting them together like that!!



Last comment about the night. Drew Brees has the cutest little boy. Thought the headphones were adorable on his small little head!



UPDATE: While aimlessly searching the web I found that the mark on his face is not a badass scar, but actually a birthmark. Can't lie, his hotness just decreased a few levels.

Soothing? Not to my tastebuds

Finally getting over this cold. I have to get up early tomorrow to get my brakes fixed because I have to work in Worcester at night. DC is supposed to get tons of snow and so far Boston sounds like it is in the clear but just in case we do end up getting some, I'd rather be able to actually stop when I hit the brake pedal on the Mass Pike than not. Thus 7:30 am wake up call it is. My body has slowly been recovering since Monday. My sneezing has slowed down and I have definitely been going through fewer tissues per hour.

At this point I think I am ready to sleep through the night without a shot of NyQuil before hitting the bed. While I find that the medicine is a God send with providing me the ability to sleep through the night, it honestly couldn't be less pleasant to taste. The advertisements state that its is a soothing. I would love to know who agrees. Every night I want to gag after I swallow (that's what she said). I don't even know what flavor that is supposed to be. It is just revolting.

I have to say as much as I love the quality of sleep I get from taking the NyQuil, I hate having to consume it. Getting healthy not only is a plus because that means I will stop sneezing but I will also get to end my dependency on the green sauce. NyQuil do you think you could try to create something that is a little less revolting? I would really appreciate it - and I think the rest of America would too.

Thanks Heinz for giving me more

One perk to driving to work in the morning is that I now am able to listen to morning radio. In the 30 minutes that it takes to get from my apartment to my office I can listen to music, inane chitchat and silly news stories. One such story was that of the new Heinz Ketchup packets.

The new packaging allows one to either squeeze out the ketchup or dip into the little cup. Pure genius! That is all I have for this. Also, there is THREE TIMES as much ketchup in these containers than the traditional little packets. This is pretty clutch as I often use at least three at any given meal. So kudos Heinz. Thanks for helping me with my salty tomato condiment addiction.

Major To-Dos

I will be having a few people over next week and am feeling a little sick right now. By sick, I mean I feel fine minus the fact that I can't stop sneezing. As excited I am to have a group of fun and classy ladies over for booze and New Moon the board game, I also am on edge trying to find the time to make my apartment look presentable.

At work I realized I needed to make a major To-Do list. There is laundry to washed, floors to be scrubbed, food to be purchased and cooked for the superbowl as well as this get together. On top of that I had to get through papers, bring my car to the garage and work a few part-time gigs. Life was busy and I didn't have a lot of wiggle room. My social life couldn't be put on pause this week for just one event next week. At first I started listing things on a post-it and quickly ran out of room. Instead of moving to an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper I decided that I needed a fancy To-Do list and went on google to find one.

What did I find? A bacon to-do list of course. If I had a color printer I would have printed out a few sheets but sadly, I don't think we have one in my office suite. Granted I have only had the job for a few weeks so maybe its hidden somewhere.

I just had to share my newest bacon find! Enjoy

Winter Fashion Isn't Going Anywhere AnytimeSoon

Punxsutawney Phil has spoken. Or at least his shadow has. Turns out there will be six more weeks of winter. This probably takes no one by surprise given the freezing cold temperatures we have been have up here in New England the snow that has caused the Carolinas to go into panic.

The only bright side that I can think of is that this gives me a chance to try out the whole legging look. I know I have always said leggings do not equal pants, but leggings are getting thicker and remind me of those glorious days in the 80s where I rocked the stirrup pants.

All Legs in my Apartment Deserve Great Socks

Screw being humble. I have great legs. They are long and lean. While they aren't worth $2 million like Heidi's but they are still rather fab. The biggest issue with them is that they are often too long for pants, tights or knee high socks. Thankfully, American Apparel makes thigh high socks that actually are long enough for people like me. I have the white ones with pink stripes (of course) and love wearing them to kickball games.

But know who also has great legs and lives in my apartment? That would be my dining room chairs - I'm glad you have been paying attention and know that I do not have any roommates and therefore the answer had to be an inanimate object. I think that I shouldn't be the only one looking great in this place. Fortunately Charles and Marie makes socks for chairs.

Not only do they make socks, but they make ones that match the ones I own from American Apparel. Right now I am still on a major budget and these are $20 a set. Hopefully business picks up in the spring and I have a little extra cash that would love the be spent on clothing for my furniture.