Booze before noon? Hells Yeah

Massachusetts passed a law that allows for booze to be served before noon on Sundays! This is some of the most exciting news I have heard that would fall under the category of politics. I realize that makes me seem shallow and pathetic, but really, having to wait until noon to order a mimosa is quite taxing at times.

If you have ever gone to the Highland Kitchen for Sunday brunch you would know how quickly the bartenders need to react when noon hits and EVERYONE wants a drink. Everyone sitting at tables, at the bar and waiting for a table wants a Bloody Mary or Mimosa STAT.

I cannot wait to brunch. Let's check my calendar...any one free July 18th? If not, how about August 1st? If neither works, maybe we can go for sometime in September :)

$6 for a free makeup bag? Sign me up!

I know, I know, how can something be free and cost $6? Well, I will explain. My subscription to Teen Vogue is coming to an end and they have been diligently sending me mailers letting me know that yet again, it is my FINAL chance to reup. This notice that let me know not only can I get all 10 issues for $6, but they will also throw in a free car and truck themed make-up bag.

Sold.

I have needed a make-up bag for a while and refused to pay for it. I hope this bag is everything I am wishing for and more. Additionally, this is reminding me that I have a stack of fashion mags that are just dying for some QT with me and my couch.

I Scream, You Scream, Boston Screams

For the Celtics win in game 2 of the NBA Finals and, of course, ice cream. Game 1 was miserable on Thursday, it was an embarrassment. Game 2, however, was intense, amazing, and ended with a well earned win for C's. I wanted to celebrate the win. Since I decided last week to limit my weekly alcohol intake, ice cream was the next logical option.

Normally, I stay away from the stuff (being an ice cream scooper in high school turned me off of it) but ever so often I fall back in love. I recently found the best black raspberry ice cream that can be purchased from the grocery. It is by Hood, and called "Martha's Vineyard Black Raspberry". The part that seals the deal is that it has swirls of raspberry sauce - sooooo good. I highly suggest it to anyone who likes fruity flavors.

I bet you were afraid this post was going to be about sports, don't worry, I wouldn't do that to you.

Pretty OK with this.

Of course, the one morning I am not dragging my body around my apartment trying to get ready fast enough so I can make it to work, I end up making a quick post. Every morning I check the weather and this was the first six day forecast that didn't make me completely cringe!


Not even the least bit concerned that it may rain on Thursday, a week in the 60s and 70s is a good week for me. Yes, I see that Sunday is 57, but give the weathermen a few days, or hours, and I am sure they will make it an even 60 so that the people are then happy.

Eeeeep! gLee is back!!

"did you get a new hair cut? It looks awful"

"no she's dead, this is her son"

"you may be two of the stupidest teens i ever encountered and that is something, i once taught a cheerleading seminar to a young sarah palin"

"take five everybody, drink a redbull"

"have a seat boy hips"

"sometimes i forget my middle name

Glee is back! I actually forgot some of the things that had occurred in the last episode and so it took a moment to get back into all of the crazy plot lines. A few minutes in, it was like there had never been a break. As excited as I was for the show to start up again, I will admit, I had higher hopes for the musical numbers. But at least next week is the all-Madonna episode...

The $29.95 Question

How did I celebrate taking a $250 test?

I bought shoes. Duh.

The GMAT website tells you that the exam takes about 4 hours. With this in mind I told my friends to meet me at the bar at 4:10 as my exam was scheduled to start at noon and knew I would need a drink as soon as I was finished. Being the neurotic individual that I am, I arrived at the testing center about an hour early. The women in charge didn't even flinch when I said I was an hour early and even let me start the test 30 minutes before my scheduled time. Between starting early and opting out of the breaks, I finished just before 3 pm. Being the responsible individual that I am, I opted to go for a walk rather than head to the bar and drink by myself for an hour.

I have been carrying a $20 coupon with me for the last few weeks for DSW so I figured I'd head on over to Downtown Crossing and see if there were any good 4 inch heels that needed a new home. Luckily, a pair of Harajuku Lovers shoes were there and priced at $49.95 (minimum amount I needed to spend to use the discount!). I would have rather had the option to purchase the blue, but my size wasn't in stock. I'm thinking I will bring these along with me when I drive home for Easter and see if the DSW back home has the blue in a size 7.

In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that these shoes are not as comfortable as the yellow ones. The cage around the toes will require some getting used to. But for $29.95, the shoes are a steal and totally worth it! (Retail value $100.00)

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...

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.

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.

DECEMBER 13TH!

Is the day I will next set foot in Gillette Stadium to see a Patriots game. Yes, this is true, please be jealous.

I went to Game On! with some friends on Thursday and won two tickets for the Carolina game. YAY! They gave out 10 pairs of tickets for Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Red Sox. Our table had nine people at it, and we won 3 pairs of tickets. The only team we didn't score was the Red Sox. I hope to go back and win some more tickets later this month.

This will be my third Patriots game and I am totally excited for it. In the past my dad has hooked me up with some pretty sweet tickets, and in the past he has given me about 24-48 hours notice about the event. I not only got these tickets myself, but now have a over 1 month countdown until I can attend. The waiting is already killing me.

I have begun to figure out my layering for the game as it will be in December, but at least it is a day game (the others were night!) so hopefully the sun will be out so I can pretend it isn't super duper cold out. But yeah. I can't wait. I'll be sure to fill you in about my experience after the fact.

I kind of hope to see something like this, but add some snow to the ground. The Panthers aren't doing so hot this year, which means this game will potentially be filled with some amazing Brady plays!

Zack Attack!

Everyone was posting up about the Zack Morris interview on Jimmie Fallon's show the other night. It is amazing.



He doesn't break character and, I am not trying to spoil anything, the phone does make an appeareance! :) I am so on board for a Save by the Bell reunion and I don't know anyone my age that wouldn't be totally excited to see it either. I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so scared?

There is a great interview out there about this sketch. Apparently, it was Mark-Paul's idea to come out as Zack! Who knew he was that creative. Granted he said he would have his writer to talk to Jimmie's, but the concept was all Mark-Paul's.

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.

Windows Stayed Fresh

FROM TO
I wish this was my window/view*

With the forecast of consecutive days of 80 degree weather, to be followed by days in the 70s and 60s, we chose to finally take the saran wrap off the windows earlier this week! It felt great peeling away the plastic wrap and taking off the foam sealant --- almost as if I was finally giving the outdoors permission to come inside.

We now have a steady stream of fresh air blowing through our bedrooms/kitchen/livingroom. It is kind of amazing... Having new air circulating really can make an apartment feel like a classier joint. Yesterday, we were reminded how cool our apartment likes to stay. In the winter our place is kind of like an icebox, or so I am told by my roommates, as I apparently do not have cold receptors. In the summer, it does not switch to get hot, it actually stays pretty cool and comfortable. For example, yesterday our indoor/outdoor thermometer that we keep in the kitchen told us that it was 87 degrees outside and 71 degrees inside. That is a major difference!

Spring is finally here, and summer is just around the corner. I can't wait to get to the beach!!!

*For the record I stare out my bedroom window and look at the side of the apartment that is next to me.