the other channel

Terri this one is for you.....does this happen alot? Maybe I should watch "the channel" more...


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the new channel

Yeah the channel, not the QVC channel, but the Weather one just announced they will start showing weather-related movies!!! My ma is going to be so excited she may just wet herself. The rentals have been known to watch the Weather Channel for hours and hours on end. It just stays on rotation while they sleep or sew or dick around. AND NOW a good weather-related movie might end up in the "Local on the '8s"

What movies you ask??? Like a Perfect Storm with George Clooney, or March of the Penguins!!! Well might just be enjoyable. I wonder if they will do breaking weather news reports....beep beeep beep....it has started raining in your area....beep beep beep....back to the movie!!! Oh wait my rents have a electronic gauge that already does that.

This is going to make my christmas break even better!!!! NCIS and weather related movies. I can hardly contain my excitement.

yeah more new moon

iTunes released a new New Moon movie clip this morning and their servers promptly crashed with some many tweens downloading it. But don't worry it is already on youtube so you can see it in all it's glory:



Betty and I will have our tickets bought in the next week or two for Thanksgiving break!!! yeah. I'm secretly excited.

sort of cute

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need a little chewy in your life?

I do, I do on a daily basis please....

Instant Chewy!!!!

So sexyyyyy.

Although I don't like his eye....thanks M.

what do you see?

Gobble, gobble, gobble just doesn't have the same feeling when all I can see is:


Whereas Frank here isn't outlined in black, but still dirrrrty enough for me:


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! gobble, gobble!

adding to my christmas list

I am building my christmas list and these t-shirt have officially been added:

Republicans for Voldemort

And something with House and Lupus (this is a good one or this one)

And a 1-cup coffee press....since I shattered mine awhile back and apparently I'm now addicted to coffee after I've left the pacific northwest.

post second flower arranging night

Well it has been raining here for what feels like a week. This morning I finally woke up to no raining coming down in sheets!!! That is the first in 4 straight days. So please preface this post knowing that we have been running in and out of the rain for days, slowing making me slightly kranky....

Yesterday we had a great morning where betty took wrong turn after wrong turn and tried to kill me in her little silver bullet about 4 times (not that I'm truly complaining but strictly an observation). My favorite part was when it was dark, rainy, and we took a sign in the middle of the woods that said "Washington DC, 1000 feet" when we were technically already in DC, it made us flip a bitch in the road and go back into the woods. Entertaining I tell you.

But I digress, we ran a ton of errands all morning, including me buying a 20 pound bag of halloween candy which I may have ate half of yesterday afternoon (and for those that don't know, this is very unheard of for me and put me in a slight sugar coma which I attempted to dilute with much wine later). We came back home and made betty's famous jambalaya and cheesey bread. It was amazing. I stayed in my floor bed all afternoon (see betty's facebook page) doing some art projects.

Eventually we did have to move and go to the Bluegrass BBQ even with all the flower arrangers with cankles. We got ourselves all looking good, took Naula's damn box, and headed for the flower lady's hotel. We got there but couldn't find Naula (even though I saw her in the lobby and she walked away from me), so I left her box at the front desk. We had planned to follow the buses to this house on the Potomoc, but of course the DC traffic lights had a different idea. So within 5 blocks in downtown DC those 2 f-ing buses hit every green light and betty's plastic pinto hit every red one. As betty said "those two buses took a right turn and up n' vanished like a fart in the wind." It was like the bermuda triangle for tour buses right down by the Capital. This was not a good way to start the night....

So we lost 2 buses in the rain at 6:30 PM on a Saturday night in downtown DC (this really shouldn't have been that hard), and before we knew it we were in Virginia when we wanted to be in Maryland. Thank God Betty stopped to get gas because we probably would have been running on fumes at this point, or I would have been pushing in the rain. So I was assigned the task or trying to figure out Betty's blackberry (which I secretly hate....although it might not be a secret now because I was swearing at it all night....my fingers are too fat!!!) to navigate us to some rich area in Maryland that is on the Potomoc and overlooks Mt. Vermon. Reminder, constant rain sucks my balls.

Breaking mid-blog-post news: I just took a great poop and got my first cup of coffee of the morning.

Well we get there just as those damn buses are arriving, so that was good. But then we have to hike through the non-paved driveway and yard of his house, watching my heels sink into the ground while getting soaked. We get into the house, and without giving what I would call inappropriate details, Betty and I didn't have nearly as much fun as the first night. The BBQ was GREAT and the Bluegrass music was really good. Other things weren't as great, but you'll have to call for these details.

Needless to say, we got out of there later and was relieved to get back home in my floor bed/nest. Today we promised that we would take Naula and Ger shopping this afternoon, so here's hoping that will be a good experience.....then it is back to Cville tonight!

post first flower arranging night

Well tonight was a flower arranging fun night. Too tired for real details but betty had a meat emergency which caused us to be late to the flower drama. Then she lost her wallet which caused us to take some extra taxi rides around town. While at the flower show we drank and ate alot of stuff, and had a GREAT time with the Irish ladies (including cutting prime rib with the spears from the chicken satay). We hit up the hotel lobby bar after hours and then Nuala's hotel room till like midnight. I LOVE those buckleys!!!!

Here is my favorite flower arrangement of the competition:



And here is betty, nuala and I....look I'm doing well here with the "business causal"....I did much better this time with this DC event:



The highlight of the night was that Ger and Naula kept trying to dance to this song, without much success I might add, but I'm going to post this and teach them later:

music of the moment

I downloaded the new Jay-Z album awhile back and last night T and I took a Hip Hop classes where we danced to this song. It is now officially my weekend jam (sorry betty):

starting the weekend with a Murphys

Well I'm up in DC and officially getting ready for my weekend o' flowers, o' irish, o'naula!!!! I'm halfway through my first Murphy's of the weekend and ready for some world association of flower arranging business tonight.

Here is the last time I saw Naula...yep we're on the beach and I'm wrapped one of her expensive napkins around my head!!! She just about died that I did that....wonder how many of those laughing moments we will have this weekend????

perhaps you should sleep afterwards

I caught this podcast the other day and they were talking about people who would tweet, or update facebook status after having sex! I would think the next logical thing would be to sleep but apparently there is a website devote to people updating that they just got busy! You can go to the site and see if there are people in certain areas of the world are getting busy.....it just sort of makes me laugh...especially as the characters are two rabbits :)

Check it out!

sad news

So for the last year I've been volunteering at a local nursing home painting old ladies nails....which I actually enjoy because it is two hours of nursing home gossip (whose doing who, etc.) and making some ladies feel really good. Anyways one of my normal ladies who I see every time, who sits for 2 hours visiting, and always ALWAYS wears bright red polish (like me) had a stroke a couple months ago. They let me know right away that her speech was somewhat affected but otherwise she was still good. Well last night I got there to find out she had a huge stoke (like the one my grandma has been hoping for!) last week and was now was on hospice. Sad news. I went to visit her and of course she had bright red nails and lip stick on, even through she can't walk or swallow anything. Like my grandma says "it is a bitch getting old!!!!!"

I'll miss that fabulous old lady!

this would have been a GME thing

So for those of you who don't know, I used to work at GME at UMN with some of the most fabulous people in the world. I miss them dearly and I doubt I will ever EVER have another working environment which rivals the fun (and productivity) we had there......but when I saw this it reminded me of some of things we would do there:



This would have taken some coordination but I bet we could have figured it out over Leine's at Sallys.....

OR perhaps this would have been a great way to get fired.....sort of like chair races in the hallway, or hurdles over the cubical walls!

poor professor mcgonagall

One of my favorite actresses of all time is Maggie Smith, who first caught my attention as the strict nun in Sister Act (which I used to watch every month throughout HS) and now has been playing the strict Professor McGonagall in all the HP movies. She is an amazing actress, who has been battling cancer the last couple years.

I'm a little worried about the continued filming of the last book of HP (made into two movies) on her health. It has been reported that she is very tire, weak and struggling to keep up with the demands of all the damn fighting. There is a couple of scenes in the book where Prof M is running around or fighting the dementors!

Dear HP filmers, don't kill Maggie please! She is irreplaceable.

halloween or life at LL's house?

Could this a halloween costume or the future of my "friends" around LL's house???

I may take votes on this one.....

nay or yay in the comments please.....

I vote for boiling :)

news of the weekend

Last weekend was great on multiple levels:

1. I got 1 hr massage (thanks to ACAC gift certificates) and my hair did on Friday night....much needed relaxation and personal treatment accomplished.
2. My hair stylist said I remind her of Abby from NCIS (I took this as a compliment)...I mean I was wearing my spiky dog collar!
   
3. I tried the new Moroccan restaurant in town on Friday night. It is possibly one of my new favorite restaurants...the food was a-maz-ing, the fig martinis were to die for, there were belly dancers, and a 17 African drum circle performance. I have to go back soon!
   
4. I had a sushi craving lately which means I had to organize a gab fest at Ten! in town (thanks Kate). This night ended with fabulous martinis as well, but this time they were lychee nut and watermelon.
5. After a Saturday morning of catching up on correspondence (letters to Ev), I got myself up to Skyline drive for my first official dose of the fall scenery. We did about a 2 hour hike, also including a gab fest (thanks ginny), and took lots of photos. It was amazing up in the mountains, and I'm hoping to make it up again for all the leaves are gone.
   
6. I caught up on Grey's and NCIS online while stealing 5 loads of free laundry on Saturday. That is what I call heaven with me lounging on a couch!
7. Sunday some good friends from MI were in town to watch their daughter play volleyball. Heather, who I knew in HS, plays for UNC and they were competing against UVA. This is the second year I've been able to catch up with them for bunch, laugh my balls off, and go to the game. UNC won, which is who I was cheering for, and Heather played GREAT (as a senior and a captain and a general beast). I love those guys!
8. I made it over to T & D's house to watch the rest of the Viks, who are now officially 5-0!!! Wahoooo, nice work Favre.
   
9. I still haven't been eliminated in the fantasy survival league. Here's hoping I live up to my entry name: "winner winner chicken dinner"
10. Quote of the weekend occurred while discussing how G, who is from Miami, hates CSI: Miami. I said "WHAT??!?! Momma Booren would like that." Next we did H impressions of pulling off your glasses and making profound statements. I commented that there should be a CSI: Charlottesville, and next came the quote that still makes me giggle....."what would it be called, CSI: Cville, Who stole my vegetable?? Or my hybrid ran out of gas!!! Or my ecologically-sound bike has a flat tire!!!" tehehehe
11. I bought a new crock potter after D and I shattered my previous one (and for those who didn't know I didn't drop it, I actually had smartly put it in the microwave and on the stove....not s-m-r-t I now know). The new one has a knob---I just said knob, tehehehe---is red and has latches to secure the lid. I love it and have used it a bunch already.
    
12. I turned into a little martha facher last weekend using all the fresh ingredients I'm still getting my garden and my friend W's garden. I used up some basal, swiss chard and collards (which were sauteed in bacon--which makes everything better).

Other trivial news:

1. Missing too many happy hours lately, and with DC and Austin coming up I'm going to be in friend/booze withdrawals. I'll deal but I'll have to make an extra effort to have "cartinas" nights like last night :)
2. This weekend I will be attending the overly-priced events of the World Association of Flower Arrangers. I'm hoping to bath in the Irish goodness that is my friend Nuala, and use the word FECK as much as possible. Plus there better be some freaking amazing flowers and food with gold in it for the cost of these events. You'll be able to find me at the free bar!
3. Congrats to my fabulous boss J, who just announced that him and his wife was expecting TRIPLETS and are 12 weeks along. Very very exciting for them! To me the ultrasounds still look like blobs, but I'll trust that there are 3 little ones in there :)

fall has arrived

So fall has officially arrived here in VA, even though I'm getting emails from folks in MN with their 3 inches of snow the last couple days. This weekend I was up on Skyline Drive doing a little hiking and sight-seeing. It was amazingly beautiful and fall colored and crisp air and so pretty.

Here are some pics:





Other ways I have been celebrating fall--apples, soup and loads of football.

marge in playboy

Did you hear that Marge Simpson is on the cover of Playboy:

Sexy!!!

hope = prizes

So it was announced today that BO won a Nobel Peace Prize for "inspiring hope" during his campaign and first term. I think this is BS!!!! Christ before long they will be handing out huge national awards for taking a good poo. It was a campaign slogan, and yes it was successful, but worthy of a Peace Prize????

I'll give you something to inspire hope....

music of the moment

a single politician

It must suck to be a young, single politician.....because when it is your birthday you don't have a partner to email your constituents but instead your mother has to do it!!!!

I don't know why this is making me giggle this afternoon, but I just got an email from that sexy politicio Tom P representing my district here in the big VA. It is his birthday and his mother, Linda P, emailed all of his constituents to have them "wish him a happy birthday" by donating money to his continual campaign efforts.

He even set up a website for your birthday wishes!!! I would be more than embarrassed if my mother did this and/or when anyone makes me celebrate my birthday. I wonder how many good wishes he will get, and how much money he will receive.

My gift is a blog post full of my internal laughter. Sorry Tom!

conan is funny

This is great:

a betty visit

Betty was in town last weekend and we were up enjoying the entire view of VA....I SEE DC!!!!



PS, apparently I'm back to living in those lovely MN sweatpants and sweatshirts (see U2 pictures). Shut it, I don't want to hear about it.

Also I would like to point out how perfect Betty's hair always looks, and how mine (in mid-re-grow-out) is like a big ball of fuzz.

getting creative with grilling

I did some grilling this weekend with Betty, but I was not nearly as creative as these folks:





Thanks Ron!

shag-tastic

This is GREAT...must watch:

post concert reaction

So the U2/MUSE concert was amazing on Thursday night. I'm still slightly recovering from the fun, but knew I needed to post some pictures for A, M and all the Cash's.

Here is my favorite U2 picture of the night:



Here is the group saying goodbye:



Bono is still a good entertainer, running around the stage and standing on shit:



Here is the big Bono on one of the moving stages that went over and around the crowd:



These two photos are for M, Robert, Cret and Dustin....the set was amazing:





AND don't forget about MUSE....they were great, a little more hard metalish than their studio albums, but still making everyone a MUSE believer:



And finally A and I pre-concert:



Thanks for all the fun!!! Got to get these legendary concerts in before they stop touring. Good times.

dramatic Jude

I'm just bluffin with my muffin.....Pretty funny:

beverly hills troops turns 20

Remember that great late 80s movie called Beverly Hills Troop? This was one of my favorite movies back in the day. It used to make me laugh and I remember signing along to the songs and wanting to go camping in a hotel.

Well that fabulous movie just turned 20 years old! And many people are celebrating this. If I lived in LA, I'd make all my friends go to this.

It's cookie time, cookie time:



I can still do that dance......I'm going to practice some this weekend in celebration of 20 years!

what I'm hoping to hear tonight

Tonight is the concert!!! Here is what I'm hoping to hear live:



And check out the stage area (which is already up in Cville):