Has anyone else wondered...

Why a church affiliated school (Duke) has a mascot called the Blue Devils? I thought that was funny as Jared and I sat in Cameron Indoor Stadium last night.

We had a really good time at the Duke vs. Georgia Tech game last night. We got to Durham around 5 and walked around campus for a while. Then Brad came and picked us up and we went to dinner at the Macaroni Grill (my fave Italian!) and it was awesome. Then we went back to the game. It was my first Duke game and I have to say, it's pretty fun. The fan base is really absorbed in "school spirit". They really get into it and I love that. I can see how it would be quite intimidating for the other team. I would be intimidated. The Big House (in Michigan) is more intimidating, but Cameron is more fun.

The Duke basketball games fall below App football games for fun, but above App basketball games. I have a feeling in about 10 years App basketball games will be just as fun. The fan base isn't there right now, but it will be.

Anywho, I'm back to work now and I'm tired. Here are some pics from last night:

I'm very thirsty...

So yesterday I went to the doctor. I've been wanting to see a primary care physician just for a yearly check up. I didn't have one, so I made an appointment with one of the doctor's listed on Blue Cross/Blue Shield's web site.

Since I was a new patient, they told me I'd just be "establishing" yesterday and that I would come back later for my actual physical. Once I was in there and I talked to her, she decided to go ahead and get started with the physical and to go ahead and do bloodwork. She also convinced me to get the HPV vaccination just in case (since BCBS only pays for it until I'm 26 - which is in April!).

So after she checks my reflexes and all that she sits me down in the hall for the nurse to draw blood. I always get really nervous at the thought of having blood drawn. I don't like anything to touch the inside of my wrists and the inside of my elbows is almost as bad.

I'm reminded of the first time I donated blood and I tell the nurse about it. Then she gives me my shot, and moves towards the vials she will be filling with contents from my body. I look away..

She takes the first two vials of blood and I feel nervous.. As she's switching to the third vial I start to get real hot and then I realize I'm dizzy too. So of course, once she finished taking my blood, she had to rush and get me a coke so I didn't pass out.

There's nothing I love more than being at the doctor's office and I'm sweating from EVERY pore and drinking coke just so I don't pass out. I felt too weak to go back to work.

And they told me that I need to come back today for an ultrasound on my gallbladder, which may be why my chest has been hurting me. So I haven't been able to eat or drink anything this morning.. which is why I'm very thirsty.

Bored at Work Again.

I hate being a klutz.

I dropped my camera Saturday night and broke it. I wasn't even drinking yet.
Now, it's stuck in "P" mode and none of the buttons work except to turn it on and take pictures. I can't change any settings. I don't know what to do :(. I almost cried yesterday thinking about it. I don't know if it can be fixed or even who to take it to.

Groom's Cake

Groom's Cake
Originally uploaded by diocee74

Now this is the wedding cake I want at MY wedding! (You know, in a year or so)

I love the Star Wars Blog.
http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/

Another Nerd Factor: American Idol

Yes, I watch American Idol. Every year I say I'm not going to but every year I do anyways. And I don't even care. Other people watch Survivor, which is pure crap to me, so I'm going to watch American Idol, which is pure crap to other people. I've also got Jared watching it, only don't tell him you know that :).

I wasn't sure who to pull for going into the top 24. I try to always pull for one favorite boy and one favorite girl. For favorite girl right now I'm pulling for Jordan Borgella, the plus size model, because she's cool. Of course after the girls perform tonight I'll make an informed decision. As far as boys go, I was going to pull for David Archuletta.

David Archuletta is a 17 year old kid with an amazing talent. He's basically everyone's favorite, so he doesn't really need my vote. Although, I wouldn't be opposed to adopting him.

Then there's this Australian hottie guy who has a lot of the other votes. Nuff said.

Then there's this guy:

Jason Castro.

Before last night's boy's performances, I'd never actually heard him sing. Last night I saw this guy perform "Daydream" with a guitar and it totally rocked to me. I'd buy his album. Plus, he's kind of cute, even though I don't really like dreads.

The point is, I'm pulling for this kid (he's 20 years old) and last night I voted for him like 100 times. Really.
Go Jason! To see a video clip of his performance or to listen to the mp3, go here.


p.s. DialIdol says he's safe! Good thing I voted 100 times.

Oh, and yes, I think he looks high too.

The Things That Happen in My Dreams.

Last night I had a dream about Heath Ledger. A GOOD dream.

For some reason I was in Australia and I was at this college party type thing of people I didn't know. All of a sudden somebody in the corner started playing guitar and singing and it was beautiful. I went in for a closer look and it was Heath Ledger. Of course all the girls in the room were swooning over him, because he was gorgeous and a celebrity and all. For some reason he picked me and we had a good time.

I was always thought he was super hot, but I wasn't really affected by his death. It came after I was dealing with my friend's death.

Anywho I just thought I'd share.

BOOM!

Things are looking up a bit today. Yesterday, as you know, I stayed out of work again due to the sickness (ass). I was stuffed up, with a runny nose and sneezy, headachey nonsense. Jared told me to expect a "delivery" to come sometime yesterday, so I stayed downstairs and slept/watched tv on the couch all day. By the time Jared got home at 7:15, the "delivery" still hadn't arrived.

Jared is so sweet, he got really upset about it and called the company. Turns out they were just running REALLY late and they were on their way. They brought me these lovely flowers at 8:30:

Along with a box of chocolates. This made me very happy, since I've always had bad luck on Valentines Day. This is the first time a boy has ever sent me flowers on V-day. It was so sweet and Jared was very happy to see me happy.

So then we mustered up the strength and went to Carraba's for a yummy dinner. We got home at 10:00 and passed out. It was nice.

Today I still feel sick, but I'm back at work, with lots of stuff to do. I just checked my bank account and I got my Federal Tax Refund! Woo! So tonight, Jared and I are going to sit down and pick out airline tickets for our trip to Vegas. Yippee!

Now I'm excited.

How are you spending your V-day?

I'm staying home sick in bed.

Could be worse. I think we'll just stick to Hickory tonight for romance though :P

Hope yours is good.

explosion!

Today I feel:

-Like I may be coming down with something.. we'll call it .. Ass. I feel like ass.
Why? Probably because yesterday I called in sick for a headache. I did have a headache, and it sucked.. but I probably still could have sat at my office. On Tuesdays I'm supposed to be outside GPSn, but I couldn't fathom doing that with my head esploding (yes, I spelled it that way on purpose). Anywho apparently I should have just sucked it up and worked because now I can tell that I'm going to be actually sick and I don't want to use another sick day this week.

-Very Poor. I need to stop going out on weekends and save up for Vegas. It occured to me last night that I only have about $20.00 of spending money (that doesn't include savings) to get me through until Friday when I get paid. Normally this would be fine, since that's only 2 days away. But lucky for me, tomorrow is Valentines Day. Lucky of luckyness, Jared and I are both off tomorrow night and I will spend my first Valentines Day ever with a boyfriend (last year we both had to work all day so it didn't count). We are planning on going to either Asheville or Boone. Anyone have any suggestions of nice restaurants in Asheville? The point is this won't exactly be cheap. Not like we're going to go crazy or anything. I'm just saying it will probably cost us more than $20.00. Also, I'm going to have eat lunch today and tomorrow, so that will probably knock out the rest of my cash.

I've been reading a book about Las Vegas (Dummy's Guide to Vegas- which is actually quite good) and I can already tell I'm not going to come out of there without spending way too much money. I really want to see Cirque Du Soleil but I know tickets can cost like $200.00. Grr. I refuse to spend that much money on entertainment. Also, the month of April can be the costliest month to go to Vegas. That's just when our friends picked to get married there. We will survive though.

On top of all of this, Monday sucked huge walnuts. I got home from work and got my tax bill for my car, which is due at the end of the month (usually they give you longer!) and then on my way to trivia that night, I got a speeding ticket! Gah! 34 in a 25. Not bad, but still enough to ruin my day, week, month, etc. I was in such a funk that that's probably where my headache the next day came from.

-Lazy. I spent all day yesterday nestled on the couch, except for when Jared dragged me to IHOP. I could stand to sleep another week or so.

I know this post has been a lot of complaining, but this week I just don't feel much positivity. Good thing Jared is so sweet to me.

App Basketball

You know I don't really like basketball, but I had a lot of fun at the Appalachian vs. The Citadel basketball game that Katie and I went to in Boone yesterday. It was good practice for the Duke game I'm going to with Jared in a couple of weeks.

The best part, other than being in Boone, and the fact that we won in overtime, and having lunch with Marie, the BlueRidgeBlogger, was that our friend Rob from Popcorn, and his adorable daughter Gabby joined us! Gabby is the cutest young Mountaineer fan on the planet and she puts me to shame with her love of Yosef.

Thingas

I am unusually tired for having gone to bed earlier than usual every night this week. My mom seems to think maybe something is wrong with me (you're too young to be so tired!) but I'll find out soon enough. I'm going for my first full body physical (since 10th grade) next month.

What I'm excited about though is the possibility of my Apps playing LSU football for the season opener. In Louisiana! We were supposed to be playing them next year, but there's talk they're moving it to this year, since LSU won the National Championship in Division 1A and we won the National Championship in Division 1AA. Clash of the Champions!

We'll find out by the end of the day!!

Road trip to Louisiana! I'm excited.

I don't get it.

I mean, what is it the guys see in Angelina Jolie? Other than the "lips" of course.

And for that matter, I don't find Brad Pitt that good looking either.

You should see the large size of this picture.

P.S. this is my 503rd post! I have a lot of blogs!

Just Checking..

Do I have a sign on my forehead that says "Please talk to me, I LOVE creepy strangers!"?



I didn't think so.

Every time I go to lunch by myself, I break out whatever Patricia Cornwell book I am in the middle of, and I get some serious reading done while waiting for my food (and also while I'm eating, which is difficult, yes, but worth it). I love this. I don't like to be interrupted while I'm reading. And I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this dislike.

So why is it that 1/2 the time I'm sitting at lunch, reading, minding my own business, I am interrupted by some creepy MAN asking me a bunch of questions?

HELLO! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO READ HERE? That's why there's a book in front of me, and my eyes are directed to it.

No, I'm not lonely and wishing I had a man to talk to and to comfort me. No, I don't want to rub your feet and carry your baby. Yes, I work in town. Yes, I get a one hour lunch break just like everyone else. Why do you care?

Now I know what you're thinking, readers. 'Maybe they're just trying to be friendly'. Whatever! If they were just trying to be friendly, why is it always men? Women are friendly too. But women don't interrupt me while I'm reading so they can ask me stupid questions like, "Whatcha readin? 'She any good? 'She got a lot a books?".

Hrmf.

Stupid Red Hair.

Eli Manning is Adorable. And Tom Brady went to Michigan.

This will most likely be my last football post in a long time.. :(

Katie and Daniel (and Carmen and Jon) came over to my house last night to watch the Super Bowl and we had a great time, even though it was just the four of us most of the time (Katie, Daniel, Jared, me). The cats kept us entertained, as well as the game.

I haven't seen an entertaining Super Bowl in a very long time. The Panthers Super Bowl was entertaining, and of course the Buccaneers Super Bowl was great, but that's just because they're my team.

This Super Bowl last night was awesome. It was almost as good as App vs. Michigan. Just not quite the same level.

I honestly would have been happy to see the Patriots win too. A perfect season would be such an amazing thing to see.

But the Giants weren't having any of that. Man, Eli Manning is a cutie. He kind of looks like a taller, bigger-nosed Jared. :)

Oh, and let's not forget, Tom Brady. He is one fine piece of manmeat. He's probably the dreamiest football player that ever lived. But he did go to Michigan. Maybe that's what happened last night. Bad juju....

Anywho that's all I have to say about that.

Yesterday Meatwad made me cry.

I got home from work yesterday after a long day of my eyeballs burning from staring at the computer. I check the mail and casually walk to my front door. I pull open the storm door, which wasn't really shut, and realize my front door is open about 8 inches. I rush inside and see that the house hasn't been robbed and realize I must not have pulled the door all the way shut when I left that morning. I sigh in relief to realize no one robbed us blind, and then I suddenly remember how much Meatwad likes to escape. I look around frantically and yell out for my kitty. I run around downstairs looking in his usual spots. No kitty. I run upstairs, and yes, Beefcake is still safely shut up in the extra bedroom (or else he will bully Meatwad out of his breakfast) so I check my bedroom for Meatwad. I look under the bed, in the closets, and in the bathtub. No Meatwad.

It finally hits me that my Meatwad is gone. I run outside in tears and start calling out for him. I am so distraught that I run next door to see if Carmen and/or Jon has seen him. Jon is home and says he hasn't seen him. He tells me he will put on his coat and help me look and that I shouldn't worry. I am reminded that Meatwad has been out a few times before and has never gone far.

"But he's never been out this long before" I wimper..

So I make sure I am sane and I start at the bushes right next to my front door.

And I walk around it, and look down under the palm plant. And there he was looking up at me.

He stared at me as if to say, "What? Did I do something wrong?"

So I scoop him up and tell Jon I found him and that I was going to throw him in a tub of water for scaring me (which I didn't do).

We went inside and I had a long talk with my kitty about why he is indoors and some cats are outdoors.

That Darn Cat.

I have a Bad Feeling About this..

total star wars geekdom:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2008/01/29/oh.star.wars.fanatic.wkef

At least I'm not that bad.

Tooth Paste.

I miss you blog world.. You've been good to me for like 3 years now and I feel as if I'm neglecting you lately. I promise that soon I will be back to being committed. I promise that I will stop being lazy. I know I've been working a lot more outside lately, and therefore haven't been able to blog at work, but that's just me making excuses... I know I could blog from home. *sigh*

I would like to say that I am mad at the Crest Company. I have been buying Crest toothpaste for a long time because I like the taste, but mostly because I like the twist off cap that Crest uses.

Last time I bought toothpaste however, I got home and opened it, and there was one of those awful attached bendy flip lids.

I realize this type is better for most people because you can't lose it and it's easier to manipulate.

But here's the thing: It's nasty.

After 2 weeks of use, it gets all sticky and full of toothpaste. You have to take the time to clean it off, or else next time it will be stuck shut from built up toothpaste. Ew.

I swear to you that this is the main reason why I have been buying Crest for years. Now, it appears, I'm going to have to go with another brand. One that offers twist off caps.. One that won't nasty up my life.

:(

Hickory Daily Record

Hey, what do you know, our local newspaper finally decided to print something really newsworthy. Yes, that's right. This past Monday night at trivia, team No Love (aka Captain No Love) won first place. Booyea. The prize? A $15.00 gift certificate, and fame within Hickory. . Er.. at least with the people who read the paper... Of course, it'd be better if it was in color.. but what can you do?

Mwa ha ha ha...

The plan for this weekend? Hang out with Katie tomorrow night (as well as karaoke at McGuire's) and hang out with my man on Sunday.

The A-Train has stopped running.

My favorite football player, Mike Alstott, retired today :(

Of course, he hasn't played in a couple of years due to injury, so it's not that big of a shock, but still. I'll miss watching him plow through the Panthers Defensive Line. I need to find my #40 hat now...

Here he is at the game my brother Alan and I went to, where he gaves me the thumbs up to my marriage proposal:

I had a sign that said "Mike Alstott, will you marry me?"

Meatwad's Twin

As I was reading some Popsugar the other day, I happened to notice that one of the ads featured a very handsome kitty cat. This cat could be Meatwad's twin!




Compare to my Meatwad:


He even has the same eyegoop stuff.

Maybe it's one of Meatwad's siblings from the Catawba animal shelter.

bad kitty

So I ended up going to the memorial service. I knew I would regret it if I didn't. I was good for me to go. I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen in forever, and I even managed to go visit my mom while I was in Kannapolis. Of course it snowed there and it was pretty. And in Hickory? It didn't snow. It rained.

I hate it when they predict snow and we get nothing! Saturday night I went to Carmen's karaoke. Then Sunday Jared and I went to lunch and then sat around all day watching football, movies, and counting change. It was a nice day.

Then last night we had a bad night's sleep. Big Mac figured out how to get on the roof right outside my 2nd story bedroom. He figured out how to get in my window, and climb on the screen right outside my bedroom and meow all night. BAD KITTY. I had to open the window and squirt him with the water gun. I hate to do it when it's cold outside, but nothing else seemed to work.

Of course a few minutes later, he was at it again.. What to do...

Today I went to see Cloverfield. That is a GOOD movie. I really liked it. GO see it, if you don't mind scary movies.

LAzy.

Yesterday my office was closed due to the "snow" and since the Brush had pretty much no customers, I didn't go to work at night either. I feel so lazy. I didn't do anything yesterday except buy groceries. I did cook 2 meals, though. Other than that I just slept, ate, and watched tv. I'm such a couch potato!

Tomorrow I have a dilemma. Joan from Southern Suburbia has offered to give me her tickets to the Champions Day at the App basketball game, where I could go and meet a lot of the football players, and get autographs and pictures and such. This would be great, and I'm not sure I'd get another oppurtunity.
The only thing is, they scheduled the Memorial service for my friend for tomorrow from 2 to 4. I have to decide whether I should be a good friend or a good fan.

And now they're saying it's supposed to snow again tomorrow, and it'll be more than this past snow. If that happens, I might not go anywhere. I guess we'll have to see.

Outside Right Now...

It's SNOWING! yay!

Drugs.

It still amazes me when people I know die of a drug overdose.
I'm still amazed that people are stupid enough to overdose on drugs.
I'm still amazed that people are stupid enough to do drugs that can easily kill you.

Cocaine, Oxycontin and alcohol. Who would be stupid enough to do these all together? There are still these people.

For me, it was a childhood friend. My first best friend's little brother. He was 22. Old enough to know better. Perhaps being in a very popular local band with his brother and 2 of his best friends made him think he was a god. Perhaps he was depressed. Who knows.

I can still remember his first day of Kindergarten. He cried on the bus the whole way to school and the whole way home. For a week. We made fun of him. I don't regret it.

He was pot-bellied as a child and I remember my Nana remarking that he looked like one of those starving African babies.

He loved Ghostbusters and worshipped his brother Zach. You should have seen his hammer dance. It was top shelf, even when he was only a kid.

I hadn't seen him in years and then back in 2004 my brother convinced me to go see his and his brother's band play a show in Cornelius. It was like a little family reunion or something.

He was so sweet and I got no "druggie" vibe off of him.

What a waste. On Saturday night he OD'd and they took him to the hospital and resusitated him and he was in a brain-dead coma until last night.

It makes me sad, even though I barely knew him anymore.

The Repeater. Yea.. The Repeater.

Have you ever worked with that guy? You know the one. The guy who repeats everything he says, sometimes more than once?

In one of my many offices I work with a guy, and we'll call him Bobby. On a certain day every week I am subjected to Bobby all day. As in, I walk in the office, and we head out to spend the day side by side working, until time to leave.

Bobby is a repeater. This bothers me to no end.

Here are a few examples of how Bobby speaks to me:
"Yea, the wind almost knocked me over yesterday."
-I don't reply because I'm waiting to see.. and sure enough:
"Yea, that wind almost knocked me over."

"Sometimes I just don't have the energy"
"Yea... I just don't have the energy"

"I had to call the city to come pick me up because I ran out of gas yesterday."
-me: "Oh yea?"
"Yea, I ran out of gas and had to call the city."


He doesn't repeat exactly what was said in the first sentence, but the point is repeated nonetheless.

Seriously, Bobby? I got it. Okay? When you told me the first time? I heard you. Then, the second time, I nodded. The third time? Okay, enough already.

Have you ever known a repeating Bobby?


I guess it's better than having to listen to Van Halen.

Max..

Max..
Originally uploaded by allygirl520

The new kitty in my life.
Saturday night Carmen and I were sitting in the hot tub relaxing after painting my dresser. We heard a "meow"coming from between the hot tub and the brick wall. We assumed at first that it was Cheddar, Carmen's kitty. This is where she likes to hang out, since it's a small space that stays warm due to the hot tub.

Carmen soon realized that it wasn't Cheddar, due to the voice of the "meow". We got to looking, which was difficult because it's dark, and realized it was a new kitty. We coaxed him out and I realized it was a very pretty young Siamese kitty. It skittered back behind the hot tub and I really didn't think much else about it, since the tub is outside and sometimes random kitties like to hang out on my back porch area.

The next day I checked and he was still there, so I brought out some dry cat food and shook the container a bit and out he came. He was skiddish at first, but then he let me pet him. He is so so sweet and he'll let you pet him as long as you want to. He'll rub and you and wind between your legs. What a sweet heart.

Sometime that day, Carmen found a collar behind the bushes next to our condos and thought it might be his, so she called the number on the tag. The lady said that yes, the Siamese was her kitty but that he was kind of mean so don't try to put the collar back on. She told Carmen to just leave the collar on her door knob and to shoo the cat away.

I can't believe anyone would think this adorable, sweet cat is mean. The lady came by and got the collar but I didn't bother to shoo him away. He's a sweety and as far as I'm concerned he can live on my back porch forever. I've been giving him dry food and water.

His name is Max according to the lady, but I may rename him to fit in with Meatwad and Beefcake. Any suggestions?

What I've been up to the past few days..

I've been so unmotivated to blog, but I am doing it now!!

Let's see.. last Thursday and Friday I worked all day at both my jobs.
Saturday I spent the day painting my dresser black, with a lot of help from Carmen. We had to sand it, spray paint it (yes, spray paint!), and then polyurethane it. It looks good though. Now my dresser and bed match! Yay!

Saturday night Carmen and I went out to a few different bars to see what the karaoke scene is like, since she'll be hosting karaoke at McGuire's Pub on Saturdays now. We started out at McGuire's, then went over to Randolph's, where all I heard all night was country music. Carmen sang a few songs, and then her, me, and this girl named Bonnie got up and sang "Bohemian Rhapsody". It was uber-melodious (in a not-so-much sort of way). After that we headed over to Fandango's, a little bar in Longview. Once we got there, they told us it was a $5.00 cover charge, so we left. Despite all these complaints, it was a really fun girl's night out. I drank 4 Rum & Diet Cokes. Just 4 little bitty drinks. Wasn't even that drunk. But still....

... I spent all day on Sunday with a hangover. Sheesh. I can't even drink 4 little drinks anymore without getting hungover. I'm old. And also, my Buccaneers lost their playoff game, meaning this is their 6th straight season with no playoff wins. :(

Sunday night I drove down to my mom's and Monday I spent all day at the hospital with her and in the waiting room while she had shoulder surgery. I got a lot of reading done and was exhausted by the time I headed home at 9:00. Her surgery went well though.

Tuesday I put my GPS skills to work and then last night was date night. We went to Carrabba's (YUMMY) and watched a movie at home.

And here's the big news:

I sewed a button on my pants last night with very very little help from anyone (Jared threaded the needle for me).

Yay me!

I will blogging later about the new cat in my life.

Meatwad posing for me.

Meatwad posing for me.
Originally uploaded by allygirl520

I love this cat. He has learned to pose for me. When he sees me pointing a camera at him he sits still. Now if only Beefcake could learn...

New Year

We were supposed to play poker Monday night. Brian, my old roomie, was going to come over and bring a guy or two and we were all going to play poker. So I call him Monday, and he was at work. Gah! Then Carmen has to go to some party with all these theater geeks. So Jared and I decide we're gonna have a psuedo date-night. As we were sitting on the couch relaxing deciding where we wanted to go to eat, we get a phone call.

From the Brush.

Begging us to come in and work. They were getting their figurative asses handed to them and needed us desperately to help out. Supposedly with 60 people on a wait.

So we went into work. I bartended and Jared manager-hosted. *sigh*. At least I made some moolah and got some needed excercise. But Still.

We got out of there around 11:15 and we were still hungry. So we went to Hooters. It was the least busy place and I wanted junk food. So we had a couple of drinks and wings and watched the ball drop at Hooters.

It really was pretty nice. There were only about 10 other customers in there and everybody was celebrating. I got my New Year's Kiss from my Jared.

Then we went home and drank some champagne in the hot tub. Good stuff.

And New Year's Day? I did nothing. Slept until 1:00. Went to the bank, and ate pizza delivery for dinner.

I love being lazy.

Tonight, my other old roomie Andrea is in town and we are going to El Paso! Ole!

bye, bye, Single Corey Lynch

Corey to-the-Lynch, my favorite Appalachian Football Player, got married today to Cissie Graham, granddaughter of Billie Graham and daughter of Franklin Graham. I bet they'll have a long, happy marriage and have beautiful children and live in a nice house and do wonderful things for their community.

*sigh*

At least I can say I knew him when.. I mean.. we ARE facebook friends after all. So what if he adds anybody who asks..

And I'm still going to try to convince Jared to name our son after him.

Well, I did almost everything on my To-Do List. I did not clean my car and wash it, what with the rain and all. And I didn't win my fantasy football championship. But hey, I did everything else.

Sweeney Todd was an excellent movie. The little boy in it is SO good. And of couse Johnny had me reeling.

No Place For Old Men is also an excellent movie. Very Very good. Oscar good. I certainly hope the guy who plays the killer wins some kind of award for it.

Today they are at my house installing a new, HD dish. YAY! Now I can watch HIDEF Johnny.

Plans for New Years: Leave work at 3 to go to the doctor, then go home and play poker til around 10 pm, then watch HIDEF ball dropping. yippee!

New Years Resolution: Cook More, Maintain Diet, Be Happy and Be Myself.
See you next year!

Things to do this Weekend...

Here's what I need to get done this weekend in order to feel whole inside:

-Take down Christmas tree and Christmas decorations.
-Put away the rest of the Christmas presents.
-Change out litter boxes.
-Buy Groceries and cook at least 1 meal.
-Clean up in the guest bedroom.
-Clean out my car.
-Wash my car.
-Clean up my storage room some.
-Vacuum.
-Paint and put up new mirrors with coat hooks.
-Find a place to put all of our DVDs.
-Move Zebra chair back to living room.
-Find a place to put Jared's new gas grill.
-Exchange lovely coat for larger size.
-While at the mall exchanging, take a look at some dresses for my office's annual meeting.
-Perhaps go see Sweeney Todd (I really really really want to).
-Watch Buccaneers game.
-Win Fantasy Football Championship Game.
-Go see No Country For Old Men with Daniel and Stephen.


I know I'm forgetting something...

so.. uh.. HI!!

Sorry for the absense of blogging lately. I find it much easier to blog when I'm at work rather than at home.

How was your Christmas vacation? Mine was pretty awesome.

Friday was the Whoopdecog (my officeish) annual Christmas party. I went home with a bottle of Cabernet (which I don't drink). It was over at 2:30 PM so I went home to take a nap before having to be at the Brush for work at 5:30. But after a small nap I started to feel bad. Then I started to feel worse. At 5 I went in the bathroom and threw up! I was freaking out but I went to work anyways. By 7 pm I had thrown up 2 more times at the Brush so I had to leave. I was working at a restaurant. Bartending on the Friday night before Christmas. This is one of the best nights of the year to make money. But I had to leave. Boo.

I felt better by the next day (except for being tired) and therefore it must have just been a 24 hour bug.

Sunday night was Christmas at Mom's. Then Monday night (Christmas Eve) I worked until 11 and then we went to Jared's parent's house and stayed through Christmas. It was pretty great. Jared got me lots of lovely things and his parents did too. Then we drove to my Dad's yesterday (stopping in Boone for some Mellow Mushroom on the way) and finally got home last night around 10:00. We were tired, and our baby kitties missed us, but we had a great mini-cation for Christmas.

I've had such a great year!


Now... Onto 2008 already! Sheesh!

Blarhgle

Bah Humbug I have a headache. But I'm really okay with it.. I'm still having a good Christmas so far. I finally have all of shopping done, except for one thing and I know exactly what I'm getting and where to get it. Yay me! I got Jared a really great present, and if you want to know what it is, email me.

Last night I stayed up way too late, which is my head hurts. It was one of those nights where it didn't matter that it was late, we needed beer. I worked at my office all day yesterday, then rushed to work at the Brush and ran around all night like a chicken with my head cut off. Then, when I clocked out I had to make a trip to Wal-Mart, a.k.a. Hell to find something to put a rum cake in.

Wal-Mart plus Christmas Time = HELL.


Anywho. I miss Carmen. You should be around this weekend and hang out with me :)

Seen on AppFan Blog.

Here is where I got this awesome picture! I want to blow it up poster size and put it on my wall at work.

Un-Fun.

So a few weeks ago Jared and I sat down with the cats and Carmen took a picture of us for me to include in my Christmas cards. Then, 2 weeks ago I ordered prints of it from Wal-Mart.com. I ordered them sent to my house. It's cheaper that way. So then they were supposed to come last week. The email said they would come between the 11th and the 14th. They have STILL not arrived.

The shipping method they use is called UPS innovations. UPS packages and trucks the package, then it gets handed over to the Post Office for delivery to me. I used the track my package thing on UPS site and it says that the package arrived at the Hickory Post Office on the 11th. So I called the Hickory Post Office yesterday and they do not have my package. They said they needed a USPS tracking number in order to find my package. The UPS website doesn't give me a Post Office tracking number, just a UPS tracking number. So I emailed (because that's the only ANNOYING way you can contact UPS customer service) UPS and am waiting on a response.

If the pics don't come today, I'm going to have to send my cards out with no picture.

Without a picture, they're so bland!

Anywho. Here's the picture for you to enjoy, but only online.

My Guys.

ASU's win was so big it's knocked me out of full-consciousness for a few days. And I didn't even get drunk! The lack of sleep mixed with the death-defying drive home made me all exhausted, but I'm semi-better now, except for that whole cold I think I'm coming down with.

The game was a blast. We won by so much that we didn't have to stay on the edge of our seats the whole time. Not that that is a bad thing. But sometimes you just want to have a total blowout.

Only problem is, now it's going to be a LONG time before I get to see good old Kidd Brewer Stadium again.
And also: No more Corey Lynch. No more Kevin Richardson. No more Nic Cardwell or Julian Rauch. No more Dexter Jackson or Hans Batichon. No more Jerome Touchstone or Justin Woazeah. No more Cam Speer. No more seniors. I have faith that the youngun's will keep us going though. Armanti and Devon Moore are there and they are Bad. As in Good Bad.

Only 8 1/2 more months until the next season.. Now.. when's that ring ceremony?????


Here are my pics:
Me and Stephen ate at PF Changs for lunch on the way. It was PF yummy:


We saw lots and lots of ASU cars:


We had to walk through the ghetto to get to the stadium:


During tailgating, I ran into a lot of friends, including
Marie:


My boss and his family:


Joan and her younguns:


And Rob the App Guy. We had a little Bloggy meeting type thing:


And of course Katie and Daniel and Jeff and Tracy and Chad were there too!


We talked to a Delaware fan who was seriously deluded as to the good ness of his team. Tracy had to tell him what's up:


The game was awesome and of course, we kicked some butt:


Afterwards, Katie told those Blue Hens to leave:


We rushed the field and there were pretty fireworks:


For the rest of my pictures, click below:

PeeWee Herman

Yay! One of my favorite shows as a child, PeeWee's Playhouse, is going to be coming to the big screen finally! Not anytime soon, but Paul Ruebens definitely wants to make it. This is awesome. And you know who he wants to direct it? Tim Burton. And you know who he said he would want to play PeeWee if he didn't get to do it? Johnny Depp. Awesome.

Read the article Here.

See PeeWee's Playhouse Here.

Beefwad.

I'm so glad I have my kitties to keep me entertained.



I also have Jared. And Carmen. And Katie. And Trivia.
Monday night, Jared finally got to join me for Trivia at McGuire's. We sucked bad. There was a whole round of questions that were the first line of books and we had to name the book. I ended up knowing approximately ZERO of the answers. So I drew a big perveted drawing on the trivia card and handed it in. At least it made Carmen laugh. After I heard the answers, I had only even read one of the books. I had only heard of about five (out of ten) of the books. I don't see that there's anything wrong with that though. I read. Just not those books.

Anywho, everyone there did so badly at that round that she promised to never do that again. hehehe.

Tommorrow, the big huge giant mega awesome National Championship Game! GO APPS!!!!

And on Saturday I can change my ringtone back to something besides the fight song.

Football

Man, have I got a lot going on lately. I'm so excited to be going to a football game! Friday night my team, the Appalachian Mountaineers, are playing in the National Championship against Delaware, in Chattanooga Tennesee. I'm one of the fortunate people who have a ticket, but I'm still looking for one more for my friend Stephen, who is supposed to ride with me.

Last night I went over to Katie's house where we made signs. Here are my two:

(The other team's mascot is the Blue Hens, and Armanti is our Quarterback)
and

(Corey Lynch is the one who blocked the field goal vs. Michigan)

I have been super busy at work lately, which is awsome. I'm happy about it. I have barely been in my office at all though, it's mostly other towns that need me.

Like Joan, I am really getting into Christmas this year. Sunday I'm going to get all of my shopping done (I hope!!). I have a really awesome present for Jared (and another really awesome idea) but it all depends on Brad coming through for me!

I went to this Christmas party at McGuire's (a pub in Hickory) on Sunday with Carmen and Jon, and I left with an awesome dirty Santa present, a bottle of Amaretto with 2 shotglasses! Yay!

Now, if only I could stop eating so much CRAP!

Where I'll be next Friday night..

When we win the third straight DIvision I-AA National Championship, I'll be there.

GO AppS!
Go Magic Fingers!
Go Corey LYnch!!

Star Wars

At least I'm not THIS BIG of a Star Wars Nerd.

impulse buy

Now in my living room:















Okay, maybe it wasn't really an impulse buy. I mean, we had talked about it for a while, and last night we finally just decided to go out and get one. EEK!

Now we're just hoping that Beefcake won't knock it over!

Yay! Beefcake made Stuff on My Cat!

SEE HIM HERE!!!!!!!!!!

A few things.

I would just like to note that I bought a new deodarant yesterday, and I can't help but notice how awesome it smells. It's Secret, Shower Fresh Inivisible Solid. I smell good.

Check this page out!
This is what kinds of things you'll see!

Top Ten Reasons Why Saturday Rocked.

I had a fantastic time at yesterday's game! My team, the Appalachian Mountaineers, won in their second round of playoffs versus Eastern Washington! yay! I love football.

Reasons why yesterday was so great:

1: I didn't fall down and hurt myself (although I did get a little sunburned, but not enough to count)

2: We came up with a new nickname for Armanti Edwards after some sneaky passes he made, "Magic Fingers" Edwards

3: Devon Moore. Where did this kid come from? He is awesome. Although for some reason I have to call him DeVON Moore. It's supposed to be pronounced just like Kevin, except with a "D".

4: We saw Marie from BlueRidgeBlog again (link on my sidebar). We didn't get to talk to her because she was hard at work, but she was kind enough to take a great picture of Katie and me.

5: Katie and I discovered it's good luck to crouch down when there is about to be a critical play and our defense has the ball. For the second week in a row, it caused the other team to fumble. We are good.

6: I got to eat at Mellow Mushroom!

7: I had a good hair day

8: Corey Lynch! Corey Lynch! Caught another amazing game-changing interception!

9: I got to eat some of Katie's fantastic, out-of-this-world sausage balls.

10: 38-35. Need I say more?

Here are all of my pics.
Here are all of Katie's pics.
Here's a link to all of Marie's pics.

Here's the Great picture Marie took: