Time for a quick update before Finance Test studying.
Yesterday and today were a couple of those gorgeous days when I miss A&M. Today I would probably skip a class or two, go to the MSC and catch the LunchBox concert or PASA, grab some faux Chinese food in the MSC and lay in the sun next to Rudder Fountain. Maybe nap a little, pretend to study, and hang out with friends. Oh, college, how I miss thee (sometimes).
I am also nostalgic because one of my first college crushes (my Town Hall exec) friend-requested me on myspace. I proceeded to giggle for like, an hour, even though since then I have dated plenty of hotter guys (including current boyfriend). But I giggled nonetheless. Also realized that now that I am a grownup I will never get to have silly crushes on hot “senior” boys. Having a crush on a 30 yr old isn’t the same as having a crush on the senior football player or senior town hall exec. I was a lil sad about how that time in my life is over. Then I got over it.
The view from my office is great, but rumor has it some important manager types are looking for office space, and might take away my beloved window view. Cubicle sans window will be sad. Hope it doesn’t happen. Thought about chaining myself to the cubicle walls, but they would probably just move the wall (with me still attached).
I have a finance midterm in 1 week. I know absolutely nothing, as my prof’s lectures are scattered and not very effective. Oy.
Things I am obsessing about:
1) Mom’s house – will it ever be back to normal? Will we ever feel normal there again? Likely not, but we are trying. Also, cleaning out your childhood bedroom is depressing. I have to throw away old stuff really quickly before I wax sentimental about every single object.
2) Chunkiness – will I ever be back to normal size? Last years’ depression + going to school have done wonders to expand my belly. Tonight I work out and maybe tomorrow AM. Also we are power walking through the tunnels at lunchtime tomorrow.
3) Boyfriend – will we ever live in the same town? Oh God, will one of us have to move for the other? Which one? Am I ready for that kind of commitment? (I missss him.)
4) Project Runway – will Santino triumph? I saw the Fashion Week photos and his collection was my favorite by far. But what about Daniel V.?
5) The Bachelor – I liked Moana because she was more sophisticated and sounded smart and oh man, her wardrobe was stunning. But she was so freaking awkward that she gave me bad old bf flashbacks sometimes. Although she had weird hair and was a lil annoying, I’m glad Travis decided on Schoolteacher Sarah.
6) Brussel sprouts are delici-o-so. I had no idea. My dad hated them and wouldn’t allow them in the house, so I was a little afraid, but they are delightful little cabbage-y treats! And the low-fat butter sauce is great! Eat them now!
Here’s a link to Deborah’s wedding photos:
http://www.deborahandlonnie.com/Deborah&Lonnie.html
Note that Erik and I made it into the “slideshow”. Photo #104. Good lord, we are embarrassing. There is also a cute shot of me + Adrienne + Deb + Liz at photo #108.
Love to all!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
oh no i actually mention care bears in this post
I felt it was time for an update, as all my friends are dealing with drama rama, and I am not, so I can blog about stupid topics and try to lighten the mood.
Here’s where I gush about boyfriend, so if this sort of banter makes you want to vomit (admittedly sometimes I feel as though I want to vomit on us too) you should skip ahead:
Last week was Valentine’s Super Fest 2006. I say Super Fest, because it wasn’t just one day, but a whole week of fun, since we live in separate towns (actually living in separate towns totally sucks, but I’m trying to put a positive spin on it). I was delighted to receive a big bouquet of tulips on actual V-day and it was quite a surprise, and really pretty:
Aneil is really good at choosing flowers, and usually opts for something interesting and colorful (i.e. not roses) so I appreciate that.
I also bought a fabulous dress for our special date (Foley’s Red Apple Sale!). I’m pretty irritated because we didn’t take any pictures, and it’s a shame because we looked totally hot. Anywho, we went out for fancy Italian food and I drank a lot of wine and ate a lot of tiramisu, so I went to bed really early (lame I know). My Valentine’s gifts included: 1) another bouquet of flowers, 2) box of candy, 3) box of cookie monster valentines “Me Love You Like Me Love Cookie!” and 4) four tickets to see Built to Spill in May!!! (Yes.) We also got to spend the whole 3 day weekend together and it was just great. I mean, okay, he mostly sat around watching movies and doing math puzzles whilst I did Statistics homework, but it was still great. I love being in love! Yes, “in love”. There, I said it.
(End of gush)
Today isn’t as bad, but yesterday was really really gloomy and foggy and muggy. It was sort of strange, because it was so foggy that in the morning I couldn’t see anything out of my window at work (I am on floor 17). It was like living in a big cloud (a la the Care Bears) but a lot less cheerful and with less cupcakes. Make it was sort of like what it had to have been like at that evil emperor/wizard guy’s cloud castle…you know, the guy who wanted to get everyone to stop caring, for whatever reason. It’s kind of funny, but villains are always just a little too ambitious. Like that guy who wanted everyone in the whole world to stop caring, or the evil devil Tim Curry guy in “Legend” who wanted to rid the universe of all light, or those guys Murky and Lurky who wanted to get rid of Rainbow Brite so they could rid the world of all color. I mean, really. If they would’ve aimed a little lower, say, only rid the world of the colors orange and aquamarine, they would be a lot less disappointed when their evil plot is foiled by the underdog brave hero and/or group of bears with heart noses. Hmm.
Today was sort of boring at work. Everyone was away at meetings or whatever, and I had nothing super scary urgent to do, like I did last week. Now that I’m getting the hang of my new job, I think I need to start adding new tasks to keep me busy. I have a dialog with my boss in a couple of weeks, so maybe we can figure something out. Also, when I’m bored at work it makes me wish I had someone here to flirt with a la Dawn & Tim on The Office. I realize that I just declared that I am in love and whatnot and that’s true, but in a completely hypothetical way, I wish I had an office crush that I could go chat with whilst bored or to just giggle over occasionally and pull pranks with, etc. I am lonely for work best friends too.
Also I am not too angsty about living in Houston, but I am missing best friends a lot. Plus, best friends are vacating quickly. Val left for PA, and Amee is about to leave for DC. I will be left with Maria, who, bless her soul, is going to be studying non-stop through July. Ugh. It just makes me miss friends and want to move to various locations where there is a higher concentration of best friends.
Also, I miss Amanda. I keep brainstorming ideas of what we need to do next time we hang out, because I miss her a lot. Here is the list:
1) Hummus at Niko Nikos
2) Go to the Museum of Contemporary Crafting
3) Burgers at Lankford Grocery
4) Watch a minimum of 3 romantic movies set in various periods.
5) Filipino/Mexican feast that we prepare ourselves
6) Go to Lot 8, the Chloe (from Project Runway) boutique
7) Thrift shopping/Hipster shopping in Montrose
That’s all I have so far, but I am estimating that it will take roughly 1 week to do everything. Hmm. I also want to spend a whole week with Aneil, but I’m hoping to make that happen in May, for his birthday, after school is over. We are thinking about a day trip to Six Flags since I’ve never been there…eep!
I am failing in my attempts to be a weight watcher (sort of). I guess since I don’t do it regularly, and only on the days when I want to obsess and calculate points in everything (including gum) in the nifty spreadsheet, it won’t work. I am just worried because I fear that I am becoming large-ish again. But I love burritos, so I don’t know what to do. I like to think that my constant hunger is a physical manifestation of my hunger for life (!) but I mean, I am a chemical engineer living in Houston, so maybe my hunger for life is not as great as my actual hunger. I’m not too sure. I just know that I ate cobbler today and enjoyed it immensely.
Also failing in my attempts to read 2 or more books per month. Seeing as it’s the end of Feb and I’ve read 1 total, I’m way off track. Wondering if I can catch up this week with a few novellas…hmm. FYI “Fluke” by Christopher Moore was stupid, and probably a waste and probably not worthy of being one of my 2/months. Bleh I hate when that happens, but it still wasn’t as bad as “She’s Come Undone”.
Love yourselves and others as much as possible…
Here’s where I gush about boyfriend, so if this sort of banter makes you want to vomit (admittedly sometimes I feel as though I want to vomit on us too) you should skip ahead:
Last week was Valentine’s Super Fest 2006. I say Super Fest, because it wasn’t just one day, but a whole week of fun, since we live in separate towns (actually living in separate towns totally sucks, but I’m trying to put a positive spin on it). I was delighted to receive a big bouquet of tulips on actual V-day and it was quite a surprise, and really pretty:
Aneil is really good at choosing flowers, and usually opts for something interesting and colorful (i.e. not roses) so I appreciate that.
I also bought a fabulous dress for our special date (Foley’s Red Apple Sale!). I’m pretty irritated because we didn’t take any pictures, and it’s a shame because we looked totally hot. Anywho, we went out for fancy Italian food and I drank a lot of wine and ate a lot of tiramisu, so I went to bed really early (lame I know). My Valentine’s gifts included: 1) another bouquet of flowers, 2) box of candy, 3) box of cookie monster valentines “Me Love You Like Me Love Cookie!” and 4) four tickets to see Built to Spill in May!!! (Yes.) We also got to spend the whole 3 day weekend together and it was just great. I mean, okay, he mostly sat around watching movies and doing math puzzles whilst I did Statistics homework, but it was still great. I love being in love! Yes, “in love”. There, I said it.
(End of gush)
Today isn’t as bad, but yesterday was really really gloomy and foggy and muggy. It was sort of strange, because it was so foggy that in the morning I couldn’t see anything out of my window at work (I am on floor 17). It was like living in a big cloud (a la the Care Bears) but a lot less cheerful and with less cupcakes. Make it was sort of like what it had to have been like at that evil emperor/wizard guy’s cloud castle…you know, the guy who wanted to get everyone to stop caring, for whatever reason. It’s kind of funny, but villains are always just a little too ambitious. Like that guy who wanted everyone in the whole world to stop caring, or the evil devil Tim Curry guy in “Legend” who wanted to rid the universe of all light, or those guys Murky and Lurky who wanted to get rid of Rainbow Brite so they could rid the world of all color. I mean, really. If they would’ve aimed a little lower, say, only rid the world of the colors orange and aquamarine, they would be a lot less disappointed when their evil plot is foiled by the underdog brave hero and/or group of bears with heart noses. Hmm.
Today was sort of boring at work. Everyone was away at meetings or whatever, and I had nothing super scary urgent to do, like I did last week. Now that I’m getting the hang of my new job, I think I need to start adding new tasks to keep me busy. I have a dialog with my boss in a couple of weeks, so maybe we can figure something out. Also, when I’m bored at work it makes me wish I had someone here to flirt with a la Dawn & Tim on The Office. I realize that I just declared that I am in love and whatnot and that’s true, but in a completely hypothetical way, I wish I had an office crush that I could go chat with whilst bored or to just giggle over occasionally and pull pranks with, etc. I am lonely for work best friends too.
Also I am not too angsty about living in Houston, but I am missing best friends a lot. Plus, best friends are vacating quickly. Val left for PA, and Amee is about to leave for DC. I will be left with Maria, who, bless her soul, is going to be studying non-stop through July. Ugh. It just makes me miss friends and want to move to various locations where there is a higher concentration of best friends.
Also, I miss Amanda. I keep brainstorming ideas of what we need to do next time we hang out, because I miss her a lot. Here is the list:
1) Hummus at Niko Nikos
2) Go to the Museum of Contemporary Crafting
3) Burgers at Lankford Grocery
4) Watch a minimum of 3 romantic movies set in various periods.
5) Filipino/Mexican feast that we prepare ourselves
6) Go to Lot 8, the Chloe (from Project Runway) boutique
7) Thrift shopping/Hipster shopping in Montrose
That’s all I have so far, but I am estimating that it will take roughly 1 week to do everything. Hmm. I also want to spend a whole week with Aneil, but I’m hoping to make that happen in May, for his birthday, after school is over. We are thinking about a day trip to Six Flags since I’ve never been there…eep!
I am failing in my attempts to be a weight watcher (sort of). I guess since I don’t do it regularly, and only on the days when I want to obsess and calculate points in everything (including gum) in the nifty spreadsheet, it won’t work. I am just worried because I fear that I am becoming large-ish again. But I love burritos, so I don’t know what to do. I like to think that my constant hunger is a physical manifestation of my hunger for life (!) but I mean, I am a chemical engineer living in Houston, so maybe my hunger for life is not as great as my actual hunger. I’m not too sure. I just know that I ate cobbler today and enjoyed it immensely.
Also failing in my attempts to read 2 or more books per month. Seeing as it’s the end of Feb and I’ve read 1 total, I’m way off track. Wondering if I can catch up this week with a few novellas…hmm. FYI “Fluke” by Christopher Moore was stupid, and probably a waste and probably not worthy of being one of my 2/months. Bleh I hate when that happens, but it still wasn’t as bad as “She’s Come Undone”.
Love yourselves and others as much as possible…
Monday, February 13, 2006
let's have bizarre celebrations
I really intend to post entries all the time, I am just never home. And for those few precious hours I AM home, apparently I find it necessary to watch Project Runway and/or do homework in lieu of blogging. Bleh. Okay so very much has occurred since previous post. I will do my best to provide bulleted lists of events + highlights + personal observations to facilitate ease of reading.
1. I went to Dallas for my friend Deborah’s wedding. I got to ride there with my darling Adrienne (my college roomie) so it was good to catch up with her. I also noted that once we were in the hotel (we shared a room) within 3 minutes it looked exactly like our dorm room. Her side was neat and organized and she had things like lint rollers and hair dryers. Meantime my side was a complete mess and I had items like Junior Mints and 4 pairs of shoes. Oh well. This is basically us:
It’s easy to guess which one I am.
Okay, so we got to Dallas and ate at my favorite Dallas place, Café Brazil. It is one of my favorite breakfast places. In fact, here is where it ranks in my all time top 5 breakfasts list (yes I am truly a fat girl, as I keep track of things like this):
1. The Spinach Frita with fruit and a bagel that I had at Katz's in Austin with Amanda post-SXSW.
2. The breakfast at the hip SF diner in the Mission that Amanda and I chanced upon that had the delicious potatoes and herb cream gravy on the biscuits.
3. The Breakfast Sampler that I would always get on late night trips to IHOP with Brett. Her would always eat my bacon and sausage, but I always got the same thing and it was so fun.
4. Pancake breakfast-in-bed that Aneil made me in Sept. They were perfectly golden brown, and he bought the syrup you heat up in the bottle.
5. El Gordo crepes with Erik.
I was so excited that I took a picture of my delicious El Gordo crepes:
Also I want to point out that I did not take a single picture of the wedding itself. This is because I am a) worthless b) the worst photographer ever and c) hate stopping the action to take pictures when I am enjoying myself. I am assuming that professional photos will be circulating soon so you can all see how gorgeous Deborah looked and whatnot. Meantime here is a sampling of the completely useless pictures I did manage to take:
Erik fusing Flashdance and MC Hammer shit (The Office, anyone? Anyone?):
And myself doing the same thing but trying to do the arm spin move:
Since I have no actual wedding photos here is one of Deb’s bridal portraits so you can check her out. I like this one because it’s sort of artsy:
2. Newest best friend tradition is The Bachelor Monday. I decided to combine it with Taco Tues and came up with Mexican Monday. I made delicious tacos and dessert and my apt was filled to the brim with estrogen. I think in total there were 8 girls and we all yelled catty remarks at the tv the entire time. Yaaay. Last Monday was Chili Dog Monday, and was just as delicious. The Bachelor is so remarkably embarrassing. It’s great. This week was even more mortifying, as the Bachelor visited all the girls’ families. Most of them were mean. Ha.
3. I went to Dallas for Sean’s surprise (sort of) birthday party. Was lovely. I like how now that we are old grownups we are fans of the “dinner party”. Really I think it’s just that me and Carol like to hostess and/or make cakes and appetizers, but whatever. We got to hang out for a long time and there was delicious food and cake and karaoke and good times for all.
4. School has started and is already super-busy. My Statistics prof is methodical and engineer-like so that’s refreshing. My Finance prof is just a mess and her class exasperates me somewhat. Hope I survive the semester.
5. I think I’ve managed to at least stop the westward expansion of my ass, so that’s good. I tried to count weight watchers points like my coworker friend, Karen, but it’s really hard. Apparently I am accustomed to eating 758 points per day, when you are only allowed 22. UGH. Might be a losing battle, but I will fight nonetheless.
6. Why does the song “Relax” by Frankie goes to Hollywood get radio airplay? It is dirty dirty dirty. “relax don’t do it when you want to come…” Yes Frankie, I get it. Gross.
7. Everyone seems to have drama-rama lately but I’m coasting along just fine so that’s sort of made me paranoid. It might just be that I got 28 yrs worth of drama in the last 6 months of 2005, so I am due a break. If you are having drama, I love you so don’t panic. None of us know who/what/with whom/where we want to be, so you’re in good company.
8. I’m currently crazy about Of Montreal. 60’s-esque psych-pop. “What a shock”, you think to yourself.
9. I’m also wild about “Project Runway” and plan to go to Chloe’s shop this weekend…it’s in Rice Village!!! She and Daniel are my favorites, and I’m relieved they sent Nick home. Also sort of love Santino because he has a lot of ideas but no execution skills (like me!)
Okay that’s all for now. I promise to get back to normal posting soon. Smooch.
1. I went to Dallas for my friend Deborah’s wedding. I got to ride there with my darling Adrienne (my college roomie) so it was good to catch up with her. I also noted that once we were in the hotel (we shared a room) within 3 minutes it looked exactly like our dorm room. Her side was neat and organized and she had things like lint rollers and hair dryers. Meantime my side was a complete mess and I had items like Junior Mints and 4 pairs of shoes. Oh well. This is basically us:
It’s easy to guess which one I am.
Okay, so we got to Dallas and ate at my favorite Dallas place, Café Brazil. It is one of my favorite breakfast places. In fact, here is where it ranks in my all time top 5 breakfasts list (yes I am truly a fat girl, as I keep track of things like this):
1. The Spinach Frita with fruit and a bagel that I had at Katz's in Austin with Amanda post-SXSW.
2. The breakfast at the hip SF diner in the Mission that Amanda and I chanced upon that had the delicious potatoes and herb cream gravy on the biscuits.
3. The Breakfast Sampler that I would always get on late night trips to IHOP with Brett. Her would always eat my bacon and sausage, but I always got the same thing and it was so fun.
4. Pancake breakfast-in-bed that Aneil made me in Sept. They were perfectly golden brown, and he bought the syrup you heat up in the bottle.
5. El Gordo crepes with Erik.
I was so excited that I took a picture of my delicious El Gordo crepes:
Also I want to point out that I did not take a single picture of the wedding itself. This is because I am a) worthless b) the worst photographer ever and c) hate stopping the action to take pictures when I am enjoying myself. I am assuming that professional photos will be circulating soon so you can all see how gorgeous Deborah looked and whatnot. Meantime here is a sampling of the completely useless pictures I did manage to take:
Erik fusing Flashdance and MC Hammer shit (The Office, anyone? Anyone?):
And myself doing the same thing but trying to do the arm spin move:
Since I have no actual wedding photos here is one of Deb’s bridal portraits so you can check her out. I like this one because it’s sort of artsy:
2. Newest best friend tradition is The Bachelor Monday. I decided to combine it with Taco Tues and came up with Mexican Monday. I made delicious tacos and dessert and my apt was filled to the brim with estrogen. I think in total there were 8 girls and we all yelled catty remarks at the tv the entire time. Yaaay. Last Monday was Chili Dog Monday, and was just as delicious. The Bachelor is so remarkably embarrassing. It’s great. This week was even more mortifying, as the Bachelor visited all the girls’ families. Most of them were mean. Ha.
3. I went to Dallas for Sean’s surprise (sort of) birthday party. Was lovely. I like how now that we are old grownups we are fans of the “dinner party”. Really I think it’s just that me and Carol like to hostess and/or make cakes and appetizers, but whatever. We got to hang out for a long time and there was delicious food and cake and karaoke and good times for all.
4. School has started and is already super-busy. My Statistics prof is methodical and engineer-like so that’s refreshing. My Finance prof is just a mess and her class exasperates me somewhat. Hope I survive the semester.
5. I think I’ve managed to at least stop the westward expansion of my ass, so that’s good. I tried to count weight watchers points like my coworker friend, Karen, but it’s really hard. Apparently I am accustomed to eating 758 points per day, when you are only allowed 22. UGH. Might be a losing battle, but I will fight nonetheless.
6. Why does the song “Relax” by Frankie goes to Hollywood get radio airplay? It is dirty dirty dirty. “relax don’t do it when you want to come…” Yes Frankie, I get it. Gross.
7. Everyone seems to have drama-rama lately but I’m coasting along just fine so that’s sort of made me paranoid. It might just be that I got 28 yrs worth of drama in the last 6 months of 2005, so I am due a break. If you are having drama, I love you so don’t panic. None of us know who/what/with whom/where we want to be, so you’re in good company.
8. I’m currently crazy about Of Montreal. 60’s-esque psych-pop. “What a shock”, you think to yourself.
9. I’m also wild about “Project Runway” and plan to go to Chloe’s shop this weekend…it’s in Rice Village!!! She and Daniel are my favorites, and I’m relieved they sent Nick home. Also sort of love Santino because he has a lot of ideas but no execution skills (like me!)
Okay that’s all for now. I promise to get back to normal posting soon. Smooch.
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