Hugs not Drugs

Saw this in Porter Square - loved it! Michelle you are right - the 80's are back baby! You may have to click on the picture to make it bigger so you can read the bag - it's the bag that makes the outfit.

I knew if I...

AI Commentary

Suds in a bucket?? WTF? Good lord how is Ace still on the show? COME ON!! Horrid! Did he really just show us his scar? Did PA really just ask about it? The pretty boy has a scar – oooh he’s such a bad boy.

Taylor - Love the song he sang – he rocked. Trouble…worry…oh…worry…worry..worry..worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone…give me love and affection…love, won’t let me go, said love, and I need it so…I’m in trouble. Nice job – well done.

Mary Mary why you buggin’? Mandisa is such a diva! Love her! Holy backside batman the girl can sing! And I mean that in the best way – love her!

Waiting for Chris – waiting – I am about to die with An-Chris-ticipation!!! ***He’s a ROCK STAR*** Swear to Buddha if he sings Guns N Roses at some point (hoping against hope) I will die on my living room floor. I wish these stupid judges would get it straight – Simon is telling him he has gone too far with the rocker stuff but in past weeks he praised him for being true to himself. Whateva Simon – whateva! So what if he was “sharp” the guy is phenomenal to watch!

We simply must have an AI viewing party soon – I can’t watch this alone anymore. It’s pathetic that I’m doing a running commentary on this silly thing. Girls – Dan (if you are still watching it) – let’s set a date.

Sunday Morning Comin' Down

Well I woke up Sunday morning,
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes,
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
An' I shaved my face and combed my hair,
An' stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

I'd smoked my brain the night before,
On cigarettes and songs I'd been pickin'.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid,
Cussin' at a can that he was kicking.
Then I crossed the empty street,
'n caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken.
And it took me back to somethin',
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

In the park I saw a daddy,
With a laughin' little girl who he was swingin'.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school,
And listened to the song they were singin'.
Then I headed back for home,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'.
And it echoed through the canyons,
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

Kris Kristofferson

*Sigh*

So the apartment is a no go. That among other things makes this feel like a true Monday.

Miss my family today.

Newport RI

Took a flying trip to Newport for lunch and a bit of sightseeing. Can't wait to go back when the weather is warmer and we have more time to see the sights!

RIP Buck Owens

I am not 21 years old anymore. While I look 25 (did I stutter?) my 33 year old self can not keep the pace of a 21 year old - I require sleep and lots of water or my motor skills and thought processing ability rapidly decline. It has been fun though so I wouldn't trade a few hours of shut eye for the frivolity.

Yesterday I ate pizza for lunch, dinner, and for our 2nd dinner at 2 AM. Is that wrong? Is it wrong that I almost had a slice for dinner tonight?

Kristin arrived last night around 8 - we had dinner at Nebo’s then went to a pub. Dan thanks for being a great host for the pre game festivities - and for showing us your roof - what a great view!

T-top we missed you!!! Glad we got to see you today and meet your brother and his family - so nice :-)

K and I drug ourselves out of bed this morning and went apartment hunting. The first place we visited was roomy - ridiculously so almost - but the living space and kitchen were kinda funky - but we thought we were sold - almost. The second place I wouldn't live in if it was free. The third appointment started off promising - the agent - Adam - looked like a rock climber/rock band member. The realty office had a "too cool" vibe but in a good way and it was actually a real office. Adam showed us one place that was cheesy - the fake gold chandelier was a big turn off :) and it almost felt like there should have been wall to wall shag carpeting. Kristin noticed a smoky haze in the apartment but clearly the owners didn't smoke - hmmm.

Have to say we liked Adam almost immediately and he's good in my book because he was totally ok with the various four letter words that accidentally slipped out of my mouth. It's not my fault that I cuss inappropiately - I am just a very expressive person :) Anyway - I'm long winded tonight - it's the whole 4 hours of sleep, not 21, thought process problem. Sooooo - Adam showed us the final apartment - and as soon as we walked in we knew it was the one - 2 bedrooms, 2 baths - dining room - lots of light, nice view - freshly painted - perfect. Then to close the deal Adam takes us upstairs to the roof where we stumbled upon roof heaven. The roof is a series of decks with benches and a table and chairs and it overlooks a little park. I have to admit I let out a little scream when I stepped out onto the deck. Kristin started doing her Beyonce dance and Adam, well Adam lit up a smoke and had a moment to himself to enjoy the good work he had done.

So we are keeping our fingers crossed that everything goes through and we get the place.

Stayin' Alive

Luscious Leg of Lamb had the big win tonight at Trivia - 118 points to come in first and win the grand prize - a $30 gift certificate to Kinsale. Here's a Kristi style GOOO TEAM!!! for the win.

In other news - I've been having a pretty good last couple of weeks - almost maniacally happy - having fun - cruising along....

TC and I were walking to the train today and as we were crossing the street I noticed a homeless man pushing a shopping cart - his feet were twisted inward a bit and he kind of shuffled along. In my head I had a moment of "awww" for him and as soon as the thought hit my head my ass hit the ground. My feet - in my freaking clogs - twisted and I fell right in the middle of the freakin' road. I was stunned - I swear if it had been video tapped you would be seeing me win the 10,000 prize on America's Funniest Home Videos. It was like God looked down and said - yep things are going well - I smite thee - bam - I'm gonna drop you like a rock! :-)

Idol Update

Fudge Knocker! I had a whole stupid thing written out and somehow I hit something and it disappeared. So here it goes again ~

Could someone please make a single of Chris D's rendition of Johnny Cash’s Walk the Line? It was smoldering - smoldering - I am going to run out of adjectives to describe his hotness eventually.

Stef and I were talking about how Chris - aka my imaginary boyfriend - exudes this calm quiet confidence that makes him so smoldering. Stef likened his confidence to a saturated sponge - if you were to squeeze him the confidence would drip out. She also gave him a Five Star Review - saying he was more than mere eye candy - but in fact a four course gourmet meal.

Ms. Paula A. seems to have been sneaking into the medicine cabinet again - her eyes looked a little glassy - The girls - Mandisa, Paris, and Katherine did stellar jobs as well.

WTF is up with Paula getting in Simon's face about Taylor's dancing - I thought they were going to have a Dance off. The drama - Drahhhmaahhh!

Kristin countdown - 3 days

Tivo Alert

My favorite little ball of spirit Kristi Yamaoka (the SIU Cheerleader who fell from the pryamid and went out cheering as she was carted off on a stretcher) is making an appearance on Ellen tomorrow. Here's a quote from one of Kristi's (with an "I") fellow cheermates -
"That made me so much better that she was going off cheering," cheerleader Dani (again with an "I") Davis said. "That's totally Kristi. It actually made me cry a little bit to see her still cheering."

I just have one thing to say - It's totally Kristi - totally.

File this under U for useless information

A few weeks ago I cooked some green beans. I ate some of them and put the pan and the leftover green beans in the fridge. When I finally cleaned out the fridge Saturday morning I had a nice surprise. The beans were no longer green - they were shriveled up, black, and stuck to the pan. So I put the pan in the sink and filled it with water. When I got back to it on Sunday an amazing thing happened - the beans not only puffed back up from their former shriveled state but they turned back to Green. I don't know what kind of voodoo magic happened in my sink but I thought it was pretty amazing. I am also easily amused so that may have something to do with my reaction.

It's never Dark Enough

Props to Dan who came up with the best saying of the week - It's never dark enough. So let's see where to start - we've been super co-dependent over the last week - and I am seriously already experiencing withdrawal. Without being too sentimental I just have to say thank you to everyone for A) getting me out of the house B) bringing me out of my winter blues C) being so great and so much fun!! Went to Quincy for St. Patrick's Day - had a great time at the Half Door. We went to an art show last night - got to hang out in a giant bee hive. Had brunch today and then back to the Littlest Bar for a Sunday wrap up. Kristin is coming into town on Friday!!!!! Can't wait!!! Get ready Ms. K!

Silver and Gold

Spin the Lime

We almost kicked butt at trivia tonight - but "Jeff's Scrotum" fell in the last round.

It's official

Chris D. just rocked the house on AI. They saved the best for last; he is so smoking HOT. I would sell my soul for a ticket to his concert. I would sell my soul for a drop of sweat from his bald head. Too much information? Probably.

And the angel descended from the ladder - and God said it was good

This morning Tom asked me if I wanted to run upstairs with him to check something out - but first we had to stop on the 3rd floor because he needed to talk to Jimmy. Jimmy is an electrician who does work at the different buildings - I've never met him. So there I am in the room with Tom and Jimmy - Jimmy's up on a ladder - top half of his body up in the ceiling working on the wiring.... I'm staring straight up the ladder being nosy - looking at what he's doing - and he starts to come down the ladder. Jimmy turns around to face us and I knew there was a God. A very good one indeed. Jimmy was so pretty I couldn't look at him - All I could do was supress the need to laugh like a little girl - but knew that would be TOTALLY inappropriate! So I uh look at the floor - look at the wall - look at anything but the Jimmy. He reminded me of the gardener on Desperate Housewives but buffer and hotter. Tom and I get on the elevator and Tom has this shit eating grin on his face and I start with the little girl laugh - can't supress it anymore. Tom apparently set me up - figured I'd enjoy the view. He was right - hate him! Just kidding :-)

Sunday

Weekend Pics

Too Funny

Snooky has this pic posted on her blog (her link is on my page) and it made me laugh so hard I almost spit my food out of my mouth!

I was wrong

Apparently the new phrase for AI is not color of your voice but rather Blueprint of your life. I feel sorry for Paula sometimes - it's like she has no control of what comes out her mouth. Pleased with the top 12 - of course mostly I'm just pleased I get to see Chris D for yet another week.

Shout out to my family - wish I could be there next week with J & J! Miss you and love you all!

The Sopranos starts on Sunday and we don't have HBO - I feel a little desperate.

Friday - Friday - Friday! Getting ready for the Shamrock Showdown next Friday- Emma, Jenna, and Amanda's first roller derby bout. While they won't be skating on the 17th - it'll still be fun to watch!

Ooops - Ambien is in the news - My favorite prescription drug just made the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers. Drivers say they don't remember driving after taking the pill. Hello??? Do they not read the warning label? I can't comprehend how the hell they are able to walk to their car after they take it. I can't even walk to my bed if I take it in the living room.

Goooooo TEAM!

Did anyone see the SIU cheerleader who fell from the top of the pyramid and broke her neck?

On her way out - in a C-collar - on a stretcher - she found the spirit (we've got spirit yes we do, we've got spirit, how bout you?) to actually continue the cheer with her wee lil cheerleader hands!

I'm super glad she's ok (Gimme an S - Gimme an U -Gimme an P -Gimme an E -Gimme an R) honestly I am but it was ...disoncerting (?) to see her cheering while being carted off by the EMT's. She's going to make a full recovery and that truly is G R E AT .....G-R-E-A-T!!!

Dondo the Magiclown

Had an interesting encounter with a clown today. Alex, Andrea and I went to Salem to check out Salem State for Andrea and we had lunch at Rockafellas. On Saturdays the good folks at Rockafellas bring in a clown for the kiddies. I have a problem with clowns for lots of reasons...I got to add a new reason to my list today. I wanted a picture of the clown's setup because his name was...interesting - Dondo. I wonder now if maybe he's an Italian clown....at any rate....I went up to Dondo's platform and asked him if I could take a picture. He looked at me suspiciously (I already had my lie made up in my head - not sure why I did this other than survival instinct told me to have a lie ready). So he eyes me up and down and says, "Why do you want a picture?" Now I wanted to say..dude you're a clown...isn't that part of your deal...people take pictures of you and your clowness? Instead I went straight to my lie. I said, "I want it for my niece" (I don't have a niece). He replied - "Where's your niece?" I said at home and she likes clowns. He said, "What's she doing at home?" I was like..uh hanging out. Dondo the Magiclown then proceeds to tell me that "people" take pictures of clowns to steal things in the act and he had to be careful. Who knew there was a black market kinda thing for clown acts. I'm thinking to myself, "Do I look like a clown? Fatso the Clown? Do I look like I perform at birthdays and I'm trying to move in on your territory? In the end he let me take a picture of him juggling and I snuck in a pic of what I wanted in the first place...his platform. Enjoy the pictures. Creepy ass clown! On a side - note a lesson came into clear view today - we were asking people for directions today and during our slow drive up the streets of Salem and Lynn we were carefully looking for the right person to ask and I was about to pull over to ask a pedestrian for directions when I noticed he was having a pleasant conversation with himself. So lesson number one for asking directions - never, under any circumstances, ask someone for directions if they are having a conversation with one of their alternate personalities. I'm available for your next birthday....give me a holla and I'll be there with a big red nose, floppy shoes, and my Mini clown car. I can make balloon animals, creep out your kids, and juggle knives.

How High Do You have to be

After watching the results show on American Idol tonight ( my DVR did NOT record last night's show so I missed hotter than hot Chris sing) I just have one question - how high do you have to be to be a judge on AI? It seriously looked like P.A. was flying higher than a kite.

On another "I watch too much TV" front - I love LOST but honestly can someone please kill off Claire and her damned baby. I am so sick of her prattling on about her friggin baby!!! Not only does she only have lines that have the words "my baby" in them but she says it in the most annoying accent EVER!!! Please someone - have mercy - make "The Others" take them away. In addition - have you seen the way she holds/carries/bounces that bloody baby? I'm having flashbacks of that dreadful Michael Jackson interview where he's holding his baby - the one called Blanket, covered in a veil, feeding it a bottle, and bouncing it around like a giant red playground ball! Get these freaks into a parenting class for pete's sake!

On a positive TV note - Scrubs had two great episodes. The second was especially good.

I have more TV to watch...over and out.

N