Edee's Little Eden

Danny DeVino

2006-12-01T16:20:00.000-08:00

I have to try me one of those limoncellos!

http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=1&pmmsid=1779309

as well as party with George

Casino Royale

2006-11-26T18:12:00.000-08:00

I finally got out to see the new James Bond movie - and despite a past entry where I was questioning the talent of Daniel Craig. I would like to retract anything negative I wrote about him. He is by far the best bond ever. Very cool. He didn't have to depend on any those gadgety devices, he just kicked asses on his own.

Also, I am a big fan of the bad guys in movies (so far no one can top Mr Smith). The bad guy in this flick (who cried blood) , Le Chiffre, is very cool.

The way it ended, is more of a continuation ..so looking forward to the next movie.

Definate thumbs up!

The original Office

2006-11-17T09:17:00.000-08:00

The Office - David Brent Dance

As much as I love the Office , the original BBC Office is still my favorite.
Here is one of the many memorable episodes....

enjoy!!

Oh Crap!

2006-11-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

I get up early, made the coffee, fed the dog, scarfed down my oatmeal,
raced in to work early. I sit down at my cube, turn on my computer, and then I notice
this odd smell. Look around , then look at the soles of the shoes..oh damn it..I stepped in dog shit.

What a way to start the day...serenity now!!

Keep the Faith

2006-11-11T16:21:00.000-08:00

Faith Hill Poor Loser at CMA (close - up)

Was she kidding or not with this reaction?? It is funny either way.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T16:18:00.000-08:00

Fried Coke

2006-10-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

"A view of a new fast food making its debut at U.S. fairs this fall. Ping-pong-sized balls of batter made with Coca-Cola syrup are deep-fried, then served in a cup, topped with more Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry on the top. (State Fair of Texas/Handout/Reuters) "

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to fairs - I guess the deep fried snickers just weren't enough for the fair folks , they wanted to wash it down with a deep fried coke..

D List Celebrity Sitings...

2006-10-21T06:26:00.000-07:00

So we wen to the casino last night and had a late dinner then a latte. I hate gambling but
do enjoy the shows and food. so my husband wanted to play some slots, so me and my friend were chatting and we look over and see all of these lights and camera crews, etc. Apparently it was the casino's 10th anniversary and there was a bunch of celebrities there to have attend a private celebrity event.

So we meander over to where all of the flash bulbs are going off and see what constitutes a "celebrity event" in Connecticut at in Indian Casino in the middle of the woods...okay so all of a sudden these women start screaming! I thought , oh my god, George Clooney must be here. So we get up close and personal not to George, but to the guy who played Shaggy in Scooby Doo..ya major disappointment.

Then we wait a few minutes and see Joan Allen ( okay she was cool, she was the great Bourne Identity Sagas...so she is not D list..i admit). She was very nice, when people called her name she came over. She is very pretty but very, very skinny. (yes that is the blurry pix of her)

Then the next guy to come down the red carpet was the guy who played the boss on Drew Carey..Craig Ferguson..He is the other photo there.

So as the celebrity sitings were clearly going down hill at that point, we cut our loses and got out.

I guess Carmen Electra was there and walked right by me, didn't see her though..sorry guys..

Turkey Break

2006-10-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

So I am driving out from getting my blood drawn early in the morning before work, as I round the corner, I see 3 huge ugly ass birds.

It took a minute or so to realize these things were turkeys. They ran into this yard and joined the rest of their pack (gaggle?or is that ducks? ).

They had to be making a break for it , with Thanksgiving coming up and all.

Fall in New England

2006-10-07T14:45:00.000-07:00

Even though we New Englanders bitch about the winter blizzards and the summer heat waves, you can never hear one complaint in the fall.

Having the 4 seasons is a great thing...So even though we haven't reached the foliage peak yet, me and hubbie went for a cruise out to Litchfield County (where the Hilfighers of the world have their "weekend" houses) and enjoyed the fall foliage. Here is some of what we enjoyed..

Crentist the Dentist

2006-10-07T06:08:00.000-07:00

The Office - Season 3 Episode 3

who do you look like?

2006-10-02T10:38:00.001-07:00

So I tried this photo upload thing where they match you up with the
celebrity you look the most like...
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/celebrities.php

so ya, um...I didn't get matched with Heidi Klum , go figure, instead I got
matched with the bitch that got arrested on Lost. WTF????
Let me know who get matched with and if it is accurate. It may be accurate for me but maybe I am in denial.(?) I will keep trying different photos of myself until Cindy Crawford comes up, or someone better than that chick at least.

I left work at lunch and came home just to get the hell out of there. I had a headache before noon so knew I had to make a break for it. So I am blogging and watching some MTV. I can't believe Paris Hilton has ANOTHER video on MTV.

new emoticon

2006-09-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

My super powers seemed to have worn off..but I may take
a new shape soon.....

Slow News Day..

2006-09-22T17:06:00.000-07:00

Slow news day..so I stole this from Tiggerlane

Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Gap Salesgirl- in high school, loved the 40% discount but would be falling asleep
on the racks by 9:00 at night., so I was kind of fired. Well the manager was passive aggressive so she just cut my hours to nothing. We had to fold things and then measure to make sure they were like 12" or some thing..

2. Worked concession stand on the beach. - got cotton candy in one those old-time machines (my boss was so cheap, the thing was 100 years old). There was a rubber band thingie that whipped around real fast and turned the sugar into cc. It would hit your hand and hurt like hell when you were
trying to get the candy on the stick.

3. boring insurance job

4. then another boring insurance job

Four movies I could watch over and over:

1. Back to the Future - love MJ Fox
2. Office Space
3. Blue Streak - Martin Lawrence is so underrated!
4. Christmas Vacation - funniest Vacation movie of all of them. Randy Quaid is the best!

Four Places I have lived:

1. CT
2. CT
3. CT
4. CT

Four things I like to do:

1. Watch UConn Basketball (it is best when they beat Duke)
2. Having a nice dinner and cocktail with hubby
3. Playing with my dog
4. Movies (hard to find a good comedy these days)

Four of my favorite foods:

1. Calamari
2. Sushi
3. Pizza
4. Cold Stone ice cream

Four places I would like to be right now: (yes they all revolve around booze and grub)

1.On sunny South Beachwith a pina colada in hand and my hubbie on the chaise lounger next to me.
2. in Atlanta, Having a drink with my best friend who I wished lived closer!
3. in NYC , having a cocktail and dinner at my fave restaurant after a great day of shopping in Soho.
4. Walking along the Cliff Walk in Newport RI

Four websites I visit daily:

1. Waiterrant
2. The Big Question
3. Tinapopo and Baby Jewels
4. Think Frustrated

Four places I have been on vacation:

1. South Beach, FL
2. San Diego, CA
3. Cairo, Egypt
4. San Francisco, CA

Free Dog the Bounty Hunter

2006-09-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

I know this story is a few days old, but I get pissed off every time I see anything about it. I love Dog and his team..the show is great.
and they seem like great people.

Tonight on A&E they are having a special "The Family Speaks" about the night the US Marshalls busted into their house in the middle of the night and arrested a man for getting a serial rapist off the streets.

I thought people were arrested because they were deviants who danger to society. So are we safer with this man and his associates behind bars???

What is Mexico bitching about anyway? Did they want a serial rapist living amongst them - drugging and raping their women? Don't they understand he made the world safer for them as well??

So pissed off..this is what happens when you do good deeds - you get screwed. I could go on and on about this...

Miller Time

2006-09-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

I may be Madrid bound

2006-09-16T10:29:00.000-07:00

They say the best way to look skinny is to stand next to fat folks. Well with this ban on skinny models in Spain, this is one way to rid a country of those sickly, bone -sticking- out- of- their-backs waifs, and look thinner in comparison when standing next to normal sized women.

That is a country I need to move to ,I think.

Look at her boney arm, how does she have enough strength to even hold up her cigarettes as she chain smokes through the day. There certainly isn't enough muscle on those limbs to hold up a grande Starbucks coffee....

Viva La Spain!!

Kids These Days

2006-07-10T19:41:00.000-07:00

So we stopped at a gas station somewhere in Mass. on our way home from Boston.
I was sitting in the car as my hubbie pumped the gas. This mother walks in front of my car with her son, out of the Mobil Mart towards their minivain. Then she stops turns around and yells to her daughter (about 5 or 6, I am bad at guessing kid's ages) "Come on Hannah!!". The girl is in the store behind the glass door just glaring at her mother. The mother yells "Hannah!! One...Two.." Then the little girl opens the door and yells "I am not leaving until you buy me a toy!!" All while eating the sugary lollipop thing in her hand. Then her mother "Come On Hannah, I just put the movie in, it is starting" . She is still not moving. then her mother starts counting again slowly and finally the little bitchy girl walks over to the car.

What is going on with kids these days???????????? They are now making demands and have conditions about returning into a car??? I just laughed and shook my head in disgust. This kid had no respect at all for her parents and I don't blame her. Her mother should have went over, smacked that candy out of her hand rather than rewarding her with a movie.

People wonder why their kids are out of control with no sense of discipline whatsoever. So disgusting..

Happy 76th Anniversary!

2006-07-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

Who would ever turn down a twinkie they are the best. They are up there with devil dogs, ring dings and my fave - Suzy Q's ( Have you tried them frozen? delic!)

Finally a food that I can relate to and be inspired to cook with!! This cookbook includes a recipe for a Twinkie Lasagna which I think sounds fabulous.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13615747/

I think I read somewhere else that if you covered a room entirely with twinkies it would become soundproof - or maybe that was egg cartons? Twinkies also can last forever and would survive a nuclear war.

They are incredible! Happy 76th anniversary Twinkie, looking forward to 76 more!!

Global Warming

2006-06-28T18:41:00.000-07:00

Messages from Water

2006-06-02T19:08:00.000-07:00

So I watched the most interesting movie last night - What the %$!! do we know ?? It is about quantum physics, and how things effect us. So this guy Emoto did an experiment called Messages from Water. After seeing water react to different environmental conditions, pollution and music, Mr. Emoto and colleagues decided to see how thoughts and words affected the formation of untreated, distilled, water crystals, using words typed onto paper by a word processor and taped on glass bottles overnight. He then froze it and took photos of it. Here is what the water that had THANK YOU taped on looks like. This is the water with LOVE taped to it. ..and now this one said " You make me sick , I will kill you" ...so interesting , don't you think???

Point being is - since we are made up of 90% water, how does this effect us???

So I was at the gym today and and I was on the stairmaster from hell. There was no where to put my bottle of water as there is this pyramid shaped thing on what should be a flat shelf surface to put your stuff. so I tried to place the bottle on the edge but of course once I started cranking on it , the damn bottle fell off. I didn't want to stop and get off the machine as I was in a groove, so Ieft it there until I was done. I was looking at it every 5 mins or so just to make sure the cap was on tight and no water was spilling out of it.

So every 5 mins or whenever there was a commerical in the sox game, I would look over at it. So I go to look , and the damn bottle isn't there! I am dripping with sweat and so looking forward to that cold bottle or refreshing water. so I am looking all over the floor for it - then I realize that it is actually back on the edge of my machine!!!!! So I am thinking some nice person took pity on me and put it there while I was intently watching the sox. All I want to say is THANK YOU!!

X-Men 3

2006-05-29T06:47:00.000-07:00

Went to see X-Men 3 this weekend..and all I can say is AWESOME. I don't know why they are giving Brett Ratner such a hard time. It did stay true at a high level to the comic books, I guess. But the first two already set up some non-marvel comic book story lines. For example, Rogue....she was actually kind of raised by Mystique. She was with Magneto for a awhile, then they broke up and she then started up with Gambit (who I think is the one throwing those wierd arrow things at Wolverine in this flick). I don't think she ever had a crush on Wolverine. Anyway....definately go see it. I am looking forward to the next one already!!

It is beautiful here in CT. We went up to Newport for the day yesterday. It was packed as expected, but nice. Ate a Bowen 22,(service was so bad, won't be going there again, even though the food was good ) - and for the first time didn't buy anything!! I am putting myself on a shopping hiatus for a little while....

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The American Idol winner should be..

2006-05-25T03:50:00.000-07:00

ya, ya Taylor won American Idol. I stopped watching when Chris was booted. He was the only one with any talent. Tayler and Mcphee - please...they will both have the career of Fantasia.

I think the most entertaining person on AI was Paula Abdul.
check it out

Oops , she did it again

2006-05-17T03:14:00.000-07:00

Oh Brit - for the love of heaven
You should really leave the parenting to Kevin
Ya he is Vegas spending all of your money
screwing his new honey
but at least he doesn't drive with a baby on his lap

but then again I don't think I have ever seen him with the kid.
Just turn the baby seat so it is facing backwards, as recommended.
I will be amazed if this kids makes it to nursery school in one piece
at this rate..

Favorites

2006-05-16T03:30:00.000-07:00

Not much to say today so I took this from flounder...

10 Favorites
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite Color: pink
Favorite Time: weekends
Favorite Food: pizza (even though I rarely eat it)
Favorite Drink: anytype of chardonnay
Favorite Ice Cream: ben and jerry's phish food
Favorite Place: the beach anytime of year
Favorite Sport: baseball and college basketball
Favorite Actor: vince vaughn - so funny
Favorite Actress: don't really have one..i like all of drew barrymore's movies though
Favorite TV show: 24!!!!!!!!!!

9 Currents
Current Feeling: stressed and it is only 6:30 am
Current Drink: coffee
Current Time: 6:30am
Current Show on TV: news
Current Mobile used: some crappy sprint phone, I need to upgrade soon
Current Windows Open: yahoo home page
Current Clothes: sweats, have to get ready for work soon though
Current Thought: god, i have to go back to that hell hole atain today?

8 Firsts
First Nickname: didn't have one
First Kiss: don't recall
First Crush: probably Scott Baio.
First Best Friend: Nancy
First Vehicle I Drove: Reliant K (remember those bad boys??)
First Job: at a fast food joint on the beach
First Date: don't recall.
First Pet: cat named Kitty

7 Lasts
Last Drink: coffee
Last Kiss: hubbie
Last Meal: oatmeal with banana
Last Web Site Visited: cnn
Last Movie Watched: MI3 (so bad, don't see it)
Last Phone Call: my hubbie
Last TV show Watched: the tonight show.

6 Have You Ever...
Have You Ever Broken the Law: yup
Have You Ever Been Drunk: yup
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: yup
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire: no
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: I think so
Have You Ever Broken Anyone's Heart: unfortunately yes..

5 Things

Things You Can Hear Right Now: my washing machine, tv, doggie
Things On Your Bed: the normal stuff.
Things You Ate Today: oatmeal and coffee.
Things You Can't Live Without: (besides my dog and hubbie): my kieh's body lotion, chocolate, red sox
Things You Do When You Are Bored: blog, read, exercise

4 Places You Have Been Today:
still haven't left the house..too early

3 Things On Your Desk Right Now
loads of papers that need to be filed.
my camera is charging

1 Place You Want To Visit
South Africa

Hmmm...Giving chimps a bad name

2006-05-14T06:28:00.000-07:00

This is a tough call
I will have to go with the latter...

and you gotta love this..someone better check with their husband before
making their own opinions known..uh-oh....

I'm Back

2006-05-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

I am back!..unfortunately..what is this about me always taking vacations? I only went away for a weekend way back in Feb, that doesn't count as a vacation!

Had perfect weather in the 80's every day. got a nice tan , ate some great food. No clam fritters this time, just some nice stone crabs, great shopping, just great everything!

I even worked out every day. Since our hotel didn't have more than a bowflex machine, we bought a one week membership at the Delano. Nothing but gorgeous people working out..ugh! Some 6 foot skinny blonde model bitch was working out with a trainer next to me , towering over my hobbit ass,I am just thinking "why the hell is she here?"

The only bad part was being molested by the "female" security person going to Miami. They did the whole pat down , and searched the luggage, I was so pissed..but the trip got better after that.

anyway.....it is so tough to be back in this shitty rainy new england weather.

Miami Here I Come!

2006-04-27T19:26:00.000-07:00

I am heading out to South Beach for a week.

Can't wait to get out of here and relax on the beach with a nice pina colada....

details when I get back!

summer memories

2006-04-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

As spring begins every year, I always think of the first job I ever had. I was 16 and worked at a popular public beach burger stand. I really worked the hardest at that job probably than any other job I had.

Working there did have a lotof nice perks though -
During my breaks I could stick my feet in the ocean, or if it was raining, I could wander over to the arcade and play me some pac-man. I had an unlimited supply of bubble gum at my disposal.
If I got out late, I could saunter over to the bar on the boardwalk and try out one of my many fake ids and grab a beer. Or better yet one of my best buddies like ABK would bring me one so I could have a sip as I sat bored behind the counter on a Saturday night.

I worked my ass off at that job. I worked 50 - 60 hours a week, at times it was over 100 degrees behind the grill, and I went home smelling like clam fritters most of the time. We had a cash register that was an antique, which required me to calculate everything in my head, yes very refreshing in this day and age - considering not one teenager in town today at any store can give me correct change without the machine telling them how much..but I digress..
I don't really know why I worked that hard - the thrill of a new job? my strong work ethic? my fear of disappointing the boss?

I went back to that beach last year. I walked down the boardwalk to visit the old beach stand and it wasn't there! It was torn down and they built a little playground where it used to live.

I know now at work if I start to get stressed out - I think will it really matter in five years? Will this place be around? If it is, will this issue you are workig on impact anything? I doubt it. You will be able to walk down your boardwalk and wonder why you were ever stressed out over the long line out to the sand in the first place.

Reason #57 my mailman hates me

2006-04-17T19:31:00.000-07:00

I came home at lunch today a little late - about 1:30. Usually the mailman comes
about 1pm on the dot daily. So I notice the time, and went to go get the mail. As I open
the front door , I see two eyes staring back at me. I scream !! Then realize it is
the mailman standing there expressionless with my mail. He has a hateful look on his face ( I have never seen this man smile ever). I open the door then he throws the mail at me and
leaves.

I guess I offended him? Not sure but this is why I need to invent some type of mailbox that changes color when the mail is actually in the box. Then I can be absolutely sure something is in there before I venture out and offend anyone.

Sunday Drive

2006-04-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

Finally some beautiful spring weather..first time this year got to get out and go topless I...meant the car....(disclaimer: make, model and color of the car actually used not represented in photo)

Looking forward to more days like this as well as opening day for the Red Sox

So we had to make the final decision this weekend about our vacation plans in a couple weeks. We were planning on going to hawaii for 2 weeks. Kind of a belated honeymoon type thing since for many reasons we didn't get to do it then. So I have been following the hawaii news and weather for the last month or so and it has been raining there like crazy. It never rains there but there has been some low pressure system there that won't move.

Apparently dams were breaking in Kaui and the worst news came a couple days ago when millions of gallons of RAW SEWAGE was dumped into the water there. Actually right into the water that the resort we were supposed to be staying in! So no swimming there for a few months..that and everything being flooded out prompted us to cancel the vacation. ugh!! I think we averted a shitty vacation..(literally..)

Decided to go back to South Beach for a week and try again for hawaii at the end of year. So we will see..

Back from the Big Apple

2006-03-28T17:31:00.000-08:00

Just got back from the big apple - here of some of the things I encountered:

weirdest thing: Inthe middle of times square, a guy standing in his underwear that said "naked cowboy", cowboy boots and a guitar.

most disgusting: on the subway, there was a guy in a suit reading the paper picking his nose (and flicking) like he was digging for gold. It went on for a good 10 minutes and I thought I was going to throw up. (the lady sitting next to him actually got up and came to sit next to me)

most pompous thing heard: in the elevator, this old guy asked to press floor 13 which I did. Then he said "you never see the 13th floor in a hotel, usually you go from 12th to 14th. You would never see that in any of my buildings! "

best sushi :at Tao Restaurant

most expensive art : in Soho, went into a gallery where there was a huge painting of a bottle holding used paint brushes with paint everywhere, going for over $5000.

a few days in NYC..priceless...

2006-03-24T04:02:00.000-08:00

Sunday Night

2006-03-20T16:37:00.001-08:00

I am so tired...so I decided to paint my dining room, by myself last night. I had the window open for a while but then was nervous that if I left it open all night that my pipes would freeze and burst.

Ask me how I know this can happen....it is very embarassing when you have to call someone to come fix the pipe after it burst and they ask you repeatedly if you were away for the weekend and when you say no, they ask well didn't you know that it was cold out last night? translation: to quote the Vacation movie, "What do you got, manure for your brains?"

So I was nervous about the freezing weather so I closed the windows. The fumes were getting bad, so I read the paint container (why did I wait so long?) and it mentioned that I needed ventilation. So I then opened the windows again, and froze my ass off all night.

It just so happens that I am getting free HBO last night, so I froze my ass off, while inhaling the paint fumes watching Spanglish at 3 in the morning....so tired...

Nail Biter for UConn

2006-03-17T19:03:00.000-08:00

For the love of god, Uconn barely got by their first round game against Albany. That was the most stressful game I have ever watched. If they play like that on Sunday I am renouncing my alumniship and all that goes with it. Ya, the $25 a year I donate will be greatly missed..

The girls tournament starts Sunday, I hope they do better.

I need to go drown my stress in some green beer!

Coke Blak

2006-03-14T18:30:00.000-08:00

You can wash down the krispy kreme burger with this...the soon to be released Coke Blak.

Coca-Cola Blāk is an invigorating and stimulating blend that has a perfect balance of the effervescent taste sensation of Coca-Cola and natural flavors, with real coffee. The lightly carbonated, mid-calorie beverage, which is designed to appeal to adult consumers, is yet another example how The Coca-Cola Company reaches out to new audiences and addresses new beverage occasions.

So first they are combining donuts and hamburgers, now coffee and coke. so basically you are having a "heart clogging" brunch special..what will be combined next? I am thinking bacon and ice cream? pancakes and hot dogs?

Thanks for keeping us the most unhealthy country...if we aren't then we will be very shortly. We will just retain the title for most obese...

Is this what heaven tastes like?

2006-03-11T09:41:00.000-08:00

This is amazing. This is the greatest team combination - donuts and hamburgers together..Genius! Krispy Kreme Burger!!! Krispy Kreme is making a hamburger! Hold on to your arteries and get ready for the description: consists of a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon. The burger is then placed in between each side of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut.

There is some bad news - it is only being sold at some minor league baseball stadium for the Gateway Grizzlies.. The other bad news is that is contains roughly 1,000 calories and 45 grams of fat.

Project Runway finale - Chloe?

2006-03-09T04:30:00.000-08:00

I would drink too if I were a Hogwart

2006-03-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

Do not tell Dumbledore, but I think Hermione is drinking a Corona...Maybe she is still depressed about Ron Weasley not asking her to that dance.
She used her magic to create a fake id, as she is 15 and the drinking age in the UK is 18.

She is well on her way to Lindsay Lohen Land, otherwise known as drunkville, which is one short stop before whoreville. Only Harry can help her now..

Prince is back..

2006-03-03T03:58:00.000-08:00

So ya, I was sitting right there a few days ago, and last night I was shoveling the snow off my walk...piss me off...but I digress..

I just heard the new Prince song - still haven't decided if I like it. The video is pretty good, he looks exactly the same as he did in the 80's.

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm Baaaack

2006-02-28T17:55:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I came back from Miami to this friggin' cold weather in Connecticut. I was basking on the beach 2 days ago, now I am bundled up in ten layers of cold.. but anyway
The Miami Food and Wine festival was excellent!

Rachel Ray was there - she is much thinner in person, she put on a demo at the end of the festival, hence the blurry pix.. Had some issues with the camera after a couple hours of wine tasting..

Then some entertainment for Alistair there are the vodka girls as well as the acrobat girl there...

And then the best is the Peeps tree!! The Peeps booth was great. They had a melted chocolate fountain that you dipped your Peep in. It melted in your mouth...so good! Balancing your wine glass while eating this was more of the challenge.

Talk to you next week!

2006-02-23T03:48:00.000-08:00

I will not be posting until next week - going on a mini vacation. I am heading to South Beach tonight for the wine and food festival!!

So talk to you bitches next week!

Will the real Emily Hughes please stand up

2006-02-22T03:48:00.000-08:00

When did the American Pie band chick start figure skating? They claim she is the younger sister of Sarah Hughes but I don't believe it.

"There was this one time in skating camp..."

80's movies and Helpful Sites..

2006-02-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

I was watching the cheesy 80's movie Some Kind of Wonderful the other night. I always thought that Mask boy, ,Eric Stoltz was ugly, so never really loved the movie. He looked better on Will and Grace last year. I do believe I enjoyed that movie back then for some reason.. Was that because we didn't have much other choice back then? There were alot of those movies - the Molly Ringwald years with Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink,, and Sixteen Candles - then the S.E. Hinton movies withThe Outsiders, Rumblefish and then the standalone Goonies.
Check out the Goonies reunion I loved that movie!

A couple other unrelated websites that you might find helpful....

1. For all of you that have been left on hold forever with customer service. You are already aggregevated enough since you have a problem, then you call the number and end up on hold for 20 minutes which just increases your frustration.
http://gethuman.com/us/

2. You can get send your own insult to the President for $20 (and most likely some FBI file and phone tapping thrown in for free) http://www.insultthepresident.com/?page_id=14

Now you can return to regularly scheduled blog programming...

Dress Code

2006-02-17T17:47:00.000-08:00

I don't usually talk about my work place - mostly because it is so boring... But I can't let the people that work there get away with out a comment or two. I am talking about dressing appropriately. Just some things that need to be added to the corporate dress code:

Under no circumstances should leggings or tights be considered pants. Especially for women with 120% body fat. Lycra can only hold for so long - you are just asking for some laws of physics to be broken. Tucking your t-shirt into said leggings, is also discouraged. This only accentuates the problem.
Those long sweaters that go down to your calves or ankles. Only tall, thin women look good in these, and I think this look is pretty passe now anyway. For the most part they really look like bathrobes on the short, squat women who are wearing them at my workplace.
If you exercise during lunch, good for you. I know you joggers who like to run around the building at lunch get hot. But for the love of god, keep your shirts on! I had to go out to my car at lunch and saw some man-boobs go bouncing by. That is just not right. (Someone needed the mansierre.)
Sneakers and jeans that are ripped with holes (not the cool kind that kids are paying $200/pair for) , but the kind that just came in from the garden..all dirty..nasty. Would you even send your kids to school looking like that? with dirty clothes? Yet you want to enter a Fortune 500 company and attend meetings like this? I know it is casual Friday and all but that is pushing it.
anyone wearing perfume should not be allowed in the building.

"Vice President Dick Cheney, while hunting wild geese in the Rose Garden, accidentally shot President Bush twice, once in the heart and once in the head. "I didn't really shoot the President twice," said Cheney. "The second time I shot him, I was president. It wasn't until my third shot, where I accidentally shot my own foot, that I had shot the president twice." Steve Martin

Short and Sweet!

2006-02-15T04:39:00.000-08:00

Snow Day

2006-02-13T02:50:00.000-08:00

Well out here in Connecticut, we got almost two feet of snow. It was so warm here in January, but now we just got hammered. My poor dog can't even shit in the yard, as the snow is higher than her ass, so I have to walk her on the plowed roads. Yes the D.O.T. did too good of job in their plowing - have to go to work today..thanks guys!!

Brit Part Two - Not her fault!

2006-02-09T18:12:00.000-08:00

Part Two - Looks like it wasn't Britney's fault after all...phew...it was the paparazzi. They forced the baby on her lap, started her car, and made her drive away. I knew there was a logical explanation.

...upon more reflection, Brit is accepting some of the responsibility. “It's kind of like I made a mistake and so it is what is, I guess,” she told Tony. That being said, she's not taking all the blame. “Being put in the situation that I was in, it was kind of bad with the paparazzi,” she explained. “Last week, my mom and me went out and they were on us really bad, so it's just, you do instinctively what you need to do.”...

Hit me baby one more time..

2006-02-07T20:37:00.000-08:00

Oops she did it again..and I am sure it won't be the last time.

There are so many things wrong with this photo...
I am at a loss..

Gym Etiquette, Big Momma, and a Regular Pepsi please

2006-02-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

I am at the gym, trying to run my 3.5 miles on the treadmill, when out of no where I see this guy get on the treadmill next to me. The gym I go to is pretty good size, there are 3 rows treadmills, about 24 in total. I was in the back row, and the first 2 rows were empty . So rather than going to one of the absolutely empty rows, this guy gets on next to me. I detest this. Why you may ask, well let me tell you whether you want to know or not. Because all guys reek once they start sweating. I don't know if they don't bother putting on deodorant , but they smell like shit when they are sweating profusely.

But this guy alreadly smelled as soon as he got on to the machine. He must live in his parent's basement because he smelled like mildew. So within a minute of his existence next to me, before he even started running, I thought I was going to vomit. so I shut down my machine and went down to the next (empty) row to continue running.

Don't people know they need to provide some type of buffer when it is available??? We have personal space..respect it!

Anyway...on a lighter note, I went to see the number one movie in the country last night - Big Momma's House 2. Very Funny - I love Martin Lawrence. I think I have seen everything he has done, tv and movies, and laughed at them all. Thumbs up!!

At the concession stand:
Me: Large Popcorn and Pepsi please.
Counter person: Diet?

This is the upteenth time these people have asked me if I want a diet pepsi or they need to confirm with me multiple times that I said regular. I am starting to get a complex. I am on the verge of responding : It is actually for my husband, but thanks for noticing my fat ass doesn't need to get any bigger.

Crime (In Drag) Doesn't Pay

2006-02-02T16:00:00.000-08:00

I will continue on my crime themed blog from yesterday....
So , not that I shop much at malls, but when I have to , there is a new outdoor mall that opened
about a year ago. It has some nice upscale stores..the same ones you find everywhere - Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Banana Republic, etc. So yesterday at 3:00pm in broad daylight, this guy dressed in drag goes in to Lux Bond and Green and robs the place!!!! with a gun. nice...
even suburbia is not a safe place..

I have to hit the gym now..I have been slacking a bit and I don't want it to start showing now.
I am heading down to South Beach at the end of the month to check out this:
http://www.sobewineandfoodfest.com/2006/index06.php

This will freak you out.

2006-02-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

So this will freak you out - Check out this website http://www12.familywatchdog.us/ShowMap.asp
you type in your address and it shows you all of the sex offenders that live nearby. If you click on the boxes themselves, then a photo of them appears.

Between this and the Avian Flu concerns, I am bordering on becoming a shut in..

I know this is audioblog day..I will try to post one tomorrow..

Case of the Mondays..

2006-01-30T18:33:00.000-08:00

"24" is freakin' kick ass this season. I am so addicted. The little hobbit from Lord of the Rings is in charge...the first lady is going to the loony bin..and his Chief of Staff is taking charge of the white house...I don't think I blinked during the entire episode.

I haven't got much to report. I saw the Matador this weekend - with Pierce Bronson and Greg Kinnear. I know now why Pierce is not going to be the next James Bond..not looking so good lately.

I have to go check my powerball ticket to see if I won...I think I have a case of the Mondays..

You Go Girl!

2006-01-26T17:45:00.000-08:00

Oprah was live today, she had James Frey on. He finally admitted he lied in his book..she was so pissed. I thought she was going to kick his ass. I think the poor guy is going to fall off the wagon after this. He probably would rather have been back in the dentist chair getting his root canal without the novacaine.

I am so glad I didn't waste my time reading that book...I found it hard to believe some of the crap he was saying on her show back in September..root canal with no novacaine? that should have been the first red flag..

Finally a legitimate sport I can go pro at!

2006-01-20T17:58:00.000-08:00

Can you believe there is actually a professional league for Rock, Paper, Scissors?? I may actually be in shape for this sport..I still don't understand why rock can't smash through a flimsy piece of paper.

They even define traits of the different throwers:

If your opponent has the following traits, they will favor throwing rock first: aggressive, strong, Type-A personality, masculine, rugged, angry, obese, vengeful, frustrated, fingerless, bitter, Neanderthal-like, simple, hairy, extroverted or alcoholic.

Clearly, paper is an often friendly and passive maneuver, but deceptively dangerous. If your opponent has the following traits, they will favor throwing paper: Literary, passive, weak, sad, too skinny, melancholy, apathetic, German, affable, humble, short, friendly, soft or insecure.

Remember, if your opponent has the following traits, they will favor throwing scissors: Sneaky, sly, sharp, calculating, intelligent, feminine, controlled, centered, thoughtful, introspective, deep or bald

My first Audio Post

2006-01-18T17:01:00.000-08:00

Problem Solving 101

2006-01-13T04:45:00.000-08:00

Just in case any one needs some direction on how to correctly blame someone else
for your screw up, or just another flowchart to add to the endless b.s. of TP Reports you need to submit - Here you are. The official Problem Solver.

You're welcome! and Happy Friday!!

Another Wednesday....

2006-01-11T19:16:00.000-08:00

The day started off in a rush again -
This morning when my alarm clock didn't go off , my dog thankfully came over to wake me up. She actually did this more out of concern for getting breakfast than concern for me being late for work I think. She would never admit it though.

Since I was so tired all day , I had a large cup of coffee, a large tea , and a Red Bull throughout the day. So by the time I left work I had so much energy I actually ran for 4 miles. The problem is that I still have this caffeine racing thru my blood stream. This combined with the freaky bedbug warning that Lulu issued, will have me spending time with Conan and Carson tonight rather than enjoying my REM sleep.

I think I will have to join the audio post club soon!

Just some weekend comments..

2006-01-08T20:05:00.000-08:00

I am still reeling from the loss of the UCONN women's basketball team to the evil empire (not to be confused with the axis of evil) otherwise known as the Tennessee Vols (what the hell is a Vol anyway??) and their leader, Pat Summit. Very stressful game.. Unfortunately we did lose, but it ain't over until the big tournament ("dance") in March.

Anyway I needed a light movie that night, so went to see Fun with Dick and Jane . Finally Jim Care must have just said no to drugs becuase he acts pretty normal in this movie..you know who is hillarious thought is Alec Baldwin. The movie was entertaining, pretty funny.. there isn't much to chose from in the theaters at the moment so I give this ones a thumb's up.

So next week 24 finally returns. It looks like Keifer is still up to his old antics. I guess over the holidays, Kiefer was in some bar (big surprise).He didn't like the Christmas in the lobby and decided to take it out. That'll show that tree to do that again!! You the man Keifer!!

Glad you likey....

2006-01-05T20:00:00.000-08:00

Glad you are all enjoying the new place...please make yourselves at home! Gynormous thanks to baby jewels for the awesome header!!

Whenever you get up late, I swear it just shifts the entire rest of our day off. I didn't get out of the gym until 9:05 tonight, so I am sure it will be tough to get sleep anytime soon while coming down from this adrenline high......as well as the visions of some of the wackos that were in there tonight.

There is this one guy who thinks he is Randy Macho Man Savage. He dresses exactly like him - with those baggy 80's Hammer Time pants. He even wears his shades indoors at the gym, for the whole time. Amazing...You can't help but stare at him. I am sure he thinks this is a good thing.

All Moved In

2006-01-04T19:40:00.000-08:00

I just moved next door to Baby Jewels (not very far) so I hope you will all visit me here - and won't forget about me!!

I think I am going to need some type of Reality Show Intervention at some point in the very near future. I actually watched this new show called 'Roller Girls' on A&E about this Roller Derby league. For the love of god, I actually learned the rules of Roller Derby. Who knew they even had rules...

I am so tired, I was up all night watching the miner fiasco unfold. I was watching Jay Leno when they had a special bulletin about finding the miners alive. So I immediately switched over to CNN to wait for them to go to the church to be with their families. I was watching Anderson Cooper, with my newly found adrenalin rush for an hour or so, waiting...waiting..then of course fell asleep, only to be awaken at 3 something am to screaming. When they found out the 'real' truth. So had another (bad) adrenalin rush and was up until I had to go to work...As much as I am bored with my job, I guess I should be grateful that I have a safe one..