Monday, June 29, 2009

Things I do because apparently I am the BESTEST friend ever. . .

Usually Sundays are my day to sleep in. And by sleep in, the latest I ever let myself sleep is like 10-10:30, but that's sleeping in by my standards. I'm usually always up at 8am on Saturdays to go to my Gramps. And this Saturday I will be playing in a mud volleyball tournament at 8am.

However, yesterday morning I got up at 5am. That's 5am. . . before the sun comes up. . . to watch some of my good friends participate in the HyVee Triathlon. Anna kept reminding me she was picking me up at 5:45am. And yes, I am crazy. My friend Jamie went with us too and I told her I would make her a to go coffee mug and asked her how she took her coffee. And she said black. And I said "With Baileys?!?" To which she thought that was a great idea. Apparently in the morning I do not function and ended up with a slight cut on my finger from trying to open the mini-Bailey's bottle. So she got some coffee, Baileys, and perhaps a little iron from the blood that may or may not have gotten into it.

I was actually amazed at how many people I knew that were doing it. I only knew of 6 people off the bat, but instead I knew like 12+. . . so that was cool. My friend Jamie said "How many people do you know?!? Perhaps you should just start going with who you don't know doing this!" Especially because this guy ran and I did not insult him* this time. I only cheered him on.

My friend Emily did especially awesome. She did it in under 3 hours. A guy Adam who works in my building did it in 2 hours, 24 minutes. INSANE. My neighbor Joe and his friend Robb, did it in 3 hours, 15 minutes-ish. They were 6 minutes apart. Two other guys in my building did it in under 3 hours. I am soo proud of those people. Maybe I'll do a relay next year. . .maybe. . . My friends that did the relay portions did a great job too.

I was especially impressed with a woman who was like 80 something that did it. She was a good inspiration. All my friends had finished by the time she started the run even. But still AMAZING!!

Overall, I guess it was good to see them, not so good to be up so effing early on a Sunday. But I did lay out for an hour and took a nap and then went inside and slept for another hour. Yes, I was tired!!

*Awhile ago my cousin Mac went and was talking to one of her friends after a 10K race and Tim was standing with him. So he introduced them and Mac asked him how he ran and then proceeded to say "Really?!? You look like a pretty athletic guy and ran pretty slow!!" She had actually ran faster than he did. She then went on and on giving him crap about how slow he ran. She had no idea who he was, until she got back to the table and our guy friends were like "Do you know WHO you were talking to!?!?" Of course, Mac can get away with this because she's very pretty. He also ran part of her 20-mile run with her a couple of Saturdays ago.

Then a couple of Fridays ago, I meet her out and Tim comes up and introduces himself to me. I am chatting around the table and he starts talking to me. Well his head is right below the College World Series, so I keep looking at the game while I'm talking to him. It was tied 2-2 bottom of the 7th, AZ State and Texas. Well he calls me out on this. I am super embarrassed and he informs me it's kind of hot that I keep ignoring him to watch the game. Then I start going on and on about how I could sit and watch college sports all day, especially basketball and football. But how I'm not really a pro fan. And the only NFL teams I'll watch are the Bears and sometimes the Packers. And really I only watched the Packers because of Brett Favre but I did watch them a few times this year and thought Aaron Rogers did a good job. Oh and how I thought that pro athletes are now only in for the money and how they have sort of lost the love of the game and just want the power and money now. Yeah. . . I am awesome. Way to insult a former NFLer.

Friday, June 26, 2009

I Want You Back. . .

As I said earlier this week, the passing of Ed McMahon made me very sad. . . and then yesterday happened.

Yesterday morning I was very sad to hear the passing of Farrah Fawcett. I wanted to be a Charlie's Angel. I still do. Not going to lie. When her story came on about a month ago with her fight with liver cancer, my mom asked me if I was going to watch it. And I told her I couldn't because if she died soon after I watched it I would be too sad because that is the type of cancer that Josie has. And at the time, Josie wasn't doing all that well. And now Farrah Fawcett has lost her battle with cancer. I know many people overcome cancer everyday, it's just that her death hits closer to home. And makes me thinks about things that I really refuse to think about because in my heart of hearts, I know if anyone can survive it, it's her. I know it. Farrah Fawcett will forever be a 70s/80s icon for her flawless beauty.

I had to play softball at 6pm yesterday, and as we were sitting there, a guy came up and said "Did you hear Michael Jackson died??" And I said "Wait?!? NO!! He was just rushed to the hospital!!" Then I googled it, and sure enough, Michael Jackson had died. So weird. Michael Jackson although in the last decade has been under scrutiny (and had maybe gone a little batty) had no doubt changed the world. He changed music. He changed pop culture. He was an icon and crossed barriers. I am wondering what will happen to his children and if they will finally not have to wear veils or masks in public. I will miss you Michael Jackson. And whenever I watch Center Stage, I will think of you. And anytime I hear your songs, I will miss you.

Well when I got home from softball last night, Dean and I were watching the specials on NBC waiting for H and Bill to get there. We were talking on and off through the Michael Jackson one and then when Farrah's came on, I got silent. And I teared up. It was just sooo sad watching hers. And how Ryan O'Neal was all choked up when he talked. It was very sad. Then Dean got off the couch and did the moon walk to the bathroom and I smiled.

And the only reason I was even hanging out with him was because he was really wanting to hang out with H and Bill. H didn't believe me, but he really did. He called me during my softball game to make sure that I called him when they got into town. And yes, I do realize it's weird seeing as he's only met them like once or twice, but they are pretty awesome. Then later, when Dean was outside smoking, I said that I added his number back into my phone as "Don't Call Me" because Sarah said that deleting it would be what you would do to a boyfriend. . . not a friend. Touche! So I added it as that. Then H turns to Bill and says "Told you she'd add it back soon." Ouch. Then she informed me that putting it as that in my phone is still a girlfriend thing to do. Double Ouch. It's staying that way though. Either way.

It was great to see H for if only a brief moment. Maybe I'll get up to see you sometime! Maybe!! :)

Happy Friday people!! Remember each day is a new day and to live each day with a smile on your face.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Why I need to pay better attention to what I'm doing or start drinking more coffee in the afternoon

So this is not the first time you have heard this sort of thing from me. This is like the 2nd time in almost 2 months now. . .

So. . . since it's hotter than all get out, outside, I have worn a dress or skirt all week. Well today, I'm wearing a cute little dress with a short sleeve cardigan. (TMI ALERT) However, I couldn't wear a normal bra with this dress just in case I wanted to take the cardigan off if it got too hot, so I wore my strapless bra. Well, after having my strapless bra on now for about 6 hours or so, I IM my friend Sarah this.

I think nothing of this and go about my work. Then out of no where I get an IM from this guy Matt who used to work in my building but just moved to Colorado. It simply states this: ?

I respond with: ?? (because I have no idea as to what he wants or is needing)

To which Matt says:
Oh I'm sorry I just thought that maybe you didn't mean to send that to me
but ok, I'll go for it...so why do you regret it?

So I say: What did I send to you??

Matt says:
about your strapless bra
and your dress today
and how you regret it
just sorta came out of the blue

I then reply: Oooh. hahahahaha. I'm soooo sorry! I meant to send that to Sarah!

Matt says: Thats what I thought


I then say: So, since you were curious. . .the reason I regret it, is that strapless bras tend to dig into you more. Like underneath your breasts because they have no shoulder straps to lift them up. That's why I'm regretting it.

Matt says: Thanks for letting me know. I'll try and remember this for future reference.

Now, I would be completely mortified had he still worked in the building and got that IM. . .and had we not had a little thing for a brief moment.

Anywho, the original IM that was supposed to go to Sarah said this: I wore a strapless bra today with my dress and I am really mad at myself now.

And I will remind you again. . .my cool factor is way beyond belief. . . WAY beyond belief. . .

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Things that irked me this week. . .

I'm an overly sensitive person. I know this. With some people, the overly sensitiveness is extremely heightened. But within the last week, it got ridiculous.

So. . . last Tuesday I went out to The Hangover with Dean and Jamie. On the way there, he informs me that his ex-girlfriend was having her 21st birthday the next night and she wanted him to go to it. And I said "Really?? After a couple of weeks ago she had texted you and said not to talk to her or touch her because she couldn't handle it?? You're soo getting laid." And he said "What?!? No. . ." And I said "It's her 21st birthday, she'll be drunk, and she's in love with you still. So you'll sleep together, she'll want a relationship again, you'll tell her you're not into her still, and she'll start stalking you. Your relationship goes full circle then." He did not find this funny. I thought it was pretty funny. And I've had this happen to a number of guy friends! haha! Plus after they broke up she apparently was quasi stalking his Facebook because she got mad at a couple of comments his friends made after they broke up.

Anywho, fast forward to after the movie and us sitting at the bar having a beverage. So these 2 girls from where Dean and Jamie work part-time and said ex-girlfriend worked come in. The one is all over Dean, and you can tell that he is not enjoying this at all. Jamie and I found it kind of funny. Well Jamie tells me that this girl is super annoying and just loves to hear herself talk and repeats things over and over. And Jamie was right. I heard the same thing 4 times in about a 10-minute span when Jamie asked about how her job was going. Well it was getting to be 10pm, and I was needing sleep. So we leave and in the car, Dean tells me that this girl had said that she wanted to have sex with him. And I in my quick wittedness say "You totally should. You could sleep your way around the restaurant!" He did not find this funny. At all. And got very defensive. I said "Well I was only joking. Apparently it was a bad joke." When we got to his house, he didn't even hug me or high five me when he got out.

I email Wyatt on Wednesday and ask if he used to get kind of mad at me when I would kid him about stuff like that and Wyatt said "at first, but then I got over it." So on Wednesday, I texted him in the morning and said "I hope you know I was just razzing you. You seemed kind of pissed when you got out of the car. You didn't even hug or high five me." Then I wrote "Oh and if you need a ride home on Sunday, you should ask Emily." And the response I got was "Can you give me Emily's number." And nothing else. He was going to the Phish concert on Saturday, and was leaving Thursday, so I was like, well he's busy. Then on Sunday, when he was supposed to be coming home, I still hadn't heard anything. Now, I'm kind of pissed and decided I would just delete his phone number.

Now Monday night comes around and I'm getting even more agitated because usually by then he would have called me to tell me about his weekend and whatnot. No matter how busy he was, I would at least get a phone call when he went to bed. So Tuesday I am now livid. I look his number up on my phone account and text him Tuesday morning and say "Are you gravely ill, dead, or still pissed at me???" And no response. . .until about 8pm last night. All day my stomach started hurting and I just felt sick to my stomach. I got a call from his prefix and I let it go to voicemail. I wasn't sure it was him seeing as I deleted his number but figured it was his. He left a message saying he had a good weekend, was just getting back from work, blah, blah, blah. So I called him back and said hi and then was like "If someone texts you twice saying that they think you are mad at them, you should probably text them back and say that you are or aren't mad at them so they don't get a stomach ache for a whole day." He said he was soo busy at work that he didn't have time to text me. Which he could have done really quickly at say oh LUNCH?!? And he said "Ooh I wasn't mad at all. I don't even remember what you said on Tues. So not a big deal."

I wanted to punch him. I don't call him back one day because I was upset and he calls me and texts me non-stop. I don't believe that he wasn't mad. Most everyone I know would say "Oh I'm not mad. Just busy." Or something along those lines. I mean really.

And I still haven't added his phone number to my phone.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

It's so hard to say Goodbye. . .

It seems my life if full of death lately. Thank goodness the only person close to me that has died was my great grandma's first cousin who I knew but not really well. I do however, feel bad for a great number of my friends who lost their grandparents in the last couple of weeks. I really don't know what I'll do/be when Gramps goes.

Anyway, I'm sad that Ed McMahon passed away. Can they still do the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes without him?!? I'll probably get a little teary eyed if his Gold commercials come on as well. It seems in the last 6 months that we've lost some pretty iconic people from my childhood. Two of the Golden Girls, Estelle Getty and Beatrice Arthur and now Ed McMahon. Ed, thank you for bringing us Star Search. And "Hey OH!". I'll miss you.

However, with death, there sometimes comes good. I read this and I think I might have cried a little. . . or at least smiled REALLY big.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Allergies. . . I hate you. . .

My post has nothing to do with my allergies, although I'm pretty drugged up at the current moment. Did you know you can get straight Antihistamine?!? However, it makes you really sleepy and somewhat loopy. My allergy drugs weren't working on Monday, so the pharmacist suggested straight antihistamine because it will knock me out. Yeah, that it did, and I'm still loopy from it when I wake up!!!! I seriously sneezed 200 times on Monday.

Anywho, I'm probably more random than I normally am, except now I can blame it on the drugs.


Things I'm way over and would love to quit hearing about or seeing:
--Pretty much anyone from The Hills. On Chelsea Lately, she like the rest of us is sick of Speidi, and Josh Wolf said they should just start referring to them as Herpes because you hate them and they're annoying, and they'll never go away as much as you try to get rid of them. I love it and will now do that from now on. I'm also really upset that my fave boy from My Boys is dating Lauren Conrad. I don't like you as much now Kyle Howard aka Bobby.
--Adam Lambert. I really don't think I need to go into detail about him.
--The Octo-Mom
--Jon & Kate plus 8
--Reality stars being in the spotlight in general I guess. I don't care. You're not celebrities, so why do you keep popping up in the celebrity section.
--Going to the bathroom, sitting down, and then realizing you didn't get quite get the latch all the way over, so your door is open and you can't do anything because you're already midstream. So all you do is hope that no one comes into the bathroom and causes the door to swing open.

Things I love:
--guys with facial hair. Bradley Cooper in The Hangover. LOVE the facial hair. Chase Crawford with facial hair in People. Loved it and I don't even really think he's cute. There's something about facial hair all of a sudden for me. But not crazy facial hair. Just the slightly scruffy facial hair. Dan-love your facial hair too!
--guacamole and margaritas/sangria are the perfect summer combo
--my cousin H because I get to see her next Thursday! Oh and Bill too! :)
--outdoor patios
--long walks on the beach or in my case long walks through the trails along the creeks and rivers
--The new Katy Perry song "What Happens in Vegas" or whatever the name of the song is. I can't tell you why I like it either. I just do.
--my summer leagues. We've won 1 maybe 2 games in softball (Team Name: Big Bats, Softballs) but we are having a good time doing it this year. In Volleyball, we've won every game and have only lost a total of 4 matches. We're like 17-4 because they go on the total of matches for tournament time. And our team name is Here for the Beer. We don't sound threatening, but apparently we are!

Content in this paragraph may make you squeamish.
I'm really proud of my little cousin. She broke up with BF3 after a week or so of dating because he wanted to have sex and she didn't. I was so proud of her. Then completely terrified when she told me that most of her friends just hook up with guys instead of dating them. Isn't that what you do in college and not in high school?!? I'm just glad she stood strong. Then my sister informed me that my niece told her that one of her friends (who is also 14) broke up with her boyfriend because he kept wanting her to give him a bj. Seriously?!? At 14?!? It's not like she was dating a senior in high school or something. She was dating another 14-year-old!!! What is up with kids these days?!? I'm pretty sure had I seen a penis at the age of 14, I would have ran away and said "You want me to put my mouth, where?!?" I mean, I know guys love them and all, but at 14?!? Man. . . .

Friday, June 12, 2009

Randomness, it is my life. . .

So. . . I have 3 funny to me things that came up that I must share.

The first is that I was talking to H and I said "Man, why haven't you updated your blog in awhile? You need to." And she said "What?? I just updated it." And I said "No you didn't it still has something from November." And then H said "Oooh. . .I started a new blog since then."

H for starters, I think you have a problem. 3 blog titles, in 3 years might constitute as a problem. Do we need to send you to Blogaholics Anonymous which coincidentally was the name of your old blog in reverse. . . I am all about starting interventions. However, I really do enjoy the title. And I'm also a little hurt you forgot to tell me. . .3 months ago. . . I mean it's not like we don't talk almost every day. . . I'm just saying. . . :)

The second is that on Saturday we were talking about Facebook and such with my Mom, Aunt, Sister, Cousin, and friend of the family. My Mom, Aunt, and friend of the family are all in their 60s. So we were talking about the quizzes and such and my sister said, "yeah, I took the IQ quiz but they wanted your cell phone number for the results and I figured that since you (me) did it, how'd you bypass giving your cell phone number??" And I said "I never took that quiz. I've only ever taken 'What Bar is you in Champaign/Urbana?'" So then she tells me that it said I had an IQ of 132 or something. So as a public service announcement I am letting everyone know that if they say your friends took the quiz for their IQ, I would be questioning it. But that wasn't the funny part of the convo. My Mom took the Personality test one and she didn't like the personality they said she was. So she took it 3 different times, answering the questions differently, only for the quiz to say she was the exact same personality 4 times. And I finally said "Mom, did you ever think that maybe you are that personality then???" To which she smacked me on the arm.

The third is that my little cousin and I have been talking more via IM since she's out of school for the summer. Anyway, she has been filling me in on all sorts of high school drama that she has encountered and what not. But yesterday I realized that she actually creates part of her own drama. On her own. Without help from others. And when I brought this to her attention, she says "Oh no. It's okay with all of them." So here is the 411. In the last 4 months, she has had 3 different boyfriends. The first one I will refer to as BF1. BF1 and she dated for about 2-3 months and she was totally and madly in love. This was when I kept spouting such things as abstinence and whatnot until after she graduates high school. Then they broke up because he, out of the blue, said he didn't like her anymore. And a week later, he was dating someone else. To which apparently he was dating this person while he was still technically dating my cousin. Then one of his friends started calling her and talking to her and telling her what a jerk BF1 was, etc. Two weeks later, they were dating. So now I will refer to him as BF2.

BF2 and she dated for about 3 weeks. During this time, they still hung out with BF1 and his new girlfriend. Well then BF2 kept getting mad because he thought that BF1 still had feelings for her and vice versa. Really?!? You just started dating your best friend's girlfriend 2 weeks after they broke up and are wondering if he still likes her?? Really?!? Then she said she wanted to take a break and if he didn't like it, they could break up completely. BF2 chose breaking up completely. Enter good friend of BF1 and BF2, who gets the awesome name of BF3.

Apparently BF3 told her he liked her and a girl that is 19 and in college. He told her BF1 and BF2 weren't good enough for her. BF2 didn't treat her well. BF1 was okay. No one is apparently really friends with BF2 because of the way he treats girl. Then 2 days ago, she started dating the friend of BF1 and BF2. Now, I am trying to be a level headed person here, so I said "Ummm. . . don't you think that maybe you shouldn't date friends??"

I mean I know from personal experience that guys even months/years later are still weird when you hit it off with one of their friends and even if nothing happens, and you hang out with the friend more than them, they become jealous. I think it has something to do with their "territory" and whatnot and it would be really weird if human males peed on girls (I mean they do, it's called a Golden Shower, Thanks Jerm!) to mark their territory like dogs do, so they just get all strange acting when it happens. Heck I had an ex get mad when his GAY friend wanted to hang out with me without him. I mean, that's a 100% guarantee that nothing was going to happen. Anywho. . . it just cracks me up. Especially because I do try and give her advice of say not dating friends within a week period and whatnot but she doesn't listen to me to no avail.

And yes, I have to live vicariously through my cousin because I have no love life. Not even a nibble.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Yeah, yeah, yeah. . .

Things that were adorable my nephew said this weekend:



  • He had my sister tell me that he doesn't like my kisses and would appreciate it if I wouldn't kiss him anymore. Then when I was holding him he said "Please don't kiss me!!" and I said "But you're just sooo kissable, I can't help myself!!" Then I said "Why do you always smile when I kiss you then???" And he said "Because it makes me happy." And I said "So you don't want me to kiss you even though it makes you happy??" My nephew, "yes." He's a stinker.


  • He loves the number forty but hates the number 15 and will skip it when counting.

  • His favorite movie is Smokey and the Bandit because it has trucks, cars, and "the sheriff says bad words."

  • I'm his favorite aunt. :)

-Yesterday at work I accidentally called the wrong Susan and talked my way out of it. The Susan I wanted was in Nebraska, and I accidentally called the Susan in California because I wasn't paying attention to the numbers. It's amazing what I can do.


-I saw Shawn Johnson yesterday walking down the street on my way to work. I didn't realize I live so close to her. It's my first celebrity citing in my town. . . except for maybe Peter Jennings. :)


-If you'll remember the text messaging incident of last fall where I accidentally texted Dean and told him that his girlfriend was ugly. Well in the text I had typed Deano and I also lied to him and said that I was meaning it for someone else. He has since been told that it was what I meant to write. . .just not to him. Well on Friday night, my neighbor Mike went out to volleyball with me and called him Deano. Once sober, and three more times when he was drinking. And after each time he did it, he turned to me and said "I just called him Deano and I can't stop myself!!!!" It was hysterical. And we're still not sure if Dean even noticed. Well at least he didn't say anything to me if he did.


-For work today, I rode in a car for 3 hours, had a 2 hour meeting, and rode 3 hours back. I took a nap when I got home. :)


-I also read this guy to avoid work and after watching Chelsea Lately a couple of times, I realize that he looks like and reminds me of Josh Wolf, one of my favorite comedians on her show.

Happy Wednesday!!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

This is my confession. . .

Anyone else singing Usher?!?

Yesterday was filled with Bad news. I would like to call it "Bad News Monday" but it was a Tuesday. In the morning, my friend Jeremy emailed me to tell me that an old co-worker of mine passed away. She was maybe 40. And she had 3 kids, ages 9,7, and 5. She had a brain tumor about 4 years ago and was doing fine until about a month a half ago when a bunch of tumors came and just sort of took over her body. Michelle was such a great person. She had moved to Ohio right before I moved, and I lost touch with her. She had been doing well when I had asked about her in November. It's just sad. She and I would always talk about Nip/Tuck and the cute guys that worked in the bank that she would tell me I needed to date! haha!

Then my friend Sarah said they found out what was wrong with her Grandma. She has cancer in her liver, lung, and rib cage. I told her I know a doctor she could call that could get rid of maybe 2 out of 3, but the Doctor said there wasn't anything they could do. They were calling in Hospice yesterday. It's just soo sad to think about. I remember my Grandpa R. It was in June, 3 years ago now, that he passed away from a brain tumor. He was 89 and had lived such a long life, but the tumor spread within a week and he was gone. He was such a character and so full of life, it's weird to think how quickly he went from spry and alive to not being able to move. He's in a better place now, I know, but I still miss him. And I know how hard it is on Sarah being so far away from her Grandma. And it's her last Grandparent. I don't know what I'll do when Gramps goes.

So then after work my Mom calls me to tell me my 2nd cousin passed away at 39 of a heart attack unexpectedly. She had small children as well. I didn't know her very well at all. And I think the last time I saw her I was maybe 4 or 5. I remember her Grandmother, her Mom, and she and her siblings from stories and whatnot, but personally I didn't know them. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

I am also wondering why on earth my posts have been depressing. But right now, I guess death and depression is supposed to be a part of my life at the moment. And maybe it just helps to write about it. Maybe.

But this is not what my confession it is. It's more or less the thing that I read this morning that made me waaaay to happy to be normal.

Zac Efron is going to be on Entourage.

Okay, please try and calm down. I was just like you. I have a crush on someone that is barely of legal age. Wait. . .he might be 21 now. Not sure. Anyway, had I not seen the movie 17 Again, we wouldn't have this problem. He was hot in this movie. H-O-T. HOT. Okay now my heart rate is back to normal just thinking about it. But he's going to be on Entourage which is like one of my favorite shows. I cannot wait!!

On the weird front, which is actually the normal front for me, I had another CIA dream last night. I don't know if it's because I watched approximately 5 minutes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith last night or what. But I was definitely keeping Brad safe from being killed by terrorists or something after Angie was hurt in a helicopter crash and disappeared. I was handed a note she had written before the crash and then had to keep Brad safe. In the dream, I somehow went from being his adopted daughter to protecting him. I think I was pretending to be in high school or college but was actually like 30-years-old which works because I generally get confused for a 19-year-old. It was a very intense dream, and I think that also explains why I am soo tired this morning. Also Brad went from being my "Dad" to being really attracted to me. Which was awkward. But it was probably because I was soo bad ass. Needless to say, my alarm went off when I was getting ready to karate chop some guy that had followed us into the newly built house we were hiding out in. I am thinking that since most of my skills in my CIA dreams are pretty spot on Alias style so we probably escaped. :)

Happy Wednesday!