January 2011
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Me: God! I’m getting really sick of this shit.
R: What?
Me: Tumblr! The site is down more times than not! I’m about ready to move over to wordpress.
R: Oh, but Tumblr would be so mournful
Me: Your mockery is not appreciated.
This weekend Ryan and I ventured into serious conversation land to discuss our future, our “five year plan” per se. I think we got a lot accomplished. We agreed on 2 things:
There will be a “man cave” in our future house. It will be only accessible via fingerprint authorization and will contain a television, a couch, a mini fridge, and possibly Packer paraphernalia.
My mortadella rug is allowed...
Bridging language gaps
(Setting the scene ~ Last week a couple of colleagues from China came to visit. At lunch one day a fellow US coworker was conversing with them in Mandarin when they started talking about something she didn't understand.)
China colleague: (mandarin mandarin mandarin) “gossipie gurlie”
US Coworker: I’m sorry, I don’t understand.
China: (mandarin mandarin mandarin) “gossipie gurlie”
Me: Wait! Are you talking about Gossip Girl?
China: Uh…. Gossipie gurlie
Me: With Serena van der Woodsen?
China: Yes yes – and Blair Waldorf!
Together: CHUCK BASS!
It was a proud moment for Gossip Girl fans everywhere.
And there you have it. Gossip girl, bridging the language gaps.
As I may have mentioned once, twice, three times, okay maybe more, ex-job sucked… because of a lot of things but mainly because of the hours. It wasn’t completely amiss for me to spend the day chugging down the large dunkin donuts iced coffee or downing the Starbucks doubleshots in order to work until 6 in the morning, drive home to shower and then drive back to work. But the upside to that is...
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The other week I was scrolling through Tumblr restaurant posts for NYC, trying to figure out the perfect restaurant to visit next when I stumbled upon countless posts for the amazing grilled cheese sandwich at Resto. Well that was that, I had to try it. Except I couldn’t find it on their regular dinner menu. Was it a fluke? Nope, turns out this amazing grilled cheese is listed on the...
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Afternoon Tea at Cha-an
The other weekend, impelled by a TimeOut New York article on ways to keep warm in the city, and by the fact that I wasn’t warm, I persuaded ryan to accompany me to Cha-an for some afternoon tea, Japanese style.
Their menu read like the book that is the Cheesecake Factory Menu but for the most part, the pages were about the different teas you could order, with just a couple pages for...
83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations Announced →
I’ve been counting down the days for this like it’s Christmas.
AMC Best Picture Showcase, here I come!
Our final Christmas present finally made it into our house the other weekend.
Countless time was spent researching brands and sizes and finding the best deal.
But there’s one thing we forgot to do before pressing that “buy” button (amazon.com had the best deal in case you were wondering). Measure the size of our living room.
It fits, but barely.
Also, in case you wanted...
“[These presenters] are lovely to look at which is just as well because they are...”
– Ricky Gervais.
Did I tell you about the time I was settling in to watching The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and SIX people walked out of the theater upon finding it was in Swedish (with english subtitles).
So yeah.
“The great thing about Glee - for me anyway - the greatest thrill is that I get...”
– Jane Lynch - best thank you speech giver ever
Chris Colfer - that boy is always making me cry happy tears.
Trying to explain why tonight is important.
Me: okay you know that game that the play back at home?
R: ???
Me: the football game...before the superbowl.... And all the players are put up at the Ihilani...
R: the pro-bowl?
Me: Yes! Well, that's like tonight. The Oscars are my superbowl but the golden globes are my pro-bowl.
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I think I may have just photo-bombed someone’s picture while blowing my nose. That’s me: keeping it klassy since 1981.
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I currently have google scrolling the latest news for “CT snow” and stumbled upon this golden one:
Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA): Stuck inside on a snow day, CT? Sounds like a perfect day to curl up with a coffee and study for the CPA Exam, no? Make sure you’re up on the changes.
I mean - bad idea? Not at all. Unwanted blast for the past:...
Not to take away from the greatness that is going...
But I stumbled upon the greatest you-can-feel-your-brain-cells-dying-as-you-watch reality show last night: You’re cut off - where the rich and frivolous get cut off from their financial support (read parents).
Best lines…
“I know I’m not stupid. My high school GPA was like two-point-something but I’m not a handyman.”
“My life is very simple. I wake up, my kid is already at day...
Snowpocalypse... Where are you?
If I came into work at 5:30 this morning to get a jump start on the week and just lugged home half my office with dreams of working tomorrow in my pink princess pajamas (oh yes, I own such a wonderment) and snowpocalyse turns into ooh-I-pretended-to-be-such-a-bad-ass-but-really-I’m-just-messing-with-you-snow, I am going to be very very angry.
Oh God, I'm that person.
That person who takes forever in line in front of you because of their incompetence which you know it will only take you a minute tops (read: passport office, USPS, DMV, and security lines at the airport).
Was it my fault I didn’t realize the husband changed our health insurance plan a year ago and kept arguing with the nice people at Cohen’s Opticals?
I’m guessing the answer...
I wasn’t worried when the weather reports spouted their “severe weather warnings” dribble, they are often wrong.
I scoffed at the school closings. Pure laziness.
I rolled my eyes at the light flurries falling as I drove to the train station. Even scaredy cat me can drive in this weather, no problem.
But the completely empty train on what is usually standing room only, is...
Jersey Shore is back!
That is all.
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Resolution for 2011: Save money
Life Plan: Win the Lottery
Outcome: Spend money on lottery tickets
Oops
So annoying!
The gym was so overly packed today. Clearly it was filled with typical slackers that haven’t seen the gym in 6 months and are only there now because they are trying to stick to their New Years resolution.
I clearly do not fall into that group.
It’s probably been more like 8 months.
Snookie Takes Ball Drop To Jersey Shore →
I’m in a quandary. On the one hand, the ball in Times Square was Snookie-less. So Yay!
On the other hand, the very last thing I did in 2010 was make a bet with Ryan that Snookie would be dropping from THE ball. And then I lost.
Damn you Snookie. Always pissing me off.
