met up with nikki1 for drinks and a movie tonight. i told her that i skipped dinner and was pretty hungry, so i decided to get a little snack with our drinks. she told me that she was stuffed from the dinner she made earlier, then proceeded to eat half of my food plus the dessert she ordered for herself. yes, she's a size 0. yes we all hate her. the drinks were a little too strong. the food was good. and the conversation was non-stop from the moment we sat down. i miss seeing her every day. we decided to see date movie. wow, what a mistake. even with favorable reviews and my crush alyson hanigan the movie could not be saved. fifteen minutes in i leaned over and asked her if she wanted to leave and check out failure to launch instead, or only other choice. but she said this was fine, so we forged ahead. the only good thing i can say about it is that it was only eighty minutes long. and once again i find myself going on twenty-two hours straight with no sleep. it's really no surprise that i can't seem to get over this cold i've had for two weeks now.

E's birthday

it was funny, we were all sitting there at the bar and E said, "ooh, listen to my ringtone." i tried my best, but over the noise of the bar i couldn't tell what it was. E informed me that it was the friends theme song, my bad i totally forgot the latest obsession, and only five years late and all. B said that i wouldn't know what that was. puzzled i looked at him and said, "of course not, i only owned all the rembrandts cds and all. i didn't need a tv show to get me hooked." E said it was kind of sad that the friends theme was her ringtone. i said, "do you wanna talk about sad? let's look at my wallpaper shall we?" what was more sad was that no one knew what it was except for B. um, hello...felicity. so nikki1 leans over and asks me if i've ever heard of this song that they heard when they were in san francisco. she couldn't remember who sang it, but it was something about boston. that was the sound of her head imploding when i played my ringtone for her. "that's it!" she screamed. talk about freaky. "so obviously you know it. who is that?" she asked. i informed her that it was augustana and that i had been obsessed with that song for the last five or so months. B rolled his eyes and called me P, the music snob. we laughed. they both got excited when i informed them that i had a copy of the cd in my car that i was listening to on the way there, and it was theirs if they wanted it. then nikki1 said, "oooh, listen to my ringtone, i have a new song for you!" i smiled and said. "oh, the fray, that's a good cd." she looked defeated, "you know them?" i told her that i loved that song about a year ago, and that i'd been hooked on the cd for the past few months. again, i got the P eyeroll from B. bastard.

jewel's you were meant for me video with the insanely adorable steve poltz is on right now. it's sad that she lost her mind, went insane, and thought she was beyonce. it really is. poor, poor jewel. did i mention that steve is shirtless in this video? and i'm not sure how she was crawling backwards without getting hung up on her hair. one of the great mysteries of the world i suppose.

where was i?

so we sat there and got tipsy. i was good, i stopped at beer #3. E and i did the routine juke box thing, yeah you know me by now. E got wicked trashed. she kept screaming that she loved me for showing up, and hated me for leaving at 12:30, before they headed out to bar #2. nikki2 made the scene uncomfortable with her three boyfriends. and somehow i still find myself drawn to her. "she's a chick!" i keep reminding myself. i asked B to take me to san francisco with him the next time he went. he said he would, but that the trip would only involve a one way ticket. i smiled, and this time my eyes were rolled, i've heard that one before. i guess that's why i fell so hard for him thirteen years ago this fall, just like me he's a dreamer.

dvdage

i'm so happy i think i might cry:







weep is a little more accurate.
yeah, especially for the last one.
see?

check another one off the list

last night i finally got to hear chris martin sing the scientist live to me from behind his piano. and it was everything i thought it could be, considering that i was in an arena filled with about a million people and he looked like an ant from where we were sitting, but besides all that it was perfection. it's impossible to hear any coldplay song and not think about the boy, and the great gift fiasco, but it's not like i could ever really forget any of that. as predicted lisa was able to make quick friends with the couple sitting behind us. moments after she explained that random people just feel the need to talk to her, the girl leaned down and started asking us questions. they then spent the rest of the night talking to us and even seemed a little sad when we said our goodbyes at the end of the concert. we laughed about it on the walk back to the car. she dropped me off, i made it home in time to get three hours of sleep before work, and i've spent the majority of this evening slipping in and out of consciousness. tomorrow's plan is v for vendetta, fingers crossed that goes off without a hitch.

i LOVE this show

okay fox, i can begin to forgive you for killing my arrested development. don't cock it all up by canceling the loop. please give it a chance.

))<>((

wow.


without a doubt, one of the best movies i've ever seen. i laughed so much. i teared up twice. and i can't stop thinking about it.

macaroni.

an open letter

dear details magazine,

vin diesel again? seriously, i mean come on.

i've heard the man grunt three words ever, how could you possibly come up with enough material in an interview with him to be able to write more than one paragraph?

there are other men out there, really.

wondering why i still subscribe,
J

reviews

movies:


prime.
i had very low expectations going into this movie. but i fell, i fell hard. bryan greenberg is not only pretty to look at, but also is very charming and funny. his wit and timing drew me in and actually made me care what happened to his character. uma was icy, cold uma, which is what she does best. and meryl streep was funny, and very convincing as the way too involved mother. it was a realistic love story, free of the cookie cutter lifetime movie of the week conclusion. and it worked.



just friends.
i knew that i would like this movie. i just had no idea that i would laugh so hard while watching it. anna faris steals every single scene that she's in. ruby from felicity, also know as amy smart is as adorable as ever. and ryan reynolds knows how to do comedy. his timing and delivery never disappoints. i guess it was all the experience he got on fifteen playing billy the alcoholic. this is the kind of movie that you want to watch again immediately after it's over. i'll probably pick it up the next time i'm out shopping, it's just that good.

tv:



free ride.
it was pretty funny. it's only on the air because of arrested development. it copies the same awkward and quick paced humor that AD had, that the average viewer just doesn't get. it's my second pick on the list of shows i wanted to check out on fox. i have a feeling i'll like the loop a lot more. it was quirky and strange, with off-beat humor. i can see myself really starting to fall hard for it by episode four. and since it is on FOX, i expect to see it cancelled by episode five.

last night i decided to skip doing the boring thing, stay in and get some much needed rest, to meet up with G for some drinks. she answered her door still getting ready to go out. "you're not ready?" i asked with a smile. "now what do you think?" she laughed. she showed me the new couch that she ordered and i asked her why she bought two. she laughed at me and explained that the second one was her old one that she wasn't sure what to do with. she told me to sit down and look at the guys who were her matches on her online dating thing. so i looked at that while she talked to me from the bathroom. after twenty or so minutes we headed out. we headed up the street and made our way into the insanely crowded winking lizard. there were two free seats at the bar next to the game machine that she always drops a ton of money into. the first guy who was sitting next to us explained to G that the seats we found were the two most romantic ones in the bar since they were tucked into the corner. G informed him that romantic seats were wasted on us. so we had a drink while G looked over the food menu. i put money into the game think because it had a juke box option on it, but of course. "do you like seafood?" G asked me. "ew, no." i said. "what about fish, do you like fish?" she then asked. "it's the same thing, no." i said. "no they're two different things." she explained. "nothing from the sea. i don't eat anything that used to be wet okay?" i said. "it's good." she said. "you know every time we go out i think we have this same conversation." i told her. "you know, i thought it seemed kind of familiar." she said. G sucked down her drink and looked at mine that was half gone and told me to keep up. when the machine refused to give me the other song it owed me i asked the girl behind the bar what was up and she just shrugged and said she had no idea. G asked me why the song issue was such a major thing. i asked her if she even knew who i was, first the seafood question and now this. another guy ended up sitting next to G and started ordering drinks for other people across the bar from him. I told G that i was going to ask him to buy us our next round, but when he started yelling at the waitress that he wanted a salad and a vegetable with his meal i decided not to ask. i ended up ordering some insanely hot boneless wings to eat since G got a seafood dip for herself. i explained that i also have issues with eat meat of tiny little chicken bones and she laughed at me. i told her to try a wing after i ate one and thought that i was going to die. at first she said that it wasn't that bad, then she began to choke on it as we both screamed out for some water. at this point i was completely wasted and started texting nikki1. G got mad and told me to stop, when i told nikki1 one that i had to go since i was in trouble she told me to tell G that she and i were best friends at that G couldn't come between us. again, i thought better of that idea as well. on my way to the restroom i found the real juke box and pumped four dollars into it. i was terribly excited when my picks began to play almost instantly. so we closed the bar drinking and singing songs to one another while everyone else filtered out. i don't really even remember leaving the bar but somehow we found ourselves back in G's car listening to the mix cd i made for her. she gave me a list of some songs that she wanted me to look for and then told me to put whatever else i felt like on it. at the start of every song G would get excited and say, "oooh! i love this song, oh wait, that's right." and i just kept laughing at how surprised she was when the song she asked for began to play. G decided that she needed a grape drink from swenson's, so we pulled into their parking lot about fifteen minutes before they closed. when the waiter came out to the car and assured us that it was not too late to order something, i decided on a milkshake. so we sat in the car and listened to the mix and yelled out our conversation to one another because the music was so loud. at one point the waiter came rushing over to the car because he thought i was yelling at him. we apologized and said that we were talking to one another, and then thought it was best if we rolled our windows up. so we got our order and headed back to G's. again, i don't really remember getting to G's, but i do remember sitting on her couch while she IMed her online guy. she ended up talking to him on the phone and i decided to go to sleep, putting an end to my 23 hours of being awake.

so today, as i was leaving work, i checked my mobile to see if i'd missed any calls. every time i see that my mother has called me i naturally assume that something is wrong. so i see that i have voicemail from her, and called to listen to it. she left me a brief message asking me what i was doing after work and if i could please call her. nothing else, no explanation. her voice sounded a little stressed, so again i assumed the worst. my aunt hasn't been feeling well the last few weeks. my other aunt is getting up there in age. so i returned her call and she didn't pick up. so then i started thinking that maybe something was wrong with her and not one of my many relatives. i called her home phone, i called her cell phone, no answer. finally, as i'm about twenty seconds away, she called me back. she informed me that on her way to her eye appointment at 9 a.m. she locked herself out of the house. it was now 1:30 p.m. and she said that she spent the entire time sitting in her car, in the garage, trying to stay warm and trying to take a nap. since i was at work, and am the only one with a spare key, she really had no other options. the fact that this is the second time she has done this in the last eight months makes me start to wonder if she's losing it. the fact that when she calls me i naturally assume that someone has died worries me, that's always been her way of thinking. i can't believe i'm becoming my mother.

everything will be alright...

yesterday was my first day in the new department. it went fairly well. how could it not when i had a hand to hold the entire day? monday however will be a different story, i'm on my own. literally, i am a department of one. i think it's best to avoid thinking about it until i'm actually there dealing with the potential mess.

today, when guster came on as i was logging into my computer, i thought, "well how bad could things be when you start your day with a little guster?" and to be honest things did go fairly well. today was my "pretend that i'm not here and try to figure any problems out for yourself" day. to be honest i think i'm less nervous, and make fewer mistakes when i know that i'm not being watched. it's comforting to know that help was only a yell away if i needed it, but for the most part i was able to figure most of it out. once the killers came on i knew things were going to be just fine. things always have a way of working themselves out when your musical environment is perfection.


the best parts of the new gig:
getting to stare at the porn star twin on a regular basis.
the lance guy, i will figure out his story.
gus, oh gus.


okay, who are we kidding here? i'm already thinking about monday and trying not to freak out.