Presets 1 and 2 in my car are still set to 101.1 and 100.7. No... not because I like soft rock/love songs, but because they were the only 2 stations that played nonstop Christmas music which I listened to both on the way to and from work, thankyouverymuch the entire month of December. I've yet to change these presets back to their formerly cooler station, so they remain 1 and 2. Did anyone else realize Delilah is still on the radio?? Miss radio voice that's smooth-like-butter who listens intently to your romantic woes and picks out the perfect song for your situation. I'm convinced there are only about 15 songs in her arsenal, this being one I heard tonight
We wonder why this country has an obesity problem. Maybe it was the 8yr old girl I saw at the mall over the weekend, who was shoving ice cream and a soda into her mouth as her mother walked next to her. This girl was shaped like humpty dumpty and a glass of water and carrot sticks woulda done her good!
Coincidence or small miracle? That's painful shoulder/arm irritation that's been plaguing me since last fall has almost disappeared. Maybe that kickboxing class I took last week jarred a few things around... who knows... I'm not complainin
I know by the time Oprah was wrapping up her amazing show I was addicted to for the better part of 10yrs, getting ready to sign off, she was in full swing with her 'No Texting' campaign. I constantly pass people on 76 with phones in the air texting, I've been guilty of doing it at <25mph, but 70?? #askingfortrouble
How about brownies with Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies put on top like icing?? Yes! Excellent idea!
Note to self: When conducting surveys at bars for job 2.1, if you go to a tequila-themed bar/restaurant where a football game is playing on the big screen and the spectators are 5 Spanish-speaking men, you'll be sorry you didn't wear earplugs and try to convince yourself there's only 5 and not 55 people in the room.
Just in: 31 murders in 25 days in Philly. We're off to another record setting year. Oh, but Mayor Nutter's got "a plan"... Suuuuuure, that will solve it.
Have you ever spotted any under 60 driving a really bad ass Jaguar?
The season of the tennis majors is upon us. Go Roger!
Having Monday off, I had to check twice to make sure today was really Wednesday. I'm not sure I could wow you all with such a stunning collection of randoms on any other day of the week.
Thanks to @Twitter, I won a contest! Not just any contest though. What took me 5 seconds to retweet, entered me to win 2 nights for 2 (and a bottle of wine) at... my favorite Dublin hotel- the Temple Bar Hotel! If that's not Ireland calling me back for a 3rd time, I don't know what is. So because I follow the hotel and saw their tweet, I entered with 1 click and was tweeted back the next day saying I won! Needless to say, that's incentive enough to book a late spring/early summer trip. The paperwork and gift card arrived in the mail today. Yay Twitter!
This cruise disaster in Italy is unbelievable. I read something online today that the overplayed most annoying song ever from 'Titanic' was playing in one of the restaurants when the ship was sinking. Urban legend, I'm hoping. The captain of the ship was reportedly afraid of the dark, and "fell" into a life boat, off the main ship while other people were still on the boat, stuck, etc.
I love my puffy black coat in the winter. This past weekend I was out to dinner, and literally the entire coat closet was filled with abut 30 black coats. I vowed to ease off my all-black obsession and bring some color back in my life... guess that visual was a friendly reminder.
I'm going to have a hard time watching SVU tonight, where Harry Connick Jr has signed on to guest star for a few episodes, without secretly hoping he busts out in song. Preferably a Christmas song, in my opinion, but any other one will do... he's maybe the only good thing that came out of New Orleans (been there once... didn't like it...no desire to go back)
Ricky Gervais was hilarious on the Golden Globes. Nothing beats that cheeky British humor. If you're a celeb and he rips you, and you have the opportunity to take a shot back, do you take it? Or just let it be? Hmmm... I should figure this out in the event I become a celeb in the near future.
A night of kickboxing with a friend at the local karate/MMA place has me cringing 2 days later when I try to put on my coat or take the Brita pitcher out of the fridge. The workout was fantastic... but I get so weirded out by participating in a class on mats with 20 other people when no one is wearing shoes! Not sure I could deal with that on a regular basis.
Don't think I mentioned this before on the blog, but with the Oscars coming up, it reminds me of one of my favorite actors, and one of the most talented I've seen is (and I've no movie expert, but I've seen the important ones.. well, most of them) (drumroll) Daniel Day Lewis. Check this out: There's a very good reason why Daniel Day Lewis has been in only 10 movies since 1989 and has four Oscar nominations: he's extremely picky about his roles and when he decides to do a movie, he dives in head first. One of the most committed method actors working in the industry today, he has been known to stay in character for months to insure that his performance is 100% pure. This approach has not changed for the production of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, in which the Academy Award winner plays the titular president. And if you haven't seen 'There Will Be Blood'... see it!!
Guess where you won't find me after midnight these days?
The city of "brotherly" love, Philadelphia. The city where I lived for 4yrs (on the outermost border) during college. The city where I've worked tons of events for Job2, many at night, for the past 5+ years.
Why, you ask? Because I don't want to be senseless murder victim #___(fill in the blank, because it will probably change by the time you read this)
Before you bury your head in the sands of naivete, read this blog first: http://kevinneary.com/ This guy is a good friend of a girl I used to work with. He was walking a few blocks home in November in NoLibs, after watching a Monday Night Football game at a nearby bar. Something a 29 yr old man should be able to do without issue, right?
Unfortunately not. After an attempted robbery, he was shot, and is now paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of his life. This is one of dozens of stories that sling more ugly, nasty mud across the 'good name' the city of Philadelphia is trying to promote to potential tourists, and anyone else who thinks of it as one of those historic, must-see cities on their domestic travel bucket list.
Someone needs to do something. Mayor Nutter knows what's up. Talk alone isn't going to solve this though.
I'm not a huge fan of violence, (maybe seeing the latest Mission Impossible movie yesterday filled my head with images of crazy martial art skills) but wouldn't these thugs learn a lesson if the people they try this stuff on turn around and snap their neck in a few swift moves?
I know Philadelphia isn't the only one. Every major city with a population in the millions has their issues with crime. Stpo blaming the and everything else and do something.
But until they get their act together, you can find me in the suburbs after the sun goes down.
Hmmm... note to self for next year: find a better way to dispose of the live Christmas tree rather than sawing it into pieces by hand and stuffing it down the trash chute. Bonus activity of the vacuum getting clogged by all the needles...I even paid tribute to the thousands of scattered needles in the post title. And if you see a typo, it's probably the sap still on my thrice washed hands (is that even a proper term?) Anyway, I took the decorations off a few days ago, so the "Christmas magic" had been extinguished, and I didn't feel so bad going serial killer on my tree with a saw. It looked really beautiful for the month it was up!
Let's hope Jay-Z and Beyonce's kid looks more like her than him... I love me some Hov, but that look on a girl... not so cute
The fluctuating temps and the complete lack of humidity in the air has my sinuses going berserk. I've dodged the cold and flu thus far, but sometimes that sinus pressure can be just as much of a killer. I've gone the homeopathic route and have a stockpile of nasal mist, neti pot, and other nasal irrigation implements. They all seem to help, and it's better than taking pill after allergy pill, but it's the weirdest looking process in the world. I'll recommend it to anyone, but I'm not showing you how to do it! (YouTube people)
Haley Barbour pardons hundreds of Mississippi criminals? That should make hundreds of families feel... absolutely horrified. SYAD
Guess who else needs to SYAD this week? Mr. Joran van der Sloot. More like van dar Murderer. He fesses up to killing a woman in Peru, who discovered on a laptop in a hotel room the scandal of his past, flew into a mad rage and strangled her. Sit your murdering Dutch behind right down.
I switched to organic milk about a year ago, mainly because I don't trust whatever agency regulates our food, how it's produced, and what kind of additives they fail to disclose are in the stuff we eat. Better late than never, I guess. I'm staying away from meat more and more, although it's hard to supplement my diet with other adequate sources of protein (how am I going to win all these future races? ha). Every day it's something else- tainted products, cancer-causing ingredients. Tired of it!
Fun month ahead, and then we go right into February, another fabulous month! So looking forward to it.
The maker of Ho-Hos is filing for bankruptcy? Oh no! People will have to stuff their face with another sugary treat... until they reorganize and management gets it together.
Beauty and the Beast in 3D? Disney- how much more $$$ do you need?? Why not just put them on the Titanic in 3D, double the ticket price, and Disney and James Cameron can take the profits, swim in Olympic-sized pools of $500 champagne and play wiffle ball with lobster tails?!?!
I had thoughts of doing a post about the highlights of 2011, but decided cooking a pizza and surfing the internet was more tempting. As always, I'd be happy to give anyone a verbal recap (oddly enough, so one has taken me up on these offers...)
So.... to get started in this brand new year, let's go over some people who need to be told to SYAD!
That nut job firebug in LA. You're obviously deranged, but here's an idea: How about we set another fire and this time, throw YOU in it?
Jenny McCarthy. You have so much Botox in your face, I don't think we were convinced that was really you on the NYE countdown show. Bad move.
The people who throw garbage out the car windows and litter up the highway. Driving on 76 every morning can be bad enough without miles of garbage strewn all over the side of the road. Are you really that lazy?
The occasional spammers on Twitter. Stop interrupting my fun with your nonsense.
Time to get my car inspected again. I've been going to my guy for 3 years. He's cool and came with several positive recommendations, but my God, I can't walk into his office without starting to shake from the utter disorganization of all the papers and tools, etc. I think this guy is one of those flaky genius types. He once took me around the block for 10 minutes, having me listen to some part of the wheel on my old Jeep that made this squealing sound, so he completely disassembled it, and then put it back together because he couldn't figure out why, and it became this challenging puzzle to him. I didn't understand 90% of the stuff he was explaining, but he's respected and has never tried to dupe me. Let's be honest; as much as it pains the independent, slightly feminist part of me, 99% of the time someone like me walks into a mechanic place, you know they assume I know absolutely nothing about cars. Sadly, they're right. But it's all good, because inspection this time around should be a breeze.
Remember this one? Heard this today and remember back when some people I knew used to sing this over and over after a late night out at the bar. Those falsetto notes aren't for everyone (covering ears as I remember this). Video is pretty weird too...
Had some great Italian last week in Haddonfield, NJ. A BYO called Tre Famiglia www.trefamiglia.com Pretty delish. Place is pretty small and the atmosphere is somewhat quiet, but I definitely would go again. Food was great.
Using Skype on my new iTouch is awesome. Video chat is def cool when you're not chained to the laptop
Looking forward to some tennis majors coming up soon, starting with the Australian Open this month. Speaking of tennis, my arm/shoulder still hurts from slamming some serves on my home court back in November. I definitely won't forget to warm up properly next time. #lessonlearned
Why hasn't someone invented some sort of fake sunshine device to slowly rise in your bedroom and start the day off right, by waking you naturally? I'm sick of waking up in pure darkness to the same 10 songs at a high volume Q102 plays every week!
