My First Interview

You guys should get a kick out of this one. It features me. It's my first interview, now I know we already have a real reporter in our group so I won't be making this a regular thing but this since this is a me centered episode I thought I would post it.

my first interview

So this is my last night in Vegas, sad I know. Turns out I'm not a big "party Vegas girl" but I am a "pool Vegas girl" I've managed to lay out before work the last two mornings. And tomorrow is pool and spa day! Almost makes me want to be a regular Vegas-ian? (Don't worry that's only - almost)

Happy Memorial Weekend!!

Barry and Bachelor Update

Okay so there was no Barry and no bachelors. It was the saddest thing I’ve seen in a while. We go to the box office to pickup our tickets and she was like sorry we have bad news, the show has been cancelled due to technical difficulties. The way the jaws dropped around me… we thought for a moment we were on candid camera. But no she assured us it was not going to happen. So we walked away stunned, a little numb to the news. But then we realized we could still perhaps meet the man. So we head back to the stage, a line of older women who had planned this weekend around this event. Nobody had told them yet, but you could slowly see the news break down the line. I thought the scene at the box office was bad, but this, this was disbelief then shock and hurt then anger. They weren’t going to stand for this, they had come from all over the country, the world. These New York women had no intention of leaving without seeing Barry. A couple of about 60-70 had come from England to see this show this weekend. They booked it in February for their anniversary. They came from England to LAS VEGAS TO SEE BARRY!! The husband was not going to let his wife down and demand they somehow make up for this catastrophe. The wife turned to me, still stunned, looking at me, asking me if this was all true, was this happening. People disappointed old people is seriously the saddest thing. People love the Barry. So we were off to recover with a little bit of Mexican food and some deep thought conversation. Then we were back to our hotel and since I fell asleep in the cab back I realized I was too tired to go to a bachelor party. Good thing because as one of my friends pointed out I probably wouldn’t want to be attending a “Vegas Bachelor Party.”

But do not despair because it turns out when you hold your breath till you turn purple you get what you want (good to keep in mind). I got to go to the Sugarland concert that they had at the pool last night. Not only did we get our tickets comp-ed but we also were put up in a bungalow and it turns out that two bungalows down was a group from Budweiser. They gave us free beer. So last night was perfect summer night weather, we all had lounge chairs, and nice co-workers, and free beer, and we got to make fun of the slutty girl who was dancing in a way her mother would never want to see and then eventually took her clothes off to reveal a cute bathing suit top but the bottoms didn’t match which made us believe that it wasn’t actually a bathing suit. So overall a good night.

To come – my most embarrassing moment – trust me it’s a whole other story that requires its own entry because its gotten so out of hand.

For a sneak peak of my most embarrassing moment or if that doesn't work just look for Rock Honors and a video or two should show up.

Back in Vegas

People I might be a Vegas girl! I know it’s early I always get excited the first day of everything but I’m staying at Mandalay Bay and I love my room, not an exciting view but its nice and I like the bathroom, it’s huge. I even a did a Vegas dance – I do love the Vegas dance, the arms are all a twirl, if I could tap dance my Day One Vegas Dance would be “fierce” (a little Tyra I know). This trip has had quite the kickoff, even met someone on the plane. Not what you are all thinking just a chatty guy in for a bachelor party and some real estate expo of sorts. It was funny I was all worried about sitting next to him because he was so chatty. But then this girl sat between us who was so chatty that he commented to me, very funny. Originally we had considered sharing a cab with one of the guys I work with but then the show had a shuttle pick us up and somehow he/we managed to have him come along. We made jokes about how I wouldn’t just invite a stranger off the plane to come in our shuttle. The whole thing was just a crack up. So at the very least I could have some fun after… I meet Barry Manilow. Yes I’m meeting Barry; I guess we are going to the concert first so it should all be fun. Sugarland is performing here too, I’m hoping to maybe if hold my breath till I turn bright purple I’ll get to go. We’ll see. I’ve never been to a bachelor party, I’m thinking I haven’t ever really been to a bachelorette party either, so for my first night in Vegas I’m meeting Barry and bachelors, how exciting, it might even lead to a Day Two Vegas Dance, it is possible my arms could just fly out with all the twirling about. Ooh and I’ve moved my ticket to the end of day Friday so I can have a bit of pool time and a massage. I love living it up in Vegas.

Oh need a horrifying read? Pickup a copy of “The Book of Horrible Questions” by Smith and Doe.

Ooh and somebody offered to marry me in Adelaide next year!!

I'm totally procratinating here

So I should be packing right now. Actually I should be packed. I've been home for almost seven hours. I've been on the phone, planning quilts that I started over two years ago, reorganizing fabric for all the quilts I think of but never finish. I've been trying to watch everything on my TiVo because I go out of town for a week starting tomorrow. I just watched the series finale of the West Wing, nothing shocking just a nice ending. I think I may have missed the episode right before but doesn't make much different. I just think how sad it is for all of them to be leaving for their show. How sad it would be at the end of two terms to leave the white house. I always wanted to be a first lady but it occurs to me the likely hood of that is slim considering the ambivalence I have towards politics. But I don't think people work toward being first lady I think some how you just end up there. Who even thinks to become President. It's weird but in twenty years I could be married to someone who wants to be President and I think that's kind of amazing. Maybe he just started out getting involved in city politics -- I know I watch to much television. But life is unexpected. People call out of the blue. People who you think were only meant to be in your life for a moment end up sticking around, an unexpected connection. I'm always wondering how my life will turn out, I take for granted that I will get married and have kids but I'm almost 28 I mean I still have a good ten years (not that life ends at 40-- but really it's nothing like being in your 20s) but I'm starting to meet more people in their mid to late 30s who aren't married, who aren't on any path to a family of four with a dog and a pool. Anyway its going to happen out of the blue I just know I'm going to be surprised by the whole situation which is exciting. I'm going to have other careers which even more exciting, especially since I can barely think of another job I could do besides my current one. I'm going to end up doing something else and miss my script days. Miss staying up all night watching TV and pretending to pack before "business trips" It won't be as moving as leaving a hit TV show or the white house but it will still be a little sad for me.
anyway this could just go on but I really should pack and get ready next week.

Oh Oprah

So I think I'm going to get that "perfect white t-shirt" from the Oprah show last week. (Aryn I know we talked about this) -- I’ve totally succumb -- between my mother and Oprah and the horrible white T that I’m wearing today. It’s like I have no choice. It could be really perfect and really soft. Besides I have new shoes. I have tossed the colorfully cute sneakers of last week and moved on to a tasteful and fun flat, some sophisticated yet still shimmery slides, and well a new pair of camo-sparkle sneakers (but they are very ‘late 20s’ looking). I’m trying to look a bit more sophisticated – a bit more put together these days. So in addition to the perfect white T-shirt I’m looking for a replacement for my Tulane sweatshirts that keep me so warm at the freezing cold offices that I work at, a new computer bag that is not a neon orange backpack – and if I am truthful to myself it is very junior high—but it is so cheery and has such great pockets! It’s a little bit sad because my sweatshirts are so warm and cuddly but I suppose you aren’t really suppose to look warm and cuddly in an office – I mean everyone else does but since I’m not going to blow out my hair every day the least I could do is where a shirt to work that requires ironing. Besides it does get old to answer questions about going to school in New Orleans. As one approaches thirty I suppose its time to retire the college stuff, that and my mom saved me a couple episodes of “What Not to Wear” and Clinton and Stacey were pretty firm on that subject (as they are with most subjects – that they deem unfashionable).

BTW, people if you are off to Oprah to see this small bit of perfection that I’ve decide to blow fifty bucks on please I beg you --- save yourself and do NOT read the message boards. I know the Oprah audience looks all pretty and sophisticated but those are not the people who leave messages on the show message boards. These people do not understand what the message boards are for. It is NOT I repeat NOT a full access path to Oprah herself. (She is not Shonda Rhimes--although Shonda should totally be on Oprah sometime). She will not read your pleas, she will not find it in her heart to respond to some psycho without spell check. This is not how she decides to make people’s dreams come true, I think for that you have to send in a video, or a real letter or email. Besides that whole dreams bus thing was last year.
Oprah gave us Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Bob Greene, they helped her with legal battles, heart problems and weight problems – These people have made her life better, you just cry on her beg for more stuff. For that she is not going to start your small business for you so you can make a zillion dollars off your half-baked invention!

Gilmore Girls Season Finale Tonight!! (has nothing to do with this entry)

Things I love (in no particular order):
• Hot chocolate (preferably Nestle – for its incredibly creamy delicious taste)
• Self Improvement/ motivational books (because they make you feel like you could take over the world if you just put your mind to it)
• Season finales (especially ones that are advertised as “a special 2 night event”)(I think I should marry a television writer—they are like the rocket scientist of – I don’t know unless of course I get to marry a real scientist – that would be fun too)
• Britney Spears (because we all know she’s going to have a comeback – plus even when she’s chubby making bad choices about the men in her life, she’s still so cute – and just doing the best she can. And she’s proves you don’t have to be the most talented to get to the top, you just have to be driven and go after your dreams – I bet she’ll even when an Oscar one day – Halle Berry did – whoever thought that would happen (not that I don’t love Halle Berry – she is by far one of the most beautiful women in the world and has great taste in clothes – again trouble with the men but she’s evolving plus she has an action figure now. And even though Brit isn’t a small girl she worked her butt off to get some great looking abs, and that makes me believe if I would only work (really really hard) at it that I too could have a pop star abs.)
• An action figure modeled after me
• The O.C., Grey’s Anatomy, Veronica Mars, and Gilmore Girls

Side note:
I can’t believe how bad the SERIES (not just a season) finale of 7th Heaven was, I believe in flashback scenes and all but this was such a crappy ending. It didn’t even make sense. Ten years people all the episodes leading up to the final episode were good. It just wasn’t a finale, such a shame. Will & Grace that will be a good SERIES finale, they will wrap things up, they will have closure, you feel the characters stories will go on and yet you won’t wonder endlessly making up your own ending. If Friday was the SERIES finale of Reba then that kind of sucked too, not horrible just now – wow that was a great show. But I don’t think they knew it was the finale episode ever when they made it.

Something to look forward to:
SOMEONE DIES ON THE OC SEASON FINALE! A MAIN CHARACTER!! (and Mischa Barton isn't coming back as a season regular next year -- only leaves more time for Seth and Summer)

Update:
The Authentic Mexican Cornbread – big hit! I thought it was a bit heavy and a little on the buttery side but the people seemed to like it. So it was a good Friday after all. And I have a very nice office group of people to work with this month :)

Things to remember

• Don’t get love advice off TV shows (especially reality shows and soap operas)

• Mint leaves of a mojito do not make a meal

• Google is an excellent spell check

• I hate being introduced to people

• When your family, friends and fan hates your boy, believe them that you are wrong and blind to the situation otherwise you will end up with Kfed or TC. (although I still love the nickname TomKat ~ especially since their baby is TomKitten)

Today’s favorite quote:
“Women are like stars…only one can make your dreams come true" (aww – sweet!)

Not really a favorite quote but one I should keep in mind:
"Oversleeping will never make one’s dreams come true."

(mmm - I love inspirational quotes - they make me very happy)

Ooh one last side thought:
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and I'm making Authentic Mexican Cornbread for my work pot luck (that makes me feel like an accountant lol) - I spent all morning googling the perfect recipe and I think I have it -- it's all very exciting -- someone else is bringing a secret recipe of Mac and Cheese, I have no doubt it will be the biggest hit of the party, someone else is bringing "Stoup" from the Rachel Ray book - half soup have stew-- and we are having choco tacos, mexican peanut butter brownies --
Okay I just realized how ridiculous I've been all day! I could have just called robin for authentic mexican pot luck ideas and you probably know a fantastic cornbread recipe too-- girly do you even have IM - because I don't think I have the address and if i do you are never ever on it! I realize Sonia you too could have been quite the help. Why I don't use my resources - MAN OH MAN!
If this goes badly tonight expect calls people!

Less Left Field -- this is somewhat topical for the day

So I had been pondering my post all day, I had a plan and that was not it. Well the t-shirt mention was in the plan but the rest—left field. I can’t even remember what I wanted to talk about. Oh well.

So how excited is Katie Couric! And Meredith Vieira and Patricia Heaton, (I hope she can finally stop doing those Albertson’s commercials, they drive me crazy). I don’t really see Meredith on that kind of morning show, but she did well on the millionaire show, I’m sure she’ll do great. Katie now makes $60,000 a day! Do you think when she was in her twenties she decided that in thirty years she wanted to make $60,000 a day? I apparently am not aiming high enough with my goals these days. I need to start thinking bigger. It was a big week for agents all around this week, can you just imagine the pressure, all these women had to be out several other good candidates, well I’m not sure who Katie’s competition was, I seem to fall under a rock between work and dating. I think Patricia had it the hardest, a lot had to go right for her to get this job. Talk about goal oriented people going after what they want. The whole thing just impresses me. I wonder who all the sad people are who completely frustrated that enraged that they lost to this group.

On a side note TV was kind of disappointing this week. Nothing big happened, maybe I’m just getting to busy these days to appreciate it all but I kind of feel nothing much happened on the Gilmore Girls especially after the hiatus they had, Lane’s boy was kind of cute writing the hit, but still not crazy about him. The girls are freaked out about their boys and lying to each other about it, but I hear there some good stuff coming up so I’m not to worried. This was the first week I didn’t start crying from One Tree Hill, a little bit of a let down. The OC, they’re just setting up for big stuff at the end of the season. I wish is it were sweeps, I love sweeps, everything is big and overdone during sweeps I love it. General Hospital on the other hand, very good right now. Jason is freaking out, I feel they are about to shake up Port Charles – change up the alliances. The whole Alexis is my mother and I hate her because she’s taken the rest of my family from me. It’s getting really good.

So I think I’ll try to fit in one more episode of GH and then off to bed, entirely to late the day before the show but what can you do, Alexis and Sam just got locked in an office together.

Why can’t I dance like Beyoncé?

I listen to her a lot when I work out so her music is constantly in my head. It’s good “get over the crap in your life and move on to something better” kind of music. It’s great when I’m on the treadmill thinking about life stuff, but when I’m home in front of the mirror its just plain frustrating, there’s nothing worse than watching me try to dance like Beyoncé. But I have a new pink almost magenta “I Love Seth Cohen” t-shirt. How could I not buy it! Seth didn’t get into Brown, that’s sad, I’m glad to I didn’t worry to much about getting my heart set on someplace specific – how heartbreaking to not get into your dream school. Little does he know life works out for the best. I didn’t have my heart set on most of the things I did, for that matter do, but I really can’t imagine things going much better. Well I suppose I could imagine things better, but I can have quite the imagination at times, not to say that those things are going to come along sooner or later. But I’ve never really had my heart set on one thing that I didn’t get, hmmm actually I can think of two things I didn’t get but one is because I really wasn’t good enough to do it, and the other someone wanted it so much more than me. And I really don't think things would be that different today if I had done both of those other things.
Anyway back to the Cohen shirt, I actually went out looking for a black skirt to wear with my black boots for show day tomorrow. My mom thinks I could step it up in the wardrobe department, add a little sophistication here and there. I wanted to spend my tax return on diamond earrings, she thinks a wardrobe update would be more suitable. She’s not necessarily wrong but if you think about it, if you are wearing diamond earrings everything looks more sophisticated. So anyway this purchase is just an example of how I ended up with a jeans and t-shirts wardrobe over a smartly put together wardrobe, not that I don’t want a great wardrobe because I do, sometimes I want to wear something other than funny little t-shirts but when I go out shopping I really have no idea what to buy, and funny t-shirts make me laugh, but recently I’ve made some friends who accessorize well and we’ve been shopping and plan to go again so things are looking up. And diamond earrings seem a little frivolous so maybe I’ll just get a new bag and leave it at that. Only June will tell, I suppose dance class could be added to the list of possibilities.

Where have I been?!

I’m wearing my rain boots today. Love my rain boots.


Cute don’t you think.

On of the girls in my office brought in her Time-Life cds and so I’ve spent most of the day downloading them to my computer. I’ve changed and updated all of my workout mixes, I’m very excited about this. I even have a new trainer that I’m seeing tonight, funny guy, he’s vegan (unrelated statements, but still interesting).
So I know I’ve been gone forever. And it’s not that I don’t have anything to say, I have a list of things I want to talk about. My Saturday night, dating a new guy, I actually have a trainer, wow I had all these other thoughts and they have surprisingly disappeared from my head. I hate that. There was so much I wanted to say, I think about it constantly. Hmmm.
Overall I’m just incredibly happy. A weird-calm happy. Not weird-calm like I’m going to flip out any moment, just nice no drama calm happy. My boy is no drama, unusual I know. He’s just this interesting, super nice guy, who thinks the same thing about me. Astounding I know. More on that later.

So I’ll be trying to remember everything I wanted to talk about in the last two weeks and catching you up on all my deep thoughts :)
(So I wrote this yesterday but I'm posting it today)

Maybe I'm in need of a history book.

Sadly I failed the US Citizenship Test. Maybe I've read enough books about people with disturbing childhoods and maybe now I should look into something new. However, if I was actually busy at my job I never would have discovered my little failing of life. So should I read more history books or get a job that actually require a bit more work on my part? So I don't quiz myself all day long.

US Citizenship Test

*************

So I spent the next hour googling all the questions to figure out which ones I got wrong. I now feel like a much better citizen.

A Snowboarding Adventure - Part 2 (the photos)

Okay so I've started to post pictures but I didn't want to make my blog annoying to open so I moved all the pictures into another blog

"Stella Steps Out"

I posted pictures from Lake Tahoe and Morro Bay.

DID YOU KNOW.........

Grey's Anatomy has a web blog AND a podcast. OMG SO SO excited.

Grey Matter

and of course you can find the podcast on itunes.

Too much people, it's just too much.

A Snowboarding Adventure - Part 1

I am now on Day 3 of snowboarding in Lake Tahoe, Diamond Peak. Seriously every muscle in body hurts. I have to wear layers and every time I pull a shirt over my head its incredibly painful. Funny enough the actual falling isn’t that painful, but I’m doing much less of that anyway as of yesterday. Except for one fall – hit my head pretty hard, had a bit of “yard sale” as they say, my goggles went flying off, of course that was after it had scratched me above the eye. But people don’t worry, I’m a tough rider, I got back up on that board and linked a couple more turns and finished out the day. I was supposed to be snowmobiling today but that didn’t work out so I’m headed back to the mountain. I’m really not sure how much more of this my body can take. I thought the kayaking on Saturday was rough. I had no idea. Of course this is my last day so I might as well try for a blue right. Then comeback next year and start all over again.
Well we are off for the day but I will fill you on all my ex citing Tahoe details tomorrow night.

Dear WB, Where are you going with this?

When you watch a lot of tv you become really attached to the characters you even care about them a little bit. I started crying in the first five minutes of One Tree Hill, it was so good and the music makes it so emotional, and you can guess the whole storyline, I mean we all knew it would be Jimmy, and yeah he would probably kill himself, Peyton wasn’t going to die. But Keith, really. OMG. I’m passed shocked, I don’t even know what that is. How could Dan do it, what man does that, even a pretend man, a fictional character, he can’t hate his brother that much. The whole episode is filled with people who love each other so much, who do whatever they can, people who come to the rescue of one another. The whole time I was thinking how much I would want someone to come for me. And then Dan just shoots him, and that just leaves you nowhere. Jimmy could have shot him, but Dan? Where are they even going with this? Who are the people that write this? It’s only Wednesday. Wow.

BTW: Didn’t even remotely make it to that gravity class, not the 9am, 10am even 11am – oh well at least there is another one tomorrow.

Sephora, The Gym, Three Days Off

Really does life get better than this? I love having time off, it's one of my favorite parts of working. I have two whole weeks off and I'm very excited. I had originally scheduled a trip to Mexico, but it seems to be a bad weekend for that so Plan B. (Side note: I love how Logan kisses Rory, at least at the beginning of the episode because from the preview I know he’s won’t be doing that by the end. And if I ever have an ex husband I really want him to be like Christopher.) Anyway Plan B. Hearst Castle, kayaking in Morro Bay, I hear I may need a wetsuit, luckily I was thinking of picking one up tomorrow, you think I’m kidding but I’m not. So this should be very fun. Then on Sunday I’m off to Lake Tahoe!! Super excited about this too, Maria is going to teach me to snowboard, yes me, I’m becoming quite athletic with the whole gym thing. Which brings me to the gym, now the whole class thing hasn’t been working out, but today I decided I was just going to make it. 8pm, gravity class, I was sooo there. Early! So of course the class was cancelled. So this left with me with two other options, jazz/funk - hmm, is that really the first class I wanted to jump into, hmmm no. But me so quick to judge decided to go with Kundalini yoga. So once again I’m early, five minutes, nothing crazy. The other class goes ten minutes late. But I’m okay with this, so I go sit down the instructor talks for thirty minutes THIRTY MINUTES PEOPLE. I about freaked out everything from him speeding on the freeway, unity of yoga and marriage, the government and laws and how they box us in, it just kept on going, oh yes and they should hang a picture of Jesus in the yoga center, but the staff at the Y thought it might be offensive, now I understand it’s a Christian organization but personally would not like to get all hot and sweaty in front of him, even to me that seems a little wrong. The gym is not a sacred place, sure maybe in the administrative office but in the actual gym, and he’s like – people are just afraid, the whole city is afraid, I can’t even smile at the cashier at the grocery store, they just freak out, of my spirit is just TOO MUCH for them to handle. Thirty minutes people. Then they started with the breathing – breathing good, then the Ohms lots of very loud Ohms. So I had horrible work out, 20 minutes doesn’t do anything, that’s no calories, no fat burned – nothing! (I ate a ColdStone caramel temptation – I needed to burn some serious calories!) What a waste, I tried to go back but I just sat for almost forty minutes doing nothing. I tried an extra five minutes but I couldn’t get into it so Plan B (lots of these today) went and steamed instead—Kelly you are a genius, the steam room always cheers me up.
I can’t believe I let myself in to Sephora, without any real intentions. I mean if you go in for something specific its much better, but thinking you may want some moisturizer without knowing much else, man, not good, $150 later I ended up with two face washes, a moisturizer and sun block. You know for the past month I’ve been washing and moisturizing just fine but one step into Sephora you wonder how you even got to this moment without all the crap you are buying, luckily it all has good packaging and lovely smells so I think it will be worth it, I don’t want to be a wrinkled hag at 30 now do I?
Can’t even wait for tomorrow, who knows what I’ll end up with. Maybe a new wetsuit, and hopefully I’ll make the 9am gravity class, that’s funny 9am. The mysteries of tomorrow. I’ll let you know.

I just don't even understand the problem...

You Have Your PhD in Men

You understand men almost better than anyone. You accept that guys are very different, and you read signals well. Work what you know about men, and your relationships will be blissful.

How Well Do You Understand Men?

I knew it, I just knew it!

You are a Great Girlfriend

When it comes to your guy, you're very thoughtful But you also haven't stopped thinking of yourself You're the perfect blend of independent and caring You're a total catch - make sure your guy knows it too!

Are You a Good Girlfriend?

PEOPLE!!! He's perfect for me!

He plays soccer and basketball!!! Do you remember I wanted to be a soccer mom and learn how to do a lay up. OMG I'm so excited. I totally play soccer with Teddy (my mom's dog) all the time when I'm in Phoenix. I should totally google soccer news and how to make crepes (I think he likes crepes).

By the way you can call me MCM80 ('cause I'm 80 times better than anyone out there) - yeah props to Teri for that one, cause I'm totally in to the double X L.

Damn The Fictional Wife

So my crush wants to marry Alicia Keys!! People I'm no Alicia Keys, this sucks. I don't even sing. I just don't understand why he can't read my mind and just ask me out. I mean I send him "ask me out" thoughts all day long! Boys think they know everything but really they know nothing. But maybe he'll just wait and ask me out next week. I keep wondering if we have anything to talk about we could possibly go out to dinner and have nothing to say to each other. I should try to come up with some interesting subjects of conversation. Maybe about travel, he likes travel. If you have any interesting dinner trivia let me know. The good news is he believes in fictional wives just like I believe in fictional husbands. We do seem like a good pair.