Filed under: a few of my favorite things, party star | Tags: badass supremo, disco dancing, halloween costume, it's the claaaaaw, one two i'm coming after you
i ultimately decided that creeping out my friends with gruesome make-up and claws for hands is way too much fun to pass up.
so i went as fredericka krueger — or miss freddie for short.
what you can’t see are my fishnet stockings and an undying desire to disco dance with my claw, thus making me what one dude proclaimed, “a totally not scary freddy krueger.”
whatever. i was still badass. were you able to scoop out jello shots with a blade all night? yeah. didn’t think so.
intimidation is my middle name.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, celebrity worship, obscure pop culture references, party star, perfectly impossible | Tags: always feel like somebody's watching me, birthday, britney spears, fun times, halloween costume, lady gaga, scary carrie
i have a problem with Halloween: it only falls once a year.
and it’s in 10 days.
now i don’t know about you, but i LOVE dressing up, and i try to go balls to the wall for every event*. my birthday party had a heaven and hell theme just so i’d have an excuse to wear a feather boa, halo and false eyelashes (which i threw across the bar at the end of the night in a fit of excitement, but that’s beside the point).
so, basically, my problem is that i can’t narrow my choices down to one costume. i know, i know, it’s on a weekend this year, so technically, i can have two costumes. however, you might remember that i’m poor and costumes are not cheap.
i’m also extremely competitive, and i’m constantly trying to one-up myself in the halloween arena. i want something creative and somewhat original, which is why my lady gaga costume is out the window. (seriously, do you know how many hits i get on this blog for “lady gaga costume?” there are going to be some outraegous ladies out there this year…)
so here i am, anxiously counting down the days (like i do every october), and realizing i have too many ideas, but nothing that excites me like the carrie costume:
scary carrie, 2008
or the britney costume:
pregnant britney, 2006
i’ve got a lot of fake blood left over from last year, and i’m leaning toward freddy krueger just to scare the crap out of my friends the whole night. but i also wouldn’t mind using my snuggie (crazy cat lady slash wizard?), carrying my booze in a starbucks’ cup (olsen twin?) or creating an outfit from scratch (the geico money?).
sigh. i hate you, Halloween. almost as much as i love you.
*to the lovely couple: thank you for an awesome party!** i would’ve dressed up, but i didn’t want to steal your thunder. so i wore sassy red shoes and stole jp’s beer instead.
**to everyone else in attendance: lovely to meet you, but i’m far too lazy to link to all 50 of you. you were all fabulous, and i’m looking forward to future weddings, birthdays and celebrations
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, bestest friends, family first, journalicious, party star | Tags: bestest friends, california knows how to party, chelsea lately, conan o'brien, drink drank drunkity drunk drunk, los angeles, mac and cheese should be its own food group, post vacation blues, san diego, vacation mode
the grass is greener in california. the sky is bluer, the sun is brighter, the mac and cheese is cheesier, the people are happier, the activities are morer (copyright: me*). all i really need to say is — my vacation was fabulous, and i want to go back.
in no particular order, this is what i did:
spent time with some of my favorite college friends.
reminisced a LOT with said college friends.
ate sushi.
almost got kicked out of a bar for taking my shoes off.
went to conan and chelsea.
rewatched and tried to find myself on both conan and chelsea.
drank beer.
drank wine.
drank sake.
drank champagne.
drank tequila. at disneyland.
got lost looking for an entrance to a secret in-n-out.
finally ate in-n-out (animal style, with a neopolitan shake**)
drove in tons of LA traffic.
navigated LA traffic without a map.
almost left my mom on the side of an LA freeway because she was driving me crazy.
took a ferry to coronodo island.
saw the grey’s anatomy set.
went to a 21-and-older movie theater and drank blue moon.
didn’t exercise.
didn’t think about work.
there’s more.
but i think this list is too long.
and no one even reads lists.
*actually, copyright urban dictionary. who knew?
** you are welcome.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, celebrity worship, obscure pop culture references | Tags: california knows how to party, chelsea lately, conan o'brien, fall fall go away, vacation mode, veronica mars
yeah, yeah, i hate october. wah, wah, wah.
but this year, i’ve been counting down the days because tomorrow… I’M GOING TO CALIFORNIA!!
hello, sunshine, celebrities* and cool ocean breeze. mommy’s missed you.
*i’ll be in the audience for both chelsea lately and the tonight show with conan o’brien. and!!! kristen bell, my very favorite, will be a guest on conan one of the days i have tickets (Oct. 6, Maxie – watch it…)!!! it’s 50-50 whether i’ll be able to attend that day, but since i’m kind of a psycho celeb stalker**, i at least know she’ll be in town while i’m there…
**and by stalker, i mean, I’m not. please don’t get a restraining order. (because i know kristen and her agent totally read this.)
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, obscure pop culture references, sporty spice | Tags: eye, gilmore girls, fringe, crazy eyes, bizarre dreams, early mornings, gym rat
i had a dream last night that someone wanted to scoop my eyeballs out of their sockets with a plastic spoon.
i’m not even going to analyze this one. i’m just going to go about my day (and maybe try not to let too many people get a good look at my dazzling baby blue-greens).
i’ve been up since 3. in the morning. considering i usually roll out of bed at 8:10 and jump in my car five minutes later, this is absurd. instead, this morning, i read, watched gilmore girls and fringe, went to the gym, made an omelet and drank orange juice, tea and coffee. i’m still completely wired, and i’m a little concerned about hitting that adrenaline wall come one o’clock.
if the impact of this early morning isn’t too bad, i’m vowing* to get up early at least twice a week because i feel amazingly productive and energetic for once.
*hey, don’t you doubt me — my online vows have worked before… ish.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, bestest friends, party star, sporty spice | Tags: alex ovechkin, drin, drink drank drunkity drunk drunk, hockey rocks my face off, washington capitals
i kinda heart hockey. it’s a relatively new discovery, but i totally rock the red whenever i can. I’ve found that this makes me really cool and starts lots of conversations (which is almost unfortunate, since I don’t really understand the rules other than puck goes in goal and, unlike soccer, you can check your opponents.) it also get me lots of free tickets — like tonight. i’m going to be sitting in the second row, center of the rink, and i’m TOTALLY STOKED!!!! i’m popping DR’s hockey cherry and i’m going to convert her into a hockey fan and we’re going to drink beer and it’s going to be TOTALLY AWESOME!!
Also, I was here*:
*and by here, i mean i missed the goal because i was too busy eating my hot dog and dropping my wallet 30 feet below the bleachers and i actually missed the whole thing. but the rest of the crowd enjoyed it quite a lot.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, obscure pop culture references | Tags: andy samberg, justin timberlake, on a boat, SNL, tears of joy, the lonely island
no matter how bad a day proves to be, this SNL short makes me laugh so hard i cry. i know i’m a lil late since the “on a boat” video is the latest one circling the interwebz, but seriously — tears. streaming down my face. watch, but uh… wear headphones.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, celebrity worship, fear and loathing, perfectly impossible | Tags: chuck bass rocks my world, Gossip Girl, it's no one tree hill, tv fanatic, tv shows, twilight is the new gossip girl
… but am i the only one who’s pretty much over Gossip Girl?
don’t get me wrong — i’ll still watch it. but something is definitely off.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, bestest friends, perfectly impossible, sporty spice, work and play | Tags: awesome, chocolate, cupcakes, deliciousn, fudge, gym, lemon, raspberry, rockstar, sugar
last night, i got a facebook comment from denver married friend: “You better stop bragging about all your gym going…remember…i could still kick your ass.” well that left me feeling kinda like an asshole. not because of the bragging (my consistent gym-going this past 9 months is probably my biggest accomplishment in about 20-some odd years), but because all i’ve been doing for the past week is talking about cupcakey deliciousness with pithy.
you see, my dear friend pithy will be starting grad school tomorrow at the prestigious Georgetown University (make sure to go give her a written pat on the back). while i’m extremely excited for her, i’m more excited that this will lead to even more motivation toward her dedication to bringing in yummy goodies to the office because two days a week, she’ll be mere blocks away from the notoriously tasty and popular…. georgetown cupcake!
since making this discovery, we’ve been going on and on about the variety of cupcakes we’ll be trying — chocolate banana, lemon berry, lava judge… i’ve even picked my birthday cupcake of choice from their list of monthly selections (April 3, white choc raz, thankyouverymuch). i’ve never even tried their cupcakes, but something tells me i’ll be eating them weekly until pithy graduates.
…and long story short, i’m over the asshole-ness feeling i was feeling, and i will continue bragging about my awesomely rockstar gym-going-ness via facebook and twitter. it’s not bragging if i’m still fluffy.
Filed under: a few of my favorite things, geek chic, perfectly impossible | Tags: 2008 resolution fail, 2009 resolution, 30 rock, another new obsession, brothers and sisters, Gossip Girl, how i met your mother, one tree hill, paint picasso, red headed step child, the hills, the office, tv fanatic, veronica mars
since my 2008 resolution was an overwhelming FAIL (let’s just say, i’m not meant to be rich), i decided not to do resolutions this year — just basic to-better-myself-is-to-happy-myself goals. (i have no idea what that meant). the goals include write more, eat less, yoddi yoddi yodda.
instead, in the past six days, when i’m not writing less and eating more, all i’ve done is morph into this*:
i apparently don’t like drawing extremities. also, i have red hair again — but that’s the only resemblance to my real life. (although TV-framed glasses would be AWESOME.)
so i now resolve that as soon as i finish the 5th season of “one tree hill” on dvd, i’ll be back to my ass-kicking self. except of course on monday nights. and unless of course amazon delivers my “how i met your mother” and “30 rock” sets by then.
*possibly part of a new weekly series as requested by Crazy Eyes.
