new things

I got these in the mail today. YAY! I have been waiting on them for over a week and I'm tres excited! I bought them on etsy and just had to have them! They are pendants made from Ancient Ming Dynasty pottery shards.....and they're a decent size too! Like about 1.5 inches! I'm keeping the yellow one for moi, and not sure what I'm going to do with the other one - I just couldn't only buy one for some reason!

ugh, i need to curb my spending. whatever, they were cheap. they are one of a kind, and they make me happy. :-)

the gods must be crazy

I watched the opening monologue of this movie last night, and it really made sense...

“…Here you find civilized man. Civilized man refused to adapt himself to his environment. Instead, he adapted his environment to suit him.
So he built cities, roads, vehicles, machinery. And he put up power lines to run his labor-saving devices. But he didn’t know when to stop.
The more he improved his surroundings to make life easier, the more complicated he made it. Now his children are sentenced to years of school, to learn how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat.
And civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings, now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt every hour of the day to his self-created environment.
For instance, if it’s Monday and 8:00 comes up, you have to dis-adapt from your domestic surroundings…and re-adapt yourself to an entirely different environment. 9:00 means everybody has to look busy. 10:30 means you can stop looking busy for 5 minutes…And then, you have to look busy again. Your day is chopped into pieces. In each segment of time…you adapt to new circumstances.
No wonder some people go off the rails a bit.”

Food for thought...anyway... so the weekend in review:

*Got a lot done around the house - I am finally moved in! Emptied the last box of shit last night at 11pm~ ugh.

*Saw the Batman movie. Fucking increds. Heath Ledger was amazing - I finally realized how great of an actor he was, and I was sad to think that his career probably would have really gone places after this movie.... sad. But Christian Bale - holy hell Batman. I can't even talk about it. I loved how long the movie was - oh, and we saw it on IMAX which I think made all the difference. Geezus. Amazing!

*Exercise TV on Demand. Now, this is what an hour of my Saturday morning consisted of, and I'm still feeling it. I woke up at 9am, and was like, damnit, I'm fat. I need to work out (side note - I'm fat because my new b.c. pill has packed on about 5 pounds of solid water weight, so I look like a manatee.) Anyway, so yea, I decide that I want to work out. Hmm, I recalled a convo that Chester Copperpot and I had about Exercise TV on Demand. So I turn it on, and realize that there's a whole WORLD of stuff on there!!

I started with "AM Yoga," a nice, 12 minute start up routine that made me sweat a little. Then, once I feel pretty damn awake, I get real ballsy and select "Tae Bo with Billy Banks" (or whatever his name is)... holy cow. All I can say is, I'm very glad that I have never elected to take any of those kickboxing classes at the Y, because now I know how freaking ridiculous I would have looked. Thank GOD that I was in the privacy of my own home, and during the kick/punch quick change, that no one else had to witness the hilarity and sadness of that spectacle. I even had to give up at one point because I just wasn't fast enough. I just started laughing.

So, heart rate WAY UP, sweat pouring off of me, I decide to cool down with another (longer) yoga routine. I got about half way through it when I realized that my blood sugar was probably in the dangerously low level b/c I hadn't eaten a damn thing and I was def. in the negative calorie zone for the day and getting dizzy.....so I stopped. But I feel that I got a GREAT workout! And it was something different. And I didn't have to worry about people seeing me look a fool! I think I'm going to try and stick with it for a while.....see what happens!

Enough about all that.... but the weekend as a whole was great. Got to spend a good amount of time with the bf, and got a lot done, and I'm still sore from a great (however embarrasing it might have been) workout. Going to Florida on Wednesday until next Monday, and wow am I excited. Excited to get away from work for a while, away from Nashville, away from responsibility....away from moving....just away. I really have only taken one actual vacation this year (my weekend trips home are not a vacation by any means) so this will be very nice. I've only taken two days off work this whole year thus far, so I'm definitely looking forward to this!!!

bueno.

here's to kickin' it like tae bo...

home is where the mom is

So, went back to the fab state of MD this weekend, and I've decided, it's the most fucking gorgeous place in the WAYOLD!! (said in a new york accent, here's to you aunt charmaine.)

It's beautiful. It's peaceful. It's fun. Why did I leave again? Oh yea, no music biz in good ole' South County (lovingly referred to as SoCo by the locals). I am glad I don't "live" there, but I love visiting. I just wish it could be for more than a few days.

First things first. I inherited a camera from my mum. She gave me her childhood Kokak Brownie Hawkeye, an amazing old box camera which was made from the late 40's through the early 60's. it's OLD. but i love it. and, i think it still works. Here's what it looks like!!

I love it. I can't wait to get a bulb and some film and take some rad medium format photos!

Other things that happened this weekend included....lots of eating (mmmm it was all so delish) lots of drinking (too much) and some good friend-seeing and mom-visiting. Overall, besides the heinous hangover I had on Sunday, it was a great trip. Mom and I layed out by the pool, or, in the pool rather, ALL DAY on Sunday. Literally, for about 6 hours. It was so nice. We talked, laughed, and she tried to nurse me back to health with homemade miami vices (for those of you who don't know, a miami vice is 1/2 strawberry daquri and 1/2 pina colada. mmmm). I first turned her on to them in Jamaica two years ago and she's been hooked ever since. It's the perfect combo of both - not too much of either. Love them.....

Sidenote: I am eating the most amazing chicken salad sandwich right now and for this reason I will never, ever, become a vegetarian.

So yea, the weekend was great. I'm glad to be back, with the exception that I'm kind of Tennessee-d out right now. Don't get me wrong, I love it here. But I need an actual vacation. Like being away from work when I should be at work and everyone else is at work. Not just a weekend home. Next week I'm going to Ormond Beach, FL for 5 days with my mom, sis, my aunt and her two kids (our age). It's our yearly trip to see our Grandparents who live there, and it's always filled with lots of daquiris and food and SUN. So I can't wait. Get the hell away from the office for a while. Nice. Hopefully when I get back, I won't be so hateful. I'm pretty hateful right now.

I turn 25 on August 8th. I'm really excited. I love birthdays. Presents aside, it's getting to be with the people I love and knowing that they love me that makes birthdays amazing. I always feel so lucky to have the friends that I have on my birthday. I feel that in my 25 years on this earth, I've done a lot of good things. I've done a LOT of not-so good things, but I have a great family, fabulous boyfriend who gets me through the day, great friends, and a good job. Wait, great job. It's stressful as hell sometimes, but I am really lucky. Lucky lucky lucky.

warm fuzzies.

my backyard, below.... sigh.

And my Jewell....she makes me smile.

i hate you.

so i had an idea.

i wanted to create a blog called "i hate you" and just list shit that i hate and have people join and list things that they hate, but damnit, someone beat me to it.

i hate them.

http://www.hate.blogspot.com/

are you so Nashville?

Are you??

One on my submissions happens to be included on this lovely list! I didn't win, but I'm included in "the rest," which is still kind of cool. I had two entries, one of which made the cut. So I'm pretty happy, and feel that I, for the most part, am pretty damn Nashville, and I love it. Emo Mul made the cut too, which is funny, because we are both from Maryland, both imports to Nashville, but we are now, so Nashville. ha.

Read on, and enjoy!

anybody want some?

I'll pick you some up at Kroger next time I'm there, but only if you can tell me what the hell it is:

The weekend was good. Went by too fast, but I felt like I got a lot accomplished. I took my friends bridal portraits, my first time in a real life photography studio, and I was scared shitless. We took them here. If you know anyone who is looking to rent out a studio for a shoot, I highly suggest this place. I will post pics up of a few shots when I get them all pertied up. I am 90% moved in to the new home. I love it. It's a great place. I'm slowly coaxing the bf into hanging my blinds for me in my bedroom so I stop showing the neighbors all my goods. I realize that I am way too poor to be living in the neighborhood that I do. All I can say is, when you live three doors down from a country music star, and you drive by their house every day thinking, "nope, never gonna have a house like that..." it gets a little depressing. But screw it - I love my little rental. It's perfect for what I need right now. Except the crazy leak in the kitchen ceiling- which reminds me, I need to call the landlord.

My roomate got a puppy. His name is Cash. He's possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen (besides my own dog in MD of course). Here he is. He smiles:

i heart/hate spam

best spam subject of the day:

"Obama recommends Power Enlarge."

wow, those bastards are getting creative. I even OPENED it just to see what was in the email.

heart/hate.

recent favorite foodadges and teeth

It's been a while since a Muggins food review, so here you are:



These are foodages I'm into right now: :-)



1) Kikkoman Corporation - Instant Tofu Miso Soup. TIME OUT. Why when I google this item does it come up on Amazon.com? Why does Amazon sell MISO SOUP? They need to stick to books. For realz.



Anyway, venting aside... I love this soup. Just add some boiling h2O, and you're good to go! It's dang close to the restaurant quality. MMMM.. *hint - I usually use two packs because one is just not enough. I found mine at Kroger in the international food section!


2) Weight Watchers Double Chocolate Muffins! They are amazing!!!


3) I'm sure you all have tried Morningstar products, but I really love the spicy black bean patties! I ate mine today on a whole wheat English muffin, a little bit of cheddar cheese, some light mayo and it was DELISH! Mmmmm I wish I had like 10 more. And it is REALLY filling. Of course, I did just have my ww muffin for dessert, so maybe that's why I'm so full. Those things are HUGE! :)


Well, that's it for my food review.... just love to spread the love of food. Also, check out Hungry Girl for a great guac recipe. Looks tasty and quite healthy!

So, back to life. I'm "moved" into my new place. Right now, my new home is full of boxes. Some full of total crap that needs to just be thrown away, and some full of things that I have NO idea where they're going to go. My roommate swears that I've been married before because I have so many things, it looks like they are all wedding gifts. HA! No, it's just my mother and her goals of making me domesticated some day. I think I'm less domesticated now than I was in college, believe it or not. I don't want to cook, I've gone back to eating frozen meals (for the most part) and never wanting to do anything "home-y."


I just noticed something funny. While spell checking this email (because I just KNEW I had spelled "domesticated" wrong, but I didn't) I noticed that this spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "google." How ridiculous is that? Oh, I also spell ridiculous wrong. Every. Single. Time. But yea, don't you have to sign in with a google account to use this blogger? I just find it ironic.

So yea, back to life. Other than the insane move and dealing with both crazy landlords at once, life is hectic! Effing hectic! Helping my amazing friends Steph and Amber with wedding stuff (which makes me never want to get married!), work, annoying co-workers, yard-sale-ing, attempting to see my bf on a semi-regular basis....it's been busy!

Oh, and I'd like to give a thank you to Emo Mul, for always keeping me on track in our conversations, and I really wish she was here helping me type this blog, because I realized I tangen-ted all over the place.

Oh, one more thing. Answer me this: I'm guessing it's because I grind my teeth to death in my sleep, but I constantly have dreams where my teeth are getting yanked out, or I'm missing teeth, but it's always my molars, never my front teeth. My dreams are very realistic, always in color, always very sensory.. like I can feel the pain or smell the smells, etc. Last night, I could feel the whole in my gums where my teeth once were. Isn't that strange? I wake up and I feel around a little bit and realize I still have teeth!
Any dream analyzers out there have any answers??

:-) fin.

gobbledigook!

Yes, it's the name of the amazing new Sugar Ros song, but it's also what I see when I look at those captchas. Why don't my eyes understand those squiggly letters that are smooshed together and somehow 3-D yet also 2-D. 99% of the time, I am making double (and sometimes triple) attempts to make a comment on someones blog, be a myspace friend, etc. It's funny too, because the words get so much easier to read after the second time. They go from "seR@#$@%@#$%@#$%$#", to "dfdfd." Why must they put the "l's" so close to the "t's" and such. It's HARD TO READ!

It must be my self-diagnosed mild dyslexia.

me,

barely hanging on, but loving every minute of it.

Cord and I took some great pics this weekend. I've got them all over the place, so if you're my facebook or myspace friend, or are currently voting for me in capture music city, I apologize for the over-saturation of the meghann-photo market, but I just freaking love them.