January 2012
Russell: How did Ryan Seacrest get famous?
Me: He was on American Idol...
Russell: Did he sing?
Me: No...he was the host.
HOW DOES HE NOT KNOW ANY POP CULTURE?
For the Kappa followers...
Every time I get excited or in a celebratory mood, for some reason I start saying “Ohhhh Pat…” in my head.
Oh Pat said she, what said he?
Sorry for putting that in your head.
New Year's Eve so far...
We’ve set up our new flat screen, took down the Christmas decorations and rearranged our living room.
WE ARE SO ROWDY!
Next up: pizza fondue and MAYBE going to a house party. New Year’s Eve at 26 looks very different than it did at 23.
Happy New Year!
December 2011
“Carson Daly and a ball dropping. There’s two images that should never be said in...”
– The NYE wisdom of Seth Cohen.
Good morning. (via growingpangs)
You know what's sucky?
When you want to look cute but you don’t feel cute so nothing you put on looks cute.
I just tore apart my closet trying to find my cute and it could not be found.
Whine.
Anyone have a Kindle Fire?
Can you tell me about it? Do you like it?
Cue meltdown
So I built a tutoring program for our office/university this semester and coordinate it (among other things…). I just sent my boss the final “numbers” for the semester and homegirl forwarded it to EVERY IMPORTANT PERSON ON CAMPUS. Which freaks me out. And then! AND THEN she added that she expects the program to grow by 50%. HOLY SHIT. It was already hard enough this...
So I just walked into some pot smell
Like, two of our student workers are working in an empty office. And it smelled like pot. I had to keep myself from saying “Do you smell skunk? What’s that skunk smell?!”
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Are you a non-morning person? Do you live...
Dude, eff those morning people. I mean I love them but I seriously do not need someone trying to have a full on conversation with me the second I wake up.
I also do NOT NEED TO BE TACKLED WHEN I TRY AND GET OUT OF BED.
I never really make New Year's Resolutions
But, I guess now is a good time to start, right? Here are my resolutions:
Cook dinner more. Russell cooks it a lot because I work late a lot and am always tired and grouchy when I get home. That’s not fair to him. Speaking of, send your good recipes this way please!
Stop pressing snooze for 40 minutes every morning. It puts me in a rush and cuts down on Jackson’s walk time and...
Two celebrities have named their children names...
I’m still pissed about this. Tori Spelling and Victoria Beckham, I’m looking at you.
When I decide to procreate (many years from now), those names BEST NOT BE POPULAR BECAUSE I WILL RAGE.
(Hattie and Harper).
(Please don’t steal the names too).
thoughtsfromcommave replied to your post: WTF Facebook?!
You’re probably subscribed to his posts still even if you defriended him. I think you’re auto subscribed to anyone you are friends with. You now have to unsub and defriended to get rid of people.
Here’s creepy: I went to do just that…and poof! We’re not friends anymore. Which leads me to believe, does he read this blog...
I just spelled "Person" as "Purson"
I think that’s a sign that today needs to be over.
Ironically I was googling motivation in college...
…and I have no motivation to do work. Irony. I get it.
Funny
I was typing in how to get motivated in college (I’m putting together a handout. Evidently students aren’t motivated?) and stopped at “how to get” and this is what google suggested:
How many people are seriously googling how to get rid of hickeys?
WTF Facebook?!
So Facebook. I have a beef with you. I totally de-friended this dude who I despise (he’s a dirty scoundrel) a while ago and HE POPPED UP ON MY NEWSFEED. Like wtf? Did Facebook revert back to some of my old “friends?” I KNOW I de-friended him because I went through the extra effort to search him once and made sure we weren’t friends anymore (I’m weird like that). ...
Tumblr: helping girls make decisions (however long...
Seriously, I feel like you help make all my decisions.
(Specifically when it regards purchasing something).
I get the hint
Boots! I should get boots!
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS AND I’VE NEVER TRIED THEM ON BEFORE! WHAT DO I DO!
Halp!
Which should I buy?
A sweet new handbag or Frye boots? I have Christmas giftcards/money to spend and I NEVER buy myself anything that is considered a want. (I bought myself PAINT for our house last year with my Christmas money.)
Which should I get?!
I came in at 8:30 today
And the first words out of my mouth were whines. Well then, today is going to be one of those isn’t it?
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Why am I watching Texas Multi Mamas?
Why am I watching Texas Multi Mamas?
Dear Tumblr,
Thank you for keeping me alert today at work. 3 more days in this week. We can do this.
This weekend my 13 month old niece entered her...
She randomly ran up to me not once but TWICE and gave me the sweetest hug. My heart melted. Everyone commented that they’ve never seen her do that. To anyone. (She’s typically running around like a crazy child).
In conclusion: I am the best Auntie ever. Now…if only I could figure out how to teach her how to say “Aunt Cax”!
My mom used to make this delicious treat on New...
that she named “Pun Funch”. She made it up because she doesn’t drink and wanted something “fun” to drink on New Year’s Eve. This worked to the advantage of my brothers and I too.
It’s basically lime sherbert, vanilla ice cream and 7-Up. I’m thinking of subbing out the 7-Up in favor of champagne this year.
Also, HI I’M BORED AND CAN’T...
Adult Question: What are your Christmas/holiday...
The prospect of creating our own traditions is exciting. I know, that sounds lame but it is exciting! I’ve already decided that I’m continuing the tradition of having fondue on New Year’s eve. When we were kids it was ALWAYS pizza fondue and as adults we sometimes had a more fancy fondue. I’m reverting back to the pizza fondue because it’s cheap and delicious.
ohonelovelyday asked: Tag, you’re it! Here are the rules: Each tagged person must post ten things about themselves. You have to choose and tag ten people. Go to their blogs and tell them you tagged them.
dorothypzbornak replied to your post: Kylie and Kendall got chocolate lab puppies for Christmas
I’m sure they’ll do a great job of taking care of them. SIKE
neffsays replied to your post: Kylie and Kendall got chocolate lab puppies for Christmas
And they named them LOUIS and VUITTON. I just can’t.
1. Thank you for saying sike. I am now going to say that for the next week.
2. I know. This...
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Kylie and Kendall got chocolate lab puppies for...
Jeal.
Things I enjoy talking about but no one really...
“The Secret.” Aka putting what you want into the universe.
I realize it sounds incredibly hippie but I believe it 100%.
I just realized my year in review came off as a...
I neglected to say that the past few years have sucked in various ways. (Jobless/grad school consuming my life/getting a job/hating my job/being broke as a joke/lots of crying). So this year, I was like WOOOOO! Things do get better!!
In conclusion: I feel very thankful and blessed. See also: putting what you want into the universe works. Trust.
Year in Review
I’ll make this short and sweet. 2011 was basically a kickass year. I earned my Master’s in Higher Education, got a new kickass job, purchased a house and got married to my best friend.
Everyone joked that the only thing that would make it better would be to get pregnant. This, of course, lead to major paranoia about getting pregnant. To top 2011 off, I did not get pregnant. Call...
What's that handbag that tumblr has been raving...
Something related to Pippa? Russell got me a new purse for Christmas (which I love), except it’s too big. So I’m on the search for an alternative. Help?
I'm wearing a sweater that is too short
So I wore a shirt under it that is longer. Except it looks stupid.
In conclusion, today sucks, can I go home yet?
Reasons why being at work this week sucks
There are only 4 other people in the office; two of which are student employees.
No one is on gchat because they are smart and took a vacation.
Tumblr is boring because you all were smart and took a vacation as well.
There is work to be done but none can be completed because my bosses aren’t here and like/need to review everything I do.
Because it’s the week after...
“You can remember your password to Gilt, but not your Amex password?”
– Russell
(I have a very hard time remembering the passwords to my credit card websites..)
This is happening
I am flying to Los Angeles at 5pm. I am googling where the good places I
can eat/drink at are in Newark Airport with which I am unfamiliar.
For the record, Eater has put together an awesome guide to the airports.
Here’s Newark
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2011/12/newark.php
Here’s for all the airports they’ve compiled....
Need a good career FAQ resource? →
Well, may I then steer you towards the VT Career Services site?
It is awesome, and has much better sample letters than I’ve found other
places.
- j (also a Hokie for life)
When the EFF did poking go away on Facebook?!
But for real, when?
Deep thoughts
I wish tumblr had a chat function like gmail does so I could chat with my favorite tumblrs.
The downside of my brother living on top of a...
UPS tracking says:
9:19 P.M. Adverse weather conditions. / The movement of the package will resume as soon as the weather conditions allow.
6:45 P.M. Emergency conditions beyond UPS’ control.
My gmail has officially changed
AND I HATE IT. I feel like I’m using a 90s version of hotmail.
Just talked to an angry mom for 20 minutes
Rather, she yelled at me for 20 minutes because her perfect son who never lies got an F in his math class. He got an F because he didn’t drop it because the ONE TIME he tried to, the office was closed. (This was his excuse). And oh did you know he’s so smart? Lady, he has a 2.1. Merrrry Christmas.
