Kicking and Screaming

It's been a very very very loooooong time since I've posted anything here. I know. A lot has been going on in the last month. Well, that's a bit of an understatement. It's been effing crazy. I might even go so far as to say that I almost didn't make it back from Mexico. Intrigued? You totally should be.

I have TONS to catch up on, and I'm having a bit of a hard time prioritizing. One of the things I'm working on is my travel log, which I sort of dropped on it's head and abandoned prior to coming home. I'm trying to recall the amazing things that happened while I was down there, and it's taking a lot of brain power and even more motivation.

In addition to all of the catching up I'm trying to do, Nick and I are moving in together on September 1st. We're both really excited, and we have a pretty fantastic place lined up, but it's just one more thing on my list of things. Things, things and more things....then even more things.

Never fear. Travel log and pictures to come. Soon. Or, in the next month. Promise. I hope.

Bunny!

Bunny!
Originally uploaded by pastry_child

Socks.

Leavin' On a Jet Plane

...Well, a car, actually.

Leaving Seattle tonight at 9pm on a road trip to Mexico! Guadalajara, to be exact. We'll go East for awhile, then turn south into Idaho, Utah and Arizona before crossing the border into our destination country. Along the way we'll see SLC and The Grand Canyon. Ever seen the sunrise at the canyon? I hear it's amazing - pictures to come!

Our traveling companions include a skinny white guy who is fluent in Spanish, and his lovely wife, who is from Guadalajara. We'll be staying with her family, eating what I'm sure will be amazing Mexican food and drinking too-strong margaritas (on the rocks with salt, thank you very much). While we're there, we'll be attending a Quincenera for a family friend.

See you in 2 weeks!

Well Said

This article has some very interesting points. It's one of those pieces that made me go, "Yeah! I totally agree, but haven't known how to express it!" Thanks Jacob for the link.

For Your Information

Birthday! Birthday! Birthday!

My 27th birthday is next week! For those of you interested, here is a list of things that I wouldn't mind having:

• A home cooked meal
• L'Occitane Dry Skin Hand Cream. I currently have a 1oz tube, which will run out very quickly.
• Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Creme. Yummy.
• Gift Cards! Here. Here. Here. Here.
• A gift card to the Pro Sports Club spa where my friend works as an esthetician.
• Please nothing for my kitchen - Nick will kill me if he hears one more complaint about how tiny my kitchen cupboards are.

Text Message Conversation

Me: A black man just told me that I was "Juicy". From now on, I only respond to "Badonkachu".

Me: Badonkachu loves you!

Nick: Man Bear love you!

Consumerism!

Alright. Those of you who know me at all realize that I almost never wear makeup. I'm a chapstick and moisturizer girl. So, as I'm sure you can all imagine, I was pretty shocked when I fell in love with this. Seriously, this stuff is awesome, People. It really is. I tried it out last night, and found that it gave me that shiny-pouty-supersexy-celebrity look that so many glosses advertise but don't deliver. Not only that, but it didn't dry my lips like most lipsticks, AND I still had sparkly lips in the morning! I felt like I was in a movie - minus the great hair. Well, my hair was truly fantastic, but not in a go-out-in-public way.

Since I'm a bit of a minimalist, I bought the lightest color I could find. I thought it was going to be a bit too reminiscent of my Tinkerbell makeup kit days, but it was actually quite nice. Very subtle color with a hint of sparkle.

So Ladies, Go! Buy! Gloss!

I Know What You Ate Last Summer

My boss just asked me for ideas on what to serve to her mother-in-law for dinner tonight. This is what I came up with:

• Salmon, topped with thin slices of lemon, grilled in foil
• Small red potatoes, halved, boiled just slightly, sauteed with lemon thyme and garlic
• Steamed asparagus topped with caramelized pancetta and shallots

What are YOU having for dinner?

Walk it Off!

Nick and I went backpacking this weekend! We stayed at Lake Ozette on Friday night, then woke up Saturday morning and hiked 3 miles to the coast, where we camped Saturday night, then hiked the 3 miles back to the car and drove home. Seems like a pretty easy jaunt, no? Try it with 30 pounds of gear strapped to your back, Wuss.

Despite being pretty sore, it was a great trip!

Technical Difficulties

Anyone have an idea of how to change the archive options for posts? I want to set my sidebar archive list up so that it doesn't condense by year...I want month and year listed out, without having to expand by clicking on the arrows. I have my formatting info set up correctly as far as I can tell, but for some reason it's not showing up the way I want.

Boo.

Posted Outside My Office

TERROR THREAT LEVEL:

ORANGE

Kim is in a ridiculously bad mood today
(and no, she does not want to talk about it)

Pterodactyl Noises Are on The Rise

This morning Nick told me that I'm "comically grumpy" in the morning.

Ass.

Social Networking Takes a Turn For The Better

The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

Lester Bangs

Found an old friend on MySpace! Erin was my best friend in my younger years - Junior high through the first part of high school. A few months before my 16th birthday I moved to Seattle to live with my dad. Unfortunately this is not a great age to make a big move, because the tendency is definitely not to stay in touch with your good friends. Lucky for us, over 10 years later, we're back in touch!

In hindsight, Erin and I were probably the un-coolest people I knew at the time. I don't mean this to be down on myself, and certainly not Erin, but seriously...it was pretty bad. You should have seen the hair styles.

The great thing about our friendship is that I didn't realize we weren't cool when I was around Erin. When I was at school, I was very very aware of this fact, but when we were hanging out, we were just having fun, and trends, etc, didn't matter much.

Erin is getting married next week! I'm really excited to go to the wedding, and even more excited to see my old friend. I have to admit though, it's going to be a little bit strange. I remember planning our weddings when we were young. For some reason neither of us remember much about Erin's nuptials, but my wedding was going to be held at her house, my colors were going to be green and ivory, and I was planning to marry her brother.

She recently confided to me that her wedding colors are going to be green and ivory. I had it first, people - Don't you forget that.

I guess I could always go with purple and red....

Jacked In

I'm starting to get tired of all of the invites everyone is sending me for various networking, friend-making-finding, time-wasting websites. Seriously, People. I have a blog, a flickr account, and a myspace page. I'm very content, so please leave me the crap alone. Jeeez.

So....GO!

http://www.myspace.com/27289350

Ahem. Apparently Flickr is taking a bit of a vacation. Slightly inconvenient, but we'll be fine. Check back later for that link...or go to one of my older posts with an image and click on that to see my photos.

La.

The Truth is Out There

Ever found out that what you believed to be true about yourself, your entire life, is completely false? Traumatized much?

Nick and I were having a conversation recently about social security numbers and what the numbers mean. He was saying that the first 3 digits are based on geography - which I shot down, based on the fact that I was born in Oregon, and a mutual friend of ours, also born in Oregon, has a completely different set of first three digits. To settle this once and for all, I looked it up in Wikipedia, and found out that Nick was right. The first 3 digits of your "sosh" are based on geography. Wikipedia, being completely thorough and all, had an actual chart that went over each sequence of numbers and what state they originate from. Apparently my social security number was acquired in, are you ready for this?, KANSAS. Jeez.

I grew up in the midwest...this is not a surprise to me or anyone else I know. Or, it seems, to the guy at Macy's who sold me a mattress. (during the course of conversation, he says, "you're not originally from here, are you?" I get that a lot.) Regardless of the fact that the Kansas part is not a surprise, my social security number being from there is!

Not the end of the world, not even a big deal, at all...but really strange to find out you were wrong all along, despite how small the findings.

Dood.

For a good time:

1. Watch Reefer Madness
2. Order pizza

I'm Not Depressed, My Bed is Just Really Comfortable

I bought a new bed this last weekend, and it effing rocks! Seriously, you don't even know. It's so so so so comfortable that I never want to get out of it. If I didn't have so much damn laundry to do last night, I probably would have sat in my bed all evening and just basked in it's glory. I don't want to get out of it in the morning, and I think about it all day at work. When I get home, I want to sit in it and order delivery. Then I want to eat dinner while sitting on it.

It's a queen sized quilted plush top. Not only is this the most comfortable bed EVER, but I also got the hottest deal on the planet. Seriously...this deal nearly rocked my face off. I went to many places last weekend, including Macy's, which was having a sale. The salesman showed me a few sets that were waaaaay out of my price range, and then after I set him straight, several in my price range. The final set he showed me was a floor model that they had on clearance because the model had been discontinued. The original price was $1709. The final price, the price that I paid for this mattress set, I'm not even kidding here, was $499.50.

Wanna come over and look at it?

The Man

Hot For an Old Guy has a MySpace page! Listen to Elbow Room and try to convince me that he's not hot.

Your Place is Now in The Kitchen

Dinner Nick made for me last night:

1. Baked pork tenderloin coated in a thyme dijon glaze with a gorgonzola cream sauce
2. Asparagus with bacon and carmelized onion with a lemon walnut oil dressing
3. Ice cream sundaes

And....Go.

Thoughts on the new template? Too busy?