Oyy to the max.  I swear I should have been Jewish.

Well the marathon is OVER!! Thank god.  I loved working with the guys and trying the new product and trouncing all around the city in my new Chaco's (shameless shout-out but I can't explain how awesome these flips are!).  Friday I was all over the city in traffic and getting parking tickets (can I expense those?!).  I bought cheap wine at Trader Joe's (YUM SERIOUSLY) and had a great time with the PBar folk.  

Saturday went to Newport with the best and even though I am beyond broke I had a rad time.  We still have a pass from last year so we went to Rosecliff but none of the roses were out and neither were the costumes.  I'm so nerdy I love this crap.

Saturday night I was bumming out so I just stayed in and was emo by myself.  I'm sure I would have brought my bad mood out with me so I watched awesomely bad reality TV and the Office and went to bed at like 1130.  I don't really like to yack about drama and shit that made me upset so I'm going to leave it at that!

Saturday Mom and I went to Derby for some shopping goodness (for her not me!).  Went to Rustic Kitchen, my favorite place really esp in the Spring, Summer because we can sit outside and people watch.  We split a yummy salad and enjoyed some Sunday afternoon drinks.

Yesterday was the marathon and I had my eyes glued for coverage all day.  No such luck but watching the women winners come in was insane.  Seriously within like 2 seconds of each other.  I decided that I am going to run the marathon in two years.  Seriously.  

This week my boss and I are switching places.  Really doesn't sound as exciting as it should but I'm going to share and office with B and my boss is taking my office.  Actually it is exciting because I get to move into the bright room.  It's the little things really.

I'm surrounded by 30 boxes that need sorting by me so must go back to work before the office move! Woo.

xo

Lunch and my new obsession.

So I'm broke due to taxes and I seriously can't afford lunch.  No joke. 

I get paid tomorrow - but lucky for me I have a PowerBar.  I feel like Michael Scott.

(this will totally come up on my google reader lol)

Honestly.  Never been a HUGE fan of anything besides Pria but these Smoothie Bars are INSANELY good.  Make the perfect lunch.  They only contain 3.5 g of fat and a good count of protein.  They're made for hardcore athletes (which clearly I am not) but they keep me going all day.  

They taste like a smoothie meets something nutritious meets laffy taffy.  

And you can also see some of the nerdy stuff I'm working on.  

Back to work!

Had a great weekend!

After a crazy week  at work my boss tells me that she has 4 possible tickets to the Red Sox game because her husband and her weren't using their season tickets!  Um OK! Red Sox VS Yankees!! Getting to BOO A-Rod in person is amazing.   So I ended up getting all 4 tickets.  My mom and I took two and I gave the other two to Hillary and John. When we got there we couldn't find the seats.  They were right field box sec 8 so we walked to Sec 8 and the guy was like Oh you guys are WAY off.  He brings us pretty much down to the field to our seats - 4 rows from the field! We were like 6 feet from the Pesky Pole.

Not great pics but you get it.  I forgot my camera! I had like 5.3 seconds to get home change into some Red Sox gear, still run to FedEx and get to the T.  SO bummed.  I believe Hillary took some good pics!

It was supposed rain really bad but actually turned out not being so bad.  It rained on and off for the first hour and then stopped.  When we walked out of the T at Braintree to go home it was just downpouring! So thank you rain.

Funny story.  We decide we all want to use the bathroom/get some ice cream/get some beer so we leave our seats.  We come back 10 or so minutes later and Hillary is like "I think those people just got engaged" pointing to the young couple in front of us - Red Sox Girl, Yankees Boy.  Yeah.  I look at her ring and it's nothing special so I'm like "How do you know?!?".  Finally the girl YELLS into her phone "I'm engaged!  He did it on the jumbo tron".  Are you serious! BEST way to get engaged EVER.  Amazing.

Five minutes later another couple gets engaged.

We lost the game.  Boo.  Damn Yankees.

Saturday was also supposed to be a washout but it ended up being like 75 degrees! Amazing.  However Jess, Hill, John and I went to the movies to see 21.  John and Hillary had Lux Level upgrades.  It's really cool you sit at the top of the movie theatre in these amazing seats with so much room and you can order all these great foods and drinks.  I got chicken with peanut sauce and a really bad martini.  The movie was good.  Made me really want to go back to Vegas soon!  Also makes me want to count cards.  I think I could try.  Despite being AWFUL at math. 

Made dinner at Hills and rented some more movies later.  Watched Walk hard which I loved!  We watched trailers on the Walk Hard DVD and saw a preview for Southland Tales which we decided we had to go out and rent right there and then.  Written by the same guy who wrote Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, Southland Tales had an INSANE cast and a confusing story line - JUST like Donnie Darko.  Funny.  We didn't get it, it was too long and Pat kept calling Sean William Scott, Michael Scott McMurray.  Overall though it had good intentions.  Apparently it has a graphic novel background.  Justin Timberlake was in it and I just found the BEST scene he was in on YouTube.  Enjoy.

Totally listened to the Killers on my way home.

I need a vaca.

Seriously the amount of time I put into work these days is killing my morale.  But not really because I can see a raise in my future.  Need. To. Move. Out.  I mean honestly.  I'm hip.  I have a hip job.  And I use the word hip.  Apparently I'm not as cool as I thought I was.

I am so desperate I asked this guy with really bad gas *story below* if he was looking for a roommate.  How did I end up with all married and pretty much engaged friends.

Anyyywho.  Friday went to a friends house with Hill and met a guy with really bad gas.  At first he tried to cover it up but then he just started to let them rip.  And then being like "Oh sorry guys".  On my way out he's like "Come Here", he puts his arms around me and goes "Wait for it. Wait for it" and I'm like OMG this dude is going to FART!!  Then he says "I knew you were cold and I was waiting for you to warm up."

Lemme tell you the winner's flock to me.

Saturday I got a pedicure and chillaxed and cooked for my aunt's surprise party on Sunday.  Then I went to go see one of my bffs from college at the house she just bought (!!!!).  So insane.  She's like my little sister this girl and she's all grown up now (Love you Lizzzy).  We ate drank wine, ate popcorn and gossiped like there was no tomorrow.  Then took part in each others favorite past times: Watching Joaquin Phoenix movies.  Signs was the choice of the night.  Say what you want about it - it's a classic movie. And I love M Night.

Sunday went to my aunt's surprise 50th.  She was totes surprised.  Seriously she cried.   Talked alot with the fam, ate too much food and fell asleep watching Dif'rent Strokes.  I need BET! They totally play it all day long and everyone knows it's one of my Guilty Pleasures.

Got some interesting shows lined up.  Really want to go see Panic (!)  and MCS in May but not sure.  I like BOA Pavillion.  Anything would be better than last year @ the Tweeter Center.  Took my bum 5 hours to dry.

MM other random thoughts.  I can't wait till the Boston Marathon is done and over with.  If I can get one (or two!!!!) camera crews to the booth I will be Hero of 2008.  Wish me luck.   

Oh and if Spencer Pratt was my brother I'd stab him.  In the face.

xokz

Are you tough enough?

So I have this dream last night.  My cousin Kim, 98 Degrees (YEAHHH) and I are at this place that looks like a mall but is more like a venue.  I am so excited that Drew Lachey and I are talking about our blackberrys and how it's so hard to type on them (WTF? So not) and Kim is wearing this see-through shirt because she tells me New Kids on the Block will be there.   SO weird.  So New Kids start playing on this moving sidewalk that looks like the one in Chicago O'Hare airport with all the lights above.  I start trying to get Donnie's attention to tell him we grew up near each other - and I wake up.

I think wow weird dream.  New Kids rock.  I turn on Today Show per usual as I'm getting myself ready to go to work and WHO IS ON!??! New Kids! I knew but I forgot.  Woah.  They all aged so gracefully seriously! I'm sure they've had work done but for real.  Sexy.  I thought they were cute and probably wanted to hold their hand when I was a kid but it's on a whole other level now! CRUSH.

So in honor.

And if you're not sure what I am referencing check out this post on Jezebel (which is back to normal!)

Andrea and I already decided we're TOTALLY going to see them if they tour.  I'm so excited for this I'm scaring myself.

Back to work! Happy Friday!

April Fool's.  One of the stupidest days of the year.

However, I've heard some goodies today.

I promised myself I wouldn't fall for any but one of my co-workers totally got me.

Anywho one of my favorite blogs Jezebel (http://www. jezebel. com) posted a blog that they were all fired and that CondeNast bought them out (aka sold to the man) and now instead of snarky comments on fashion and celebs it's all "This is what you have to wear in the Spring to get your man to do all the sexual positions you've already tried but we recycle them every issue" shit like that. Pretty good because it's still going on.


Thought that was pretty good but then someone at my company just sent out an email containing this link:
http://mail. google. com/mail/help/customtime/index. html

Google Mail aka Gmail is letting you compose emails - FROM THE PAST. Never send in late work related items again. Send yourself an email from the past.
Testimonials on the site are as follows:

"I used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the 'right' thing.
"
Todd J., Investment Banker

"I just got two tickets to Radiohead by being the 'first' to respond to a co-worker's 'first-come, first-serve' email. Someone else had already won them, but I told everyone to check their inboxes again. Everyone sort of knows I used Custom Time on this one, but I'm denying it.
"
Robby S., Paralegal

I almost bought it for like 30 seconds before I saw this on the bottom.


How come I only get ten?
Our researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.

Their findings:

N = Total emails sent
P = Probability that user believes the time stamp
φ = The Golden Ratio
L = Average life expectancy


Seriously. Kudos Google. Kudos.