Quick update on my exciting (but not so much) life.

My birthday was awesome. I got new Marc Jacobs perfume Daisy, Nip/Tuck season 4, Ugly Betty season 1, some silly High School Musical stuff and possibly the best gift $75 Coach Gift Card. However I am saving it because my mom said she'd get me another for Christmas so I could add to it and get a real nice Coach bag. After the last few months I'll fucking deserve it.

Went to Salem two days after my birthday and it was awesome. Possibly what a textbook fall day should be forever. Ate at the Salem beer Works outside and had a grand time. Did a witch tour (which was lame but essential) and instead of going to a haunted house we took over this kind of fancy-ish bar and screamed for the red sox!

PS Red Sox World Series Champs again!?!!?!? WTF!! Yeah it's not as exciting as 3 years ago (which is odd cause I wasn't even in Boston) but amazing regardless. Once we were on a roll we were unstoppable. Hope the parade is Thursday and NOT tomorrow.

I ended up being White trash for halloween and not paris Hilton a la jail. I had such a hankering to wear teal eyeshadow, ugly fake nails (that lasted 2 minutes total) and fake tattoos. I think i did look quite trashy and the ironic part was people kept telling me how good I looked with makeup on. Rando. Pat was Garth and Robyn was a scary ish vampire - she wore fangs and everything. She didn't drink anything and I couldn't really hear what she was saying when she talked but i guess it worked anyways.

Speaking of Vampires I saw "30 Days of Night" yesterday. It was actually quite excellent but made my stomach do flips. I can usually handle grossness but this was just yucky. Good movie overall though. I think I might like Josh Hartnett again.

Some pictures for your viewing pleasure before I leave.


Yeah I totally got the High School Musical game for my birthday. I'm sure this was the only time it will be played.


My martini out for my birthday. Caramel apple martini. Had little sliver of a caramel apple on the slide. I had to take a picture of it before I ate it!


Hillary really did get me this. It's not your imagination. She knows I love the Zefron.


Biggest and best Mojito for reals at said Bar we took over.

xo

Phone saga # 810.

The other day I realized some of the buttons on my phone weren't working.
For instance I couldn't erase notes/lists that I made. The Erase button wouldn't connect.

Also (sounds really trival) my Navigaton wouldn't work. The OK button to launch it was just not working,

So when I went to the mall yesterday I went by the Verizon store and they gave me a new one. Now there are total pros and cons to this. Pro is that the phone got totally mangled by the case that ate it (refer to post a few ones down) so getting a new one would make me happy. Con is that I lose every picture from Vegas and other things I took photos of. Last weekend @ Greg's I took a video of Hannah and Autumn singing and dancing with their tooth tunes. Also lost my fun ringtones but I think they gave me a credit because in my phone now I have like 4 credits when I only had one from my exchanged phone.

Anywho. I'm not taking the protective sticker off the front of the phone or off the main screen in the inside.
I thought it would look silly but you can't even tell it's there.

Friday night Pat and I went to see Playin Dead again. It was sooo fucking cold out!!! It wasn't cold in Braintree and when we bot into Boston it was like 38 degrees. WTF! But we got to listen to some tunes and watch the Red Sox own the Indians (for that night we will not talk about Sat night). I got an Octoberfest that smelled like Pee and one of Pat's friends tried to convince me it was the pumpkin spice in it - lies. Later I got wine and Pat was so excited when he realized he was going to two halloween parties that he hit my wine glass therefore flipping it down my shirt. I was jinxed that night. We left around midnight and got detoured through Copley and Pat was making me laugh till I was almost crying.

EDIT: Pats's recount of the evening is WAY better. His blurty is in my links over there <--------

Saturday Robyn and i saw We Own the Night which obvs I saw because of Joaquin Phoenix. Good lord I love him. The movie was actually quite decent but I'm REALLY excited for Reservation Road, another movie with Joaquin Phoenix and I'm also reading the book right now. I go two years without a new Joaquin movie and now two in two weeks! AND one being my birthday week! What a treat!!!

Yes it's true I will be a quarter century aka 25 on Thursday. Yikes.

PS. I want to see Legally Blonde on Broadway! I've been watching it via MTV and it looks so damn good.

la laa.

So I'm sitting here stuffing mailers for the new PB product and listening to the new Foo Fighters (good shit btw) and I have decided to update the blogspot.

Not like anyone cares. So emo.

I have finally decided on a Halloween costume. Thanks to Annie for the past two years I've actually had to come up with a costume after avoiding it for so many years.

Hill, Robyn and I went to Halloween Express in Weymouth. They had some really awesome costumes and I was going to dress up as Professor Trewlawny from Harry Potter because Hill is going to be Hermione, John is going to be Harry and Robyn is going to be Bellatrix - and yes we're nerds we like to match.

I really wanted to be Alice and Wonderland but the costume was so skanky. I had hopes it would fit but I felt as though the skirt would be WAY too short. I finally saw a costume for Princess in Prison aka Paris Hilton circa jail time!

The costume was hideous but I can totally make one!!
So that's what I'm going to be. I'm going to make my hair super flat, get some handcuffs, HUGE glasses and a little stuffed puppy to carry around!!

Best idea ever? Y/Y??

I'm going to stencil LA County Jail on the front of the shirt and stencil Hilton on the back.

Fucking sweet.

My office looks like a tornado came and blew through it - I can't wait till this mailing is DONE!!

xo

So stoked!

So in my previous post I posted the picture I took of the editor interviewing one of the Sales guys from PB.
I was so stoked about it and I've checked the Bicycling website since Sunday and nothings come up.

In the world of PR you can get an editor to talk to you - you can send samples and they can give you confirmation that yes they will use it, but things can always fall through - so you can imagine my excitement when I decided to check the site out today for shits and giggles and look what's up there! The interview I set up. I really felt like a mini big shot! David asked me what I thought he should highlight and where they should stand. I cut the Happy Hour line so I could get the beer (with the PowerBar logo pint glasses) in their hands.



So watch it. If for no other reason that I was a rockstar for 10 minutes.

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Makes me feel like this - without the brain drilling and all that nonsense.



Now I must start working on my report to feature that and another video I scored.

ROCKSTAR.

View of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino from where Carson, Katie and I ate dinner Tuesday night.
I played tourist of course. That light/water show will forever impress me!




What's the West Coast without a trip to The Coffee Bean (my first). PS Lauren that is a Vanilla Latte that I fell in love with.


The entrance to Tao which needed to be documented. Gorgeous marble tubbs filled with candles and rose petals. Hello!
Outside of Tao after we ate there was a little red carpet set up I guess for people going in if they wanted to be silly and pose in front of it.
Andy and I got a photo in front of it and it's on one of their cameras. I neeeddddd it.





This was the ever growing line at our happy hour. Never seen so many people excited for Sierra Nevada beer before. And I still didn't get any. But I had numerous people tell me they went to college where it was brewed.

Side story.

This editor I met with tells me the story about how it's brewed in Chico, California and that's where he attended college.

Me: haha.

Editor: What's funny?

Me: I think that's where one of the characters on the OC was from. Chico.

Editor: Ryan. No he was from Chino.

*pauses*

Editor: Can't believe I know that and just admitted to watching that god awful show.


* We then talked about the demise of the OC and how Chuck (also by Josh Schwartz) is already more awesome than the OC ever was.





One of my favorite moments of the whole show. This editor (the one with the camera) met with me earlier and was doing a montage of Happy Hours and wanted to talk to a sales guy. Sales guys are typically personality free and not very interesting. I sweated it out asking them if they'd do an interview. That guy in the blue was the 4th guy I asked who finally said yes he'd do it. David you were my rockstar!


You can't see in that picture but they're drinking out of PowerBar pint glasses that I really want to get my hands on.




xo

MM I'm knee deep in post Vegas follow up and reports but I thought it appropriate for a quick update.

-someone stole my cell phone. yeah lamepants.
-my company bought me a new one. A very pretty one. I tryed to link to it but Verizon is ghey. It's the enV. Envy.
-Got a nice case for it.
-dropped said phone and said case broke. nice.
-now I can't get the fucking case off and my fingers are purple from trying to do so.
-did the Vegas thing.
-worked my pretty little head off and learned more than I could ever wrap my head around.
-decided West Coast may be the perfect place for me because my hair looked hot everyday.
-Went to celeb hot spots like Tao and Light. Saw no celebs.
-Saw Jason Biggs yesterday outside the movies in Boston. Go fig.
-ate better in vegas than I have in my entire life. Thanks for taking good care of me.
-decided that yes - I can actually get ready, look decent and pack my suitcase in 8 minutes.

Ugh.

I did a great job in Vegas. Trade shows are interesting places. I talked to lots of media even if they didn't want to talk to me. Whatever - you come to our booth for snacks and I can't talk to you. Whatevs.com. I gave my card to anyone who'd listen and give me a minute.

I'm getting better at being more forward and not being so shy about bothering people.
Good/bad? lol

One question I got 100 times in Vegas was "if you're from Boston how come you don't have an accent". Got me thinking - I really don't. Thank god. I love my hometown but I have become completely devoid of having an accent. I guess it's a good thing. I think they are cool but sometimes Boston accents sound completely trashy.

My fucking phones case is driving me up a wall. Biggest waste of $25 EVER!
It made my phone even dirtier and ugly.
Then when I drop it it breaks? And now I can't get it off.
I'm going to go to the Verizon store after work tonight in hopes they can take it off while saving my phone.

Back to work.

xo

Lord I love the new Rilo Kiley album.
I know I know - I am the ONLY one in this world who seems to think it's really good and fun.

Can't wait to see them next Friday woo!

I just scored a pretty rad placement in Men's Health magazine. Mostly because I am awesome and me and the editor go way back (to May but hey who's counting) and he remembers me from my old job. He was the only editor drinking @ the event and asked me if it was weird. I said "No! If I was in there I'd have a glass of wine in my hand." He leaves and comes back with some wine for me. Love at first sip. I then proceeded to knock it over onto his TIMBUK2 bag and all of my remaining nametags. Oops.

I love making connections. I need to start making my own contacts and this is a good start.

I already have a friend @ Bicycling as well. We are going to meet up in Vegas to one talk about the new PB product and have coffee. I suggested we could meet at the booth but he suggested coffee. I like him already. He was super stoked at how many energy gels I sent him and told me I had first pick at him in Vegas.

Can't believe Vegas is offically less than two weeks. I am excited/nervous and everything else. I know I really have to show what I can do because this will pretty much guarantee me a place @ the next trade show. I'm working REAL close with one of our more fashion-y (because I'm clearly the fashion go to gal - yeah I know)clients and they were telling me how excited they were for Magic and if they get in I'll probs be able to go. But apparently the application process is really long and hard. Quiksilver was denied! Like they really need a trade show though. Huump.

VMAs = WHACK.
Not even going to say her name because it sickens me how much press she has gotten from her nosedive to the Z list.

Robyn and I had a bit of a blast from that past the other night where we watched old Nsync videos and we found the 2000 VMAs where that same aforementioned person who's name shall not be named performed and fucking blew the house down. Christina also performed that year along with Nsync and others.

Surprisingly I heard that this years VMA's had the most viewers in like 7 years. Does that mean it's not going anywhere for a long time?? Darn.

You know you're in PR when your client tells you that Owen Wilson was in the boutique a few days before he tried offing himself and all you think of is that you're excited that he tried because now the paps are taking LOTS of photos of him and deep inside you're hoping a praying he'll be wearing the shirt he bought.

My labor day weekend was pretty fabulous.
I bought a new Coach bag Saturday. Yep Yep I did.
I decided that I really wanted a nice professional black tote bagish. So I went to the outlets because everything is ALWAYS on sale.
Coach has the BEST outlet because everything really is always on sale and it's mostly always a good deal.

That is the lovely gal I picked up while there!!!
It's HUGE!
It was originally $409, then on clearance to $259 then 20% off that.
I ended up getting it for $218 with tax. Hey I said my limit was $200! What's 18 bucks for style right.
The SA was telling me also that the bag was sent from the Coach boutique and wasn't originally made for the outlet. It also came with a boutique dust bag.
It's the little things I suppose.

Went to a party @ Nikki's that turned out to be quite entertaining.
Lots of body parts shown and lots of drinks were had. But really whats a party without a little boob.

Lounged in the pool all day Sunday.

Monday lounged in the pool again with Hill and then we went on a spree to Target and then we went to Andreas to see the new addition to her family lil Rory. So cute and so little!!
Can't wait to go out for celebratory drinks!

Had a tres stressful day at work and even using my new bag couldn't cure it.
I feel like I am just bogged down at work and on top of EVERYTHING one of my coworkers asked me if I needed any help. It's ok for me to feel like I have too much work but when someone else notices it stresses me out more.
I know she's just trying to help and she's amazing but it just made me feel worse.

So I stayed real late trying to make sure I finished everything.
I felt just sick and I missed my aerobics class so I went to the gym for just cardio and sweat out all my stress.
I actually feel alot better than before the gym so yay!

More later.

xoxo

Friday was sure a night of debauchery!
It was actually Missy and Nat's housewarming party. (which PS their apartment is amazing. I want to move there. I'm offically looking for a roomate because I believe the one bedrooms there are quite expensive. They have a washer/dryer, a patio, HUGE living room, and their own bathrooms.)

After we were sufficiently marinated someone thought it would be a grand idea to go swimming in the community pool. Apparently it closes @ 9 but they have a key. We got down there and found out that we weren't the only ones with the idea. Hillary and I ( and some random dude) decide we're going to go in the hot tub. Mind you sober Kristen would never take her pants off and just jump into a hot tub - but drunk Kristen would and did. The random guy kept trying to show us his junk. He had a cute butt but a small peen.

After the hot tub we were going to go in the pool but I realized how freezing I was even though it was wicked hot out. Before we went back into the apt I took my sweater off I put my sweatshirt on. The random douchey guy kept telling me the sweater looked nice on me while it was wet. Nice line dude.

Someone decided it would be really fun to play Spin the Bottle. I remember playing it when I was a kid and ONLY wanting to kiss the boy I liked. This time it was a free for all. I got the douchey guy and he damn near choked me and stuck his tongue down my throat. I immediately felt the need to be checked for herpes. Kissed the dude who looked like Harry Potter and my best friends fiance. All in good fun.

I actually thought the spontaneity in me was gone after talking about all the random stuff I did in college last week to a friend - but it's back and it wants to come out an play.

I was really drunk. So we all chillaxed and I left finally around 4, went home, took a shower, tried watching the first ep of Dead Like Me season 2 but fell asleep

You know when you go to bed still drunk how hard it is to stay asleep. I really want to know the science of this. Is it because the alcohol is so active in your stomach and it keeps waking you up? Mom and Roger called me @ 830 am asking me to put the filter on the pool on. Much to my sleepyness I got up and went out and practically gagged because it was so fucking hot out already. Went in back to bed for like an hour before Robyn called me.

Went for breakfast with Hill Robyn and john. Still can't believe what I ate. Totally got a big bacon omelette and I COVERED it with tabasco. WHY? I didn't get sick and I actually enjoyed it quite much but I felt sick for the rest of the day.

Saw Superbad which was really funny but not funnier than Knocked Up. The whole period stain thing was kind of disgusting, but it was mostly hilarious. McLovin was the best dude in that movie, followed by Evan (played by George Michael Bluth aka Michael Cera who I am in love with offically) and Jonah Hill who was kind of my hero who actually wasn't that spectacular in the film. Despite how much he looks like Robby :)

Relaxed mostly all day sunday and went to Cheesecake Fac with Annie. Got pasta and felt really bad about it. But it was fucking amazing.

I really need to buckle down with the diet again. I was doing so good until that pizza last week. Then last night I ate ice cream after my walk and while it was really good I felt such hate towards myself after. I'm going to get a yummy salad for lunch for reals.

My power outlet in my car broke so I have been without ipod connection in my car for like 4 days and I think it's crushing my morale. Do you realize how AWFUL the radio really is??? Like it's not so bad when I leave work because I kind of enjoy listening to Toucher and Rich on WBCN because they are funny. But in the morning it's torture! It took me roughly 25 minutes to get to work today and I heard that fucking Fergie song twice and a Pink song that sucked also twice. The rest was stupid talk. I have to go to Honda to see how much the replacement is but I need to do it soon.

Getting actually really nervous about Vegas. My first trade show and it's for our biggest client! Yesterday my boss was like I hate telling people what do and boss people around but you REALLY have to do your research and know your stuff.. The client will pretty much be over my shoulder the whole time. Like for real this may dictate how and when I go to any other trade shows. Just got butterflies thinking about it.

Rents are going camping this weekend so I'm super stoked to have the place to myself. Hoping to have a get together of some sort to drown my sorrows over the end of the summer.

I beat my first song on hard on Guitar Hero. Watch out now.

xo

Put tonight in the record books.
Not only did I jump into a hot tub with random people half naked but I also played spin the bottle.

Ok so the new celebrity hot-spot in the area is totally the new Cheesecake Factory in Braintree.

About 3 weeks ago Steve Carrell was in by himself and he had a pulled pork sandwich and diet coke (per my good gossip getting BF). Last weekend Mr David Fucking Beckham was in!! YES! David Beckham sans his alien-esque wife. Didn't give a fabulous tip but was also bothered by FOX 25 during after this meal.

Then a few days ago for the second time JoJo and her boyfriend Freddy Adu (soccer player) were in eating dinner. From what I heard she is very sweet and really skinny.

When's Nicole Richie and Joel Madden coming in?! Such an untapped resource.

PS I totally beat Guitar Hero on medium! I'm that much closer to be in the Rock Band.

Told my boss about the whole CC debacle today to see what she thought. She's going to bring it up to Joe the building manager to see what he thinks. She def thinks it's mighty shady.

What's not mighty shady is my love for High School Musical 2! I'm not sure why we enjoyed it so much. Maybe it was Zac's "Bet on it" sequence, or Sharpays fabulousness. Or wait maybe the fact that we rewinded the baseball scene twice. You know I have no shame about it either. How often do you watch something just for the pure cheese of it, something you don't have to analyse (even though we totally did) and just have fun with. Drink of choice was boxed Sangria by Franzia. Yum.

Saturday I lounged, did laundry, washed and cleaned my car top to bottom, made chili, went to Best Buy for my much needed memory card and also bought the new Rooney album which I love. I also watered the flowers cleaned the pool and organized some of my junk. The most exciting part of my day though was finally breaking into medium on Guitar Hero. I finally see how John can sit there all day and just keep playing. I played for four hours! FOURR HOURS. Now that I can save my game I have become that more competitive. Last night I made it till the end and I ONLY have to finish Freebird which I was able to make it 86% the way through before failing. I think I am going to try it on practice mode later. Maybe Friday because I serioulsy can not get in GH time during the week.

Don't know if I mentioned this last week but I totally sprained my right ankle last Wednesday night pre CC freak out. I am proud to say that I was not drunk this time (per last summers LEFT ankle fracture) but I was actually quite the opposite. I was kicking some serious booty in my aerobics class. Five classes in with this lady and I am getting good with all the little sequences. I finally think I got it all down and I go to make my little over the top do hickey and down I go. My right foot - half on the ground half on the step kind of gets mashed over and snap. Same feeling as last summer but less fuzzy. I'm brave and I usually try to ingore pain so I get up and keep truckin. Later that night I have a particular case of cankles on that one ankle - so yeah not fun. I'm skipping gym tonight but I'll try tomorrow night.

PS thanksssss L Brown for the new Rilo Kiley album!
Wooo!

And the credit card saga contines...

So I lost (or so I thought) my credit card two weeks ago. I look in my wallet and I see my BOA CC is missing and my debit card is in place of it. Weird because I would never do that. Figuring I dropped it somewhere I thought nothing of it. When I went to cancel it I saw that it was used @ Burger King. Classy theives they are.

Got a new card.

Fast forward to Tuesday of this week. I am at CVS paying and I notice that my business CC is in the place of my NEW Bank of America CC and it is once again missing. FUCKED UP YES??

So I go home later to cancel it because I needed the # on the card (didn't know it off the top of my head seeing as I had it for oh 3 days) and the person who stole it has used it @ Friendly's, Wendys, Michelles Ice Cream and Sandwiches in Weymouth and one other place (I'm assuming it's a food place cause clearly these people are fat-asses) - over $ 70 worth in charges. You have got to be fucking kidding me really!? So I'm on the phone with BOA for over an hour just to get it cancelled and talk to the fraud people.

Thing is it that I had it when I went to lunch that day and 4 hours or so later it's gone?! The ONLY time my wallet wasn't with me is when I either a. went to the bathroom or B. checked the mail, which leads me to believe that it's someone in my office building. Someone in my office building who thinks I am clearly a fucking idiot and a fool so they like to switch up the arrangement in my wallet.

I am 99% sure it is the same person as before. But really what I am wondering is WHY my CC. I have a debit card, a american express business card, cell phone, ipod, Marc Jacobs glasses, and Coach bag/wallet/change holder etc etc in my purse - WHY just the credit card.

Cancelled the card obvs but now I have to lock my bag up in my file cabinet and if I leave my office even for 2 minutes I lock the door. Really I have never had anything stolen from me and then I get my credit card stolen twice - IN SCITUATE?

Totally and utterly fucked.

ANYYWAYS.
Took myself on a little shopping excursion last night because of my feeling shitty-ness and went nutso @ Old Navy. They still have that AMAZING sale!!! And the fall stuff doesn't look as hideous as it usually does. I got 4 shirts, a pair of pants and a shrug for $60! I also went to Victorias Secret and bought my favorite Bra in black. Dear VS - Please don't get rid of DD's again :) I don't want to have to go to lady Grace. A new bra can make anyone feel like a new woman.

High School Musical 2 Party tonight!! We always have a themed drink and now that Zac Efron is babe of the year we're debating calling it the Zac-Tail or the Efrontini. Tentatively it's going to be store bought Sangria with Peach Seltzer. We're nerddds.

kz

Who knew iTunes had a radio!
I really had no idea until today!
Got to say I really love it.

Alt X Radio is my fav.
Also on my listening roster these days are Lauren's Podcasts! Very cool! Everyone knows she has an awesome music tastes and now she's taking it to the airwaves. Todays Flashback Podcast was my favorite!! Kudos LB. Anyone wants to hear the awesomeness leave me a message and I'll pass them on to you.

Booked half of the cruise today. I feel like a weight has lifted! Pat, Robyn and I booked a room together which made it cheaper = more awesomeee. Should be really fun as long as those crazy kids don't call the wedding off (please guys don't). I kid i kid.

Now all I need to do is save some money and look fabulous in my dress and it's all good.

Last Friday Pat and I went to a Grateful Dead tribute show @ Harper's Ferry. Serioulsy I knew ONE GD song and just kind of bounced around. At the end they played a cover of Hey Jude which was awesome and the only song I could sing along to (Pat assured me they don't do covers of their popular songs). We got sufficiently drunk which was fun and awesome because Pat was totally dancing his face off. Lots of funny people dressed in tie dye which is always cool.

Was superrrr hung over Saturday morning and in a whim bought PlayStation 2 ONLY so I could finally join the Guitar Hero club. I bought a used Playstation 2 and it's soooo much smaller than the one I used to have before someone kept it thinking it was theirs Aurora ahem. Played it for like 2 hours until my headache came back and then lounged. I'll be a Guitar Hero before long!!

It's good to know that I give off the right impression. Yesterday we were talking about a clients Spring 2008 line and that they really want to go into the fashion direction rather than an outdoor thing. So my boss was like I'm going to put you in charge of the fashion/music angle for them because that's what I see you being really good at. Me really!? Fashion. I guess I do have an eye for fashion. Not that you would tell it from how I DRESS ha but I sure do have a love for it. So yeah hopefully if I do good with this client they'll be my own someday.

I am completely crazy in love with New Found Glory's cover of "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls for their From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. Someone sings the chorus with Jordan but I can't put my finger on who it is. Not an NFG member.
I want to put it on my ipod badly but it's not on iTunes. While I was listening @ New Found Glory's Myspace I also ran across another song I have never heard called Situations. Another great song, but not a cover just a B-Side that was thrown off Catalyst I believe (or I'd like to believe) I can't listen to that monstrousity that came from Coming Home. I think it may have gone up the list as my favorite NFG song.

Enough of my rambling.

xo

Ugh I can't stop listening to The Con by Tegan and Sara.
Amazing.

So let's just say this week has been stressful. Last friday we picked out our bridesmaid dresses.
This is the one we chose. In that color (tealness) and the sash that goes around the middle is going to be ivory to match Hillarys dress and her sash will be teal to match ours. Actually very cute. But getting fitted for it was kind of miserable. So needless to say I'm on the South Beach Diet probably more hardcore than I have ever been before. I want to lose like 30-40 pounds before Dec and I'm determined this time. I will have to look @ these photos for the rest of my life. I'm stressing out so much I feel like it's MY wedding. The dress also comes with straps so I might have them put on as well. Depends how it looks on me when it comes in in October. I started Monday and I have already lost 4 pounds. I'm doing quite good. I'm not even having the allotted snacks your allowed to have (sugar free fudgesickles). I've been living on salads and grilled chicken but I like it. It's not so bad.

Movinggg on. I've been trying to save money so much and I find out tomorrow i have to go get my car fixed. Now I would rather not get it fixed (has something to do with my ac that I have gotten fixed TWICE this summer and still kind of sucks but blows out cold). I paid $180 and I understand the principle of paying for something and not getting anything out of it but really if something is broken and it's going to cost over $150 I am not going to bother. Luckily it's the mechanic I'm really good friends with so he won't try to fuck me over. I also have a tire problem stemming from last May when I ran over a key in the Stop and Shop parking lot and it seems to have a slow leak. And I need my 2008 sticker also. My oil light has been going on quite often as well but I got a letter of recall from Honda regarding something of that sort so they should be able to do it for free.

I also have to book the cruise asap and I found out that if we book with 3 people that it will only be around $372 a person which is AWESOME. I keep hearing that your pretty much NEVER in your room on cruises anyways so I'm sure Robyn, Pat and I rooming together won't be a huge deal. Still feeling really apprehensive about going on the cruise but I'm sure I'll get over it. Like Jess said so elequently FUCK LAND.

Ari totally name dropped PowerBar on Entourage this past Sunday. I just watched it last night but I can't wait to talk about it Monday with the team. Yes I am a huge fucking nerd.

kz

So I have finished Harry Potter. And Pat didn't give it away as much as he could.

I thought it was fantastic! Perfect ending! I'm not upset that none of the three main characters died. I'm glad they all lived. That book was full of such comradery that I would be heart broken if Ron, Hermione, or Harry died. Neville for the motherfucking win BTW.

I loved the epilogue also. It was all a little to convienent. But nonetheless great and I cryed.
What do I read now? Oh yeah the 90 books I have been putting off because of HP.

Country Fest was such a blast. Seriously one of the best concerts EVER.

We left around 130-ish after running around packing food and drink and we were off.
Wish it was that easy. We were going to meet my cousin because he had been tailgating since 1130 and we figured we'd have plenty of time to chill.

Not the case. We were in traffic for 3 hours. A total of 20 miles took us 3 hours. Bumper to bumper on 128 North and 95 South. Think Warped Tour 2005 but instead of little brats next to us it was drunk people with trailers. it was actually pretty fun and entertaining. We listened to the radio and sang really loud. By the third hour and being in my car with no AC we were getting really thirsty. With all just alcoholic beverages we needed water badly. So we just started asking cars next to us. We asked one car of dudes and they threw one to us which ended up going under my car. Then later we asked a lady in a winnebago.

Sweet.

We had about 30 more minutes once we got on Route 1 and by that time it was 5pm. We parked ($40!!! highway literally robbery) and drank as much as we could before went into the stadium (sounds bad I realize but the drinks inside are like $8-10 and I did bring that much money, but I did bring my favorite new low-carb beer so I was looking forward to enjoying a few before the show. Chris had already went in so we missed him but we found him inside later. Totally looking like it was going to rain we made the short walk to the stadium. We went in, found our seats and danced a little bit to Sugarland (ps thanks for the best seats Andrea! We were sad you didn't make it). By this time we're pretty well marinated (my new word for drunk pick it up lol) so we figured lets keep the buzz on. We got more drinks and waited in an obscenely long bathroom line. Went to find my cousin who well very drunk himself. Love that kid. Danced with him took some pictures moved on.

Went back to our seats to watch Brooks and Dunn who were quite good. I swear country is the bst when your drunk. Almost towards the end of their set Jess and I decide we have to pee. Being half in the bag and really having to go Jess says she's going to go in the alley lol. While over there she finds and event staffer that tells her to just go in the men's room. They do it all the time apparently so with our gut levels a little higher we make a run for it. When we go in we see like 5 other girls with the same idea and we can't stop laughing. All of a sudden like 5 cops come in and make us leave and tell us if he sees us in there again we're leaving in cuffs. Darn so close! So I get back in the ladies line. This guy comes over and tells Jess and I how ridiculous it is and how he'll keep a lookout for cops so we can go. In we go again. Jess makes it in and I'm waiting telling her to pee as fast as humanly possible and I feel a tap on my shoulder.

Cop: Blondie didn't I tell you and your friend. Next time it's these ::: swings handcuffs like 3 inches from my face::
Me: But I have to gooooooo.
Cop: ::imitates my gotta go pee dance:: Toughhhh. Come on. Handcuffs or leaving now? Your choice.
Cop: You with the pink toenails! YOU TOO. (clearly best line of the day)
Jess: ME!??

So yeah we left and by that time my bravery bought me a pass to cut in line for the ladies room.
I swear we must have told the story 10 times that day laughing harder everytime. Talk about a power trip. He totally looked like Scott Storch .
Loves it. There was totally a girl behind us who clearly was passed out before she even walked in the place. That's why she earns a spot on my Wall of Shame:




And her poor boyfriend (who she threw up on and is in that picture next to her) was dancing and singing all by himself.

We should have adopted him.

Here are some more random pictures from the day:

Me and the Hill Duff looking very festive


Please ignore my fatness but I love this picture because we have a total of oh 1 picture together.


Kenny is fucking amazing. And yes he has a Boston shirt on!


Hill and Jess - totally looked like it was going to rain! it didn't so WOO.


I look a smidge on the special side in this one but it's of the three of us so I don't mind.


This doesn't even BEGIN to describe the traffic.

Anyways the concert was AMAZING. Kenny was incredible. Something about his music ALWAYS puts me in a good mood. Maybe it's the talk about flips, drinks, sun, and good pals that gets me all warm and fuzzy. Never thought I would be a Kenny Chesney fan but I am a changed woman.

We left prob a half hour early to miss the traffic. We walked and hobbled (Jess broke her sandal trying to escape the police) back to the car, made a quick pee and head out of there. We got home in NO time. Phewwww.

Slept till forever on Sunday. Watched 3 disks of Lost, read some Harry Potter (still not done but thanks to P Dunn I know the ending. Thanks) and did some work work.

Maybe possibly going to the Red Sox game tonight.

xxoo

PS Congrats Robyn who just called me to tell me she got a new JOB!!!!!

kz

Almost got arrested @ Country Fest this weekend.
True story.
More later.

I can't believe how fast this year is going by!
I was just thinking back @ January and feeling like it was yesterday.

Crazy!

So I had my first conference call today. All by myself. I usually have my boss with me leading the PR reigns but since she's out today it was me. Answering all the PR questions the client had. Sounds really stupid but I was nervous. It's for the show in Vegas that I am attending anyways so it's good it was just me. I outlined things I had researched etc and they were so impressed. I did quite well. I mostly just listened to really boring stuff but when I came up I kicked ass. I'm really looking forward to the trip! Sounds like it should be a good time.

Got my company credit card yesterday. So weird to see my name on an American Express card. And in my wallet. Bad? y/n.

Enjoying the peace and quiet of not having mom and roger around. I got home yesterday after work and cleaned up for I was having some friends over for pool and fun. I go out just to turn on the pool and I notice it's really low. Like way below where it should be. I pretty much fall over myself trying to find out where the leak is and I see this hole in the hose that is attached to the filter. Stuck inside the hole is a HORNET! That probably worked it's way through the skimmer to the hose and found this little hole but made it that far thus causing the leak. So I bravely open it a little further so the bug can come out and I see where I can pull it up so it's connected again. Phew. Still leaking slightly but I'll keep my eye on it. I put the water hose in the pool to start filling it up and cross my fingers. Also figure I won't tell my mom and roger seeing as they're on vaca and they'll be flipping out the whole time if they know something is wrong with the pool and they aren't there to fix it.

About 10 minutes later John and Kim, two of Rogers friends come over for a awim, super duper nice and rad so I didn't mind at all. John makes a mad dash for the pool seeing as my house is 100 degrees (did I mention the AC is busted too?) and Kim and I chat in the kitchen while I wait for Hillary. I tell Kim the story and we go out to look @ the leak. I make John promise he won't say a word to Roger until Saturday and he gets out of the pool to look @ it. He miraculously closes the small leak that left and even this morning before I left for work I checked and still looks good.

We ordered food from Fowler House via Dinner Delivered which was pretty damn awesome. At trivia a few months ago we won $20 from dinner delivered for answering a Bonus question. DD is pretty much this service that will deliver you food from all these various restaurants in Braintree/Quincy. So we picked Fowler House because they have the BEST pizza and it's cheap. We didn't realize we would have to wait an hour and a half unfortch. They did keep us updated though on when they were coming and such which was cool and the food was so yummy.

Working my face off today and then possibly maybe seeing The Simpsons tonight with Patrick and then tomorrow is Country Fest with Hillary and Jess!! So excited!! Kenny Chesney, my gals and some cool drinks - sounds like a great end to a good week!

xo