Wall-E and Dan

Wall-E, what a cute little movie!  abe really wanted me to see this movie so tonight after a dinner out he convinced me to see it.  i'm not sure i would see it again, but i would say that everyone should probably see it once because it has a nice message.  there were a lot of elements in the movie that i felt were similar to Ice Age and i loved that movie, so to me it just wasn't quite as good but it was still a nice time.  and i'm not sure how a movie with about 10 words could be so entertaining.

Dan in Real Life.  this movie had me in the first 30 seconds and i was totally hooked.  i had no intention on watching it, but once i started i couldn't stop.  steve carell was just so funny and in a way that was very different than his character on the office.  there's just something devastatingly funny about a single dad with three daughters who has no idea what he's doing.  i laughed out loud many times throughout this movie and not once was it because of dane cook...who also happens to be in the movie but isn't really funny or obnoxious like you'd expect.  i think everyone should see this movie, it was a really fun time : )

Taken...bitches

this might be the most underestimated movie of the year.  who knew that liam neeson was way more badass than jason bourne on his best day.  he had moves that would impress the most awesome assassin.  at one point of the movie he kills like 15 people in the span of 30 seconds all in different parts of a house, it was in fact impressive.  the man is 57 years old and he was able to pull off killer and sexy dad at the same time!!  we could not take our eyes off of him and his awesomeness.  the movie was just action packed and exciting and it was actually believable for the most part.  i did Not think this was going to be in the least bit good and i kind of made fun of abe for wanting to see it so badly.  i took a stand and refused to see it in theaters so instead abe bought a copy in a barber shop...that in itself is another story completely.  

10 Tables Cambridge

Our friend Dave Punch opened a new restaurant this week: 10 Tables Cambridge. everyone should go check it out, it's on Craigie Street near Harvard Square. their original location is still in JP as well. we went and did the tasting menu...and i tried things that i've never tried before: oysters and mussels. i would probably pass on anymore oysters, but the mussels were pretty good. they just reminded me of big clams in a very delicious creamy sauce. everything was good and the food portions were just right. the plates gave you enough to try dishes without being too stuffed to proceed to the next one, because you really want to keep on it. this place is small and cozy and a reservation is an absolute must, they don't take walk-ins. i was really very impressed with the whole experience, it's a really fun place that we plan on going back to many times.

Super Cute

Sometimes you have one of those days where you could really use a pick-me-up.

And so i bring you Cute Overload where you'd have to be clinically dead to not crack a smile here.

Misery

this is coming from my friend "Flaura".

So Flaura had to endure a 15 minute lesson on how to round numbers up at work. my advice to Flaura was that it's time to get a new job before every single part of her life suffers because that's pretty bad. Really Bad, really degrading. and then she was like: yeah and then someone ate my Chobani in the fridge. and i was like: No Fing way, that should have been the last straw.

BU and The Nose Pot

abe wanted me to retract my last post because he thought i was being a total bitch. i don't think that i was, but i do think that Sudafed needs to be put on my list of things Never to use again. i've never been so anxious and jittery and psychopath-like.

i found a program that i may enroll in at boston university for website development. more to come on that though once i see it all on paper with the costs and important things like that. i hope it arrives today, it would change everything including my urge to spend on things i don't need, vacations, my tv shows, and dining out....which is basically every fun part of my life but we'll see.

i used a Neti Pot last night that i picked up at whole foods for the first time to help alleviate the major sinus pain that i've been having and after a whole lot of water down my throat, up my nose, all over the counter, i finally got it right and it worked. my sinus pain all but disappeared for a few hours. it worked better than any of the medicines that i had been taking, so i totally recommend it unless you have no control over your body in which this may a difficult tool to use...

Argh!

lately, i feel as i nobody is listening to me. at dinner with my parents i told my dad about the stuffed peppers i made. first off he says: what is orzo? ok, fine, i explained it. then he says that i should stuff them with ground beef, and i said: i don't eat ground beef he says: What?? are you a vegetarian? This is as we are eating italian wedding soup with turkey meatballs in it. i said: no, i just don't like to eat ground beef, it's fatty and disgusting and i tell you this every single time i come to dinner! i'm not going to dinner there for a very long time because if i have to tell him that i don't eat ground beef one more time, i'll have to get up and leave and not even say why.

Sushi

i have sushi on the brain big time.  it's all i've been able to think about for most of the night.  i saw a girl eating sushi at the movies the other night, and i thought: that is so Fing strange.  and now i wish i hadn't seen it because it's all i can think about!

Revolutionary Road...the book

i saw that the movie had gotten a lot of attention with kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio reuniting on film, so i decided that in order to prepare for this movie i had to read the book first.  well i just finished the book, and you know what?  there's no way in hell i'm going to see that movie.  i realize that not everything in life can be shiny and pretty, but in the same respect not everything is ugly and pathetic.  i found it lacking in all aspects.  it was a rather short book, and it took me a couple of weeks to get through it because it was just so raw.  the kind of raw that you see sitting beside you on the bus everyday and you are glad to leave at the next stop.  i hated it: the story, the writing, the idea, the everything.  and now i'm reading "Live in a better way" by the dalai lama, obviously to pick myself back up from such a downer.  i probably sit in a very small pool of people who have such harsh words for revolutionary road but i almost never enjoy something that brings my mood way down, there's no entertainment or joy in that.

I don't know

i've been thinking a lot about taking a class to find my way career-wise.  i've always seemed to be searching for the right fit for me...and i honestly don't know what it is.  lately i've been thinking really outside the box, but i should probably start closer to home before expanding beyond my means.  i have my bachelors degree in media arts and design, which dabbled in web site design but focused mostly on the graphic side but i think i'd like to dive more into the website development side to complement my degree starting with just a class to see how it feels.  i remember quite a bit from college, but i also remember we quickly breezed right through it so we'd all be familiar with the software but not to get too involved with any program.  i don't really know where to start though.... everyday i just have more questions swirling around with no answers.

Lobster and the crazy fan dance

we paid a visit to the summer shack for the pan fried lobster!  she loved it, can you tell?  after we saw the Shopoholic movie which was much funnier than i had imagined it would be.  it was totally a chick flick, but it was a little bit more entertaining than most.  i mean for one thing isla fisher is funny, she's likeable, and just really entertaining.  i can't even remember anyone else in the movie really.  i did read one or two shopoholic books, and i didn't really like them because they were chick-lit, fluffy and substance-less, worse than reading a magazine type books...But if you are sitting on a beach they would be just fine.  if i'm going to spend hours reading a book, it wouldn't be one of those, but i wouldn't mind seeing say a part II to that movie that's how much i enjoyed it.  i think here the movie did fare better than the book!  the best parts weren't even in the commercials in my opinion and i think that says a lot, the trailer really did it no justice.  and i'm sure this is the only chick flick i'll see in the theaters all year so i'm glad it was a good one!

Feathers!

After wallowing in my own germs all day long i decided to check to see if my season 1 or 2 of Lost had arrived at the front door.  i opened the door and peeked out and there was a tiny little box on my door mat...i was like wtf....and then i opened it totally forgetting that my feather headpiece was scheduled to arrive this week.  i love it, i thought that maybe it would be way too big but in person it's not very large at all it's actually quite dainty and perfect.  if you need a headpiece check out Haute Bride or anything else accessory related.  you can place an order over the phone, which is what i did.

I beat you!

i think i just had a really short lived flu.  i started to feel sick at around 6 last night at by 3am it had run it's course with a fever, body aches, tummy ache, headache, etc.  i didn't go to work today just because i was so tired from being up all night.  i think i must have a really good immune system if i could fight it off in that amount of time.  or you know i just caught some little bug with a similar structure by someone who coughed on me on public transportation recently - and there's a lot of coughers out there right now.  it feels really strange to be home sick... i think i've taken 2 sick days in the past 3 years, somehow i either get sick over the weekend or something but calling in felt like i was doing something wrong.  but even while i wasn't feeling very well last night i successfully made stuffed peppers for the first time ever and they were really very good and very filling.  i would totally make them again, they're really healthy and delicious.

The Pandas

This is really just because i love Heather Armstrong and i just find her life so funny, her answers are way more interesting than mine:

What are your middle names?

Jean and Taehan. Our children will not have those.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
i have a bad memory, but i think that we met around thanksgiving and didn't start dating till a year and a half later... or was it 6 months later...i totally forget, but i really don't remember meeting him anyways there were a lot of people there that day.

Who asked whom out?
Of course he asked me out. I'd ask me out. He was trying for the rebound affect.

How old are each of you?

I'm 27 and he's 31. the age difference is just about perfect. sometimes i do act a bit young, but sometimes he acts Really young and we forget there is any age difference at all.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
We see abe's sister and brother in law the most since they only live 20 minutes away.

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?

Finances. having two people work from one bank account will never be easy and there will be tension for the rest of eternity no matter how much money is in it.

Did you go to the same school?
No, I'm a lot smarter than Abe. Although now I have student loans which was probably not a good decision for me. Abe went to Umass and I went to Northeastern, not to be confused with Northwestern.

Are you from the same home town?
No. We're both from Mass (both without accents), but we're from different suburbs.


Who is smarter?
I know I just said that I was smarter, but Abe is the Problem Solver. I need to set myself up to achieve something, whether it be the SATs or a successful way to grocery shop with a list, and abe can just wing-it and do fine in most cases except for the time he forgot half our groceries with the bagger.

Who is the most sensitive?
I've gotten sensitive with age.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
I don't think there is just one place that we could call our own...we're always trying something new, but on a friday night we like to call Sweet Chili for takout if we're staying in. it's authentic Thai.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Koh Samui, Thailand

Who has the craziest exes?
Abe would never ever say that his exes were crazy, he has a lot of respect for those people. I wouldn't Really call my exes crazy either. There was one that was a bit mentally unstable, but I'm sure he's past that now.

Who has the worst temper?
It's not me.

Who does the cooking?
Me. for two reasons. 1. i get home earlier and when i'm hungry i don't like to wait or eat really late at night, and 2. i cook much lighter than abe does, and nobody wants to be fat especially me. he is probably the tastier cook though because he does cook full fat and full flavor, it's just not as frequent.

Who is the neat-freak?
Neither of us. except abe likes to declare "this place is a dump!" and then do nothing about it. i guess he's announcing it so that our invisible maid will come and put things away for us. she's yet to appear.

Correction: He just said "i say it's a dump so you'll start cleaning."

Who is more stubborn?
I think that's probably me. It's really hard to change my mind once it's made up. I like to make a decision and then really be able to stick to it unwaivering.

Who hogs the bed?
Abe hogs the bed and I hog the sheets.

Who wakes up earlier?
Abe, he gets up at 7 on most days.

Where was your first date?
Ruth's Chris steak house.

Who is more jealous?
I have no idea. I'm not a jealous person but there's lots of girls I call Fat, Hideous, and God Awful Ugly, just for being in Abe's presence.

How long did it take to get serious?
2 dates.

Who eats more?
Abe. it is just mind boggling how much food he can fit into his stomach. I cook enough for a family of 4, and there's hardly ever any leftovers.

Who does the laundry?
I do it most of the time.

Who's better with the computer?
I'm better with my friend Mac and Abe is better with his friend PC.

Who drives when you are together?

Abe always drives during the day, and I always drive if it's a social hour.

Elephant Love

How cute is this tank top by C&C California?? i love it. i saw it at that store that replaced Jasmine Sola and i was like: man that's super cute. on their website it's only sold as a top and bottom set...so like i'd be walking around in a pink jumpsuit with elephants all over me, that might be taking it a little bit too far!

Chobani

i'm completely head over heels for this Chobani yogurt. i used to eat Fage, but it's expensive...like $1.75 or $1.99 or something like that. i think that's way over priced for one serving of yogurt. but this product is 99 cents and it's non-fat and flavored. i would only eat low-fat or non-fat yogurt, there's no way i'm going to eat the full-fat version because mentally i just can't do it (like 15g fat in one serving!!).

So this particular honey flavored chobani is:
150 calories, 0g fat, 20g carbs, 16g protein. if you like yogurt you should give it a shot and it comes in lots of other flavors besides honey like different berries and such.

DIY or Not

if you knew me, you'd think that i'm totally a DIY bride.... well i did our save the dates, but that's just about it. i'll do other things like the programs and the place cards and putting together the favors, but that's where my personal touch is going to end. i ordered our invitations from Weddingpaperdivas and i'm not even addressing them myself....Laura Hooper is doing them because i know she'll do it better. why so lazy? it's simple really: food tastes better when someone else cooks for you, your apartment looks cleaner when someone else does it, your dog smells better when someone else washes it, etc. it just feels more special to not have to do the leg work myself and i'm wayyyy Type A, i love doing things for myself because i am guaranteed they're done right (on most days) but that's just not the case here. i'd rather have everything done and handed to me nice and pretty for this moment.

i got my state and federal taxes back already! that's pretty big news, i always try and get my taxes done right after i get my W-2. speaking of deductions, i have a bunch of clothing and things to donate, but i'd like to have someone come pick them up instead of going to drop them off somewhere. i've been having a really hard time finding someone to do this...so i guess i wouldn't mind dropping it off as long as the parking is easy. any suggestions for in or around cambridge? i'm not sure how much longer i can look at the bag full of stuff in my closet.

i love martha!

i love martha stewart and after completing our registry it's kind of scary how many things i have on there by her. i probably wouldn't like her as much without her signature "martha stewart blue". how pretty is that color!! i love it. it's so Robins Egg, and so unoffensive to abe. i mean these items come in all sorts of colors, but this color is just everything i want to see in my kitchen...using them is going to be a different story.

Pinching my nose

well it was one of those sundays.  one of my girlfriends is having a hard time, and i spent the morning analyzing the problem, i think it will work itself out just fine which is good.  later i spent the afternoon watching my beef and vegetable barley soup cook in the crock pot only to feel too nauseated to enjoy it come dinner time.  even the smell made me want to boot later on, i have no idea why though.  i replaced my hard work with cape code potato chips, a pickle, and a chocolate mini cake dessert.  yeah i know that's a totally strange combination, but i didn't feel sick after i ate it so that's all that mattered to me and i'm not with child.

abe is away for the night at a cow farm in central mass.  that sounds totally insane right?  what's more insane is that he wants to buy 1/2 a cow and store it in a deep freezer in our apartment in the spare bedroom.  and when i say spare, i mean it's more like a dumping ground for everything that doesn't have a home.  i'm not really ready to add 1/2 a cow to that list of bizarre stuff.  i guess i'm kind of like the fun police around here, but someone needs to be rational when it comes to beef storage.

i don't have presidents day off like all the other cool kids, so this is just a week like any other to me but i do have lots of social plans plus a new recipe to test out...i'll let you know how that one goes, hopefully better than the soup today.  but this garlic chicken and this szechwan shrimp recipe are both excellent, i tried them last week!  delicious.  happy president's day!

Happy V day!

abe was supposed to be in mexico this weekend but his trip got cancelled so we got to have an all american valentines day.  our original plans got derailed because...well i thought i called and made reservations at L'Espalier but i didn't i guess.  so we went to Joe's all american bar and grill, which is way on the other side of the spectrum!  and we went to one in a suburb, which dramatically changed everything about it.  but our day started out really great.  abe didn't get me a dog, but he did get me a dog card and it's super cute.  we're not really big gift people, but abe got me two plants: thelma and louise for the house.  he says he named them that because they both end up Dead.  one of them for sure has a less than spectacular future, but the other should be well and fine.  also, i got a watch, a nice two-toned oversized mens style watch.  i'm in love with it.  abe got a fondue card and an A t-shirt and some sneakers, very romantic.

and after our suburban dinner we went to whole foods and picked up various pastries and desserts to take home.  we're talking fruit tarts, mini cakes, meringue, the whole nine yards.  it was actually a very nice valentines day!

Ode to Abe

i've been reminiscing a lot this week. i've had a horrible headache every day so it's a lot easier to just day dream...

abe and i got new mountain bikes about 1 year ago. we're not an "active couple". i tend to work out on my own time, and abe uses his iron gym in his own time during commercial breaks. we decided that maybe we should try to do something active together on the weekends, so we bought bikes. on one of our very first bike rides around cambridge we rode around the big bike trail, and all that, and on the way home we found Petsi Pies and we took an entire savory pie home with us....and then we ate it, practically the entire spinach, cheese, and pine nut pie! it was a really fun day actually and to this day we really excel at eating and really need to go on more bike rides because of it.

when did i know abe was the one for me? just 2-3 months into dating. it was just so simple. he makes my life better, we enjoy most of the same things (House, Nitro Circus, soft sheets, contoured pillows, sapporo, John & Kate plus 8, The Office, Ricky Gervais, Harry Potter, designer denim, tom yum soup, bowling, elephants, duck, the color yellow, lobsters, vacations, cooking, kim chi) and i find him hilarious most of the time. of course we have plenty of disagreements: the hotness of cate blanchett, who left what where and why, the pile of mail, the cost of takeout, what time to go to bed, joint checking account, the room full of useless crap, having an electric can opener, whether twilight is cool or not, the cost of watches, when to wear a life jacket, hard liquor, the amount of meat at dinner time, etc. but even our disagreements have intersecting line of agreement somewhere.

so if you haven't found the one for you yet, don't fear the ocean of fish is massive and they start biting around 30.

Stalkers

i don't know why, but i laughed so hard when i read this:

Quote of the day

and just to prove that i'm not totally insane, abe laughed too!

Big Plans

i did something very foolish. i registered for a road race in march, and what is the foolish part? i'm not in great running shape, and i hate the cold even in march, it's for st.patricks day and i believe 99% of the participants to be fully irish since the questions on the registration were so hilarious... like where in ireland is your family from, and i really really hate the cold.

well the good news here is that i've been looking for new activities that aren't too complicated. a road race that i can walk to and from is pretty nice and 5k never hurt anyone. so i can cross Road race off my mental list of things to try for 2009. wish me luck.

i'm also thinking about taking a class, like a photography or ceramics class or something. i really wanted to take a korean class but they didn't have it at the place i'm looking into, so that one will have to wait, but when i see it i'll grab it.

Fashion Roadkill

i love shopping, but there's a few trends that i'm just not understanding:

those big scarves with the frayed edges. i don't get it. is that supposed to look nice? i like scarves...but this look is just not for me. she looks like she's drowning in a hideous scrap of fabric and why would i want to cover my boobs?

Headbands. not the gossip girl kind, the kind that goes over your forehead. wtf. i know nicole richie and lindsay lohan kind of created this trend, but do they really think it looks nice? she looks like a warrior to me and it would look just fine worn normally.

Jumpsuits. especially denim ones! stacy and clinton would not agree with this one i'm sure... or would they? i just dont think this would look nice on a normally proportioned person. i mean maybe they're ok for someone who has very long legs, but i've yet to see it work in person.

Fringe on shoes. look what they did here, they ruined a perfectly executed shoe with unsightly fringe. i'll never understand this one. oh my god they're awful.

but i am thinking about getting a summer romper which may completely be a disaster but i think if i found the right one it could be adorable.

V day is approaching

valentines day is around the corner.  i don't truly subscribe to this holiday, but i'll admit i think it's kind of nice to recognize it's arrival.  i certainly was never the type to wallow in my own misery during the single years too much, but when you have someone it's nice to do something.  i like to just have dinner together, it sounds so mundane, but we find it really hard to kind of "shut off" and have a nice dinner together where the TV isn't on or someone's not distracted with something.  the amount of distractions around here are endless.  

and what about valentines day gifts?  i don't think they're very important, but i do think they're necessary.  i mean you wouldn't show up to christmas without a card and a gift now would you??  hell no.  you'd be prepared and ready for battle.  my favorite valentines day gifts that i've seen out there are the small and thoughtful ones:

plants

bracelets

T shirts

ipods

traveling coffee mugs

gold bands

pink water bottles

art

i'm really loving pink this year, i'm not sure i've ever loved pink as much as i do right now.  pink sapphires, pink nail polish, pink hearts, pink belts, pink shoes, pink hair accessories, etc.  i don't think boys like pink quite as much as i do.  so for the boys, what have i seen?  mostly crappy gifts and things that boys don't actually want...

cuff links

ties

boxers

pajama pants

ipods

edibles

so what do you get your boyfriend?  you should probably get him what he really wants: lingerie for yourself and a BJ to make up for all the pink shit.

Nuts!

i can't believe chris brown beat up rihanna. i just still can't believe it.

this is from TMZ:
As we reported, the photos show major contusions on both sides of the singer's face -- there is serious swelling and bruising. Her lip is split and her nose bloody. We have now confirmed there are bite marks on one of her arms and on several fingers. And we now know this... Rihanna claims Brown struck her with his fists and that's what did the damage. There was no object used in the alleged attack. And we've learned it was not Rihanna who called 911. Someone in the area heard her screams and called. (Source)

how unexpected, i wonder if he was on drugs or something. it's just batshit crazy.

Peanut Butter Cookies

i decided that it would be nice if i made abe a birthday treat that wasn't cake. mostly because i don't think it's too cool for 2 people to devour an entire cake on their own! so i tried a new recipe for peanut butter cookies. every time i bake, i'm like why can't i do this? and this was no different of an experience. i followed the stupid directions perfectly, and the first batch looked ok from the top, but when i flipped them over....they were burnt. like super burnt: hockey pucks.

so my next batch was much better, i cooked them for 4 less minutes and ta-dah, they became edible. i know it doesn't seem like that many cookies, but there was actually a fourth batch that came out just as good. they're quite tasty, i would make these again. this might be obvious to some people, but use the kiddie peanut butter, not the all natural kind...i started to use it and then realized it was tasteless mush and then i scooped out a jar of skippy instead.

Crazy pills

i made a visit to a new dermatologist on friday, i think it went really well we clicked and she seemed to really understand where i was coming from. and so she gave me a prescription for an antibiotic. good great, i didn't think it would really do anything but what it was supposed to do medically speaking. but it did much more. it made me insane! on sunday i hit a curb in a parking lot, then backed up and ran right into it again running it over all while there were people watching me be nuts. and to this moment i'm not sure if it was a curb or just a little snow bank. after i went to the gas station to fill up, and i couldn't remember what kind of gas to put into the car. i stood there staring at the machine thinking: super? or premium? hmmmm, for at least 2 minutes. and today i tried to walk through the gates of the subway without paying. so i tried to walk in, and the gate didn't open, and i tried again, and i'm like: ok what is going on here!! and then i realized that the pass was still in my hand and i never tapped it to get in. oh my lord, i can't afford to lose any more brain cells here!

Psycho Killer

i knew i was a crazy gym girl when i walked into my abs class today and saw that it wasn't the usual instructor and my first reaction was total rage.  i couldn't believe it.  i couldn't believe that i dragged myself out of bed at 11:00am for this! and i looked around and other people felt the same way i did, some people actually left and it was half the size it normally was.  the class ended up being pretty good, but it left me feeling like a little bit of a psychopath for my over reaction.

And then, i got home and checked the mail since i had been waiting for season 1 of Lost to arrive so i could have a marathon day of remembering all the things i'd forgotten.  well it was in my mailbox and i ran back to my apartment and tore it open giddy with excitement....until i realized it was ONLY ONE DISK!!  what the F.  i just assumed that they'd send me the whole season and not just 1 of like 4.  so now i've watched a few episodes and i'm going to have to send it back for the next one and so on.  this method might work for patient people, but i'm obviously not one of those types.

later, i thought i was being really awesome by cooking dinner on a saturday night instead of getting takeout and i accidently ate moldy cheese in my omlette.  yeah mold...in my tummy.  it was a nice day.

Tax Season!

Today, i feel kind of like a rockstar because i had my taxes done down the street at a place that was pretty hilarious, BUT i know they did a good job and i'm getting back $1,428!!  i've never gotten that much back before Ever.  my tax guy was a bit perplexed at the same portion that i was having a hard time with, and so i didn't feel so bad that i gave up so easily.  i would totally go back to this place because i felt like they really spent time going through everything and were very detail oriented, but it was a bit more costly than turbo tax so i'd only go back if i had any more issues that i couldn't solve on my own.

so what am i going to do with my new found treasure?  in all honesty i'll probably save half, and then find something fun to do with the rest.  so realistically we're talking about more like $700 of fun money.  i was thinking about a van cleef and arpels bracelet:

but maybe that's too little for that amount of money.  yeah it totally is haha.  i'm actually just going to put it towards something wedding related i'm sure.  it's pretty astonishing how much money you spend for a wedding, all those little things add up.  

Happy Birthday

Today is Abe's birthday! Unfortunately he's out of the country so he's celebrating it in south america instead of at home, but he's not much of a birthday celebrator anyways. this is probably his lamest birthday ever. he insisted that i give him his gifts before he left, which meant that one of them wasn't even wrapped and i hadn't gotten his card yet. then this morning i was in such a hurry to get to an appointment that i forgot to wish him a happy birthday when he called. and of course now he's away and in a very Uncool part of south america. so all around this is just not very fun for him today but i think that all birthdays should be recognized so wish him a good one!

Edemame

this is my edemame keychain. the middle bean pops up and has a smiley face on it. it's like the cutest thing ever.

Blogs and batteries

i don't think comedians are particularly funny.  some are, but i think that most aren't because they seem to be trying too hard.  abe introduced me to this guy Ricky Gervais and i just wanted to share his blog with everyone.  he is SO funny guys, brilliant even!  he doesn't take himself too seriously, and his blog is totally weird and i like weird things.

speaking of totally weird things: an immersion blender.  why didn't i think of that.  it would have prevented both the disaster otherwise known as giada's tomato sauce burning my face off and also the mushroom soup incident also burning my face off.  i have terrible luck blending hot liquids, so i'm never going to do it again till i get that immersion blender.

our thermostat batteries ran out yesterday and it would only display "lo batt" and i couldn't turn the heat up when i got home from work so i put on a few extra layers.  so today i got new batteries and popped them in only to find that it's been 54 degrees in here and i've been close to becoming an ice cube.  the lesson here is to always keep spare batteries around if you have a digital thermostat or be clever enough to take them out of the wii controllers.

Invitations

Today, i ordered my wedding invitations! i know i know, i totally should have made them myself but what can i really say? i just didn't want to do it, and i have a mulitude of reasons:
1. i don't have photoshop and i felt i absolutely needed it.
2. i have sky high standards with design
3. i was feeling too much pressure
4. the money saved wasn't enough money to make it worth my time

And so, i went to Wedding Paper Divas, who i found on weddingbee, and saw invites that really matched our wedding nicely and personlized them and they're being processed as i speak. how much did i spend? not much, probably the price of nice shoes. so they're not letterpress which i would have preferred to have, but i wasn't about to spend $2,000 on paper either. i like nice things, but i don't like nice disposable things. these pretty girls will be here in two weeks...and then they'll sit around for another couple of months just waiting.

10 Honest Things

My brain has been really clogged up with various things that aren't blog-worthy, so in the place of a real post, here is something I found when i was reading everyone else's interesting blogs this morning....

Ten Honest Things About Me:
1. I'm not a good driver but i give myself extra points for being able to parallel park in high pressure situations and not having any road rage, but i probably think you're a worse driver (and you might actually be!)
2. I have no idea how to Twitter. to me it sounds like a very cute bird.
3. I really LOVE getting presents. It could literally be anything, like an edemame keychain.
4. I sleep with stuffed animals and i'm never ever going to stop, i love them.
5. I get Vogue, but i don't read it. I flip through it and toss it away. I'm not a true fashionista.
6. If you don't watch the news, read online news, or read the newspaper, i look down on you.
7. There's very few kids in the world that i genuinely enjoy, and i think more people feel that way but they feel bad and won't admit it. However, i would change a diaper without even batting an eyelash at it.
8. I think school uniforms are the greatest things ever created, and i wish i had one. i would wear it to work.
9. I used to think matt lauer was the sexiest man alive.
10. My favorite tv show is LOST, but i could never begin to explain it to you because i'm not smart enough.

superbowl sunday

this is a patriots and red sox household.  we couldn't give two shits about any other team, so when superbowl sunday rolls around and it's two teams that frankly...i know nothing about, the excitement is far less elevated.  

in the first 3 minutes of the game, the conversation is as follows:

me: they look like bumble bees.

abe: they look like jerks!

ok so maybe i'm the only one who has no opinion here.  looks like abe is rooting for the cardinals afterall.

The Melting Pot

i've been seeing the melting pot on the phantom gourmet a lot recently and i've just been dying to try this thing called Fondue. i think i may have tried it before with just chocolate but i wanted to try the cheese and the other stuff. so abe and i went to the one in burlington because the park plaza one was booked solid. the martinis are really adventurous, i got a nice key lime one. and then we got cheese fondue with veggies, breads, and apples to start. then we had some kind of cobb salad which was watery and overall, not that good. it was obviously pre-made and tasted like it had sat in he fridge all day long. then we got to the real meal: chicken, pork, beef, lobster tail, ravioli, veggies, shrimp, and salmon, all to dip into coq au vin broth to cook. this reminded me of shabu, but it wasn't as cool. i thought it was all good but it wasn't great, i think shabu broth is better and more flavorful and less expensive. for dessert we had chocolate and caramel with assorted fruits and cakes to dip. the rice krispy treats were by the far the best part of dessert. i enjoyed the overall experience, but it's super over priced and shabu is a million times better, i wouldn't go back but i think everyone should try it once.

food B

experience B+