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Friday, 29 September 2006

I've found myself complaining too often in this forum, as though all you people are good for is dumping my petty problems and negative thoughts.  You people are better than that.  You're even above being referred to as "You people."

Hello my loving blog community, including those strangers who somehow vicariously live my life and probably still have more fun than I do. I love all of you.

What's going on in the world of Arlene that's fun and happy and filled with sunshine and rainbows and ponies? 

Fall is here and I manage to get about another 4 weeks of lovely (albeit, cold) weather before we hit the unbearable levels.  Sometime around late November, usually right around Thanksgiving, I basically can't go out of doors with me without complaining it's cold.  But right now it's refreshing! Almost makes me wonder why we didn't book our vacation for when it's miserable, like January or February. 

I've officially reached the point where it's not weird to do vacation-related planning.  WOOHOO.  I've started a packing and shopping list and I anxiously await the arrival of swimsuit number #2 and the books I ordered from Amazon.  Maybe now The Boy will stop laughing at me when I send him messages throughout the day like "I called the hotel and there is a medium sized fridge, microwave and dishes for two people." 

I'm excited because I'm going to Eastern Market this weekend, which is a flea market, farmer's market and generally cool area all thrown into one.  I've never been so I'm stoked.  It's the perfect Fall activity.

Oh and my boss is leaving early today.  Cheers all around!
by: DJGroovySlug at September 29, 2006 16:38 | link | comments

Thursday, 28 September 2006

PSA: Your Fall Fashion Trend Warning

I'm all for fashion trends and the resurfacing of old trends, even if I don't necessarily embrace it.  Pleated pants, fine, whatever, I'm telling you they look awful but I my eyes won't burn off if you're wearing them.  I hate Uggs but I can deal.  I think they're stupid but they aren't completely offensive.  Pointy heels? Eh.  Leggings? Comfortable but a passing fad. 

 
Who in their right mind thinks this is okay? 


Is it a high heel or a boot? Make a decision!!!  What, you need ankle support, but don't want it to go any further??  What kind of sock do you wear this with?  What kind of skirt?  You can't wear it with skirts! And can you imagine pants!  If the pants don't have a perfect hem perfect hem,  you would expose a small bit of skin while seated.  That image is so awful, it makes me want to scratch out my brain.



White patent leather ankle boots!! THE HORROR.  THE HORRROOOORRRR.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 28, 2006 12:55 | link | comments (1)

Thursday, 28 September 2006

"An Alternative Sept. 11 History"

"Soon Bush put the country on a Manhattan Project crash course to get off oil. He bluntly told Detroit that it was embarrassing that Chinese automakers had better fuel efficiency, he classified SUVs as cars, and he imposed a stiff gas tax with a rebate for the working poor. To pay for it, he abandoned his tax cuts for the wealthy, reminding the country that no president in history had ever cut taxes in the middle of a war. This president would be damned if he was going to put more oil money into the pockets of Middle Eastern hatemongers who had killed nearly 3,000 of our people. To dramatize the point, he drove to his 2002 State of the Union address in a hybrid car. Sales soared."

Jonathan Alter's article
by: DJGroovySlug at September 28, 2006 11:38 | link | comments

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

I really regret meeting my boyfriend, even if he does make really good pizza.  Because everything in this world can boil down to mathemematics, I've formulated this simple equation:

The Boy's TV Size  X  HD Quality  X  Number of Channels  =  Arlene Hates Her TV

or,

Adam's TV > Arlene's TV

I realize now that this is what life boils down to:  getting the next best television.  I work so that I can afford my TV and I want more money so that I can make my TV better.  The Boy is just short of that hard to attain next level: solid gold television, followed shortly by yacht for holding said TV.   I on the other hand, am barely scraping by at the "Cardboard Box with Miniature People Acting Behind Giant Strobe Light" level. 

I'm working late this evening so I've dedicated an insane amount of time looking at flat panel, HD televisions.  Besides the fact that I can't afford them, these are TVs that I certainly don't need considering I don't even really watch a lot of TV.  But I can't bring myself to sit through the Veronica Mars series, knowing the awful TV I have to go home and sit through.  And honestly, I never would've cared if I had never known there was a TV one could watch without wearing one's contacts.  Curse you HD!!!

I hate myself for even writing a word of this.  Can I go home yet?
by: DJGroovySlug at September 27, 2006 19:20 | link | comments (1)

Tuesday, 26 September 2006

Gah! I meant to post! Really, I did.  I was going to comment on this article I read over the weekend but then I got distracted by work, and shoes, and your fall wardrobe in general.  I would post now but I have to go.  I'm sorry.

Talk amongst yourselves, I'll give you a topic: Discuss. 
by: DJGroovySlug at September 26, 2006 16:59 | link | comments (3)

Monday, 25 September 2006

So this weekend we went to Virgin Fest, where me and my lady friends pranced happily in virginal white togas, braided flowers in our hair and made coquettish noises to the gentleman callers. 

Actually we raged.  Heck yes. Party on. Excellent.

We got moving a little late (Arlene Irritatant Factor: High), got stuck in a massive traffic jam (Arlene Irritant Factor: Very High), and arrived in time to hear Wolfmother play the last song of their set (Arlene Irritant Factor: Spontaneous Murder).  I was screaming "Wolfmother" when we got out of the car and managed to convince The Boy [ed. note: Ha! "Convince."  He knows his role] to go and wait for The Raconteurs while some people stayed for beer and tailgating and others went to the 2nd stage.

We elbowed our way fairly close to the stage and didn't move through The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley or The Killers (awesome awesome awesome, all around).  One of my friends crowd surfed and was deposited at the feet of security in front of the stage.  Luckily we got him back.  We finally caved for hunger and thirst and hung much farther back for The Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers. 



I swear it's The Who!!  For a band that was twice the age of the rest of the artists, The Who ROCKED.  I think everyone who was there texted their parents to say "I'm watching The Who and they're awesome!" I know I did.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 25, 2006 16:38 | link | comments (1)

Friday, 22 September 2006

Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

I've been trying to come to grips with my growing geek side.  It seems best to embrace it rather than fight it.  I'm posting to YouTube!! Actually this was supposed to be an experiment in learning to use the iMovie program on my Mac, but that didn't work and I had a few spare moments today so I just opened a YouTube account and posted it here.

This is how Gadget cleans.  She's more fastidious than most humans, as you can see.  But most importantly, how can you watch this and not go "Awwww."  It's disgustingly cute.



That's my fur child.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 22, 2006 11:47 | link | comments (5) things that make me happy

Thursday, 21 September 2006

I got nothing.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 21, 2006 16:39 | link | comments

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

On WTOP's "Talk Back Line" they are asking women to call in with the three things they couldn't live without.  I'm only half-listening at work but it was something like men can't live without sports, beer and tv or something like that, so they wanted to know what women can't live without.  I guess this could mean either "things I couldn't live without as a woman", or just "things I couldn't live without, and I happen to be a woman who picks them."  I'll do both.


Things I Couldn't Live Without

1.  Google Calendar.  I'm not neat and organized and I am by no means great about being on time but I have never double booked for anything in my life because of my day planner, now replaced by Google Calendar.
2. Restaurants.  The reason I achieve any sort of high ranking status in my professional life is for the sole purpose of having money to eat out.  I enjoy cooking, but not as much as I enjoy having my food served to me over a nice conversation and glass of wine with someone. 
3. Music.  I was on the metro the other day and realized that music was my crack.  I literally will just sit there and grin like an idiot and be so at peace while listening to some songs that it's kinda scary the amazing effect it will have on me.

Things I Couldn't Live Without as a Woman:

1. Tampax Pearl.  I seriously am doing this just to make my male readers squirm.  Honestly, what did women do before this? How do people in other countries survive?  GAH. It makes my head explode to think that the women of the world are running around without Tampax Pearl.
2. The Passive-Aggressive Gene.  How would anything get done if we didn't whip this out every now and then? "No, it's okay, you don't have to come over, go have some drinks with your friends. I'll be fine."  At the very least, Valentine's Day would end, thus throwing off the economy and surely meaning the end of the world as we know it.
3. George Clooney.  There's a name for any woman out there who doesn't find George Clooney to be a smoking hot piece of meat: a man
by: DJGroovySlug at September 20, 2006 16:09 | link | comments (7)

Tuesday, 19 September 2006

Ahoy mateys! Normally I don't watch TV.  The TV be most always on in me apartment, but as for what I actually watch - tis a mestery.  I do have a few shows that I truly love but unfortunately thar isn't a 24 hour Arlene Network, although I think we're all in agreement that it needs to be created.  Last night my roommate and I hunkered down for Studio 60 On th' Sunset Strip or some such nonsense.  It was a show that appealed to me mildly and within the first 20 minutes me eaye glazed over.  I didn't finish it.  The funny thing is, I didn't think it was bad.  I really liked Amanda Peet's character (methinks a new wenchcrush coming on).  But otherwise, it would be safe to say I'm not goin' to rotate me life around t' catch th' show. 

Thankfully, E Online has a quiz that will supposedly help me find the new shows that I will love this season.  Thank God, because I was really afraid I might have to leave the house this Fall.  Let's have a look see. Arrrrrr.

1. Your All-Time Favorite Show Is:
A. Lost
B. Felicity
C. CSI
D. Arrested Development
E. Friends

While some lubbers of this chat will have no problem picking one of thar shows, wink wink, nudge nudge, I, on the other hand, wouldn't exactly qualify these shows as me "all-time favorites."  I pick Arrested Development, because given a choice, that's the one I would watch. [D]

2. Your Future TV Wife Is:
A. Kristen Bell
B. Katherine Heigl
C. Mariska Hargitay
D. Mary-Louise Parker
E. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I love the bonnie lass Kristen Bell.  Although she needs to dump Duncan.  Who dates a person named Duncan?  Wasn't thar a monkey named Duncan? [A]

3. Your Future TV Husband Is:
A. Wentworth Miller
B. Patrick Dempsey
C. Hugh Laurie
D. Zach Braff
E. Matthew Perry

The scruffy scoundrel Zach Braff shall be my mate. He's got quite the treasure chest if you catch my drift.  (Oh god I am amusing myself way too much.) [D]
4. You Never Missed an Episode of:
A. The X-Files
B. Sex and the City
C. Law & Order
D. Arrested Development
E. The West Wing

Arrrrr I've never missed an episode o' Sex in the City or Arrested Development. Arrested Development is much more creative and fun than the group o' squawkin' parrots in Sex and the City.  [B]

5. Your Favorite TV Actress Is:
A. Jennifer Garner
B. Sarah Jessica Parker
C. Marg Helgenberger
D. Tina Fey
E. Jennifer Aniston

Errrr.  Um.  None of the above? Who be Marg Helgenberger?  Sounds like a scurvy scallywag.  Okay I'm stretching here. [B]

6. Your Favorite TV Actor Is:
 
A. Kiefer Sutherland
B. Patrick Dempsey
C. Hugh Laurie
D. Jason Bateman
E. Martin Sheen

Shiver me timbers, Jason Bateman makes me jolly. [D]

7. You Like a Show That Makes You Feel:
A. Surprised
B. Emotional
C. Smart
D. Silly
E. Comfortable

I pick hidden option [F] Like I did not waste me precious sailing hours.

8. The Show You Miss the Most Is:
A. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
B. Felicity
C. NYPD Blue
D. Freaks and Geeks
E. Friends

Well blow me down (umm...?) I never seen a one of these shows.  [A]

So I picked 3 Ds.  Here be me results:

If You Got Mostly D's, You Are a QUIRKY-COMEDY NUT: You can't stand laugh tracks, couch sitters or jokes that don't make you think just a little. Your parents and coworkers think your taste in TV comedy is "weird," but you're pretty sure they don't know that "e" comes before "i" in that word, anyway. Your favorite shows may include The Office and the dearly departed Arrested Development.

Your Favorite New Shows Will Be:

 

1. 30 Rock, Oct. 11 on NBC: Tracy Morgan dances in traffic in his underwear, yelling, "I am a Jedi!" Alec Baldwin tells Tina Fey she has "the boldness of a much younger woman." And Tina puts dollar bills in a stripper's thong, telling her it's for computer classes. Yes, 30 Rock, which goes behind the scenes of an SNL type show, has the makings of the best new comedy this season--and it is. That may be because the woman in charge, Fey, has a little experience in this world. "This show is more or less my life," says Fey. "And my character is more or less me, so if anyone can pull it off, you know, hopefully we can do it." And as you'll see, they can.

2. Help Me Help You, Sept. 26 on ABC: Forget Ted Danson on Cheers. Forget Ted Danson on Becker. But don't forget Ted Danson, because he's back in this hilarious new comedy you'll want to remember--playing a role very different than what you've seen him in before. As the "professional" (big quote marks there) in charge of a truly wacky group therapy session, he struggles to make amends with his ex-wife (Jane Kaczmarek) and keep his patients from self-destructing. This single-cam series, sans laugh track (hurrah!), has writers who are alums of Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks (Seth Rogan and David Krumholtz have already asked to guest), so it'll be right up your alley if you're sick of traditional sitcom fare.

3. Knights of Prosperity, Oct. 17 on ABC: I'll be honest. I didn't laugh out loud once while watching this, but I'm still going to TiVo every episode. The pilot, which was all set up and felt a bit forced, focuses on Donal Logue bringing together a group of misfits in a grand (at least they think) plot to rob Mick Jagger. And despite a mediocre pilot, the show has all the makings--and the casting, including Latin hottie Sofía Vergara--of a cult comedy hit.

I already know I won't watch a single one of these, but it was fun, thanks! Yarrrrrr.
by: DJGroovySlug at September 19, 2006 09:11 | link | comments (2)