start your own blog now!
 
Read other blogs...

Home » May 2008

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

I'm soooooo excited that school is done and I'm ready to start my mini-holiday, which includes taking Friday off for important things, like going to the dentist.   Yes I made a dentist appointment at 9:30am on my day off. 

Crap.  I completely forgot Golden Girls is on from 9-10am.  Well now the whole day is ruined. 

So in terms of good news, you'll be happy to know that one of my school projects was nominated for and won First Runner-Up for the Dean's Award in my program.  Huzzah!  I treated myself to two new pairs of shoes.  It's only right.  

I'm carefully plotting our Vacation Eating Strategy (VES) for NYC this weekend and it requires that I completely put off actual work, work that honest to god needs to be done TODAY but....PRUNE!! Do I need reservations at Prune or can we just show up?  It's important questions like these that make me say the newsletter can suck it.

I'm in a fabulous mood, I feel like making cupcakes for all of you.  Cupcakes for everyone!! Send me a self-addressed stamped box and you will receive your cupcake in the mail.  Baker is not responsible for integrity of cupcake upon arrival.  It may have snuck out and had an affair and then cheated on its taxes.  Nyuck nyuck.  (ed. note: apparently snuck is not a word, according to the spell checker on here.)

Don't you wish you could bottle up these really good days and then be able to take a sip from it on those really crappy days?  I imagine it would taste exactly like a pina colada at the beach.  There are some days I can't even believe I'm alive, sitting here, unhappy for whatever reason or another and then I blog and complain and everyone has pretty much already stopped reading this thing, mostly because I don't post anymore and when I do it's like utter blah.  Like taking a sip from the misery bottle.  I bet it tastes like rotten onion. 

So here I am, proving to you that sometimes I can be ridiculously happy and goofy and not even have to post a picture of a hamster to do it.  What? You want the hamster pictures?  Hoo-kay!

"Huh?"

I aim to please.
by: DJGroovySlug at May 21, 2008 14:19 | link | comments (2)

Monday, 19 May 2008

Things have been fairly chaotic around here, at least by my standards which means that sometime between my nap and watching Iron Chef last night, I heated up some food.  BIG NIGHT.  I know.

Last week I had a final and a big presentation and now I have one more final tonight and then I'm done wee!!! For two whole weeks!! And one of those weeks will be in Atlanta, for work!! Yay vacation!!  To sort of negate this, I'm taking off Friday and giving myself an extra long weekend.  And during said time, I am going to New York City, where I WILL eat at Momofuku Ssam Bar so help me god.  At least one of those damn resolutions will be fulfilled.

This weekend was busy.  I spent practically all of Friday and a good portion of Saturday wandering around H Street.  This meant moules frites and biers at Granville Moore's, a martini next door at the H Street Martini Lounge, PBR and shots at Rock and Roll Hotel, where my friend and I sat uncomfortably since the band playing was just soooo not our kind of music, and thusly neither was the crowd, and finally watching some burlesque at Palace of Wonders.  Highly successful night.

Saturday we headed over the the Leesburg outlets, it was a nice day for doing so and we even took White's Ferry across the Potomac, which sickened me a bit, crossing the river on this beautiful day while people fished and picnicked and we were on our way to go shopping.  At least I finally have some new work clothes.  It's easily been a year since I've bought any. 

Then it was a backyard BBQ for a friend graduating law school, and they are Russian which meant caviar and vodka shots coupled with BBQ.  Odd.  The weather was gorgeous so we decided to go ahead and hit up the rooftop birthday party of another friend in Columbia Heights, except then it went from gorgeous to windy, cold and rainy and Arlene had no more fun at that point. 

The next morning was the regular bagel visit and another trip to a shopping center, well Bloomingdale's which is mostly prescient because The Boy is looking for a new suit and mostly because I just want to let ya'll know that the woman told us that Bloomingdale's is having a huge sale starting Thursday.  I don't know what that means, "sale"-wise but it sounds like if you are into sales, it could be a good thing.

Now I'm trying (failing) to concentrate on this final and clearly procrastinating by writing this wordy and useless blog post about my weekend.  I'm still actively trying to come up with other things to say but honestly, I got nothing. 
by: DJGroovySlug at May 19, 2008 09:53 | link | comments

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

As we move into day 27 of Cold Watch 2008 v.1 I have reached the point where I would sell my purse collection for some decent decongestant.  Luckily my body feels fine, for the most part,  but in an effort to quell the godawful sniffling, stuffy itchy nose symptom, I may have taken a double dose of sudafed.  Maybe.  So now I feel like, well, complete and utter crap. Genius of the Year: ARLENE!! YAY!

So.....did you watch Gossip Girl last night? 
by: DJGroovySlug at May 13, 2008 09:52 | link | comments (2)

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Oy, I'm sick.  I mean, aren't I always sick?  Shouldn't this blog track the times when I'm actually well and healthy?  Actually I've had a pretty good track record lately, no major illness since, I believe, November; last head-cold type thingy two months ago.  I'm a rigorous hand washer now, I never touch my nose.  I think if I exercised more and ate more fruit I'd probably be as healthy as a normal person. 

I should've seen this coming, The Boy had his first cold in, like, four years, last weekend.  This cold is my destiny.   It's in the stars.

I was perusing my little list of 2008 resolutions and WOW.  I am failing miserably.  Well that's not true, I'm making good time on my DC restaurants list and my recent issue of Food + Wine magazine had a great article about caipirinhas.  But I'll have to skip the Chowder Festival since I signed up for summer weekend classes (!) ((I know!!!)).  I would work on a campaign but if Hilary Clinton beats this dead horse into a pulp and ekes out a nomination, I refuse to work for her on principle.  Detox day is.....ehhhh.  And I'll be damned if that Heidi Montag isn't as elusive as a fox.   YOU FAIL, Arlene.  FAIL.

So I'm beginning the process to see who will go skydiving with me.  So far I've rounded up a couple of worthy and willing individuals, including my invisible best friend, Mike, and, uh, well, Gadget said she's willing to watch from the safety of the ground!

Come on you pansies.  Buck up and throw yourself out of a plane.  I'll take anyone willing to have a high-speed, adrenaline-inducing adventure who also won't laugh at me if I pee myself.  Submit your applications in the comments.
by: DJGroovySlug at May 07, 2008 09:56 | link | comments (2)

Monday, 05 May 2008

Weekend Update + May Snapshot

  • This weekend I went to my first crab feast, which was thrilling since it's something I've wanted to do for a while.  The crabs were great but honestly, that's a lot of work.  Four crabs, 35 minutes and 2 cuts later I was still hungry.  Hooray for crabcakes!
  • I also got dinner at Russia House of all places with a couple folks and I was expecting super overpriced cafeteria fair but I was presently surprised with my beef tenderloin.  They actually managed to make it medium rare!! And it was also the first vodka martini I've ever had that didn't lead to a fit of hacking from the intensity of the vodka.  Smooth. 
  • My mom(my) cooked me dinner on Sunday and we discussed what I want for my birthday.  Pretty sweet weekend.

wearing: I hadn't really given my summer wardrobe much thought but jeans aren't going to cut it, so it's all dresses for me.
listening to: I randomly downloaded the Cold War Kids album, not because I'm late to the party (well, I am, but anyways) but because I heard a song during Gossip Girl and really liked it.  Otherwise, give me new good music to try.
reading: On Chesil Beach, another Ian McEwan novel that came out right around when Atonement was getting all kinds of press.  He's a masterful storyteller.  And I got it at the library.  FOR FREE.  Libraries FO LYFE.
watching: I watched an entire season of Gossip Girl in one day and I'm thrilled that I'm watching it now.  Hooray!  Chuck, I love you!
craving: The Boy and I are making our homemade guac and quesadillas tomorrow and I'm thrilled. 
wondering: How am I going to do on the finals for these classes whose books I've never read....?  Can I really survive a no-shampoo lifestyle?
wishing: May would just fly by, I can't wait for summer even if it means more work. 
lusting after: I'm in a surprisingly satisfied mood.  I could use a new pair of sunglasses after yet another $10 pair broke in my purse.  I suppose it's time for a glasses case so that I can actually keep a pair for longer than a month.
loving: Granville Moore's.  How the group projects ended up making my semester a breeze.  The weather.
hating: My complexion has been all kinds of crap and I hate that I never have time for exercise.  At least, enough time that I would want to go. 
missing: nobody really.  Liz and fun times in LA. 
impatiently awaiting: June!! My birthday! New York City!  Second summer session when I only have one online class and don't have to drive to school!
dreading: Gas prices.  First summer session when you pretty much won't hear a peep from me, except my crying. 
by: DJGroovySlug at May 05, 2008 10:13 | link | comments (1)