March 2010
1 post
Open Letter
OK, college students of the USA, listen up. Today is the thirteenth of March, and because St. Patrick’s day is on Wednesday you decided to celebrate Irish heritage today. I get it. I do. The Irish are great. They have cute accents, have some of the most beautiful land in the world, and like to drink beer. And for college students across America this means that you honor the Irish by drinking...
January 2010
1 post
It's just sad.
Ah, social networking. It is so ingrained in this generation and, especially with all new technological advancements, it will surely only garner more significance. As with any new adventure, it is always best to greet such things with trepidation and caution. I feel that I am inundated with the world’s most sympathetically challenged, or idiots as I like to call them, fairly regularly and do...
December 2009
3 posts
Can I get a little mole with that mole?
Scott and I made our very first mole sauce. And I have several thoughts about it.
First, it was hard. The ingredient list is extensive and some of the items are very obscure. For instance, I had to go to three stores to find the correct chiles and one of them one was only half right! Oh and adding cinnamon to regular chocolate does not make Mexican chocolate, by the way.
Second, we did not...
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America's Most Wanted
I’ve learned tips from my grandmother on how to simplify your life and everyday activities. And by doing so, one will become more efficient. One way to do this is by giving exact change whenever you are able. You will have fewer coins in your wallet and honestly, it is satisfying.
Recently, I was at a grocery store picking up a key missing item, cilantro, for my stepfather’s famous guacamole. ...
November 2009
1 post
Treats on a Plane
I don’t blame you for having kids. I think kids are great. I someday hope to have a couple of the little buggers. However, what I do blame you for is you and your spouse bringing four kids under the age of five on an airplane and falling asleep while they kick my chair for two and a half hours. Oh and then dirty themselves. I do not understand why it took you almost twenty minutes to notice. ...
October 2009
2 posts
Color Coordinating
I love shopping. When browsing racks for fun or for a specific event, I often wonder what would Carrie do? As in Bradshaw. Or Patricia Field via Carrie Bradshaw. Sadly my wardrobe does not reflect these intentions. Black and blah seems to sneak into my clothing even when I make specific attempts to step outside my box.
This predilection for non glamour could be attributed to habits or...
Where's the Beef?
I recently googled “how many lobbyists for each member of congress”. The answer I got was a bit stunning: 6. This rumor has been circulating late night comedy news and talk shows but I was sure it was an exaggeration. It wasn’t. Also surprising, that the entire page of search results announcing this depravity was from bloggers and watch groups. Not a single mainstream news source thought it...
September 2009
1 post
Are you done yet?
The news is depressing. We all know this. The most difficult thing for me to swallow is that some people are not able to discern fact from fiction. Everyone in this country is entitled to their own opinions and judgements. What some radicals fail to realize while voicing said opinions and judgments, is that every citizen is allowed to have their own views. I know, I’m making your head spin.
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August 2009
2 posts
Catching Up
Catching up with old friends is fun, especially when you have had a year filled with moves, engagements, breakups, etc. I recently reconnected with a woman I met a few years ago who, while we have never been close, conversation was never lacking. This past year she has changed jobs, gotten divorced, and gone on her first date. Ever. I was shocked. She explained that besides her ex-husband...
Oh no he didn't
There are certain people, events, and experiences we will never forget, no matter how hard we try. I remember a child from my kindergarten class who died of a brain aneurism. I remember this time I accidently put my shoes on the wrong feet and someone in my freshman math class pointed it out to me and the entire class. We remember things that shape us and make us unique. I have tried to and...
July 2009
2 posts
Condo or not
My fiance and I recently moved back to Chicago in hopes to do what every good American hopes to do: buy a condo. Neither one of us are currently working so we were eager hit the ground running and see as many units (that’s what they call them when you own!) as possible, with the expectation to find something quickly. Within the first two days of us being on the hunt we checked out nine...
Citizens in Black
One would expect in a downtrodden time for the atmosphere around us to be bleak, dark, drab. But if you look around, all of the young people are shrouded in neon. It seems color is the new black. I’m not sure that the polarization of dress-wear between the youths and those of us trying to buy a house, keep jobs, and manage bank accounts will solve our economy. But it is encouraging to see a...
June 2009
1 post
Here Comes the Bride
When someone gets engaged, friends and family are quick to offer advice and suggestions on how you and your spouse to be could do this and do that, etc. As a recently engaged gal I have been lucky enough to receive some of this wisdom. I got everything from the best recipes to keep a happy husband to exclamations from my grandmother that she can finally stop worrying that I will be alone. I am...
May 2009
2 posts
Hold the mayo...
One of the events I look forward the most when I go home to Texas is devouring a Whataburger. They are delicious, remind me of home, and did I mention delicious? I was recently in Texas to celebrate Mother’s Day with my family and drove through a Whataburger. I was sitting next to the window waiting for them to custom make my cheeseburger when I noticed a confusing sign. “One Nation Under God”...
Robotssssss
With every forward movement it seems that something always is left behind. With sensations such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter a fundamental connection with people is lost in translation. Though these mediums make it very simple to communicate with friends and family the intention behind making and continuing relationships is moot. It feels like a mass email blast. People can make blanket...
March 2009
1 post
Flying
I have always known that I am passionate about passion. I am passionate about being inspired and love hearing people’s stories on how they got where they are now because of a sort of fate or destiny. And probably a lot of really hard work. I recently went to the tasting room of one of the men who inspired the movie Bottle Shock. My group was lucky enough to be the first to arrive for the...
February 2009
2 posts
Testing , testing....
How many of us have taken tests to help us understand more about ourselves and reveal our true personalities? The thing about these tests is that they do not take into account changes I am trying to make. And apparently failing miserably at. I took a test today that told me I was a helper. Old news. I like to put the benefit of others before the needs of my own. Still. Dammit. Maybe this...
Well there you go then...
Doubt is most unbecoming. And it seems to always come at the most inconvenient times. For instance, for most getting a promotion would be the cause of celebration and jubilance. For me my new status has made me doubt myself and that is a feeling I have not entertained in a very long time. This has made me wonder where does doubt come from? Generally it comes from one’s disbelief in one’s...
January 2009
3 posts
When life hands you a lemon....
Does watching Sex and the City compulsively and hoping that it will help me reach my creative and fashion goals by proximity make me pathetic? Probably. But I think many people think that it is possible to absorb other’s successes simply by being around it or them, fiction or not. Why is it so hard to accept how wonderful life is when compared to the glamour of non-reality? Perhaps because...
2008 Was A Big One
In all honesty looking back at the past year I cannot believe all the things I have done and seen. In less than one year Scott and I made the decision to leave life as we know it and create a new one. In less than one year I have changed not only jobs but careers. In less than one year we have decided to leave our new life and return to our old one. In the past year I have made more decisions...
Cheers
Happy New Year. Out with the old in with the new, Auld Lang Syne, and all that jazz. New Years is a time when we make resolutions to become thinner, better people that usually crap out before the left overs. A new year is a great excuse to examine bad habits and promise yourself not to form new ones. Personally the only goal I have for myself is to be less cynical. And maybe eliminate...
December 2008
3 posts
Love the Journey
Choose. How does one do this exactly if one does not know even what they are choosing between? Does that mean you do not have direction? Or does it mean you are not in touch with yourself? Subliminal messages seem to be popping up more often than I can ever remember. I’m not sure if this is because the universe is trying to tell me something or if it is because I am desperately searching for...
I want a do-over
There are a lot of things that define who we are as people. Our beliefs, traditions, our family, and finally our wallets. They actually say a lot about you and what you think is necessary to help you function on a day to day basis. Beside the personality a wallet has it also has a very unique component: holding all of your financial and identification capabilities. So you can imagine my...
Your Boredom Doesn't Bother Me
Recently I was at a poker table in Las Vegas. A young woman plopped down at the table around 1am and started shuffling and flipping her chips to alert the rest of the people at the table that she was a no one to fool with. She played two hands; one of which my boyfriend took down and razzed her about. After that she took her drink and announced her departure by snapping she was bored as hell. ...
November 2008
2 posts
Random Thoughts
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. That’s the old saying. What if instead you receive a fruit assortment? Fruit cake? As we all know those can turn out to be quite terrible. It’s easier to work with one “fruit” than try and combine several. Get where I am going here? More often than not we aren’t blessed with only one issue at a time. Over the last...
What Now?
With all the excitement and fervor of an election season that lasted almost twenty months fading away, an ugly reality has set in. A flailing economy is now actually the main concern for most Americans and not just a talking point for politicians. While many have already been affected by the devastation of the crisis, I have just began to understand the sheer magnitude of what is happening. I...
October 2008
2 posts
Conditioning Ourselves.
There are a some things that we as a society do an about-face on and I am wondering where that comes from. I remember when skinny jeans became in vogue and people turned up their noses and said NO ONE looks good in skinny jeans. I wonder how many of those same critics own a pair now? Yesterday Scott expressed distastefully,”Is everyone wearing these thin jeans?” (Well, at least...
generational gap...
Is it still a gap when it is your own generation? Sometimes the people who should have the most in common with you seem as if they from another time. Or place. How much of what expect for ourselves is realistic? Meeting people becomes harder as we get older. Is this because we begin to have less in common with our peers? Or because we start to believe that our differences are...
September 2008
7 posts
Poor Man's Coyote Ugly
Strolling into your local watering hole typically doesn’t always include white lines and a doting wait staff. Often times, the people that serve you in a bar are your peers and frankly aren’t that excited about it. I always find it amusing that no matter the level of attractiveness of the female bartenders or waitresses the men will hit on them. Pick up lines vary from “what...
Ready, Set, Blink!
If any of you watched The Daily Show tonight you will know that Sarah Palin and George Bush are defending our country by winning staring contests. It is a skill that requires greatness in zoning out. Don’t believe me? Ask the Lehmen peeps. Only now has Bush admitted there is “financial pain”. Duh dude, maybe you should have blinked.
Obama ‘08
Is this thing on?
I don’t know about you guys but when I want to get accurate, in depth information on the two candidates running for President, I turn to The View. Those ladies really know their stuff! This week Elisabeth Hasslebeck nailed Michelle O. for only wanting to talk about pertinent information and the rest of the gang “grilled” John and Cindy McCain about Sarah Palin’s...
Hard Rock Cafe...Bringing families together
You see a lot of interesting people in San Francisco. You can expect to run across a gaggle of grown men dressed as ballerinas or a homeless gentleman with a doll head on a stick adorning his grocery cart. This next scenario may not seem as obscure, but it stuck with me. Waiting for a taxi in front of the grocery store is a great place to people watch. Strolling in to the Safeway was a family,...
Good for the moose?
While Sarah Palin is an articulate speaker she showed the world her inability to unite on a national level. I wonder who she voted for in the primaries? Her speech was riddled with inaccuracies and criticism of the Bush Administration, not Barack Obama. She sought cheap points by referencing Obama’s inexperience on an executive level that actually prove why he is the best choice in...
Infinate Wisdumb
Let’s see a raise of hands. Who still thinks Barack Obama is Muslim? Probably more than you think. Let us remind ourselves of a short while ago when his chances of becoming the Democratic nominee were in jeopardy because of his minister Jeremiah Wright.
I think we can move past the turban people.
