Beautiful

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Is it weird?

I posed this question on Facebook the other day and all my friends said oh no it's not strange at all. But they're my friends, so of course they might lie. The question is: Will it be weird if I go see the Zac Brown Band in concert by myself? They are playing in Raleigh next week and none of my friends want to go.

Honestly, I probably won't go. Sitting next to strangers at a movie is one thing but at a concert...I don't know. Too bad I missed seeing them when they were at ACL a few years ago. I really hope it wasn't the year I had the stomach virus from hell because that would be even worse then just not being there all together. (side note: stomach virus + porta potties = giant nightmare)

Is this a winner?

Did you say cookie?

A local website is sponsoring a pet calendar contest and some coworkers think I should enter Lulu's photo. Of course I think she's the cutest dog ever but will other people? And will they pay to vote for her? I don't know. I'm not sure I want to pay the $10 to enter her. But the prize is being the cover photo on the calendar and a portion of the entry fees and all of the calendar sales go to a local pet rescue. It's her former rescue dog duty, isn't it?

Another movie I must see

I was watching the season premiere of Jersey Shore on my dvr today (shut it! It was a rough week, I needed some GTL to brighten my day) and they showed a preview for this movie. It looks hilarious.

Must see!

Music I am loving

I was listening to my Pandora station at work the other day (creatively titled "ek's station") when this song came on that I'd never heard before. Now that doesn't really happen very often so I had to click out of autoCAD to see who it was. Granted, the radio stations here suck but has anyone else ever heard of Never Shout Never? Well anyway, I've bought this song from iTunes.



Another song I heard recently and had to buy was a song I've heard used in the opening sequence of a new tv show. Since then I've also heard it used in ads for the new Eat Love Pray movie. The artist is Florence + the Machine.




So look people, I'm not up on what's new in music these days (obviously, both these groups have been around a while) since it's all Clearchannel aka all Lady Gaga all Ke$ha all the time here in the Triangle. Help a girl out and let me know what I should be listening to. I can only listen to so much NPR and country music.

Don't fall off your bike!

Do you think seeing these runners might have made one of the Tour de France guys do a double take and fall of his bike? Was that the intended goal? Do the runners secretly hate Lance Armstrong?

Love these colors

This photo was taken at the farmer's market a few weekends ago.
No, I didn't get a new digital camera.
This is the camera on the iphone.
It rocks.

Skinny jeans

Yes, I do love my new iphone.

But really, I took this photo because I have lost 70 lbs and the body I see in the mirror does not match what I see in photos. In the mirror I still see the super fat me. It's hard to reconcile the two. So I was out shopping the other day, at Old Navy, trying on a size of jeans that I have not worn since like the 7th grade. Of course I had to take a vain moment and snap a photo. If I didn't recognize my feet I wouldn't know that was me.

Poor pitiful pearl

I mean really, have you ever seen such a sadder dog? 

You'd think she never gets a bite to eat.

Hot Balls

Last night I went to see the Durham Bulls play against the Norfolk Tide.
It was hot. My friend Trisha went with me.

Kitties Rescued by US Marine Soldiers in Afghanistan

Kitties Rescued by US Marine Soldiers in Afghanistan:

O hai!

I would like to adopt these Marines. And hug them and squeeze them and call them George.

Er, the kitties, I mean.

Do you play?

Do you have an iPhone? Do you play Words with Friends? If not, and you like Scrabble, you really should. My sister turned me on to this game and now I'm totally addicted. I need more people to play. The app is free although you can download one for $2.99 that eliminates the ads (which really aren't that big of a deal). My user name is "elizabethktx73". You'll probably beat me but that's okay. I'm a loser bay-bee, so why don't you play me.

Wouldn't you just pee your pants?

So these kids are with their choir in New Orleans, just doing their thing, singing a song, when the singer of the song, Lenny Kravitz shows up! He heard them from down the street and came to see what was going on and then hangs out to play with them. Pretty cool.

Occupied

I know, I know. You're all waiting for a post about the Seattle trip but I've been a little pre-occupied. See, I met someone. His name is.....iPhone 4. And I'm in Love.

I'll get back to reality eventually.

Look, I really do run

I didn't die

But I wanted to. Perhaps a day of site seeing Seattle the day before running 13.1 miles was not such a good idea. My feet were protesting when I woke up at 4am yesterday to get ready for the race. By mile 13 I was in agony. The moment I passed the 13 mile marker, what song should come on my iPod but Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. So appropriate for a Seattle race, right? Then I was able to haul my ass across the finish line and beat my San Diego time by about 4 minutes.

Oh Sad Sad Day

Here's where karma has bitten me in the ass because I was gloating last night. My iphone has arrived. Only it's locked inside the office of my apartment complex because they closed an hour early today. So no iPhone for me! *sob*

My plane to Seattle leaves at 6:30am so there's no getting it before I leave. I am considering breaking and entering. Not really. Okay maybe just a little.

Maybe I should go flirt with the maintenance man and see if he'll get it for me?

Oh happy day!

According to the FedEx tracking info my 4G iPhone should be here by 3pm tomorrow. That's June 23rd. One day before they said it would. That's one day before I leave for Seattle. So awesome.

My plan for tomorrow night is to slowly walk by all the chumps lined up outside the Apple store, camping out for the next morning when the phone officially goes on sale, and flash my new phone as I walk into the store to buy a cute little case for it.

ha HA


 

Why Having a Toddler is Like Being at a Frat Party

From Suburban Snapshots

10. There are half-full, brightly-colored plastic cups on the floor in every room. Three are in the bathtub.

9. There's always that one girl, bawling her eyes out in a corner.

8. It's best not to assume that the person closest to you has any control over their digestive function.

7. You sneak off to the bathroom knowing that as soon as you sit down, someone's going to start banging on the door.

6. Probably 80% of the stains on the furniture contain DNA.

5. You've got someone in your face at 3 a.m. looking for a drink.

4. There's definitely going to be a fight.

3. You're not sure whether anything you're doing is right, you just hope it won't get you arrested.

2. There are crumpled-up underpants everywhere.

1. You wake up wondering exactly how and when the person in bed with you got there.