Weekend Re-do
This weekend was great – partly because it included today…
Friday night, Blondie and I went to a friends Halloween party. I played a pathetic game of beer pong, but it was okay because I somehow managed to convince my partner to drink all the beer, so really I just threw the ping-pong ball in the right direction a few times. The only one I actually made bounced off the competitor’s hand and into the cup.
Since Saturday was so yucky I spent most of it inside until a last-minute shopping spree to help my brother finish his costume. Saturday night, I met up with some friends at B&LH’s house. We watched a little bit of some special on the scariest movie scenes and the beginning of Hellraiser, and finally headed out around midnight. We headed down to L5P for Halloween and listened to a band named The Howlies at Star Bar and then the boys wanted to hit up The Porter for last call. Somewhere along the way we came across a discarded doll in the street and spent our time at The Porter using LH’s plastic knife to kill the baby over and over again.
We left when they kicked us out and then hit up the dance floor at Corner Tavern. They closed down at 3 and we thought the night was over, but lo and behold Star Bar decided to give us the extra hour so we went in there and danced until 4 (or 3 depending on how you look at it). The boys were pretty patient with us girls. By the time I got home it was 5. I’m pretty sure the last time I stayed out that late I was probably 19 or 20. I paid for it yesterday though with a complete lack of motivation to do anything productive. The only time I changed out of my pj’s was when I went to get the last week’s worth of mail, so…
Today I didn’t go to work. I felt like I needed to have a do-over for Sunday, so I spent the day running some errands including finally getting new tennis shoes. Then because it was such a pretty day I decided to take a nice afternoon run since I had some daylight; did some household chores and made spaghetti for dinner. Now I’m just waiting for Gossip Girl to come on. It’s been a nice day. I guess I’ll have to go back to the real world tomorrow…
Week One
It’s Friday and so far I have managed to stick to my no TV during the week and only 4 hours on the weekend. I’m actually a little surprised with myself. I’ve gotten a lot done and had some fun. Although I did not finish Catch 22 so I’m going to have to renew it again. I wonder how many times they let you do that…
Last Friday, EC convinced 12 of us to drive to Douglasville to have some authentic Tacos instead of going to Taqueria del Sol as usual. While it was fun and the food was okay, I don’t think I’ll make that trek again.
Saturday I spent a lot of time working on some stuff around the house and then went to KA’s place for a birthday extravaganza. It was her birthday and we were also celebrating 5 others. We played some corn hole and badminton and I learned I am really bad at corn hole.
Sunday I actually went to my Sunday school class because one of my friends was talking. I haven’t gone in probably over a year, so I don’t really know if I can call it “my” class anymore, but whatever. Other than that and church I didn’t really do much.
Monday after work I went to the annual august party for our industry. It was at the Ainsley Golf Club and the after party was at Whiskey Bar at the W Midtown. I hadn’t been to either place and they were both a lot of fun. The Whiskey Bar has an amazing Blueberry martini. I’m glad I don’t actually pay for my drinks at these things because I’m sure they were two super expensive bluberry martinis. I didn’t get home until about 2, so I was pretty tired Tuesday, but so were the other 5 people from my office that went to the party so it was a slow day at work.
Tuesday night I had small group so I just hung out with the girls and then went to bed as soon as I got home.
Wednesday night I went through a huge plastic tub of baby/kid clothes my mom kept and that I was too lazy to go through 3 years ago. By going through, I meant that I never actually even opened it again after the I opened it initially and decided that I didn’t want to deal with it. This is one of about three tubs/boxes in my attic that I just took when we cleaned out the house and never did anything with. I’ve just moved them from place to place, so I thought I’d actually see what was in there past the top layer. I cannot believe all of the stuff my mom kept – most of it is going to goodwill or went in the trash. So that’s one thing out of my attic.
Last night, I didn’t really feel like doing anything at home, so I went with KW, LH, and SW to see Yacht Rock at 10 High. We’ve seen them before but not there – I think I’ve only ever been there for improv on Wednesdays so it was interesting seeing a show there. It was a lot of fun, but I am tired today.
When I was driving to work this morning, I was thinking how long it has been since I stayed out until 2am period, let alone twice in one week and on a Monday and Thursday to boot. That’s crazy. Sum and I used to go out on Thursdays every week when we first moved here and we would stay out until 3 or sometimes even 4 when the bars stayed open that late. I don’t know how I ever made it to work on Fridays back then because I really didn’t want to come today.
A weekend in Chucktown
The highlight of the weekend was definitely getting to see the bride and groom getting hitched, but here are some other great memories from my weekend in Charleston…
* On the drive down there, ECW was giving me a hard time because I said I probably wouldn’t get married in a church because it would be too formal for what I want, but then later in the trip was talking about the Chris Brown song church entrance video and then gave me a hard time because I said that it was stupid.
Let’s get things straight here – it’s kind of not ok if I don’t get married in a church, but if I do, it is ok if I do something completely and utterly ridiculous like this. For the record, if I do end up getting married in a church, I will not be entering to a Chris Brown song. I don’t think it would ever be an issue though because I’m pretty sure Peachtree’s rules do not allow for this sort of thing…
* This picture of MF and her boyfriend EC Friday night. When first posing for the picture, he was being silly and ignoring her with his pose so then when he tried to get serious and kiss her cheek she timed it perfectly with the picture to dodge his kiss. I was greatly amused…
* Everything KA and JLaw said on Saturday night.
* Sitting in a bar with everyone after the reception and making videos including one of all of us girls doing our window washing dance, but while sitting at the table because our feet were killing us. If I ever get a copy of this video I might add it below, but for now, just imagine the most awesome dance ever done by the coolest girls ever.
* After having the rickshaw driver stop for us to get pizza on the way home from the bar, JLaw, her husband SLaw and I sat in the hotel bar and ate our slices so I wouldn’t have to share mine with my roommates. It was closed, but we were thirsty so JLaw went behind the bar to get some water from the fountain. SLaw kept trying to get her to see if the beer taps worked, but we stuck with water. While refilling our waters I made some comment about being surprised no ones come over to see what we are doing since we are probably being kind of loud and going behind the bar. JLaw then says, “Whatever, we are the most honest people ever. I mean we’re only stealing water”
* In the morning while dividing up the hotel bar this exchange took place. For as tired as KA was Sunday morning, this was very funny.
Me: Ok, so it’s going to be $120 each, well I guess if you want to get technical, it would be $121.10 each. I can cover the extra two cents.
KA: Good, then I don’t have to give you mine.
Playing Dress Up
Some of my friends are having a housewarming party next weekend. I glanced at the evite, checked my calendar, RSVP’d and then went on to the next email. I did not realize it was a theme party until another friend asked me last night what I was going to wear. At which point, I still didn’t get it and said something like, “I don’t know, maybe what I have on right now. Why?”
Anyways, so the theme is “frat-tastic” I think this is a very open ended theme. Last night it led to a discussion about how my Kansas State definition of frat-tastic will be different from a Georgia definition, etc. etc. (Not only a different definition, but I’d also spell it differently – I will now spell it like I would instead of how the invitation reads – fratastic.)
Boys have it pretty easy for this one, especially since most of the guys that will be at the party won’t really need to change their normal outfits at all. I guess they could go with some seersucker or those ugly shorts/pants that have little emblems all over them (that is such a southern thing that I just don’t get and definitely don’t know the correct term for) They can throw some croakies on their sunglasses and keep them around their necks all night, and they are good to go. However this does not help me.
The invitation just says to wear a sundress, which is all fine and good, but not really very “fratastic” if you ask me. Most of our school year was when it is colder so I would say the one of the main styles of my college days was for girls to wear black pants and some kind of top. This won’t work for the party though because it is the middle of July in Georgia and because the only black pants I own now are work slacks. Even picturing football games and tailgating doesn’t work for me because girls dress up down here and in Kansas we just wore shorts and a K-State t-shirt or later in the season – jeans, a sweatshirt, coat, hat, and gloves.
Anyways, I know I’m putting too much thought into this. I could just dig up an old t-shirt and my lavaliere, but then I’ll start trying to figure out what the statute of limitations is on not drinking in your letters.
Side notes
1. I am not a big fan of dressing up and putting this much thought into it.
2. Exactly how old is too old to dress up like you’re in college? 28? Can I use that as an excuse to just wear whatever?
Probably the most boring post ever, but I bet you still read it :)
It’s been a busy few days for me. I have this Friday off from work and it cannot come soon enough. Here’s what I’ve been up to.
Friday – After work my brother and I went to dinner to celebrate his new job that he started this Monday. After dinner I beat him at Trivial Pursuit and then he beat me at Scattegories ( a first for him, but not for me) I realize we might be the only people on the planet that play Scattegories with only two people, but it’s still fun. One funny thing – out of all the states that start with N we both picked North Dakota.
Saturday – I finally caught up on some sleep, ran a few errands and then left my place around 3:45 to head to Lawrenceville for my friend’s cookout. Played some wiffle ball, some Taboo and got a new appreciation for how far she drives to hang out with us usually. After the cookout, Blondie and I met up with a few friends in L5P. Got home way too late.
Sunday – Too tired to make it to church so started my day with some old school 90210 on Soap Net. Tried unsuccessfully for a few hours to get my brother up and at ‘em. Started moving his stuff into his new place around 2, spent 1.5 hours in my least favorite place on Earth (Ikea) and then spent 3 hours putting together a dresser. Had about an hours worth of work I brought home to do over the weekend, ended up doing it at 12m.
Monday – Long day at work followed by kickboxing and then book club at my place. Talked about KW’s adventures at Bonnaroo and the rest of our weekend adventures. Did not talk about Catch 22, because none of us had started it yet. There will always be next time. Started cleaning the upstairs bedroom and bathroom after the girls left and ended up cleaning until 12:30 so then I watched Craig Ferguson.
Tuesday – Longer day at work (probably due to the lack of sleep) complete with 2.5 hour training session about some new software followed by the gym and then small group at my place. Didn’t have our new study books yet, so we just caught up and talked about boys. MB and MF stayed until about 10:30, but instead of going to bed when they left I decided to throw the rest of my brothers stuff in bags/boxes and then finished cleaning upstairs. Again was up way too late.
Today’s agenda – went to the gym over lunch so I can go home and vacuum upstairs and start steam cleaning the carpet (yes I have my own steam cleaner – if you know me well, this probably doesn’t surprise you) in the bathroom and bedroom (yes there is carpet in my guest bathroom and yes I hate it) before heading over to my brother’s new place and helping him put together the book shelf and desk we got Sunday.
As you can tell, I lead quite the exciting life. I’ll have to come up with something good to do Friday with my day off so I have something more interesting to write about…
Top 10 Lists
Apparently mine are very popular, so it has been suggested that I do one once a week/once a month. I think I will aim for once a month because well, I’m not that creative. Also, I may only do Top 5 lists (sorry to disappoint)
Also, I need suggestions – if there is anythng you’d like me to make a list about, let me know…
To start and to make my friends happy – here is a top 5 list for tonight…
Top 5 Things that Happened Tonight:
1. We celebrated AA’s Birthday – Yea!
2.A bug flew into my pocket while waiting in line for dinner. I put my hand in my pocket and there was a bug that flew out. Very very weird and creepy. I promise I showered today…
3. TF called me a slut and someone else called me an alcoholic. Wait, maybe this should be on a list of the Top 5 things that mean people say, or the Top 5 things that aren’t true, or maybe the Top 5 reasons I won’t play Taboo again.
4. To make up for it I won the “Most Snide Comment of the evening award” – When someone said, “TF, quit texting and play the game” I said something along the lines of “TF IS playing games by texting” Ok, maybe you had to be there, and um sorry if you were the receipient of TF’s texting…
5. Two people actually chose one of my answers in Balderdash so I finally got to move. I don’t remember the correct definition, but here is what I put that people actually guessed – Zopilot: The leader of a troup in Dungeons and Dragons 
P.S. Sorry KA, you weren’t there long enough to make this one. Maybe next time…
Ghosts, prom and mimosas
What a nice weekend. Friday I saw Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with KA. It was pretty good. Like most movies of it’s kind, it was pretty predictable, but what can you expect. There always has to be a happy ending. Saturday I woke up and went to a yoga class in the morning, then went shopping for something to wear to Pub Prom last night. I was considering wearing an old bridesmaid dress, but thought I would go with something a little less glamorous.
I found a cute dress and then spent about 40 minutes curling my hair, which wasn’t in vain I guess because mine actually stayed curled all night. It was a fun night. I couldn’t help but wonder how many people there were at the bar for the first time and wondering what the eff was going on with the decorations and “red carpet” Our friend was voted prom king, but unfortunately Blondie did not win prom queen. I think this is only because you had to pay $1 per vote, and well we are all pretty cheap.
Today, after church I went to meet up with Sum and we headed down to Midtown for lunch and some mimosas, where we got caught up about current love interests and gossip. Then we got hit on by a table of lesbians, ordered another pitcher and made a few new friends. I guess this is what happens when you are the only straight people in the whole place. Apparently we just have to check out this drag show one of the girls runs at some bar we had never heard of. Sum and I are so naive, we didn’t even know that drag shows with lesbians even existed. Who knows maybe we’ll expand our horizons and go check it out.
I finally made it home around 5:30 and took a short nap (well not really, it lasted 2 hours). Now I’m watching The Soup and wishing that I lived in Australia so I could watch the show “Australian Ladettes into Ladies” The clips are HILARIOUS.
Deliciously Eighties
Last night my friends and I went to an 80’s party. I put off getting an outfit though so I spent all afternoon looking for something and then ended up making my own t-shirt with printable iron-ons. These are the best things ever. You can put whatever you want on a t-shirt – who could ask for more We crimped our hair, put more makeup on that I normally wear in a week and headed out.
And they gave out free wine coolers at the door – can I just say that it was Awesome!
Overall, it was a great night! (and I only had to shampoo my hair three times this morning to get out all the hairspray and crimps)
Another day, another year older
Nothing makes a party like an ice luge.
I had a great time last night! Thanks to everyone who came over. We had good food, summer brew, sweet tea vodka for the ice luge and a little bit of 90’s karoake. Using my birthday as an excuse was a great way to get people to do shots from the ice luge with me – not a single person turned me down. It was awesome!
I felt great this morning, which is unusual for me after a night of drinking. Apparently the secret is to mix vodka and beer instead of trying to keep them separate. Although about halfway through church I was ready for a nap, I managed to make it through lunch before falling asleep.
