My one year anniversary... aww...

Gotta admit.. It feels damn strange to not be taking the exam this year while all my friends are. I mean.. whoa. This time last year, my butt was planted in my chair and I was typing away at my first set of 4 essays. 16 essays... phew..I dont envy you guys. I talked with some of you last night and you are all going to kick so much ass!! I think Grace (from my blog links) puts it in the best perspective. This isn't the worst thing you'll ever go through.. and to be honest, I equate it to a really eff-ing hard drivers license. I mean.. everyone wants one and failing the test is a big deal...like the worst thing EVER for a new 16 year old. But, in the end, no one remembers whether it took one, two, three or more attempts...and it's not the end of the world. I agree with Grace that I'd rather go through the bar exam again than lots of other things in my life. Afterall, you have SOME control over the bar exam. That said, it blows ass and I dont want to do it again. But, I am very glad I did it.. even though I'm not practicing law. I think the process teaches you a lot about yourself. I think it was the only time in my life I actually got up on the first alarm every single morning while studying for no other reason than a personal goal of passing that test.

Well, enough about the bar exam for today. My ear is feeling slightly better. Still in a bit of a tunnel, though. Boo.

I am raising an attention whore for a dog. Yes. I'm watching Jack, Shelbs' dog, during the exam, and as soon as I brought him over, Gracie lost her marbles. Mind you, she knows Jack and she likes him.. but she got all jealous and started acting out until I picked her up and gave her a special treat while praising her. Then she felt all special and was nice again. Seriously, she NEVER pees in the house...and when Jack came in, she looked right at me and peed on the floor like "Ha! Bitch! Look at me!" Sheez. At least she's better now. She was pretty precious though this morning. She sat on the bathroom floor while I got ready as if to not let me out of her sight in case I take Jack and run away or something. My dog is cute...attention whore...but cute..

On Safari...with Santa....in Tulsa....

So, I got in from STL on Friday much later than expected thanks to some Southwest delays. Boo. Whatever. I RUSHED to the new Los Cabos for dinner with Blaze and her other bridesmaids! :) Awesome planning and a good get-together! We think we're headed to VEGAS BABY for her bachelorette shin dig! What-what!?!! I must say that it was weird when Mr "Let me tell you my life story even though you didnt ask" from the plane showed up at the same restaurant...Um. Awesome. Classic.

Sat night, Laura and I headed out on the town (aka Brookside) and while enjoying an after dinner drink on the patio, Santa rode by...on a bike.. with a sign that said "I sing naked." What?!

We went from Kampai to Jewel...and decided to go on Safari. Put plants there.. that's what happens. :))
We did the lawnmower...the leaf blower....the shopping cart... I think Laura's doing the lawnmower here... Daisha isn't participating...yet... hah! :)
Since I'd left town, I took Gracie for some serious make up time at the park.. Here she is all exhausted.. How cute is my dog?! SERIOUSLY! I got her a doggie bed today and am sad to say she thinks its just a giant toy and prefers the sofa pillows. Boo.
In other news, my first work business trip= ROCKTASTIC! :) I dont get to travel much for work, but it feels good when I run into partners from my old firm on my BUSINESS flight. (Yeah, it happened). Actually, it was one of my old friends from the firm, so it was okay.. but I was still glad to be on a business trip when I ran into him for the first time. I mean.. how perfect is THAT?!

Unfortunately, my ear has been clogged for like 3 days.. and it's not the plane. I dont know what it is. It sucks though. I've tried all the at home remedies, but it says you have to stick with them for a few days.. so I am. *sigh* But, I feel like I'm in a damn tunnel in my left ear.. and I'm on decongestant already. Picture it. Me. Head tilted to one side for like 10 minutes. Peroxide/water in my ear. I felt like those old v8 commercials.

CONGRATULATIONS, LAUREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LAUREN JUST LANDED AN AMMMMMAZING JOB with the number ONE place she wanted to work in Chicago!! She was doing something else in banking, but now...not only is she going to an ad agency as she had dreamed, but she is working at "THE" ad agency in Chicago, Leo Burnett!!!! She will actually be working with Arc, a subpart OF Leo Burnett that deals more in marketing!!! So, you dont know who they are?? Um.. cause they handle McDonalds, Wrigleys, Kellogs, Philip Morris just to name a few. Seriously, the big move, hard work, emotional rollercoaster and huge risk have finally paid off and I am SO PROUD of you, LAUREN!!!!!!

Lauren might be one of the only people (besides Vedros-gotta give her some credit here) that will make a Chi O still.. in public.. for shits and giggles....:))) You rock my world, L and I couldnt imagine a more deserving person for such an open door to the field you've been waiting for!!! :)))

There there.. that's better..

So, I am not angry today.. I'll tell you why. Do I still have annoying bills? Yup. Buuuut..

Remember when I raved about ExpressJet? Yeah.. well.. I forgot to write a thank you until today when I saw the supervisor's card as I re-organized my wallet. Talk about perfect timing! I mean.. I was so angry at the way I was treated by TWO separate customer service people yesterday, but I was reminded today of how great two OTHERS reps were. :) So, right then and there, I quickly wrote a page and a half thank you to their corporate headquarters, mentioning these two women every chance I could. I shall mail it off today. I am not a shitty person and I don't deserve to be treated like one. The people that treat the good customers well should be recognized. :) That makes me feel better than writing a scathing letter to Sprint and ONG. All that would do is get me worked up.

In other news, the name plate for outside my office arrived and I am as proud as a kid with new crayons. :) Speaking of, using the words from urban dictionary, I think those beetches yesterday were just trying to break my crayons. Ha.

Do you watch BB8? Maureen got me into it (yes, I blame you, Maureen, but I love you)...and lemme say..Jen is f-ing crazy. She MAKES her own shirts for crying out loud with phrases like "Jenuine" and "Jenius" Right. Self absorbed hussy.

Tonight=season finale of Traveler. Hooray for shows!

Oh, headed to STL in the morning for tomorrow/Friday...I cant think of anyone there to call. I mean.. I dont have to call anyone. But, recommendations are welcome.

Don't make me play the scary lawyer card, customer service bitches

ATTN!!!!!

When you feel like THIS: BECAUSE OF THEEEEESE (bills). A classic example MIGHT be if your cell phone company eff-ed up (again) and your bill was around 360 bucks.. Oh.. oh.. then you get home and see that "your meter was MISREAD in March" and now owe 250 bucks to the gas company....and the customer service reps might not have their GEDs...and might work in India....and arent easily persuaded to jump from a building (i tried.. kidding).......
You grab your purse...and 4 awesome girlfriends... (Kristen, Sarah, Brooke, Jennny)....
.....and head for some serious sushi and wine.....
Thank GAWD for ITR. I feel better. Whatever. I dont want to talk about it or Ill get worked up again, but sushi was freaking awesome tonight!!!! :)) We need to get back into girls' nights!

So, everyone else is cracking down like crazy for the bar exam. Gah.. I dont envy them. This is the time that my blogs started to get a bit scary. Please see: One week out and two days out. This bar thing got me thinking.. so I found my essay portion of my exam online (since they're released as soon as the people take the exam). I tried to copy/paste one question or two.. but couldnt manage to get the pdf to do what I wanted. Sooo.. if you're curious, here. We had 30 minutes for each essay=16 essays in 8 hours. Someone please kill me if I ever say I'm taking that damn thing again.

"They go outside without their knickers.."

So, I have to confess.. I watched Victoria: Coming to America tonight. It might be my favorite new reality show. She is so eff-ing hilarious!! Did you watch it?? OMG.. I totally underestimated her.. My favs:

1. When she confronted Perez H about some stuff he posted about her. He said she had big boobs, so she put them in his face and said "See, they're not that big up close at all." LOL! Then,he got her a cookie. She was very polite but said she couldnt eat it b/c she didnt want the press to see her eat, smile, or look like she was havina good time.. hahahahah! I love it! She said they always capture her when she looks unhappy.. so she just kinda embraced it. I think that's damn funny. Before she left Perez, she said "okay, time to look miserable" and headed out in to the paparazzi!


2. When she was talking about baseball, she said the only thing she understood about the game was "they have one player that wears a mask like we saw in the sex shop."
3. The sex shop... they bought a dummy and made it look like her to fool the paparazzi so she could get Becks a present. LOL!
4. Talking about Paris "There are some girls here that go outside without their knickers." (long pause) "Why would someone DO that?"
5. "When is Thanksgiving? I love that! They smoosh up pretzels and shove them up a turkey's ass." LOL!
6. And finaolly, my personal favorite.. when looking for a house, she said "It looked like someone with no taste came in and threw up everywhere!"

In other news, Gracie has moved from gross cat poo....to WORMS. Yeah, she finds them and RUNS with them..before she eats them. Are you grossed out? Good. I am and I live with her. This pic is the PERFECT look she gets when she spots a worm that she KNOWS I wont let her have.. Grace Kelly is NOT a lady sometimes.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORAY for a much needed girls night on Tues! Love you chicks!!

b/c my passport's gettin dusty..

Places I want to visit...in random order...There are more.. but those are the ones I've actually looked at flights for recently.. Gah.. Why am I itching to travel??! :)

Spain
Greece
Australia
Italy
Africa (on safari)
Hawaii
Tibet
Brazil
Thailand
France

"We should really do lunch..." (mmmkay..)

So, one of my high school friends, Cheryl, is getting married. Blaze and I were invited to the shower on Sat night at another high school friend's house. Cheryl is so funny in that I'm pretty sure she invited anyone to her wedding that she'd ever smiled at as long as she had their address. She's cute like that though. I actually really enjoy running into Cheryl around Tulsa..

Anyway, I always say my high school was ghetto.. but in all honesty, it wasn't that bad. I mean.. you can look at the pics and see that my group was definitely not described as "ghetto." haha.. :) Well, we WERE the honors class all four years for Pete's sake...We actually showed up 45 minutes before school started to get an extra class in so we could have the opp to graduate early.. None of us did, though..cause who would want to do that? :)

Blaze and I always go to these things together...sometimes grudgingly..but we still want to go (as long as each other is going)... then we end up having a good time. The key is to leave after you've said hello to everyone, had chit chat, and are still thinking everyone is a pretty cool person. (aka before everyone gets wasted)

Below: Elizabeth, Travis, Sam (Eliz's husband), me, Beau (Trav's brother)
Below: Some EC girls...and Tania's husband behind us.. :)
This pic makes me giggle.. It's typical... Blaze and me.. with "the group" sitting behind us in the background. We always joke b/c we were always included in "the group" but typically did our own thing anyway and had other groups we hung with, too. In other words, we didnt really stay deeply connected with the group after high school like they did. Events like this always result in Blaze and me looking around like "so..yeah.. everyone's the same... cool.."
The bride doing a keg stand.. her first one ever.. Yeah, we were definitely at a high school event. Lol!

***** EAST SIDE PRIDE BEETOCHES!!! ****** So what if my school looked like a prison? Who needs windows?

Friday the 13th. Ooh. Spooky. Right.

Yesterday should have been Friday the 13th considering it looked like 10pm at 10am here. Stupid weather. Maybe the freaky people next door will be even freakier on this extra spooky day..or out dancing in the rain or something with sticks. I dunno. Dear El Nino, Mother Nature, Global Warming.. whatever... I will kick ALL your asses. Get sunny now, beeotches!

Anyway, here are some fun words of the day that made me giggle lately:

Foreploy
The act of misrepresenting yourself, for the sole purpose of getting laid.
The whole evening was foreploy, the jerk only wanted to "hit it".

digital immigrant
Someone who grew up before the digital age and is fairly new to the internet. Basically anyone over the age of 28.
YouTube is foreign to the digital immigrant.

pottermania
Fanaticism surrounding fictional characters and themes contained within a series of books written by J.K Rowling, namely "Harry Potter".
Pottermania prior to the release of the new Harry Potter book has reached fever pitch.

programmer's tan
The pasty white tan of a person who works over eighty hours a week and never gets any sun.
Bill's been doing a lot of hours lately -- he's really working on his programmer's tan

break your crayons
Make you very upset or sad, or ruin your whole day.
"Dude, don't worry about him, he's just tryin' to break your crayons. Just let it slide."

I love Urban Dictionary. :)

99th post... whatwhat!!!

So, guess who forgot to lock the crate this morning? Yeah. Me. I went home for lunch to find Gracie at the door waiting on me, wagging her entire butt she was so excited. Sheez. :) She didnt destroy ANYTHING and didn't even "go" inside the house! So, I am trying a kiddie gate I got and gated her in the kitchen for the rest of the day. We'll see!! I can't decide if she'll like it MORE or less..I mean.. her crate was by the window and could see the tv..granted she never seems amused with either (but it makes ME feel better)...the kitchen doesn't allow for any of that. I dunno.. I think I'm gonna go by Jenny's and get her (bigger) crate.

None of this matters to you guys. Sorry.

And I officially think Ms. New Jersey didnt do anything wrong. I saw the pics on the Today show..and puhhhlease. Whatever.

"You won't shoot...".... "BUT I WILL" YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gah... Wed night tv rocks my world lately. SYTYCD was hot tonight.. as usual. I'm ready to say PEACE to Sedrick (?)... DUNZO. Goodbye. I LOVE Pasha. I think I shall have his little Russian babies. Yeah. But, only if sex involved dancing. He's hot.






Traveler ROCKS my life. Yeah, tonight was AWESOME. The final scene..OHMYGOD! I certainly hope they bring the show back.. I am sad we're already at finale time. Whatever. Stupid network. They got me hooked and will likely cancel the show.


Apparently, there are weirdos outside my apt. Well, not apparently.. there just are weirdos. Period. My neighbor told me someone was throwing coins at her window last night. Awesome. How safe am I walking Gracie at night?? FAABULOUS. The thing is.. it's none of the bums.. it's people that are just hanging out at a nearby apt. Last night, I pulled up and one guy did a little drunk, hairy jig in the middle of the street. I pulled off and came back like 10 min later. Sheez.

Cat Poop has ruined my life.

Okay, being dramatic, but just went home for lunch.. and Gracie is sick. :( I dont know if she's really SICK or if its her baby teeth. She seems to WANT to eat, but she wont. I took her food, broke it up with a hammer, and fed it to her in my hand. That seemed better. At any rate, she's shaking her head a lot, too, so it could be her puppy teeth, her ears, or the damn cat.

Let me tell you about the cats aroud my apt. They aren't cute. They aren't sweet. They are homeless mongrils that look as though they'll attack you if you get too close. I'm really not kidding. My landlord even said she was scared.. yes scared.. of the cats around there...and she HAS cats. Okay, well.. whatever cat is shitting around the damn apt area obviously has a serious intestinal problem..and no telling what she's eating since she's homeless. So....THAT is the stuff Gracie loves. I mean.. I catch her and all..but its usually too late. Looks like it's leash time for all walks now. *sigh*