can you teach me how to dance real slow?

yeah, yeah, yeah. ok. here is me blogging. so, i was going to "take today off" and do my taxes and my expense reports. i slept in (until 7:52) and got up and started doing some reporting work that i had to do. not my taxes nor my expense reports. reports about someone else's money. not pleased! so that took a few hours. then i watched law and order LA (can't decide what i think about it...) and then was doing a bit more work. i thought i'd go through emails and organize myself before starting my expense reports. but i went and got lunch instead. and then i took a shower. and i just finished lunch. i still have a ton of stuff to do. not sure what is in store for me for the rest of the day. has everyone else finished their taxes? oh. i just realized i kind of can't really do mine well. i dont have a printer. i meant to get a printer cartridge but forgot. and i also need to pick up my bike. did i mention i bought a bike last saturday? its getting souped-up, so its still at the store. its raining so that makes me not want to go out or do anything. oh, also, i was supposed to go in to work today and bring jerseys. i'm on the charitable contributions committee and we are raising money for the jimmy fund by allowing people to dress down today and pay $5. but they have to wear red sox stuff and if they wear non-red sox sports stuff, they pay $7. AND if they wear yankees crap, they pay $10. so, most people in my team didn't wear jersey stuff so i was going to bring it (is that cheating??). i have a timberwolves jersey and a red sox jersey and a vikings tshirt. i think i might wear a north spartans sweatshirt with my last name embroidered on it. that counts, right?

i'm watching wipeout as i write this. i really really really want to be on that show. actually, i dont care if i'm ON the tv. i just want to do the obstacle courses. i think that would be awesome. oh ew. there is a food on the course. i don't approve. thats nasty. bleh.

ok, so here is a random video for you. a woman who lives in a really really really small apartment in new york city. would you live here? [h/t here]

i guess sissy's growing up

if all goes well, fargo is plugged up and not flooding right now. the river was meant to crest last weekend, and despite the fact that i haven't written about the flood much this year, there is still a massive flood in fargo. again. apparently some other parts of north dakota are flooding worse this year than in 1997 (the past really bad flood). not good.

here is an excerpt from an email my mom sent me exactly one week ago:

Flood mode is reving up here in Fargo, although a ton of preparation has already been done. There are huge sandbag thingys at Edgewood. They have already diked behind Riverview Place. They are starting to put clay dikes in on 2nd street. That will take 4 days around the clock because it includes diking by Dike East. Sandbags are being delivered to neighborhoods tomorrow by police escort. Volunteers start on Wednesday. Kids are getting out of school. The forcast is for a warm up so the temperatures are a rising and the river will follow. It is a bit scary. The flood diversion is being met with many obstacles. People upstream and downstream are now meeting to try and stop the diversion. What a complicated mess. The $$ it takes to prepare PLUS the man hours is incredible.

by now, all the sandbags have been laid and now the main item in fargo is to monitor the dikes. people will be patrolling the dikes for weeks - walking up and down to make sure there are no leaks. the dikes are holding back a ton of water. its kind of scary to think.

in other news, fargo won the competition on the weather channel for toughest weather city. i was really excited and proud and telling everyone at work about it. one of my brothers' friends was upset with the nomination. to me, its a badge of honor. it says "despite it being horrible weather here, we're tough, we persevere, AND we're nice, good people." here is a video about winning it:



h/t here. i think its probably a good thing that i haven't been worried about the flood this year. there are other people monitoring it more closely than i.

i just had a great idea - we should get areal pictures of the river before and after the flood. that would be impressive to see.

[song is what is on right now as i write this. who sung this song? i can't remember. used today because i feel much more grown up about the river this year.]

things that are making me happy

i read about this a while ago, and thought it was really cute and made me smile.

apparently, an artist is "installing" non-working doors around san fran. one blogger is calling them fairy doors. so fun! again, i wish i was creative like that to think of something like this...



have you seen a fairy door?

your woman

goooood moooorning!

am up early because i forgot to turn off my alarm. thought i'd go get some errands done (e.g. buying a new bike!!) and whatnot. i just need to find a place to actually PUT the bike. i dont want it to get stolen again, obviously.

last night, i was supposed to have two friends from work over to our place to see the south end, have a drink and chat. we ended up going to a movie instead. i didnt want to drink alcohol since i just had a massage thursday night. we saw the lincoln lawyer. a bit long, but i liked it. it was confusing to me of when it was supposed to take place. present day? but it took so long for someone to use a cell phone. and then why was he riding in such an old car? that was bizarre. i'm sure it was explained in the book or something.

anyway, i walked home and then my roomie and i watched nikita. its one of my favorite shows on tv right now. its really good. i was talking to someone the other day and she started a story with "20 years ago, there was a tv network called USA." and i kind of chuckled. i said "yeah, its still around." i thought of USA because la femme nikita used to be on that, i think. i wonder if i should put la femme nikita in my netflix queue. hmmm...

i have a ton of posts coming in the next few days. i have to write about the flood, the end of basketball for my brothers, nodak, health, birthday planning, etc. i think after i buy my bike i might go to a coffee shop or something and just sit there and blog. have a lot to get done.

whats planned for your weekend?

to honor [dave]'s request, i will not use an american pie lyric as the title. i haven't finished that, but i will take a break. i got my hair done last week and this song was playing at the hair salon and i thought "holy crap! i haven't heard this song in FOREVER." so i bought the video on itunes because it reminds me of high school. and this was one song where i was surprised by the music video. for some reason, i had never seen it. one hit wonder?

things that are making me happy

so i LOVE this video. its so funny to me

Boston Movie Trailer - watch more funny videos

h/t list of the day from funny or die.

i'm posting it here to get my sister-in-law (and brothers) excited to come visit me in boston this fall. woot woot! we're starting to plan the trip. what would you add to your list of things to do if you were in boston for a few days?

did you write the book of love?

mmmmmmmmm. i'm whiny. mostly because i'm tired and achy and ... have a lot to do at work but just cannot mentally focus right now. after work, i went to get a massage. i didn't love it (i love the ones in sac), but it wasn't horrible. i'm trying to decide if i should get a package deal from them. i might as well. its really nice to have those on hand. i left work feeling tight, slightly anxious and uncomfortable. i am more relaxed but now i am really tired and want to go to bed. i just took a tylenol pm so i hope to sleep well.

oh, so housekeeping: NO ONE got the poll right! i watched the dilemma. i wonder why everyone thought i would watch the tourist (apologies that it was speelt rong). :) it wasn't bad. it ended up differently than i thought, or got there differently, i guess. i liked that.

i had lunch with k today and i was telling her about my impending birthday party. i want to find some sort of theme. she suggested finding something that happened on my birthday. so i'm on wiki checking out the date. luckily, no one REALLY famous was born on my actual birthday (that would really annoy me). there's nothing interesting on that date. christian feast day - woo hoo! and ho chi minh's birthday. oh! is world hepatitis day. thats a good thing. avoid hep on my birthday. that could be a fun theme. what would that entail? clean needles? condoms? how else do you get hep? i should know that. hmm....

here is an article about my boyfriend.

i thought i'd have more interesting things to write about. i was wrong.

and them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye

i've finally found a sport that i must be better at than my brothers... dum dum dum... ten-nis! i mean, i've never played against them, but i've now taken 4 or 5 lessons and i dont think they've ever taken lessons before. so right there, my five lessons have surpassed their natural athletic ability. surely. right? right. right?

tonight (monday) was a lesson and it was so much fun! its 1.5 hrs long and we even sparred afterwards. is that what you do in tennis? spar? i think so. we sparred. and me and my partner, keif turtle, WON against my friend lisa and the new girl. it was awesome. not the winning, actually. just the playing. oh, and get this: the teacher (is he a coach?) told me i was THE BEST STUDENT. mwahahahaha. i mean, there's only 3 other students and we're all beginners, but at least i'm a good student, right? and the best student. so fun. i can't wait until its nice out and i can go outside and play. and not look like an idiot. i think i have pretty good form. i need to practice more, though. not sure where to do that, though. its still a bit chilly outside and i'm not all about wet tennis balls. so we'll see...

ok, i'm actually pretty tired. and i have a ton of work i have to do (literally). i have to log on to work and get some reports done. sigh. not a big deal, but it would be great if i could just hang out. tomorrow i'm gonna get groceries (maybe) and maybe go to a movie. if i were to go to a movie, what should i see?

things that are making me happy

happy monday!

i'm off to tennis monday night and today will be super busy at work. eek! lots to do. since i can't write more, enjoy this...


from here.

drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry

happy sunday! i'm actually in a decent mood today and sundays are perhaps growing on me. i'm at starbucks right now. my roomie comes here every sat and sun mornings to get work done and i figured i should do that today, as well. work = blogging, at least for me right now. oh, that reminds me, i have to go to the office today and get some stuff done... hmmm.... we had a pretty busy day at work last friday and i was traveling back to bos for half of it, so i'm slightly behind. yeah, so thats what i'll do. i'll sit here until 1130 or so... then head to pick up my little and take her to skating lessons. thats until about 4pm and then i'll drop her off. i should head directly to the office to do some work, print a cvs coupon, etc. then i'll head to cvs on my way home and be home in time to watch burlesque with the roommate. woo hoo! burlesque and wine and maybe some mela (the indian restaurant down the street that knows me by my order now). oh, and maybe i'll work with player tonight to finish his resume and have him start applying for jobs here in boston. woo hoo! that would be awesome if he lived with me for the summer. we would have SO MUCH FUN.

so last night was my friend [dave]'s birthday. we went to the gallows, which was really fun. we ended up being 14 instead of 12, so we were kind of majorly crammed at a table. but it was good fun and i had a burger that was delish. after that, we went to franklin cafe for a drink and i was mega tired, so i left after a glass of wine. i still need to unpack from my trip. i like having a clean room and really enjoy unpacking. is that stupid? probably.

anyway, i'd like to try meditating today, but not sure if i'll have time. and i kind of dont really know how to do it, so i need to have a guided meditation. not sure where to get that, either. i should start doing that every day. does anyone who reads this meditate? wanna give me some tips? i also am conflicted about yoga. i was trying to do it every day and was doing pretty well, BUT then i went to this thing where this fitness place said they think yoga isnt that great because it strengthens muscles that are already strong and we dont need more of that. so i stopped doing yoga. but now my muscles are oddly sore for no reason. and they were kind of weird to me at that place, so now i am super confused about what i should be doing. i know i should be doing whatever makes me feel good, but neither/both made me feel good. does that make sense? anyway, confusing.

ok, i'm gonna head home and skype with miss m before i head to the ice skating rink. in honor of my roommate, here is a funny video ya'll will enjoy.



found here. u like "eunice."

but something touched be deep inside

as i write this, i am sitting in my hotel room in ohio. this has been one beezarr trip. nothing normal is happening. its so weird. hopefully i'll have time to share them all with you, but it could be days worth...

i checked in on tuesday around noon. the lobby was empty. i walked right up to the dude at the front desk to check in and it wasn't until later that i realized i was in the "priority" lane or whatever. anyway, when i was checking in, the dude said "we have a promotion going on right now, you can choose one of the following three options...." one of the options was free internet, but i already get that for being platinum. the other was a free drink at the cafe kiosk on the 2nd floor. the final option was a free in-room movie. OBVIOUSLY i chose the in-room movie.

and its been a bit annoying the past few days (aside from weird stuff) because of the one fact that i have been busy at work and out so i haven't been able to just come to my hotel room and hang. so here is the game for tonight. there are only 3 movies that i was in the mood to watch. which one do you think i chose (in alphabetical order):
a. the dilemma (vince vaughan finds out his best friend's wife is cheating on him)
b. how do you know? (romcom w/ reese and paul rudddddd)
c. the tourist (johnny depp and angelina jolie in europe)

i have this uncanny ability to sleep in almost any situation. i keep hitting my legs because its really hard for me to stay awake right now. i want to go to sleep, but i want to watch my free movie more. but my body wants to be sleeping right now.

ok, movie is over. i need to sleep. let me know what you think i watched in the quiz and i'll reveal the answer in a few days...