I'm not talking about any kind of eating disorder so if you were fooled by the topic, don't worry about reading on. I had a moment a few weeks ago where I looked around the apartment that Chef and I shared and about had a nervous break down. It's not that the apartment is all that bad or that we live with old stuff or anything.
It's just that I know that a house of our own is a few years away. Sadly, I've been waiting to upgrade our stuff until we either move or get married, whichever comes first. I'm now tired of waiting and even more tired of the years of crap that I've accumulated. It would actually be worse if we had a house because I would accumulate even MORE crap. It's mostly my fault. I bring stuff home with good intentions. Now our house if filled with good intentions.
So, I've systematically been weeding through each room of the house and throwing away anything that hasn't been worn, looked at, used, or handled in the last 18 months. I started (and still am finishing up) the bedroom. So far, I've thrown away, given away or taken away five garbage bags full of stuff. The most important thing is that it is AWAY.
I don't care if we have to eat on the floor while we save up money for the furniture we want or watch a busted up TV while we save for teh HD version. It's time to make our living space what we want it to be and not just what we can have.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
High School Memories
My friend Natalie sent me this questionaire via email. It was different than the usual "what are you wear? Send this out or you're damned for life" kind of chain, so I thought it'd be fun to answer and post here. It's a rehash of high school. Funsies.
1. Did you date someone from your school?
Not technically.
2. Did you win anything in Seniors Who's Who?
I don't remember my high school doing that, so I guess the answer's no.
3. What kind of car did you drive?
1985 Cutlass Supreme that I named Carlos
4. It's Friday night...where r u?
Working at a sporting goods store until 9 and then meeting my co-worker (who happened to be my high school softball coach's best friend) in the mall parking lot for a beer delivery
5. Were you a party animal?
Not by the people in my high school, but by the kids in college that I actually partied with. . .yes.
6. Were you considered a flirt?
Only when I used to stick a green glow stick in my cleavage at parties. Most of the other times, no.
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Not in high school.
8. Were you a nerd?
Yes. I went to class, did my work and got the hell out of there.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Sadly, no. I was the only one of my friends to NOT get suspended during my high school tenure.
10. Do u remember your school fight song?
Sadly, yes, but that's because it's also the Michigan fight song.
11. Who were your favorite teachers?
Mrs. Goebel and Mrs. Mautz, Mr. Kelley
12. Where did you sit during lunch?
The journalism lab
13. What was your school's full name?
William Henry Harrison High School
14. School mascot?
Warriors
15. Homecoming court?
Yes, we had one. No, I wasn't on it.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
College-yes. High School-no.
17. Where did you go senior skip day?
I didn't get to skip because I had a softball game that night.
18. Were you in any clubs?
Yes. NHS, the paper, German Club.
19. Have you gained some weight since then?
Gained it and lost it.
20. Who was your senior prom date?
Didn't go to senior prom. Instead I went to eat Chinese and then to the after parties.
21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion?
Already skipped it.
22. Who was your home room teacher?
Mr. Ballard-an odd mix of Ross Perot and John Denver.
23. Who will repost this?
I don't care.
24. Did you play any sports?
Freshman and JV volleyball, freshman cheerleading and Varsity softball for four years.
25. Do you still talk to people from high school?
Yup. At least two on a semi-regular basis and two more when I can or they aren't pissed at me for some unknown reason.
See? Wasn't that fun?
1. Did you date someone from your school?
Not technically.
2. Did you win anything in Seniors Who's Who?
I don't remember my high school doing that, so I guess the answer's no.
3. What kind of car did you drive?
1985 Cutlass Supreme that I named Carlos
4. It's Friday night...where r u?
Working at a sporting goods store until 9 and then meeting my co-worker (who happened to be my high school softball coach's best friend) in the mall parking lot for a beer delivery
5. Were you a party animal?
Not by the people in my high school, but by the kids in college that I actually partied with. . .yes.
6. Were you considered a flirt?
Only when I used to stick a green glow stick in my cleavage at parties. Most of the other times, no.
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Not in high school.
8. Were you a nerd?
Yes. I went to class, did my work and got the hell out of there.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Sadly, no. I was the only one of my friends to NOT get suspended during my high school tenure.
10. Do u remember your school fight song?
Sadly, yes, but that's because it's also the Michigan fight song.
11. Who were your favorite teachers?
Mrs. Goebel and Mrs. Mautz, Mr. Kelley
12. Where did you sit during lunch?
The journalism lab
13. What was your school's full name?
William Henry Harrison High School
14. School mascot?
Warriors
15. Homecoming court?
Yes, we had one. No, I wasn't on it.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
College-yes. High School-no.
17. Where did you go senior skip day?
I didn't get to skip because I had a softball game that night.
18. Were you in any clubs?
Yes. NHS, the paper, German Club.
19. Have you gained some weight since then?
Gained it and lost it.
20. Who was your senior prom date?
Didn't go to senior prom. Instead I went to eat Chinese and then to the after parties.
21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion?
Already skipped it.
22. Who was your home room teacher?
Mr. Ballard-an odd mix of Ross Perot and John Denver.
23. Who will repost this?
I don't care.
24. Did you play any sports?
Freshman and JV volleyball, freshman cheerleading and Varsity softball for four years.
25. Do you still talk to people from high school?
Yup. At least two on a semi-regular basis and two more when I can or they aren't pissed at me for some unknown reason.
See? Wasn't that fun?
Monday, February 04, 2008
I survived. . .but the Patriots didn't
What a week! I survived turning 29 (although today when I said it, one of my coworkers said "But what's your real age?" as if I were older and just claiming to be 29), two events within 48 hours, and a Superbowl.
What a great game! Even better was a Patriots loss. I'm going to pretend that I saw it coming, but I did dread the avalanche of accolades the team would've gotten if they'd gone undefeated. I'm clearly not a Patriots fan, but despite all that, I was surprised at the lack of sportsmanship that came after the game.
Yes, I think Bill Belichick should've stayed on the field until the last second was run out. Crazy as it was, it seems poor form to leave before the final tick of the game clock. And not that Belichick is ever exceptionally talkative, but the post game interviews were lame. The man has no problem being called a genius (if you can find me a quote where he denies this title, please let me know), but will not allow anyone to really question his decisions.
And Tom Brady acted so surprised at the beginning of the week when Plaxico Burress predicted they would only score 17 points (in the end they didn't even hit that number). His response sounded like "an older brother who has 50 pounds on his younger brother when his younger brother challenges him to a wrestling match." And yet, in the end, he not only had nothing to really say, but also pulled out of the Pro Bowl because the mysterious ankle injury flared up again.
Is it me or does anyone else think that Brady and Moss pulled out of the Pro Bowl because they didn't want to have to answer any tough questions?
What a great game! Even better was a Patriots loss. I'm going to pretend that I saw it coming, but I did dread the avalanche of accolades the team would've gotten if they'd gone undefeated. I'm clearly not a Patriots fan, but despite all that, I was surprised at the lack of sportsmanship that came after the game.
Yes, I think Bill Belichick should've stayed on the field until the last second was run out. Crazy as it was, it seems poor form to leave before the final tick of the game clock. And not that Belichick is ever exceptionally talkative, but the post game interviews were lame. The man has no problem being called a genius (if you can find me a quote where he denies this title, please let me know), but will not allow anyone to really question his decisions.
And Tom Brady acted so surprised at the beginning of the week when Plaxico Burress predicted they would only score 17 points (in the end they didn't even hit that number). His response sounded like "an older brother who has 50 pounds on his younger brother when his younger brother challenges him to a wrestling match." And yet, in the end, he not only had nothing to really say, but also pulled out of the Pro Bowl because the mysterious ankle injury flared up again.
Is it me or does anyone else think that Brady and Moss pulled out of the Pro Bowl because they didn't want to have to answer any tough questions?
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