Hometown: The Roch, MI (aka. The Crotch, aka. Crotchscratcher, aka. Crotchmolester, aka. Rochester)
Currently Living: Clawson, MI
Height: 5'8
Weight: Ha ha, yeah right
Favorite Color: Blue (preferably navy)
Profession: Researcher
Favorite Nickname: Trick, Sloan
Favorite Drinks:Vodka Tonic, Guinness, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dirty Martinis, red wine
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Sex & The City, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Iron Chef America
Least Favorite TV Show: A Baby Story, I Love Lucy, Martha Stewart, Everybody Loves Raymond, every hour long drama
Favorite Books: The History of Love, Beloved, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fight Club, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The of Being, SurUnbearable Lightness vivor, Empire Falls, The Corrections, The Bell Jar
Favorite Movies: Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wordplay, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Breakfast Club, Singin In The Rain, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sleeping Beauty, Dancer in the Dark, Duets, The Virgin Suicides, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Austin Powers I, II & III, My Best Friends Wedding, Moulin Rouge, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, The Shining, Gone With The Wind, Bridget Jones' Diary, Chicago, Love Actually
Guilty Pleasure Movies: Xanadu, Dirty Dancing, Overboard, Groundhog Day, Steel Magnolias, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bond movies, Footloose, Clue, Murder By Death, High Spirits, A Cinderella Story
What I Do Too Much: Check email, crossword puzzles, complain about my job to friends and family,
Obsessions: sushi, Indian food, ranch dressing, toenail polish, song lyrics, hands, awards shows, symmetry, avocados, maps, dreams, This American Life, the display in my car that tracks my MPG
Pet Peeves: loud eaters, slurping, gulping, arrogance, snoring, bad grammar, repetition, late mergers, ripping cardboard, the word "chunky", intolerance, couples in a restaurant sitting on the same side of a booth, pop-up ads, privacy manager, men that drive without shirts on, being foolish, unfairly jumping to conclusions, being made fun of, cat-calling, people who type too hard
Greatest Fear: crossing bridges
Relaxing Activites: late night drives to sing by myself, headstands, hot baths,
Wish I Was: Ansel Adams, Jenifer Aniston, in love, living alone
Prized Possessions: ring from my grandparents, flower pot of my Grandma's, electric blanket (temporarily broken), tongue scraper, my bed
Craziest Thing Ever Done: getting a tattoo, strip Jenga
Things I Eventually Want To Do: skydive, buy a guitar, learn how to play the aforementioned guitar, take flying lessons, travel to France, write a novel, learn how to play the harp, tap dancing lessons, run a marathon
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Open up the dirty window, let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find....I am in full-on spring fever mode. It was startlingly beautiful here this weekend and I had to chuck all responsibilites to the side and frolick. Oh yes, there was frolicking. Do you think I'm kidding? Just ask the boy. He frolicks very well.
Friday treated Kelly to a surprise party that was indeed much of a surprise for her. The esteemed guest of honor arrived later than anticipated (FYI, if you're doing a surprise party, don't expect to be done with a fondue dinner anytime quick), and most of the guests were a little intoxicated by the time she got there. Ok, so I can only speak for myself, but based on the volume of A-Ha being sang, the parallels of Slim Jims and wine charms, and cupcake decorations being used in creative ways, I'm gonna wager a guess that I wasn't the only one. Happy Birthday Kel!
Saturday I saddled up in my cute new spring jacket, moved into my summer purse (hey, if the tulips are coming up, it's turquoise purse time) and headed out to Ann Arbor with the windows down and radio up. Sure, my hair was a mad tangle, but it was worth every tone deaf note sang. I wandered around the city for a while, met Amy for a glass of wine, and we proceeded to meet up with Sarah and Andrea, the roomies from college. We had a blast catching up, talking about old times, and covering all range of topics -- from books to medical ailments to....errr...yeah. That's it. And just to prove that I'm not the only one who has spring fever, Andrea didn't wear a coat. It was great to see you ladies!
Sunday was gloriously sunny and warm and I enjoyed a run (I know! Me? Enjoy a run?), and a walk with the boy later that involved a park and swings. Am I old if a swing can make me a little motion sick?
I don't know if the weekend could have made me any happier. I'm sure if I had done any of these things on a normal cold wintery weekend, it wouldn't have had the same effect. But the backdrop of 60+ degree days was enough to make me spring-crazy in the head. I even wore a sleeveless knitted top yesterday and one of the girls in our department told me I looked like a "breath of springtime."
The payback? It's about 30 degrees outside now with wispy flurries, and with the wind blowing like a mother, it's feels well into the teens. I retaliated by buying some sandals. Yeah. Take that! I would even wear a bright floral skirt tomorrow to make a statement if I only didn't get goose bumps on my legs so easily....Ah well, soon enough, soon enough. Be sure to check back in a couple weeks when I'm bitching about how much I hate being hot and sweaty.
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