One Step Closer to My Show!

FINALLY!!! Someone else has recognized to amazingness that is me! About dang time people!!! Duane, a guy I work with at Cubic, has a blog as well. Unless you know Duane, most of the complete randomness doesn't make sense; but I do, so I find it entertaining. Duane has recently decided to add a weekly feature to his blog - an interview with yours truly :) Since I know that most of you won't click over there often enough to find it, I will cut and paste it here for you guys so you can enjoy it as well. I promise to cut and paste it exactly as it appears in his post :)

Today's Post:
I’m going to be adding a new feature to my blog. Here is some background on this new feature: Rachel is awesome. I work with Rachel. She keeps things moving smoothly at Cubic. She’s awesome like that. BUT more importantly, her awesomeness transcends her daily tasks at Cubic. She is by far one of the most blunt and honest people I have met. I love it. Last week I was chatting with Rachel and I decided that the rest of the world should have the opportunity to get to know Rachel like I have. SO, once a week I will be adding a new interview with her… It’s going to be awesome. The new feature will be titled: “Hello Benjamin” – I am not sure HOW I came up with that name, but… We’re running with it. For the first few weeks we will just be warming up..

“Hello Benjamin” – With Rachel
1. What is the worst fashion trend right now? I used to say tights, but I have succumb to that… So now I will say super short shorts with cuffs. Yuck! I am also not a fan of the gladiator sandals. Oh! I don’t like the emo super skinny jeans either, especially on boys, but they don’t look good on anyone!
2. Best fashion trend? Mini dresses with pockets, who doesn’t love a mini dress? Who doesn’t love pockets??
3. Three adjectives to describe yourself: Pink, entertaining, evolving
4. Best advice you have heard as of late? Keep your ear to the ground, your mind open, and heart full – My dad when I was having a down day.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Growing Up

So, Dave and Blaze signed on their house yesterday. Congrats!!!! It is so exciting! Glad to have you in the club :) They are going to be married, with a house (that they both live in!) and careers in no time! Its like they are grown ups or something.
Matt and I have our first and only weekend off since wedding season started. What are we doing??? Party? Mini vacay to somewhere we want to go? No, we are responsible adults and we are painting our bedroom and fixing the guest room ceiling fan. And I could not be more excited about it! However, we did finally float the keg from Dave and Blaze's stock the bar party.

Keeping up With Me

So, to all those people complaining that I don't blog enough, you are welcome :) I guess I should update everyone:
Eating frozen dinners does not happen very often, but not for lack of trying. I bring them to work alot; I just dont always eat them. I think that once we move (tomorrow!) and don't have so many close eating options, I will get back in the habit I never really formed. Hum...

TV Update - TV sucks, even with the writers back!!! I am pretty much over this TV season. I just don't care about any of the shows. I really feel that if a show is scripted and writers put in the time to think them out, then they should at a very minimum make some sense and not be painful to watch!!! I am just going to stick with reality tv - it may be dumb, but atleast the people are being themselves and dumb. Thats just funny! On the same note, if there can be a show about how things are made, the lives of midgets, a woman with 8 kids, numerous how to survive in the wild, etc, why is there not a show following me and my life?? I mean, honestly, this is good stuff! I am footing the bill for my life myself and it's pretty entertaining. Think how much more entertaining it would be if I had someone else paying for everything!!!

Back to work. More on this later

More Randomness (and some rantings)

I have decided that, as tasteless and boring as they are, I am going to bring frozen dinners to work for lunch. My New Year's resolutions (shocking and orginal) were to eat better, get in shape, and save more money. This may surprise you, as it did me, but eating at the delis downstairs everyday, some times 2x a day, is actually NOT helping me accomplish any of those goals. Weird right? I know!

Also weird, sympathy bad moods. I was in, I am not going to lie and call it great mood, but a non-existent, vanilla mood this morning. Then I talked to Blaze and she seemed not herself (I also call emailing talking... don't judge me!). So I read her blog... Apparently she is in a bad mood, even though she says she has no reason to be in a bad mood. Now I find myself not in a good mood, and what some might call, a bad mood. I think it is a sympathy bad mood. Is that possible? Weird? Creepy? I think all of the above qualify.

Spoiler Alert: Project Runway finale was last night. Least shocking finale since, um, ever: Christen wins. Maybe I am not as fashionable as I think. Maybe I can't stand to hear a whiny, gay, tiny person (notice i am NOT using the word man here) say something about how fabulous, or fierce (cringe) he and his designs are. Nor can I tolerate other people using it like it is a now acceptable term. Kuddos to Posh for keeping to Major instead of Fierce. I am not saying that the other designers were better, even though i liked more of their pieces... I think more I just didn't want him to win and have to hear about his fierceness...

Last thought for now... We have these new snack things in the kitchen. Even though I don't like spicey things, I tried one. I will refrain from using the name, because it is my understanding that some people like these. Here is my thought about them. They taste like BO smells. Even the aftertaste lingers like BO. I swear on everything holy, it tastes like you have licked the armpit of someone strongly opposed to bathing or wearing deodorant. Let me know if you figure out what I am talking about. And if you do, I apologize in advance.

Mother in Laws... Creatures from the Black Lagoon??

I have been thinking about Mother-In-Laws alot lately. Maybe it is because mine is in town visiting my not-so-new house anymore for the first time, or because it seems that no one, no matter how sane she was when the kids were dating, has a sane mother-in-law. Honestly, mine went nutso. I am not kidding! But going into all of that is an entirely different blog!

There are 2 other girls I work with who have crazy mother-in-laws, and it seems that they all have friends whose MIL are crazy too. I don't really understand how their kids deciding to get married makes them literally go insane. I am vowing here and now to try my darnedest NOT to go crazy when my kids get married. Because you are all reading this, it is now your job to remind me of this vow when I start to slip. Blaze and I have decided to write ourselves letters to read when we are older to remind ourselves what to do and what not to do.

Here are a few suggestions (learned from experience and stories others have told me):

1. Don't, under any circumstances, register or change the registry for your children. If they registered for it, there has to be a reason. And it doesn't matter why they want it, they do. If you don't agree with it, don't buy it for them! If they have made some horrible GRAVE mistake, you may mention it in passing that you were looking through the list to get some ideas what you wanted to get them and noticed that they are registered for 3 different sets of China or twin sheets... And most of all, do not critique what they registered for. Just because it isn't your style doesn't mean it is ugly!
2. Do tell the bride how beautiful she is and is going to be in her dress every time she mentions it. This is especially true for Mothers of the Bride. I get it - not everyone is into weddings and wedding dresses - understandable. And even if you think the bride isn't one of those people, we still expect it. In our heads, it is what is supposed to happen. I don't care if you have to pull out a nose hair to make yourself tear up! Show an emotion! Fake enthusiasm.
3. Just because you are paying for it, does not actually in fact mean that it is YOUR wedding. You don't get to pick the colors, or the flowers, or the attendants, or really, anything. You may certainly have an opinion, and are more than welcome to give it when asked for it. You are not, however, allowed to give it to us and expect us to take it as gospel, or tell us our different opinion is wrong. Unless you are 1 of the 2 people standing at the front, your opinion is just that - your opinion.
4. Do remember what you learned in kindergarten. "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
5. Don't expect to have a mother-daughter relationship with you DIL the day she gets engaged. She has a mother-daughter relationship with her mother based on years of love and fights and learning to put up with the other. We are close to our moms because she put up with us between the ages of 12 and 18. You haven't put in your time yet.
6. You don't like other people cleaning your house or organizing your house when you didn't ask them. Why would you do it for your DIL?! What you are saying to her is: "You are not keeping my sons house the way I would, or good enough. You are a bad wife." Even if that is what you are thinking (and shame on you for thinking it!) don't act on it. Please refer to #4. Actions speak louder than words. You don't want someone going through your stuff. Even if it is intended to help and be a nice gesture, fight the urge!
7. Don't ask when you are going to have grandchildren. Most likely, you are going to get them... Don't push.
   
8. Don't ask what we did on our honeymoon, and more importantly DON'T under ANY circumstances, go through our camera or picture folders with out us there and without our permission! Unless you are an idiot, you have a pretty good idea of what we spent most of our time doing on the honeymoon, which is why you shouldn't look at the pictures unless we show them to you. Trust me on this one, it can lead to no good.

I am thinking about writing a book, like "Idiots Guide to Being a new Mother-In-Law". If you have any Do and Don't's or just a funny story, send it my way :)

Crazy Lady!

I read a blog this morning by a woman whose husband cheated on her. The blog is more or less about all the things she does to get back at him (you have to read it to believe it!) Check it out and come on back :) http://thatgirlemily.blogspot.com/

At first I just thought "This woman has lost her damn mind!" Then I think, "No, God forbid Matt ever did something like that, I am crazy enough to take revenge." But now that I thought about it more, I don't think I could go THAT far! I mean, she DESTROYED him!!! Until I saw the video and pictures, I just thought, shes just writing what she wishes she could do... She really did it! I mean, he could make a case to have her institutionalized!! I would!

I know, he cheated and should have his thing cut off and shoved down his throat... but I don't think it warrants all that! Am I alone here?! Maybe I don't have as much crazy in me as I thought. Or maybe I just love my husband enough to not want to destroy his entire existance for a mistake - I would just want him dead. And her, she would have to die first. Well, maybe I would want him destroyed and humilitated. No... I really think I have more respect than that. Maybe I'm just a newlywed. Who knows.

Matt, if you are reading this: You have seen me go crazy - Imagine what that would make me do! But I know you would never do anything like that :) "Tell me you'll always love me more. Tell me you'll love me more than the baby. Say it. Say you'll always love me more than the baby!"

(Rent Waitress if you haven't already. It isnt the best movie in the world, but you'll never get that quote it you dont. Or just continue thinking I'm crazy... Either way :)

Random Thoughts

So... i am a HUGE Biggest Loser fan. (You don't have to admit it, but we all know you watch it!). any who... I am watching the Couples Season (made because the writers refuse to keep doing what they do a crappy job at... more of this to come). I have to say, this seems kinda brutal. The father and daughter team is up for elimination. I came in in the middle of the episode, so I dont know the full story. But, the daughter only lost 7 pounds and the dad, who doesnt want to be there, lost 19. When she was crying to him about not wanting to go home for the sake of his health, he was like "well X, you lost the least amount of anyone, and I lost 19 pounds, so thanks, but we are going home" WHAT AN ASS!!!! He just more or less called his daughter a fat lazy ass on national TV. I'll let you know how elimination goes...

Update: the father/daughter team was kicked off. Shocker of all shockers. The dad more or less refused to loose weight and lost like an inch. The daughter did loose wieght and is starting to look pretty good. Way to show your a-hole dad!

About this writers strike. It needs to end. I mean, no offense writers, but you werent doing that great of a job to begin with. It has gone on too long. If you had ended this about a month ago, we would have stood up for you and said "sure, you deserve what you are asking for, whatever that is". But now you are really starting to piss me off! What about the other people on the show who aren't getting paid?!?! I'm not talking about the actors, but the production people who don't get paid the big bucks. Not to mention that I am bored and this is now F***ing with my life! I want Greys Anatomy, Desparate Housewives, Womens Murder Club, even CSI and Without a Trace!!! As bad as they are, I still like them and miss them. And now! The Golden Globes have been cancelled!?!? WTF?! Will it never end?! This has gone too far!

I ask you again, Why don't I have my own show?! Blaze, I know you feel me!