Once More With (My) Style

This one is more along the lines of how I would style it verses yesterday’s picture of how the hairdresser styled it.  I had asked her for “around the shoulders with layers” and she put her own flair in it.  I was on and off about it last night to be honest but I love it now that I have control of it.

Okay now back to trying on dresses for Hawaii in 19 DAYS while cleaning and dancing around to Lady Gaga (STFU Amanda my pookie).

25th Birthday Recap

So thus far today, my packing has been this successful: I threw shit out from my desk (that I don’t even need to go through) and packed both my U.S. and British editions of Harry Potter and my Lord of the Rings books.  Yeah, this is not good lol.  I can’t really do anything outside of the house before 3:30pm each day because I’m on doggie nurse duty for Strider - 13 pills a day, including diuretics which means he has to be taken outside to go to the bathroom at least once every 1.5-2 hours.  My dad does the pills but it’s a huge ordeal because some are so large that they have to be literally shoved down his throat.  I feel badly because the dog will unintentionally bite down on his hand at least 4 times each session & this morning he drew blood.

My birthday parties were fun.  I gotta admit that on Friday, I was just totally not feeling doing anything birthday-related.  It took longer to pick Strider up from the doggie cardiologist than I thought it would and I missed the train into Manhattan, so I just drove in to Astoria and took the subway to Hi-Fi to meet up with the BTR crew.  Annie made me FUNFETTI CUPCAKES, which I think I had 4 of.  It was fun and nice to see everyone who could make it.

Also on Friday, I had a surprise.  Jay couldn’t make it this weekend and knew how disappointed I was so he sent me beautiful flowers to make up for it :)  Aren’t they purdy?

So, Saturday was the big party at Stout in Herald’s Square.  I didn’t end up going to New York Comic Con because I was just drained from the previous 2 days and needed to try to chill before the all-nighter.  Katelyn and her friends Kelly & Eddie came in with me at 7pm so we could get a lot of seats for everyone at the bar.

Everyone tricked in from around 7:30pm-10:30pm.  I was so excited to see everyone and even more excited to accept multiple birthday drinks.  In fact, at around 12:50am, Randy & Claudio got me a double shot of Tequlia and for some reason, I then thought that it would be a good idea for Katelyn & Eddie to take the last “early” train home at 1:12am without me and I’d just take one at like 3am and get a cab for the 25 minute ride back.  Yeah, I don’t know either.  Sooooo around 1:30am, I wanted to go home and was “stuck.”  So what did I do?  My grandparents were staying at the Marriott Downtown for a conference that night & I decided to go drunkely visit them.  Then I slept over in their hotel room.  Yeah.  Don’t even say a word.

We did a family party yesterday but it was quieter.  My mom’s been sick the last few days and we wanted to keep it low-key so the dog didn’t have a heart attack, but it was cool. Still lots of good food.  My aunt & uncle told me that I should enjoy 25 because everything beyond is just “early 30.”

So yeah, that’s my birthday story.  Also, I know that this could come across wrong, but I’m just sorta “woah” to have seen this:

In 2 years podcasting, I’ve never ever been on any iTunes featured list or top something.  It’s in the Audio Podcast list of the TV/Film category. Jay & I started the ChuckCast as a joke but then decided we liked doing because it took a total of 1 hour a week with recording and editing (knock on wood) and seemed like fun we should keep having! :)  I’m actually not going to look at any reviews because I remember the last time that I did something that was more in Jay’s “territory” and 75% of the people who commented hated me.  I wasn’t trying to come off poorly but damnit that sucked hardcore and I’d rather just say “screw it” and be kept in the dark this time.

Anyways, I have a bunch of pictures from my birthday party, but I’m putting them after the jump because there are quite a few (I’ll put more up on Facebook when I feel like it).  My camera’s crazy ass flash makes me look like I haven’t been out in sunlight in 3 years and I also look drunk basically from an hour in (I think it was more like 2.5 hours in though…).  I’m also aware I’m in desperate need of a haircut & am getting on on Friday.  Much thanks to everyone who came out and who left me messages on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, message boards, etc.

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Tags: Birthday, Birthday Party, Stout

Begin, be not afraid; fall in, the day is brave

Happy February 1!  Welcome to my snazzy new super duper website.  The lovely and talented Alice has been helping me out a lot with everything on here and we’re not even done yet :)  All my former posts from the old blog are still here.  Blah blah blah.

I’m exhausted because I got home at like 3:30am last night.  Pookie (Amanda C) & I went to see Michael Ian Black do stand up last night at Caroline’s comedy club in Times Square.  Afterwards, we met up with Anthony, my sister Katelyn & Jeremiah #2.  It was actually really fun. :)  I had just missed the train by the time I got back to Penn and had to wait an extra 45 minutes, so naturally I decided to angrily eat pizza loaded with garlic at 1:30am while waiting for the train.  That’s the one thing I will not miss about Long Island: being a slave to the damn train schedule.  Gawd, I miss the subway system.  Raleigh should build one, stat.

Superbowl time soon.  How sick nasty is this snack stadium?  The original post about it, as well as instructions on how to make it, can be found here: http://www.holytaco.com/ultimate-super-bowl-snack-stadium.  Even knowing this…

• TOTAL CALORIES: 24,375
• TOTAL GRAMS OF FAT: 1,285
• TOTAL COST: $86.47

…it still seems as though it’d be worth it…

Thank you, come again! And stay tuned, cause Jay & I have a surprise planned for everyone sometime later this week…

Tags: Michael Ian Black

Blogging Like Bored People Blog

Okay so we’re having dismal snowy/rainy weather on Long Island today. My first-half of the day counterpart didn’t come in today and the weather was all snow this morning, so there were a decent amount of cancellations. Basically, I’ve got not a lot to do & I’m bored so I’m doing what bored people do: blogging. I used to like having time to kill at work but the last 6 months has put me out of practice haha. So let’s see what I can entertain myself by yakking about.

1. New Lost tonight. I may or may not have seen it already. Go ahead, hate on me. I wouldn’t go back & unwatch it for anything. I’ve had to stop discussing the show with my fellow geeks since I’m afraid of giving something away because there were (IMO) a lot of puzzle pieces that start to fit together more and I don’t want to disprove something someone says by going, “Well, that can’t be because…” And if you think that Jay & I talk about Lost because of the podcast, guess again. 85% of the time, we only talk about it if we’re surrounded by friends who bring it up.
2. Moving date approaches. I’m nervous but I’ve got a lot of fun things going on the next 2 weekends. I’m going to see Michael Ian Black do stand-up comedy in NYC with Pookie this Saturday night, January 31. She asked me if I wanted to go see it at 8pm or 10:30pm & my first thought was, “Why on EARTH would we go at 10:30pm? That’s so late.” Which then prompts me to think, “25? Fuck, I’m old.”
3. The following weekend is my “last weekend” in NY. The weekend of my 25th birthday. Annie is throwing together a Birthday/Going-Away Soiree with the BTR crew on Fri, Feb. 6. It’s going to be good times. Well, duh. Cause with Annie’s cupcakes, how could it not be good times? Also, I’m having a gathering in Herald’s Square on Feb. 7. I don’t care if the bar is a controversial choice. It’s close to Penn Station, where I’m probably coming from & it’s still cold in NYC. Therefore, that’s where I’m having it. It’s for Ian-face’s birthday too (naturally). Good times will ensue as well.
4. Fun Fact: My & Ian-face’s 25th birthday coincides with the 2nd anniversary of Anna Nicole Smith’s death.
5. I’d really like to go to New York Comic Con again this year (Feb. 6-8), but the only day that I could make it is Saturday. This isn’t a problem except that the freaking cast of my new favorite show Chuck is going to be there on Sunday! Also, the casts of Fringe & Joss Whedon’s new show are going to be there Sunday as well. Yeah, I’m a geek. Stupid birthday.
6. If you haven’t already heard already, Scarlett Johansson is doing a cover of my boy Jeff Buckley’s “Last Goodbye.” I’m going to defer all discussion on this to Amanda.
7. And finally, I’m thinking about making this blog into an actual website or at least updating the format/template a little bit. But more about that another time, I suppose.

Okay, I think I’ve successfully killed a little bit of time. I’ve actually written this blog twice because it didn’t save the first time when I went to publish it and then it was gone. I was way wittier the first time, but oh well. At least it’s 6pm now. May 7pm come fast & may 9pm come even faster. That’s what she said.

Oh this is the start of something good, don’t you agree?

Caught a train to Poughkeepsie & time stood still

So alumni weekend was fabulous. It was great to be back in Potown & see everyone; it was just what I needed.

Went up on Friday afternoon & met up with Pookie (Amanda) & Gar (Sarah) at Culinary for a little Apple Pie Bakery goodness. Then Gar & I walked around campus for a while. We stopped in the Student Center to say hi to MCCTA (well, I said hi while Gar made fun of me for being overly social, as usual ha). I just busted right into the Mainstage rehearsal & tried to say hi to everyone at the Musical rehearsal but Tom had banned all alumni from entering the theatre all weekend, so whatev. OH we saw Bob Lynch, who I basically accousted. Then he said the word ‘fuck’ when talking to us, which we were both shocked & STOKED about since I’ve never heard Bob curse before. It was another sign that the night would be great.

We went to meet Pookie & Eddie & co. at Noah’s, since they’d gone to Happy Hour. I hate Noah’s, but I put on a brave face. Saw some older MCCTA alum, which was awesome. I really do miss Laurie, Karla & all them - especially Laurie & Karla. They were like my idols, man. After about 20 minutes (thank God) Pookie & Gar & I decided to pay Rachel Cronin a visit at work. She feed us, which was lovely, and then took us back to her house, where we hung out with her & Will for a while. They’re getting married next Oct, which makes her the 3rd person I graduated with to get engaged, which isn’t as weird as I thought it’d be. I guess cause she & Will and Rob & Lizzie Poo have all been together forever it was like both couples are married already. Katie & Justen have only been together a year but they’re all about the passion & connection so I wasn’t surprised when they got engaged.

I do find it hysterical that both of my senior year roommates got engaged the same weekend. There’s definitely a self-deprecating joke/comment in there but I’m not going to make it.

Anyway, then Randy called & forced us to go to Hatter. Alice drove us. Randy told me I looked like a substitute teacher then tried to set me up with his fraternity brother. Geez, I guess I’m too hot for my own good or something.

After Hatter, they wanted to go to Noah’s again so we did (UGH) but Risa was having an alumni party so Topher & this kid Matt who’s the star of the musical came to pick me up. I wasn’t wasted but I wasn’t sober at all. I got to Risa’s & started screaming “MCCTAAAA!!!” as soon as I walked in the door, which I thought was rather annoying/fitting for me to do. I said all my hellos & then went back with Crissy & Heather to their house & proceeded to drink some Octoberfest & eat Crissy’s entire kitchen since I was in hungry drunk mode. I wanted to meet up with Pookie & Gar at Darby’s & got Heather, Crissy, Angrisani, Joey, Annie, Megan & Courtney to come with. Yeah, there were 8 of us fitting into a 5 person cab. It was rather hysterical. Actually I think Eddie came too? I can’t remember, but there may have been 9 of us.

After Darby’s, Gar & I talked to Steph Speranza who said that we could stay in her room at the Mariott, which was FABULOUS. So we did that, chilled for a while with her, watched “Pulp Fiction” at like 4am and went to bed.

Next day was filled with wandering around campus, the Palace, more visits & hellos, etc. I went to dinner with Eddie & the divas-minus-Meagan at Double-O Grille, where Steph works. Five stars. Allison, Julia, Eddie, Amanda Giordano & I had rented a hotel room for Sat night so we went back there, pregamed & went out. I think the night was as follows: Foxhole for a bit then Amanda & I met up with Steph after she got off work while the others walked to Mahoneys; we waited in line there but got bored with it fast (the others were inside). Steph saw Sarah Gordon, who was going back to Noah’s, so we hitched a ride with her & hung out at Noah’s for a little while. Sarah’s cool; she & Steph are hysterical together. Rachel & Will met us there & Steph, Amanda & I walked back to their house and chilled for a bit before going to Darby’s. It was a laaaaate night and Julia, Eddie, Amanda & I rode back in the sketchiest cab EVER (Eddie was stepping in vomit, it was LOVELY) and we all tried to crash.

Palace the next morning (ah, how I missed thee). Everyone split after, but I walked around Vanderbilt for a while before coming home, totally spent.

Ok, this post is ridiculously long and probably only interesting to me so I’m going to stop for now. I’m going out to have an adventure with Golio. More later.

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