Posted by Colleen on Mar 1, 2010 in
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Jay Glatfelter,
Wedding stuff Everyone’s probably seen this already but in case you didn’t, our wedding website is ready for viewing. So check out www.jayandcoll.com (the winner of the poll) and book mark it because we’re going to try to update it as frequently as possible.
We still have to update the “Photos” section and once we have more, we’ll add to the “Wedding Party” and the “Registry” sections.
Outtake: This photo is one that we were going to put on the top banner but it didn’t make the cut. It’s from Hawaii on Friday night, which I still need to tell the story of:
Posted by Colleen on Feb 27, 2010 in
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Picture Post I’ll interrupt all these London posts to announce that I got my hair cut again on Wednesday night. I really like it so far. I want to have longer hair for the wedding so I can have an up-do, so I wanted to cut it shorter now and start fresh with the growing out process. It makes sense in my head…
Okay so I guess the Hawaii saga is going to be put on hold for a day since there’s obviously been some new developments in life over the last 22 hours.
So I’m leaving for London to go visit my sister Christie on Friday, Feb 12. I’m going with my parents and other sister Katelyn and we’re leaving from JFK Airport. This has been planned for a while. Back in the beginning of December, I bought my tickets on Southwest Airlines to fly out tonight, Thurs Feb 11 at 7:10pm from RDU & arrive on Long Island. Why did I plan to get in a day early? My mom had read in the Farmer’s Almanac that there was going to be a big storm this week & she was afraid that my flight from Raleigh would be canceled if I left on Friday and I’d miss the JFK flight. After some arguing & ticket-paying-negotiations, I agreed to leave tonight.
You may know that my birthday was on Monday, Feb. 8. Jay had to go to school that night and he has class all day long on Tuesdays (8am-4:45pm), so I knew that I’d have somewhat of a lonely birthday. He’s trying to get some music history classes that he took applied to his regular history classes and because my mom teaches at a college, I had asked her how he should go about applying to do that. She had advised us on some tips & that was that. I talked to my mom around 9:15pm on Monday night. I was talking to Jay around 11pm-ish that night over gchat and he mentioned he called my mom to thank her for helping him. He said this was around 9:00pm.
At this point, I’m a bit suspicious because I said goodnight to my parents 15 minutes after said phone call and no one said a word to me. I question Jay & his story is the same. Then I Blackberry message Kate. She basically tells me to turn the crazy off for the last hour of my birthday & go to bed. The next morning, she BBM’s me before 7am to tell me, “Mom didn’t say anything to you because she assumed you were in the room when he called.” “BULLSHIT!” I thought. “I talked to mom at 6pm AND 9:15pm and both times she knew that I was home alone with Zoe all night!” But that was at like 7:15am & when I went to put my key in my car door at around 7:50am yesterday morning, I had a premonition. I got in the car & that was that.
So we were going to go to Ruth Chris Steakhouse for Birth-entines’ Day. Since there’s only a week between my birthday & Valentines’ Day, we combine the holidays and call it that. It’s kinda like the kid born on Christmas Eve who shares their birthday presents with their Christmas presents ;). I kept questioning Jay on how expensive that place was and I’m going to miss a full week of work this month, so my paycheck would be lower and maybe we should just wait, blah blah blah blah blah. He kept saying “no, no, no”. However, I was talking to a co-worker yesterday & all of a sudden, I decided that I wanted Italian food. I asked Jay if we could switch from Ruth Chris to Carrabbas because I really just wanted Italian. He agreed over text, but in the car on the way there, he was all weird & pissy about how I had changed restaurants. I got annoyed and said “It’s MY birthday and if I want pasta, I’m eating pasta!”
On the way to the restaurant, we got word that my flight for 7:10pm tonight was canceled because I had a layover in Baltimore and well…Baltimore has some issues with some snow at the moment. Since we were in the car, I called my parents to ask them to change my flight. After a lot of trying, it turns out that the only flight I could get on left at 1:15pm & got in to Islip, NY at 9:55pm, with a layover in Tampa, Florida. I was *not* happy because I couldn’t miss an additional half day at work. In short, I was freaking out. Jack & Cyndi (Jay’s parents) ended up randomly being at the same restaurant as us, which was kinda funny lol.
Ohhh, time to board. Brb!
Okay back & it’s like an hour later, even though you guys don’t know that. Continuing, I was on the phone with my parents for quite some time during dinner, as they were trying to find me a flight. After about 30 minutes, it became clear that the 1:15pm flight was my only option. I resisted A LOT. I was panicking about leaving work 5.5 hours earlier than planned & not having packed yet, etc. al. Eventually I had no choice but to agree to get onto this fight. So I very reluctantly told my father that I’d do it.
At this point, Jay seems super annoyed. I think that it is just because we’ve been sitting at the table for 40 minutes and only just ordered appetizers. I felt reasonably guilty about being on the phone for so long & freaking out in public Little did I know…
We end up having a really nice dinner :) I was so distraught that I ate an ENTIRE loaf of bread by myself, then completely cleared my plate of lobster raviolis AND had 3 glasses of wine. Sadly, the 2,500 calorie meal cancels out the 3 glasses of wine lol.
So we get back home and I make a quick phone call to my parents to confirm with my mom that the random shit I’m literally throwing at my suitcase (not in or on, just at) is going to suffice for the cold London temperature. A few minutes later, Jay goes to me, “You look like you need a beer. Do you want me to get a beer?” At this point, my first thought is, “Wine AND beer?! It totally MUST be Birth-entines’ Day!”
So he hands me a beer and I put it down on the coffee table in front of the couch. Then he gets down on one knee and says something very sweet that you’ll have to ask him to repeat 
and pulls out a ring!!! As he got down on one knee and pulled out the box, I subconsciously knew what was going on but at first I thought he was just kidding and it was going to be a bracelet or something. Then I saw it and was completely speechless and I think I said something along the lines of, “For REAL?!?!?!“ But I didn’t cry!! I choked up & sobbed for a minute but I was too busy processing it all and nodding and everything all at once
I called my parents, who had Kate call me on Skype so they could video chat & see the ring. Then we called Christie in London and my grandparents and my aunt and basically everyone. Jay called his families & I called mine. Then we agreed that Jay could have the first Facebook announcement and I would do Twitter (even though by “first” we meant “45 seconds before the other person” lol).
So yeah, good times!! My ring is GORGEOUS. Funny story: I totally forgot that over the summer, Jay, Clif & I had been eating and then walking around Southpoint Mall in Durham for a change of pace. We all ended up in a Helzberg Jewelers in there, looking at all the jewelry, including engagement rings, that they had to offer. So I totally forgot about that when he asked me this morning over the phone, “Did he get you the ’sparkly’ ring?” I laughed SO hard. I was shocked that Clif remembered that day before I even did and that he even remembered which ring it was. Color me impressed
No date will be set until after I get back from London, although it’s going to be at least a year out in order to give friends & family who have to travel plenty of time to plan ahead to get there. It’s going to be in NY though and sometime in a month that is NOT cold because anyone who has ever met me knows that I despise the cold with a passion.
That’s all I’ve got for now and I’m SO EXCITED! So now I have to finish up my Hawaii story, tell all my London stories AND yak about wedding plans! YAY!!! It’s so nice to have things to look forward to!!
Oh, fine. Here is what Jay said to me and honestly, I only know it because he sent it to me.
“The first time I met you I knew you were special. After only a couple days of dating I knew I loved you and a couple months after I knew I wanted to be with you forever. Colleen will you marry me?”
Posted by Colleen on Jan 8, 2010 in
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Picture Post I decided to change things up a little in 2010 and got a new haircut. It’s kinda like a grown-up haircut. Please excuse how exhausted I look in the picture. I have been sick with a bad cold all week long.
Jay keeps making fun of me (sad smiley face) but I AM SO EXCITED!!!
nuDia.tv is#19 in the Video section for Comedy on iTunes! We FINALLY got approved by the iTunes Store today, just in time for our Fall Launch.
Aaaannndd as of right now, #41 over both Audio and Video categories in Comedy! Hooray!!!
I’m so excited and I don’t even have a show premiering on there until Friday, which is sure to be just as awkward and painful as you all remember :D To subscribe to nuDia.tv on iTunes, you can search “Nudia,” “Nudia.tv” or “Jay and Jack” on iTunes OR you can just go here:
Jay and I are seeing David Cross tomorrow night. OH! And I have the video all converted, I just need to upload it - song videos from the Rob Thomas concert in Cary, NC last Monday night, September 28, 2009. I’ve kinda slacked because I also have all the video from the No Doubt concert back on June 8, 2009 on my computer that I compressed to a smaller file but never uploaded because I suck.
The good news is that I actually did edit and upload a brand new show from me on nuDia.tv, which is a NuNews interview series. The first one, which will premiere either Friday Oct 9 or Sunday Oct 11 (we haven’t decided yet), will be an interview with the awesome dudes who do the “John Locke Rap” on YouTube. Stay tuned
Okay time for bed. I have to be at work wicked early tomorrow. And I need some new YuBlog.org submissions, so if you have anything, please email YuBlog.org@gmail.com otherwise it’ll be my take on David Letterman being a cheating pig (please someone else do that one lol) or my absolute JOY on the Sweet Valley High series becoming a major motion picture written by Diablo Cody. So yeah. You’re funeral.
P.S. Alice, you rock my socks yet again. Thank you
Tags: David Cross, Diablo Cody, iTunes, Jay and Jack, John Locke Rap, nuDia.tv, Rob Thomas, Sweet Valley High, YuBlog.org
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
Posted by Colleen on Jan 31, 2009 in
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Movies Brace yourselves. This is the last post you’ll see on this blog. I’m going corporate. Well sort of. Within the next day or so, I’ll be pimping out a brand new website version of Ramblings of a Long Island Girl. Yay!
Much, much, much, much, much, much thanks to the fabulous
Alice (aka Aliceness on Twitter) for helping me set it all up
and not killing me when I had 29 million questions about what the hell she was talking about (I’m not stupid, but I swear I can’t grasp the concept of hosting still…)
But anyways, stay tuned within the next few days while stuff gets figured out. And then stay tuned within the next few weeks because I’ve got some other new stuff I’m working on too. Lots of change: new state to live in, new personal website, have to find a new job, who knows what else is in store? haha, the possibilities are endless but hopefully all good things.
Oh P.S. Jay & I watched The X-Files: I Want to Believe last night. I’ve heard lots of people just trash talk it or give generally negative reviews on it & I have to weigh in. I agree with Jana’s opinion: it would have been way better as a TV movie rather than a motion picture. The supernatural element was weak & the plot wasn’t strong enough to carry a movie. I loved having all the characters back (Yaaaaaay Skinner!), but it reminded me of a stronger episode of Fringe & a weaker (not weakest) episode of The X-Files. Also, isn’t pedophile priests soooo 2006?
I’m off to do errands & see Michael Ian Black with my Pookie in NYC tonight. I’ll leave you with Strider to say peace out to this blog:
“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” -Swami Sivananda
Posted by Colleen on Jan 13, 2009 in
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Allison has requested I make a new blog post so that she doesn’t have to see my bloody finger anymore and I kinda think she’s right! So lucky for Ali and the rest of you tired of looking at my mangled claw, I’ve got an announcement:
I’m moving to Raleigh in the middle of February!
My last day of work is February 4 (a Wednesday) and my birthday is Sunday, February 8. I also found out as I got home tonight that Brian & Bobby got tickets to see “The Daily Show” on February 9, so I am going to go with them and then drive down to Raleigh that week and try to find a job, etc. I’ll couch hop with Jay and Sara & TJ and who knows maybe Clif’ll let me crash for a night. At least the slumber party will distract me from the absolute terror I have about finding a job haha. I told my bosses at work and although I was scared to do it, I was really more just sad in general. It’s a nice place to work and they’re really good bosses and I like the people I work with so it’s kinda like I’d be losing more friends.
But anyway.
I’m really excited and really scared. I’m excited because I think that it’ll be a great new chapter of my life but I’m scared about finding a new job. I accepted back in 2007 when I decided that if it came to it, I’d be the one to move that it would mostly mean giving up 90% chances of ever having a job in the fields that I have my degree in (Communications with focuses in Journalism & PR as well as a minor in English & Theatre). I worry too much and I think too much. And nothing is or will EVER be as beautiful as New York City and that’s a fact. BUT I like Raleigh and even though it’s clear that I will really want to end up back in NY someday, I cannot wait to start a new life there.
I’m just going to miss my friends. I’ll miss Cassidy (bitch moved back from North Carolina as I was moving there), Tricia, Julia, Amanda, Amanda, Ali, Ian, Brian, Claudio, Randy, Anthony, Joe & Steph, Eddie, Bobby, and everyone around here that I know I’m not mentioning (forgive me). I’ll miss the BTR crew, Annie & Jeff & Max & Maia and all of our mid-day margaritas. I’ll miss Yankee games with Angri & Sabella & Storey. I’ll miss my dog Strider. But most importantly I’ll miss my family: my parents, sisters, grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousin. Just as way excited as I am to move, I’m just as sad that I won’t get to see them whenever I want to anymore. I know that this post sounds somewhat shaky but I made this decision with both my heart and my head and I’m certain that it’s the right one.
It’s gonna be a big adjustment and I’m really gonna need a lot of support from all sorts of places.
Oh, and I’m gonna need a job if anyone’s hiring…
Posted by Colleen on Dec 5, 2008 in
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Picture Post This is why I’m so excited about my new, beautiful Macbook, which arrived on Wednesday. Observe my Dell, duct tape/ external webcam/speakers/mic and all next to my pretty new computer. Excuse the doofus who insisted on being a part of the pictures via Skype video.
Bigger is
not better.
Observe the external speakers, the duct tape, the ghetto web cam & external headset set up.
P.S. That’s my dog Strider in his Halloween costume as the background!
The next set of pictures exhibit the duct tape, just because it seems that people think I’m being melodramatic when I say my laptop was held together with duct tape:
Band-aid from Jay’s dad, Jack.
Isn’t she lovely? I think I should name my new Macbook. Any suggestions?
Bless your heart if you made it down this far. Now that the computer issue is taken care of, I have to go to Verizon early tomorrow to get my phone fixed. It stopped charging. I bought a new one and it still doesn’t pick up that the charger is plugged in. Boooo. I hope I don’t lose all of my pictures and favorite texts. That would be sad…
