Lost

Alright- I'm totally hooked on the show Lost now- so hooked that I went and bought the first season on DVD. I had seen bits and pieces of the show before, but since I hadn't seen all of the episodes I didn't want to start watching- well now that I am all caught up- I love it. Hurley, Charlie, and Sawyer are my favorites- I just love how it is written.

Anyhow- I left Fairmont this afternoon and then stopped briefly in SF and now I am in good old Brookings. I took off Monday and Tuesday just to be able to celebrate Halloween with my nieces without rushing back for work. I had a good time last night- I dressed in a medieval princess costume- it was gaudy and fantastic. I was buzzing, but not drunk. I was the only single person there- unless you count the 10 month-old that was there with his parents. However- it did make staying single sound better and better- because almost every couple was bickering all night long. There was almost a fist fight over a game we were playing.

Two weeks ago- my friends were up in SF- and we went out on the town. We got really drunk and I made my friend ask questions about a guy I used to know at his apparently former place of employment. I am so glad that I had her do that because now I don't have to wonder about the person anymore. He's not dead- he hasn't moved- he just decided to stop talking to me. Oh well....

I am going to go up and paint pumpkins with my nieces- Taa Ta

Hey!

I'm up in Fairmont visiting my friends for a Halloween party- it's going to be great! I'm going to be a princess- which sounds fun but will most likely look like a drag queen version of a princess. I already put on my fake nails and I feel so ladylike. Anyway- maybe I'll blog later

Three Wishes

I came home tonight for my niece's second birthday and to watch the NBC reality show 'Three Wishes' with my family. In between commercials we managed to sneak in birthday things like blowing out the candles and opening presents. It was really good, the show that is. It made my sister and me cry and cry. It was everything a good reality show should be- without the annoying Ty Pennington. Hell- I don't like Amy Grant, but even I could stomach her for two hours. I really think that Brookings is a great place to live- I really do want to move back here eventually- I am a born and raised Brookings citizen.

Anyway- life has been eh for the last month or so- I can't even remember all the things I've done. I can think of some movies I've gone to- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Herbie Fully Loaded, The 40-year-old Virgin, Just Like Heaven and probably some other ones. I'm possibly going to go to In Her Shoes tomorrow because I love Jennifer Wiener books. She is awesome- and so down to earth- I love reading her blog. I'm also going to go to Red Eye at the 3 dollar theatre- I hope nobody shoots me- this is funny if you know that recently something happened at the theatre- but lucky for me I would never go to Dukes of Hazard.

Damn- I'm crying again- my parents are downstairs watching Three Wishes because my dad wasn't able to watch it the first time. The family from New Orleans and the family with the sick dad- Waaaaaaa! Although my family is so mean that we kept making jokes the whole time we watched it.

I went crazy and cut my hair a month ago- I gave myself bangs. Well then they got long and were in my eyes so last night I went completly nuts and wacked them really short- like those girls that work at small coffee houses (the girls that are always so much cooler than you. ) So I am determined to pretend that I like how my hair looks- because confidence is key. Anyway I'm tired I feel like I lived at work this week. I get to hang out with my nieces tomorrow and then I'm going to go back home and sleep, sleep and sleep some more. Night night

Summer Vacation

I am starting my real one and only summer vacation today- I get the weekend and Monday and Tuesday off and I'm not doing much of anything (at least today). I am going to watch the girls Monday and Tuesday because my youngest niece's child care provider just found out she has breast cancer- scary. Anyway I had the days off so I told my sister I could watch them. They are going to come up to SF and we are going to pal around there.

I went out last night with my friends Rebekah and Jamie- briefly hitting the 'hotspots' in Brookings- it was interesting. I really haven't been out there for a long long time so there were a lot of differences that I hadn't seen. Like a bar that the owners say has been there for almost two years that I didn't know about. Anyway I hung out with them for a while and then I swung by Hy-Vee and about got lost because it was all remodeled. Nothing sucks worse than your hometown changing behind your back.

Anyway I was going to write last weekend but I had no cookies and was too tired to find them. I had a horrible experience at a SF 'hotspot' last Saturday. It was a new hip dance club and it sucked, nobody was dancing and the music was on so myself and my co-worker friends went out on the floor and I admit I danced like a dork- for fun- not seriously. Well some thirty-something man comes up and starts dancing by me. I had noticed that he was at a table that had been looking at our table and laughing- it was full of couples. After dancing a little bit the guy leans in and says, "I was bet five dollars to come and dance with you." Anyway I said "Thank you that makes me feel really special" and proceeded to ignore him and keep dancing. I told myself that I wasn't going to make that known but... frankly that is one of the reasons that I don't like people and why the idea of becoming a cat lady doesn't sound so bad. Anyway my night didn't get any better- we ended up leaving and going to Bucks (puke) where we bumped into a group of co-workers who snubbed us. So life seemed really crappy last weekend. The thing I have learned is that if you act confident you can get through the little humiliating moments- did I cry a little afterwards, well duh- I'm a girl of course I did- but I refuse to let people see me cry when they hurt me. Well this entry sure got down in the dumps- but I am sure to have a good vacation.

Jude Did a Bad Bad Thing...

I know what he did was wrong wrong wrong- but damn I wish I was that nanny. Jude Law is so pretty and it is easy for the public to forgive beautiful people. Everytime I think about it I feel a little sick because it makes me feel for his kids (I really don't feel sorry for his fiancee) and at the same time it totally sounds like a fun fantasy. But that is all it should be a fantasy. He's obviously not a very sane person.

On to tamer things- I went up to Wisconsin with my parents and my niece Taylor. I read most of Harry Potter on the way to and back. We went for a family reunion and it was pretty much a crap fest. It was my father's side and I was never very close to them- ever. This is how kid friendly the event was- we went to a wineary. Taylor and I went on the tour and it ended with a tasting- and I got tipsy and grumpy because I drank on an empty stomach. Here is a cute little note- my niece said to my sister, "Here is an interesting fact about wine. Do you know what they make wine with?" She was quite amazed that my sister knew- (it's grapes by the way- haha)

I was lucky that I didn't go ass over teakettle on the way back to the car. So I am forever going to remember this last weekend as the one I got to read Harry Potter- sad. I am going to probably go to Wedding Crashers with my momma tonight- it should be fun.

Ompa-loompa overload

Hey- I just came to drop Taylor off after a drive-in sleepover last night. The line up was the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Fantastic Four. It was pretty good at least the first movie. I could write a novel on what I did and didn't enjoy about it, as far as comparing it to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but I won't. The main thing I missed was the Ooma Loompas. I also didn't care that they actually showed that the children made it out alive- I always liked the mystery of their outcomes. Anyway- it was fun- we stayed up until 2. Taylor actually slept until 11 this morning- I had to wake her up- which was strange because I usually had to be dragged out by her.
Recently I watched Resevoir Dogs for the first time and I enjoyed it- truth is the only Quentin movie I really don't care for is Pulp Fiction. I also went to Sin City the other night- and it was interesting. It was hard to see Rory Gilmore as a prostitute. I did enjoy it though- which worries me.

And yes I am the ultimate geek- I bought the new Harry Potter yesterday. I was even going to go to Wal-Mart at a little after midnight but I was so freaking tired that I just fell asleep. I have read exactly 2 pages of it. I still need to finish my Secret Life of Bees before I read the Potter book. Anyway- I'm turning 27 on Wednesday and I have a family reunion this next weekend. Wish me well.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

I wrote that title because I didn't know what else to type in. I'm up in Brookings because it is the Arts Festival weekend. I came up today and every time I go to the festival I always wonder why I came. I really hate everything it is about. The only time I think it would be fun to go is if I had someone to bring that had never gone to the thing. Frankly I only went this year for a taco bag- what you may ask is a taco bag- well I'll tell you. It is taco fixings in a Frito bag- a small sack lunch sized one. It is ultimate food at the festival for me. I probably talked about this last year, but I don't care.... I went with my mother this morning while she filled out an application for a new reality show hosted by Amy Grant called Three Wishes- yes I know- sad. Anyway I filled out an application while I waited with her- just to see what I would wish. Mainly everything that I would wish for would be humiliating to talk about on television or here for that matter. I wish for everything that a single, almost (but not quite) 27 year old woman could wish for. But my life would be even more pathetic on film than Britney and her boy toy. I have seen an abundance of movies recently- all older movies because I am a cheap bitch. I saw Fever Pitch and I enjoyed it, Jimmy Fallon can be funny sometimes- truthfully! I also went to House of Wax a couple of weeks ago- and I was completely outraged when a couple of women brought a 3 or 4 year old to it and a baby. It made me so sick I was expecting the kid to start crying or the women to realize that the movie was a little too violent for the kid- but no.... I was more frightened than the kid was- which was terrifying- what else must this kid see?

Anyway- I got to see my old college friends last weekend. I hadn't seen them for a while and we had a blast hanging out in good old Mitchell, home of the Corn Palace. I still haven't gone to War of the Worlds or Batman Begins- and I think that by the time I do Tom and Katie will have been married, divorced and on to the next one. Life is going good- I actually took naps this week after work- two days in a row. I was so out of it when I woke up, especially when I slept in my hard contacts.

Anyway- not long before I am 27- I will be twenty seven. An adult age- 27- I can't believe it. I still get disgusted when people I graduated are having children- I can't be that old- I guess I am the odd one- they are in their mid twenties. Exactly the age when everyone is SUPPOSED to have children- it is just too weird. Anyway I am handling it- I will be fine.