On Friday night, I came home and "Crossroads" was on. It was pretty much almost the perfect semi-end of Thanksgiving break.
Just kidding, but it was legit.
Yesterday, I bought the Jenny Lewis cd "Acid Tongue." I like it a lot. What came in the cd is like snapshots of them making the cd, and there is a picture of Jenny Lewis and Zooey Deschanel and now I really just want to be their friends for forever. Seriously. They are adorable and I bet funny.
Edited to Add:
WHY I'M GOOD ON PAPER BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE (Dating Edition):
1.) I love sports. I am a girl
2.) I drink beer
3.) I belch out loud sometimes
4.) Did I mention I'm a beer girl?
5.) I sometimes wear glasses that could be interpreted as "sexy librarian lenses"
6.) I'm hot (no seriously. It's true)
7.) I'm not high-maintenance
8.) I like boys. A lot.
Ok, 8 was a give away but seriously. This list is true.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Have you heard, the bird is the word! The bird bird bird the bird is the word
I had a pretty ridiculous weekend, which means that it was AWESOME.
Let's just say that there are documented pictures of this and that also, it's difficult to try to pee on Wrigley Field when you're hanging out with a bunch of cubs fans.
I guess that was A-number one the first problem with that life plan.
I really have nothing else to say, I'm getting less and less witty as the commute time in my car gets higher and higher.
However, Gas is fucking cheap, so someone's winning.
And that person would be me.
Let's just say that there are documented pictures of this and that also, it's difficult to try to pee on Wrigley Field when you're hanging out with a bunch of cubs fans.
I guess that was A-number one the first problem with that life plan.
I really have nothing else to say, I'm getting less and less witty as the commute time in my car gets higher and higher.
However, Gas is fucking cheap, so someone's winning.
And that person would be me.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
I Will Be Your Accident, If You Will Be My Ambulance
So today I caught myself leaving work 10 minutes early so I could beat traffic. Also, everyone had left work way earlier than me but I had a dilemma that I don't even care to repeat cause it's stupid. Anyway, so I was like "YES! I'll be home so much earlier, I'll beat the traffic!"
Then I turn on the radio and Alex Quigley (who I adore, by the way) was like "There was an accident on the Dan Ryan. Sorry Southsiders." (He legit called us Southsiders too, I was like awesome)
But, what this is really about is the fact that when Alex Quigley said there was an accident I thought "fuck, why can't people actually fucking drive. God dammit."
And then immediately I felt bad for not worrying about the people involved in the accident first. What if they were dead? Like, why am I a bad person?
Maybe I'm not though.
It's prob cause I have to drive home everyday and it's starting to slowly kill me along with the fact that my generalized anxiety disorder makes me think about one thing and one thing only over and over and over again.
Sorry about the abbreviations.
Then I turn on the radio and Alex Quigley (who I adore, by the way) was like "There was an accident on the Dan Ryan. Sorry Southsiders." (He legit called us Southsiders too, I was like awesome)
But, what this is really about is the fact that when Alex Quigley said there was an accident I thought "fuck, why can't people actually fucking drive. God dammit."
And then immediately I felt bad for not worrying about the people involved in the accident first. What if they were dead? Like, why am I a bad person?
Maybe I'm not though.
It's prob cause I have to drive home everyday and it's starting to slowly kill me along with the fact that my generalized anxiety disorder makes me think about one thing and one thing only over and over and over again.
Sorry about the abbreviations.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
And after we got done, I said lady what's ya numba she said 911 hahaha...emergency only
I had two girls today look me in the eye and tell me that lil' wayne was more attractive than chris brown.
also, one of them said "sorry to say, but chris brown is gay." to which I said "chris brown is sooooooo not gay. but if he was, that'd be ok."
picture it, the future: erica getting fired because she told some kids that it's ok to be gay.
anywho
it's only tuesday? seriously?
i want the week to be over and quick.
seriously? lil' wayne?
i even asked them "have you looked at his face?"
seriously. that man, while talented, is NOT attractive.
as my grandmother would say he looks like "who shot john and forgot to kill him"
also, one of them said "sorry to say, but chris brown is gay." to which I said "chris brown is sooooooo not gay. but if he was, that'd be ok."
picture it, the future: erica getting fired because she told some kids that it's ok to be gay.
anywho
it's only tuesday? seriously?
i want the week to be over and quick.
seriously? lil' wayne?
i even asked them "have you looked at his face?"
seriously. that man, while talented, is NOT attractive.
as my grandmother would say he looks like "who shot john and forgot to kill him"
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
One of my greatest life downfalls, if you will, is that I LOVE One Tree Hill.
Seriously. I can't get enough of it.
Pretty much here's how it happened: in high school, I watched pretty much any tv show on the WB. You name it, I was probably all over it at one point or another. I recognized that these shows were bad, but still. I watched. I also (and this is life's greatest embarrassment) watched TRL all the time. Mainly because I watched since its inception and also because I liked to complain about how TRL played crappy music and not the whole music video. I was semi-elitist as a teen, and hell, probably still am. Anywho, Hilarie Burton was a VJ on TRL and then all of a sudden she was like "you know. I used to be a psych major and then MTV gave me this sweet job so now I'm totally going to try to be an actress." She landed a gig on One Tree Hill, I started watching.
The rest, as they say, is history.
And yes. Part of the reason I watched this show in the past was to make fun of it. Once I got to college, it was purely for comical purposes and also because Megan thought Hilarie Burton was hot. (I would have to disagree, as I am whole-heartedly a Sophia Bush fan). However, I stopped watching because a.) I was in college. I SUPPOSEDLY was doing work and b.) It just got too ridiculous.
Which leads me to now. I started watching this season but then Heroes started coming on so I stopped. Then I stopped watching Heroes altogether because it sucks (very sad) and now I just tool around on the interwebs during the One Tree Hill time slot. However, there is a channel that feeds my One Tree Hill addiction, and that channel is SOAP Net. Quite possibly the greatest invention ever, on Saturday and Sunday Mornings, SOAP Net plays marathons (literally, about six-eight hours) of Beverly Hills 90210 (the original) and One Tree Hill.
They just feed the addiction, which leads me to watching these shows at all times.
Note: Over the summer, SOAP Net also fed my addiction to crappy teenage dramas by playing 2 hours of One Tree Hill, 2 hours of The O.C. and 2 hours of Beverly Hills, 90210. In a row. Everyday. This is how I spent my time when I didn't have a job. I pretty much miss it everyday.
Seriously. I can't get enough of it.
Pretty much here's how it happened: in high school, I watched pretty much any tv show on the WB. You name it, I was probably all over it at one point or another. I recognized that these shows were bad, but still. I watched. I also (and this is life's greatest embarrassment) watched TRL all the time. Mainly because I watched since its inception and also because I liked to complain about how TRL played crappy music and not the whole music video. I was semi-elitist as a teen, and hell, probably still am. Anywho, Hilarie Burton was a VJ on TRL and then all of a sudden she was like "you know. I used to be a psych major and then MTV gave me this sweet job so now I'm totally going to try to be an actress." She landed a gig on One Tree Hill, I started watching.
The rest, as they say, is history.
And yes. Part of the reason I watched this show in the past was to make fun of it. Once I got to college, it was purely for comical purposes and also because Megan thought Hilarie Burton was hot. (I would have to disagree, as I am whole-heartedly a Sophia Bush fan). However, I stopped watching because a.) I was in college. I SUPPOSEDLY was doing work and b.) It just got too ridiculous.
Which leads me to now. I started watching this season but then Heroes started coming on so I stopped. Then I stopped watching Heroes altogether because it sucks (very sad) and now I just tool around on the interwebs during the One Tree Hill time slot. However, there is a channel that feeds my One Tree Hill addiction, and that channel is SOAP Net. Quite possibly the greatest invention ever, on Saturday and Sunday Mornings, SOAP Net plays marathons (literally, about six-eight hours) of Beverly Hills 90210 (the original) and One Tree Hill.
They just feed the addiction, which leads me to watching these shows at all times.
Note: Over the summer, SOAP Net also fed my addiction to crappy teenage dramas by playing 2 hours of One Tree Hill, 2 hours of The O.C. and 2 hours of Beverly Hills, 90210. In a row. Everyday. This is how I spent my time when I didn't have a job. I pretty much miss it everyday.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
It's Christmastime in the city...
Oh wait. No it's not, because it's November. And not yet because Thanksgiving hasn't even passed. I was debating and thinking in my mind that maybe the mall is trying to hype people into buying gifts to help stimulate our economy. It's probably not true, but you know. They're trying to get some dinero too. I mean, I helped our economy today by buying a BCBG dress. True effing story, you know. It was on sale! 60. SIXTY DOLLARS.
Ridic.
Anywho, I am all in the Christmas spirit now, planning presents for people and debating what to get whom and when to actually start buying. There was that brief period of time when I didn't like Christmas and I've gotten over that and am obsessed with it. It probably doesn't help that my dad is a jehovah's witness who no longer celebrates it anymore, but different strokes for different folks, know what I'm saying?
Also, the doctor who preview for the christmas special didn't help and nor does continuing to talk about Love Actually.
Up next: Resisting the urge to listen to Christmas songs.
Ridic.
Anywho, I am all in the Christmas spirit now, planning presents for people and debating what to get whom and when to actually start buying. There was that brief period of time when I didn't like Christmas and I've gotten over that and am obsessed with it. It probably doesn't help that my dad is a jehovah's witness who no longer celebrates it anymore, but different strokes for different folks, know what I'm saying?
Also, the doctor who preview for the christmas special didn't help and nor does continuing to talk about Love Actually.
Up next: Resisting the urge to listen to Christmas songs.
Friday, November 14, 2008
We all go to work
So. I love to commute. And when I say commute, I'm talking taking the metra-el-and bus deal, I'm not talking about getting stuck in traffic for two hours to drive 23 miles. No. That's not what I'm saying.
I'm saying that I love riding on trains. And, I have recently come to love riding buses too, which is strange. I know. But mainly, what I really love about commuting is the walking I have to do between these modes of transportation and my destination.
Take for instance, today. I took the metra and then I had to take the blue line to get to UIC. Not difficult. My walk down Michigan Avenue is always interesting, in that there are so many thoughts that run through my mind: Is it really this cold out? Should I buy a newspaper? Is that homeless man staring at me because I'm hot or because he wants to rip my purse out of my hand and see if there is a sandwich? Shit, my shoe is untied. Is it completely ridiculous to stop on Michigan Avenue to tie my shoes? Shit though. I should do it. GD, it's colder than I thought. Oh, hey hottie. Do you go to DePaul Law School? Do you want my number?
Things to that extent. (BTW, I did tie my shoes on Michigan, only to have the shoelaces come undone and have to stop on Jackson to tie them. I'm sure I looked like a right fool.)
Commuting gives you a certain comradere with strangers that you don't normally have. Everyone walking around has a destination, and at 8 o'clock in the morning that destination is either work or school. Plus, that's when the most people are out. Have you been on Jackson and Michigan after 8pm?
Shit's like the fucking desert. Except without the sand and stuff.
But I love walking and listening to music. It's like number three on the "Things Rico Likes to Do". Ok, it might be number 5. Shortly behind Eat, Watch Baseball, Drink Beer and Sleep. That actually is probably the correct order.
I'm saying that I love riding on trains. And, I have recently come to love riding buses too, which is strange. I know. But mainly, what I really love about commuting is the walking I have to do between these modes of transportation and my destination.
Take for instance, today. I took the metra and then I had to take the blue line to get to UIC. Not difficult. My walk down Michigan Avenue is always interesting, in that there are so many thoughts that run through my mind: Is it really this cold out? Should I buy a newspaper? Is that homeless man staring at me because I'm hot or because he wants to rip my purse out of my hand and see if there is a sandwich? Shit, my shoe is untied. Is it completely ridiculous to stop on Michigan Avenue to tie my shoes? Shit though. I should do it. GD, it's colder than I thought. Oh, hey hottie. Do you go to DePaul Law School? Do you want my number?
Things to that extent. (BTW, I did tie my shoes on Michigan, only to have the shoelaces come undone and have to stop on Jackson to tie them. I'm sure I looked like a right fool.)
Commuting gives you a certain comradere with strangers that you don't normally have. Everyone walking around has a destination, and at 8 o'clock in the morning that destination is either work or school. Plus, that's when the most people are out. Have you been on Jackson and Michigan after 8pm?
Shit's like the fucking desert. Except without the sand and stuff.
But I love walking and listening to music. It's like number three on the "Things Rico Likes to Do". Ok, it might be number 5. Shortly behind Eat, Watch Baseball, Drink Beer and Sleep. That actually is probably the correct order.
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