i think i am addicted to shopping...i woke up late today ...around 11...and just decided to go shopping.  i got back around 4....no matter that i needed to work out, or do some work, or clean up my horribly gross and dirty and messy apartment...nope...just went shopping all day.  i guess when i am working all week, i just want to chill on the ( Read more... )

i regularly check statesman.com for austin news and whatnot...today i checked it and the weather thing pulled up saying it is 80 degrees in austin.  what is it in kansas city?  40 degrees...which is a really nice day for us here.  the sun is shining and everything.  what is it in grand rapids, mi (where i will be tomorrow)?  35 degrees and snowing ( Read more... )

i am going to europe!  1st time visitor...yay!  my roommate is working in london for a few months, so i am flying to london feb 7th/8th, then we are flying to amsterdam on the 9th to 11th, then i am flying to frankfurt to visit melissa from the 12th to the 14th, then to rome from the 15th to the 16th.  i am going to be so busy/tired, but i can't ( Read more... )

today is not my day.  i should be i austin right now, but alas, i am still in michigan (it's 10:30pm here).  my flight is 5.5 hours delayed.  something about a flight getting cancelled on the east coast, so they had to find a replacement plane, but then they didn't have enough crew or something so they had to wait for crew members.  it's supposed ( Read more... )

i hate cold weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!  it is 23 degrees here, with a freezing rain advisory until 6pm SUNDAY.  WTF...all weekend??  basically i can't go anywhere!  i was driving home from my friend's house this morning and i started to turn a corner and i lost control of my car and started sliding.  and then it happened again a few minutes later...it ( Read more... )

i was thinking about the awesomeness of my blow dryer this morning...i've had it since i was a freshman in college (august 2002)...so over 5 years now.  it cost about $15.  i have used it pretty much every day...so let's say 360 times a year.  that equals 1800 uses.  and for a $15 blow dryer...i think that's pretty good...hopefully now that i've ( Read more... )

i watched the cnn-youtube debates for the republican candidates the other night.  i have realized since the last election  that i have some key conservative views and some key liberal views, and i think i'm more of a moderate than a liberal...i guess that's what happens when you leave austin.  anyway, i didn't watch the democrat debates, but the ( Read more... )

yay i got my new camera!  i'm very excited about it!  i'm finally joining the ranks of ppl with normal, functioning, non ghetto cameras...very cool ( Read more... )

it snowed here today...not too much though...just some flakes.  nonetheless, i am not ready for cold weather and i can't wait to get back to texas.  i got my toes painted bubblegum pink in anticipation of this event as well...i figure go big or go home with the color since I'm really not going to be showing my toes off in this michgan weather too ( Read more... )

so i was leaving work today and this guy was leaving at the same time as me...as we were walking out he asked if i was a consultant, and i said yes (he noticed my rental car key and so that's how he knew...since the consultants pretty much all travel).  turns out he is like the executive technology person for all of the hospital...i had heard a lot ( Read more... )