Monday, November 29, 2004

ACK!

it's an icebox in my office!! i'm kinda hunched over my computer right now in an effort to keep my body warmth in. yeesh. last night was so cold!! i tried to get warm using 4 blankets with no such luck so i talked to my brother and we (chris could not partake in the decision since he was sleeping) decided to turn on the heater in the apartment. ok but seriously, i'm starting to shiver. time to go get some hot chocolate or something. COLD!

thanksgiving was good. i cooked dinner for my family and they enjoyed it for the most part. i say that because my brother is not easily satisfied and i'm not altogether sure that he liked anything. my mom and dad's enthusiasm more than made up for that. i loved being home doing nothing, playing games with the fam, killing my brother in texas hold-em, reading, thinking i was going to be productive with studying and work i took him. i might call the apt. home but my home is really topanga and it was really nice to be there. i ate a ton too. awesome! aside from the usual turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc., i made yellow cake, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal cookies. then erin came by on sunday and brought bakery cookies. had some of them too. yum. didn't need me no coldstone.

posted by Dana @ 8:08 AM 0 Comments

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

happy thanksgiving!

half days are the best! i get to go home now!

posted by Dana @ 1:11 PM 0 Comments

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

mmm... ice cream

certain people who shall remain nameless are not to be trusted. FYI, coldstone closes at 9:30 p.m. on tuesdays.

posted by Dana @ 10:46 PM 0 Comments

Monday, November 22, 2004

shoulda woulda coulda

ok, so i borrowed that from one of the sex in the city episodes but it quite accurately describes my weekend. i was supposed to go to the gym, study, do my laundry, clean my room, clean my bathroom, go to a thanksgiving party hosted by the big boss, and see some friends. what did i do? go to the thanksgiving party.

where did the time go? sitting on the couch all weekend watching t.v. here's what i noticed...
  • certain networks play movies over and over and over again
  • law & order reruns are the best, especially svu
  • hilary duff isn't so bad
  • boy meets world doesn't have the best acting ever
  • there is nothing good on between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

one funny thing was chris coming home and telling chad to stay away from the bathroom. then chad not listening and running from the bathroom holding his nose.

posted by Dana @ 10:20 AM 0 Comments

Thursday, November 18, 2004

2.5 miles is forever

2.5 miles is long when you're not used to running. it was peaceful and quiet running along the beach but as soon as you're underneath the protection of the lights, they go out on you! not even exaggerating, it was flipping dark and you couldn't see people 'til they were really close. it was a little scary because my mind drifted toward bad thoughts of robbers jumping out from behind the walls and such. one guy looked creepy enough that i ran faster until i was far from him. my friend said he was confident enough in his sprint that he could go from the sidewalk through the parking lot and headlong over the bushes onto pch where people could see him. i think they'll just run him over but either way he'll be noticed.

i want a muffin. dang you paul for making muffins look so good... and there's no such thing as muffin juice, it's grease, ok? grease!!

posted by Dana @ 8:41 AM 1 Comments

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

jay's funnies part III

jay did another funnies... he was asking how it came about that seafood makes me want to yak so i told him and his response was...

liljayster78 (1:48:26 PM): that's like rootbear

i didn't know bears had roots. hahahahahaha!!! in his defense, he did write "rootbeer" immediately after that.

got in at 6:55 a.m. it's now 2:27 p.m. and i finally get to eat! well, sort of. my boss went to get us some yummy baja fresh. at least it's free and we all know free food tastes the best. :)

posted by Dana @ 2:30 PM 0 Comments

Monday, November 15, 2004

jay's funnies part II

jay makes a lot of funnies and i don't mean farting. i was just reading his blog and he wrote "gratiously" instead of graciously. too funny jay.

posted by Dana @ 10:31 PM 0 Comments

woo-hoo!

my boss just gave me a $25 amex gift card! sweet! now i can get that cute jacket at GAP for cheap!

posted by Dana @ 5:23 PM 0 Comments

weekend extravaganza

vegas baby! i don't think i've been so inclined to say that nor have i had such fun or stayed up so late in vegas (aside from my 21st birthday). cicely's 1/4 century mark birthday celebration was pretty darn tootin' sweet! there were funny new people that i met too... joe and tommy (kinda already knew), belle, lou, ryan, joesan, and johnjohn. plus, i got to see jay and chris in gambling action.

notable moments in my mind...

1. lunch in bertolini's (i think that's the name of it)... johnjohn's infectious laugh. it reminds me of tracey. if i were in the room with the two of them laughing i'd for sure pee in my pants.

2. saturday...walking in the evening toward bellagio with joe saying bellagio with his weird italian accent which i found incredibly amusing. to get him to say something else with that accent i asked him, "hey, what's the name of that restaurant we walked by yesterday?" and he said, "spago? that wasn't yesterday, it was 3 hours ago."

3. "going to" body english. this guy allen told us he had the hookups to body english as long as we tip the bouncer. guys paid $30 each to allen. we got to walk by everyone else waiting in line thinking... "ha! suckers!!" we would have had to wait in line to get in line. so we waited only to be told that the cover is $30 for guys and $20 for girls (in addition to the tip to the bouncer). apparently allen couldn't get us in for free, for free (when you read that think of when you say, I'm going home, home). after an hour the girls get to go in and allen says the guys will get in for free too. we waited at the bottom of the stairs and a while later we see allen walk in and his gf goes to talk to him. cicely, belle, and i didn't know what was going on so we had to go ask only to listen to a conversation between girls that the guys upstairs demanded their money back after allen did them a favor and if they didn't just want to pay the $30 cover to get in then they are cheapasses. please. guys might think that cicely, belle, and i were being catty when we talked about how wrong those girls were but that's not catty... that's just honesty. at the time the situation really sucked but now it's kind of funny.

4. Ms. Corina. that's sufficient enough that i don't have to mention more. notable for the fact that it was incredibly weird but thanks to jay who allowed me to experience such weirdness.

5. chris... since i've known him, never seen him on the phone so much.

6. us leaving the hotel and jay saying the car is in the parking lot. but we walk thru the parking lot and toward the end of short term parking. chris asks jay, "hey, didn't you say the parking lot" and jay said no. so chris asks everyone, "hey, didn't jay say the parking lot?" and everyone says yes while jay is still saying that he didn't say that. where is the car? on the street. street... parking lot... parking lot... street... hmm... not hearin the similarity.

7. sunday... primm... walking into coach, falling in love with a purse, and NOT buying it. absolutely amazing.

awesome trip. big thanks to cicely for inviting me. :)

posted by Dana @ 3:10 PM 4 Comments

Monday, November 08, 2004

oops

soooo... had a good argument/conversation with my brother last night. i think we got a lot of stuffed cleared away and we'll be better for it. but one thing really bugged me. he said that i always look as though i'm angry. i understand that when i don't smile i look a bit put out or unhappy but that isn't necessarily true. in any case, he is the same way. but more than that, he said that when he sits and watches t.v. or a movie with me i don't smile, laugh or show any emotion at all so he "wonders about me." i thought that sucked. just because i don't laugh out loud or make comments, that doesn't mean that i'm not enjoying myself or that i don't find something funny. gracious. makes me wonder if other people think the same thing. i don't know.

posted by Dana @ 9:08 AM 0 Comments

Monday, November 01, 2004

sick

don't you hate being sick and coughing? knowing that you're trying to hack something out of your lungs (i think... can't really say i know the point of origin for sure) and it won't come out... but you can feel it festering... you can hear it rattle when you take a breath... worse yet, that you know it'll turn into one of those deep throated nasty coughs that cause people to turn and look at you with a disgusted look ...as if you're a freak of nature. that's a bunch of fun and i'm oh-so looking forward to it. can ya HEAR the sarcasm? (said Chandler style).

posted by Dana @ 9:37 AM 0 Comments