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Hormones and the flip turn

Oh my goodness I'm hormonal. Why? I have know idea. (and no its not that time of the month)

Number of times i have cried this past week? HUNDREDS!!! Seriously I don't think I have tear ducts that work anymore. Harry Potter movie? Cried. ER? Bawled. Lost? We are not even going to go there. Damn the TV  and it's bag of tricks. Seriously I need to stop watching.

On to the flip turn. Flip turn wha?
This is the flip turn done correctly

Lori my swimming partner has mastered this move, I on the other hand look like an idiot when I try to do it.

Number of times I have flipped correctly: 1
Number of times I have flipped where it looks like I am drowning doing some complicated move for synchronized swimming: countless

I think I am going to have to stop attempting the flip turn or else, you know, I might really drown.

Is it just me or...

When you hear the song lyrics from nsync's tearing up my heart  and you hear the line "I am down on my knees" that you remember seeing the dance moves on TV and you have to fight the urge to bust into it while shopping at the grocery store?  No? Uhh... yeah me either.

high five

Today (the day after Thanksgiving) I braved the stores for the ultimate in Christmas gift shopping. I got several gifts for family members but as I was leaving I decided to stop by the puma outlet store on my way home. I walk in and immediately notice that a prerequisite to working here is to at least have 5 piercings in your face, but hey who am I to judge? So I found the shoes I had been looking for and they were originally about 80 dollars, on sale for 60 and then for this day only 50% off of that! I said I'll take them! Although I was having my doubts about them since I thought they might be a little too retro for my taste but i decided to give it a go. I asked about the puma return policy she said its the regular 30 days blah blah blah. BUT THEN she said, "Oh these are going to be less then 30 dollars. I say "Oh?" She says, "Yes. They are 15 dollars." I said "GET OUT!"  (you know, all Elaine style, from Seinfeld)  She smiles and says "Yes, 15 dollars." And then I raised my hand  for a high five and she totally high fived me. This has been the best shopping day ever.

challenge

I challenge anyone to read this and not laugh out loud because i almost peed in my pants!!

practice makes perfect

Or so they say.

Whenever I go skiing the first day I kick ass, the second day I fall a couple of times, and the third day I end up being carted off the green slopes by the ski patrol. It is quite a sight to be seen; picture Bridget Jone's Diary 2, where she is skiing and the little children go whizzing by her while she is skiing out of control. That is me only with a lot more swearing. This is not an elaborate plan to meet hot guys as a damsel in distress, although now that I think about it, that's not a bad idea.

I have been swimming for about 3 weeks now and the more I go the worse I become. You would think my technique would be down pat by now right? Yeah not so much.  My breathing is all off, and just when I think I have hit my stride, I think I'm about to drown. The only thing i can presume from this is that  I am allergic to exercise.   

friendship

My friend Aaron and I have known each other for about 20 years, and he knows me like no one else does. He knows how to make me laugh so hard I cry, he knows my innermost secrets (the man could blackmail me and if he ever chooses to do so i will have to kill him), and we have many things in common. One of these things is the love of reading, although are taste differ in the reading category. While he enjoys reading the classics (he was an English major), I enjoy more lighthearted literature, if you can call it that. We do read some of the same novels and have enjoyed heated discussions over The Kite Runner and several others, but nothing and I mean nothing, gets us going like Harry Potter. We just saw the latest movie and it was the best movie in the series by far.* The special effects, the dialog, and the story line was excellent. They had to leave out quite a bit of the book but i can understand why. But what I really loved about this afternoon is after we saw the movie, for 30 minutes we dissected it. We corrected each other about the changes in the movie from the book, our opinions on the forthcoming book, and even got into an argument over the ending of the movie. And that people, is friendship. (and the fact that we can take shots and he doesn't make me feel bad for being a lightweight)

*I know I told several people that I would see the movie with them and I will don't think I have abandoned you. We shall see it too.

a story with many tangets so don't say i didn't warn you

So the past few days in Dallas. Yes I am never at home but if you lived with your parents you would be gone all the time as well.  Anyway the reason for this visit was of course to see my wonderful Emily but a major part of it was to attend the social event of the season. Now I am an event coordinator and I do not get impressed easily but let me tell you this event, and it was an event, was the best event i have ever been to. I am talking about the wedding of Amy Armas and Robey Canaday.  Now if you are reading this and i have been to you wedding, of course I'm not talking about you, your wedding was fabulous. Every detail was thought out and when I'm talking about every detail i mean every detail! Seriously even the toilet paper had the letter C on the them. I wanted to take a picture but i thought it would be kinda weird if i took my camera to the bathroom and started taking pictures in the stalls. Even I have my limits of what I won't do.

So without further ado the pictures

This image was everywhere

that is the dance floor where let me tell you everyone was a dancing fool. I have pictures but no I'm not posting them because I look silly.

so some of the highlights of this wedding was that it was so nice but at the same time had so many of the touches of the bride and groom like how they love rap. for instance when Amy tossed the bouquet the music was move bitch get out the way. a classic. The guys had something equally funny but i don't remember what it was.

I think what made this wedding so fun also was the people. I haven't seen some of them in about 3 years some like my friend bobby.

bobby and i took many pictures together but i decided to post this one mostly because it captures his personality so well. He is just lost sometimes, but he is honestly one of the funniest people i know. Like the time we were at the hofbrauhaus in Germany. We had all been drinking and somehow bobby got separated from the group (not surprising) and he swears that somehow he got lost in a maze and then found a castle and the people in the castle called him cab and he then he got home. the next day we found this so called maze and castle which turned out to be some bushes and just a house. what does this teach boys and girls? Beer is bad very, very bad.  I told you that there would be tangents.

So back to the story. Here is the beautiful bride.

Let me tell you  my favorite memory of Amy and I. We are in Florence and we had been out at a club along with everyone and somehow we lost our friends and of course bobby is with us which I think is how we got lost in the first place, but that is besides the point, so Amy and I are trying to get a cab to get back to our hotel. Well Bobby says i promise its not that far we can walk. Umm... no it was 6 miles. that may not sound like a lot but in heels, slightly drunk and at 3 am it was a long way! (tangent 2)

Here are some pictures I took.

I really like the above picture because it looks like Jessica and I just stripped down out of our dresses and just started drinking naked at the table, which in all honesty perhaps very well could have happened had i had 2 more seven and sevens.

All in all it was a very beautiful wedding and everyone came to celebrate in the marriage of this happy couple.

a conversation between jenny and i

Jenny and I downloading Christmas music for our ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS ALBUM

Me: How do you spell chestnuts?

Me: Is it just Chest and Nuts?

Jenny: actually she didn't say anything she just looked at me like i was crazy and started laughing

Me: I'm stupid.

Roommates

these are the girls i will be moving to Portland with.
From Left to Right: Lori, Amy,  and Myself.

a typical conversation between the 3 of us.

Me: I hate that people are starting to decorate for Christmas already, I mean it's not even Thanksgiving yet!

Amy: I can't listen to Christmas music till December.

Lori: Me either except in the summer i start listening to it randomly.

Me: Oh my gosh i got a great idea! we should have a Christmas in July party when we get there for everyone. You know, to let people know WE HAVE ARRIVED.

Amy: umm... okay.

Lori: yeah you go ahead and plan that.

Me: And then for the single males they will know that we offer all options, red head, brunette and blond.

Lori: As well as pasty, more pasty, and carmel.

to us this conversation was hilarious, as i type it out it's not quite so funny, but i know we are going to have a grand ol time. Oh and if you are in the Portland area mark your calenders for a Christmas in July party.

without further ado... NYC Stories Part II

I know i left off at the end of Saturday night and then i was going to tell you about Sunday but, I totally forgot the best part of Saturday with Brian! He wanted to see Wall Street, and The New York Stock Exchange.

Now when we were walking around downtown Brian asked if he knew where the bull was on wall street. I said no so we just walked around till we found it and sure enough we did. There was a long line to take a picture in front of it so after I made Brian stand next to it. It was as if we both had the same idea at the same time. You see put the two of us together and mischief is bound to ensue. We both look at each and Brian says what I'm thinking! You need to take a picture by the bulls balls! So of course i did.

OK anyway back to Sunday we woke up and after walking around what seemed like forever b/c i wanted to see central park. Brian and I got breakfast where i decided that the whole time i needed, nay I was compelled, to sing the song "I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam."  except those are the only lyrics i knew, so Brian told me if i didn't shut up he would stab me with his butter knife. Okay he's to sweet to say that but i knew that look in his eye. Anyway we then met up with some of my friends and then we went  to cheer some of my friends who were running the marathon.

Seriously seeing all these people made me inspired!! I am going to run the marathon next year! I already recruited Cat to do it with me and Brian might do it too. If he doesn't he among other will be there to cheer me on along with some of my other friends and you can come too internet! I couldn't leave you out.  After missing about 3 of his trains,"I'll catch the next one" became the phrase of the day, we finally got him on one and then Brian went bye bye.

that night Vanessa and I went to go see Rent in Times Square. Probably the best play i have seen in a long time.

The following day i met friends for lunch at Bryant park and then i walked back to Nessa's apartment some 40 blocks and 4 avenues away but it was worth it. I was trying to soak it all in before i left later that evening.

Here are some of the picture I took of Bryant Park and along the walk.

And then just like that I was in the car going home and new york was nothing but a fleeting memory.