My TiVo KNOWS me too well...

I love my TiVo. That's the understatement of my lifetime. On "I love the new millennium" this week, they of course discussed this beautiful invention and someone said something to the effect of "TiVo will change your life". It totally does. 

So this morning I wake up to a plethora of TiVo suggestions. These are things that my TiVo records for me based on what I choose to watch. Usually, I have to be honest, I delete most of them. Not because the TiVo is wrong, but I've already seen most of the shows and they aren't things that I feel like watching again in that moment. Its really sad because I can't give Sex and the City (a show that I am TOO obsessed with) a thumbs up (that's how you rate how much you like a show) because then it will record them for me all the time. Now, I LOVE SATC. Don't get me wrong. But I own the entire series. On the normal DVDs AND I am an uber geek and I have the complete series in that awesome box set. LOVE. So if I want to watch it, which most of the time I would be up for it, I can just pop in a DVD. The TBS version SUCKS. I mean SUCKS. It is ruined by being aired on basic cable. 

1. They can't swear. It really takes out most of the funny punchlines. 

2. Samantha is barely in it, because she's always doing sexytimes with someone and they can't show that on TV. 

3. They EDIT out CRUICAL parts to have enough time for commercials. The original show was on HBO and had no commercials. It really ruins the flow of the episode. 

So I delete those everytime. 

This morning when I checked it (its like Christmas morning in a way) there were the usual episodes of SATC, Conan, Will and Grace, etc...but there was one other surprise. 

Brokeback Mountain. 

My TiVo knows that I am a gay man inside. I love that movie (But I deleted it because I own it). 

Seriously, its a beautiful love story. I knew it was definitely a movie that could affect many lives when one of my few straight male friends said that HE LIKED IT. I was beyond shocked. 

When that movie came out I was definitely skeptical. But it is so amazing. I BAWL every time I watch it. When I saw it in the theatre there were a bunch of idiots that were making fun of it during the beginning, but by the end everyone in the theatre shut up and you could hear the sniffles. I'm not ashamed to admit that my face was drenched in tears and I looked like a hot mess. I still can't believe that they lost the Academy Award for best picture that year. Crash was an OK movie. I didn't LOVE it. I thought it had a few issues. Brokeback was brave and went where I had never seen a movie go before. A really truthful, touching story. 

It breaks my heart that Heath Ledger is no longer with us. He was an amazing actor, in that movie and otherwise. He wasn't one of your typical Hollywood types, and for that I think he deserves a huge amount of respect. 

The last scene in Brokeback when Heath Ledger is standing in his trailer and he opens that door and the two shirts are hanging there completely chokes me up. In a good way. 

I love the new millennium...

BRILLIANT. I have been LOVING IT. It sucks though, that the decade isn't over so we don't get 2008 and 2009...but whatev. Still loved. 

My favorite quote came from last night regarding the worst shoe design ever to become the most popular shoe ever: CROCS. 

"I would rather jump in a river of boiling snot than wear a pair of Crocs"- Simon Doonan, Creative Director for Barneys. 

He then went on to say "They're f***ed up and I beg the people of America to stop wearing them". Couldn't have said it better myself. 

I don't care how comfortable they are, they are just wrong. Honestly, I tried on a pair (AS A JOKE FOR THE RECORD) and they aren't even that comfortable. They're just weird. 

Its 2008...can we please progress?

Everyone should go watch this video on one of my fave blogs, four four. 

I love this guy. And the video compiled is so heartbreaking and the message at the end is the most accurate thing I've heard anyone say in a long time. 

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2008/06/its-been-a-grea.html

These people just make me sick. Sad thing is, I know people like that. Can't say I respect them for their viewpoints. 

How did I not notice?

That in one of my favorite episodes of CSI:NY from season 2, Madonna's ex and her baby daddy had a cameo??? I didn't realize it until I was reading something this morning and he was pictured with his daughter. I've seen that episode more times that I'd like to admit (they re-run that ep all the time on tv) and I have never noticed that...but I always thought he looked familiar. 

Again, because I've seen that episode (Manhattan Manhunt) many times I remember that the song used in the opening scene is "Hung Up" by Madonna. AWKWARD. 

That episode is great for many reasons but mostly because it is a crossover ep with CSI:Miami (which I LOATHE) and it PROOVES that David Caruso sucks even more when he has to act along side the great Gary Sinise. I hate CSI:Miami. So stupid. Regular CSI, sure. I enjoy. I don't watch it religiously like NY, but I like it...George Eads makes it worth watching. But Miami? I could care less about their characters. I've TRIED to watch it, but they just aren't likeable to me. Except in early episodes I can kind of watch because that was before they killed off their BEST CHARACTER, Tim Speedle, played by the wonderful Rory Cochrane. I LOVE him. Empire Records is seriously one of my favorite movies of all time. 

I am shocked when people HAVEN'T seen it. 

"What's with today today?"-Lucas, Empire Records

Thursday musings....

Ok, this is going to be a scattered post. Mostly because I feel the need to write all of this down. 

1. My friend Drew pointed out to me last night after I asked him if the scene on Flipping Out where they are arguing about pizza toppings reminded him of Grant and I (or potentially anyone and Grant)...because its HIGHLY plausible, that we DID have an argument on that horrid trip to Sunriver ABOUT PIZZA. Not so much toppings, but pizza nonetheless. HILARIOUS. I totes forgot about that one!

2. Shear Genius is awesome. Although I miss Sally Hershberger. Kim Vo has always been "meh" to me. Just so so. I've never really cared either way. He SMILES LIKE A CRAZY PERSON though. And, for someone that is supposedly a color expert, his hair color is awful. Its like straw blonde. Blech. 

3. Last night's Mets vs. Mariners (I'm supposed to like them, being from the NW and all...but I never have) was phenomenal. My fake BF Davey Wright had the day off on Tuesday after a HUGE error that esentially cost them the game. His first error in 27 games mind you, it does not happen often. My man is NEAR perfection. Without him, btw, the Mets lost horribly on Tuesday, 0-11. Seattle ISN'T EVEN a good team! 

So his first time up at bat, what does he do? Oh, he hits a single home run....then in the 2nd inning, what does he do? OH HE HITS ANOTHER HOME RUN, this time a double. Then in the 3rd Jose Reyes (I can obvs tell that he and DW are total BFFs) hit a three-run homer. 

They won 8-2. They lost the series, BUT they didn't lose that last game. AND they're still (barely) ahead of the Braves in the NL East (I loathe the Braves (and Chipper Jones) with the fire of 1000 suns). 

So it was a good day :-)

P.S. I am becoming more than obsessed with Michael Ian Black's blog. I discovered it yesterday after researching when the AMAZING tv show "The State" was coming out on DVD (no release date yet...sadness...mtv sucks. The set is READY). 

For those who have no idea who I am talking about:

1. Shame on you. 

2. Most people would recognize him from Vh1's "I love the...." series (currently I love the new millennium...which is AWESOME) as the most hilarious commentator. 

3. Wet Hot American Summer (if you haven't seen this movie, your life is not complete). 

4. The TV show, Ed.

5. STELLA...my favorite comedy group and a short lived hilarious show on comedy central that nobody watched and was canceled after a mere 9 episodes (I think it was 9...). I own the DVD set and it is amazing. Michael Showalter has long been my not so secret comedian crush. 

6. And various other things. 

His blog is here and I cannot wait to read his book. 

http://michaelianblack.typepad.com/

"The drape incident is another reason why Jeff Lewis is frightening"-Jenni

Can I please just say, how freaking much I am in love with the TV show "Flipping Out"? BEYOND love. I forgot how much I love Jeff Lewis and his insanity. Let alone his gaggle of assistants. I especially love his housekeeper, Zoila. 90% of the time I have no idea what she's talking about, and I don't think that anyone else does either. 

I think my fascination with Jeff Lewis stems from my love for gays with OCD. Seriously, my two best friends have different forms of OCD. I have it as well. It works. Now, none of us are to the level that Jeff Lewis is at....but there are moments. 

Last night's episode had so many Grant moments. My best friend for nearly the past 10 years (that just seems crazy to us) is nuts. I mean honestly. I LOVE him. But he KNOWS that he is completely bonkers. For example, Jeff was in the car talking to his assistant, Jenni, about pizza. He wanted meatball pizza. She wanted half meatball, half pepperoni because she wanted a variety. He was concerned that there would not be enough of the meatball pizza for himself and Zoila. Jenni responded by basically telling him that he was crazy. The argument seriously went on for about 2 minutes. 

I cannot even tell you HOW MANY times Grant and I have had similar, stupid, pointless arguments. Our whole friendship, we've only had 2 real fights. A monumental one this year on an ill-fated trip to Sunriver, and one a few years ago that involved fake Louis Vuitton and his desire for me to lie for him (I rarely lie, and this was just plain stupid). So as you can see we do not fight about anything that even really matters. We have even agreed that the Sunriver trip was ridiculous. But seriously, this show just reminds me SO MUCH of our friendship. 

I hope this season is super long. I don't know how I LIVED without Jeff's insanity for a whole year. 

P.S. I realized today that I have the TV show taste of a gay man this summer. Shows that I'm watching on a regular are:

1. Legally Blonde, the search for the next Elle Woods....it goes without saying that a show about Elle Woods+Broadway+bitchy Broadway queens=something that I will watch, and is probably loved by bitchy Broadway queens that I would want to befriend. Alas, being surrounded by gay men in most social situations, I have no gays to discuss Broadway with...my life is incomplete. 

2. Flipping Out

3. Shear Genius (STARTS TONIGHT) I am so excited. Its about hairstylists...and its amazing. I am waiting for Bravo to come out with a reality show about makeup artists. That would be completely BRILLIANT. I would LOVE. 

4. Project Runway starts in less than a month!

5. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List-I am beyond obsessed with her. She is completely hilarious. She deserves an Emmy for every episode of this show, every comedy special she has done, TV guest appearances, etc....she is phenom. 

I think that's all I'm obsessing over this summer. I watch a lot of TV if you can't tell. Always have. 

I sunk to a new low the other day by reading an entire cheesy (and it was semi bad) CSI:NY book. It was not written by the writers of the show. But the plot sounded decent (mostly focused on my fake detective BF, Don Flack) so I thought I'd give it a shot. It was a very quick read. Cheestastic. The show is WAY better. But I needed something to tide me over until the end of September when it comes back.....

Ah....summer....

Does anyone remember....?

John Henson from the original Talk Soup (actually Greg Kinnear hosted it before him, but John hosted before it was "The Soup" also a hilarious show)? I had THE biggest crush on this guy in 8th-9th grade. I was devastated when he left the show. After that, Hal Sparks took over and he was ok...but not NEARLY as hilarious as John Henson. 

I guess you could say I have a type. Tall. Lanky. Hilarious. Usually brunette men. Yet, in real life, I've never dated a guy like that. I never meet anyone that fits that type. If I could find an Eddie Cahill or a John Krasinski in Portland BELIEVE me I would go for it...but alas...no luck. 

Anyway back to John. I saw him on some random tv show and I wanted to reminisce about how freaking awesome he was back in the day. For the record, on the show I saw him on briefly today, he is STILL hilar. 

Here's an old clip:

 

Addiction.

I love LOLcats WAY too much. 

more cat pictures

Seriously they are just so cute/hilar.

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Especially the ones with the orange kitties.

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Biatchery=my new favorite word...ever.

Seriously. Genius. BIATCHERY. Try and use it in a sentence today. 

Last night Legally Blonde: the search for the next Elle Woods FINALLY got interesting. Its about damn time. Ok, so I think it was only the 3rd or 4th episode, but STILL. 

I planned on sticking through it even if it sucked, but I would prefer that it be entertaining. 

I LOVE that musical. Laura Bell Bundy is genius in the role. So hilarious, talented, adorable. The PERFECT Elle. BUT of course, nobody can do that job forever. So when I heard about this show I was ELATED. I love this kind of stuff. I never watched that Grease musical reality show, because I didn't care. But this, I CARE. 

So here's a rundown of the girls that were left as of last night's episode. I DO NOT agree with the girl that was voted off. 

Autumn. She's ok. Her voice is decent. But I don't think she is the next Elle Woods. 

Bailey. She's an adorable southern Bell. I am deeply envious of her hair. But that's beside the point. She could pull this off. Her voice is pretty strong. But she can get a little twangy from time to time, being from South Carolina is her biggest challenge. Because her natural accent is THICK. 

Cassie S. (there was another Cassie that got voted off last week). 

SUCKS. If the term BIATCHERY applies to ANY of the girls, its her. (You can even tell from the smirk she's giving in the picture). She is SO PRETENTIOUS. Which I hate. She blames others for her faults. She thinks she is the best, when her voice is way below the level that it needs to be. In the challenge where they had to sing while riding stationary bikes to demonstrate the stamina needed for Broadway she suuuuuuuuuucccccked! The absolute worst. She actually said "I was kind of psyched because everybody was having a really hard time with it, and it kind of felt like a piece of cake for me". I hope that was taken out of context. If I can find a clip, I will post it. Ugh this girl should have gone home. But that's what makes for good reality tv. I am sure that she won't win (she simply doesn't have the talent), but still...she just BUGS ME. 

After she didn't win that challenge (and the girl that did picked her to share the prize, meeting Orfeh and getting manis/pedis with her) she said "It was so bittersweet like that Lauren had won because I had really wanted to win. And I totally didn't want to go on like oh a charity pick". Ungrateful. Obvs the villan of this show. 

Celina. This is a weird picture of her. Really weird. I didn't even recognize her. Anyway, she's ok. But not for this part. Not sure for what part. She's just a little odd....

Emma. I like her. She's got Broadway in her blood (literally, she grew up around it). Her voice is not the best, but overall I think she's got a lot of good qualities. She just needs to be less NYC harsh-esque and more Malibu. That's Elle Woods. 

Lauren. Her voice is pretty good. I could see her being Elle. She's only 18, but she's got spunk. But overall, I don't think she's the best. 

Lindsey....poor girl got the boot last night. Not shocking, she really didn't have the singing talent (not that she isn't still a great singer). The role of Elle is very hard. She is ridiculously gorgeous though. And again, I wish my hair would do that. 

Natalie. She's a bit of an underdog. They don't feature her much. She might be able to pull it off. Her voice is pretty good. Not one of my favorites though. 

Rhiannon. If you would have asked me which girl was my fave on the first episode, I would have picked Rhiannon. She's cute and quirky, but dare I say it TOO PEPPY for Elle. She's just a little too wide-eyed and innocent. I could see her going far in the competition though. Girl can sing. 

So...if I were to pick the top 3 right now, they would be: Bailey, Emma and Rhiannon. And it has nothing to do with the fact that they are all currently blonde. It has nothing to do with that. Hair can be dyed, but I just feel that overall they embody Elle the best. If I had to pick a winner right now, it would be Bailey...if she can lose the accent. After all, Laura Bell Bundy is from Kentucky....

Just so everyone knows what these girls have to aspire to:

Wah-hundred

Here's 100 facts that you probably will never need to know about me. 

1. I cringe when I hear people mispronounce words like “frustrated” or “Oregon”, “window sill”… “fuss-trated”, “Ore-gone”, and “window seal”.

2. I also get extremely annoyed when people do not know the difference between your and you’re, they’re, their and there, two, to and too, accept and except…etc. 

3. But I NEVER correct them on it.

4. I tend to bottle things up inside.

5. It backfires at least one time a year. 

6. Sometimes I like being antisocial. 

7. Sometimes I like being around lots of friends. 

8. Sometimes I can’t bear to be with more than 2 people. 

9. Those two people are usually my best friends Grant and Drew. 

10. We almost always have fun. 

11. We have our own language that has developed over the years. 

12. Very few people seem to understand it. It slips out from time to time.

13. But we think its awesome when people use the words around us. We feel like we’re changing the world. 

14. We’re the weirdest people ever. Mostly Grant and I. 

15. I hate talking on the phone. I would much rather text. 

16. The only person I talk to on the phone on a regular basis is Grant. Because we can talk about the stupidest things. 

17. I think everyone should have a friend like that. 

18. I hate my eyebrows. Correction. I hate my RIGHT eyebrow. 

19. I get extremely jealous of other people’s eyebrows. And that’s kinda creepy. 

20. I also have never embraced my crazy hair. I kind of hate that too. 

21. I think most people are pretty. 

22. I am very tall and I hate it. 

23. I love tall men. 

24. It bothers me when tall men date very short women. I don’t think its fair. 

25. Because I would NEVER date a very short man. Awkward. See: the episode of Saved by the Bell where Jesse goes on that date with the short guy and its really awkward. But I never learned the life lesson from that episode. 

26. I realize that’s kinda shallow. 

27. But I’m not a shallow person. 

28. I hate driving. 

29. I’m not very good at it. 

30. I watch way too much tv. 

31. I currently have 14 season passes set up on my TiVo. But not all of them record right now (they’re shows that come on various points of the year)

32. But I watch more shows than that. 

33. Top priority aka MUST watch shows: CSI:NY, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy (although it was pretty craptastic last year), The Soup, and The Graham Norton Show. 

34. I hate reality tv on networks. (except Beauty and the Geek)

35. But I love it on cable. 

36. This summer I will be watching a lot of it. Legally Blonde (kind of a dud so far), Flipping Out (I love me some OCD), Kathy Griffin (that woman can do no wrong in my book. She is HILAR), and Shear Genius (yeah, that show is a piece of CRAP but it IS entertaining), and OF COURSE the best reality show OF ALL TIME Project Runway. 

37. I used to be obsessed with the Backstreet Boys.

38. I still love them. 

39. I adore musicals. 

40. I mean really LOVE LOVE LOVE musicals. 

41. Its because my mom made me listen to them my whole life. 

42. This is also why I LOVE Harry Connick Jr. 

43. I am thankful to my mom for making me listen to both musicals and Harry, because I can’t imagine my life without them. 

44. I have seen the movie “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” more times than is probably healthy.

45. I can’t wait for my reunion. I’m totally ordering the businesswomen’s special and telling people that I invented the special kind of glue on post its. (I’m totally the Michele and my best friend is Romy). 

46. I loved high school. 

47. I really love movies that involve high school. 

48. I can be immature sometimes. 

49. I gossip, but not as much as some people. EVERYONE GOSSIPS. 

50. If I could trade lives for one day with any celebrity, it would be Idina Menzel. 

51. So that I could sing like her. And be married to Taye Diggs. (Side note...they NEED to have a child. It would be phenomenally gorgeous. The world might not be able to handle it).

52. I am a terrible singer. 

53. I love dancing, but rarely do it in public. 

54. Because I look like a total goober. 

55. One day I want to learn the whole “Thriller” dance. Because it looks like SO MUCH FUN. 

56. I bite my nails. 

57. I take pride in the fact that I know more celeb gossip than any normal person should. 

58. But I never read Perez Hilton anymore, because that man is vile. 

59. I also RARELY watch any of the entertainment tv shows, and I hate TMZ. 

60. There’s a difference in general celeb gossip and then there’s crossing the line. TMZ crosses the line. 

61. I generally don’t care about most of the stories that are reported. 

62. I get my weird sense of humor from my dad. 

63. My dad is not my “biological dad”. But he’s the dad I’ve had a relationship with since I was 5. 

64. My biological dad passed away last year. It was hard to grieve, because I didn’t know him as well as I should have. 

65. If my “step dad”, who I have NEVER called that, died I would not be able to get out of bed. I would be devastated. 

66. Same with my mom. 

67. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through was the loss of my Grandpa Jack. We were extremely close. 

68. I think about him all the time. So many little things remind me of him. Any time I use a post-it (he used to work for 3M, probably where I inherited my office supply obsession), when I see readers digest at the store, family circus cartoons, and every time I eat a cheese, mustard and lettuce sandwich (he used to make those for me every day after school, when I was little that's all I ever would eat). 

69. Typing that made me cry. 

70. He died on Easter. 

71. My grandma is an extremely strong woman. 

72. If I could trade lives with any non-celebrity for one day, it would be her. 

73. She IS a celebrity in NE Portland. If you don’t know Grandma Jean, you’re hanging out with the wrong people. 

74. And everyone calls her Grandma Jean. 

75. I secretly love the Maury show. 

76. I know more Sex and the City trivia than anyone. TRY to stump me. You can’t. 

77. I own way too much makeup. 

78. I think makeup is a beautiful artform. 

79. Its probably the only type of art that I’m good at. 

80. I’m obsessed with bedding. 

81. Republicans/Conservatives drive me crazy. 

82. So do religious fanatics of any kind. 

83. I am Christian, but I have developed my own beliefs within the religion. 

84. I support gay marriage 100%. 

85. I don’t think religion should mix with politics. 

86. Which is why Republicans annoy me. 

87. I bake frequently.

88. I love Graham Norton. I wish American talk show hosts were that hilarious. 

89. I love stand up comedy. 

90. I buy way too many bath products. 

91. I’ve been told that I always smell really good. 

92. Bad dental hygiene grosses me out. 

93. I’ve never had a cavity. 

94. Sometimes I am obsessively compulsively clean and neat, other times I am a complete slob. It’s cyclical. 

95. I don’t like the color orange very much. 

96. I like the color purple way too much.

97. I hated baseball until I fell in love with the 3rd baseman for the NY Mets, David Wright. Now, I love it. 

98. I have hilarious friends. 

99. If I had to be, I could be a vegetarian. 

100. But not a vegan, because I LOVE cheese. I mean LOVE.

All kinds of messed up...

I can't believe the Mets fired manager Willie Randolph. Well I CAN believe it, but I don't think they should have done it. Let alone the way it went down. After 2 consecutive wins, AND on an away game, at 3:15 am. That is just disrespectful. 

Dirty what?

Duaner Sanchez is a relief pitcher for the New York Mets, my beloved, fledgling favorite team. Don't EVEN get me started on how disappointed I am in them right now. UGH. Anyway. Since they are RARELY on tv, I check the games on yahoo sports, and they have this little thing called "gamechannel". Basically its a little baseball field cartoon and it tells you what's going on during the game, the person at bat, outs, etc. etc. Anyway, they abbreviate the names so it says D. Wright when my fake boyfriend DAVID WRIGHT is up to bat. I had never noticed that Duaner Sanchez is abbreviated D. Sanchez (OBVS)...but it wasn't until now that I LAUGHED OUT LOUD because I have the sense of humor of a college frat boy (seriously, my guy friends cannot gross me out). Dirty Sanchez. You KNOW thats what they call him in the clubhouse. I would. So from now on that is what he shall be called. 

This also made me think of a funny story. A certain male friend of mine once asked me "Hey Nicole, has anyone ever done the dirty sanchez to you?" I almost threw up. If you don't know what this is, I warn you, looking it up on wikipedia may gross you out. Anywho, I was like "WHAT??? NO!!! That is so sick! Why the hell would you ask that?".... Because trust....it was random. He thought it meant someone farting in your face. Still gross and random, but that is SO not what it is. So I told him to look it up on wikipedia and he was mortified at what he said. Great moment. 

So just to end this on a non-gross note, here's a picture of my fake boyfriend:

P.S. The Mets just won game 2 of their double header against the Rangers. They lost the first game today. Here's hoping that they KEEP winning. 

"He must have slipped me something"...."Apparently!"

I forgot how amazing the Golden Girls are. I am dogsitting for my Grammie right now, and this morning after being rudely awoken by Geese (she lives right on the river), I started watching the Golden Girls on Lifetime. HILAR. I used to watch this show ALL THE TIME. I mean EVERY DAY. When I was little, I would watch this show every week with my other Grandma. So it holds a lot of special memories. 

This show is as old as I am. Literally. It premiered the year I was born. I think thats a sign that I had to love it. Freshman year of high school is probably when my obsession peaked. Lifetime had it on all the time. One time, my bff Grant and I were in the computer lab at school and I was like "Hey! I wonder if there's a goldengirls.com"...I'm not sure if it still is, but at that time I was a fool to type that into the address bar. It was grandma porn. SCARY. 

If I HAD TO choose a favorite Golden Girl, it would be Sophia (Estelle Getty). She is so ballsy and hilarious. Despite being actually younger in real life than both Bea Arthur and Betty White, she was the mother of the group. All of the girls are still living, but Estelle Getty is very sick and apparently has dementia. BREAKS MY HEART IN A MILLION PIECES. That woman is amazing. She did so much in her lifetime. One of the pioneers for AIDS charities. I really admire her. 

Second favorite Golden Girl, well it has to be Rose (Betty White). Betty White is hilarious in general. I love everything I see her in. Everytime I see her in an interview she is so so funny. You wouldn't expect her to say the things that she does! 

I also love Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Dorothy (Bea Arthur). Really, the show was great because all the characters were so great. 

My favorite episode. Its hard to remember. This probably isn't it, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the episode where they try to remodel their bathroom on their own. And that hideous (I think it was blue, I COULD BE VERY WRONG) toilet was delivered in their living room. 

I noticed the last time that I was dogsitting that my Grammie has a Golden Girls season 1 dvd set. I might be watching that today :-) 

A quick search on IMDB gave me a list of hilarious quotes...but this one actually made me laugh out loud:

Rose:" My mother always used to say: "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." 

A year ago I was...

....in Disneyland. *sigh* that was fun. Above is a pic of my brothers and my Dad and I. It makes me laugh. In case anyone ever wondered WHY I am the way that I am...see above. My mom also. But she is taking the picture. Notice how cool I am with the Disney princess pin. 

There she is. Yeah, I know. I look like her. Also, Huntley (red shirt) is making a ridiculously hilarious dork face (not on purpose) and I look like a goober. And notice how my family TANS and I DON'T. 

California Screamin' is an amazing roller coaster. I wish I were on it RIGHT NOW. The best part was, since my brother's didn't want to go on it, I got their fast passes, and was able to go on it three times....in a row...amazing. I love Disneyland fast passes. 

That was a fun, yet exhausting trip. Loved it, despite my general dislike of California. 

How about Charlotte Yorkenblatt?

I just got a call for 2 job interviews next Wed. I am so excited, yet very nervous. Its really at one of my last choice hospitals...BUT...they're the only one's calling. Which I think is BS. We're in a supposed nursing shortage and I don't even get an interview? That is crap. So I am optimistic. And nervous. And being the beauty/makeup obsessed girl that I am, I instantly thought of what I was going to wear/hair/makeup options. I'm thinking Charlotte York needs to be channeled. Classic. Timeless. Simple. Polished. That's the way to go. 

The stars seem to be aligning. Not to jinx it, but today is my last day at my current job, and I got the call for the interview. Here's hoping. 

Embracing the pale.

I am pale. And I mean PALE. So pale that my legs sometimes look like they are actually GLOWING. And I could care less. I have zero desire to tan. Why pretend that I am something that I am not. I am physically incapable of getting a tan. I burn, turn an unattractive shade of red, peel, and then go back to white. And there is immense pain in the process. I got a sunburn so bad last summer that I had to actually go home from work, in pain, and in tears. 

So when a certain (equally as pale, but with body hair to mask it) friend of mine suggested that we get tanning packages (as all of our other friends can tan, do tan, and have "tanning wars" in the summer), I found it obviously hilarious. 

Reasons I would never even ATTEMPT to get a tan.

1. Skin cancer. I don't want it. Its not worth a tan to possibly die. 

2. Wrinkles. I am blessed with a family that ages WELL. My mom does not look her age. I don't want to screw that up by tanning. No eye cream in the world could fix that. 

3. I don't think I would look particularly attractive with a tan. And I don't usually like my men to be overly tanned. There's something classically beautiful about being pale. 

When people are naturally tan, it IS beautiful. Don't get me wrong. If you happen to be outside doing something and you become tan, great. But to PAY to sit in a bed that is actually worse for you than the sun is crazy. And expensive! 

I rarely even self tan. I guess I'm just happy the way I am. And I think everyone should be happy the way that they are. 

xx, 

Nicole

Progress...

FINALLY. Obama clinched the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. Finally a candidate that I believe in with my whole heart. 

In 2004, while I liked Kerry, it was more of a "he's better than Bush" vote. Now I actually care about what Obama has to say. I really really hope he wins. And not just because I can't stand McCain and other republicans in general. 

I find it hilarious that my parents are registered republican, but RARELY if ever vote republican. Too lazy to change it I guess. In fact a great majority of my family is pretty conservative. I am a liberal freak I guess. 

Obama is so great that a close friend of mine (who is pretty conservative and voted for Bush in '04, but regrets that) is a big supporter of Obama. 

The man just has that magic!