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-A

clarity

desire me

inspire me

hard-wire me

flip me

flop me

don’t ever stop me…

-A

Post Memorial Day Weekend Lull…

Back to work – back to reality. Naturally it is chilly outside and overcast – as though Mother Nature had to add her 2 cents in regarding most peeps mood about getting back to the daily grind – as much as we value having a daily grind to get back to – it is tough! Especially after settling into sleeping in/staying up late and having a clueless chick giggling and talking loudly outside my window at 2:15 this morning – seriously… As soon as the weather warms up above 50 I tend to open my windows – being a rampant fan of fresh air – and when it is cold, it allows me to cuddle up under my fat comforter – which also helps me sleep. Stupid giggly girl. So far this morning I revamped an ad, spent nearly two hours proofing nearly 20 new sell sheets – I’m a little bonkers. I have to leave a tad early today to go see an eye doc – first time in easily over 15 years… I’ve been blessed with reasonably decent vision – though getting older and spending more and more time utilizing my eyes for my daily grind – they are getting a lil’ tired. Hopefully if I do need glasses, only so for reading.

I work with a woman who wears one of the worst smelling “old lady” perfumes. The kind you can smell ten minutes after she leaves the area. She was in the kitchen. The air smelled of old lady and hot dogs. I don’t know what to make of that.

A

Just curious…

especially in light of the swine flu issue as of late, why do people insist on coming to work while they are coughing up a lung – I feel for them, I really do. I want them to get better – as soon as possible – I do. But at home!!! I’m not really a germaphobe – but I’m starting to feel like I should be… I am thankful the person in question is (hopefully) enough distance away that there isn’t any immediate concerns – I’ll just have to go back to being a little more hyper-vigalent about not rubbing the beejeezus out of my eyes or nose without making sure my hands are clean… Sucks that I’m a huge eye/nose rubber… hey – that’s kind of funny. Anyway… Yeah – if you are sick enough to barely keep yourself upright and cause your coworkers to say “aw, honey – you don’t sound good”  – stay home.

A

RHONYC – Reunion show, part 1 – thoughts from a semi-addicted reality show buff

First off – I don’t like the moderator Andy. Ugh, he spares the snark  for the most part and relies on questions from viewers. Mind you, I love that they use viewer questions (allegedly), but – he’s dry toast. I am not a huge Perez H fan, but his hosting of the “Bad Girls” reunion recently was FABULOUS. RHONYC needs a Perez type person moderating.

Alex – her “logo” for Bethanny’s “Skinny Girl Margarita” product was ass. I am a self-taught graphic designer who works daily on projects for my company, so I trust my instincts on this one (lol). The existing logo was ass to begin with – who in their right mind designs a corporate logo-using Comic Sans – but, I digress.  I have read multiple posts regarding Alex’s treatment to the logo revamping and have to agree – it looks like she cheaply Photoshopped a picture of Bethanny – using a pre-loaded Photoshop filter and not much else.  Ok, she pulled the image of Bethanny out of the bkgd and dropped her, poorly, into a martini glass (what, exactly is her free hand leaning on – air?).  Snooze. That’s not a logo – that’s a poorly done illustration.  Also, whining about how Bethanny blogged something not so nice about Silex was taking the low road – Alex normally avoids this – it almost felt like the producers made her whine about it.  I like how her previously alleged book was going to be on parenting and now it’s on Silex’s EXPERIENCES as parents…. Ok, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe it was always supposed to be that and the rumor mill spun it incorrectly. I don’t think I could stomach being around her and Simon for any length of time but they do seem to be respectful around others (if you ignore the constant groping of each other). She’s plain oatmeal – blah… but I won’t mind if she’s back, if, gawd willing, we get a season 3 of RHONYC.

Kelly – go away. I wanted to like her since age-wise, we’re contemporaries, and she supposedly lived that fabulous model lifestyle, but she bugged me from the get go. What is up with her sing-songy “Hieeeee” voice… UGH – woman – you have a lower voice, accept it… Bethanny hit the nail on the head that Kelly is not a girls-girl. I look forward to the fireworks on part 2 of the reunion, hopefully they fly. She just seems completely full of herself and delusional. There were glimmers of being a giving person, but mostly – I saw her as selfish and on something. I wish her much love and happiness, and off my tv because the drama she brings doesn’t necessitate her being in the mix – the other gals produce enough of it on their own. I give Bethanny credit for staying put during the infamous “I’m up here – you’re down there” argument because my happy arse would have been out the door.

Ramona – Ramona, Ramona, Ramona… how old are you? She can be so utterly inappropriate it makes me wonder if she has something mentally wrong with her. I did feel a little sympathy for her when she revealed she had an abusive upbringing, but the woman is old enough to stop the BS at this point. Some things are better left unsaid and zinging someone because they did it to you is ridiculous. Flip-side, her wackiness makes the show amusing. I hope she is back next year. She is a true whack-a-doo… kadooz to Bravo for signing her on. Her husband Mario should have stayed in the bkgd like last season – his attention whore side this season I could have done without.

Jill – for the most part, I enjoy scenes with Jill – but next season darling, enough with the “Zarin Fabrics” name-dropping. We get it. I don’t necessarily blame you for taking advantage of some presumed free advertising, and undoubtedly it was brought people into your store (can’t say I wouldn’t drop in if I were visiting NYC just for shits and giggles), but my sweet lord… you can be subtle about it.  She’s over the top – she knows it – it’s all good. Keep spending ridiculous amounts of money on whatever you want – if you can afford it. PS – your daughter is delightful and it’s a pleasure to see you two interact. Now I know this portion of my blog is relatively snark-free, but I can’t say too much about Jill – she comes from a world I will probably never know and reacts poorly under stressful conditions, but I think she means well. She totally over-reacted during “signage-gate” for the fundraiser, but – whatever… we all have our off days and she & Bethanny made nice, so – yeah…

Bethanny – I’m a smart arse myself so I don’t mind her. I really have no negative comments to make. Maybe she could stand to gain a few pounds, but, not my body to live in.  She’s a wee intense, for certain, perhaps it’s how she needs to be to keep up with her ambitions. I just hope having a “NY Times Bestseller” won’t delude her and turn her into a stuck up selfish beeyotch. As long as she keeps it real, I’ll probably be on team Bethanny.

Luann – As has been over-chatted about 100X’s over, her pre-occupation with her title is tired. I find her to be the most attractive of all the housewives – I’d KILL to have her body. I am also a tall Chiquita, so I gravitate to the taller gals. She’s not too skinny, not too heavy; I guess I would call her athletic and she looks good for her age. I feel sympathy for her going through the marital crap in the spotlight. She too comes from a world I will probably never experience so I try to forgive her absentmindedness when it comes to how she treats Rosie, or any other person in a servant position. I love that she’s calling people out on the reunion show and look forward to her calling Kelly tomorrow night. I do agree with others she utterly over-reacted to the “Hope House” incident with Ramona, but then again – Ramona is like an annoying Chihuahua nipping at your ankles… and obviously Lu was dealing with other personal crap that probably affected her reaction. I hope to see her back.

Overall – I still enjoy this show. I will definitely miss it over the summer and remain hopeful they will shoot another installment with most if not the entire original “cast”.  There were a few women on the show this season that were friends of the cast that I wouldn’t mind seeing added to the mix – but I think they can drop Kelly, and I’d be perfectly fine if they didn’t add new “cast mates”. I do find it hard to believe that at least one of the cast members won’t be back.  We shall see. Eagerly looking forward to tomorrow night and wondering how I juggle “RHONYC Reunion Part Deux” with “The Office” and “Grey’s Anatomy” – I might have to watch the second half o’ the reunion in my bedroom and record the other 2 on my DVR…

-A

Reality Reunion Shows…

So… I’m starting to relax for the evening, got the television on but barely watching, eagerly anticipating the “Real Housewives of New York City” (aka RHONYC) reunion – I shamefully got sucked into this show during the first season – I have to… HAVE TO know what the people in the show thought of what they saw during the season – I long for this shat on other reality shows and it rarely happens. I need a little mind jello every now and then – and this is one of my fluff/guilty pleasure shows… deal with it – ha ha… I am also a rabid “Big Brother” fan and will subscribe to Showtime just to get “BB After Dark” (well, actually – I also want to see the new season of Weeds – but I digress). Ultimately such guilty pleasures are perfectly acceptable in my world as they don’t hurt me – nor anyone else… so if I go offline promptly at 8:58 pm (gotta settle in to the couch for gosh sakes!) you know where I’ll be… Tuned into Bravo HD and ready for the snark.

Peace Out!

A

Speeding thoughts too quick to blog…

I really need to make myself run to the computer and start typing away when my mind finds itself in a wonderful flow of words, ideas, thoughts – I had some AMAZING ones this morning but I was “too sleepy” to boot up the computer and I shamefully admit I really don’t like writing long hand if I can avoid it. I can type much quicker than I can write… I think I need a little wireless laptop that I can carry around everywhere…

In other babbledom – It has rained quite a bit the past two days – I half expected to see Noah and his ark go by – or at least Evan Almightly (snort). Upside is it smells delightfully springlike outside, and the chirping birds post rain warm the heart just a bit

I decided to go get a pedicure today and ended up getting a mani as well (“Just $5 more!” how could I resist???) Now I want it to warm up enough, consistently enough, so I can show my lovely toes off

A wonderful friend is moving away – across the lake ( a big lake to another state lol) and it’s times like these I am thrilled to have Facebook – so although we won’t see each other as much (and truth be told he’s a part of my circle of friends so I usually end up keeping up with him via FB anyway), we can still remain in contact. I wish him nothing but the best of luck with his new direction in life!

Well, it’s time to start winding down – grab a book and ease on down the road to another weekends end.

A

Snow No No Snow

HA HA – I found the MIA post – here it goes…

So… the alleged spring super duper minor snow turned out to be nada. I shan’t complain Quite frankly I am eager to discover if Friday will indeed be a hooky ideal day – i.e, 70′s, sunny and delightful. I will not do the hooky thing mind you – conserving my vacation days – I will just be thankful if it comes to fruition as we have a 6pm Kickball game that night – I will LOVE LOVE LOVE it if it’s that nice out for our kickball game – plus I can take some more outdoors photos… I’d say 98% of our Kickball photos are comprised of bar shots… shocker, I know…

Anywhoodle – off to fill my humidifier do dad and crawl into bed to read Kim Harrison’s fourth “Rachel Morgan” book “Fistful of Charms” (forgive if the title isn’t quite right) – I’ve been on a supernatural-vampire-yadeda phase lately… Started with the “Southern Vampire” series by Charlaine Harris – which resulted from catching “True Blood” on HBO and falling in love with the show. That series o’ books was briefly interrupted by my feverish consumption of the “Twilight” series (shocker, I know), and now the “Dead Witch Walking” series (aka “Rachel Morgan” by Kim Harrison). There are seven books in this series -  woo hoo… g’nite blogworld…

A

What.Happened.To.My.Blog.Post

Crap. I just composed a delicious wandering yadda yadda, clicked on “publish” – went to view my blog and it wasn’t there. Mental note. Do a CTRL+A and CTRL+C before navigating away from the “add new post” window… bummer… oh well… fate and all that jazz.

I’m off to bed to read and relax – g’nite world!

A

Rollercoaster Weather

Tis definitely spring in Wisconsin. This past Friday – GORGEOUS – 70′s, sunny. Delightful. Today – low 40′s, cloudy, rainy – tomorrow – they predict snow. 1/2″ not bad, but still. Boo. This coming Friday, predictions – 70 again. I can only hope