Slushpocalypse: PART FÜNF!!!

Captain's log: alright, let me not even try to pretend that I know what that means or that I watched Star...Trek? to know what he'd say next.
Point is, now that the snow has started to melt at rapid speeds, it's ridiculously slush-tastic outside. I have a temp gig around 5th ave and I think that Slush + Tourists rivals that of Umbrellas + Tourists...or, dare I say it, 42nd Street + TOURISTS!!!! Get me outta here!

PS: That bus I took a picture of was still stuck in the snow when I got home that night.

Snowpocalypse 2010

Unless you live in the Center of the Earth you've heard about Snowmaggedon in NYC, and I suppose other parts of the east coast. The problem with snow storms and mass transit is that now matter how many inches of snow fall, the trains are gonna be all messed up. And when the trains get all messed up, people can't get to work. And when NYers can't get to work...all hell breaks loose.
People get all stupid and try to drive in the snow. We don't know how to drive defensively in the not-snow let alone the highly HIGHLY cautious type of driving you've gotta do IN the snow.
The picture above is of the bus that got stuck on the street as I was on my way to work. Poor guy. Where the hell are the plow trucks?

2011 Resolution Challenge!!

I stumbled across an amazing 2011 challenge!Marie @ Just a Mom is hosting the 2011 Resolution Challenge. Here are some deets lifted directly from her page:

"I decided to look at the areas I want to improve (or make more time for) and they are:

Organization
Health
Kids
Money/Finances
Spiritual
Food

Every Saturday (starting with Jan 1st) I will post a challenge in each of these areas. Each month there will be a room that we are working in for the organization aspect. So on Jan. 1st you will see a post that looks like this:

Organization weekly challenge: set a timer for 20 minutes and clean out your messiest drawer/cabinet. On Saturday start with your messiest, Sunday the next messiest and so on.

Health Weekly Challenge: drink 6-8 glasses of water. Water. Crystal light, diet soda etc do not count. You can have as much as you want of the others, but you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water daily.

Now that you have seen what it will look like, I will also post a daily challenge. This will be put up every day and not listed in the weekly post. For example you will see, " clear off the fridge of all magnets, art work etc. Wash front. Put back only what is needed."

I've been telling myself that time is slipping away and I most certainly need to organize my life! Check out her page if you'd like to join!

Meet me on Monday #2

 Meet me on Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Java at nevergrowingold.blogspot.com

Questions:
1.  What are your New Year's Eve plans?

I really wanted to throw a party at my place but will probably end up watching the fireworks at Prospect Park if they have them this year! 

2.  How tall are you?

I am an astonishing 5'3 1/2!

 
3.  What is your favorite pudding flavor?

I guess Vanilla! I'm a plain jane kinda girl in the flavor department!

4.  What room of the house do you blog the most in?

I try not to blog right before bed, but I always do. So I'd say in my bedroom, even though I'm blogging from the study right now!

5.  What is your best physical feature?

I personally think my eyes are amazing. I've heard it said many a time. But I can guarantee that if I took a poll I'd get a much naughtier answer than that. HA! 

Thanks for reading. And head back to Java's page to see all the other Meet Me on Monday participants!

Baby dresses for friends

I have 2 friends in my immediate life that have (is about to have) a daughter. The other day, I ended up in the dress section of a kiddie clothing store. I like shopping for dresses, probably more than average. It's almost essentially the reason I became an opera singer...so I can have an excuse to wear dresses.

Anyway, I just wanna buy all the dresses for the little girls! I picked out like 5 before I realized that neither Angie's baby, Amelia nor Rachel's baby, Rachel-La Toya, will need an 18 month size dress for like, a long time. But when they do, Auntie Toya is getting them dresses!

Extreme deliciousness ahead

My fav Thai place "Mango", completely changed their menu & seating arrangements. It's actually called Remixed(?) now.
But that's not what I wanted to blog about! I wanted to mention that I may have to go on a friggin diet....not may...I must. The doctor is putting me on it. Once that happens, you know it's serious.

The convo went something like this:
Doctor: I need to ask you a few questions
Me: UMMMM, okay...?
Doctor: So, beside being extremely overweight, are there any new health issues that you might have??
Me: -------

She proceeded to schedule me for an entire physical complete with a Metabolism test & Cholesterol and blood pressure..test? Long story short my friends, my Mango Thai, Remixed days are over.
More news on the impending doctor prescribed diet tonight at 10.

Mobile blogging *activate*

So there I am in O Magazine! I think I blogged about possibly going there way back when and this was the outcome!

I had a lot of fun and it seems like a lot of people are noticing that I'm in there haha. Fun fact: the necklace I'm wearing is apparently part whale penis. I didn't find this out until after they put it on me. Yay?

Today should be good.

I've been going to this awesome Vinyasa Yoga Class every Tuesday, except for last Tuesday because it was freezing outside and my car doesn't work to drive there. And there was no way in hell I was going to walk there. But tonight, I'm going to get there somehow.

It's funny to not have a set schedule. You would think that would give you time to think and whatnot, but it's actually kinda odd. For example, I can job hunt for a few hours, but which hours? I could also go workout, but I can go any time I want. If I had something to do between the hours of...oh let's say...I dunno...nine to five...then I'd be able to say okay this is when I workout, this is when I blog, this is when I play video games. You know what I mean?!?!

Meet me on Monday #1

Hey friends. As of late, I've jumped into the blogging scene via another blog that I've been developing [obsessively]. Feel free to check me out there: LazyGirl Reads 





Anyway, there are these things that people do each week to meet new bloggy friends and increase traffic to their blogs called memes. Meet me on Monday is hosted by never growing old . Make sure you check out her super cute blog! I like this one because I get to answer questions about myself!! Because let's face it, talking about yourself is always fun! Exclamation point!


Questions:

1.  How do you order your steak?
Well done!! Mmmm steak.

2.  Are you superstitious about anything?
Omg , I feel like it should be, "Are you not superstitious about anything?!" Seriously though, I'm getting a lot better about it. My entire household was extremely superstitious.

• I didn't step on cracks, 
• I didn't [and still don't] walk underneath ladders, 
• didn't kill spiders no matter how terrifying they were 
• didn't put my hat on a bed, if I did, I would shake out the bad luck [still do that]
• and I definitely didn't say something negative about something or someone for fear that it will happen

There are plenty of superstitions I have to this day. Two of the most neurotic are that I will throw salt over my shoulder when I knock it over, or I will yell "omg throw it over your shoulder, throw it over your shoulder!!!!!!!!" and I do not say "Thank you" when someone finishes washing my hair. I say "I appreciate it". I think that's some old Southern thing from my family. 

3.  Who is your best friend (not including your spouse)? Oh I don't know, I would imagine that if I had a spouse, he'd be my best friend for sure. But I guess my best friend is my brother.

4.  When is the last time your wore a dress (for the guys...a suit)? Definitely wore a dress on Wednesday and if it were warmer, I'd be wearing a dress right now.

5.  Do you have any trips scheduled? In my mind, I'm on my way back to Orlando to go to Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I'm also planning to go to LA. These are things that I did this year that I must do again next year.

Thanks for reading!

Substitute Teachers License

Before my phone completely stopped working, I planned on blogging about the very complex process of becoming a Substitute Teacher in NYC nowadays.

So, since 2008, I've been trying to get my Sub license. At first all I needed was a Physical, 2 Recommendations, My transcripts and some other stuff. Although those aren't things you can just pick up, I got all those things. Then I needed to get my fingerprints. That costs like one million dollars but I got those. So now what? Well, now two years later, you need a principal to nominate you to sub in their school. WHO KnOWS PRInCIPALS?! Actually, my mom does. She got me the nomination. Fast forward to last Tuesday when I got called in for the Sub accessment. We found out that there are many many other steps involved before we can be considered to be subs. Ie:

• Taking a 5 course class online
• Getting a TB test and a physical
• Registering for the LAST exam
• Fingerprints
• 2 workshops
• Give them all your eyelashes and name your first three children after them

A long time ago all you had to do was be an adult to be a sub. Right? Because there was no way in hell the people who were subs for my classes had bachelor's degrees and passed exams and things. Wtf dude!!

xo

Oh brother, where art thou?

This post isn't going to be out that movie, although I wish I knew where it was in my house so I can watch it. My actual brother and I have a lot of quotes we like to repeat from there. Like "HOT Damn! It's the Soggybottom Boys!" or "Dem boys ain't white, hell, they ain't even Old timey!"....ok well, maybe I just like to say that one.

Anyway, my life is so weird right now. I looked back on some of my posts from like a year & a half ago and I was so carefree. Going to Prof. Thom's gorging myself with food and paying for things I didn't need. I was also running my car into the ground and receiving tickets left and right [as pictured above]. And now I have to pay rent, pay various bills, pay those tickets off, buy Christmas presents and find a job. I need to all of those things right this second. So it's weird. I dunno, like I'm an actual adult or something.

I mean, whatever, you know. Hopefully I'll look back at this post a year and a half from now like, "I am a rich person now!"

xo

A very merry unbirthday...to me?: Episode 7: Pillsbury cares about me.

I got an email yesterday afternoon from Pillsbury giving me all these birthday coupons, a sweepstakes and this video with the Pillsbury Dough boy dancing  .Last time I checked, my birthday was in July, but I mean, it's never too late to give me a birthday presents.

Then I got an apology email the same night saying:

We inadvertently sent you a birthday wish email when it's not your birthday.

Since you are not eligible to enter the Pillsbury Birthday Sweepstakes this month, we'd like you to enjoy this free digital magazine. Please accept our apologies.

Cirque du Soleil WINTUK!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't get a chance to blog about this on the day that it happened because I was doing the Ten Day Challenge.

This past Friday, my friend Tanira and I went to see Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk! I got to meet her super cool friends and we also got unlimited supplies of free popcorn. What more could a girl ask for?! But let me backtrack. ::flashback music plays::

Tanira & I are buds because of our mutual friend Angie. Angie moved to RI and Tanira is back in the city. So she friend-jacked me and we do various activities. We started the night at the Disney Store where Tanira proceeded to put every Mickey Mouse hat on her head [and looked super cute while doing so might I add]. We were probably the most excited adults in the store that bring children with us. Then we fought through the insane tourists that I hate and had dinner at Cosi. It was her first time there and I was nervous that she wouldn't like it. Okay so then Wintuk happened and lemme tell ya, it's definitely visually stunning & there are live musicians in these little cages in the air House Left & House Right. I kept looking at them, because well, you know.

Then all this funny & scary stuff happened and it snowed on us inside the theater. Spoiler alert! Oh wait, I should've said that before I mentioned the snow. But I mean come on, when you go, it's really obvious that it's going to snow somehow. I didn't ruin anything sheesh!


xo!

You know you're addicted to blogging when...

I had a dream that I was looking through my blog archives to see if I blogged about my second appearance on Wheel of Fortune [there was no second appearance].

I thought to myself during the dream "Wow, I can't believe I didn't blog about that!".

Then I had one of those flashbacks that you only have when you dream...you know the ones I mean...one minute you're walking down the street the next minute you're flying in an airplane. So anyway, the flashback was of me on Wheel of Fortune again at the rehearsal before the show. But apparently it was some benefit for Pat Sajak who was related to Popeye the cartoon character. We had the celebratory dinner that was sponsored by Popeyes the chicken place and I had probably the most delicious dream biscuit I have ever eaten in my entire life...er..dreams?