The Ketchup to my Chicken Finger!

Friendship isn't a big thing.  It's a million little things...

I spent the evening with my BFF-est Carrie.  We met in college, became roommates, then best friends and eventually learned (and loved) everything about each other.  We're not great at getting together, even though we ended up living in the same area, but we're getting better.  And every time we do she entertains me with her stories and hopefully I do the same for her.  One of our 'quirks' is that we 'pretend' to get jealous (but we're really not pretending) of the other person's friends.  So tonight I told Carrie she's the ketchup to my chicken finger to make her feel better... and if you know me at all, you know that is a HUGE compliment.  Likewise, I am the marshmallow to her hot chocolate. =)  Hehe, we're so cute!

If you're oh so lucky enough to be one of my BFFs (and you know who you are), you've really arrived!  Ok well in my mind it really means something. =P  But I do have an incredible bunch of friends who have helped make me the person I am today (for better or worse - it's all your fault!!).  

So a big thank you to all of my friends for just being you.  You each bring your own unique awesomeness to the table and I sincerely appreciate it!  I'd probably be a lot more boring if it weren't for you!

FALLs for it Every Time

Today was another day where I was instructed to 'hurry up and wait.'  That's the craziest thing I ever heard.  I don't like being forced to wait on anything, and this is certainly no exception.  But that's another blog post.

So on a brighter note, it's officially FALL (has been for a few weeks now I think... lol).  I LOVE this cold weather.  I like that I can breathe and see it, I don't mind that it makes my lips chapped and it also means that the holiday season is right around the corner.  To celebrate, I participated in Fall Photo Shoot 2010 over the weekend.  Basically my mom wanted family pictures with my sister and I, so we obliged, and had a little fun doing it.  Here's one of me enjoying the leaves... if you look closely I'm pretty sure you can see a spider on my right arm... big thanks to Megan Mason Photography for taking the pictures and letting me jump in the leaves like a little kid. =)

In other news, I'm still in search of the perfect hobby.  Steph wants me to try scrapbooking, which I don't mind trying... but I feel like I need something that's going to take up more of my time.  In theory it'd be great if I'd get motivated to start working out or do something that requires a routine... but again, that also requires motivation, which I don't have a whole lot of.  I think my hobby should be trying to relax... I did buy that book and CD on meditation a few months back, maybe I should use it?  Some inner reflection might do me some good...

A couple of other unrelated notes...

• I apparently make flossing my teeth in the car look sexy...
• I get lost even more when I try to use my GPS
• My cat just stuck his head near my laptop, which is the only thing lit up in a dark room, so all I could see was his glowing eyes.  Even though I figured out what it was in moments, I still started screaming... you see why people enjoy going to haunted houses with me?  I tend to over-react. =)

It's a Dog Eat Dog World...

So I got a new puppy over the weekend.  I didn't plan it... also didn't plan to go on the Spoon River Drive with Jeff and Krystal... but I did that too.  Sometimes the best experiences are the ones you don't plan for... right?  Well for now I'm on constant dog-watch to make sure she doesn't pee on the carpet or chew up my furniture.  If it weren't for my sister living with me the number of animals would now outnumber the people.  But Sydney the Australian Red Heeler is adorable... and hard to stay mad at.  She snaps her teeth together to make a little teeth chomping noise at my other dog when she plays and nuzzles your neck when she's sleepy... ah, puppies.

I am looking forward to the showdown when my cat finally surfaces...

In other news, I'm learning how to assemble stuff at work.  I can tell you what a torque gun does and the proper pattern to tighten bolts in and more about o-rings and lip seals and a whole bunch more than I ever wanted to know.  On a TMI note, one of the guys that I'm working with is way too old to not have pants that fit.  If I wanted to see your tighty-whities from Banana Republic... I'd ask.

A Spy? How about a Squirrel?

I think I've seen Mission Impossible at least a dozen times... it always makes me want to be a spy.  So why can't I?  Well to start, I'm a horrible secret keeper and I'm way too ticklish.  I just don't think it's in the cards for me...

My friends and I used to be real big into Halloween... or more importantly, showing up in an awesome costume.  The best are always homemade (i.e. the robot costume) or over the top (i.e. the penguin).  This year I'm bringing back the do-it-yourself Halloween costume for people who are just a touch too old to be dressing up.  So this year I'm going to be a squirrel.  I got the idea from my new favorite comedy, Community.  Anyway, I'm going to be a squirrel and my BFF Krystal is going to be my nut!  That's how you know you're really friends with someone... when they're willing to be your nut.  Hehe.

I'm a little hung up on the tail... but hope to get started on it this weekend.  Tomorrow night we're watching Hocus Pocus, eating pizza and planning Halloween Party 2010.  To top it off this weekend is going to be kinda cold, which always puts me in a good mood.

Here's a look at a couple of my Halloween costumes past... Rainbow Brite (with Amanda as a peacock), a vampire (see Alice in Twilight) and my penguin costume!  (Thanks for finding it Kim!!)  Of course, the squirrel is going to trump them all.  Have you ever seen my impersonation of a squirrel??  It's adorable... you won't be able to tell us apart.  Don't miss it. =)

With every Beginning...

A couple of things upfront... I'm incredibly random and I expect this blog to show that.  It'll either get better as I keep at this... or I'll get bored and give up and we'll just never make sense of the things I've written. =)

A few things about me (since it's my blog and it's all about ME)... I'm a passionate person, I'm overly honest and trusting, eternally an optimist, outgoing, a spontaneous planner, incredibly quirky... and we'll call those the good things.  Oh!  And clearly I'm Kind of a Bad Ash...

To kick this off I'll probably just talk about what I do... I need more hobbies, so I guess this gets added to that list... but I'm looking for more stuff to fill my time with.  People ask what I like to do and it's usually, "ummm run around with friends and watch movies," which are both true, but not a true "hobby."  So I'm going to work on that.

I do spend a lot of time with friends, "The Group" is literally (as literal as it can be) my second family... weekends are spent eating dinner, seeing movies and other random activities.  And by random I mean like dodgeball or automatic writing. =)  Been a while for both... but that's what I mean by random.  We also spend a lot of time talking in parking lots... less now than back in high school... we're getting old!  And our numbers are dwindling... the 20-30 strong is now a solid group of 10-ish?  Just depends on the day.

DVR changed my life... I watch way too many tv shows.  So many (some overlap) that I have recordings on the second DVR in the basement.  Oops. =)  I love movies.  I love quotes from movies and songs.  I like to sing as loudly as I possibly can in the car with the windows down.  I'm a big fan of penguins...

So on a normal, "what happened today" ... I came home to find that they're building a road behind my house.  I'm bummed 'cus it was just corn... now it'll be houses in another year or two.  Oh well, bring on the privacy fence.  And my friends can't tease me about the "Children of the Corn" kids coming to get me... Halloween just got that much less creepy! 

That's all I've got for now... let's see how this thing goes!