mumbai and pushin' it

Good Sunday Morning Yall:

After a glorious night of very vivid dreams I woke up to the sun shining in my face (read: I woke up at 8am when the sun was actually up, not a minute before) and larry on my chest meowing.

I have a full agenda today including brunch with neighbors, grocery shopping, cooking not one but TWO soups for sarah, kim, and the boys- italian wedding soup and rustic shrimp stew- and recycling. i think we are going to work out somewheres in there too.

Surprisingly we had a pretty full weekend, which, when juxtaposed with my slothlike and sleepy existence of last weekend, is pretty funny. On Friday night we met up with Nikki and Christina and saw Slumdog Millionaire. Yall, this is a powerful movie. First of all, the plot, though some reviewers have called it trite, I think is imaginative. An orphan from the slums of Mumbai, makes it to the Indian version of "So You Want to be a Millionaire" and knows all the answers because of the specific life he has led. I love so many of the actors in it, especially the main character, Jamal as a little boy. He is such a mufffin:



I also love the man who plays the investigator in the film. He also played the dad in the "The Namesake." I think he is so handsome. So, back to the film: interesting plot, great acting, and visually breathtaking. The director? producer? used some really interesting techniques: these really jumpy shots, saturated colors, and then just some really jarring images of the juxtaposition of serious poverty and serious wealth. All in all, I loved the film and think you should go and see. I mean it ends in this Bollywood type dance number. Who doesn't love that? (this is while the credits are running). If you see it, let me know what you think.

We spent Saturday morning running around doing errands like picking up cats pills and getting necessities at Target and such. Then we went and hung out with Jes's parents and ate dinner. Once again her mom came through with this delicious Lemon Tuscan grilled chicken. Good stuff yall. After dinner and discussion with the parentals, we headed home, gave larry his pills and then headed out to Buford Highway to do Karaoke with Angie and Elin and friends for Elin's birthday. In general, karaoke is kind of crazy to me, but what was the craziest is how I clearly do not know most of the words to songs I grew up singing. I have only done karaoke (actually sung) once before and that was at my friend Molly's 30th bday. I sang "Music" with Molly. I was horrible. This time I sang "Love Shack" with Elin and then, as a present to her I sang "Push It" by Salt n Pepa. I didn't even really need to look at the words b/c I had that shit memorized. Don't remember how fly SnP were? Take a look:



My favorite was Spinderella, the dj, she is in the middle in this picture. Anywho after I pushed it (dance moves included) we pushed it on out the door and came home and passed the fuck out b/c we were T.I.R.E.D.

Overall, great weekend. Looking forward to our social engagements today and then off to another week of work at my awesome new job.

Happy Sunday yall!

my date with jes

tonight, jes picked me up from work and we went to the gym to work out
everybody and their brother, mother, gramma, and next door neighbor was at the gym so we only worked out for 30 minutes.

after that we went out to dinner at this place we have been wanting to try. its a middle eastern restaurant called mezza. it was delicious. we shared hummus, these cilantro garlic potatoes, and chicken swarma. for dessert we had some weird banana nut ice cream. it tasted pretty good but the texture was not so good. the potatoes were crispy and divine. the hummus was nice and garlicky and lemony but had too much tahini for me. the chicken, alas, was not as good as pita inn, but was good in its own way.

it was a lovely date with my lovah.

not much else to report except i love our new president. i feel hopeful and happy and i hope that doesn't go away. oh and i hate the cold weather.

peace.

two reasons why i love today

1. this is who is in charge of america:



1. this is who is in charge of my belly (the fake dog version):



i spent most of the morning crying in a room full of my co-workers. then i got back to work, then i came home and we watched the neighborhood ball with our friends and cried some more.

for dinner jes and i ate the (fake) pigs in the blanket we were going to bring to nikki and christina's party. we couldn't go there b/c our car is broken. so we stayed home and jes watched it on tivo. oh yeah, i cried then too.

my friend nifa went to the inauguration with her pregnant partner. they stood and waited and froze their butts off, but she said it was amazing. the pictures of them waiting in some tunnel to get to their seats gave me anxiety just looking at them. but i bet it was amazing to feel the energy of the crowd, you know?

anywho, i am spent. all this hope and joy and change can take a lot out of you, you know?

happy first day of the best thing that has happened to this country in a REAL.LONG.TIME.

Friday Night Blogging

It's me and the boys tonight. Jes is out getting drinks with friends.

I am watching house hunters while I drink yet another hot toddy.

I am trying to rally until 9pm when I plan to take some generic nyquil pills and hit the hay. Y'all I am OVER this cold. For real. Today my nose and eyes just starting running and really have not stopped. I look like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and my sinus are just throbbing. I almost used an entire box of kleenex at work and then finally I gave up and came home.

Billy Joel next door has stopped playing and I hope it stays that way b/c earlier when he was playing I seriously almost started crying (technically I already was b/c my eyes won't stop tearing up, but you get the point). The noise just made my head hurt.

My second week of work was as good as my first week. I got my computer, a phone, and my office supplies so I ready to go! I am off on Monday for Martin Luther King's bday and then I am excited to watch the inauguration on Tuesday with co-workers. I think I am going to make some red, white, and blue cupcakes for the occasion. GOBAMA! That looks like I am cheering for Alabama State, so let me revise: GO OBAMA!

Not much else to report here. It's just been work and fighting off illness here in the mansion. I am willing myself healthy so I can hang with Sarah, Kim, the boys, and Ruthie this weekend. If I can't get healthy, I will take a rain check, but I will be so so sad.

Ok Everybody Hates Chris is on. Happy Friday!

california peeps

so now i am blogging during gossip girl and then i think 90210 is next
we just watched this crazy disturbing movie called "towelhead"- let me know if you have seen it and what you think about it. it made my stomach hurt the whole time.

so on to better news
this weekend we did a lot of running around and hanging with friends
on saturday afternoon we hung out with sarah, kim, the boys and both their grammas!
i got to feed nolan and jes go to feed becker and they are both perfect and little and expressive. it was so nice to catch up for a bit with sarah and kim and to meet sarah's mom.

after that we met up with kennie, kelli and their daughter em who were visiting from california. on saturday we went to one jumping place and on sunday we went to another. the first one was less busy and more bouncy and the second one was packed, had lots of kids, and had these really cool high slides. i think em liked both. they both smelled like feet. here are some pictures:












my favorite parts of our time with em were these:

1. when kennie and and em went down this huge slide she said "daddy that was a daisy" (instead of doozie). so cute

2. when we were about to leave kennie and kelli told em that she had one more jumpy thing and then we were leaving. she went on the jumpy thing, bounced off, and then send said "ok, it's time to go!"

3. i bought em some balloons and on the way out, one popped and then kelli accidentally let go of the other two and they floated up to the sky. i *really* thought em was going to lose it and you know what kelli did? she got on my cell phone and "called" some character from the little einsteins and asked him to go up in his rocket, catch the balloons and bring them back to their house in california. em was like "oh ok." how fucking GENIUS is that? i mean jes and i were floored.

ok that is it for now. by the way, i hate the new chuck bass. he is a weiner.

new years eve

new years eve was a good day
i worked during the day (to make up for missing monday while we were in tampa)
and then we ate dinner- i think we went to u joint and i got a delish chicken philly with my favorite: TATER TOTS.
we went over to angie's house for some little yummy treats and a drink then we headed over to beth and odette's house for their new years eve party
it was a really great party- at first it was kind of chill with just few people and then more and more people showed up and it got more rowdy. i had a great time.

here is a pic of jes and me before we left for angies:



and here is one of us and angie:



here is odette and jenna:



and here is one of jes, andi and leigh after i said "say cheesus christ":



and here is the gang with baj:



at midnight we were in the basement dancing and i couldn't think of a better way to bring in the new year. we headed home around 1am and hit the hay. tomorrow i start my new job and i am really excited about it.
happy sunday!

beach

hi people
so here i am blogging while jes watches "rock of love bus" on VH1
hot.tranny.mess
she has just realized that she went to high school with the brunette from atlanta
apparently she stole jes's boyfriend in 8th grade
i think she is a lesbian

right after christmas jes and i rented a car and drove down to tampa to see mary and dusty who were visiting mary's mom. i was SO EXCITED to get to see them for a few days i didn't really think about where we were going. yall it is sunny and warm in tampa in december so we were able to go to the beach, swim at the pool and get a tan! it was so lovely. mary's moms house was really beautiful and open and there were all these breezes, it was so lovely. here are some pics from tampa:








The last day we were there we went to the Big Cat Rescue, a sanctuary for lions, tigers, panthers and so on. it was so amazing. you were so close and the cats were all so cute. my favorites were the ocelots and the white tiger who played a game of chase with her boyfriend the lion. so cute.









the weekend was sunny and divine and relaxing. mary's mom pam made all this food, i got to see mary's bro joe and meet his sweet gfriend catharine, and i ate WAY TOO MANY of mary's delish homemade cookies. it was a great time.

i will keep you posted on the brunette.