Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

So, this weekend I made a little pilgrimage down to New York City to see the Christmas spectacle, and I was NOT disappointed. Naomi, Matt and I boarded a bus way too early Saturday morning to begin our journey. We passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then we walked through the Lincoln Tunnel! Ok, no we didn’t, but I did watch Elf on Friday. We arrived around noon and made our way to a nearby Irish bar to wait for the Philly crew to arrive – only their train got delayed, so we waited about an hour, but after a little food we made our way out into the glorious sunshine and Central Park. From there we meandered down 5th Avenue and saw the fabulous window displays (A-MAZ-ING. I love that someone’s job is to design window displays. And they probably get mucho dinero to do it! Why can’t that be me?!?!) I made everyone detour through Bergdorf Goodman. Didn’t know what it was, just knew the name sounded fancy shmancy. Appare...

So yesterday Shakes had his site interview with Google down in NYC. Apparently their office is awesome and insane. (check the link. "apparently guitar hero is the googlers favorite game." NICE!) They have a lounge with video game systems set up, a free cafe with a personal chef, and scooters for employees to ride around the office. But I digress. When he got home at like 10 he and I sat down with a glass of wine and proceeded to finish off nearly 2 bottles while discussing sex, marriage, Massachusetts legislature (and same sex marriage, go figure), President Bush, and porn even. It was a good time, but at like 1:30 I had to call it quits. Now today I feel totally sick. Ugh. SO! I'm finally getting active about learning to fiddle. I found a teacher near my work, and I asked her about buying the fiddle - $1000!!!! Of course, I'm rationalizing it many ways, such as "I'm learning! And if I were going to take a grad class it would cost at least twic...

Everyone loves the song game, and I just had to share. Friends, here's your glimpse of fame (or as famous as my blog is. Which means only the people read it that are featured here probably) Naomi Song: Hungry Like a Wolf by Duran Duran And by that I mean: I am SO ready for lunch. Mal Song: "She's a Maniac" Hall and Oates And by that i mean: doing a million things at once, running around like a crazy person! Cathe Song: WOMAN, as made famous by Wolfmother And by that I mean: I'm feeling catchy and uplifting, but nobody can figure out what I'm saying Shakes I can't believe you already took Chicago, Beka! Didn't I say the other day that sappy Chicaco heart break songs were my theme right now? Well I'm not going to let that stop me: Song: Feel, by Chicago And by that I mean... that I'm in the process of reflecting & rediscovering myself, and in doing so I hope to revitalize my excitement toward life--- feel a little more alive and pay a little ...

i got it from joy, and actually from mal's blog too. if my mood were a song it would be... song: you're the inspiration, by chicago. and by that i mean: deliberate get-your-groove-on rock with a positive message. next i'm going to kill time by filling out a "things you need to know about beka" survey. very nice.

Here's a little outline of what we're going to talk about today 1. A congratulations shout-out 2. What grinds my gears today 3. This weekend in review 1. Tis the season for baby making apparently. The Mellott family of San Diego is expecting a little bundle of joy sometime in March,therefore: CONGRATULATIONS! This is not to be confused with Beth Anne and Dave's stork arrival sometime around Christmas, or the McDevitt brainiac to be born around May. Nice to know the next generation is well on it's way. 2. Elaine sent out an email regarding her company's genius idea for a Christmas party. Or lack thereof. I'll excerpt a little for you: "This year, in lieu of sponsoring office Holiday Parties, we plan on doing the following: Each office may choose ONE charity and we will make a donation to that charity. Please notify HR with the following information upon deciding your charity: How the check should be make payable, and the mailing address." Of co...

gmail calendars making stalking your friends so much fun!

so, i have some downtime right now while waiting for feedback and drinking my afternoon cup of tea, i thought i would read about the new anti-christ (sugar, of course). it's very enlightening, although i'll still probably eat just as much of it. now, what's wrong with this statement... "In the last 20 years, we have increased sugar consumption in the U.S. 26 pounds to 135 lbs. of sugar per person per year! Prior to the turn of this century (1887-1890), the average consumption was only 5 lbs. per person per year! Cardiovascular disease and cancer was virtually unknown in the early 1900's. " i'm thinking that if i wasn't as educated in the art of writing technical papers, i might be willing to jump to the conclusion that science has proven that sugar has indeed caused all the cancer in the world. and that's why stupid people should not be allowed on the internet.