The quirks of me

After yesterday's post, I've decided to continue with the lists. Some more of this "get to know me" type lists. So here are some of my "likes" and "dislikes" and just plain quirks.

1. I love the smell of plastic...specifically - a plastic shower curtain.
2. I love pickles but have to eat them on the side, not inside a burger or sandwich.
3. My food must be neatly organized before i can eat. I ALWAYS fix my burger or sandwich
so that every bite is has some of everything.
4. I need time after a movie to take it in. Please don't ask for a discussion straight out the theater.
5. I refresh my email constantly.
6. I channel surf during commercials, but hate it when others do it. [sounds like a control issue]
7. I rarely eat plain popcorn. I usually put Valentina hot sauce on or jalapeños if at the theater.
8. I dance, sing, hoot & holler at concerts. But only if those around me are too.
9. My itunes must be in order. no such thing as songs with no artists names.
10. I'm always the ticket holder to events...never asked to be.
11. I snooze at least 3 times every morning.
12. I hate dirty dishes in the sink, but also hate washing dishes.
13. my shower routine is as follows: rinse, shampoo, watch face, rinse, condition, clean body, shave, rinse.
14. I cannot step outta the shower with my wet hair touching my back - i HATE that feeling. I dry myself completely with a towel, then wrap hair with said towel, and then step out of shower.
15. I plan out every vacation from start to finish. Hardly ever follow said plans.
16. I sing in the car, but never in the shower.
17. I love hot dogs smothered with mustard - only [sometimes onions].
18. I have a new love for drizzling lime juice on thin crust pizza. But only on thin crust.
19. Ice hurts my teeth, must always use a straw.
20. Money in my cash box at work must all face the same way...face side up.

Actually had a harder time with this list than I thought. I know I'm weirder than this. Oh well.

...and I'm gonna live my life...

A day in my life...a typical weekday....this is me:

wake up sometime around 6:40am
watch Good Day LA in bed till about 7:20am
feed beta
make it out the door before 8am
pick up Cat and get coffee at SB
check my email
open Twitter
do some work
catch up on blogs
pay my bills online
head to lunch at my moms
blog at work
think about doing some work
look at my message light, but don't check messages
waste time on the internet
get dinner ideas
go home between 4pm - 5pm
think about dinner
to cook or not to cook...that is the question
Maybe swing by Trader Joe's for last minute ingredients
get mail
watch some news
start cooking
eat
do dishes
maybe watch a rental or read
shower
watch tv in bed or read
sleep


Sometimes we have fun at work. You know....real life tertris..."smoking" breaks out on our patio, spying on building evictions, buying unnecessary supplies at office max, etc. But really it's just boring. Super. I get a lot of personal stuff done so it works out. And I use to go into work at 7am...now i just get there sometime before 8am.

Once home, we might have my brother over and/or a cousin or friend. At least once a week we go to my moms for dinner. We always have "Heroes Mondays" at our place. People come over to eat and play some games before the show. We always have a blockbuster movie.

Weekdays are low key and i like it. G & I have been known to overdose on wine on weeknights and play monopoly till late at night. I'm scared to think how much this is going to change once there are kids in the picture.

What's going on in my hood

I'm having trouble getting together this post for the weekend rundown. There is just so much info and so many pictures and so little time. But, If I wait any longer then this post will never make it up. So here's a quickie on some random happenings.

Last night my cousin Chris brought over the new Scene It game. We played a few games before Heroes and it was soooo much fun! This game is awesome. Especially fun with the new special buzzers it comes with. Really adds to the game. I sucked so bad. I came in 3rd the first game and 4th the second game. Sucks. It sucks more when you think you're so good with movie trivia and your really not.

Only one more episode of Heroes left! Damn writers strike. I mean more power to them, but I hate having shows cut off before their time.


I also want to write up a little something about our first anniversary Sunday. We didn't have plans since G didn't know he'd have the day off until earlier that week. He later told me he had tried to get us tickets to go see "Wicked" but there weren't any non $200 tickets. Sp we started the day with brunch at the Twin Palms in Old Town. We were lucky to get a table without reservations. *Tip: Go early if you don't have reservations! Later on there are too many huge parties. So brunch was of course freakin good! They have the best food.

Some how, for the rest of the afternoon we ended up tv shopping. We're gonna be losing our borrowed tv [we were storing his dad's huge tv] so we need to buy our own now. We're looking at a 36" - 42" LCD HD TV. And we don't want to spend over $1300. Any suggestions?

Later in the evening we went for our usual anniversary dinner at Cafe Santorini [back in Old Town]. We've been coming to this restaurant for our anniversary for like 6 or 7 years now. We love this place and have endured the changing menu. It started off more Greek, then turned Mediterranean and now it seems to be more Italian/Mediterranean. But no matter what it's always great. And we always order at least one of the daily specials. They never disappointed. I have pictures and wanted to get more detailed on our meal, but I'm short on time now.

We also wanted to watch a movie, but the times were conflicting with our dinner plans. We ended up renting a movie. After wandering a tiny blockbuster for 30 min we finally agreed to rent "Evening." It was good....not great. We paired this movie up with some year old wedding cake and a glass of the same prosecco we toasted with at our wedding. I was so scared to try the cake, but it was actually good. It had 4 layers and the inner 2 layers were very good. The outter 2 were a bit on the too moist side. But the frosting withstood time and was the exact same texture. It was deelish! I have pics....but of course no time to post. Tomorrow!

All in all it was a great low-key anniversary. I loved that it was based around food.


That's it for now. Tomorrow I'll provide links to pictures. Which I think I'm gonna have to pay up and upgrade to flickr pro so i can continue to upload my hundreds of pictures. *Sigh*

YouTube Tuesday

Yup. It's that time of year already [as Cat pointed out this morning]. I can't get enough of this song. I knew it was time to post this when I saw Cat watching it this morning. And now I'll be singing it ALL DAY LONG.

Enjoy!

Happy not going shopping day!!

Taking a quick minute for a quick post. My mac just picked up a wireless signal at home and I'm taking advantage!!!

Still stuffed from all the great food last night. The roasted garlic mash potatoes [with marscapone cheese] where a huge hit! G & I were very proud. I also ended up making the stuffing [casserole style] which must've turned out great too because there was non left over! After we all dined we enjoyed a little hookah. It was great to hang out with so many cousins, aunts, and uncles. It was a great thanksgiving overall. We even had an announcement that one of my cousins will be having a new addition to the family in about 7-8 months! Yay! Congrats to them. They have a beautiful little girl who is about to celebrate her first birthday!

As for today, as my title states...I will not be doing any shopping. I absolutely hate Christmas shopping and would never start on a day like this. After a bit of cleaning at home I'll be heading over to my friend A's house to hang out for a while. Eat, drink, and talk about our book club read.

Hope everyone continues to have a nice & safe thanksgiving weekend. I'll post pictures on Monday.



OH YEAH! A side note since i'll most likely not post until Monday. Tomorrow we have a quinceanera, and then Sunday is our 1 year wedding anniversary! It also marks 11 years of dating. But I guess we aren't dating anymore so I should stop counting? Maybe we can call it Anniversary 10.1 [10yrs dating 1yr married]. :-p I don't know. But I cannot believe a year has already gone by. Crazy how time flies. This year has been filled with many many ups & downs, but I could not imagine sharing it all with anyone but the one person who matters most to me, my husband Gerardo. I love you babe! Thanks for an amazing year filled with many memories. I don't believe the honeymoon is over....the good part is just beginning. Looking forward to a lifetime with you. :-x

Day before turkey day....

This may be my last post for the week, considering I don't have internet. But I think I'll be spending all day at my moms tomorrow [where I pay for their wireless internet :\] so i'll try to get a post in.

I'm a huge thanksgiving fan. I love food and I love the special dishes served on this day. I have always been super thankful that my Mexican family is not lame [it's lame to me] and makes things like tamales and posole on thanksgiving. I mean wtf is that about? This ain't christams! heeheehee For as long as I can remember my family [on my moms side] has been cooking up a very traditional thanksgiving meal. Turkey(s), ham, stuffing, mash potatoes, peas, and all the other trimmings. I love it! My mom makes a great pumpkin pie.

This year, the entire [50+ peeps] family will be gathering at my mom's house. I cannot imagine a thanksgiving where maybe just 10 family members gather around a table. My thanksgivings have always taken place in a very warm and decorated back yard [only in California I suppose - although i do remember a time when we use to celebrate indoors] with many tables and tons of food; where we all gather in a large circle before we feast, holding hands, and take turns giving thanks for whatever we wish. There are always enough leftovers for each family to take some home for the next day.

For the first time I will actively be participating in the food prep. G & I have offered to make roasted garlic mash potatoes. I felt that now that we were married we should contribute in some way. Feels good you know? But now I have to go brave the crazy supermarket crowds and buy about 18 lbs of potatoes and everything else that is needed. Wish me luck....I hate supermarket crowds.

We all grieve in different ways...

As most of you readers know by now, I'm a pretty big Kanye West fan. I usually steer clear from reporting on any sort of celebrity gossip, and will continue to do so. But for the last few days I have been feeling the need to express my condolences to Kanye o n my blog. Today is the funeral for his mother, Donda West. It's just so incredibly sad when anyone loses someone who is close to them, and it's even sadder when it's your mother and best friend [let alone that she was taken before her time]. Kanye seemed like a total mamas boy and was happy to admit it when he and his mother were on the Ellen Degeneres Show last month. So imagine the pain he must be going through.

Kanye has been getting a lot of shit because he has started touring again after canceling a few shows. The media needs to give it up and let this man grieve in his own way - by being on stage where his mother loved to see him. I think the latest video to pop up on You Tube from his concert this past Sunday in Brussels says it best. Check out the video below.








"Th-th-that that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger.."
- Kanye West - "Stronger"

YouTube Tuesday

Crazy college band geeks. I love this. Can you name all the video games?

WEEKEND RUNDOWN

Happy Monday people! Excited to have a short week. The boss leaves on vacay Wednesday morning which means we get to go home early too [at least this is what I'm hoping]! Woo-hoo!

On to the weekend rundown.

Friday night I spent at home....alone....watching a "Felicity" marathon. I'm on disc 3 of 6. But don't cry for me Argentina....I wanted to be alone. Was feeling in need of some "Gaby time," so hinted at G that he should have a guys night out. He sure took advantage of this! coming home at 3:30am!! Whatever....I had a good night and was sound asleep when he got home.

On top of that I got up early Saturday morning [9am....that's my early time] with the urge to cook. I decided I'd surprise G with breakfast. I headed out to TJ's for some missing ingredients and then came home to make a Prosciutto Potato Frittata [link note - same recipe, but not made as a sandwich filling in book]. I made this once before....for a mother's day brunch at my mom's earlier this year....and it was a hit. I had been wanting to make it and Saturday was perfect. It's a Giada De Laurentiis recipe from her Everyday Italian cookbook. It's super easy to make. Just make sure to cut your potato in very small cubes so it cooks fast.

G was very surprised when he woke up to find the table set and breakfast served. What a good wife I've been this week......don't expect this to last [insert evil laugh here]. Check out the pics below.

My Saturday kitchen adventure only began with breakfast. Soon after we cleaned up, I decided to make cupcakes! My excuse was to bake them for my SIL's birthday that day and to get ride of a box of TJ's Candy Cane Joe Joe's that I had talked myself into buying earlier that morning [while waiting in line to pay...a couple of old folks were taking way long and the cookie display was right next to me. An internal battle with myself took place and the weaker side won]. On the cookies - these are fantastically good. If you love candy canes and all things chocolate and mint....you will love these cookies. There are actual tiny crumbs of candy cane in the frosting. YUM-O!!! Of course, once home I realized what a bad idea it had been to buy them. And once I opened the box and had a cookie....i knew I had to get rid of them or they wouldn't make it to Sunday. I decided to modify a cookies & cream cupcake recipe into a peppermint cookies & cream cupcake recipe using these cookies. It was a fabulous idea and the cupcakes came out DEELISH! I was wide enough, however, to give a batch to my SIL and the other batch was taken to my aunts house where we had dinner Saturday night.

Check out the pics. You can actually see some red specks in the filling from the candy cane in the last pic.

As my cupcakes were baking....we began to get hungry again. I told G I had planned ahead and was going to make us a pizza with fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, and basil. Should have seen the shock in G's face at the thought of me continuing to cook for him and his hangover. But I was actually having that much fun in the kitchen. I wanted to keep going. And let me tell ya....I don't usually get this urge to cook. I think that knowing I didn't have anything else to do that day...and I didn't have to cook....made me want to cook.

Anywho - the pizza was also bangin. Check out the pics.

Sunday I met up with my friend [who was also one of my bridesmaids] Leslie for brunch at our favorite tea place in Old Town - The Tea Rose Garden. It had been a while since we had a good chat. Actually, I hadn't really seen her much since the wedding. Which is way sad [we're both at fault here]. And then we went to Oktoberfest last month where we realize this had gone on for too long, the not hanging out. But this is what I love about our relationship [and why it works so well]. We don't need to see each other often [even though we live in the same city] or talk on the phone. No matter when we talk or hang out....it's as if time has stood still for us. We have been friends since high school and this is the way our friendship has always been. It's great to have a friendship that can withstand anything.

After filling up on tea sandwiches and lots of tea, we did some shopping in Old Town. I bought some black & white chucks at Gap Kids - cause i'm cool and fit into a kids size 3 [aka womens 6] and they're cheaper this way. We then headed to Tiffany's because I needed to take my necklace [the b-day gift G gave me] in to get made longer [a long process since they have to send it out to NYC]. I should have my necklace the 1st week of December. After that I held back from spending since I should be buying x-mas gifts from now on. Holding back was way hard when we went into H&M. I found a bunch of cute stuff....this made me sad.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Sike! DUDE!!! I finally made it out to the new Whole Foods on Arroyo [really just a few blocks from our place] and this fucking store is ridiculously gigantic. I mean 2 stories!?!?! 3 levels of underground parking!?! Dude. I was overwhelmed half way through. Sunday was a bad day to go....to many effing people! I only made halfway around the 2nd floor before claustrophobia took over. But of course I didn't leave empty handed! I bought a 6-pack of beer! That is so me....I go to whole foods and only buy beer. sheesh. But it was Kirin Light which you can't just buy anywhere! So there.

Check out LAist.com for a more detailed look at this new Whole Foods.

Happy Monday!

Geefunk's Kitchen

Last night I made a wonderful quiche for dinner. It was so damn good. I was so proud at my first attempt to make a quiche. I thought it would be harder, but it was actually really easy. The recipe mad enough for 2 [since you would be disappointed not to have more the next day]. We had half of 1 last night [the entire half eaten almost entirely by G], the other was split in 2 [1 for this mornings breakfast to share with Cat and 1 for my mom to try], and the other extra quiche is at home to eat today and tomorrow. Can't get enough quiche. I paired it with a simple green salad and a vinaigrette, which was perfect. We also had a great cheap sauvignon blanc from TJ's that went well with the meal [Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc $2.99 @ TJ's - can't beat that].

So far the my quiche has received rave reviews [by myself, G, and Cat]. Cat is a huge quiche lover, like me, so her opinions matters a lot to me [yes Cat...it's true...i worry you won't like things I share with you. You're my personal food critic even though G went to culinary school he doesn't know how to be critical].

Now for some pictures:

So I only had 1 quiche dish [must return to Ikea for another since they are so cheap and sturdy there] and one of those Pillsbury roll out pie crusts, which I used for the 1st quiche. The second quiche was made in one of those frozen pie crusts, but it didn't fill up and didn't look as pretty. I sampled both last night and I definitely think the crust of quiche #1 tastes better. It's thin and flaky, whereas the other crust tastes like too much crust and has a bit of a sweet flavor. Personal preference maybe.

As for the recipe - I had one...that I printed off the internet, but I didn't end up following it. I changed half of the ingredients, but used it as a reference for measurements and cooking time. I'm no recipe writer, but here is my half ass recipe.

Quiche alla Geefunk
10 oz Chopped Spinach [frozen]
1 pkg Cubed Pancetta [TJ's]
1/2 an Onion
1/2 cup diced Mushrooms
8oz Sour Cream
1/2 pkg TJ's 4 Cheese Italian Shredded Cheese
4 Large Eggs
3/4 cup half & half
1 1/2 tsp Dry Parsley
2 - 9inch unbaked pie crusts
Salt & Pepper

Preheat Oven to 375°

Cook cubed pancetta and set aside on paper towel to drain. Cook spinach according to pkg instructions and allow to cool. Saute diced onion until transparent. Add diced mushroom and saute for 2-3min. Mix in cooked pancetta and remove from heat. In a bowl mix the sour cream with the drained spinach [use your hands to squeeze out liquid] and season with salt and pepper. In another bowl whisk the eggs, half & half, dry parsley, and salt & pepper. Split mixtures into the 2 pie crusts in this order - spread the sour cream/spinach mixture evenly for the 1st layer, add the onion/mushroom/pancetta mixture for the 2nd layer, add a cheese layer, and top with the egg mixture to coat the top. Remember to spread everything evenly on both pie crusts.
[Side note: I felt the need for more of the egg mixture. I think next time I'll use another egg]

Place the 2 quiches on a baking pan and pop in the oven. Cook for 40 mins - until top is golden. Allow to cool for 5-10min.


Let me know if you make this and how it comes out. And as I did...feel free to tweak it for your own taste. I think that tweaking recipes really makes a dish your own. I'm finally learning this and I now understand why my food porn chefs always advise on making dishes your own.

Office Art

I must start out by saying that this was not my idea. I have seen it on a couple of blogs [i searched all morning for the blog I saw this on and couldn't find it. I don't remember how I came across it to begin with]. I was bored and ordered too many post-its - office art was born.

Behold the Office Tetris Board!

Yes...this is what I just did in the office.....in the back part of the office...where my boss won't see it anytime soon. It's on the back bathroom door. Took me all 15 minutes...maybe 20. Since we still have so many damn post-its left...I think I will create a new piece of art every week. More often if I feel inspired.

Just another example of how much we don't do at work.....as far as work re-lated work goes. Let's just think about this as my 15 minute break. hehehee

....i crack myself up.....really...I do....


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Oh yeah - if anybody asks....I brought these post-its from home. ;o)

JM Randomness

I really wish John Mayer had his own show again. He is just so random and funny. Until then I'll just keep searching for more videos like the one below that came from his blog.

Historic - 1,000 Visits

yay! According to my site meter I have had 1,000 visits to my page. My dear old little blog has a few fans out there. That really makes me want to put more of an effort into this and do some better writing. Non of this half-ass blogging I've been doing. So a quick thanks for those who visit and read my ramblings. Just carving my own little corner in this crazy internet world.

YouTube Tuesday

Been a while since I had me a dose of some Chappelle. Check out this video I got over at the Blender Magazine Blog. Funny shit.

WEEKEND RUNDOWN [and some]

Sitting here at work, and then I realized I was 3 episodes behind on "The Hills." So here I am...catching up....watching them online. And yes, "The Hills" is my guilty pleasure. I love everything it doesn't add to my life.

In other news, my weekend was good. Friday consisted of a BBQ at my FIL's house with some awesome homemade tortillas. I totally stuffed my face. It was heaven. We then headed back to our place where we had some people over for an evening of Hookah. Good times as always.

Saturday I finally got up in cleaning mode, unfortunately, as I was finishing up the bathtub I realized it was broken. The water was not draining....turns out the plug was broken and wouldn't unplug. Of course our apartment owners are too cheap to pay for a plummer on the weekend. So no showers for us...at least not at our place. Ended heading to my moms to get ready for a couple of birthday parties we had to attend later that night. [Plummer showed up today....TUESDAY!! Can you believe that bullshit???] Saturday night was fun. B-day dinner at Wokcano for my cousin Cat [everyone must try the Geisha cocktail. So freakin' good!], followed by a b-day party for my cousin Cesar. Good times.

Sunday was a totally lazy "do nothing but lounge on the couch and watch football followed by a 'Felicity' dvd marathon" day. Yup...that sums up my day.

Alright...one more Hills episode to go!

Side Note - You all know how much I love Kanye West. My heart totally goes out to him. Losing someone so special is hard enough, but then it also being so close to the holidays....can't even try to imagine.

**Now that I'm done....totally feeling like this post has no depth. Maybe next time.

ipod on shuffle

***i was going to save this post for another day, but I don't post on the weekends. So might as well do it now.


I've noticed that quite a few of the blogs I frequent have been posting the first 10 songs that play on their ipods when on shuffle. So of course bitches....i'm jumping on this wagon too! So here are my songs with a bit of commentary attached. Have fun reading and do this if you haven't yet.

iPod on Shuffle:

1. J-Kwon - Tipsy: Wow....i can't believe out of the 2,000+ songs this one played first. I can't even remember the last time I heard it! This is so college. Interesting enough, I totally started bobbing my head and wanting to hit the dance floor. Hip-hop use to be a constant staple in my rotation....not so much these days.

2. Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley - Turn You Lights Down Low: I love this collaboration. This song is just so sexy.

3. Madonna - Isaac: This is from the "Confessions On A Dance Floor" album. This whole album just gets me into party mode.

4. Janes Addiction - Just Because: Never was a huge Janes Addiciton fan, but I did love this song....and I know I'm one of millions. We went to the last year of Lolapolooza and they closed the show [went on after Audioslave. Let's just say a good chunk of people left 3 songs in. Jus twasn't that great. Couldn't follow the hype of what was Audioslave at the time.

5. Common feat. Kanye West - Southside: What can I say? Two of my favorite artists coming together to make fantastic music. This Common album continues to be part of the rotation in car [one of 6 CDs in my player - sad for no ipod connection].

6. Julieta Venegas - Andar Conmigo: One of the few latin artists on my ipod....and she is a great one. I love this mellow song. I really should import more of my CDs. Most of my latin music has yet to be imported.

7. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight: Holy crap its J-Hoe! Haven't heard her music since this song came out! LOL To think that just this morning I watched the video of her finally announcing her pregnancy. Shuffle sure is random! hahahaha This song makes me wanna dance in a rainy jungle.

8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking Girl: One of my all time favorite bands. Seen them live twice [first with Stone Temple Pilots and second with The Mars Volta]. Coulda been 3 times but my friend lost the tickets once....the horror....i know.

9. Ashley Simpson - Pieces of Me: Should I be embarrassed? Dude.....why doesn't the good stuff ever play when your ipod is on random? Maybe I should stop downloading every random song that comes out. Oh Ashley....poor Ahsley....

10. Audioslave - Wide Awake: At least this countdown ends with a band I actually Loved. As super Rage Against the Machine fan...I naturally became a Audioslave fan. Even waiting for hours in line at concerts and at the Jimmy Kimmel Show to be center stage when they played on Hollywood Blvd. I was there when they played the Rage covers and got shut down because the crowd got so crazy [not that we could tell from the front row]. It was awesome.

Conglomerate of stray thoughts

- Happy it's Friday
- not happy I'm broke till Thursday's paycheck
- i looked at a clock that said 3:55pm and got excited at the thought of going home only to realize that the clocked hadn't been changed for daylight savings.
- 1 more hour of hell
- staff meetings blow
- "now err body in the club gettin' tipz" - lol
- feeling the need to give a certain friend a much needed hug. Been a tough couple of days for my friend.
- There are some big ass birthday celebrations going on tomorrow night, but I can't seem to get into party mode. Just not feeling it....guess this being broke part is affecting my mood. Shouldn't have made such big payments so soon.
- 2 weeks to find an apartment...outlook not good.
- Must import my CDs to itunes. I never did this. Too much work. Now I import as I buy or burn. But all my old stuff is gathering dust in CD cases. Must take full advantage of 30 gigs.
- My favorite Italian Chef is pregnant! Congrats Giada....not like I know you or anything. But I puffy heart your food porn.
- haven't decided if I will go get Nigella Lawson's autograph tomorrow.
- hookah tonight! My place....be there.

what a day...what a day....

I started this post before lunch, and it is now 3:37pm. I can't seem to focus! I had a lot on my mind earlier and wrote a long as letter. I'm still debating whether the recipient is going to receive it. But not all is bad in the neighborhood.

I wanted to mention the fantastic pasta dish I made last night. It is a Nigella Lawson recipe from her new book "Nigella Express." I watched the video on borders.com of her making it and it looked so good and easy that I had to try it. Sure it enough it was way better than good and was super fast and easy. You can get the recipe here. I'll definitely be making this again. I think I'll also go out and buy her book. I'm still debating going to her book signing at Williams Sonoma [in Pasadena on Lake Ave] this Saturday. Not sure how bad I want to stand in that line. A part of me really wants to go because it was she, Nigella Lawson, that introduced me to food porn. Her's was the first cooking show I ever watched...and I've been hooked ever since. We'll see.

Last night we also watched two movies. Ratatouille and Blades of Glory. Although I feel asleep half way through Ratatouille [i blame the dinner wine] I did think it was cute and enjoyed what I watched. Then there's Blades of Glory. The Gayest non-gay movie ever! LOL It was funny. Good but not great.

And today is my father-in-laws birthday, so happy birthday to him! G's cooking dinner for the family tonight. Should be some good eating!

I covet thee home wireless internet.....

I sure do miss the days when our neighbors had wireless internet and no firewall. Free internet....those were the days. Both the hubby and I decided that we would forgo internet in an effort to save money. I have it all day at work and do no work, so I didn't think I'd miss it at home. It was a blessing in disguise when we discovered multiple wireless signals in or apartment [high-five for airport]. But then summer rolled around and our last non-firewall signal disappeared. New neighbors moved in and that was the end of free wireless at home. Le sigh.

These days....with the blog and all....i sure do miss internet at home. Sometimes, like today, work doesn't allow me the time to post. I sit here all day wishing for a moment to collect my thoughts and post. Same thing happened yesterday. I didn't get a chance to post and as soon as I left I had some great topics to write about. I sat in my car, at the Lake Ave freeway on ramp, and went through the entire post in my head. I thought that I'd write it all down when i got home and post it today. Sure enough, that didn't happen. Once I made it onto the freeway my brain was taken over by other bubbles of thought waiting for their chance.

Today, I finally get this moment to blog - just before the clock strikes four and the bars are lifted off my fluorescent lit cell [because we all know work is like prison....without the satellite TV]. But I hate it when I end up venting about not blogging, instead of seizing the moment. Well if I can't complain here, then where can I?

Now go watch this commercial and laugh as I did this morning.

WEEKEND RUNDOWN

I don't have much to say for the rundown since we basically just stayed in and did nothing. But, inquiring minds do want to know - what did geefunk wear to the book release party?!?!?!?

Not to disappoint, but I did not dress like a sexy librarian. I wore a short-sleeved black turtle neck, jeans, and black heels. I actually realized later that my outfit was almost identical to my e-pics outfit. I just wore fancier jeans for the e-pics. I hadn't worn that outfit since then. The only reason I wore it Friday night was because it was the only thing i felt comfortable in [bad comfort day].

I will say, however, that fellow blogger Darlene is so right in saying that women remember what they wore during specific [mostly important] moments in their lives. To answer her question - I do not remember what I was wearing when I met my hubby. We were in high school....and we met way before we started dating....before I cared about what he cared about. But I do remember what he was wearing when we first kissed! Random right? I remember some blue and white squared button-down shirt, layered over a white thermal. It was cold out. Do I remember what I was wearing? Heck no. I do, however, remember what I was wearing when he proposed. I specifically remember because as it happened I realized I did not like what I was wearing enough to pose for a picture. Can you believe that nonsense!?!?!? Wtf was wrong with me?!?! I swear I care that much about my wardrobe. He caught me so off guard. I was in a state of shock....i blame that....my brain wasn't functioning properly.

Below you can see my outfit for our e-pics and our one crappy engagement night picture [captioned by my friend Claudia who was there that night in NYC on the Empire State Building].

The rest of our weekend was super boring [for you the reader ;o)]. We stayed in Saturday night and got pretty tipsy and played Fushion Frenzy 2 on Xbox 360. The funnest game to play drunk.


Sunday we stayed in and watched football all day. It was actually nice, because our weekends tend to be jammed packed.

Tonight we have an all new Heroes [hopefully they finish out the season even thought writers are on strike!]. I think our usual Heroes posse will be coming over early to check out Fusion Frenzy 2. Good times.

Plaid tights and loafers

It's Friday Bitches!

Tonight, the hubs and I are going to a book release party. A first. And not only is that a first, but I know a published author now! Ismael Perez is my hubby's cousin and he is releasing his first book. [As soon as it's up for sale I'll post a separate shout out so you all can check it out.] It's sorta funny because we had no idea he had been writing a book. And I'll be honest here. We were really surprised when he called to invite us to the book release party. Not because he isn't capable of writing, but because he spent most of his young adult life as a model [yes ladies, he's good looking]. And now a book about government conspiracies....what? really? It should be an interesting night.

But the real question is, what do you wear to a book release party? Surely not reading spectacles, librarian clothing, plaid tights and/or loafers, as Darlene jokingly suggested. At least I hope she was joking. Maybe I'll go for this:

A good mix between these two:

I'll also be seeing a lot of the hubs family at this event so I should look good. I think it may also be a good idea to liquored up before this event. I'll need to be relax since there will be a lot of mingling [and I'm not one to be very talkative around strangers...but you never know...my Scorpio side is really mysterious when it comes to this]. And if I'm already liquored up, then I won't have to be seen trying to get liquored up. Damn I sound like a drunk.

Wish me luck. I should take my camera. But I know what will happen. I won't take a single picture all night because I'll feel like a nerd. Oh well, I must think of my loyal readers who expect proper documentation of my whereabouts.

Have a good weekend!

Things on my mind....

I have quite a few things on my mind. This makes it hard to blog because I can't focus on one thing. So in turn, this is going to become one of those random rambling posts.

- numero uno: i'm beginning to get stressed about where we're gonna live at the end of the month. Our apt. lease is up in 26 days and we have no idea what we're gonna do. I really want to move out and get a 2 bdrm. We are so not in a place yet to purchase a home. We can thank our own slacker selves for not getting career jobs after college. I guess it doesn't help that we live in one of the most expensive states either. So the aptartment hunting begins. I hate it. The other sucky thing is that we can't really afford to pay more in terms of rent. So that means we may be moving away from Pasadena. Sucks.

- number two: I really am so over trying to celebrate my birthday. Others want to go out and celebrate, but I don't. I don't feel like planning anything or having to entertain people. So guess what? My birthday has past. No more celebrating. [never thought i'd feel this way about it]

- tres: I never got a chance to blog about my weekend. Oh well. You can check out my Disneyland pics here. Nothing extra special.

- quatro: for the first time EVER I did not celebrate Halloween. Except for baking cupcakes. I did not have a costume, attend a party, hand out candy, trick-or-treat, nothing. Never has this happened. Well....except the one year in high school when I decided I was too cool trick-or-treat and rented scary movies. [yes I said high school. my friends and I looked young enough to get away with it. I even trick-or-treated 2 yrs ago on a rainy Halloween when no one cared who took the candy off their hands. good times] But I ended up handing out candy that year.

- there is no five


time to go home.