A little Cheer

Here are two pictures of two of my Christmas trees. I actually have four of them. I had decided that this year was to be my first grown up Christmas tree. I started collecting ornaments in January and picked up several ornaments on sale. Which of course brought me great joy. But then I decided to go to India for my friend Mohamed 's wedding and I would be gone for Christmas. I wasn't sure what to do. Should I put up a real tree or not. Those fake ones are expensive but I found a lovely 6 ft tree for 20 bucks and I have to say it looks pretty good. I love coming home and opening my door and seeing the lovely twinkle lights. Apparently I have a thing for stars...sparkley stars. When I put the first one on my tree it took my breath away. It is also totally awesome to see my tree twinkling in my window as I drive down the road. It's magical.
The other little trees are special too. One from Mom, One from my friend Helen and one from Grandmother.
They make me smile and bring me a little cheer every day.

Halloween

This was my Halloween costume for this year. It was fun! I really love the purple wig I've got to figure out how I can wear it again. Halloween was fun this year. We always make a big deal of Halloween at work. The costumes are fantastic but I don't really compete for the big prizes. It's just fun to dress up a bit. For me the best part of Halloween is thinking about what Halloween was like when I was growing up. It always reminds me of Grammie and that feels good. Either Mom or Grammie would make the most wonderful goulash that would be ready to eat when ever you were ready. It would be in a huge black pan sitting on top of the stove and if you were hungry you could just serve yourself. And there was always enough for an army, which was good because we would have friends come over to trick or treat. Of course Laura would come over too. Our neighborhood was great for trick or treating. Lots of friendly neighbors who gave out great candy. We would then come back to the house and count the massive amount of candy that we had just scored. We would fill up pillowcases full of candy! I don't remember eating all that candy but we must have. I don't know where it went if we didn't!
Anyway it was always special and it marked for me that it was getting colder and that made me happy.
I hope that you all had a wonderful Halloween!
Liss

a blurb on my blog

I've been thinking about this blog for a few days and I can't really think of anything to say. It's not that I don't have anything going on because I certainly do. It's not that I don't have anything to say because I could probably ramble on and on about nothing really exciting.

Perhaps I will be inspired tomorrow

In the meantime...sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite.

Liss

Funny Talk

Tonight I was able to have a chat with Kyler and Susie. I logged us into Google talk and I have to tell you that it was a bit difficult to figure it out. We were all in different tabs and talking to only one person. It was quite silly until we figured it out. I imagine that people do that all the time but it was a discombulated and unsettling tonight. It did make me laugh though. I will be fun when more people can join
As this was going on I also watching some really funny shows on TV. If you aren't watching How I Met Your Mother you are really missing out. Barney played by Neil Patrick Harris is Legend-wait for it-Dary. He's just so wrong but I want to remember his Barneyisms each week and I can't. I'm laughing so hard that I forget it.
Here's one of my favorites:
It's gonna be legend-... wait for it... and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is DAIRY!

Comfy Couch

Tonight I went into Ashley Furniture on Shelburne Road and was intent on looking for a new dresser. The dresser that I have is annoying. My sock drawer falls apart when I open it. If you know me, you know that I love socks and I have a lot of them. So every morning when I open my sock drawer and they all fall on the floor you could understand that it is totally unacceptable. So anyway I was looking for a dresser. (BTW-the reason I say dresser is because I can never say Bureau correctly)I found some that were totally lovely for a fairly reasonable price. But then I started trying out the couches. There were so many but then I sat on this most comfortable couch I have ever sat on. It was divine. I thought about it for may two minutes. I had to have it. So I bought it. It will be here in 2-3 weeks. I have to figure out what to do with my futon because I don't really want to get rid of it. I really couldn't believe that I did that. I mean it was my goal for the year to get a real couch. You know try to be a grown up and all. But once I decided to go to India, I guess that I figured oh well next year. But I decided that I deserve to have a comfy couch to sit on when I get home from a long day.
Now I just need to figure out what to do about my socks. Any ideas?

Happiness is...

A clean room. I just spent the evening cleaning my space and it feels really good. Life has been really busy lately and I've been a little overwhelmed with all that is going on. Work has been exceptionally busy so when I get home the last thing I want to do is pick up anything. All that I wanted to do is sleep or watch TV. I tended to make a bit of a mess. Now I must say that I wasn't sitting in filth or anything. I did my dishes regularly, I just had a lot of clothes, shoes and stuff around. I've been trying to organize my pictures into something that makes sense. To put them in an album instead of a lovely and carefully selected paper bag. It isn't that big of a project but recently I have lacked the motivation to get it done. There have been piles that just keep moving around my apartment. So today was a particularly difficult day that even had me reduced to tears at one point so I knew that I had to get a few things in order. I knew that I needed to clean my room. It is such a satisfying feeling putting things away and organizing things. Everything feels better when the floor is clean and all your clothes are folded and put away. I even put my favorite flannel sheets and fleece blanket on my bed. I think I'm gonna sleep really well tonight.
Another thing that made this evening extra special for me was that I was able to listen to my collection of Christmas music. Now I know what you are saying...WHAT! It's too early to listen to Christmas music! I agree...to a point. It is such great music and it's a shame to listen to it for only one month. I mean New York Christmas by Rob Thomas is one of my favorite songs of all time. And the way the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan sing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is just divine. Plus there is the little matter of my annual Christmas CD. I have to start production of that now so that it will complete in time for people to enjoy it. It's a lot of work trust me. And don't worry I don't make anyone listen to Christmas music until its time. I get that it's a little strange.
So do you have any requests for this years cd? Now is the time to put them in.
Have Fun
Liss

Random thought

So I've started this a few times over the last couple of days. I start it out and then don't finish it because...well I don't really know why. So I just thought that I would list a few things that are interesting, that make me laugh and what I'm looking forward to. So here goes
- The classic digital short by Andy Samberg and Justin TImberlake - Dick in a Box - just won an Emmy. Apparently emmy producers are considering performing it on the live show on Sept. 16. How fantastic would that be!
Here's a little nugget of fabulousness for you
Step One- Cut a hole in a box
Step Two - Put your junk in that box
Step Three - Let her open the box
And that is how you do it!

- This year's VMA show was quite frankly a trainwreck. From Britney's lame performance to the strange cutaways where you heard 15 seconds of a song that was way better than what was actually happening on the main stage. Yeah, I'm talking about the Foo Figheters and Cee-Lo singing Darling Nikki- How could anyone cut away from that! Of course you can't the night without mentioning the two most important incidents. First there was Britney's performance that was really quite pathetic. She appeared to not know what was going on ad wanted to be someplace other than that stage. I felt bad for her. And then there was the fight between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. It's funny when Diddy has the best line of th night - We've got stop the Violence in Rock N Roll We must stop this white on white crime. What is most interesting to me is that the ratings actually went up for this show. I wonder if anyone expected anything different from what they saw

- Friday Night Lights is a show that people really should be watching. I'm telling you that it is quality programming. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton are amazing. Their acting and chemistry is superb. I know that it seems like this show would be all about High School football but it really is more than that. It's just so real. I highly recommed this show to everyone and I hope that you start watching soon.

Well I think thats it for now. I like this format of random thougts. I think thats how I'm gonna keep this going
Have fun!

New Computer...new World

Okay....I started out with a big bang with this blog...well maybe not a big bang...but I put a lot of effort into the first two posts. But I really didn't think about it at all the last couple of months. It's now September 6 and I've got a new computer that is totally fun to play with. I will have internet hookup at home on Monday so expect more frequent posts starting then. I still don't know what I will really talk about but we'll see where this goes.
I hope you stay tuned.....
Liss

Happy Adminstrative Professionals Day

Today is Administrative Professionals day. It's a day to recognize the hard work that admins do every day. It seems a bit silly that it's actually a day but I'll take it. It's nice to get flowers (even if I got them for myself) So it got me thinking about great assistants in the world of movies and TV. Who is an icon for secretaries or assistants, someone who I can look up to, someone who I can emulate?

Well I'm not sure if I can do that with these people but it's sure fun to put a list together.

1. Doralee, 9 to 5.
Every secretary who's ever been hit on by a sexist, tyrannical boss, Doralee (Dolly Parton)'s got your karmic payback right here. First she enjoys a hilarious, rodeo-themed fantasy that involves lassoing the boss, Mr. Hart (Dabney Coleman), and making him her boytoy. Then, with the help of fabulous coworkers Judy and Violet (Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin), she makes the abduction part of the fantasy come true, keeping Hart trussed up at home while the three career gals institute workplace reforms. Icing on the cake: Dolly Parton gets to compose and sing the movie's hit theme song. What a way to make a livin'.

2. Grace, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Screw Ferris. Grace (Edie McClurg) is the coolest character in this movie. I like to think she sat in traffic, chain-smoking for an hour every morning, just to get to her desk on time. And when she finally did, who did she have to deal with? Ed freakin' Rooney, an ass of the highest order. . She even took an interest in the students, as evidenced by her ability to rattle off the school's various cliques, from the ''sportos'' to the ''sluts'' and the ''dweebies.'' And yet, with that same cheerful smile on her face, she also got some good zings on Rooney, like when she casually mentions that Ferris ''makes you look like an ass, is what he does, Ed.''

3. Anges DiPesto, Moonlighting
At the Blue Moon detective agency
She answered the phone
When Dave and Maddie were fighting
You could hear her moan
She had a big crush
On Herbert Viola
And we wouldn't trade a minute of her weirdness
Not one iota
Moonlighting was funny
We've got Agnes DiPesto to thank
She liked speaking in rhymes
And was refreshingly frank
She's an iconic secretary
Played by Allyce Beasley
And you can try to forget her
But it won't be easy
I’ll stop rhyming now I mean it
Anybody want a peanut?

4. Lloyd, Entourage
As if being called''Gaysian'' wasn't hard enough, Lloyd (Rex Lee) also has the misfortune of playing assistant to the touchy Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), who enjoys calling him things like ''Michelle Kwan in drag.'' Lloyd is the only character whose loyalty brings out a glimpse of his boss's human side. Riding low in his ''prop car from The Fast and the Furious,'' the thick-skinned Lloyd looks poised to have the last laugh.

So be nice to all the adminstrative professionals out there. They are the one's actually running the place.

It is a sunshiny spring day here and I couldn't be more excited about it. I ate lunch outside today and loved every minute of it! I hope that the warming trend continues. It is supposed to be a glorious weekend and I intend to get outside and enjoy it.

Today I learned that the Coreys - Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are joining forces again for a new reality show on A&E television. It's not supposed to air until this summer but I think that it might be entertaining. The Corey's have had great success together and lots of hard times apart. Hopefully, this will lead to more classic pairings like the great 80's movies they made together -The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream A Little Dream.

Welcome!

Okay people...I know that people have been saying that I should start a blog. I've resisted it for awhile with the thinking that why would people want to read my thoughts on life and pop culture. But then I realized that I've got plenty of useless knowledge that may make someone smile so here's my first post. I hope you enjoy it.

I'm sure that you have heard that Bob Barker of the Price is Right is retiring in June. Apparently, the search of a new host for the long running CBS game show is down to three people: Mario Lopez, George Hamilton, and Entertainment Tonight host Mark Steines. I'm not sure who I think deserves it. I'm not sure if I'd watch it if any of these three were chosen.
I think that John O'Hurley, the guy who played Mr. Peterman on Seinfeld, would be a good choice.

What are your thoughts? Who would you like to see hosting the next blinko game or the next showcase showdown?