I joined frappr. Go, add yourself to the map. It’s fun!

🙂

I had a “me” day today. Yay!

I already have work tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, so I decided I could afford to shut the phone off and be unavailable today. I went to David’s Bridal to try on the dress for my brother’s wedding. Here’s what mine’s going to look like:

Separates. The color is fantastic. Also, I really like the top, although they did not have it in the store in my size in ANY color. I tried on a different top in a 6, and it seemed to fit. I tried on this top in a 4, which nearly fit (much to my surprise) except that it wouldn’t quite zip at the top. So the 6 should be fine, I think.

Women’s sizes are so strange. There is no continuity. The dress I wore for Susan’s wedding was a 10. I typically wear a size 8 in pants and skirts, and usually a 6 on top.

Since I was already out and about, I decided to take my little laptop and go to Barnes & Noble. There was a sign on the front window that said “High speed wireless here!”

Yay!

But what they don’t tell you is that it’s not free. Boo.

I had to pay $3.95 for 2 hours, but I decided it wasn’t worth packing up and going somewhere else. So I got an Asiago Cheese Pretzel, plugged in my headphones and listened to my music, chatted a bit with Eden, and got to writing.

I think Tall Mocha on Wheels, the current story I’m working on for Woman’s World, is nearly ready to submit. I also started on another project that I’m not talking about just yet, but I am having a lot of fun with it.

I’ve abandoned NaNo. I was wasting my energy. But oddly enough, I seem to have funnelled it into more productive areas. So yay for me. 🙂

I also did some other not-so-interesting things like grading and laundry.

Random thoughts:

That cute, happy, Brit-poppy song I keep hearing on the radio and liking so much? That one that goes “No matter what you are, I will always be with you/Doesn’t matter what you do, girl, ooh girl, with you” is DEF LEPPARD. Covering Badfinger. I was dumbfounded.

I understand there’s a new Goo Goo Dolls song out, although I haven’t yet heard it.

Also, I hate Bon Jovi’s new single, Have a Nice Day. HATE it. And you know how much I like Bon Jovi. I hate it so much that I don’t even want to hear the album.

And that’s me today.

Dear fashion industry,

Gaucho pants? Really?

Sincerely,

erin-go-blog

Not that this really needs to be said, but Pat Robertson is crazy.

Every time he opens his mouth, I just want to hurl things at him.

Oh, and I heard this little tidbit on the radio while in the car…apparently, there is some backlash over oil companies’ record profits. Yeah, that’s right. Record profits.

Excerpts:

The scrutiny intensified after Exxon Mobil, the world’s biggest oil company, posted a profit of 9.92 billion dollars for the third quarter — the biggest in US corporate history.

Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said the 29 major oil and gas firms in the Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index are expected to earn 96 billion dollars this year — up from 68 billion dollars last year and 43 billion dollars in 2003.

“It’s become perfectly clear that the big oil companies are cashing in while average American families are being bled dry,” Schumer said.

Schumer and other Democrats are pressing for legislation to tax the “excess” profits of oil firms to fund heating assistance programs, recovery from Hurricane Katrina and other programs.

I was screaming at my radio. Ugh.

I got my hair cut today…nothing crazy…but I just love Lynn at Papillon Salon so much. She always makes me look fabulous. Yes, I pay too much, but the fabulousness…

I have been named a Blogging Cutie. Jen too. In fact, we are the inaugural blogging cuties.

You like me. You really like me.

😉

So last night, I went to see the Ron Hawkins Acoustic Revue with Jen and Rachel.

I hadn’t eaten much yesterday…I started off the day with chocolate ovaltine, then a South Beach Diet cereal bar (with protein!), later, I wasn’t all that hungry, so I had an apple and a bowl of cereal at the college. I left class with $3 in my wallet, so I stopped at McD’s for McNuggets and fries.

Met Jen and Rach at Gramma Mora’s for drinks (I had a margarita and a vodka cran).

Went next door to the show, which was fine. The Sidebar seems like a really nice place, but not optimum viewing conditions for a show like this. It was very, very full and very, very warm. All was well. I was enjoying myself, and had a little bit of a buzz going from the drinks. (I’m a total lightweight.)

About halfway through the set, I started to feel REALLY warm, and a little lightheaded. I thought maybe I should go outside for some air, but it was too hard to get through the crowd to the door. Next thing I know, I’m on the ground. Jen and Rachel helped me up, got me outside, and got me a glass of water.

Some people saw me out there and mistook me for the girl who was puking in the bathroom.

We sat outside for a bit, then headed back in. We decided to not try and get back up near the stage, but took a spot toward the back, by the sound board. Couldn’t really see, but it was much less crowded. I was doing fine, completely fine, until almost the end of the set when it happened again. I had that split second “maybe I should go outside” thought, then I leaned on the table. Jen saw me, and kind of put her arm around me, and I thought “If I can just keep myself up till this passes, I’ll be fine.”

My body had other ideas. I ended up on the floor again.

The worst part, I think, was being mistaken for an extremely drunk person.

Some woman brought me a cool cloth and put it on my neck, and then got me a glass of water. Rachel sat with me while Jen went outside and called Rand. We left during the encore, and Jen drove me home.

Today, I seem to be doing fine.

I’m chalking it up to lack of nutrition combined with alcohol. But it was pretty unpleasant and scary. 🙁

What’s the worst/strangest/most annoying job you’ve held as an adult? (Yeah, annoying summer jobs during high school and college don’t count.)

This is research. 🙂

Why, my brand new laptop!

Yaaaaaaaaaay!

🙂

Listening to:
Crash Test Dummies, Ghosts That Haunt Me

For crying out loud, why didn’t someone TELL me that the Crash Test Dummies were FUN? Because when all I had to go on was “Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm”, uh, that wasn’t really screaming “fun” to me.

Reading:
Good Omens

Tee hee. 🙂

Watching:
(on DVD) Northern Exposure

Only the first two episodes so far. Hurrah for Netflix!

(on television) The West Wing

I think I’m in a minority, but I thoroughly enjoyed the “live debate” format of Sunday’s episode.

Writing:
Ummm…I’m not doing so great on my NaNo project. I’m only just over 5000 words. I’m feeling discouraged about the direction of my story. Or rather, the fact that it has none.

In positive writing news, though, I finished the rewrite of a story that I want to submit to WW. Anyone interested in reading it can contact me. 🙂

Stolen from Jennifer.

Find the fifth sentence of your 23rd post.

Here’s mine:

I called him again today.

(or if you don’t skip the song lyrics, it’s: i don’t want to be your glass of single malt whiskey hidden in the bottom drawer)

Post in the comments (with a link!) if you want to play. 🙂