"What Does This Button Do?"

In Singers, when you're a NUGI, on your first day... you fill out a form with stupid questions. I don't remember all of them, but some examples are "African Swallow or European Swallow?" "What does NUGI stand for?" (which gets AWESOME responses), and then there's one that could be a fairly boring question: "What do you want your last words to be?"

One of my favorite answers that anyone has ever given was Scott Thurston's of "What does this button do?" So clever. He was my NUGI, so of course I'd have thought so even if it wasn't. We were Team THIS.

Anyway, when I got back to Austin on Sunday, I was sitting in my apartment alone (Johnny wouldn't be back from Arlington until the next day) and I heard this awful sound. I thought it was the water pipes from the neighbors above... but it continued and it sounded so muffled and close at the same time... so I decided to investigate. I thought it was my dryer, but the sound didn't seem to be coming from there. I thought it sounded higher up so I stared at the ceiling, and eventually followed the sound to my fridge. Or rather, my freezer. My icemaker was making this ungodly buzzing sound.

I tried moving the little wire thingy around, maybe turning off the freezer will help, I thought. But no, it was relentless. Eventually, it stopped and I dubbed myself a genius--not really knowing what I did. Then it started again, and this time it came back with a vengeance! I called Buddy and he told me to try messing with the wire thingy, and when that still didn't seem to work, he suggested I just unplug it and then plug it back in. The plug, of course, is in the very back of the fridge. We eventually got off the phone.

I stared at my icemaker. There was something going on in there and I was going to figure it out. There looked like a black spot... a black lever? A black button? There was something in the very back of the icemaker and I was going to touch it. So I did. I'm not sure if it shocked me, if nothing happened but I psyched myself out, or what the hell happened, but... as soon as I touched it, my arm shot back at me, hitting the wire and snapping it on my hand and I just stood there. I got fed up, climbed on the counter, squirmed my arm behind the fridge and unplugged it. I immediately plugged it back in and it started buzzing. I unplugged it, waited a minute, then plugged it back in. Since then, I've only heard spurts of buzzing...

This morning I was thinking about it again and I realized... my last words could've been "What does this button do?"

+ 22.5 (v. bad, but good considering 2 bowls of ramen...)

Fat Fatty McFatFat

The thing I hate about blogging is that I feel obligated to blog about certain events, even though it's actually overwhelming to blog about it, and then I end up avoiding it, and avoiding the blog all together.

Well, it's my blog, and I'll do what I want to.

So, as far as the roadtrip goes (my photos and status updates on facebook would agree), it was kickass and I had a really great time with the Carl... and Thomas... and Buddy. :)

Anyway, on to why I'm writing this: I just stepped on the scale after not having done so in weeks (if not months). I am my [new, more realistic] ideal weight + 23 lbs. yes. 23 lbs.

28 lbs ago, I was hanging out in Paris.

So. End of the year/New year's resolution: Stop being so fat. I think Bridget Jones has also slightly inspired me. She puts her weight before every entry. Scary. But I'll do it. Maybe it'll inspire me. Except instead of the weight, I'm just gonna put + (or -... haha being hopeful). Thankfully, I'm not as bad as Bridget with the vices. Don't have to worry so much about cigarettes and alcohol. Ramen, on the other hand... I'll probably have to count those.

So today...

+ 23 lbs (v. bad)

I Can't Eat ANYTHING I want!

This was the week to have closed restaurants.

Last Saturday - wanted to go eat at Bite Mi.  They were closed.

Monday - wanted to go eat at 24 Diner, but it was closed due to unexpected shortage in food.

Saturday - wanted to go eat at Bite Mi, but saw on Johnny's Bite Mi menu that this time that they're just apparently not open on Saturdays.

Sunday - went to church with Thomas... afterwards, we walked by Bite Mi, and saw that they're apparently closed until January 15th.  So sad... then we went down Lamar, and I thought, okay, I can do La Madeleine... guess what, closed.  Not just closed, but... like... it looks like it's been looted.  Then I finally say, FINE--Banzai!  Oh--closed!  O-M-G!

Johnny's birthday was great.  Up until the end of the night when Thomas was a terrible drunk--but what can you do.  He made up for it for being perfect the rest of the weekend :)  Our Christmas party was also great, and no major spills!  (However, I do keep smelling salad dressing all over my apartment--at least it's Olive Garden!)  Mr. Matt showed up--which really was a great surprise!  I almost felt like crying, but I think it was mostly because he was dressed as Santa and I felt myself believe in Christmas miracles again.  :)

Anyway, today Thomas and I went over to Lisa & Mike's and we watched Julie & Julia.  I liked it!  I love Meryl so, it was good :)

Now I have to gear up for our road trip.  I'm nerv-nerv.  I need to pack lightly, I haven't started and unfortunately I can't just throw shit together like I always do!  Wish me luck on that front! :)

CRAZY CARL'S PITUSA!

And now..

I breathe a sigh of relief.

Life is _[insert emotion here]_ and then it goes on.

I realize I'm probably PMSing

Me & Shanna, the first time we got to see the Eiffel Tower
So, like the title says, I realize this... and this explains why my brain is everywhere and I'm in a huge mood to reminisce and feel sorry for myself. I was just re-reading old wall-to-walls that Shanna and I had and it really makes me miss our summer together. Through laughter, tears, and some regrets, she shared some of my most memorable moments in Paris. I can't wait to go back!

It really does make me really SAD to re-read some of my stuff from Europe--mostly because it makes me feel like I'm not doing anything worthwhile. But I know that somehow I must be... so I'm okay with the way things are right now. :) I have food to eat, a place to call a home, a family that loves me, friends that make me laugh (and hopefully love me too), and... really awesome pictures to help me relive better days... haha. No, but really. Just so Thomas doesn't text me again and ask me what's wrong... there is NOTHING wrong. I'm just in the mood to cry, be dramatic, and be emotional.

Off to read now! Or sleep. If I don't sleep right away I'll hate myself in the morning. That happens normally anyway, so I'm sure I'll be fine!

What I hope to see the next time I wake up from a nap...

Shrinkage

I'm an idiot.

A dress I absolutely love has been destroyed because I forgot it was being washed... And I dried it. It might fit my 7 year old niece, if she didn't HATE dresses!!!!

Warm and Fuzzies!

Last week was a good week. Mostly because it was a short work week filled with family at the end.

Thanksgiving was good, and it marked the beginning of the warm and fuzzies. That feeling you get around the holidays where you feel like you can save the world one Christmas present at a time. Hanging out with my family was AWESOME, and we played Family Feud (girls won, boys suck.) I hung out with Chi Thu a lot watching Always Sunny. I also hung out with Anh Vinh's kids a lot, which was fun. Connect Four and Guesstures!

It's getting cold in Austin and I don't really know how to handle it. I just want to curl up in bed and watch a sad movie and cry. And read. I've been finding all these books and I keep buying them and unfortunately, I have no time to read them. NO TIME! THERE'S NEVER ANY TIME! I need Caffeine pills like Jessie... to read recreationally.

Luke is giant and awesome.

Johnny and Buddy both had really important days yesterday (Wednesday), so naturally they both got really drunk off of wine the night before at the Wine-oisseur party. We also talked about family--mainly Johnny's. It's the most any of us had ever heard Johnny verbalize about his family outside of blogs.

Johnny got his car broken into. So, fun. He quickly smuggled our tv into the apartment so as not to raise suspicion in our complex that our apartment should be broken into.

Oh! We went and ate at Hot-Boiled last week! And then this week some of us went to Alamo Drafthouse for TMNT & Pizza! I know I've seen TMNT before, but seeing as how I was very young, I didn't remember a thing from it. It was surprisingly HILARIOUS. :) I don't know if it was hilarious because it was hilarious, or hilarious because it was bad, I think it was mixture of both. It was awesome, either way. :)

I found A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila at Half Price Books for 5 bucks. I had to justify to the guy who was checking me out that it was a guilty pleasure, and I supplemented my purchase with other books to make me look intelligent like old awesome looking copies of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

This post is very ADD--much like my reading these days. I'm re-reading Chamber of Secrets--my least favorite of the entire 7 book series, so I'm not exactly enthralled. I'm reading Naked by David Sedaris, and as I had just finally finished When You Are Engulfed in Flames a month or so ago, I wasn't exactly dying to rip through this one--especially since it's all short stories and you can stop at any time. I also just started Tuesdays with Morrie, a book that I've been meaning to read forever, but never thought about it cause I felt I never had time. Well now I'm starting, and I still don't have that much time, but it's what makes me feel happy and accomplished--so it's what I'll do.

We adopted a family! Single mom and a 4 year old son named Ashton. We are buying the SHIT out of their Christmas wishlist. We are SO EXCITED!

Christmas party @ Me & Johnny's for the regs. More fun!

Also, eventually we will be having a dinner at THE BELMONT, cause that's what we do when our friends get into grad school! And THOMAS got into BAYLOR for his MBA!