I love a good intrigue

I looooove questions so I had to copy Brittany Anne's blog.

i thought about this all day after i posed it so i'll make some edits in orange

Thirty Questions

1. Favorite Song.

Nearly impossible to say. Let's go with "The Spirit of God" - Hymn #2

also - Rufus Wainright, Hallelujah

2. Favorite Movie

Edward duh?

Scissorhands that is.

3. Favorite Show

currently: X-Files

4. Favorite Book 

The Picture of Dorian Gray

5. Favorite Quote

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it"

6. Favorite Food

Apples

7. Favorite Beverage

Diet Coke

8. Favorite Place
The Capitol Building, of Texas

9. Favorite Thing to Wear

Yoga Pants

10. What I Wore Today

some old mustard flats

my birthday dress from Anthro

a gold & silver grandma watch

11. What I Did Today

so far... awoke,

dressed,

packed lunch,

ate,

tried to get the dog to eat,

chatted with my parents,

dropped some stuff off at the dry cleaner,

got to work,

chatted with Karla,

worked,

renewed my registration at the tax office,

ate lunch,

started to blog.....

worked
drove home in traffic
snacked
fixed my tire pressure with my dad
went to the car part store with my mom and dad
went to Wendy's with my mom and dad
went to HEB with my mom and dad
put the new brake light in (well watched my dad do it)
unloaded groceries
changed
volleyball

12. What I Ate Today

thus far

Oatmeal with apple cooked into it.

Soup, carrots, an apple.

Yogurt & cottage cheese.

but the days is still young
pop tart crisps
fruit leather
nuts
cheerios
apple
cherries
frosty (chocolate of course, they ask you which flavor as anyone would chose anything else)
another apple
another apple after vball

13. What's in my Purse

head band - phone - pens & pencils - sunglasses - directions - keys - an eraser - bobby pins & hair ties - wallet - camera - ipad - business cards - temple recommend - gun range entry card - cash - pills - paper - clips - tampons - lips glosses - chap sticks - comb - bandaids - mirror - eyedrops

14. A Bad Habit

diet coke

15. A Pet Peeve

that scatching your throat noise

the taking off of shoes at a front door
(whether my door or the expectation of me having to do it elsewhere)
the cutting of gum in half

16. A Memory

We went to visit my grandma in Argentina when I was 7. That year, while we were there, Argentina won the world cup. Being woken up in the middle of the night and standing on the front porch in my nightgown dress watching the dancing and partying in the street.

17. A Goal

Lose weight

18. A Secret

I think I'm very beautiful.

19. A Wish

That Pushing Daisies had never ended.

20. A Hobby

Yoga

21. A Recipe

http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/crispy-black-bean-tacos-with-feta-and-slaw/

22. A Blog

http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

23.  A Piece of Art

This whole movie.

24. A Tumblr Crush

www.thoyt.tumblr.com

25. A Tumblr Favorite

www.thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com

26. A Dream

When I run I day dream, sometimes about digging for dinosaur bones.

27. A Quote from a Recent Chat

"Well listen to this crock: I'm the employment specialist in my ward. How's that for a made up calling? And don't they know I don't find jobs, people just give them to me."

28. Something That Made You Laugh

that last quote-  out loud - in church

it was embarassing

Also - George W. Bush

29. Something that Gives Me Wanderlust

Stephen being in Argentina & Austin going to Japan.

30. An Anonymous Shout Out

I don't know what I'd do without you - so I just don't even want to think about it.

Ginger Affininty

unlike brittany anne who posted that she didn't like gingers - i have a weird love for them

i was sitting in my office thinking about the carrot cake we're having this afternoon for a co-workers bday and my love for cream cheese frosting

and it (bizarely) and suddenly came to me - if i had to choose between the existance of cream cheese frosting or fred and george weasley - i'd pick f+g

i love those gingers - they are my ultimate

but they are not the only ones for me

More of my favorite things

some times i feel prettier on days where i didn't put on make up and have a ponytail on days that i get fully ready.
it's delightful. just capital.

Domestic Godess of the food made on a cast iron skillet variety

Hello I'm no Ashley Wise.
www.colorsareblushandbashful.blogspot.com

I'm no Barefoot Contessa.

And I'm not Bree Van DeCamp Hodge.

I just make really good easy food on a cast iron skillet. Whenever I'm cooking one of my divine little meals I think, oh if I could just feed this to a man he would straight up marry me! I am having a terrible memory lapse but I used to say, the day i make on of these for a boy I'll turn around and he'll be on his knee proposing to me. I turned around after making one for my roomate's [hott like fire] little brother and she told him to get down on his knee. Even as a joke, it was one of the best moments of my life.

Well here I am today, fresh on a simple but outstanding egg sandwich I put together wishing I could have made it for a boy b/c I'd be planning the July 4 wedding right now! I fry and egg on extrememly hot cast iron skillet. I fry 1 piece of Kirkland brand (b/c it's the very best and saltiest and fits best with this meal) lunch meat ham on the pan. Toast a normal piece of bread. Spread a Laughing cow on it. Cut tomato slices all over it. ham. egg. pop the yoke and let it soak up all over. DONE.
It's so good.
I also do a similar bit with chicken, Essence of Emeril, and spinach that makes me go weak at the knees.

Contact Us

"Never mistake movement for action" - Earnest (best name ever) Hemmingway





I frequently come across, even at some of my favorite business institutions,  bad customer service. So what is there to do about it? Complain of course. But complaning, like EH said, is not action unless you do something about it.

That is why I love "Contact Us" on business websites.

Once at Costco (Heaven on Earth) I had an uncharacteristically bad trip. Long story summed up - everything that could have gone wrong before even getting to the door did - but everyone was nice and apologetic and basically made me feeel good about being a customer there even when they were having problems.
THEN
at the door - the employee couting items realized that my water bottles were not on the reciept. They forget to charge me for the water bottles under the cart. So instead of appologizing for the inconvenience and letting me know of my options of going back and paying or leaving the water the horrible employee does this - in this accusitory voice he says"
"You didn't pay for those"
pointing at the water.
I didn't really know how to respond
I paused
so I just said "I just won't keep them then"
He just stood there... tapping his foot... waiting... for me to take it off my cart.

I got in my car, called Costco (you know I had that number in my phone), and I let them know how that whole thing went down.

I DO THIS TYPE OF THING ALL THE TIME!
People think it's weird.

But if I go to Jimmy Johns and the Coke tastes bad - I email them.

If I go to Central Market, and have a great experience all around, except for the abrupt awful rudeness of the catering people. You know they get an email about it.

If bathrooms are in a state of disrepair - you bet that place gets an email about it.

I love it.

I email businesses more than I email friends (that's not true, but lying is fun)

Waltz

a good makes for a good interesting and powerful movie scene.

cases in point.

The Waltz for Eva and Che



they are not in love, that's not the point of the dance

Che (Antonio) is more of the narrator of the story and not an actual character

you know this song played on repeat for 3 weeks after i bought the album

i love 0:55-1:15 where you see her face as she realizes she loves him