lions, tattoos, and bad songs.. OH MY!

BACHELORETTE RECAP !

dedicated to becca! and her hubs who so wonderfully watches it with her! ain't that grand! {and for all two of the men that read my blog...take note!}

i almost didn't write a recap of this episode due to the fact that my head nearly exploded from all the craziness. i think i was left staring at my tv with the "what just happened??" face ten minutes after it had ended. i mean.... oh. my. gosh. where to begin?

the episode starts off with chris asking "how far would you travel to fall in love?” you know some of the guys were thinking "screw love. I WANNA TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD FOR FREE" i love making fun of everything chris does. because he is truly really is useless! oh chris harrison! {snap frank was looking so fine during this whole part}

forced conversation with make up artist and hair stylist. zzzzz. snore. but i love all the clothes they put her in! and i'm not gonna lie.. i love that sparkley skirt! and i love how allie was not impressed and not surprised by being told she was in the magazine. like "oh daahhhling, please. you'd be lucky to have me in the magazine."

here we go. i mean dang, the crazy came out is kasey tonight! "i really get to show her who i am tonight" yeah you did kasey. and it was not pretty. he might as well be walking ten steps behind her because he has the freaky stalker vibe down. he said he uses the word imaginary to describe her. this is where i pause my dvr and rewind. a whhaaauuutt? ummm huh?? and then says she used to be in a cocoon but now she's expanded into a beautiful butterfly ready for love. i mean you can't make this stuff up. a lifetime movie writer couldn't even write that. and if i wasn't squirming in my seat already from all the awkwardness, kasey made sure to make everyone feel as uncomfortable as possible when he broke out in this little song and dance.

“When I was flying in the helicopter, over this amazing city,

I looked to my left and never saw something so pretty.

At the end of tonight, I’m not just your Average Joe,

But I hope in my hindsight, I’ll see and find a rose.”

the lyrics! the tune! that fact that it was acappella! sweet mother of all painful moments in reality tv, this was priceless! bravo kasey. obviously i was thinking why is this guy on the bachelorette! ?? american idol is where he should be! but enough about his awful singing. to know what allie was thinking at the exact moment isn't very hard to imagine. her nervous laughter, forced smile, and the fact that she says absolutely nothing says it all. BAM. not getting the rose on the date. i mean what else happened from the date. i'm too busy trying to decipher what the heck just happened! when kasey tries to scare allie in the museum i just want to tell him that nothing will ever scare her again because of the trauma she just went through with the singing.

"guard&protect your heart"

"guard&protect your heart"

"guard&protect your heart"

"guard&protect your heart"

"guard&protect your heart"

this is the new "i'm really starting to fall for him/her" of the season. i mean seriously it was said about 50 times in that episode.

singing again? really kasey. allie actually says NOTHING! she hangs her head. slice the air with a knife my goodness. {sidenote. how do these people fall so fast? they've maybe spent two hours total of alone time with allie yet they are all ready to propose. where are these men in the real world? i've never met any of them!}

when i saw that across the building.. the "hi guys. welcome to new york. i've missed all of you." i imagined allie sitting at home, while watching the episode, saying "no i did not say that!" i mean it just sounds so awkward and robotic. oh abc. don't you realize that you have all the men {except frank} already filling the awkward quota for you!

the weatherman says one of my favorite lines of the episode "i think the forecast looks good today" oh snap he is just so witty this guy. not. luckily he gets to go back to his job after this episode and he can stick to making his local community feeling awkward as heck while predicting the weather.

pause. all these guys in these little shorts?? and this is where abc finally gives us a little treat. thanks!

but then they make them all sing and the episode is back on track. and roberto?? really. you know allie slipped the director a twenty to choose him. she just wanted wanted to hang in the air strapped to him. this is now going from a danielle steele novel to a bad fabio butter commercial. i really hope this didn't ruin the lion king for me. i've always wanted to see it on broadway!

oh course allie is feeling sick. she is still recovering from her date with kasey!

chris gets a date cause its his birthday. and allie continues to spread her sickness to all of the guys. and of course he gets a rose, shes doped up on nyquil and its his birthday.

alright, i'm just gonna say what everyone was thinking when we first see kasey with his bandaged wrist. "did he hurt himself" i mean this guy goes to sleep listening to "every breathe you take" by the police and wakes up to clay aiken's "invisible". but lets be honest, at least he didn't get her name in a heart with unicorns and teddy bears around it. and then he shows it to the other guys and says that they love it? i'm sorry kasey but what were you hearing as they all called you crazy and hoped this would get you sent home??

we say goodbye to the weatherman as we quickly forget about him for another man has surpassed his creepiness! and we are left shouting to the high heavens "HOW DID KASEY SURVIVE THAT ROSE CEREMONY??"

this was me after the episode trying to recover from the train wreck that just happened. in all its glory and wonderfulness. and now i'm supposed to wait a week for the the next episode!??

p.s. did you hear kate gosselin is maybe the new bachelorette?? oh my lanta. dear lord of all that is holy please spare the world the pain!

p.s squared. new name for crazy kasey? krasey!

hap hap HAPPINGS!

day 3 with no a/c in my house.

on a steady diet of just popsicles.

its okay if you judge me when i say this is my forth one today.

okay i lied, its my fifth.

experimenting more with braids galore.

just braid two different parts of your hair on the left and ride side. then wrap them around the top of your head. secure it with bobby pins and hair spray like caarrrazzzzy!! and tada instant braided headband!

antiquing! more and more and more! even if i can't get anything its just so much fun to go and look at all the treasures! especially this beauty that i can only guess was the first KITCHEN AID ever! and this old school starship candy dispenser that reminds me of the one from toy story! {to infinity and beyond!}

going on really riveting tours to very classy museums.

{the louvre what? the met who??}

and when i say riveting i mean our 80 yr old tour guide, grace, read the info signs and kept repeating "isn't this crazy how old this is?" but bless her heart, i loved her!

having an all out laugh fest inside borders with katie.

i had never laughed so much in one day, truly i really don't think i have. it was the laughing where you cry and and your stomach hurts so much it was basically an ab work out! {take that bender ball method!} also we saw get him to the greek and it just was the cherry on top to the day. hysterical. and now i love russell brand!

watching to much reality tv. including but not limited to:

THE BACHELOR

and i can't help but put my two cents in.

a few random thoughts the bachelor:

i'm calling it right now.. frank goes to the end. whether or not he gets the final rose i can't tell yet. part of me wants him to not get a rose so he can marry me. because i do love him so. dear allie, you don't want frank. dear frank, you want me. looooooove chelsea. mmkay justin, we all know you are a scammer and on tv for exposure. the scene where you walked to her house was creepy. rated rrrrrr you kidding me??

okay allie, yes roberto is cute but lets be honest it won't going anywhere.. all us ladies have dreams about steamy europen men.. but he is from south carolina, this ain't no danielle steele novel. move along. {and also the whole "fall for you" comment was strange since you are trying not to fall when walking across a piece of string 60 stories high...}

jonathon-the weather man- i don't think you know this yet but you maybe don't like woman. embrace it. and every episode you manage to be more awkward than before. female version of michelle from jake's season? perhaps. hunter, tears.. i'm sorry. i cringed through that entire part. eek, but allie isn't right for you. ty obviously i'm rooting for you.. 3 cheers for tennessee!

allie's dress during the rose ceremony was cute? but very wedding dress esque. but who can concentrate on what she's wearing when all i can think is HAIR HAIR HAIR VIENNA HAIR HAIR. its awful. "allie, gentleman, final rose tonight" phew chris. so glad you are there to remind me that. i forgot i can't count.

why do i love this show so much?? ahh!

REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC

my friend {and fellow RHONY lover} philip and i had a giant finale party. and as i cried myself to sleep thinking about how the show was over i remembered the fact that there are 3 REUNION SHOWS! and bethenny's new show. and kathy's show. and RHONJ. its a beautiful thing.

then i ran into this at target {yeah i was there again. i'm pretty sure its turning into a weekly thing} give me a muffin, michael cera, and all these dvds and i would shout from mountain tops how happy i am.

oh and just while i was writing this the temperature rose 6 degrees. its now at a steaming 90 degrees. inside my house. i would cry except for the fact that i've been sweating so much i've probably lost about half my body weight! the glass is always half full!

now that the world's most random blog post is over i wish you a simply wonderful and delightful day!

what i've beeaaaan up to!

CREATING NEW RECIPES!

yes, i took a cooking style approach to my baking and made scones from scratch with no recipe. dangerous? yes. delicious? oh friend, you don't even know!

getting chocolate frozen bananas {the bluth family anyone?} and mexican popsicles.

these popsicles are the king of popsicles. if i had to guess how they make it, it would be something like this.. 5 pounds of sugar melted, mixed with your favorite fruit.. then frozen. and that makes one. yup! its sugary goodness.

adding to my record collection.

with the ultimate golden DIANA ROSS collection!

i am woman, hear me ROAR!

making my favorite tea avec mon new tea pot!

just training for when i meet the queen!

{i shall call her big bessie!}

sending out tons of goodies and mail!

hey, maybe its for YOU!

creating my new go to hair style that takes about 5 mins!

woohoo!

{and yes i have a chunk of hair on my right side that i dyed blonde in september. it was the hair version of a mid life crisis. i go through cycles of loving it and hating it. but i love how its weaved through out the braids!}

o.c. marathon.

its what summer is all about.

"Dip a toe in the Chrismukkah pool, buddy. There's room for all of us!"

"We didn't really know how to raise Seth."

"Yeah. So I raised myself. And in doing so, I created the greatest superholiday known to mankind. Drawing on the best that Christianity and Judaism have to offer."

oh seth. seth seth seth. you stole my heart. no doubt.

TRIVIA NIGHT!

location? lahacienda.

team name? bustin jiebers.

a few of the questions?

what university did harry meet sally?

what two planets do no rotate counter clockwise?

how many karots are in pure gold?

what are the seas that have colors as names?

score? i don't wanna talk about it.

but since it was so much fun it didn't matter at all!

i hope you have a wacky and wild day!

tradition, TRADITION!

{i hope you sang that like in FIDDLER on the ROOF like i do!}

one word. four letters.

LOST.

i. can't. wait.

ever since season 2, me and this lovely lady {its her BIRTHDAY tomorrow!!}, have been getting together every week to watch it. we've been on countless LOST theories websites. spent an insane amount of time discussing JACK vs SAWYER. we are both in love with charlie and will never forgive the show for killing him. hands down PENNY AND DESMOND are the cutest couple ever {and the moment they were reunited was priceless.} love danielle {hard core}. hate michael {way to screw EVERYONE over.} we used to love LOCKE but he has gotten a little cuckoo. {but he came back from the dead. so respect.} and WHAT IS UP WITH JACK's DAD?!? and why in the world are there TWO JOHN LOCKES?! needless to say. we are so excited {i'm pretty sure we started counting down in july} t-minus six hours.

4 8 15 16 23 42

"We either live together.... or die alone." - the always oh so wise JACK

i've got my cracklin oat bran.

{our lost snack staple}

BRING IT ON ABC.

DISCLAIMER: you will see tons of lost on this blog to come. i can't help it. i'm obsessed. and this is the last season. and i love hearing what YOU think about lost. what do you think is going to happen this season?! will they all end up on the island?! is charlie coming back?! tell me what you think.


yep, i just got chills.

little joys.

throughout tuesday i found a bunch of little joys that added up to be a pretty delighful day!

listening to this song in the morning when i was getting ready for the day. i can't help but feel fabulous.

{and yes, for all you sex&the city lovers its the song from the movie when she is trying on all the different wedding dresses}

getting my peppermint white mocha in a RED CHRISTMAS starbucks cup!

brightened my morning.

{who wants bland white cups when you can have cheerful christmas ones! even if the season is over.}

{i really can take a photo with my eyes open! anything is possible!!}

arrested development mini marathon after my classes.

Michael Bluth: "So, can't a guy call his mother pretty without it seeming strange?"

Buster Bluth: "Amen! And how about that little piece of tail on her? Cute!"

Michael Bluth: "I've opened a door here that I regret."

wearing my favorite bicycle dress on a dreary day.

{yes, that's flowers in the basket! swoon, i dream of spring days.}

finally clearing off my bookshelf and being able to see some of my favorite things again!

C MUG -check

vintage HERSHEY's chocolate poster -check

BOOKS galore -check

CHICAGO cityscape -check {7 months and counting!}

fave photo of me and my sisters -check

i saw a stranger helping another stranger on my way to class.

it was a tiny little moment that put a giant smile on my face.

FREE BAGEL & SCHMEAR at EINSTEIN BROS

i went with the cinnamon sugar with strawberry schmear.

{great way to celebrate the end of "vegan week"}

i hope you find little joys in your day!

we got ourselves a situation.

i love my guilty pleasure tv shows. and thursday nights are the most ULTIMATE guilty pleasure TV SHOW NIGHT! and to honor the season finale of the guiltiest of all insane shows, i have to dedicate this post to JERSEY SHORE. so i hereby dubbed this the TRIBUTE POST.

{and maybe you haven't totally bought into the whole SHORE epidemic thats sweeping the nation or haven't kept up with it.. and that's why i give you these two videos that will pretty much catch you up, or at least give you an idea, of JERSEY SHORE}

and i have to give a fist pump to my favorite girl on the show. the most ridiculous. the most orange. SNOOKIE. and this SNL clip sums it up all.

if someone told me i had to choose between michael cera or jersey shore, i would say put those two together and FIST PUMP LIKE A CHAMP. but seriously. this video. they "guido-fy" michael cera. it's beautiful. i about peed my pants.

so i say goodbye to JERSEY SHORE {that is until the all day marathons every day all day} and i say HELLO to THE OFFICE {hurray for the return of the scranton gang!}. one pizza shaped door closes.. and another beet shaped window opens!

yes, this is yours truly as bon qui qui on halloween. {long lost sisters? you tell me. meet bon qui qui here if you haven't already been introduced.} i thought the hair was too perfect and too SNOOKIE not to share with you.

and you should probably tell me your favorite guilty pleasure tv show so that i can become addicted to that as well!

am i the only ONE..

...not only watching AMERICAN IDOL tonight but actually really excited?!?!!

because seriously, my favorite talk show host is now a judge!!

ELLEN DEGENERES!

and she ALWAYS makes me crack up.

so ellen + first round of auditions = a good time.

also now that i am back at college, i'm back with the BLAST from the PAST TV!

so everytime you are watching tv and feel bad about the size or "HD"ness of it...

just remember what i am watching tv on and feel a little bit better!

that's quality right there.

{it just keeps going and going..}

and you best believe it's got a VHS PLAYER.

so now i can watch all the old MARY KATE and ASHLEY sleepover videos, LITTLE RASCALS plus my ALL time favorite movie COOL RUNNINGS {i was raised on that right there.}

it just doesn't get better than that.