No Turning Back

Back to the Future

Can't post much now since I'm at work, and the new TypePad interface seems to run a little slow. But here's a sneak peak at some of my pictures. More will be posted here and/or on Flickr this week.



Yep, that's my hand. Can you see the bright purple nail polish?

In other news, I'm going to see the Sex and the City movie tonight. I've only heard rave reviews and I'm pretty excited! Have you seen it? I don't think it deserves ALL the hype it's gotten, but I'm sure it will be fun.

I liked the series, but I'm not nutty enough to don a designer gown and Manolos just to see a movie. People did that here in Rochester for the premiere. Uh huh. Whatever rocks your boat I guess.

And I totally forgot to blog about a dream I had the other night. I was trying out for Dancing with the Stars and my partner was going to be either Matthew Fox or Josh Holloway from Lost. Yum!

Take Me Back To Paradise

Oh it's a busy couple of weeks for me right now. Between the Lost finale last night, the big wine tour tomorrow, and a big event at work next week, I'm just trying to stay out of trouble lately! But it has been a while since I posted, and I wanted to make sure you haven't forgotten me. And today, I give you two Friday Five lists today. Why? It's my prerogative. Don't be cruel.

Spoiler alert!

Just in case any of you Losties haven't seen the finale yet, click here to jump down to my second Friday Five list.

My first Friday Five are my favorite parts from last night's finale. This list could go on and on and on because the episode was so dang good. Period.
1. Ben saying "Hello Jack" at the funeral home

2.  Desmond. And. Penny. Period.

3.  Sun crying & screaming & wailing.

4. "You mean time traveling bunnies? Yeah."

5. Sawyer swimming miles in the ocean (in jeans) and not being that tired when he gets to shore. This wasn't one of my favorite moments because of the eye candy, but because it was actually unrealistic and I said Oh what the heck. Sure, let's believe that one and not scrutinize!

What did you think of the finale? If you leave a comment with a spoiler, please label it appropriately!

Flashback Friday Five

Tomorrow is the big '80s themed wine tour. I'm so excited about this that I almost could care less if there's any wine drinking. Well, wait, no. I do want the wine. But I'm much more excited about the '80s theme than the actual wine touring. And we're traveling in a pimped out bus. We'll be riding in style just like Bon Jovi! Now who's wanted dead or alive, hair boy?

The timing of this wine tour along with the economic spending incentive check and the end of my car payments enabled me to purchase some totally radical things for my outfit!

So here are 5 components of my outfit for tomorrow. Since I don't want to spoile the awesomeness of what will be my outfit, I'm only going to tell you some of the components of my outfit. I will let your imagination gnaw on how all of these will actually come together. The rest? My lips are sealed.

1. mesh

2. jelly/ rubber bangles

3. Vans

4. day glo

5. Duran Duran (natch)

Fingers crossed I win the costume contest tomorrow!

I <3 eBay

I spent too much time today shopping on eBay for some pretty awesome 80s clothing and accessories for my upcoming 80s-themed wine tour. I am going to look hawt. Fer sure. I only wish I was the same size I was in high school because I could have probably worn some of my clothes that have been packed away for an event just like this. Oh I can't wait to get my stuff in the mail!

I won't post any pictures until the outfit and hair are all in place. But I will say that I'm most excited about a certain pair of shoes that I got too - pink/purple Vans - yay!

Five Answers

I decided today's post would be in answer to Julia's question "What are your top 5 websites and why?"

Well there were many ways I could go with this question. Top 5 in terms of:
- most frequent?
- all-time favorite?
- blogs?

I'll go with my top 5 most frequently visited websites. So aside from intranet pages at work, here are the five sites I visit the most on a daily basis:

1. My bank. For the last 2 years or so I've been on a tight budget. And got burned way too many times with bouncing checks/debit transactions so I have become super-balanced-account woman lately. It's almost an obsession. It's become much easier to track finances since I've had no credit cards for the past year. But that's a story for a different day.

2. The website of the volleyball place where I play and work. (I prefer not to list the URL for this one.... trying to keep some anonymity!) Though I haven't been playing lately, nor working, I still check out the league standings, schedules for friends, tournament schedules, photos, etc.

3. Google reader. This is where I can track all of my favorite blogs (Except you PnF! Or have I missed the RSS feed?) It's quite a handy little tool. Though I'm sure Google is gathering information about me that I wish they didn't. But yes, I check it periodically throughout the day to find nuggets of wisdom. And the latest news on Britney & DWTS.  And lolcats.

4. The Rochester daily paper. I've just gotten into the habit of checking out the news throughout the day. But don't get me wrong - when the finances pick up again, I will resubscribe to newspaper delivery. Nothing better than a Sunday morning with the newspaper and a warm cup of coffee.

5. Stuck in the '80s. Yes, I admit I'm stuck in the '80s. Hopefully my style isn't anymore, but my music taste is, for sure. I'm a little too excited for an upcoming wine tour I'm attending mostly because it has an '80s theme. That's happening at the end of the month. I'm sure I'll share some bitchin pictures from the event.

5 1/2. And when in season, Lost Pop Candy. Not only do I read all the comments of the recent Lost episode, but she posts some other cool tidbits in there too. It's killing me that I can't look at it today because I didn't watch last night's episode yet. I was SO excited to see it because last week's was so good. WTF is up with Claire??? Anyways, I fell asleep last night before the show started, so I am running home after work to watch it on Tivo.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Cosmos, Anyone?

Anyone else looking forward to the Sex and The City movie coming out May 30? The cast is on Oprah today (set my Tivo already). I'm hoping the hype won't be more entertaining than the movie itself. I have liked the few commercials I have seen. Especially the quips about the Cosmos, which goes something like this:

Miranda: Mmm this is delicious! Why did we stop drinking these?
Carrie: Because everyone else started.

Just wondering if anyone else is excited or rolling their eyes over the idea of the SATC movie.

And I'm still accepting questions from the peanut gallery! Come on you lurkers, out with it! You can email me at the link on the side bar over there.

Oh, and yes, the Summer of Pam recap shall continue very very very soon. I just realized the last (and only) recap was done in January. Geez. Considering SOP '07 kicked off almost one year ago, I'd better get cracking on the rest of the recap.
I sure hope it lives up to the hype. I'd better get me a Cosmo and start writing!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

Apparently it's more pervasive than we thought. Thanks to Michele for sending this along. It totally brightened my day!

5 and the Ragged Tiger Just Doesn't Sound Right

Lately this merry band of 5 has been making the news everywhere you turn. But today's Five is in honor of my all time favorite band of 5.

1. Simon LeBon
2. Nick Rhodes
3. Andy Taylor
4. Roger Taylor
5. John Taylor

I have never seen Duran Duran live in concert. Sad but true. And although they have been touring off and on in the past 10 years, I don't think I'd go see them. I only want to see them if I can get into a time machine and journey back to 1985-1986. Sorry boys. I have such high expectations for you that I think I'd be disappointed. That's just life.

Although, I think I'd make an exception to see them in current times if I was able to actually meet them too. Ah. Sigh.

Here's to Duran Duran, NKOTB, NSync, Backstreet Boys, and all you other bands that helped some of us tweens survive puberty.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of Them

I was this close to falling asleep last night when I got a late phone call. Though I was upset that it woke me up, my friend needed to chat, so I didn't mind that much. But as you might guess, I was unable to fall asleep for quite a while after that.

But all was not lost. I got to watch David Beckham on Leno discussing this photo. And then Ryan Phillipe was on Kimmel.

In case you missed it, I said Becks was discussing this photo.

I had very sweet dreams the rest of the night.

A Valentine for You and Me and the Others

Happy Valentine's Day Inter-webby friends! I'm in a surprisingly happy mood today. No, there's no valentine for me, no special date tonight.

Maybe it's just the fact that I'm not miserable this V-Day that makes me happy.  This is quite an unusual circumstance in my single life, so I'm just going to appreciate it. And share the valentines love with you all.

Make your own ABC valentine here.

Musical Geniuses (or Just Really Good Stuff)

Phew, after my long blog entry last night, I didn't think I'd have it in me for creativity for a Fives list today.  So I'm using a cliche end-of-the-year idea.

Top 5 CDs for 2007
CDs purchased, not necessarily released, in 2007.
In no particular order.

1. This is Somewhere
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
See recap of her show here.

2. It's Not Big It's Large
Lyle Lovett
Someday I'll blog about my feelings about Lyle Lovett. Not like that. It's just damn good music.
Update 01/07: Just found out Lyle & John Hiatt are coming to Buffalo next month! I already got my presale tickets today. Yay! Yay!

3. This is Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw
I heard so much about this guy from Brother Wease. I missed seeing Shaw at the RIJF this summer because of sucky weather. But I finally saw him when he opened for the Derek Trucks Band in November. He blew me away. If you happened to have see the Ellen DeGeneres comedy show on TBS last month, Ryan Shaw performed there too, in the first hour. And oh yeah, Lyle Lovett was the house band.

4. Seven Angels on a Bicycle
Carrie Rodriguez
I saw her open for Lucinda Williams. A great, great surprise. I had no information about her before seeing the show, and now I'm quite a fan.

5. Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
India.Arie
This was released last year, but I just got into listening during the past few months. Something about these songs are in sync with where my head & heart are at right now.

Bonus:
6. A Year And A Night With G. Love And Special Sauce
If you're a fan of G. Love, check out this DVD/CD. Besides the great live clips on the CD, the DVD is a great behind-the-scenes of the band.

Have a great weekend everyone!