Well done, States

My roommate just sent me this.

Yikes, Washington state.

Tiny Bebe!

Before...

After...

Before....

After...

She looks, well, ridiculous, but it was necessary.

"Not a total Betty, but a vast improvement..."

It takes a special circumstance for me to quote Clueless. That special circumstance happened today when I decided to clean the bathroom. We had been having some water/dripping/old pipe issues that recently got fixed so it was time for a big scrub.

Thank goodness Phebe was there to help...

I used Kaboom. Pretty intense stuff...

It's smell is a bit strong and I had visions of my nose hairs getting singed off by the ammonia smell, so I suited up... (Note: Not Naked, just wearing a bandeau bathing suit)

BEFORE: (gross)

AFTER: (still need to bleach those black spots, I guess)

BEFORE: (EW! All that pink from the running water we had in there)

AFTER: Not a total Betty, but a vast improvement.

It takes a special circumstance for me to quote Clueless... So far I've been very productive this summer. Let's hope it continues...

Woah! I skipped May!

Woah! Where did May go?! I think it went by in a blur of SOL test prep, soccer, friends and travel.

But I'm here now.

I'll tell you the highlights of my day today:

1. At recess, a neighbor of the school was throwing open beer cans at the children. Yup. One little guy ran up to me covered in Heineken. What is the world coming to!?

2. My dog put one of my socks in the toilet. I'm not sure how. But she did. At this point, foul play or spite is not suspected.

I'll save more fun for another post.

Interesting, Man(ning)

So, my mom was right. The Saints won. It was a great game. I would have liked a score that was close, but I'll deal. It was a QUICK game!!

This disappointed me a little, but keep reading:


Peyton Manning storms off Super Bowl field. Is he a poor sport?
By Chris Chase

Peyton Manning(notes) didn't shake hands with New Orleans Saints players after his Indianapolis Colts lost 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV. Apparently some think this is a sign of poor sportsmanship from the NFL's greatest player. It's not.
Walking off the field without congratulating Drew Brees(notes) may go against our misguided notion of what sportsmanship should be, but it wasn't at all disrespectful or bitter. It shows how much Peyton Manning wanted to win the game. And who can argue about that?


Being a good sportsman is playing fair, respecting the game and giving credit after to an opponent. Manning did all those things Sunday. In his post-game press conference he said of his quick exit:
"I certainly know how it was three years ago when we won. There's not much consolation for the guys who didn't win. There's the stage being set up and the celebration. It's time for the Saints to celebrate. It's their field."
That's probably a tad disingenuous, but no more than it would have been if Peyton had walked over to congratulate Drew Brees.
For the record, Peyton did call Brees later in the night. Said the Saints quarterback: "Peyton's a class guy." If the man who was supposedly snubbed thinks so, that's enough for me.


I really want to believe you, Peyton. I really want to believe you.

Man babies!

This should TOTALLY freak me out. And it does... but I'm also amused by it...

http://manbabies.com/popular

The Grammys...

35 minutes in. Two words...

Oh my.

9:51 update: Taylor Swift hurts my ears.


Wednesday after the Grammy's update: "No one should try to sing Stevie Nicks, except maybe goats." --my roommate, Mikey

That's one Crazy show...

I.... love.... "Hoarders"!! Some of these houses are just CRAZY filthy.

"... Bob and his family (4 young children) have slept outside for nearly 2 months because the home is infested with bedbugs and Bob's hoarding has made it impossible to exterminate..."

One time they found TWO, yes TWO dead cats buried for more than 10 years under rubble in someone's home--- and they were flattened like pancakes! Gross! Horrible! Yet I can't take my eyes away!



I think I'll go clean my kitchen....