August 2010
3 posts
Bitten Girl
Silly me. I think I let my swollen eye get the best of me…it’s completely healed now! Actually, it was pretty much healed the day after my most recent blog post, so I didn’t even get a chance to take a photo of my eye and post it on here…sorry about that.
I think it’s pretty clear that I got ahead of myself a bit. My apologies. Oh well, good news is that my...
Swollen Sarah
Remember when I said I loved you, summer? I stand by that statement, but I have one qualm with you. Bugs. Goodness, gracious, do I HATE bugs. And summer seems to bring out all the bugs, which means I get tons of very annoying bug bites. And it pisses me off. Especially today. Because as of now my left eye has swelled up to the size of Texas. I may be exaggerating the size that a bit, but...
Hot Mess
So it’s the dead of summer, and I’m a sweaty, sticky, hot mess…but am I loving it? Hell yes!! Okay, I may have stolen part of that from a Cobra Starship song, but it’s true. I’ve been enjoying the hot weather a lot lately, which explains my absence from blogging. I’ve been tanning, jogging, walking, pretty much just enjoying the fact that summer lets you spend...
June 2010
1 post
Boys + Cats = Heaven
So there’s this website…and oh…my…god… If you love cats or cute boys—or both!—do yourself a favor and check it out. Best. Website. Ever. http://cuteboyswithcats.tumblr.com/
May 2010
1 post
Hot Mama
For those of you unaware, my mom is a hottie. And I’m not saying that just because she’s my mom. I’ve always heard that compliment from everyone: friends, family members, even strangers. She’s a cute yet striking, petite Filipino woman who used to be a hula dancer in Hawaii. You can even find old photos of her dancing at luaus during the ’70s and ’80s in old...
April 2010
2 posts
Numbers game
I’ve been thinking in numbers lately…which is so weird because I’ve always hated math.
10 candy whoppers I’ve eaten since opening my laptop.
9 inches: How much wider I wish my driveway were. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost taken off my car door slamming it into the neighbor’s curb.
8: Hours of sleep I had Saturday night. Lovely!
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A letter to I-80 drivers in Nebraska
Dear interstate drivers: F*** off. And I mean it. Look, I get it. Yesterday was a tough travel day. It was Easter and a lot of you had to rush home to work Monday. I did too. But that sure as hell doesn’t excuse potentially lethal driving.
You know what’s dangerous? Driving almost bumper-to-bumper at 75 mph. Tailing the car in front of you isn’t going to get you home any...
March 2010
3 posts
Slowly...but surely
Exciting news: a freelance article I wrote has been published! Weee! It was for the spring edition of the alumni magazine at my alma mater. If you’re interested, feel free to read it (it’s on page 31):
http://www.creightonmagazine.org/files/spring_2010/creightonspring2010.pdf
I know it’s not as exciting as winning the lottery or finishing a marathon, but to me it’s kind...
St. Patrick's Day...My Way
You know how St. Patrick’s Day is an excuse for most people to binge drink and fall into a drunken stupor? That’s all well and good, albeit a tad dangerous, but for me it’s just another day. I honestly didn’t realize until last night that today was St. Patrick’s Day. Seriously. So what did I do to celebrate? Absolutely nothing. And it was grand.
Instead of...
Miss you, Grandma
There’s been a noticeable absence in my blogging…my apologies. But there’s a good reason for it: my grandmother passed away about a month-and-a-half ago. I know I’m digressing a bit from the usual tone of my blog, which has been about writing my way out of unemployment (which I did!) and just general goings-on in my life that I think are interesting for people to read. ...
January 2010
2 posts
Current status: missing my car horn
The recent inclement weather has posed a number of driving dangers, and I’ve been without my best defense against them: my beloved car horn. A couple months ago, before we started getting end-of-the-world winter weather, I noticed my car horn wasn’t working. Some rude driver cut me off, and naturally, I pounded on the middle of my steering wheel to let him/her know this was a majorly...
Baby, It's F****** Cold Outside
When you ask people what their idea of hell on earth is, answers vary. Maybe it’s watching a football game (hate it!). If you’re a dude, it could be awkwardly standing alone in Victoria’s Secret as your girlfriend tries on unmentionables (P.S.—I always feel sorry for you guys when I see you. Shame on your girlfriends for making you endure that). My own personal hell?...
December 2009
1 post
Word tripper
Have you ever tripped up your words while speaking? Silly question. Of course you have. Everyone has. But maybe I’m the only person who feels just as embarrassed stumbling when I speak as I would walking naked in public. Weird, huh? The other day at a McDonald’s drive-thru, I slipped up:
Casher: (after handing me my food) “Thank you, have a nice day!”
Me:...
October 2009
2 posts
Bracelet appreciation
I finally received the most amazing bracelets from my stylishly talented good pal Chris. They are SO beautiful: chunky, black-and-gold, made of shiny resin. They’re from the Marc Jacobs Special Items store in Boston. The best part: even though they didn’t cost as much as regular Marc Jacobs designer jewelry, I can technically say that I own designer bracelets. Hooray! For as...
Healthy eater troubles
I was doing so well…and still kind of am…but I can’t stop the bad cravings! Of course, I’m talking about junk food. The past week I’ve been eating really healthy foods—lettuce wraps, salads, fresh fruit, no red meat, nothing fried—but I have to admit, I wish I could be eating the GOOD stuff, like chili dogs, french fries, chicken strips, etc. In my...
September 2009
9 posts
Home shopping fun
We all have bad days and embarrassing moments at work, right? One time I was walking into work from the gravel parking lot and slipped on a patch of ice. Completely flipped into the air and landed on my back. Super embarrassing. But no one was looking. Best of all, it was never caught on tape. I can’t say that about the link below. Here is a really, really...
Family feud
I should start wearing a black-and-white striped shirt and carry a whistle. Just call me the family referee. It happens a couple times a month. My mom usually calls me in a rage, distraught about something one of my siblings has said or done to offend her. And guess who gets to be the one to mediate the conflict? Yep…me. Ugh. As much as I enjoy the perks of being the oldest, like...
Little black dress
Have you ever taken something for granted and all of a sudden one day realized just how special that something is? Usually that happens with people, but for me, I’ve discovered a new appreciation for the single cutest item of clothing I own: my favorite little black dress. After a couple weeks of futile searching for a new dress at malls and boutiques, I decided to go shopping in my...
I want chocolate
All you ladies—and c’mon, some guys—can sympathize. Chocolate is good. Really, really good. And I pretty much always want it. But lately, it’s been getting out of hand. Chocolate cupcakes. Chocolate bars. Chocolate ice cream. Chocolate truffles. Chocolate-covered granola bars. And that was just the past couple days. I know, I know, I might have a minor addiction. ...
Pear-shaped problems
To all dress designers: make more A-line dresses, please. We pear-shaped girls are having a hard time finding anything decent to wear. I’ve been trying to find a new dress for the past month and have had no luck. I’ve been to all the malls in my area and nothing. Nothing! Why does every dress have to have a pencil skirt?? Jesus, not every girl is a stick or hour glass. ...
A girl's guys
I never thought I’d like working with mostly guys. But now that I’m a content writer for a tool company, that’s my current working environment. There’s a welcome anonymity that comes with being one of a handful of women in an office with a few dozen guys. And when I say “office,” I mean that loosely: I work in a warehouse with some extra rooms that employees...
Iron and Wine!!
Possibly the best thing that came out of watching the movie “Twilight” (sorry, Twilight fans) was hearing the song “Flightless Bird” by Iron and Wine at the end. Such a pretty, pretty song! For all of you lovebirds, it would make such a sweet wedding song, wink-wink. Although, I just realized that dancing to this song would kind of look like you were trying to recreate that prom dance scene in the...
Peeler
Disgusting news of the day: my face is peeling:( While at work (Yes, I’ve managed to land a job. Hooray!), I glanced in the bathroom mirror and saw bits of dead skin from my sunburn all over my cheeks, chin, nose and forehead. Gross. The worst part: I didn’t even notice it until the work day was almost over. Now all my co-workers probably think I have some sick skin disease. Great...
Proud big sis
Hell has frozen over.
My little brother has finally committed…to a girlfriend.
The most exciting news: she’s not blonde! That’s impressive, considering I’ve never seen him with a girl who wasn’t a blonde. Who would have thought? Also, I’m happy to discover that he’s able to care about someone other than himself. Always good news.
Hope he’s not...
August 2009
11 posts
An unlikely sunburn
Everyone gets sunburned, right? Maybe. I certainly have. But when I tell people that I sunburn at least once a summer, a lot of them can’t believe it. They think that just because I have olive skin, I’m immune to sunburns. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Believe me, I wish it were. Out of my mom, two brothers and sister, I burn the most often and easily. I’ve never seen my mom or youngest...
Fast food? Yes, please?
It’s hard for me to go a couple weeks without fast food. Even though I know it’s terrible for me, I can’t help it. Love the stuff! It tastes good and it’s cheap. Score! But I’ve been trying to cut back and have been doing a good job the past several months. But at least once a month I have a moment when I absolutely, positively need fast food. Something in my body craves it and I can’t stop...
Sleepy time
There’s a weird thing I do when I can’t sleep: I watch massages. I know, I know, extremely unusually. But there’s just something so relaxing about it. For me, it’s the next best thing to actually getting a massage, which makes me so relaxed and unwound that I could fall right to sleep after it. But since I can’t afford a massage every night before bed, looking them up on you tube is pretty...
Good girlfriend
I’m no relationship expert. Just ask my boyfriend. I succumb to many of the typical “girlfriend” tendencies. I get moody. Sometimes I throw a fit when I feel like we’re not spending enough time together. I cry for no reason. I even do that whole thing where I get mad and give the silent treatment while expecting my boyfriend to know exactly why I’m mad and how to fix it. It’s pretty much...
When it rains, it pours
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. For the past two and a half months, I’ve been diligently job hunting with no luck. But it’s been in the past week that things started picking up. Yesterday, I had two job interviews and one of the places I used to work offered me a position. I’m excited about the possibilites, but I’m not sure what I want to do yet. If I...
Welcome home
Last night as I was watching my favorite scene in “Pulp Fiction,” it reminded me of how I feel whenever I go to my hometown and visit my family. I know that sounds weird. “Pulp Fiction,” although a very good movie, isn’t exactly a heart warming film. But there’s a morbidly hysterical scene when Vincent Vega brings his boss’ wife, Mia, to his drug...
Cool Cover
A couple months ago at a Jenny Lewis concert, I was introduced to Deer Tick, one of her opening bands. I ended up really liking them, more than Jenny Lewis actually (Shhhhh, don’t tell my brother! He loves her and was the one who convinced me to go to the concert in the first place). They performed a killer cover of that “Authority Song” by John Mellencamp. Here’s a clip of them performing it....
Escape artist=crazy man!
I have always thought that escape artists must be from a different realm. Why would any human being ever want to try and escape from a situation that could kill you? While channel surfing the other night, I watched a show that reaffirmed my feelings about this.
It’s a show called “One Way Out” on the Discovery Channel and it’s about British escape artist Jonathan Goodwin. On this particular...
Oh, Conan!
Have I mentioned that I love Conan O’Brien? Any of my good friends can tell you about my slight obsession. I swear, I’m not a psycho fanatic. Promise. I just think he’s hilarious. So I watch his late show. And look up old interview clips and sketches on nbc.com. And hulu. And youtube. Okay, maybe that’s more than most people would care to do, but I think it’s entertaining. Some people just don’t...
Forgetful me
I used to pride myself on being someone who never forgot anything. Seriously. For some reason, I could remember little things that no one else seemed to recall. For example, what did I order on my first date with my boyfriend? Chicken gorgonzola pasta. What did I get my brother for Christmas when he was 10? A San Francisco 49ers pennant. What kind of a sandwich did I share with my best friend...
Like mother like daughter? Dear God
Would you like to hear about the craziness of my family? My mother to be exact. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely, unconditionally love her. But everyone can be annoyed by their parents sometimes. And by annoyed I mean utterly flustered and frustrated.
The other day I received a wall post on my facebook from my Auntie Tina telling me congratulations that my mom is engaged. What??? I had no idea...
July 2009
6 posts
Music to my ears
So I figured I would give you a break from a wordy rant, and post something I found on youtube a few months ago. It’s an instrumental trio performing Pachelbel’s “Canon in D.” I’ve heard this song A LOT, at weddings, during Christmas, etc., but I think this is my favorite version of it. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gTiMEazgmE
Tell me lies. Please!
Greeting card writing was really taking it’s toll on me the other day so I decided to take a break and continue reading the book, “Atonement” by Ian McEwan. But what started as a break turned into me staying up until 3 a.m. to finish reading it. Incredibly fantastic book. I strongly, strongly recommend it. In a nutshell, it’s about the devastation a lie can cause. Which really got me thinking:...
Hallmark, here I come!
Writer’s block is always a pain. I’ve had it many times before when I wrote articles, press releases, papers, essays, etc. And I’ve always been able to figure it out and finish writing. But this time, it’s with poems. Greeting card poems.
Now, I’m definitely not a poet. I don’t even consider myself a creative writer. The only creative pieces I’ve written were for writing classes in college. But...
Unexpected clarity
It’s amazing the clarity that comes with losing your job. I don’t mean to sound like someone who has been in the workforce for decades and has so much wisdom to offer. I don’t. I’m 24, I’ve been out of college for two years and have had three real-life, grown-up jobs since I graduated. Not the greatest track record. But I’ve learned a lot.
For awhile, I’ve been caught up in the idea that it’s...
Dog walker/house-sitter/cat-sitter extraordinaire
Cesar Millan, eat your heart out. There’s a new dog whisperer in town. Actually, that’s a lie. I’m no dog whisperer. I get along with most dogs, but I have no idea how to effectively control or train them. But I sure can walk them. Dog walking has been a way for me to make some much-needed cash ever since I was laid off about a month and a half ago. June 10, 2009 to be exact. Sorry, still a little...
Here it goes...
At the suggestion of my good pal Chris, I’ve decided to start a blog. For some reason, I’m kind of intimidated at the idea of having one. Right now, I honestly can’t think of a single interesting thing to write about. My biggest fear about blogging is that readers will think it’s boring. Oh well. Maybe I’ll get lucky and no one will read it. Ha.
I figure...