just one hour to go. that's it. and then it's the weekend. but i can't concentrate on work for the life of me. i'm such a bad employee. i've been surfing "illeagal" websites. we have one of those webpage blockers here but i've found that if you click a link like 3 times it lets you get to it. so i was just at hollywood.com. dissappointing. nothing good coming out this weekend. i read the review for bringing down the house and was surprised that even though they only gave it a star and a half the review was pretty favorable. still wouldn't pay money to see it.

things that i am excited about right now:

1) Partying next weekend for St Patrick's day in Albany.
2) Going to see metallica in Philly July 12th and probably going to hershey park as well that weekend (rock!).
3) Going to Ireland and Scotland this August (ROCK!!!!)
4) Depending on when we go to Europe we may be around for scottish games (but i think we'll be out of the country that weekend - ROCK!)
5) irishfest in September (rock!) which is also tattoo day (the anniversary of when beck and i got our tattoos).

so rock! this year rocks! :) i need a bigger vocabulary... (actually what i really need is to concentrate on my work and actually get back to doing it... sigh.)

so i've decided to actively pursue being healthy again (at least during the week). so i've done pilates every night (but monday when i went to poughkeepsie and gorged myself at the coyote grill) and i'm keeping track of points again. rock. i rule.

yeah. we'll see how long this lasts...

someone hacked my email. beh. it's not the one that i normally use, so it doesn't bother me too much. still irritating.

yes! yes! excellent!!! i found my mint chapstick that i lost in january!

okso, i did buy another one since then... but it's just so exciting to find the other one...

i know... i really need a life...

so a couple weeks ago i was out and this guy was trying to convince me that i should get a new beetle. he kept saying that they were so cute and that it's the kind of car i should get. i kept telling him that they looked like toys and that i didn't want a car that looked like a toy and that the convertable ones were the worst because they looked like barbie cars.

but the truth is... i secretly really want one. they are so cute! just too freaking adorable. but not the regular ones, the convertable ones. i need one. i would look so cute in one.

so today i spent my afternoon at work obsessing over how they are so cute and how i totally want one. but in reality i totally cannot afford one even though they're not that expensive ($26k fully loaded - they call it the mack daddy model). perhaps in a couple of years. (sigh)

anyway... here are some pics. isn't this the cutest car ever?! i even like it with the top up... it looks more like the older beetle (totally wanted a convertable beetle so bad when i was in high school... i would totally get it in the light blue (see the last pic) which is called aquarius blue or this deep beautiful blue that's called galactic blue. adorable.

wearing of apparel... likely to provoke disturbances... is prohibited

okso, i never really watch the news anymore because i enjoy repeats of old tv shows too much. soyeah. so i was surprised when i followed this link off of msn.com that read "man arrested over t-shirt" because it happened right in albany. at crossgates. weird. apparently this guy and his son had anti-war t-shirts made and they wore them while they were shopping at the mall. some store owner or worker or something thought they were creating a disturbance and called security who asked them to leave. so i guess they refused to leave or whatever (hey, i would too.) and guilderland police were called and they arrested the guy. they said they arrested him for refusing to leave the mall which is private property so that's trespassing. ok, i can't believe they were asked to leave to begin with! they were wearing tshirts that expressed their point of view. whatever. so they've posted signs now that say "wearing of apparel... likely to provoke disturbances... is prohibtited". so what is the determination for disturbance? because those little chicas who strut around in next to nothing and they're 14 years old are disturbing to me. as are the older women who wear frumpy dresses, black nylons, and white running shoes. can i have them kicked out?

so "operation: dance dance" at stickpage.com is hella cute.

behbeh. tonight blows. boring. i actually got freaked out for a little while. thought i heard somebody/something at my back door. freaky. so i checked the lock to the porch and i'm all secure. butyeah, freaky...

so beck and i were whining on sunday that the week is going to blow. but yesterday dodi and i went out and visited beck for dinner. we ate at the coyote grill, and it was pretty good... the portions were huge... i felt like i ate a lot last night and then i still had enough left over to eat it for lunch and dinner today. beh.

so beck's neighbors suck. a lot. we weren't being too noisy last night (well, we were kinda being a little careless on purpose, but we weren't being abnormally loud) and the freaking asshole downstairs rang her bell and yelled at her. and he was such a jerk. he kept going on and on... totally lecturing her. and it's like, damn dude, she conceded right away that it was too loud that time and he just kept on lecturing her. irritating. there's nothing that irritates me more than when i've conceded in an arguement and the other person keeps "making their point." dammit. you've already made your point, i've conceded, now you're just being an asshole.

beh. i'm in a bad mood tonight. i think it's cause i'm tired and my throat hurts (WHY DO I KEEP GETTING SICK?!?!?!?!). beh. i'm a loser. i'm going to bed. and it's only 9.

so since i can't email i've been amusing myself other ways... (i find i can only concentrate on work in spurts. good concentration for like a half hour/forty-five minutes and then need to goof off)... so i found this willy wonka quiz. i'm quite amused by my results :)

I am the most annoying of all Wonka characters. I am so greedy, snobby; basically just a stuck-up rich bitch. Everyone hates me! I am Veruca Salt. You most often are found saying "I want it now!"

My fate: I fall down the educated eggdicator, where I am possibly "sizzled like sausage".
Which Willy Wonka character are you?

i believe we're having email problems at work. this makes me want to die. it's 930 and i have no way to amuse myself. why is work so long and boring? godammit godammit (said in the jimmy imitating cartment voice).

so saturday i took a defensive driving course that a woman that i work with was offering. i figured, hey, i wasn't doing anything else that day and i could use a 10% discount on my insurance so even though it was probably going to be boring i'd do it. soyeah.

so saturday morning i really wanted a mcdonald's bacon egg and cheese bagel. like, i felt that i needed one. but unfortunately i didn't leave the apt early enough so that i could stop before class and get one. so i just went straight to class (and ended up having to hang out for a bit while they set up) and was baconeggandcheesebageless. so class started and there were only 5 of us there and the woman teaching it (cindy) was really funny and it was very relaxed and it wasn't too bad.

at 1030 cindy asked us if we wanted a break. so i said, well is mcdonald's still serving breakfast? and she said, yeah, it's a weekend, they serve until 11. and i was like, you sure? and she said, yeah. so i said i'd be right back and i ran out to my car. on the way out my coworker meredith who was taking the class with me said, "take your license in case you get pulled over for speeding" and i said, "oh, that's not gonna happen" but i grabbed it anyway.

so i sped out of the parking lot and out of the complex and turned onto albany shaker road to go the less than a mile to the mcdonald's. and i flew by a sherrif and totally got pulled over.

yeah.

so i sat there trying not to get hysterical with laughter because i thought it was just too funny that i was coming from a defensive driving course and i was getting pulled over. i dug out my license and then rememebered that i never try and look too prepared ('cause it's easier to look innocent and get out of a ticket if it looks like you don't get pulled over that often) so i put my license away again and tried to work up the tears (which was difficult this time because it was too humorous that i was getting pulled over then). the sheriff walked up to the car (and damn he was cute) and i rolled down the window and gave him the big innocent eyes. i tried to make myself shake too. (god, i'm awful). he asked me for my license, registration and proof of insurance. i handed him my license and told him that it was the only thing i had with me. he asked me if i knew what the speed limit on albany shaker road is. i kinda bit my lip and opened my eyes wider (gee, sir, i have no idea) and he told me to turn around because it was right behind me. i couldn't see because of his car and i told him that, then he said it's 40 mph. he asked me if i knew how fast i was going. i put on the look again. he told me i was going 60 mph. (damn). then he asked me where i was coming from. i looked down at my steering wheel and said, "you're going to laugh at me" then i looked up and said "i'm coming from a defensive driving class" and i looked down again. the sheriff looked away for a second and said, "where's that" and i pointed towards the industrial park and said "over in the ******* insurance building" and he said, "where are you going?" and i said "well, i was starving and i really wanted a bacon egg and cheese bagel so i was going to mcdonald's" and he looked away again and then said, "is there more class today?" and i said "yes, it goes until 3" and he handed me back my license and said "here, go learn more" and walked back to his car.

rock! i rule! i am the luckiest person ever! i love being a girl!

i just thought it was too funny that i got pulled over during a defensive driving class. but my trip was in vain because i got to mcdonald's and they were already serving lunch (damn!). so when i got back to class and had no mcdonald's they asked me what took so long and i had to explain that i'd gotten pulled over for speeding (but didn't get a ticket). everybody cracked up at me... then some of the other women in the class asked me how i managed to do that and i explained my technique. so if they didn't learn how to be better drivers at least they got some tips on how to avoid tickets...