9 posts from 2008

Please check out my karaoke recording and rate me (if you have a myspace account). I'm trying to win a contest and I need 100 plays to even qualify. thanks!!

I have resolved to cut out all dairy from my diet. I recently purchased Skinny Bitch from Audible to listen to on my zune, and it really opened my eyes to a lot of things. There's a bunch of references to dairy, milk specifically. Obviously, cow milk's purpose is to fatten up baby cows. Why I never thought of this is beyond me. Since I started at Starbucks a few months ago, I've gained ten pounds, and at first I thought it was because of all the coffee, until i realized that nearly every drink contains milk. So I started in the middle of yesterday and switched to soy.

I've also tried to buy things organically. It's a little difficult with money and stuff, but I'm taking it a step at a time. Definitely give this book a read/listen. I loved it. It's pretty no-nonsense. Here's on of my favorite parts:

Aspartame (an ingredient commonly found in diet sodas and other sugar-free foods) has been blamed for a slew of scary maladies, like arthritis, birth defects, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer's, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. When methyl alcohol, a component of aspartame, enters your body, it turns into formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is toxic and carcinogenic (cancer-causing). Laboratory scientists use formaldehyde as a disinfectant or preservative. They don't fucking drink it. Perhaps you have a lumpy ass because you are preserving your fat cells with diet soda.

new work shoes (OSHA compliant), Zune Premium headphones, a cute little custom case by punchnella@etsy, and also a shock absorbing Victoria's Secret adjustable sports bra. I love getting mail.

it's so fun. it's like... hard to explain. it's rhythmic, i suppose is the word. you have to hit the buttons in a certain drum rhythm to make the little guys move. and they're so cute, it's addicting.

not much has been going on besides me working. i was put up at the hotel last night because of Tropical Storm Hanna which didn't turn into much. some wind and rain and that was about it. But i guess we're supposed to be keeping an eye on Hurrican Ike so we'll see what happens.

I'll be joining a gym this week, too. really.  and i really need to get some new work shoes, maybe the work shoes Skechers makes. any recommendations?

Won Michelle Branch tickets about a week ago and went last night. it was at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach and i had soooo much fun. Josh and I went to dinner at Planet Hollywood and then to the concert (and got lost about 8 times). it got out a lot of those moment when i just wanna scream as i sang at the top of my lungs and screamed at the end of every song. here's my favorite that she sang, it's called Jack and Jim and she can't decide if it's about love or Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. lol.

Josh got me my late birthday present this afternoon. for his birthday in April, and mine in May, we did sort of light birthdays for each other where we both still had big gifts in mind that we couldn't yet afford. well, i bought him a God of War psp bundle a couple weeks ago, and today he took me to Kay to have my earrings from Christmas cleaned and to pay on his bill and we were standing at the counter and he goes "Feel like doing a little upgrade on your bling?" it was cool. the Christmas earrings are 1/4 carat rounds, and i picked out the 1/2 carat princess-cuts today. but after we had left the store, Josh commented that one looked bigger than the other, but i didn't think anything of it. we sat down to take a break after going into one store and he says "no, really, one definitely looks bigger" so i took them out and one was noticeably bigger and a little yellow in color. so we took them back and it turns out they were mixed up. so we exchanged them for 2 of the same size lol.

i'm a lucky girl.