April 2007 Archives

WTF is going on with me lately? I mean, I FINALLY got over all of the Lexapro withdrawls (a little over a week of bad headaches and a general crap feeling), and now I've got a sinus infection! Matt can attest to the fact that I look and sound like hell. It started a few hours after I decided to dust the ceiling fans and light fixtures. I haven't dusted them in a good 6 months. I know; I suck at housekeeping, but you all know that. So, the dust aggravated my allergies, which in turn developed into an infection. I won't go into details, but I've been miserable. On the bright side, I am feeling a little bit better. :)

So, my friend Sara is trying to move to St. Louis. She's currently living in Atlanta, and is miserable there. I feel so bad for her. Her job is a complete nightmare, and she doesn't know a single person outside of work. She's hoping to come into town some time this month (yay!) and check out more of the city. She went to Mizzou, but never really ventured into STL. I'm sure we've all seen this list a million times, but I'm going to print it off for her when she moves here:

You Know You're From St. Louis When:
• You love toasted ravioli with Budweiser beer.


• "Vacation" is a choice between Silver Dollar City and Lake of the Ozarks.


• You can find Pestalozzi Street by aroma alone.


• You can get anywhere in 20 minutes, except on highway 40.


• You can debate for 30 minutes whether Missouri Baking or Marge Amighetti makes the best Italian bread.


• You know what "Party Cove" is, and where the "lake" is.


• You still can't believe the Arena is gone.


• Your first question to a new person is, "Where did you go to High School?"


• Your non-St. Louisan friends always ask if you're aware there is no "r" in "wash."


• You know at least one person who's gotten hurt at Johnson Shut-ins.


• You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.


• You think the four major food groups are Beef, Pork, Budweiser and Imo's.


• You know there are really only three salad dressings: Imo's, Zia's and Rich and Charlie's.


• You'll pay for your kid to go to college unless they want to go to KU.


• You would rather have a root canal without anesthetic than drive on Manchester on a Saturday afternoon.


• It just doesn't seem like a wedding without mostaciolli. AND YOU PRONOUNCE IT 'MUSKACHOLLI'. The balance of the menu is ham, boiled roast beef, string beans with ham and of course pitchers of Busch Bavarian (class weddings have Bud)


• You know, within a three-mile radius, where another St. Louisan grew up as soon as they open their mouth.


• You know what a Pork Steak is...and what kind of sauce to put on it!


• Everyone in your family has floated the Meramec River at least once.


• A hoosier is someone that lives just south of Chouteau, not a person from Indiana.


• You have made fun of Mike Shanahan and tried to imitate him ordering another cold, frosty Busch Bavarian Beer.


• You have listened to Mike's broadcast on KMOX, while watching the game on TV and wonder what game he is watching. A tear forms in your eye as someone mentions their favorite Jack Buck story.


• You've said, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity."


• Your favorite summer treat is handed to you upside-down


• You bleed Blue between September and May

I don't necessarily agree with everything on this list (FYI: I have NEVER been to The Hill in my life), but overall I thought it was funny.

This one is for Matt. I think you'll apreciate knowing that someone is going through the same thing you are. :)

Read the letter

ETA: Thanks for pointing out the bad link Mallen. :D All fixed

So, I was on Craigslist, and found a link that says "the best of craigslist." So, I decide to click on it. The first entry is a letter from an angry soldier about the war:

Read the letter here

She has a good reason to be angry.

Got this from TMZ.com:

A two-minute comedy video of Will Ferrell fighting with his landlord would be funny. But when you make the landlord a 2-year-old girl with a temper and a drinking problem, you've got comedy gold.

The viral video is called "The Landlord," a simple production between Ferrell and longtime collaborator Adam McKay. It's McKay's 2-year-old daughter who plays Pearl, Ferrell's verbally abusive landlord with a penchant for beer.

The video appears on FunnyOrDie.com, a website the duo's production company created as a place for them (and other, lesser-known comedians) to show off their short videos.

McKay told the L.A. Times that he's not worried about his daughter picking up bad language: "She's in that phase right now where you can repeat anything to her and she won't remember it." Kids saying "bitch" is always funny.

Click here to watch

I am not liking the look of this blog anymore. It's an improvement from the pink/green disaster from before, but I'm still not happy. I can't find any premade templates that I like, so I should come up with something on my own.

Sara (my best friend next to Matt) called me today. She's thinking of coming up to St. Louis in May (just for a weekend). I am SO excited! I haven't seen her since January 2006, when I went to visit her in PA (she's now in Atlanta). I am extremely selfish and want her to move to St. Louis, but that wouldn't be possible for another few years (do you have a two year contract Sara?). Besides, I want to go to Atlanta to visit her....that way I can stalk Alton Brown. Apparently Sara shops at the same Whole Foods that he does. She saw him in the meat department....lucky bitch. ;)

Ugh....I feel like crap. When it's not the headaches, it's dizziness. Well, that's not completely accurate. Basically, I feel "out of it." It's slightly difficult to concentrate, but it is possible. Matt and I had an early dinner today at Qdoba, and when I got home, I felt awful. It wasn't nausea though. I am thinking it might have to do with the caffeine I've been drinking. It seems like every time I drink a Dr. Pepper, I feel like crap afterwards. Looks like it's time to give it up.... :(

I *really* need to get this house ready to sell. The first thing I need to do is to get a storage locker. That way I can put all of the stuff I don't need at the moment in there, and get it out of the way. For example: I don't need tubs with my Christmas decorations in my office closet. It's just taking up space right now. And, my parents convinced me to have a garage sale, so I am going to start boxing up things I want to sell and put that in storage as well. We need to get all of the crap out of this house.

Well, brand new Reno 911 is on in a few, so I'm off to watch some tv..