Mooshy Brain

So this is not really a post. Its mainly a disclaimer to say that I have not posted in a few days and probably will not post for another few days because I have been working solid 12-hour days...the kind of days that you don't even recall if you ate breakfast and / or lunch, where you survive off multiple cups of coffee and cans of diet coke, where you can't remember what day it is at any given time, where the only reason you know where you're supposed to be at any given moment is because your blackberry calendar tells you, where you've sworn so much that when you actually once apologized for it people just laughed because why bother.

San Diego on Tuesday! Where I predict, due to the way things have been going, that I will be working 12 hour days remotely.

Fuck. Fuckity fuck fuckaroo.

Weekend in review

Hmm nothing too exciting. Here's what went on (yep I'm too lazy to write in complete sentences so here you go)

- Friday, went to happy hour with Scotty for a drink. Ended up drinking for 6 hours, but he bought me an Entertainment book (likely as a result of the double 7 & 7's) so it turned out to be an OK night. Also got to try a new bar called the Light Horse. Me likey, Scott no likey. I explained to him you can't fault the bar for charging you double when you order a double, but he's still pissed. I bet if I paid that tab he would have liked Light Horse. Whatev.

- Saturday, went to Georgetown. Had to return the Kate Spade clutch i ordered...just didn't do it for me. Loved the pattern, did not love the size of the bag. I didn't see anything else I liked there so I took that cashola and headed to the Banana Republic sale. The g-town BR is like, stoopid good. They have stuff there I never see at other BRs. I was able to really control myself and only bought 2 shirts for me, 2 for Scott. Total, $50. Not bad. I still might go back and get the coat I wanted, picked up, and put down 3 times.

- Saturday, left Georgetown, got fucking lost. See, I can get to Georgetown with my eyes closed. Its going home that causes the problems. So I end up in...god knows where. I was famished at this point, so I stopped for a large diet coke and some fries at mcdonalds. Thank god, because I somehow inserted myself into a massive traffic jam. I pulled a U-turn probably where I was not supposed to, but fuck it. I came home. Saw Benjamin Button. Really, really fucking good.

- Sunday, Scott was on a mission to find some kind of racing shoes that they are selling at Ross (like a shittier Marshalls) for only $20. Drove around all over the goddamn place looking for these shoes, to some really not sweet areas, to 3 different Ross's, only found 1 pair. Oh well at least we were sort of succesful. Also got some disgusting ass sandwich at Bruegger's Bagels. I will spare you a rant on that place. Stopped at Target, only to pick up a prescription but spent about $140 between us. Typical.

- Let me also interject it is 60 degrees right now. This is fucking amazing. Perfect time to start my new running program, one of those things that trains you to run in intervals for people like myself that can barely run up some stairs without getting out of breath. I want to run a 5k this year. So, I did it, it was hard, but good.

- On dock for the rest of the evening: steak fajitas, the super bowl (not for the game, just for the commercials, and because we also got 3-d glasses at Target for some kind of 2 minute ad they are playing at halftime), and fucking relaxation.

I am turning into quite the potty mouth. Rahm Emmanuel must be rubbing off on me.

I'm SO over January

February has many things to look forward to, including:
4 days in San Diego (work trip, but hell for 4 hours a day and I'll still be in California in a really nice fucking hotel with in-room spa treatments)
2.5 days in New Orleans (me and Scotty, catching some Mardi Gras parades and drinking ourselves stoopid and staying at the fucking W hotel)
Amber's visit @ the end of the month

I like to say "fucking hotel" a lot.

I believe all of these fun things will offset the hell that work will be for the month of February, but I figure hey, at least its a short month. How bad can it be?

Anyone interested in traveling in March? Weekend trip perhaps?

Craigslist post of the day

I was in absolute tears when I read this. Hysterical.

Hi, I am interested in joining a cult. Does anyone know of any good cults in the DC area? I don't mind weird ideologies but would like to stay away from extreme rituals.

Thanks.

Thank god, Inauguration is over. And, some other random shite.

I just want people to get the hell outta here, for the roads to be open like normal, and for it to not take me 40 minutes to get to work.

Finally, we are achieving normalcy again. Its wonderful.

Work is odd. We now have a ton of things in limbo, sitting on the desks of folks who have up and left their politically appointed jobs for industry and awaiting new appointees who will likely trash our work and have us start over. such is life in the revolving door of the government.

I just made the most delicious roast chicken. I'm telling you, invest in some Barefoot Contessa cookbooks. That woman rocks it.

Saw Revolutionary Road. DiCaprio was robbed of an Oscar nod. Amazing performances all around.

Finally my raise kicked in, so what did I do? Pay bills you ask? Nope, went on kate spade and got myself a pair of shoes and a clutch. They were on sale, so shut it, but I really should have paid off my Macy's card...or Banana card...or cell phone bill...erm...oops.

Over the weekend inaugural madness took over, and I found myself holding the door open for Adrian Grenier at Indeblu in DC. A couple $15 glass of wine later and suddenly I had Jamie persuading me that we needed to have bottle service and get our table roped off. Do you know how much that costs? A shitload. I suppose that consuming inordinate amounts of vodka, champagne, Voss water, a grilled cheese, and returning home at 5 am realizing we aren't going to make the Inauguration on the mall is worth it. Sounds like one of those MasterCard commercials, no? Cept all that cost money. A hell of a lot of it.

On that note, I am realizing I have a serious spending problem and should probably like, try to stop that.

Oh well. Off to eat some homemade fro-yo.

Family Friendly TV

Scene:

Wednesday night. 7pm. Wheel of Fortune.

Scott: "Hmm...what IS that?"
Mel: "Something...Stanley..."
Scott: "Yeah! Clit Stanley!"
Mel: "Um...no, its Flat Stanley."

Adventures in Cooking

Here's what I've made in the past 2 days:

First: Open-faced huevos rancheros with homemade guacamole
Verdict: Overall delicious, except for the fact that I accidentally used double the amount of onion in the guac than I needed, so it ended up in the trash.
Sidenote: I take bad food photos. Must improve skillz.



Second: Brown Sugar Organic Banana Ice Cream
Verdict: Friggin muy delicioso
Sidenote: Next time I may try adding walnuts and chunks of chocolate. Oh man. Ohhhhhhh man.



Third: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (Scotty's request)
Verdict: In progress, but will obviously be delicious as I have mad IcE cReAm SkIlLz




May attempt a thing or 2 tomorrow...not ice cream or fro yo (thank GOD you say), mostly because I ran out of whole milk and half and half and yogurt. Me likey to cook! Unfortunate thing is that I now have huge tubs of fro yo and ice cream sitting around and I want to eat it. Bad bad bad. Anyone want to come over for an ice cream party? MMMMM!

A couple of photos

I put some of these on Facebook, but not all, so here's a hodgepodge of random pics...

Uno part 1: NYE


Uno part 2: NYE again

Dos: Making my first batch of vanilla chocolate chip frozen yogurt in my new Cuisinart

Thrice: Mr. Coops opening his favorite treat on Xmas: Woofles

I'm gettin hitched!

Yes folks, its official. Don't know where or when, but whooeee boy, we're gonna git er done. Look forward to me bitching about planning this thing in the near future.