Sarcastic Wednesday

The office-themed Hoops and Yoyo, for me, never get old. Happy Wednesday!

High Five

Friday I spent the day in Cedar Falls with my sister and Regan. It's hard to believe she is 14 months old now! Her newest trick - giving high fives! I was able to capture it on video. I can't help but laugh at her struggling to get up in the beginning - if only that darn ball weren't in the way! :)




What I love about Regan is her ability to make me smile. It's impossible to be upset with the world when she's around.

There's a First Time For Everything

It was a somewhat adventurous weekend for me, a weekend of firsts, if you will.

It all started with my first attempt at making a cheesecake. And this wasn't your standard "No Bake" cheesecake - this was the real deal...I even ventured out to the store to buy the appropriate spring form pan for this kind of dessert! I had a hard time deciding what flavor to make - Turtle Praline, Pumpkin, Raspberry Swirl - although these all sounded delicious, I finally decided on Mocha. Minus the battle wound on my finger and the split that formed in the middle of the cake (see picture below), I would deem this 'first' a success. L and I cut into it this afternoon - verdict? L gave me an A+. And you know what, I do too! Add this to the list of Nic's talents - Cheesecake!

Mocha Cheesecake

Cutting the first piece



My battle wound, aka burn


The next first - Frisbee Golf! I've always thought it sounded/looked like fun, but had never attempted this sport until this afternoon. After my first throw, where I pegged L in the stomach (sorry L!), I thought I was in for a terribly painful afternoon. But, I persevered, thanks to the cheers of encouragement from L, JW, and LW. Although I'm not ready to join the Pros, I think I improved, and hope to get out there and do it again. It made for a fun Sunday afternoon activity. Thanks for the invite LW, and for rescuing me from my boredom!

Auto Zone

Cars really aren't my thing. Sure, I can appreciate a sweet ride, but I'm not one of those people who can point to a random car and rattle of the year, model, engine size, etc.

One thing I've never understood is the 'souped up' ride - anything from spoilers to decals and detailing - especially when you know the person spent more on that than the car itself.

Here are some examples:

1. Spoiler Alert: I've never been into spoilers - not just any spoiler but those obnoxious ones such as these








2. Sweet Decals: I'm not big on the wavy designs or the lightning bolts or flames. And I'm really not into the personalized decals.







3. Dubs and Dumber: And I'm just really not into this...





Now what inspired this blog topic this evening? On my way home from work, I saw a souped up old school VW Bug. Unfortunately I was not camera ready so I can't show you what I saw and Google Images wasn't much help. However, I did come across the closest thing that resembled what I saw driving beside me tonight. It wasn't this extreme, but close, with a giant engine protruding out the back of the car.

Under Construction

You will have to excuse my blog for the next few days. I've decided it's finally time to spruce it up a bit, with what little creative skills and computer knowledge I have. Hopefully in the next few days, I'll have a finished product that I can be happy with.

Watch and Laugh

I was watching Ellen today and started laughing hysterically at this. Hopefully you will too!




Here's another one of my favorite moments from Ellen's show.

New To Fashion Week

I like to stay up on my fashion - the newest styles and latest trends. Looks like I'm right in line yet again.

She's a Put-On-A-Show Kind of Girl

Friday night Naomi, L, and I headed off to the circus, B Spears style. I've said before that Britney is one of my guilty pleasures. No, her lyrics aren't mind-blowing, her voice doesn't compare to most other artists out there, and she's slowly digging herself out of the hot mess that she once was, but damn it, the girl can put on a great show.

It was literally a 3-ring circus, complete with clowns, magicians, and acrobats. Lots of set designs, great costumes, and killer dance routines....this complete with our amazing seats, center ring, 7th row up - totally worth every penny and every minute of my Friday night.

L posted some great pics and vids to capture our night, check 'em out.

An Excerpt To Ponder

I started the book Adverbs today and within 5 pages, I found myself writing down the following intriguing excerpt:

"...for to dislike what makes a person human is to dislike all humans...You have to love the whole person, if you are truly in love. If you are going to take a lifelong journey with somebody, you can't mind if the other person believes they are leaving for that journey an hour earlier than you, as long as truly, in the real world, you are both leaving at exactly the same time."

Welcome to the Freak Show

I must have something on my forehead that reads, "If you are incapable of having a normal conversation and cannot pick up a girl to save your life, please come talk to me" because, in the event that I do get approached while out, it more often than not results in an awkward situation where the guy totally weirds me out and/or offends me.

Here are my Top 5 Favorite Incidents

5. Save a Horse, Ride a Cow?





So picture it, it's me and 2 of my friends sitting at a booth at the bar and over comes 2 guys who just so nicely squeeze their way into our booth with us. They start the usual lame line of "so, you come here often?" I knew it wasn't going to go well from there. The guys proceed to tell us that they 'aren't from around here.' This is where we make a wrong turn and end up in Weirdville. One of the guys said, "Yeah, I rode into town from Ames on my cow." Puzzled does not even begin to describe the looks on our faces. We quickly made a U-Turn and left them in the dust. Lesson: Don't make absurd comments when you don't know the people you are talking to - we don't know you, we don't know your sense of humor.

4.The Smooth Talker



We were out for a friend's birthday, just trying to have a good time, and this guy approaches me while I was bellying up to the bar for a drink. He introduces himself and we start conversing. He was kind of cute and the conversation was going well, until he made the mistake of asking me, "So, you going home with me tonight?" Now only one thing was going through my head at this point - clearly this guy is clueless. By no means did I do anything or say anything to even sort of suggest I was going home with this guy. Lesson: Learn how to read people.

3. I Object!



I was out celebrating my friend's law school graduation and met a few other of his fellow graduates. One of them looked like he should have been hosting a game show, circa 1974, and I was the unfortunate contestant. *ding ding ding, what do we have for her Johnny* He approaches me, looks me up and down, and says, "You look like you're going to need a divorce lawyer someday..." Lesson: Never try to get a girl's attention by insulting her - it will never work.

2. Take Your Positions...



I was indulging in a few beverages while listening to Johnny Cover-Band, who has the same act every Friday night at this particular establishment, and this guy who I knew of from college comes over to our table and starts talking to me...let's call him Walking STD...so WSTD starts talking to me and amidst our b.s. conversation about how we know the same people, Johnny Cover Band starts playing the infamous Tenacious D song...This is a song for the ladies, but fellas listen close...*cue the hoops and hollers from the crowd* After the song was over, WSTD leans in close and asks, "So, what is your favorite?" Lesson: It is not cute, nor clever to quote a line from a Tenacious D song to someone you barely know, especially if you're more notorious for being the campus male slut, than the star wrestler....

1. Roofie Wishes and Kidney Dreams



Naomi and I elbow our way through the crowd to get up to the bar and next to us are 2 guys. One guy flirtatiously accuses us of 'budging' in front of them, even though they already had drinks in there hands. Then he goes one step further and says that it would be so nice of us to offer to buy them a round of drinks as well. Seems pretty harmless, right? He then uses the overly-used/not funny comment about us not putting roofies in their drinks, because he had a bad experience last time. He keeps on with the story and says how last time this happened he woke up with one of his kidneys missing. *cue the scary music from Psycho*



You think after seeing the looks of pure horror on Naomi and I's faces that we are actually still standing there listening to him go on about his 'missing kidney', he would have stopped...but oh no, he keeps going. I finally interrupt him after he asked me if I wanted his other kidney, and said, "If this is your pick-up line, I suggest you get a new one because it's not working." He replies, "No, it's not a pick-up line, it's supposed to make you feel creeped out and uncomfortable." To which I say, "Well, congratulations, you're succeeding" and walk away. Lesson: Keep it in the circus guys.

Swear Jar

Big E made the mistake of telling me last week that he wanted to work on not swearing so much. I told him I would do him the favor of holding him accountable for this and started a "Big E Swear List" and I've been keeping track of every time he violates the "no swearing" rule. He's doing pretty well - I've only had to make three tick marks so far (although two of them were today) We haven't established what the consequence will be yet...we are still in negotiations. But this no swearing thing reminded me of this commercial...