Playing Catch-Up, Great Friends, and New Toys

Random Tuesdayness:  You know what to do...

A few weeks back during one of my trips, the handle on my laptop roller bag broke. The bag is only a year old so I was kind of angry that it gave out on me. Let me tell you, wheeling a bag without a handle through the airport is a pain in the hiney! I found this bag online for a decent price and it arrived last week. I absolutely love it. The real test will come next week when I take it on its first trip. I'll let you know how she does!

I mentioned that I’m working on an afghan, and it’s kind of cracking me up that I’m so excited about it. My goal isn’t to make it look pretty and uniform, but funky and unmatched. I’ll keep updating my progress if I remember!

It’s no secret that I hate my phone, and that I’ve been pining for an iPhone for quite a while now. I finally broke down on Saturday night and bought one. The major bummer though, is that they were out of stock at the Verizon store, so I have to wait for it to be shipped to my house. And according to FedEx, that’ll be tomorrow! I am soooo excited and am sick of waiting! Apparently, I kind of “flipped out” at the store. At least according to Wiki and Jenn. I don’t really know what they’re talking about, but you can ask them if you want!  

About 3 weeks ago I had the pleasure of having dinner with two of the most fabulous girls in the world… Aurs and Di Bradley (we’ve called her by her first & last name since we’ve been friends). We started off with pizza and wine at Setebello and then went onto BarX for a cocktail. We had such a great time catching up… we don’t get together nearly as often as we should!  I should also mention that Ty Burrell is part owner of BarX... put that on your list of unneeded trivia! 

A few weekends later I went out with another group of my fabulous friends (RosaMarie & Jenn) and had dinner at Vinto. I’d never been there before and I absolutely love the place. The food is fantastic. The atmosphere is great. The service was excellent. And I can’t wait to go back! After dinner the three of us met up with ToniTone at BarX (are you sensing a theme here) for a few drinks. I hadn’t seen Jenn in a while and it was good to get caught up.  

That same weekend on Sunday I took Mr. Aidan on his birthday date. I cannot believe he’s already 7. It’s freaking me out. We went to see The Smurfs and we both loved it! Before the movie started, he said, “Hey Tata, Barney is in this movie.” I was thinking, why the hell is Barney the Purple Dinosaur in this movie… then realized he was talking about Barney (aka NPH) from How I Met Your Mother. He also recognized “Gloria” from Modern Family, and George Lopez as the voice of Grouchy Smurf. I was dying! 

Later that night, Auri and I went on a little date of our own to see Breaking Dawn. OMG, I loved it! Probably not my favorite of the series, but it was still good. There were a few super-cheesy parts that I would have done completely differently, but whatevs. I really liked where the movie ended in anticipation for Part 2, but really don’t want to wait another year to see it!

Also, I may or may not be in love with someecards… they seriously kill me! Freaking hilarious!

I want this ring.  That is all.

 

Finally, here is my beautiful Cass!  She's finally showing!!!  Isn't she cute???  14 weeks, I think... I'm convinced she's having a girl.  If she doesn't, I'll probably cry.  But then I'll get over it.

Eclit... Oops! I Mean, Eclipse!

I know how obnoxious this is, but my friends and I have porn names for the Twilight movies. Eclit happens to be the pseudonym for Eclipse... do you like? First I give you my night's rundown, second I give you a mini-review. Don't worry, I won't give away any details!Like I said before, unless you live in a hole or couldn't give a shit less, you know that Eclipse premiered this week. On Tuesday night/Wedenesday morning at Midnight, to be exact. Just like I promised, I was there... and I loved every minute of it! The night started off with dinner and a showing of New Moon at my house. Brittany, Jessica, Noelle, and Maddie all came over and hung out. I made dinner (aka, threw some pasta in boiling water and heated up some bottled vodka sauce from Sunflower Market), Jess brought a salad and we called it good. I think the vodka sauce from World Market was better, but when it's bottled, you can't complain. We left my casa around 9:30 and headed west to pick up Lisa in BFE. Once we finally found her we drove over to Jordan Landing to meet Auri and the other ladies...which was where I was originally told the movie was at. Auri and the girls from work had dinner over at Joe's Crab Shack (another reason we decided to eat at home) and they had just gotten their food by the time we got there. We went to Chili's next door for coffee and dessert while we waited for them to finish dinner. Fishy smelling coffee and dessert didn't sound too appetizing...Keep in mind... this wasn't us. Just click on it cuz you'll laugh your asses off!

Once we left Chili's, we called Auri and she said they were coming out of Joe's... and couldn't see us...and we couldn't see her. She was out front and so were we... just at different locales. Yeah... I wouldn't call it a miscommunication, but a lack of communication. Miss Callie forgot to include me in on the info... so we were all discombobulated. It all worked out in the end though!

PS - Brittany didn't join us cuz she has plans to see it with her BBBF in a few weeks, and Lisa ended up getting sick before the movie and went home...

I have to say, I really wasn't anticipating or excited about this movie the way I was with New Moon. I'm pretty sure it's because I was pretty unmoved by the 2nd one and I didn't want to get my hopes up for Eclipse. I was verrrry happily surprised by the movie this time. The few expectations I had were met!

Fabu Part #1 ~ The makeup, hair/wigs and contacts were soooo much better in this movie! Rosalie's wig and Jasper's hair alone made all the difference. I had originally thought New Moon and Eclipse were both directed by Chris Weitz, but I was wrong. David Slade actually directed Eclipse and I couldn't have been happier. The differences are mightily apparent!

I have to say, I don't really like that Bryce Dallas Howard was cast. She just didn't seem to fit the part... but that may be because I was partial to the original Victoria. I think if she looked like she does in this picture, it would've been easier to take... her wig and makeup looked ridiculous. The actress did a great job, I just didn't appreicate how they made her up.

Fabu point #2: Lots of lip action. When we were walking into the theater, we walked past a couple coming out that complained "there was too much making out," in it (remember, we're in Utah). Um, last time I checked, that was all in the book and totally welcomed by me! Bring on the smoochin'!

I loved that everyone was in this film more involved. It wasn't just a couple of the characters running around the whole time. They all actually had more than one line!

Anyhoodle, the ambien has finally hit me and I can't think straight anymore. I've seen the movie twice and loved it, obvi. Now I wanna hear your reviews!

Random Tuesdayness - Salti Talk... Let's Try For Next Week

Remember how I said I wanted to start a weekly discussion and call it Monday Talk, or something of the sort? And remember how I said I'd be posting it on Mondays? And remember how I didn't post yesterday? Or any of the last 5 days for that matter... And then I went and decided (actually Cassi helped me decide) to name the feature "Salti Talk"... and she even made me a button... And then I still didn't post yesterday? Yeah... I've been a total blogging asshole and haven't been around much lately.... on my blog, or yours! I'll make it up to you, I promise.

It's Tuesday and time to talk to Keely, aka The Un Mom if you want to play this fun little game. At least she's got her shit together and posts when she's spose to!

Remember how I said I'd be posting about the Joss Stone concert? Well that was what, two weeks ago? Yeah, still haven't gotten around to it in case you hadn't noticed.

I haven't talked about the disaster in The Gulf. In light of that, here are some very provacative lyrics from one of her songs I love:

"Governmentalist"

Don't you dare

Interrupt the white house ball

Were living scared

It's in foriegn fields that soldiers fall

Ooooooh la la la

Snatch 'em in their prime, go ahead that's fine, that's fine

Just go drill for grease

Like a diamond thief

Their mamas will be alright

Just give 'em time

Go get you money right

You wont lose no sleep tonight

Nominate your kids

I think they'd prove your theory right

Would you watch them die?

Like tryin' to get a hold of smoke and water

Coming up with nothing everytime

How come we aint getting any closer

Tryin' to find the truth behind the lies

Look up look up,

See a dead man walking

See his baby face

Hey let's duplicate a few

Oooooh la la la la

That don't mean much to you

If you need some help

Send some hippies in to help

You think more than you do

Hows about another line or two

To pick you up, pick you up

While your people drown

I hope you're happy and you sleep so great at night

While the lovers cry

Like tryin' to get a hold of smoke and water,

Coming up with nothing everytime

How come we aint getting any closer

Tryin' to find the truth behind the lies

Hmmmmm hmmmm hmmm hmmmm

Hmmmm hmmmm hmmmmm hmmmm...

How many lives will you sacrifice

Will you ever be satisfied

If in God you trust

Can't you hear him still

I aint no preacher but

Thou shalt not kill

Yo, check it

I'm praisin' the states and the streets I'm raised in

Pain is the perfume scent I'm sprayed in

It clash with the federal agents fragrance

I smell a pig, that's a cop who's racist

I'm an ordinary project dude

I'm subject to genetically modified food

That's FDA approved, mass produced

So you can tell a lie from the truth

Even though I'm fly up in my time for a suit

Leer jet like a Concorde, swoop through the air

Then I land in my van, I'm cool

And I still stand with the Uganda youths

All the poor kids out in Moscow that live hostile

I ride for you when I ride with the top down

Listenin' to Joss' sounds, you see how that feel

I see these come with government seals

Open it, peek Nas getting' at his enemies

And the paragraphs are for similies

Governmentalists killed the Kennedy's

I heard that Joss Stone got the remedies

Govermental, confusion

Govermentalist, delusion

Govermental confusion

A bunch of govermentalist, it's delusion

Like tryin' to get a hold of smoke and water,

Coming up with nothing everytime

How come we aint getting any closer

Tryin' to find the truth behind the lies

And all that were left with is a hand full of nothing,

Hand full of nothing

That's all that I got

Hand full of nothing

Govermental, confusion
Govermentalist, delusion
Govermental confusion
Govermentalist, delusion

I had a housewarming party on Sunday... and it was a major pain in the ass to get ready for... however, it was a great success, so the work was worth it. I'm still recovering.
Unless you've been living in a hole/couldn't give a shit less, you'll know that Eclipse (third installment of the Twilight Saga) premieres tonight at midnight... and guess who's going? Like I'm not that transparent... I don't even try to pretend anymore. I seriously hope I can stay awake that long. I've been craving a nap all day.

I went over to Auri's last night and ended up staying to watch the last four episodes (of my box set) of Six Feet Under with her. I have forgotten so much about the show I really need to watch it all again. I didn't get home til 2 AM. We bawled for the better part of all four episodes. I went to bed with my contacts in. All that combined makes me for a very tired girl with very tired eyes today.

I just remembered I was going to stop by a post office box and forgot. Damnit!

Alright... I'll be back with a recap of the Joss concert, tales from our adventures this evening and other various shit for your pleasure this week.

By the way, Hello and Welcome to all of my new readers! Thanks for stopping by... and not running away!

Random Tuesdayness - Music, Bad News and Pud Von Schmidt

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday... How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I have no idea where that came from but let's go with it. Especially since I haven't done a RTT post in a while. It's funny, because I've always got ideas floating around in my head for blogging, but then when I sit down to write, it all escapes me... and really pisses me off!

I've gotten quite a bit of bad news over the last day or so, and I'm totally over it! Apparently, my uncle who has been in and out of the hospital for the last few months isn't doing so well. I also found out that a close family friend is having surgery this week because of complications from lung cancer. A very close friend (I'm not mentioning names because I know she doesn't want to talk about it) is putting her dog down today. I hope that's the end of the bad news. I don't know if I can take much more.

Found this artist via my friend/massage therapist, Amanda. Give it a listen... it's a fan video of the song Howl, by Florence and the Machine to clips from the first two seasons of True Blood. I think I'm in love! The video is about 3 minutes long, so give it a listen and a looky loo!

The Mistress, Auri that is, and I (and Trent, too, I think) are going to the Muse concert on Monday night. I had to postpone my next Alabama trip for it, so it better be good! Oh, who am I kidding? It will be fabulous... Silversun Pickups are opening and I'm excited! Plus, even if it sucked, any reason to postpone a trip is welcome!
In other news, Joss Stone was on Leno Monday night and she was wonderful! If you didn't see it, I'm sure it'll be up online sometime soon. I tried finding it for you, but apparently didn't look hard enough. Anyway, she's touring sometime soon and if she doesn't come to SLC, or somewhere close by, I will cry... a lot.

I just realized I start a lot of paragraphs with, "In other news..."

Bryson VomDorp fucking hates acronyms. He wanted me to share that with y'all. He's my bro's friend. We call him B-Love. Or Pud VonSchmidt, whichever you prefer.

Had to pause for Puppy loves... those kisses are the best! And I think puppies start developing dander, or whatever the hell it is I'm allergic to, around week 8. I'm starting to get hivey from the baby.

I found out this evening that the 8th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood comes out on April 27th and I. CANNOT. FUCKING. WAIT!!!! This one is going to be about John Matthew and his boys. I will sooo be at Barnes and Noble when it opens that morning! Unless of course, I'm in Alabamer, then I'll have to go to Books-A-Million that evening!

I have a massive cramp in my right lower leg. At first I was thinking it's directly related to my hip issues I've been having. Now I'm starting to freak out and wonder if it's a clot... seeing how I've had clots in the past. I may be making a call to the doctor tomorrow.

Ok, time to make like Andrea, and head. If you don't know what that means, ask Wikiball!

Eclipse comes out in 93 days... can't wait! Oh, and I need to see Remember Me. Have any of you seen it? If so, what did you think?

New Moon Madness

As many of you (absolutely obsessed vampire freaks like me) know, New Moon was released on DVD on March 20th. And if any of you (read: obsessed freaks) are like me, you went to buy the DVD at midnight amidst massive crowds of screaming teenagers and their completely psychotic mothers (and various other women who were waaay too old to be dressed up and have their faces painted).

If you didn't, good on ya. Odum, Noelle, Mimi and I decided to go to Wal-Mart for the midnight release party. Jessica and Auri were going to join us, but Auri had to work and Jess didn't make it. If you remember from last year, our attendance at the midnight release party for Twilight was a bust, so I wanted to make the best of it this time around. More bang for our bucks!

I had heard there were going to be 3 of the cast members present at one of the Wal-Marts here, so I thought we should go big or go home. Once we got out there, we realized what a mistake that was. The parking lot was more crowded than it usually is at 5 AM the day after Thanksgiving!We figured we'd brave it and head in... Not the best idea any of us have ever had! We ended up walking all the way around the store, and then back, because we sure as hell were not waiting in those lines, and they would only allow people to enter and exit through one door. These women were effing crazy!!!

Needless to say, we booked it back out of the store and got the hell out of Riverton. We did, however, decide to go to another Wal-Mart so Odum could get his copy of the movie. See the problem was I wanted the one from Target because it came with 3 CDs like the Twilight movie did. Target is stupid and didn't stay open late for the midnight release, so we had to settle for Wally World to get our kicks. Plus, that's the version Odum wanted.

Mimi and I saw this as we were wandering through the aisles... WTF are Thirst Pockets... on toilet paper? The visual makes me barf a little in my mouth.

Oncewe arrived at the new, much less crowded WM, we found some character cut-outs that we HAD to pose with. Well, I didn't, but the other three did! The best part was when Noelle headed over to pose with Mimi and Jacob, and on the way she knocked Bella over. And subsequently said, "Take that, Bitch!" You should have been there.

I'd like to share the picture of Noelle and Mimi with Jacob, but seeing that it's highly inappropriate, I'm not going to post it on here. You can email me and I'll send it to you though! Instead, I share Noelle and her favorite dinosaur, Steve. He lives at the Sinclair on the corner by my house and she's been dying to go visit him since I moved in. That night on our way home, she got her wish.

Thanks guys for another memorable Twilighty evening. I can't wait until Eclit, oops, I mean Eclipse comes out!

Random Tuesdayness - A Nano, The 'Bama, and A Hip Replacement

Hey, guess what? It's Tuesday and time for some Random. I'm not using the RTT image today b/c it's not loading and that pisses me off when my picture doesn't show up and it's the first one on the post! Go talk to Keely about it cuz I have no idea what's going on, with that, and in general!

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit" ~ Albert Schweitzer

I haven't spoken of Vumpires in a while... well, I don't think I have, but maybe I just speak of them so often I forget... Anyway, Eclipse comes out in...141 days... and I'm adding a countdown to the sidebar. I effing can't wait!!!

Before I forget, I just want y'all to know (like I have to remind you) that I've been extremely rude and haven't picked a winner yet for my 500th post giveaway! I will do that sometime this week, I promise!

My personal laptop hasn't really been working well for about a year. I took it in to have it looked at the other day and the guy told me that even if I dump $300 into it to upgrade, it's probably still going to make me unhappy. I should probably trade it in and get a new one... yeah, like I have an extra $2,000 sitting in my bank account right now... whatevs! It pisses me off that technology is made to start malfunctioning around the 2 year mark so consumers are forced to buy new models. Make products that last... your customers will be happier in the long run!

So I finally gave in and bought myself a new Nano... and can I just tell y'all, I love it! It's freaking amazing. I got the 16 gb so it holds almost 4,000 songs, I can listen to the radio on it, it has video capabilities and I can also listen to it without plugging in earphones. Seriously. It's fabulous.

I'm in Alabama this week and we have finally moved to a new hotel. Well it's not new, but new to us. The old dump we were staying in got to be too much, so we moved and our new place is wonderful. It's not like the Four Seasons, but compared to the last one, it kinda feels that way!

I just realized I need to finish posting about Vegas... what? It's only been 2 months!

My hip is still killing me... at least this week I'm mobile. I think the physical therapy and electric stimulation has helped a lot. I haven't been very good at doing my exercises the last few days, so I need to get back on that tonight. I don't go in again until Friday, so I hope I can make it that long. For some reason, the electric stim really helps. If you've ever had it, you know how good it feels. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's when the therapist/doctor/chiropractor applies four electrodes to the affected area and turns on the TENS Unit (don't ask me what TENS stands for because it's been 13 years since I learned and I can't remember and I'm not looking it up) and it delivers mild electric shock through the electrodes. It sounds scary, but isn't at all. Maybe I'll buy a TENS Unit for home... there's an idea!

Ok, I've put you through enough rambling for today... If you haven't seen the toy review Mistress Auri and I did a few weeks ago, go check it out.

Possibly THE BEST DAY EVER!!!

Unless you've been living in a hole, which I know some of you are, you'll know that today is New Moon Day (according to Wikiball). The movie doesn't officially open until Midnight tonight/tomorrow morning, but I get to see it at 7 PM this evening, so today is the day!!!I cannot wait to see Edward & Bella & Jacob & the Wolf Pack. Holy Jesus Mother Mary and Joseph, it's going to be effing awesome. Do you hear me? Totally rad! Now, if for some strange reason the movie doesn't live up to the hype, Chris Weitz is going down. (Weitz is the director of this movie... totally different from Catherine Hardwicke {director of Twilight}, so the dude has a lot to live up to... and if he doesn't, there's going to be mass hysteria and blood on his hands... just sayin'.)

I'm planning on taking copious amounts of tissue with me because I can guarantee I will BAWL like a baby when he leaves her. Oh, what's that? You didn't know he left? WELL GET YOUR ASS OFF THE COUCH AND GO READ THE DAMN BOOK ALREADY! But it's all good, cuz he comes back, eventually. But we already know that, right? Right. Otherwise, I'd (Bella) would have nothing to live for.

Y'all can be sure that I'll be posting a review either as soon as I get home from the movie, or as soon as I get up in the morning. Given my exhaustion levels the last few days, I'm not making promises for tonight. For tomorrow? You're on!
In other news, today is also a great day because.... drum roll please... Salt Lake just got its first In 'N' Out Burger!!! I know, I know, this is the last thing I need, but I'm seriously so freakin' excited. I know a few of my friends don't undersand my obsession, but I know the rest of you do. So, be jealous, I don't mind.

Since there were crazy people who slept over to wait for the doors to open, and the line to get inside is wrapped around the building (it's been all over the news, not like I drove down there or anything) I think I'll wait a few days to get my fix. Plus, I'll be busy watching New Moon anyway. I already have plans to see the movie at least once, if not twice again on Sunday.

I know... New Moon and In 'N' Out on Sunday... who's with me?